Established | 1936 (dedicated June 12, 1939) |
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Location | Cooperstown, New York |
Coordinates | 42°42′01″N74°55′25″W / 42.700322°N 74.92369°W |
Type | Professional sports hall of fame |
Visitors | 300,000/year (average as of 2013) [1] |
Director | Jeff Idelson (since 2008) |
Website | baseballhall.org |
The St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League baseball (MLB) franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, have competed in the National League (NL) since 1892, and in the American Association (AA) from 1882 to 1891. [a] They have won 11 World Series titles, one additional interleague championship and were co-champions (tied) in another prior to the modern World Series. Known as the Cardinals from 1900 to the present, the St. Louis franchise were also known as the Brown Stockings (1882), Browns (1883–98), and Perfectos (1899). [2] A total of 37 players and other personnel associated with the Cardinals have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
The first former Cardinals players to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame were John McGraw and Cy Young in 1937, the second year of the Museum's annual balloting. Rogers Hornsby was the first to be inducted as Cardinal, which occurred in 1942. Of the 38 former Cardinals elected to the Hall of Fame, 17 have been inducted as Cardinals and nine with the Cardinals logo on their cap. The most recent individual associated with the Cardinals to be inducted is Scott Rolen, inducted in 2023; while his Hall of Fame plaque features a Cardinals logo, [3] his biography on the Hall's official website lists the Philadelphia Phillies as his primary team. [4]
In addition, two separate awards – the Ford C. Frick Award and BBWAA Career Excellence Award – while not conferring the status of enshrining their recipients as members of the Hall of Fame, honor the works of a total of six sportswriters and broadcasters in connection with their coverage of the Cardinals. [5] [6] The Cardinals also have a franchise hall of fame known as the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum located within Ballpark Village adjacent to Busch Stadium, the Cardinals' home stadium. [7]
† | Inducted as a Cardinal. [8] Names listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Cardinals cap insignia. |
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Ω | Spent more years with the Cardinals than any other team, though not inducted as a Cardinal |
Member | Years as Cardinal | Role(s) | Year inducted | Method | Notable achievement(s) as a Cardinal | Ref(s) |
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Grover Cleveland Alexander [b] | 1926–1929 | Player | 1938 | BBWAA | 1926 World Series champion 55–38 W–L, 3.08 ERA | [9] |
Walter Alston | 1936 | Manager | 1983 | VC | [10] | |
Jake Beckley [b] | 1904–1907 | Player | 1971 | VC | [11] | |
Jim Bottomley [b] † | 1922–1932 | Player | 1974 | VC | 1926 and 1931 World Series champion 1928 NL MVP .325 batting average (AVG), .537 slugging percentage (SLG) in 11 seasons | [12] |
Roger Bresnahan [b] | 1909–1912 | Player | 1945 | OTC | Player/manager, batted .275 | [13] |
Lou Brock † | 1964–1979 | Player | 1985 | BBWAA | 1964 and 1967 World Series champion #2 MLB in stolen bases (938) 3,000 hit club | [14] |
Mordecai Brown [b] | 1903 | Player | 1949 | OTC | [15] | |
Jesse Burkett [d] | 1899–1901 | Player | 1946 | OTC | .378 in three seasons (highest in franchise history) 1901 batting title (.376) | [16] [17] |
Steve Carlton | 1965–1971 | Player | 1994 | BBWAA | 1967 World Series champion 77–62 W–L, 3.10 ERA | [18] |
Orlando Cepeda | 1966–1968 | Player | 1999 | VC | 1967 NL MVP and World Series winner | [19] |
Charles Comiskey [b] | 1882–1889, 1891 | Pion./Exec. | 1939 | OTC | 1886 World Series champion Four AA pennants .673 win% (Highest for St. Louis managers) | [20] [21] |
Roger Connor [b] | 1894–97 | Player | 1976 | VC | [22] | |
Dizzy Dean † | 1930, 1932–1937, 1941–1946 | Player | 1953 | BBWAA | 1934 MVP and World Series winner 4x NL strikeout, 2x wins, 2x shutouts champion | [23] |
Leo Durocher | 1933–1937 | Manager | 1994 | VC | [24] | |
Dennis Eckersley | 1996–1997 | Player | 2004 | BBWAA | [25] | |
Frankie Frisch [b] † | 1927–1938 | Player | 1947 | BBWAA | 1931 and 1934 World Series champion 1931 MVP .312 average as Cardinal player/manager | [26] [27] |
Pud Galvin [b] | 1892 | Player | 1965 | VC | [28] | |
Bob Gibson † | 1959–1975, 1995 | Player | 1981 | BBWAA | 1964 and 1967 World Series champion 1968 and 1970 Cy Young Award winner 1.12 ERA (modern record) and MVP in 1968 18 Cardinals career pitching records | [29] [30] |
Clark Griffith | 1891 | Player | 1946 | VC | [31] | |
Burleigh Grimes | 1930–1934 | Player | 1964 | VC | 1931 World Series champion | [32] |
Chick Hafey [b] † | 1924–1931 | Player | 1971 | VC | .326 AVG, .568 SLG in eight seasons | [33] |
Jesse Haines [b] † | 1920–1937 | Player | 1970 | VC | 1926, 1931, and 1934 World Series champion Second in wins (210), IP (3203.2), and 5th in ShO (23) in franchise history | [30] [34] |
