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| 1948 |
After going 0-for-4 on the last day of the campaign, Cardinal outfielder Stan Musial falls one home run shy of winning the Triple Crown, with Johnny Mize and Ralph Kiner of the Giants and Pirates, respectively, sharing the home run title with 40. The eventual MVP paced the National League with a .376 batting average and 132 RBIs for the second-place Redbirds, leading the Senior Circuit in 11 offensive categories.
(Ed. Note: Many accounts have Stan the Man recalling having hit a round-tripper in a game rained out earlier in the season that cost him the Triple Crown. Extensive research has not been able to verify the washed-out contest, although he did homer in the All-Star game. Our thanks to frequent contributor J. Feehan for enhancing this entry. - LP) |
| 1965 | Cardinal right-hander Bob Gibson becomes a 20-game winner for the first time, going the distance, beating Houston at the Astrodome, 5-2. The future Hall of Famer will win twenty games four more times in the next five seasons. |
| 1999 | Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire hits #65 and his final homer of the season, passing Ted Williams and Willie McCovey to move into the tenth spot on the all-time career home run list with 522 round-trippers. |
| 2000 | Against the Braves, Cardinal rookie starter Rick Ankiel sets a modern-day major league record by uncorking five wild pitches in the third inning of Game 1 of the NLDS. The left-hander joins Buffalo's Bert Cunningham, who accomplished the same feat in the first inning in an 1890 Players League contest. |
| 2007 | After winning their tenth World Series championship last season, the Cardinals announce that senior vice president and general manager Walt Jocketty (1,117-968, .536) will no longer have a role with the team. The former GM, who will be replaced on an interim basis by his assistant John Mozeliak, watched the Redbirds make seven postseason appearances, winning two National League pennants and the 2006 World Series during his 13-year tenure with the club. |
| 2020 | The Padres win a playoff series for the first time in 22 years when Craig Stammen and eight relievers combine to throw a four-hitter to blank the Cardinals, 4-0, in the deciding Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series. San Diego's last postseason success occurred in 1998 when the team beat the Braves to clinch the NL flag before facing the Yankees in the Fall Classic. |
6 Fact(s) Found