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The Cardinals–Cubs rivalry,also called the Route 66 rivalry and The I-55 rivalry,refers to the rivalry between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs of the National League (NL),one of the most bitter rivalries in Major League Baseball and in all of North American professional sports. The Cardinals have won 19 NL pennants,while the Cubs have won 17. However,the Cardinals have a clear edge when it comes to World Series success,having won 11 championships to the Cubs' three. Games between the two clubs see numerous visiting fans in either St. Louis's Busch Stadium or Chicago's Wrigley Field. When the NL split into two divisions in 1969,and later three divisions in 1994,the Cardinals and Cubs remained together.
The St. Louis Cardinals 2001 season was the team's 120th season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 110th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93–69 during the season and finished tied for first in the National League Central with the Houston Astros. Because the Cardinals and Astros were best two teams in the National League,both from the Central,and both finished five games ahead of the third-place Chicago Cubs,the Astros were awarded the NL Central champion and the number 1 seed in the playoffs due to winning the season series 9–7,and the Cardinals were seeded as the wild-card.
The St. Louis Cardinals 1999 season was the team's 118th season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 108th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–86 during the season and finished fourth in the National League Central division,21½games behind the Houston Astros.
The St. Louis Cardinals 1995 season was the team's 114th season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 104th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 62–81 during the season and finished fourth in the National League Central division,22½games behind the Cincinnati Reds. It was also the team's final season under the ownership of Anheuser-Busch,who would put the team up for sale on October 25,1995,ending a 43-season ownership reign.
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 1983 season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 102nd season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 92nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79–83 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East,eleven games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. They were the first team in the Divisional play era to have a losing season one year after winning the World Series.
The St. Louis Cardinals' 1982 season was the team's 101st season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 91st season in the National League. Making up for the previous season's near-miss,the Cardinals went 92–70 during the season and won their first-ever National League East title by three games over the Philadelphia Phillies. They achieved their first postseason appearance since 1968 and defeated the National League West champion Atlanta Braves in three straight games to claim the NL pennant. From there,they went on to win the World Series in seven games over the American League champion Milwaukee Brewers. It was the Cardinals' first World Championship since 1967,and their last until they opened the current Busch Stadium in 2006.
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 1962 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 81st season in St. Louis,Missouri and its 71st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–78 during the season and finished sixth in the National League,17+1⁄2 games behind the San Francisco Giants. Also in 1962,the Cardinals became the first NL club to wear names on the backs of their uniforms that season.
The 1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 65th season in St. Louis,Missouri and their 55th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 96–58 during the championship season and finished tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant,two games to none. In the World Series,they won in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. They won on Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" that gave them a 4–3 lead in the eighth inning of game 7.
The 1941 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 60th season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 50th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97–56 during the season and finished second in the National League.
The 1944 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 18 to October 9,1944. The St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns were the regular season champions of the National League and American League,respectively. In an all-St. Louis postseason,the Cardinals then defeated the Browns in the World Series,four games to two.
The 1946 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 16 to October 15,1946. The St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox were the regular season champions of the National League and American League,respectively. The Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in a best-of-three series,for the National League title. It was Major League Baseball's first-ever regular season tie-breaker. The Cardinals then defeated the Red Sox in the World Series,four games to three.
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division. Since the 2006 season,the Cardinals have played their home games at Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis. One of the nation's oldest and most successful professional baseball clubs,the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships,the most of any NL team and second in MLB only to the New York Yankees. The team has won 19 National League pennants,third-most of any team behind the Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. St. Louis has also won 15 division titles in the East and Central divisions.
The St. Louis Cardinals,a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis,Missouri,compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). As the game of baseball garnered interest in the United States in the 19th century,professional baseball in St. Louis became rooted chiefly in one disestablished Major League club –named the Brown Stockings,the same as the Cardinals' earliest name –which is loosely connected,but does not fall within the scope of,today's Cardinals. The Brown Stockings became St. Louis' first fully professional baseball club when they gained accession in the National Association (NA) in 1875. However,the NA folded after that season. That winter,with five other former NA teams,St. Louis established a new,eight-team league called the National League (NL) and began play the next season. Despite early success,Brown Stocking players were found to be connected to game fixing scandals,which forced bankruptcy and the club's expulsion from the NL. This scandal also abrogated their professional status but some members maintained play as a semi-professional team,primarily operated by outfielder Ned Cuthbert,until 1881.
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