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Established1936 (dedicated June 12, 1939)
LocationCooperstown, New York
Coordinates42°42′01″N 74°55′25″W / 42.700322°N 74.92369°W / 42.700322; -74.92369
TypeProfessional sports hall of fame
Visitors300,000/year (average as of 2013)[1]
DirectorJeff Idelson (since 2008)
Websitebaseballhall.org

The St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League baseball (MLB) franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, have competed in the National League (NL) since 1892, and in the American Association (AA) from 1882 to 1891.[a] They have won 11 World Series titles, one additional interleague championship and were co-champions (tied) in another prior to the modern World Series. Known as the Cardinals from 1900 to the present, the St. Louis franchise were also known as the Brown Stockings (1882), Browns (1883–98), and Perfectos (1899).[2] A total of 37 players and other personnel associated with the Cardinals have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

The first former Cardinals players to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame were John McGraw and Cy Young in 1937, the second year of the Museum's annual balloting. Rogers Hornsby was the first to be inducted as Cardinal, which occurred in 1942. Of the 38 former Cardinals elected to the Hall of Fame, 17 have been inducted as Cardinals and nine with the Cardinals logo on their cap. The most recent individual associated with the Cardinals to be inducted is Scott Rolen, inducted in 2023; while his Hall of Fame plaque features a Cardinals logo,[3] his biography on the Hall's official website lists the Philadelphia Phillies as his primary team.[4]

In addition, two separate awards – the Ford C. Frick Award and BBWAA Career Excellence Award – while not conferring the status of enshrining their recipients as members of the Hall of Fame, honor the works of a total of six sportswriters and broadcasters in connection with their coverage of the Cardinals.[5][6] The Cardinals also have a franchise hall of fame known as the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum located within Ballpark Village adjacent to Busch Stadium, the Cardinals' home stadium.[7]

