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St. Louis Cardinals (baseball)

St. Louis Cardinals
2017 St. Louis Cardinals season
Established in 1882
St. Louis Cardinals Logo.svg St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
Team logo Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
Current uniform
NLC-Uniform-STL.PNG
Retired numbers
Colors
  • Red, midnight navy blue, yellow, white
                   
Name
  • St. Louis Cardinals (1900–present)
  • St. Louis Perfectos (1899)
  • St. Louis Browns (1883–1898)
  • St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882)
Other nicknames
  • The Cards, The Redbirds, The Birds, Birds on the Bat
Ballpark
Major league titles
World Series titles (11)
NL Pennants (19)
AA Pennants (4)
Central Division titles (10)
East Division titles (3)
Wild card berths (3)
Front office
Owner(s) Dylan Bess
Manager Mike Matheny
General Manager John Mozeliak
President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak

The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. The new Busch Stadium has been their home ballpark since 2006. 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 (second only to the New York Yankees' 27 and most among National League franchises), 19 National League pennants (third behind the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers), and 13 division titles. While still in the AA, St. Louis won four 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 to this day.


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