(Updated Sept. 12, 2018)
Here are the top 5 with the most regular-season career grand slams as Cardinals:
_ Albert Pujols, 12 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. He’s also hit two grand slams for the Angels, giving him 14 in his career in the major leagues.
_ Stan Musial, 9 grand slams with the Cardinals. Musial hit grand slams over a 19-year period; his first was in 1942 and his last was 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
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