Yankees Gave Johnny Mize What Cardinals Did Not

Johnny Mize barely missed out on being part of the Cardinals’ championship run of the early 1940s, but his timing was right with the Yankees.

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Why Cardinals Traded Johnny Mize To Giants

Johnny Mize, the franchise’s all-time best left-handed power hitter, practically was given away by the Cardinals after he ran afoul of management.

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How Navy Hitch Made Stan Musial A Better Ballplayer

Joining the Navy helped Stan Musial boost his baseball career with the Cardinals.

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How Johnny Mize Almost Never Played For Cardinals

Before Johnny Mize played a game for the Cardinals, they gave up on him and gave him away to the Reds.

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Cardinals Are Last NL Franchise To Win Three Pennants In A Row

Over the last 90 years, the Cardinals are the only National League franchise to have won three consecutive pennants.

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And Carlos Beltran Makes Six Cardinals

When Carlos Beltran's line drive down the right-field line touched down in fair territory in the 13th inning early Saturday morning, the switch-hitting veteran joined a small group considering all of the Cardinals who have played in the postseason.

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Yadier Molina's Five-RBI Feat

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina did something that has only been accomplished 25 times in 90 years.

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Yadier Molina Snaps Out Of It

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has resumed driving in runs.

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Batman Cometh: David Freese & A Rookie Record Search

Two of rookie David Freese’s teammates were eager to help him handle the gaggle of media that crowded around the third baseman’s locker in the St. Louis Cardinals’ clubhouse on Sunday.

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On This Date In Cardinals History: December 11, 1941

We all know that Mark McGwire broke Major League Baseball's single season homer record in 1998, a standard that had stood since 1961.

But that season he also -- much earlier in the year, of course -- shattered the Cardinals' single season mark which had stood much longer. The Big Cat, Johnny Mize, cranked 43 over the boards during the 1940 season to set the high water mark.

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Last At-Bat Cardinals Postseason Wins

When Boston’s Jed Lowrie’s RBI single brought home Jason Bay in the bottom of the ninth to eliminate the Los Angeles Angels in the ALDS Monday night, he did what 17 St. Louis Cardinals have done in the long history of the franchise - win postseason games with a last at-bat hit.

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