A report on Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals

The 1876 White Stockings won the NL championship.
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.
Rogers Hornsby won two Triple Crowns as a Cardinal.
1913 Chicago Cubs
Stan Musial retired owning numerous National League and team batting records.
Hall of Famer Hack Wilson
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

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

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Caray in the Wrigley Field booth in 1988

Harry Caray

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American radio and television sportscaster.

American radio and television sportscaster.

Caray in the Wrigley Field booth in 1988
Caray in 1951, when he was with the St. Louis Cardinals. The team's broadcasts were sponsored by the Griesedieck Brothers brewery prior to its purchase by Anheuser-Busch in 1953.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan in the press box with Caray during a 1988 game at Wrigley Field
Caray using his net to catch a foul ball in the Cardinals broadcast booth, 1957. He continued this practice when he worked for other teams.
Harry Caray's statue outside Wrigley Field
Harry Caray banner at Wrigley Field

During his career he called the play-by-play for five Major League Baseball teams, beginning with 25 years of calling the games of the St. Louis Cardinals with two of these years also spent calling games for the St. Louis Browns.

After a year working for the Oakland Athletics and 11 years with the Chicago White Sox, Caray spent the last 16 years of his career as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs.

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.

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.

Nolan Ryan holds the record for no-hitters in the major leagues with seven.

No-hitter

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Game in which a team was not able to record a single hit through conventional means.

Game in which a team was not able to record a single hit through conventional means.

Nolan Ryan holds the record for no-hitters in the major leagues with seven.
Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax threw four no-hitters, including one perfect game, during his MLB career.
Jason Varitek caught four no-hitters during his MLB career.
Mike Witt pitched in both a complete game no-hitter and a combined no-hitter.
Bob Feller pitched the first (and to date only) Opening Day no-hitter, in 1940.
Ken Johnson pitched a no-hitter in 1964 but was the losing pitcher of the game.
Matt Young allowed no hits in a 1992 game that is not considered a no-hitter because he only pitched eight innings.
Rich Hill had a potential no-hitter broken up in extra innings in 2017.
Justin Verlander threw his first two no-hitters for the Detroit Tigers, and more recently one for the Houston Astros.
Joe Musgrove pitched the most recent, and to date only, no-hitter for the San Diego Padres.
Len Barker's perfect game is the most recent no-hitter for the Cleveland Indians.

the first came on September 13, 2020, with the Chicago Cubs, and the second on April 9, 2021, with the San Diego Padres.

On September 17, 1968, Gaylord Perry of the San Francisco Giants no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Cardinals' Ray Washburn no-hit the Giants the following day.

Edmonds with the San Diego Padres in 2008

Jim Edmonds

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American former professional baseball center fielder and a broadcaster for Bally Sports Midwest.

American former professional baseball center fielder and a broadcaster for Bally Sports Midwest.

Edmonds with the San Diego Padres in 2008
Edmonds batting for the Cardinals in 2007
Edmonds batting for the Chicago Cubs in 2008.
Edmonds' Cardinals Hall of Fame speech

He played for the California/Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2010.

Heyward with the Chicago Cubs in 2016

Jason Heyward

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Heyward with the Chicago Cubs in 2016
Heyward throwing the ball at Citi Field in 2010
Heyward entering the dugout before a spring training game in 2011
Heyward running the bases in 2014
Heyward batting for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2015
Heyward batting for the Chicago Cubs in 2016
Heyward in the outfield at Busch Stadium in 2015
Jacob Heyward with the Richmond Flying Squirrels in 2021

Jason Alias Heyward (born August 9, 1989), nicknamed "J-Hey" is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB).

There, he played until being traded to the St. Louis Cardinals after the 2014 season.

2008 St. Louis Cardinals season

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The St. Louis Cardinals' 2008 season was the 127th season for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri and the 117th season in the National League.

May opened with St. Louis' first series of the year against their arch-rival and the preseason NL Central favorite Chicago Cubs, with the Cardinals winning two of three games to stay atop the NL Central standings.

Durocher in 1948

Leo Durocher

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American professional baseball player, manager and coach.

American professional baseball player, manager and coach.

Durocher in 1948
Durocher's 1933 Goudey baseball card
Durocher in the dressing room of Delorimier Stadium in Montreal in July 1946.
Durocher with the Giants in 1948.

After playing three seasons with the Reds, Durocher was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in mid-1933.

Durocher returned to the managerial ranks in 1966 with the Chicago Cubs.

The Philadelphia Phillies won their second consecutive pennant in 2009 and lost to the San Francisco Giants in the 2010 NLCS.

List of National League pennant winners

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Team that wins the championship—the pennant—of MLB's National League .

Team that wins the championship—the pennant—of MLB's National League .

The Philadelphia Phillies won their second consecutive pennant in 2009 and lost to the San Francisco Giants in the 2010 NLCS.
The Pittsburgh Pirates (back row) won the National League pennant in 1903, and played in the first modern World Series in baseball history.
The New York Giants won their first World Series appearance in 1905 after their owner refused to take part in the 1904 World Series.
The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series after capturing the National League pennant.
In 2008, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers faced off in the National League championship series for the pennant; the Phillies won, four games to one.
The 19th century Baltimore Orioles team won three National League pennants, one of three defunct teams to have won the league.
The Detroit Wolverines won their only pennant in 1887, followed by a victory in the World's Championship Series.

The San Francisco Giants (formerly the New York Giants; 23 pennants, 27 playoff appearances) are in second place, with the St. Louis Cardinals (19 pennants and 28 playoff appearances), in third place, followed by the Atlanta Braves (18 pennants and 23 postseason appearances between their three home cities of Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Boston) in fourth place and the Chicago Cubs (17 pennants and 20 playoff appearances as the Cubs and White Stockings) in fifth.

CBS Radio

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Radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.

Radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.

In 2005 and 2007 respectively, CBS dropped the St. Louis Cardinals from KMOX and the Pittsburgh Pirates from KDKA, ending two long relationships between the teams and their flagship stations.

CBS's WFAN is the flagship station of the New York Yankees (they had broadcast the Mets until 2014) and WSCR is the flagship station of the Chicago Cubs.