(Updated Aug. 20, 2022)
Here are the top 6 with the most regular-season career grand slams as Cardinals:
_ Albert Pujols, 13 grand slams with the Cardinals. Pujols hit five of his grand slams in 2009, tying Ernie Banks of the 1955 Cubs for the National League single-season record. His 13th grand slam for the Cardinals came on Aug. 18, 2022, versus the Rockies’ Austin Gomber. With the three grand slams Pujols hit for the Angels, he totaled 16 in his career in the major leagues.
_ Stan Musial, 9 grand slams with the Cardinals. Musial hit his first grand slam in 1942 and his last in 1961.
_ Rogers Hornsby, 7 grand slams with the Cardinals. Hornsby hit more home runs (nine) against fellow Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes than he did against any other pitcher. Included in that total was a grand slam for the Cardinals against Grimes, pitching for Brooklyn, on July 28, 1925. Boxscore
_ Ken Boyer, 7 grand slams with the Cardinals. Not included in that total is Boyer’s most famous grand slam: a sixth-inning shot against Al Downing of the Yankees in Game 4 of the 1964 World Series, giving St. Louis a 4-3 victory. Boxscore
_ Ted Simmons, 7 grand slams with the Cardinals. On June 11, 1979, at Los Angeles, Simmons wiped out a 3-0 Dodgers lead with a third-inning grand slam against former teammate Jerry Reuss. In the ninth, Simmons launched a two-run shot against another former St. Louis teammate, Lerrin LaGrow, snapping a 7-7 tie and giving the Cardinals a 9-7 victory. Boxscore
_ Yadier Molina, 7 grand slams with the Cardinals. Molina got his first grand slam on April 5, 2010, against Reds reliever Nick Masset. One of Molina’s grand slams was hit against a future Hall of Famer, Roy Halladay of the Phillies, on May 27, 2012, at St. Louis. Boxscore
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