Top 10 facts about 90-win Cardinals teams: _ The 2011 Cardinals are the 29th team in franchise history to win 90 or more regular-season games since 1900. _ With 29, the Cardinals rank third in the National League in most 90-win seasons since 1900, following the Giants (41) and Dodgers (32), and just ahead of [...]
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Cardinals rate third in NL for most 90-win seasons
Posted in Records on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Danny Litwhiler: perfect fit for champion Cardinals
Posted in Hitters on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Danny Litwhiler, the starting left fielder for the Cardinals’ National League championship teams in 1943 and ’44, was manager Billy Southworth’s kind of player. In 1942, when Litwhiler was with the last-place Phillies, he beat the Cardinals in a September game by stretching a single into a double and later crashing into catcher Walker Cooper to [...]
Jason Motte rates with best of Cardinals rubber arms
Posted in Pitchers, Records on September 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In establishing a Cardinals single-season record for most appearances by a right-handed pitcher, Jason Motte has broken a mark that stood for almost 20 years. With three games remaining in the 2011 regular season, Motte has appeared in 78 games and has a chance to become the first Cardinals right-hander to pitch in 80. In [...]
Yadier Molina joins extra-base elite among catchers
Posted in Hitters on September 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yadier Molina is the first Cardinals catcher in 31 years _ and only the fourth since 1900 _ to hit 30 doubles in the regular season. In seven previous big-league seasons, Molina’s career best in doubles was 26 in 2006. He has 31 this season. Molina reached the 30 mark on Sept. 20 against Mike Pelfrey of the Mets. [...]
First time in 6 years 5 Cards reach double-digit wins
Posted in Pitchers on September 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The 2011 Cardinals are the fifth team in 16 seasons under manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan to have five pitchers achieve double-digit win totals with St. Louis. In the last 50 years, eight Cardinals teams overall have had five pitchers with win totals in double figures. The five pitchers who began the [...]
2010 Cardinals set shutout standard under La Russa
Posted in Games, Pitchers on September 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cardinals pitchers have recorded eight shutouts in 2011. That’s only half the total they achieved in 2010. (Updated Sept. 28: The Cardinals have recorded nine shutouts in 2011). Last year’s 16 shutouts by Cardinals pitchers are the most by a St. Louis team in 16 seasons under manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan. [...]
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