Rogers Hornsby hit 42 home runs in 1922.
First baseman Tom Alston on April 13, 1954.
The first Tonga born player in the NFL was KR/PR Vai Sikahema of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1986 ... he was born in Nuku'Alofa.
Orlando Cepeda, the first unanimous winner of the National League's Most Valuable Player award, wore No. 30 for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1967 and 1968. Cepeda was named MVP for the '67 season.
The St. Louis Cardinals were established in 1882 as the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association, a major league at the time.
In the regular season, that was Gus Bell who hit a single in the second inning of the Mets' first game against the St. Louis Cardinals on April 11, 1962.
The Cardinals first game was on April 5, 2010 at the Cincinnati Reds. The Cardinals won 11-6.
Lou Brock of the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals with 21 HRs and 52 SBs.
The Cardinals opened the 2010 season on April 5th at the Cincinnati Reds. The Cardinals home opener was on April 12th against the Houston Astros.
The team got the nickname Cardinals in the 1900 season. Prior to that, the Cardinals were known as the Perfectos and, before that, the Brown Stockings.
First baseman Tom Alston on April 13, 1954.
The first Tonga born player in the NFL was KR/PR Vai Sikahema of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1986 ... he was born in Nuku'Alofa.
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The first Cardinals player of full Japanese ancestry was So Taguchi, born in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan whose first season with the Cardinals was 2002. The first Cardinals player that was born in Japan was second baseman Bobby Fenwick who played 5 games with the team in 1973. Fenwick was born in Okinawa and his father was American.
Orlando Cepeda, the first unanimous winner of the National League's Most Valuable Player award, wore No. 30 for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1967 and 1968. Cepeda was named MVP for the '67 season.
Believe it or not the St. Louis Cardinals first faced the Texas Rangers in the 2011 World Series.
In the Spring of 1988, the St. Louis Cardinals, moved to Arizona. The Cardinals are the longest standing NFL franchise. Ref: http://www.azcardinals.com/history/index.php
Ozzie Smith of the San Diego Padres and the St. Louis Cardinals would do a back flip on the first day of the season and the last day of the season when he went out to his position in the first inning of those games.