St Louis Cardinals World Series Victories
Founded in 1882 as the Brown Stockings, the team joined the American National League in 1891 and changed their name to the St Louis Cardinals. They have won the World Series Championship a total of ten times, beating the New York Yankees three times and the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers twice each. The St Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers have also ceded victories. The World Series is the culmination of the American baseball season and lasts from four to seven games.
In World Series history, the team, known affectionately as ‘the Cards’, have faced the New York Yankees on a total of five occasions (1926, 1928, 1942, 1943 and 1964). In 1926, when Calvin Coolidge was the President of the United States, pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander famously struck out Tony Lazeri – with bases loaded, Babe Ruth was picked off trying to steal second base, leading to the first World Series victory of St Louis, four games to three. Sixteen years later, the Cardinals decisively beat New York four games to one. It was a bad day at the office for Joe Dimaggio. In their final triumph over the Yankees, St Louis won the 1964 championship four games to three.
Appearing in three contests with the Boston Red Sox, the St Louis team have won twice. The first time was in 1946, when they beat the beat the Dodgers two games to nil to secure the pennant. During the same month Eugene O’Neill’s play, ‘The Iceman Cometh’ premiered in New York City and an unmanned rocket ship took photographs of Earth from outer space. Their second victory took place in 1967, when Lyndon Johnson was President of the United States and ‘Hair’ premiered on Broadway.
The first time the Detroit Tigers fell to the Cardinals in a World Series was in 1934, the year that saw ‘It Happened One Night’ sweep the top for honors in the Academy Awards. Dizzy (“It-ain’t-bragging-if-you-can-do-it”) Dean pitched the team to an 11-0 victory in the seventh and final game of the championship. It was to be another sixty-two years before St Louis once again demonstrated their superiority over Detroit, when they took the championship in 2006, this time in five games.
The Philadelphia Athletics won the 1930 Series against the Cardinals only to be beaten the following year four games to three. Veteran pitcher Burleigh Grimes distinguished himself by being the last legal spitball pitcher in baseball. October 1931 also saw Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and women in Spain gaining the right to vote.
The St Louis Cardinals saw off local rivals the St Louis Browns during the 41st World Series in 1944, winning four games to two. This was a difficult year for the country and for baseball, with many players serving in the armed forces.
In their 1982 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, the team introduced a strategy known to this day as ‘Whiteyball’, named after manager Whitey Herzog. This Series was dubbed the ‘Suds Series’, because both teams housed Breweries; the Busch Brewery in Missouri and Millers in Wisconsin. On October 14th of this year, Epcot Center opened in Orlando, Florida and 6,000 couples were joined in holy matrimony in a mass wedding ceremony in Korea.
In the 120 years since their establishment as a National League team, the St Louis Cardinals have become the second most successful team in major league baseball, capturing ten World Series crowns. Only the New York Yankees have surpassed their record.
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