One of our major goals of this site was to capture a year by year summary of St. Louis Cardinals history. Below you will find links starting back from the 1900’s all the way to the 2000s. Each season highlights some of the things that went on that year to make it a special one.
Year by Year Cardinal History
2000’s
1990’S
- 1990- Last Place for First Time Since 1918
- 1991- Pagnozzi and Ozzie Win Gold Glove
- 1992- Team Batting Ave= .262
- 1993- Mark Clark Traded for Mark Whiten
- 1994- Player’s Strike Shortens Season
- 1995- Busch to Sell Club
- 1996- Tatis Hits 2-Grand Slams in One Inning
- 1997- Cardinals Acquire McGwire
- 1998- Maris HR Record Broken
- 1999- Tatís hit two grand slams in One Inning- Pujols Drafted
1980’s
- 1980- 5-Silver Slugger Awards
- 1981- 100th Season in St. Louis
- 1982- Cardinals Trade for McGee and Win World Series
- 1983- Keith Hernandez traded
- 1984- Sutter Leads NL in Saves
- 1985- Denkinger World Series
- 1986- Todd Worrell won the Rookie of the Year
- 1987- First Place Club
- 1988- Ozzie wins Another Gold Glove
- 1989- Pendleton and Smith Win Gold Glove
1970’s
- 1970- AstroTurf at Busch Memorial Stadium
- 1971- Torre won the MVP award
- 1972- Cardinals Take a Step Backwards
- 1973- Offense was led by catcher Ted Simmons
- 1974- Bake McBride won the Rookie of the Year
- 1975- Bob Gibson Retires
- 1976- Last Season for Red Schoendienst to Manage
- 1977- Vern Rapp Replace Schoendienst
- 1978- Rapp Fired and Boyer Hired
- 1979- Keith Hernandez MVP
1960’s
- 1960- Musial Asks for a Paycut
- 1961- Hemus Fired as Manager
- 1962- Musial Milestones
- 1963- Stan Musial Announces his Retirement
- 1964- The Cardinals Win First Pennant Since 1946
- 1965- Boyer, Groat, White and Uecker Traded
- 1966- From Old to New Busch Stadium
- 1967- Defeat Red Sox in World Series
- 1968- Bob Gibson wins both the MVP Award and the Cy Young Award
- 1969- Harry Caray was Fired
1950’S
- 1950 – Opening Day Night Game; First Fan Voting AS Game
- 1951- Cardinals Play Two Different Teams on Same Day
- 1952- Musial Pitches to One Batter; Also Wins 3rd Batting Title in Row
- 1953 – Cardinals Have Offers to Leave Town
- 1954 – Enos Slaughter Traded; First Cardinals Black Player takes Field
- 1955 – Worst Record Since 1924
- 1956 – Birds on the Bat Logo Removed – Fans Irate
- 1957 – Musial Wins 7th Batting Title
- 1958- Musial Gets 3,000th Hit
- 1959- Bob Gibson
1940’s
- 1940 – First STL night game; Medwick Traded and Beaned
- 1941- Musial Debuts
- 1942 – World Series Champions
- 1943 – Musial named National League MVP
- 1944 – Streetcar Series; St. Louis Browns v. St. Louis Cardinals
- 1945- Musial Enters the Navy; Red Wears #6
- 1946 – World Champions for Third Time in 5 Years
- 1947 – Sam Breadon Sells the Team
- 1948 – Musial Wins His Last National League MVP
- 1949 – Ending the Most Successful Decade to Date
1930’s
- 1930 – Dizzy Dean Debuts
- 1931 – World Series Champs for a Second Time
- 1932- Hafey and Bottomley traded; Ripper Collins Leads Team
- 1933- Dizzy Dean Wins 20; Cardinals Acquire Durocher
- 1934- World Series #3; Dizzy and Paul Dominate
- 1935- First Female to Bat in the Majors
- 1936- Cardinals Rookie Walter Alston First and Only At Bat
- 1937- Medwick Wins Triple Crown- 16-yr old Musial Signs
- 1938- Cardinals Trade Dean; MLB Use Yellow Baseballs
- 1939 – Moore hits 2 Inside-the-Park Homers in Same Game
1920’s
- 1920 – Sam Breadon Era Begins
- 1921- “Live Ball” Era Begins; Hits Galore
- 1922- Top Prospect Dies
- 1923- Hornsby Suspended
- 1924- Bottomley Knocks in 12 RBI’s in One Game; Hornsby Bats .424
- 1925- Rickey Out; Hornsby In as Manager
- 1926- World Champions- The First in Cardinals History
- 1927 – Frisch Second in MVP Voting
- 1928 – Bottomley Becomes NL MVP
- 1929 Fired Manager Becomes Hired Manager
1910’s
- 1910 – President Taft Comes to Town
- 1911 – Helene Britton First Female Owner
- 1912 – Manager Bresnahan Sues the Team
- 1913 – Team Loses 99 Games
- 1914 – Cardinals are Respectable
- 1915 – Rogers Hornsby Debut
- 1916- Another Last Place Finish; Hornsby First Homer
- 1917 – Branch Rickey and Miller Huggins Team Up
- 1918- WW1 Shortened Season
- 1919- Cardinals Start First Farm System
1900’S
- 1900 – First Year as Cardinals
- 1901 – Foul Balls Now Become Strikes; “Live Ball” Era Begins
- 1902- First Ever Pinch Hit Grand Slam
- 1903 – Mordcai “Three Fingers” Brown Joins Cardinals
- 1904 – Schedule Changes to 154 Games
- 1905- Cardinals/Browns in Bragging Rights Game
- 1906- Cardinals Finish- 63 GB First Place
- 1907- Konetchy Steals Home Twice in One Game
- 1908- Franchise in Jeopardy
- 1909 – Bresnahan the New Manager