Cardinals Johnny Mize, Curt Davis, Lon Warneke, Terry Moore and Pepper Martin
St. Louis Cardinals Johnny Mize, Curt Davis, Lon Warneke, Terry Moore and Pepper Martin Robison...
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St. Louis Cardinals Johnny Mize, Curt Davis, Lon Warneke, Terry Moore and Pepper Martin Robison...
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2017 – Commissioner Rob Manfred issues a ruling in the case of an employee of the St. Louis Cardinals caught for hacking into the scouting database of the Houston Astros. The Cards are fined $2 million, which they must pay to Houston, and also surrender two top picks in the upcoming amateur draft to the Astros. The guilty former employee, Chris Correa, incurs a lifetime ban. This is on the top of the 46-month prison sentence and $279,000 fine he received after pleading guilty to federal charges last July.
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2016 – The Cardinals sign free agent OF Dexter Fowler to a five-year deal worth $82.5 million while the Diamondbacks add P Fernando Rodney on a one-year contract at $2.75 million.
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On October 3, 2014.00 The Cardinals stun the Dodgers with a 10 – 9 win in the first game of the NLDS. Leading 6 – 2 and with Clayton Kershaw having allowed only a pair of solo homers through 6 innings, the Cards put...
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On October 3, 2013.00 The Cardinals score 7 runs in the bottom of the 3rd to run away with Game 1 of the NLDS, 9 – 1 over the Pirates. Carlos Beltran ties Babe Ruth for the second-most postseason homers ever, with his 15th...
Read MoreFollowFollowFollowFollowFollowFollowFollowFollow October 3 2009 St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols ties a major league record with his 184th assist of the season. He matches the mark set by Bill Buckner with the Red Sox in...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 1, 2009 | Pitchers Hitting Feats, Pitching Feats | 0 |
Chris Carpenter does it both ways in the Cardinals’ 13 – 0 trashing of the Reds. He pitches 5 scoreless innings to bring his record to 17-4 and hits a grand slam and drives in 6 runs.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 3, 2007 | team executive | 0 |
On October 3, 2007.00 After winning their tenth World Series championship last season, the Cardinals announce senior vice president and general manager Walt Jocketty (1,117-968, .536) will no longer have a role with the team....
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On August 9, 2007, Rick Ankiel made a dramatic return to the St. Louis Cardinals. In his first big...
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On May 27, 2007, the St. Louis Cardinals option pitcher Anthony Reyes to their Triple-A team in Memphis. Reyes is 0-8 with a 6.08 ERA in his first nine starts of the season. The second year pitcher’s last victory came in...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 27, 2006 | World Series | 0 |
On October 27, 2006, the St. Louis Cardinals became the first team to win as few as 83 games to...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 22, 2006 | World Series | 0 |
On October 22, 2006, Detroit starter Kenny Rogers is embroiled in controversy when he pitches the...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 3, 2006 | Hitting Streaks | 0 |
On August 3, 2006, Phillies’ infielder Chase Utley goes 3-for-6 against the Cardinals to...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 27, 2004 | World Series, World Series Clinchers | 0 |
On October 27, 2004, the Boston Red Sox end their 86-year drought, winning the World Series in a...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 20, 2004 | NLCS, Post Season | 0 |
On October 20, 2004, Jim Edmonds hits a two-run walk-off homer in the 12th inning to give the...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 4, 2003 | Extra Innings, Houston Astros | 0 |
2003 – Brad Ausmus slugs a grand slam homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the 12th to carry the Astros over St. Louis, 6-5. Ausmus also guns down three runners, including Fernando Vina at third base for the game’s final out. Brad Lidge gets his first major league save.
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The Reds defeat the Cardinals, 5 – 4, on Ken Griffey, Jr.’s 11th-inning inside-the-park home run. The “run-off” home run breaks the Cardinals’ 11-game winning streak. The Cards, who also won 10 in a row in May, are the first team since the 1978 Pirates to post a pair of double-digit win streaks in the same season.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Oct 3, 1999 | Homerun History, Milestones | 0 |
FollowFollowFollowFollowFollowFollowFollowFollow October 3, 1999 – On the final day of the...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 5, 1999 | Milestones | 0 |
Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes the 16th major leaguer to join the 500-home run club
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On June 25, 1999, St. Louis rookie Jose Jimenez twirls a 1-0 no-hitter over the Arizona...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 8, 1998 | Homerun History, Record Setters | 0 |
On September 8, 1998, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals breaks what is arguably the game’s...
