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History Of St Louis Cardinals World Series Wins
Since their formation in 1891, the St Louis Cardinals have won the national championship World Series ten times. Three-times victorious over the New York Yankees, the team has beaten the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox twice each. The Milwaukee Brewers, St Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics have all lost one Series to the mighty team from Missouri. This popular autumn sporting challenge can take place over 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.
World Series 1944 was a St Louis derby, pitching the Cards against the Browns. Embroiled as the nation was in the war between the Allies and the ‘Axis of Evil’, many players were engaged in a more serious battle. The tournament was decided in six games, with the Cardinals winning four. Their local rivals have not met them in a championship tournament since. During this time, French women acquired the right to vote and ‘Ozzie and Harriet’ made their CBS radio debut.
A style of play called, ‘Whiteyball’, named after Cardinals’ manager Whitey Herzog, is sometimes credited for their victory in 1982 over the Milwaukee Brewers. This Series was dubbed the ‘Suds Series’, owing to the fact that both teams home towns boasted major breweries.
In their 120 years as a National League team, the St Louis Cardinals have become the second most victorious team in major league baseball, winning ten championship World Series. Only the New York Yankees have won more.
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