St. Louis Cardinals Complete Stats
Season and Career Numbers for the Best of the Redbirds
Aug 16, 2007
I. The Hitting Records
Cardinals Single-Season Hitting Records*
Batting Average: .424 by Rogers Horsby (1924)
Total Hits: 250 by Rogers Hornsby (1922)
Doubles: 64 by Joe "Ducky" Medwick (1936)**
Triples: 25 by Tom Long (1915)
Home Runs: 70 by Mark McGwire (1998)
Runs Batted In: 154 by Joe Medwick (1937)
Runs Scored: 142 by Jesse Burkett (1901)
Stolen Bases: 118 by Lou Brock (1974)
Base on Balls: 162 by Mark McGwire (1998)
*All records are from the beginning of the 1901 season to the present.
** Medwick's 64 doubles are the second most ever in a seaon, second only to Earl Webb's 67
Cardinals' Career Hitting Records
Batting Average: .359 by Rogers Hornsby (1915-1926)
Total Hits: 3,630 by Stan Musial (1941-1963)
Doubles: 725 by Stan Musial (second most ever behind Tris Speaker)
Triples: 177 by Stan Musial
Home Runs: 475 by Stan Musial
Runs Batted In: 1,951 by Stan Musial
Runs Scored: 1,949 by Stan the Man
Stolen Bases: 888 by Lou Brock (1964-1979)
Base on Balls: 1,599 by Stan Musial
II. The Pitching Records
Cardinals Single Season Pitching Records
Most Wins: 30 by Jay "Dizzy" Dean (1934)
Best ERA: 1.12 by Bob Gibson (1968)
Strikeouts: 274 by Bob Gibson (1970)
Ks/9 Innings: 9.98 by Rick Ankiel (2000)
WHIP: 0.853 by Bob Gibson (1968)
Saves: 47 by Jason Isringhausen (2004) and Lee Smith (1991)
Shutouts: 13 by Bob Gibson (1968)
Cardinals Career Pitching Records
Wins: 251 by Bob Gibson (1959-1975)
^ ERA: 2.67 by Slim Sallee (1908-1916)
Strikeouts: 3,117 by Bob Gibson
Saves: 195 by Jason isringhausen (2002-2007)
III. The Major Award Winners
St. Louis Cardinals who have won the National League MVP
- Rogers Hornsby - 1925
- Bob O'Farrell - 1926
- Jim Bottomley - 1928
- Rogers Hornsby - 1929
- Frankie Frisch - 1931
- Dizzy Dean - 1934
- Mort Cooper - 1942
- Stan Musial - 1943
- Marty Marion - 1944
- Stan Musial - 1946
- Stan Musial - 1948
- Ken Boyer - 1964
- Orlando Cepeda - 1967
- Bob Gibson - 1968
- Joe Torre - 1971
- Keith Hernandez - 1979
- Willie McGee - 1985
- Albert Pujols - 2005
That is quite an impressive list. Since 1925, The Cardinals have won a total of 18 MVP awards. That's the best in National League history.
Although the Cardinals have always seemed to send good pitchers to the mound, they've only had two of their pitchers win the Cy Young Award. Bob Gibson, who did it in 1968 and 1970, and Chris Carpenter who earned his trophy in 2005. It should be noted that during his 1968 Cy Young season, Bob Gibson was unhittable. He posted an ERA of 1.12, which is the lowest in earned run average in 100 years. Gibson also threw 13 complete game shutouts that season, which, if you are under 20 years old, must seem like an impossibility. He really did it.
Cardinals' Rookies of the Year
- Wally Moon (1954)
- Bake McBride (1974)
- Vince Coleman (1985)
- Todd Worrell (1886)
- Albert Pujols (2001)
*All records are from the beginning of the 1901 season
^ Minimum 1000 Innings pitched after 1901.
