The St. Louis Cardinals, based in St. Louis, MO, are part of the MLB’s NL Central Division; they are also called “the Cards” or “the Redbirds.” They won 10 World Series in all, the most of any NL team and only 2nd to the New York Yankees in the MLB; the Yankees have 26. 15 Cardinals have been named Most Valuable Player; the most recent was Albert Pujols in 2005. In 1968, Bob Gibson won the Cy Young Award and MVP award. Three of their pitchers have won the Cy Young Award: Gibson twice (in1968 and 1970) and Chris Carpenter in 2005. Their rivals are the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros and Kansas City Royals.

The Cardinals were established in the American Association in 1882, but were called the St. Louis Browns. In 1892, they joined the National League and have been called the Cardinals since 1900. They started playing in Busch Stadium in 2006; they became the 1st team to win the World Series in their first season in a new ballpark since 1923. They have a powerful rivalry with the Chicago Cubs that started in 1885. St. Louis played in the early version of the World Series; the 1st 2 times were against the Chicago White Stockings (who became the Chicago Cubs). In 1885, the series ended in disagreement, but the Cardinals clearly won the 1886 series. Thus began a St. Louis-Chicago rivalry that goes on to this day. In 1920, Sam Breadon bought the team and named Branch Rickey general manager; Rickey moved the team to Sportsman’s Park to become tenants of their AL rivals, the St. Louis Browns. The team, which was nicknames the Gashouse Gang due to their shabby appearance and rough strategies, won the pennant and World Series against the Detroit Tigers.

The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team established in 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball and have won a National League record 10 World Series championships, second only to the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. Their uniform colors are cardinal red, white and navy blue and the logo is a cardinal perched on a baseball bat. The Cardinals are often called the Cards or Redbirds or even just the 'Birds. Their Spring Training Facility is Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, FL. The team won a franchise record 106 games and defeated the Yankees in the World Series which was the reason of posting the second best records in team history with 105 wins in both 1943 and 1944. They had a period of success in 1980s, wining the 1982 World Series over the Milwaukee Brewers. They hit another period of success in the early 1990s and in 2004 they won 105 games for the best record in baseball, to defeated the Dodgers in the NLDS and the Houston Astros in an epic seven game NLCS and to reach the 2004 World Series. In 2005 the Cardinals won 100 games and another Central Division title, but lost in an NLCS rematch to the Astros. They faced the Detroit Tigers, but won in five games for the tenth World Series title in the 2006 World Series.