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1996 – The St. Louis Cardinals complete a long-rumored swap, acquiring closer Dennis Eckersley from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for minor league reliever Steve Montgomery. Eckersley replaces Tom Henke, who announced last month he was retiring. The Cardinals also announce that they are laying nearly three acres of grass over the field at Busch Stadium, replacing the artificial turf that has been used for 26 years. The grass turf will be ready for the April 8th opener against Montreal.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 23, 1995 | Transactions | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals sign a pair of free agents
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 22, 1995 | Franchise News | 0 |
Anheuser-Busch sells the St. Louis Cardinals for $150 million
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Mar 29, 1995 | Death | 0 |
On March 29, 1995, former major league star Terry Moore dies at the age of 82. An outstanding...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 7, 1993 | 4 Home Run Games, Homerun History | 0 |
On September 7, 1993, Mark Whiten of the St. Louis Cardinals ties a major league record by hitting...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Feb 22, 1993 | Transactions | 0 |
1993 – The Kansas City Royals trade IF Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for OF Felix Jose and IF/OF Craig Wilson.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Mar 23, 1992 | League Executives, League News | 0 |
On March 23, 1992, the National League announces that president Bill White will step down at the...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 6, 1990 | Manager | 0 |
On July 6, 1990, Whitey Herzog resigns as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals after 10 years on the...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 9, 1990 | Debut, Opening Day | 0 |
Delino DeShields, the 21 year-old second baseman of the Expos, goes 4-for-6 to become only the second rookie to collect four hits in an Opening Day debut. Forrest Jacobs, also a second baseman, became the first major league rookie to accomplish the feat in his 1954 Opening Day debut with the Philadelphia A’s.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 24, 1989 | Famous Thefts, Record Setters | 0 |
On June 24, 1989, Vince Coleman of the St. Louis Cardinals in a 5 – 2 loss to the Pirates,...
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On January 14, 1988, slugging infielder Bob Horner makes a return to the major leagues by signing...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 22, 1987 | World Series | 0 |
1987 – The St. Louis Cardinals win their third straight home game, 4 – 2, against the Minnesota Twins, and take a 3-2 lead in the World Series.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 17, 1987 | World Series | 0 |
On October 17, 1987, the Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals play the first indoor game in...
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The Pirates trade Tony Pena, three-time Gold Glove catcher, to the Cardinals in exchange for three youngsters, Mike LaValliere, Mike Dunne, and Andy Van Slyke, who thinks the deal is an April Fool’s Day joke. The former Pittsburgh backstop cries at a news conference with Bucs’ skipper Jim Leyland announces the swap with the Redbirds.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Nov 27, 1985 | Rookie Of The Year National League | 0 |
Vince Coleman is selected by the BBWAA as the National League’s Rookie of the Year. The Cardinals freshman outfielder, who stole 110 bases for the pennant-winning Redbirds, joins Frank Robinson, Orlando Cepeda, and Willie McCovey as only the fourth unanimous winner of the award.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 16, 1985 | NLCS, Post Season | 0 |
On October 16, 1985, Jack Clark hits a three-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning,...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 23, 1983 | 300th Victory, Milestones | 0 |
On September 23, 1983, Steve “Lefty” Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies wins his 300th game. The...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 15, 1983 | Transactions | 0 |
On June 15, 1983, the New York Mets acquire first baseman Keith Hernandez from the St. Louis...
Read MoreOzzie Smith becomes the game’s first $1 million shortstop when the infielder inks a three-year pact with the World Champion Cardinals. The ‘Wizard of Ahs’, best known for his outstanding defense, won his third consecutive Gold Glove in the offseason.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 17, 1982 | World Series | 0 |
On October 17, 1982, future Hall of Famer Robin Yount of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first...
Read MoreCivic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, which replaced Sportsman’s Park as the Cardinals’ home in 1966, will now be known simply as Busch Stadium. The ballpark is named for the Busch family of Anheuser-Busch, the team’s owner who championed the construction of a new stadium in St. Louis.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 21, 1981 | Transactions | 0 |
On October 21, 1981, the St. Louis Cardinals make one of their best trades ever when they acquire...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 10, 1981 | Milestones | 0 |
major league play resumes after a two-month strike
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 18, 1981 | Milestones, Pitching Feats | 0 |
On April 18, 1981, Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds notches the 3,000th strikeout of his Hall of Fame career. Seaver fans Keith Hernandez of the St. Louis Cardinals, joining Bob Gibson, Walter Johnson, Gaylord Perry, and Nolan Ryan as members of the exclusive pitching club.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 9, 1980 | Transactions | 0 |
1980 – The Cubs trade reliever Bruce Sutter, the 1979 National League Cy Young Award winner, to the Cardinals for 3B Ken Reitz, OF-1B Leon Durham, and a player to be named.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jul 6, 1980 | strikeouts | 0 |
On July 6, 1980 – Steve Carlton (14-4) becomes the major leagues’ left-handed...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 13, 1979 | 3000 Hit Club, Milestones | 0 |
Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals collects his 3,000th hit
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 16, 1978 | No Hitters | 0 |
On June 16, 1978, Tom Seaver hurls the first no-hitter of his brilliant career at Riverfront...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 25, 1978 | Manager | 0 |
Ken Boyer replaces Vern Rapp at Cardinal Manager
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