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| Established | 1936 (dedicated June 12, 1939) |
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| Location | Cooperstown, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°42′01″N 74°55′25″W / 42.700322°N 74.92369°W |
| Type | Professional sports hall of fame |
| Visitors | 300,000/year (average as of 2013)[1] |
| Director | Jeff Idelson (since 2008) |
| Website | baseballhall.org |
The St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League baseball (MLB) franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, have competed in the National League (NL) since 1892, and in the American Association (AA) from 1882 to 1891.[a] They have won 11 World Series titles, one additional interleague championship and were co-champions (tied) in another prior to the modern World Series. Known as the Cardinals from 1900 to the present, the St. Louis franchise were also known as the Brown Stockings (1882), Browns (1883–98), and Perfectos (1899).[2] A total of 37 players and other personnel associated with the Cardinals have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
The first former Cardinals players to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame were John McGraw and Cy Young in 1937, the second year of the Museum's annual balloting. Rogers Hornsby was the first to be inducted as Cardinal, which occurred in 1942. Of the 38 former Cardinals elected to the Hall of Fame, 17 have been inducted as Cardinals and nine with the Cardinals logo on their cap. The most recent individual associated with the Cardinals to be inducted is Scott Rolen, inducted in 2023; while his Hall of Fame plaque features a Cardinals logo,[3] his biography on the Hall's official website lists the Philadelphia Phillies as his primary team.[4]
In addition, two separate awards – the Ford C. Frick Award and BBWAA Career Excellence Award – while not conferring the status of enshrining their recipients as members of the Hall of Fame, honor the works of a total of six sportswriters and broadcasters in connection with their coverage of the Cardinals.[5][6] The Cardinals also have a franchise hall of fame known as the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum located within Ballpark Village adjacent to Busch Stadium, the Cardinals' home stadium.[7]
- ^ "President and Senior Staff". BaseballHall.org. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ "St. Louis Cardinals team history & encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ^ "Cap Selections Announced for Fred McGriff, Scott Rolen" (Press release). National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. February 17, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ "Hall of Famers: Scott Rolen". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ "Awards: Ford C. Frick". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ "Awards: BBWAA Career Excellence Award". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ Cardinals Press Release (January 18, 2014). "Cardinals establish Hall of Fame & detail induction process". www.stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.