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Johnny Mize won the 1939 batting title and hit .336 with a .600 slugging percentage as a Cardinal. Tip O'Neill won the first batting Triple Crown in franchise history in 1887. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Lou Brock ranks second in franchise history in multiple career batting categories. The St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, compete in the National League of Major League Baseball since 1892. Before joining the NL, they were also a charter member of the American Association from 1882 to 1891. Although St. Louis has been the Cardinals' home city for the franchise's entire existence, they were also known as the Brown Stockings, Browns, and Perfectos. As of October 2022, Stan Musial tops the ranking of the St. Louis Cardinals all-time RBI leaders having batted in 1,951 runs throughout his career.
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In addition to this honor, Big Mac has also hit the most home runs all-time as a first baseman. Adam Wainwright ranks second in franchise history in strikeouts, strikeouts per nine innings pitched and strikeout-to-walk ratio. Dizzy Dean ranks third in team history in strikeouts and fifth in shutouts. Enos Slaughter ranks in the top five in multiple career batting categories.
That wasn’t the only time Boyer had repeatable homer production, either. Between 1961 and 1964, the right-handed hitter slugged exactly 24 homers in each campaign. The separation between Musial, Pujols, and the rest of Cardinals hitters on the career home run leaderboard is large. That’s probably the understatement of the century, as nearly 200 home runs separate Pujols from Ken Boyer, who is sitting in third place.
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We’ll go through the top-10 home run-hitting seasons in Cardinals history below, and unsurprisingly, those two dudes are heavily featured. Pujols capped his career with a stirring trek to 703 home runs. Wainwright and Molina set the record for the most durable battery in AL/NL history. Goldschmidt won his first National League MVP Award, edging out a brilliant season from third-place finisher Arenado. As for Donovan, he became the first rookie in the rich history of the Cardinals to win a Gold Glove. The Cardinals all time home run leaders list is incredibly top-heavy.
It feels like Jim Edmonds is most well known for his glove work in the outfield. In the 17 years he played big-league baseball, Edmonds posted 11 performances of 20-plus homers. His two most powerful seasons were the ones that landed on this list, as he slugged 42 dingers in both 2000 and 2004. In between these two years, the outfielder never hit fewer than 28 homers. Musial will fend off Albert Pujols for the all-time home run king title in St. Louis.
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Obviously, his first tour in St. Louis is one of the most dominant 11-season stretches for a player in MLB history. If Pujols just retired after 2011 and never moved on to the Los Angeles Angels, he would’ve already been a first-ballot Hall of Famer. He still is, and his 685 dingers are among the most home runs all time, along with ranking second all-time in Cardinals history.
We're asking for your help to make it through the offseason and ensure that we're here to cover baseball in the 2021 season and beyond. The upcoming 2023 season also holds the potential of being defined as both memorable and forgettable. In both instances, Lankford failed to register a month with 10-plus homers. April also wasn’t a powerful month, as he slugged three dingers in ’97 and one in ’98. But during 1997, the left-handed hitter split his production virtually down the middle between the first half and second half .
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Yet, he’s the Cardinals’ all-time home run leader. That’s what consistent production will do for you over a long period of time. It’s not like Stan The Man didn’t lead baseball in a number of other categories, though. Finishing at 24 home runs was not an easy feat for Pujols by any means. To use individual functions (e.g., mark statistics as favourites, set statistic alerts) please log in with your personal account. Dave Foutz ranks third in franchise history in ERA and fourth in winning percentage (first for all with 100+ decisions).
He paced the league in runs scored five times, total hits six times, doubles eight times, triples five times, and RBI twice. A career .331 hitter, Musial also won seven Batting Titles and three MVP Awards. But when specifically looking at his home run production, the sweet-swinging left-handed hitter slugged at least 10 homers every season of his career, except once. That’d be his rookie season, when he hit just one in 12 games played during the 1941 campaign.
In “late and close” situations, his OPS was .939, but it was above 1.000 in all others. This includes with two outs and runners in scoring position, a tie game, and if the score was within four runs. It also didn’t matter if St. Louis was ahead (1.022 OPS) or behind (.995 OPS), Mize was just as productive at the plate.
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All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Let’s find out before detailing the top-24 single-season home run hitters in Cardinals history. As of October 2022, Stan Musial tops the ranking of the St. Louis Cardinals all-time home run leaders with 475 home runs throughout his career. Musial is followed within this ranking by Albert Pujols with a total of 469 home runs recorded throughout his career. Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images. The requested page "/cardinals-baseball-st-louis-schedule/" could not be found.
ST. LOUIS – Albert Pujols conquered the quest for 700 home runs, and then some more, in his farewell tour. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Baseball-Reference Bullpen 100,000+ pages of baseball information, How to Contribute, ... If we look at Baseball-Reference’s Clutch Stats, his OPS was consistently elite in just about every situation.
The 1922 season was the most powerful of Hornsby’s career, as it included a league-leading 42 home runs. His 152 RBI were the most in baseball, giving him his first Triple Crown (he’d win it again in 1925). He also led the league in doubles , runs scored , and hits . It was the first time he finished with a batting average higher than .400 (he checked in at .401). Notable players have defined, in part, the Cardinals' success and history.
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