1926 - Managed by the legendary player-manager Rogers Hornsby, the very first championship team started slow but finished hot to win the N.L. pennant by 2 games over Cincinnati.  Their 90 homeruns led the League.  Hornsby "only" batted .317, but Bottomley led the League in doubles (40) and RBI (120), while Flint Rhem won 20 games, and Grover Cleveland Alexander saved the World Series with his pitching.

1928 - After finishing only 1.5 games back in 1927, the Cards were determined to get back to the Series in 1928.  Ruth and Gehrig had other ideas, as the Yanks swept St. Louis in 4 games.

1930 - Changes at the top followed the painful sweep two years prior.  Career minor league manager Gabby Street led the Redbirds into the postseason; Burleigh Grimes, one of the last legal spit-ballers, was acquired mid-season; and the Cards went 31-7 down the stretch to win the N.L. Pennant.

1931 - Facing an Athletics team who had beaten them in six games the year before, the Cards won 101 games and finished 13 games ahead of their closest competition.  The "de-activated" ball of 1931 put an emphasis on pitching, defense, and speed.  Frankie Frisch won the regular season MVP by batting .311 with 4 HR, 82 RBI, scoring 96 runs and stealing a "whopping" 28 bases.

1934 - "The Gas House Gang" had an "all-out" style of play that was a decided advantage over the American League's Detroit Tigers, who were 0-3 to date in World Series appearances.  Dizzy finally got his chance, and as he liked to say, "It ain't bragging if you can do it."

1942 - Manager Billy Southworth's Redbirds proved conclusively during the 1942 season that they had what it took to win championships. Trailing the National League-leading Dodgers by ten games on August 5, they rallied down the stretch (winning forty-three of their last fifty-one games) to finish with a two-game margin over New York.  They faced the DiMaggio-led Yankees in the Fall Classic.

1943 - A re-match of the '42 Series, only this time both teams lost players to World War II.  Musial was the N.L. MVP but couldn't keep the Yankees from winning the Series in five.

1944 - The "Gateway City" was electrified with the excitement of what was billed as the "St. Louis Showdown," but the visiting Cardinals defeated the Browns in six.

1946 - This seven-game classic against the Boston Red Sox was won with Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" to score from first on a hit to left-centerfield in the bottom of the eighth.

1964 - After an 18-year drought, the Redbirds return to the Series with Gibby, Lou, Shannon and McCarver to defeat the vaunted Yankees in seven games.

1967 - Red Schoendienst led Cardinals veterans Gibson, Brock, Cepeda and a young Carlton to victory over the Boston Red Sox again in their first full season in Busch Stadium.

1968 - Bob Gibson's dominating presence on the mound wasn't quite enough to hold off the Detroit Tigers, who countered with Lolich and McLain to win it in seven.

1982 - Whitey-ball brings excitement to St. Louis Cardinals baseball.  Rookie outfielder Willie McGee, veteran infielder Keith Hernandez, catcher Darrell Porter and ace Joaquin Andujar drive the Redbirds to a seven-game victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

1985 - I-70 Series against the Kansas City Royals.  Can you say Don Denkinger?

1987 - Seven game Series against the Minnesota Twins.  This is the first ever World Series to have the home team win each of the seven games.  Twins were the home team and won it.

2004 - LaRussa-led team ended a 17-year drought to make it to the Fall Classic, only to be swept by the team on a mission, the Boston Red Sox.

2006 - At last, the modern day Cardinals win another championship!  After finishing the season only 5 games over .500, the team pitched well, and took advantage of multiple miscues by the Detroit Tigers to avenge the 1968 Series.