Description
- Team:St. Louis Cardinals
- League:MLB Season:2011
- Size : 11
- The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri who compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). The new Busch Stadium has been their home stadium since 2006, and it has been called Baseball Heaven by many players and reporters - old and new - from all teams. With origins as one of the early professional baseball clubs in St. Louis, entrepreneur Chris von der Ahe purchased a barnstorming club in 1881 then known as the Brown Stockings and established them as charter members of the American Association (AA) the following season. Upon the discontinuation of the AA, St. Louis joined the NL in 1892; at that time, they were called the Browns and the Perfectos before they were officially renamed as the Cardinals in 1900. One of the most successful franchises in baseball history, the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships (2nd only to the New York Yankees' 27), 19 National League pennants, and 12 division titles. While still in the AA, St. Louis won 4 league championships, qualifying them to play in a forerunner of the World Series. They tied in 1885 and won outright in 1886 (both times against the predecessor of the Chicago Cubs) in a storied rivalry that continues on today.
- Achievements that have impacted Major League Baseball and sports in general include Branch Rickey's pioneering of the farm system, Rogers Hornsby's 2 Triple Crowns, Dizzy Dean's 30-win season, Stan Musial's 17 Major League and 29 NL records, Bob Gibson's 1.12 ERA season, Whitey Herzog's Whiteyball, Mark McGwire breaking the single-season home run record, and the 2011 championship team's unprecedented comebacks. The Cardinals have won 105 or more games in 4 different seasons and won 100 or more a total of 8 times. Cardinals players have won 20 league MVPs, 4 batting Triple Crowns, and 3 Cy Young Awards. Baseball Hall of Fame inductees include Lou Brock, Dizzy Dean, Gibson, Herzog, Hornsby, Joe Medwick, Stan Musial, Rickey, Red Schoendienst, Ozzie Smith, and Bruce Sutter. In 2014, Forbes valued the Cardinals at $820 million, making them the 8th-most valuable franchise in MLB; their revenue the previous year was $283 million and operating income of $65.2 million was the highest in MLB. Since their purchase in 1995, owner William DeWitt, Jr.'s investment group has seen enormous growth from the $147 million purchase price. John Mozeliak is the general manager and Mike Matheny is the manager. Renowned for strong support from fans-despite being in one of the sport's mid-level markets, the Cardinals routinely see attendances among the league's highest, and are consistently among the Top 3 in MLB in local television ratings.
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