Whitey Herzog † | 1980–1990 | Manager | 2010 | VC | 1982 World Series champion and three NL pennants 822 wins (Third in franchise history) .530 winning percentage 1985 NL Manager of the Year | [21] [35] |
Rogers Hornsby [b] † | 1915–1926, 1933 | Player | 1942 | BBWAA | 1926 World Series champion Two batting Triple Crowns Six consecutive batting titles 3× .400 batting average Second-highest career MLB batting average (.358) | [36] |
Miller Huggins | 1910–1917 | Manager | 1964 | VC | .402 on-base percentage Player/manager | [37] [38] |
Jim Kaat | 1980–1983 | Player | 2022 | VC | [39] | |
Tony La Russa Ω | 1996–2011 | Manager | 2014 | VC | 2006 and 2011 World Series champion Three NL pennants 1408 wins (Most in franchise history) 2002 NL Manager of the Year | [21] [40] |
Rabbit Maranville | 1927–1928 | Player | 1954 | BBWAA | [41] | |
Tommy McCarthy | 1888–1891 | Player | 1946 | VC | [42] | |
John McGraw | 1900 | Manager | 1937 | VC | .344 AVG, .505 OBP in 1900 | [43] |
Bill McKechnie | 1928–1929 | Manager | 1962 | VC | 1928 NL pennant | [44] |
Joe Medwick [b] † | 1932–1940, 1947–1948 | Player | 1968 | BBWAA | 1937 NL Triple Crown and MVP .335 batting average (Fifth in franchise history) in 11 seasons | [17] [45] |
Minnie Miñoso | 1962 | Player | 2022 | VC | [46] | |
Johnny Mize [b] † | 1936–1941 | Player | 1981 | VC | 1939 NL batting title (.349) 1.018 OPS in six seasons (Third in franchise history) | [17] [47] |
Stan Musial † | 1941–1944, 1946–1963, 1967 | Player | 1969 | BBWAA | 1942, 1944, and 1946 World Series champion Three MVPs, seven batting titles 3,000 hit club More than 20 Cardinals career batting records | [17] [48] |
Kid Nichols [b] | 1904–1905 | Player | 1949 | OTC | Player/manager 2.02 ERA, 21 W, 317 IP in 1904 | [49] [50] |
Branch Rickey Ω | 1919–1942 | Pion./Exec | 1967 | VC | Founded minor league farm system in use today | [51] [52] |
Wilbert Robinson [b] | 1900 | Manager | 1946 | OTC | [53] | |
Scott Rolen | 2002–2007 | Player | 2023 | BBWAA | 2006 World Series champion 4× Gold Glove winner 2002 Silver Slugger Award winner 4× All-Star | [54] |
Red Schoendienst † | 1945–1956, 1961–1976, 1979–1995 | Player | 1989 | VC | 1946, 1964, 1967, and 1982 World Series champion 9x All-Star .289 batting average, 1980 hits 1,041 wins as manager (Second in franchise history) | [21] [55] [56] |
Ted Simmons † | 1968–1980 | Player | 2020 | VC | 6x All-Star 1980 Silver Slugger Award winner | [57] |
Enos Slaughter † | 1938–1942, 1946–1953 | Player | 1985 | VC | 1942 and 1946 World Series champion .305 batting average, .847 OPS 10× All-Star 135 triples, 146 home runs | [58] |
Lee Smith | 1990–1993 | Player | 2019 | VC | 3x All-Star 2x Rolaids Relief Man Award 2x NL saves leader | [59] |
Ozzie Smith † | 1982–1999 | Player | 2002 | BBWAA | 1982 World Series champion 11× Gold Glove winner 1987 Silver Slugger Award winner 1995 Roberto Clemente Award winner 14× All-Star 1985 NLCS MVP | [60] |
John Smoltz | 2009 | Player | 2015 | BBWAA | [61] | |
Billy Southworth † | 1926–1927, 1929, 1940–1945 | Manager | 2008 | VC | 1926, 1942, and 1944 World Series champion Three NL pennants as manager .642 W–L% (Second in franchise history) | [21] [62] [63] |
Bruce Sutter | 1981–1984 | Player | 2006 | BBWAA | 1982 World Series champion 3× NL saves leader, 127 saves, 2.72 ERA | [64] |
Joe Torre | 1969–1974, 1990–1995 | Manager | 2014 | VC | 1971 MVP and batting champion (.363) .498 winning percentage as manager | [65] [66] |
Dazzy Vance | 1933–1934 | Player | 1955 | BBWAA | [67] | |
Larry Walker | 2004–2005 | Player | 2020 | BBWAA | [68] | |
Bobby Wallace [d] | 1899–1901, 1917–1918 | Player | 1953 | VC | [69] | |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 1957 | Player | 1985 | BBWAA | [70] | |
Vic Willis [d] | 1910 | Player | 1995 | VC | [71] | |
Cy Young | 1899–1900 | Player | 1937 | BBWAA | 45–35, 2.78 ERA, 690.1 IP, 137 ERA+ | [72] |
Ford C. Frick Award (broadcasters) | ||||
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Recipient | Years covering Cardinals | Year awarded | Stations / networks | Ref(s) |
Jack Buck | 1954–2001 | 1987 | KMOX, CBS (World Series) | [73] |
Harry Caray | 1945–1969 | 1989 | WIL (AM), KMOX | [74] |
Joe Garagiola | 1955–1962 | 1991 | KMOX | |
Tim McCarver | 2014–2019 | 2012 | KMOX, FOX | |
BBWAA Career Excellence Award (sportswriters) | ||||
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Recipient | Years covering Cardinals | Year awarded | Publications | Ref(s) |
Bob Broeg | 1946–2004 | 1979 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch , The Sporting News | [75] |
Rick Hummel | 1971–2023 | 2006 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | [76] |
J. G. Taylor Spink | 1914–1962 | 1962 | The Sporting News | [77] |
J. Roy Stockton | 1915–1958 | 1972 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | [78] |
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has collected artifacts related to notable achievements of Cardinals players, including:
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