St. Louis Cardinals players, managers, and executives

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Table key
† Inducted as a Cardinal.[8] Names listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Cardinals cap insignia.
Ω Spent more years with the Cardinals than any other team, though not inducted as a Cardinal
Inductees
Member Years as Cardinal Role(s) Year inducted Method Notable achievement(s) as a Cardinal Ref(s)
Grover Cleveland Alexander[b] 1926–1929 Player 1938 BBWAA 1926 World Series champion
55–38 W–L, 3.08 ERA 		[9]
Walter Alston 1936 Manager 1983 VC [10]
Jake Beckley[b] 1904–1907 Player 1971 VC [11]
Jim Bottomley[b]† 1922–1932 Player 1974 VC 1926 and 1931 World Series champion
1928 NL MVP
.325 batting average (AVG),
.537 slugging percentage (SLG) in 11 seasons 		[12]
Roger Bresnahan[b] 1909–1912 Player 1945 OTC Player/manager, batted .275 [13]
Lou Brock† 1964–1979 Player 1985 BBWAA 1964 and 1967 World Series champion
#2 MLB in stolen bases (938)
3,000 hit club 		[14]
Mordecai Brown[b] 1903 Player 1949 OTC [15]
Jesse Burkett[d] 1899–1901 Player 1946 OTC .378 in three seasons (highest in franchise history)
1901 batting title (.376) 		[16][17]
Steve Carlton 1965–1971 Player 1994 BBWAA 1967 World Series champion
77–62 W–L, 3.10 ERA 		[18]
Orlando Cepeda 1966–1968 Player 1999 VC 1967 NL MVP and World Series winner [19]
Charles Comiskey[b] 1882–1889, 1891 Pion./Exec. 1939 OTC 1886 World Series champion
Four AA pennants
.673 win% (Highest for St. Louis managers) 		[20][21]
Roger Connor[b] 1894–97 Player 1976 VC [22]
Dizzy Dean† 1930, 1932–1937, 1941–1946 Player 1953 BBWAA 1934 MVP and World Series winner
4x NL strikeout, 2x wins, 2x shutouts champion 		[23]
Leo Durocher 1933–1937 Manager 1994 VC [24]
Dennis Eckersley 1996–1997 Player 2004 BBWAA [25]
Frankie Frisch[b]† 1927–1938 Player 1947 BBWAA 1931 and 1934 World Series champion
1931 MVP
.312 average as Cardinal player/manager 		[26][27]
Pud Galvin[b] 1892 Player 1965 VC [28]
Bob Gibson† 1959–1975, 1995 Player 1981 BBWAA 1964 and 1967 World Series champion
1968 and 1970 Cy Young Award winner
1.12 ERA (modern record) and MVP in 1968
18 Cardinals career pitching records 		[29][30]
Clark Griffith 1891 Player 1946 VC [31]
Burleigh Grimes 1930–1934 Player 1964 VC 1931 World Series champion [32]
Chick Hafey[b]† 1924–1931 Player 1971 VC .326 AVG, .568 SLG in eight seasons [33]
Jesse Haines[b]† 1920–1937 Player 1970 VC 1926, 1931, and 1934 World Series champion
Second in wins (210), IP (3203.2),
and 5th in ShO (23) in franchise history 		[30][34]
Whitey Herzog† 1980–1990 Manager 2010 VC 1982 World Series champion and three NL pennants
822 wins (Third in franchise history)
.530 winning percentage
1985 NL Manager of the Year 		[21][35]
Rogers Hornsby[b]† 1915–1926, 1933 Player 1942 BBWAA 1926 World Series champion
Two batting Triple Crowns
Six consecutive batting titles
3× .400 batting average
Second-highest career MLB batting average (.358) 		[36]
Miller Huggins 1910–1917 Manager 1964 VC .402 on-base percentage
Player/manager 		[37][38]
Jim Kaat 1980–1983 Player 2022 VC [39]
Tony La RussaΩ 1996–2011 Manager 2014 VC 2006 and 2011 World Series champion
Three NL pennants
1408 wins (Most in franchise history)
2002 NL Manager of the Year 		[21][40]
Rabbit Maranville 1927–1928 Player 1954 BBWAA [41]
Tommy McCarthy 1888–1891 Player 1946 VC [42]
John McGraw 1900 Manager 1937 VC .344 AVG, .505 OBP in 1900 [43]
Bill McKechnie 1928–1929 Manager 1962 VC 1928 NL pennant [44]
Joe Medwick[b]† 1932–1940, 1947–1948 Player 1968 BBWAA 1937 NL Triple Crown and MVP
.335 batting average (Fifth in franchise history) in 11 seasons 		[17][45]
Minnie Miñoso 1962 Player 2022 VC [46]
Johnny Mize[b]† 1936–1941 Player 1981 VC 1939 NL batting title (.349)
1.018 OPS in six seasons (Third in franchise history) 		[17][47]
Stan Musial† 1941–1944, 1946–1963, 1967 Player 1969 BBWAA 1942, 1944, and 1946 World Series champion
Three MVPs, seven batting titles
3,000 hit club
More than 20 Cardinals career batting records 		[17][48]
Kid Nichols[b] 1904–1905 Player 1949 OTC Player/manager
2.02 ERA, 21 W, 317 IP in 1904 		[49][50]
Branch RickeyΩ 1919–1942 Pion./Exec 1967 VC Founded minor league farm system in use today [51][52]
Wilbert Robinson[b] 1900 Manager 1946 OTC [53]
Scott Rolen 2002–2007 Player 2023 BBWAA 2006 World Series champion
4× Gold Glove winner
2002 Silver Slugger Award winner
4× All-Star 		[54]
Red Schoendienst† 1945–1956, 1961–1976, 1979–1995 Player 1989 VC 1946, 1964, 1967, and 1982 World Series champion
9x All-Star
.289 batting average, 1980 hits
1,041 wins as manager (Second in franchise history) 		[21][55][56]
Ted Simmons† 1968–1980 Player 2020 VC 6x All-Star
1980 Silver Slugger Award winner 		[57]
Enos Slaughter† 1938–1942, 1946–1953 Player 1985 VC 1942 and 1946 World Series champion
.305 batting average, .847 OPS
10× All-Star
135 triples, 146 home runs 		[58]
Lee Smith 1990–1993 Player 2019 VC 3x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief Man Award
2x NL saves leader 		[59]
Ozzie Smith† 1982–1999 Player 2002 BBWAA 1982 World Series champion
11× Gold Glove winner
1987 Silver Slugger Award winner
1995 Roberto Clemente Award winner
14× All-Star
1985 NLCS MVP 		[60]
John Smoltz 2009 Player 2015 BBWAA [61]
Billy Southworth† 1926–1927, 1929, 1940–1945 Manager 2008 VC 1926, 1942, and 1944 World Series champion
Three NL pennants as manager
.642 W–L% (Second in franchise history) 		[21][62][63]
Bruce Sutter 1981–1984 Player 2006 BBWAA 1982 World Series champion
3× NL saves leader, 127 saves, 2.72 ERA 		[64]
Joe Torre 1969–1974, 1990–1995 Manager 2014 VC 1971 MVP and batting champion (.363)
.498 winning percentage as manager 		[65][66]
Dazzy Vance 1933–1934 Player 1955 BBWAA [67]
Larry Walker 2004–2005 Player 2020 BBWAA [68]
Bobby Wallace[d] 1899–1901, 1917–1918 Player 1953 VC [69]
Hoyt Wilhelm 1957 Player 1985 BBWAA [70]
Vic Willis[d] 1910 Player 1995 VC [71]
Cy Young 1899–1900 Player 1937 BBWAA 45–35, 2.78 ERA, 690.1 IP, 137 ERA+ [72]

Broadcasters and sportswriters

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Ford C. Frick Award (broadcasters)
Recipient Years covering Cardinals Year awarded Stations / networks Ref(s)
Jack Buck 1954–2001 1987 KMOX, CBS (World Series) [73]
Harry Caray 1945–1969 1989 WIL (AM), KMOX [74]
Joe Garagiola 1955–1962 1991 KMOX
Tim McCarver 2014–2019 2012 KMOX, FOX
BBWAA Career Excellence Award (sportswriters)
Recipient Years covering Cardinals Year awarded Publications Ref(s)
Bob Broeg 1946–2004 1979 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Sporting News [75]
Rick Hummel 1971–2023 2006 St. Louis Post-Dispatch [76]
J. G. Taylor Spink 1914–1962 1962 The Sporting News [77]
J. Roy Stockton 1915–1958 1972 St. Louis Post-Dispatch [78]

Artifacts

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has collected artifacts related to notable achievements of Cardinals players, including:

See also

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References

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Footnotes
  • a Although the American Association is considered a former Major League, only the Cardinals' regular season records, postseason records and World Series championships attained since their entrance into the National League in 1892 are the totals considered part of their official Major League achievements.
  • b Has no insignia on his cap due to playing at a time when caps bore no insignia.
  • c Played for the St. Louis Browns, a former American League team, but not the National League St. Louis club. Because of their status as the only Major League team remaining in St. Louis, the Cardinals franchise chose to honor Sisler as a St. Louis-based player.
  • d Wears no cap.
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