The Ball State Cardinals have won several conference championships and earned a number of NCAA Tournament berths over the years, including:

The Cardinals as a team won 101 games during the season and earned another postseason berth.

His work there earned him an invitation to join the big-league Cardinals ' broadcast team in St. Louis the following season.

He earned 1978 All-FCIAC West Division First Team honors in his junior year, his first year starting at quarterback for the Cardinals.

Martin's performance earned him a return to the major leagues with the Cardinals in 1931.

White earned a sports program on KMOX radio in St. Louis while he was still playing for the Cardinals.

Once again Zambrano gained the victory, this time pitching six shutout innings before leaving with tightness in his back A final start against the rivals was completed on September 18 as a rematch with Carpenter, with similar results as Zambrano pitched a complete game, giving up two earned runs and gaining the victory, his third of the season against the Cardinals.

He also led the Cubs pitching staff to the lowest earned run average in the league as they won the National League pennant by 4 games over the St. Louis Cardinals.

With the Cardinals in, Kaat earned his only World Series ring working in four games out of the bullpen.

" In 2006, his diving stop and subsequent throw from his knees to put out Gary Bennett in an interleague game, on June 25 against the St. Louis Cardinals earned him the ESPN defensive play of the year for a third baseman.

He earned two first-place votes for the MVP Award, won by Ken Boyer of the champion Cardinals.

The Cardinals earned their berth into the playoffs by winning the National League Central, and had the best win – loss record in the National League.

The Cardinals signed Suppan as a free agent in 2004, and he embarked upon a career year, posting a 16 – 9 won-lost record and a 4. 16 earned run average, with 110 strikeouts, 65 walks, and 192 hits allowed in 188 innings.

" He is one of a select number of major league managers in baseball history who have earned a law degree or passed a state bar exam ; others include John Montgomery Ward ( New York Giants, Brooklyn and Providence, late 1800s ), Hughie Jennings ( Detroit, 1907 – 20, New York Giants, 1924 ), Miller Huggins ( St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees, 1913 – 29 ), Muddy Ruel ( St. Louis Browns, 1947 ), Jack Hendricks ( St. Louis Cardinals, 1918, Cincinnati, 1924 – 29 ), and Branch Rickey ( St. Louis Browns, 1913 – 15, St. Louis Cardinals, 1919 – 25 ).

Some observers suggested that the presence of Denkinger behind the plate affected the Cardinals ' gameplay, as ace pitcher John Tudor got off to a terrible start, giving up five earned runs and four walks in only innings.

The following night, with Denkinger behind home plate, the Cardinals suffered an epic meltdown, as ace pitcher John Tudor got off to a terrible start, giving up five earned runs and four walks in only innings.

Cann immediately earned a place in the Cardinals ' starting lineup as a freshman, starting 20 games for the team, and was named to first-team All-Conference USA.

The Cardinals, by most accounts, earned this nickname from the team's generally very shabby appearance and rough-and-tumble tactics.

Leftwich earned a Super Bowl ring as the Steelers ' backup when the Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII.

Cecil was known for his thunderous tackling and aggressive style during his time as a safety for the Packers ( 1988 – 1992 ), Cardinals ( 1993 ) and Oilers ( 1995 ), and earned a trip to the Pro Bowl and garnered All-Madden status in 1992 when he recorded four interceptions and 102 tackles on the season.

His 121-yard, 3 touchdown performance against the Arizona Cardinals earned him NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.

He started the St. Louis Cardinals ' game against the New York Mets, going six innings, giving up one earned run, and striking out two.

Arizona had postseason victories over the St. Louis Cardinals ( 3 – 2 in the NLDS ) and the Atlanta Braves ( 4 – 1 in the NLCS ) to advance to the World Series where, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, they beat the three-time reigning champions, the New York Yankees, 4 to 3, to become the youngest expansion franchise to win the World Series ( in just their fourth season of play ).

The game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals in particular was cited for putting Ryne Sandberg ( as well as the 1984 Cubs in general, who would go on to make their first postseason appearance since 1945 ) " on the map.

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Smith later participated in the postseason for the first time when the Cardinals faced the Atlanta Braves in the best-of-five 1982 National League Championship Series ( NLCS ).

Smith's return to the lineup a month later was not enough to propel the Cardinals to a postseason berth.

In the postseason, the Cardinals first faced the San Diego Padres in the 1996 National League Division Series.

In his first season for the Cardinals, he won 20 games in 2000 as the team reached the postseason for the first time in four years.

Freese's clutch play in the postseason ( excluding the popup that bounced off of his glove and head ) helped the Cardinals win the 2011 National League Pennant over the Milwaukee Brewers and the World Series over the Texas Rangers.

Playing in the decade before the Braves began their dominance of the National League East, Murphy also made his only postseason appearance in 1982, though the eventual World Series-champion St. Louis Cardinals eliminated the Braves in the first round of the playoffs.

He was the winner in the final game of all three postseason series — American League Division Series against the Anaheim Angels, American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees, and World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals ( where he threw shutout ball for 7 innings in Game 4, to defeat Jason Marquis ) — as the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years.

Akers eventually ran his streak to a record 19 consecutive postseason field goal conversions ; it was snapped the very next week against the Arizona Cardinals.

Howard had his last postseason highlight in the 1967 World Series against the Cardinals when his bases-loaded single in the ninth inning of Game 5 drove in two runs for a 3-0 lead.

Durocher managed the Dodgers continuously until, and led Brooklyn to the first postseason NL playoff series in history, losing to the Cardinals two games to none.

The Cardinals posted a 95 – 67 record during the regular season, but were affected by injuries throughout the postseason, most notably with the loss of their lone home run threat, first baseman Jack Clark, due to a sprained right ankle suffered in a game in Montreal on September 9.

" This lack of motivation may explain his Packers ' rare postseason defeat in the 1964 game ( January 1965 ) to the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Category: St. Louis Cardinals postseason

Category: St. Louis Cardinals postseason

Wright struggled in his first and only postseason, going 4 – 25 (. 160 ) in the Mets ' NLCS loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, and batting a mere. 216 in 10 postseason games.

* St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lance Berkman grew a playoff beard through the team's postseason run up to the 2011 World Series.

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Category: St. Louis Cardinals postseason