The St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB) since . Before joining the NL, they were also a charter member of the American Association (AA) from to . 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.
In 140 seasons, the franchise has won more than 11,000 regular season games and appeared in 31 postseasons while claiming 12 interleague championships, tying one other, and 23 league pennants. 11 of the interleague championships are World Series titles won under the modern format since ; the other championship and tie occurred in âÂÂ. 19 of the league pennants are NL pennants, and the other four are AA pennants. Their 11 World Series titles represent the most in the NL and are second in MLB only to the New York Yankees' 27.
Notable players have defined, in part, the Cardinals' success and history. Stan Musial owns the most career batting records with 22. Rogers Hornsby owns the most single-season records with 11. Bob Gibson owns the most career pitching records with 18. Silver King owns the most single-season pitching records with nine.
All statistics:
Bold denotes still active with the team.
Italic denotes still active but not with the team.
Italics â occurred in extra innings
Note: 1,500 plate appearances (PA) required for rate statistics.
Notes: 500 innings pitched (IP) and 50 decisions qualify for career rate statistics.
Notes: 100 IP and 10 decisions qualify for rate statistics.
Note: Minimum 250 plate appearances (PA) for rate statistics for seasons 1882âÂÂ91. From 1892âÂÂpresent, the minimum number of PA is 300. Minimum 16 stolen base attempts qualifies for stolen base percentage. Since 1951 only.
Includes both regular season and postseason games.
<small>**Johnny Mize (4ÃÂ), Albert Pujols (4ÃÂ), Mark McGwire (3ÃÂ), Stan Musial (2ÃÂ), Paul Goldschmidt, George Harper, Reggie Smith, George Watkins, and Bill White.</small>
<small>Pitchers with nine SO in a postseason game: Andy Benes, Paul Derringer, Gibson (2ÃÂ), Michael Wacha, Wainwright, Jeff Weaver, and Woody Williams.</small>
Note: 2,000 innings minimum for position players' fielding percentage; 500 innings for pitchers.