Robert Gibson,nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot",was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. Known for his fiercely competitive nature,Gibson tallied 251 wins,3,117 strikeouts,and a 2.91 earned run average. A nine-time All-Star and two-time World Series Champion,he won two Cy Young Awards and the 1968 National League Most Valuable Player Award.
Joaquín Andújar was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros,St. Louis Cardinals,and Oakland Athletics from 1976 through 1988. Andújar was a four-time MLB All-Star and a Gold Glove Award winner.
Todd Roland Worrell is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played all or part of eleven seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball,serving as those teams' closer for most of his seasons from 1985 through 1997. During his playing career,Worrell was a three-time National League (NL) All-Star.
Jerry Reuss —pronounced "royce"—is an American former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball,best known for his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Robert Herbert Forsch was an American professional baseball player who spent most of his sixteen years in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the St. Louis Cardinals (1974–1988) before finishing his playing career with the Houston Astros (1988–1989). He was a member of the 1982 World Series Champions and National League (NL) pennant winners in 1985 and 1987.
David Jeffrey LaPoint is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the manager of the Rockland Boulders,an American professional baseball team based in Pomona,New York,and member of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball known as the Can-Am League.
Roy Justin Thomas is an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the Houston Astros,St. Louis Cardinals and Seattle Mariners in all or parts of eight seasons spanning 1977–1987. Listed at 6' 5" and 215 pounds,Thomas batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Quantico,Virginia.
Alan Paul Benes is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2003 for the St. Louis Cardinals,Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers. He stood at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and weighed 215 pounds (98 kg).
Daniel Bradford Cox is an English born American former professional baseball pitcher,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1983–1988),the Philadelphia Phillies (1991–1992),the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992),and the Toronto Blue Jays (1993–1995),after which he retired from active play.
Thomas Edward Niedenfuer is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. Exclusively a reliever during his ten-year career,he played his first six-plus seasons for the Los Angeles Dodgers,then finished out with the Baltimore Orioles,Seattle Mariners,and St. Louis Cardinals.
Ricky Neal Horton is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals,Chicago White Sox,and Los Angeles Dodgers. He is currently a radio broadcaster for the Cardinals.
The 1988 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 107th season in St. Louis,Missouri and its 97th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76–86 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East division.
The 1987 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 106th season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 96th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95–67 during the season and finished first in the National League East for the third and last time before moving to the National League Central in 1994. They went on to win the NLCS in seven games over the San Francisco Giants. In the World Series against the Minnesota Twins,after having fallen behind 2-0 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome,they won their next three games at home. However,back at the Metrodome,they lost the last two and fell one game short of a World Series title. It would be the Cardinals' last World Series appearance until 2004.
The St. Louis Cardinals 1981 season was the team's 100th season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 90th season in the National League. 1981 was a season of two significant anomalies:A change in the playoff format,which created the first-ever NLDS with a qualification variant that existed only for that season,and the players' strike,which truncated the regular season. Despite finishing 59-43,good for the best overall record in the National League East,the strike set up the scenario where the Cardinals actually missed the playoffs. The regular season was split into halves to tally teams' records separately in each half of the season,and because the Cardinals finished in second place in each half,they did not qualify for the 1981 playoffs. Major League Baseball reverted to the previous playoff format the following season,and the Cardinals qualified for that postseason.
The St. Louis Cardinals 1980 season was the team's 99th season in St. Louis,Missouri,and the 89th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 74–88 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East,17 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies.
The 1976 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 95th season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 85th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72–90 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East,29 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.
Kenneth Grant Dayley is a former professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher,Dayley played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball between 1982 and 1993.
The Springfield Cardinals were a minor league baseball team located in Springfield,Illinois. The Springfield Cardinals played in the Midwest League from 1982 to 1993 and were an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. The team played at Lanphier Park on the northside of Springfield.
Mark Alan Riggins is a former Major League Baseball pitching coach for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB).
The St. Louis Cardinals,a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis,Missouri,compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). In 1953,the Anheuser-Busch (AB) brewery bought the Cardinals,and August "Gussie" Busch became team president. Busch's influence is still seen today as three of the Cardinals' home stadia are or were named some form of Busch Stadium. Three World Series titles in the 1960s and 1980s,contrasted with missing the playoffs for the entirety of the 1950s and 1970s checkered the team's success distinctly by decades. However,the team still remained generally competitive in each of those decades - they did not see a last place finish until 1990,which had been the first since 1918. With Busch's tenure as owner,the Cardinals also won six NL pennants.
