A report on Chicago Cubs, Cardinals–Cubs rivalry and St. Louis Cardinals

Pitcher Jim McCormick started five of the seven games for Chicago in the 1885 World Series between the two teams, going 3–2.
The 1876 White Stockings won the NL championship.
Mark McGwire hitting a home run at Busch Stadium.
Charles Comiskey, shown here circa 1910, guided the Browns to four American Association titles.
The 1906 Cubs won a record 116 of 154 games. They then won back-to-back World Series titles in 1907–08.
Wrigley Field and the Cubs play host to the rival St. Louis Cardinals 9-10 games a season
Rogers Hornsby won two Triple Crowns as a Cardinal.
1913 Chicago Cubs
Dusty Baker, manager of the Chicago Cubs (2003–2006)
Stan Musial retired owning numerous National League and team batting records.
Hall of Famer Hack Wilson
Rogers Hornsby played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1915–1926 & 1933 and with the Chicago Cubs 1929–1932. Hornsby owns the single season record for both franchises in hits and runs.
Bob Gibson, the most decorated pitcher in team history, won two Cy Young Awards.
Club logo (1927–1936)
Pitcher Chris Carpenter, essential in two World Series titles, won 10 playoff games with a 3.00 postseason ERA.
Cubs logo (1941–1945)
Albert Pujols is one of the most accomplished players in Cardinals' history.
A sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series.
Sportsman's Park during the 1946 World Series
Ernie Banks ("Mr. Cub")
Busch Memorial Stadium, home stadium from 1966 to 2005
Ryne Sandberg set numerous league and club records in his career and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2005.
St. Louis logo (1900–1919)
Andre Dawson, 5× All-Star and 1987 NL MVP during tenure in Chicago
St. Louis mascot Fredbird, 2013
Sammy Sosa was the captain of the Chicago Cubs during his tenure with the team.
Red Schoendienst (1965–76, 1980, 1990)
Kerry Wood, along with Mark Prior, led the Cubs' rotation in 2003.
Tony La Russa (1996–2011)
Dempster emerged in 2004 and became the Cubs' regular closer.
Joe Medwick's Triple Crown in 1937 is the last in the history of the National League
Alfonso Soriano signed with the club in 2007.
Lou Brock
Carlos Zambrano warming up before a game
Dizzy Dean
Starlin Castro during his 2010 rookie season
Curt Flood
One of two Cubs building blocks, Anthony Rizzo, swinging in the box
Enos Slaughter
The Cubs celebrate after winning the 2016 World Series.
Ozzie Smith
2016 Champions visit the White House in June 2017.
Bruce Sutter
Clark (left) with the Oriole Bird
Harry Caray
Ron Santo
Billy Williams
Ferguson Jenkins
Kiki Cuyler
Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown
Harry Caray

The Cardinals–Cubs rivalry, also called the Route 66 rivalry and The I-55 rivalry, refers to the rivalry between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs of the National League (NL), one of the most bitter rivalries in Major League Baseball and in all of North American professional sports.

- Cardinals–Cubs rivalry

In two of these championships, the Browns met the Chicago White Stockings, now the Chicago Cubs, launching the enduring Cardinals–Cubs rivalry.

- St. Louis Cardinals

Both seasons resulted in matchups with the St. Louis Brown Stockings, with the clubs tying in 1885 and with St. Louis winning in 1886.

- Chicago Cubs

This was the genesis of what would eventually become one of the greatest rivalries in sports.

- Chicago Cubs

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2015 National League Division Series

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The 2015 National League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams in the 2015 National League Championship Series.

The 2015 National League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams in the 2015 National League Championship Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals had home field advantage in this round of the playoffs.

This was the third overall postseason meeting between the Cubs and Cardinals, with the two having met in the 1885 and 1886 World Series, and their first since the Cardinals joined the National League in 1892.

The St. Louis Cardinals shut-out the rival Chicago Cubs 4–0 behind John Lackey's 7 1⁄3 shutout innings in the first meeting between the two in the playoffs.

Chicago White Sox

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American professional baseball team based in Chicago.

American professional baseball team based in Chicago.

1919 "Black Sox" team photo
Ed Walsh holds the record for lowest career earned run average (ERA), 1.82
Al López, manager of the "Go-Go Sox"
Harold Baines at the plate in 1986
Frank Thomas in 1997
The White Sox celebrate after winning a tie-breaker game against the Minnesota Twins for a spot in the 2008 playoffs
View from the upper deck of U.S. Cellular Field in 2006
Batting practice at Comiskey Park, 1986
The 1912–1917, 1919–1929, 1931, and 1936–1938 Chicago White Sox logo
Uniform design from 1971–1975
Alternate logo, used on the road uniform (1991–2010) and on the black alternate uniform (1993–present).
Eddie Murphy, John "Shano" Collins, Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch, and Nemo Leibold in their dugout during the 1917 World Series
Luis Aparicio (1956–62, 1968–70)
Luke Appling (1930–43, 1945–50)
Carlton Fisk (1981–1993)
Nellie Fox (1950–1963)
Shoeless Joe Jackson (1915–1920)
Ted Lyons (1923–1942, 1946)
Minnie Miñoso (1951–57, 1960–61, 1964, 1976, 1980)
Bill Veeck, White Sox owner (1959–61, 1975–80) who revolutionized baseball by introducing many innovations in promotion
Southpaw
Fielder Jones of the White Sox hits the ball against Cubs at West Side Grounds, 1905
Elson in the 1940s
Harrelson in the broadcast booth in 2007

The White Sox are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago, the other being the Chicago Cubs of the National League (NL) Central division.

La Russa went on to manage in six World Series (winning three) with the Oakland A's and St. Louis Cardinals, ending up in the Hall of Fame as the third-winningest manager of all time.

Through the 1953 season, the two teams were located fairly close to each other (including the 1901 season when the Browns were the Milwaukee Brewers), and could have been seen as the American League equivalent of the Cardinals–Cubs rivalry, being that Chicago and St. Louis have for years been connected by the same highway (U.S. Route 66 and now Interstate 55).