Believe it or not the St. Louis Cardinals first faced the Texas Rangers in the 2011 World Series.
Rogers Hornsby was manager in 1926, their first World Series win.
The first time a World Series was played in one city was in 1944, in St. Louis. There the National League Cardinals met the American League team, the Browns. As it turned out, the St. Louis Cardinals victory in that Series made it their third straight World Series win.
Billy Southworth. Southworth played on the 1926 St. Louis Cardinals that defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series and managed the 1942 Cardinals that defeated the Yankees in the World Series.
The Cardinals defeated the St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles) 4 games to 2 to win the 1944 World Series.
The St. Louis Cardinals Are In Second Place With The Most world Series Wins With 9. The New York Yankees Are In First With 27 Wins.
Adrian Beltre never won a World Series. He has only played in one World Series- in 2011, in his first season with the Texas Rangers. The Rangers lost that series to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals struckout 17 Detroit Tiger batters in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series. On Oct. 2 1968 Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardenals struck out 17 Detroit Tigers in the first game of the world series that year. Its a world series record.
yes, Bryan Jordan was drafted in the first round of the 1988 MLB draft by the St. Louis Cardinals
Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees in Games 2, 3, and 4 of the 1928 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Roger Hornsby,1926
Tony La Russa won the World Series three times as a manager. The first was with the Oakland A's in 1989, the last two were with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006 and 2011.