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Rk Year Tm Lg G W L Ties W-L% Finish Playoffs R RA BatAge PitchAge #Bat #Pitch Managers
1 2009 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 91 71 0 .562 1st of 6 Lost LDS (3-0) 730 640 28.5 30.1 42 20 Tony LaRussa (91-71)
2 2008 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 86 76 0 .531 4th of 6 779 725 28.8 30.2 43 24 Tony LaRussa (86-76)
3 2007 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 78 84 0 .481 3rd of 6 725 829 30.3 29.6 45 25 Tony LaRussa (78-84)
4 2006 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 161 83 78 0 .516 1st of 6 Won WS (4-1) 781 762 29.6 28.6 41 19 Tony LaRussa (83-78)
5 2005 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 100 62 0 .617 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (4-2) 805 634 30.8 29.7 40 20 Tony LaRussa (100-62)
6 2004 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 105 57 0 .648 1st of 6 Lost WS (4-0) 855 659 30.7 30.1 37 20 Tony LaRussa (105-57)
7 2003 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 85 77 0 .525 3rd of 6 876 796 30.0 31.2 42 24 Tony LaRussa (85-77)
8 2002 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 97 65 0 .599 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (4-1) 787 648 29.0 30.2 44 26 Tony LaRussa (97-65)
9 2001 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 93 69 0 .574 2nd of 6 Lost LDS (3-2) 814 684 28.8 29.3 40 21 Tony LaRussa (93-69)
10 2000 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 95 67 0 .586 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (4-1) 887 771 29.7 29.3 46 24 Tony LaRussa (95-67)
11 1999 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 161 75 86 0 .466 4th of 6 809 838 28.7 28.6 42 22 Tony LaRussa (75-86)
12 1998 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 163 83 79 1 .512 3rd of 6 810 782 30.5 28.9 45 23 Tony LaRussa (83-79)
13 1997 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 73 89 0 .451 4th of 5 689 708 30.0 29.5 51 25 Tony LaRussa (73-89)
14 1996 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 162 88 74 0 .543 1st of 5 Lost NLCS (4-3) 759 706 30.7 30.9 38 18 Tony LaRussa (88-74)
15 1995 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 143 62 81 0 .434 4th of 5 563 658 28.6 30.1 46 21 Joe Torre (20-27) and Mike Jorgensen (42-54)
16 1994 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central 115 53 61 1 .465 3rd of 5 535 621 28.9 29.2 37 18 Joe Torre (53-61)
17 1993 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 87 75 0 .537 3rd of 7 758 744 28.0 28.5 39 18 Joe Torre (87-75)
18 1992 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 83 79 0 .512 3rd of 6 631 604 28.6 28.7 39 15 Joe Torre (83-79)
19 1991 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 84 78 0 .519 2nd of 6 651 648 28.5 29.4 36 18 Joe Torre (84-78)
20 1990 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 70 92 0 .432 6th of 6 599 698 29.4 29.8 43 22 Whitey Herzog (33-47), Red Schoendienst (13-11) and Joe Torre (24-34)
21 1989 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 164 86 76 2 .531 3rd of 6 632 608 29.3 28.2 33 15 Whitey Herzog (86-76)
22 1988 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 76 86 0 .469 5th of 6 578 633 28.1 28.9 41 19 Whitey Herzog (76-86)
23 1987 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 95 67 0 .586 1st of 6 Lost WS (4-3) 798 693 28.1 27.9 39 18 Whitey Herzog (95-67)
24 1986 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 161 79 82 0 .491 3rd of 6 601 611 27.4 28.6 38 17 Whitey Herzog (79-82)
25 1985 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 101 61 0 .623 1st of 6 Lost WS (4-3) 747 572 27.6 29.0 37 16 Whitey Herzog (101-61)
26 1984 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 84 78 0 .519 3rd of 6 652 645 28.1 27.0 41 17 Whitey Herzog (84-78)
27 1983 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 79 83 0 .488 4th of 6 679 710 27.5 27.7 42 18 Whitey Herzog (79-83)
28 1982 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 92 70 0 .568 1st of 6 Won WS (4-3) 685 609 27.8 28.7 33 14 Whitey Herzog (92-70)
29 1981 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 103 59 43 1 .578 1st of 6 464 417 27.5 27.9 35 16 Whitey Herzog (59-43)
30 1980 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 74 88 0 .457 4th of 6 738 710 27.2 27.8 42 21 Ken Boyer (18-33), Jack Krol (0-1), Whitey Herzog (38-35) and Red Schoendienst (18-19)
31 1979 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 163 86 76 1 .531 3rd of 6 731 693 27.4 26.4 37 16 Ken Boyer (86-76)
32 1978 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 69 93 0 .426 5th of 6 600 657 26.9 25.3 39 16 Vern Rapp (6-11), Jack Krol (1-1) and Ken Boyer (62-81)
33 1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 83 79 0 .512 3rd of 6 737 688 26.3 25.7 40 15 Vern Rapp (83-79)
34 1976 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 72 90 0 .444 5th of 6 629 671 27.2 25.1 40 16 Red Schoendienst (72-90)
35 1975 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 163 82 80 1 .506 3rd of 6 662 689 28.2 26.6 44 19 Red Schoendienst (82-80)
36 1974 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 161 86 75 0 .534 2nd of 6 677 643 27.8 28.9 43 16 Red Schoendienst (86-75)
37 1973 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 81 81 0 .500 2nd of 6 643 603 26.9 28.6 46 19 Red Schoendienst (81-81)
38 1972 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 156 75 81 0 .481 4th of 6 568 600 27.6 27.9 47 22 Red Schoendienst (75-81)
39 1971 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 163 90 72 1 .556 2nd of 6 739 699 28.5 27.1 43 23 Red Schoendienst (90-72)
40 1970 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 76 86 0 .469 4th of 6 744 747 27.7 26.4 47 22 Red Schoendienst (76-86)
41 1969 St. Louis Cardinals NL East 162 87 75 0 .537 4th of 6 595 540 29.1 27.9 42 20 Red Schoendienst (87-75)
42 1968 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 97 65 0 .599 1st of 10 Lost WS (4-3) 583 472 28.7 27.0 32 13 Red Schoendienst (97-65)
43 1967 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 101 60 0 .627 1st of 10 Won WS (4-3) 695 557 27.8 26.9 31 13 Red Schoendienst (101-60)
44 1966 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 83 79 0 .512 6th of 10 571 577 26.8 27.5 37 18 Red Schoendienst (83-79)
45 1965 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 80 81 1 .497 7th of 10 707 674 28.3 28.9 35 15 Red Schoendienst (80-81)
46 1964 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 93 69 0 .574 1st of 10 Won WS (4-3) 715 652 27.9 29.2 38 18 Johnny Keane (93-69)
47 1963 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 93 69 0 .574 2nd of 10 747 628 28.7 29.1 42 15 Johnny Keane (93-69)
48 1962 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 84 78 1 .519 6th of 10 774 664 28.2 27.6 37 15 Johnny Keane (84-78)
49 1961 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 80 74 1 .519 5th of 8 703 668 28.3 26.3 40 13 Solly Hemus (33-41) and Johnny Keane (47-33)
50 1960 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 86 68 1 .558 3rd of 8 639 616 28.6 25.7 47 16 Solly Hemus (86-68)
51 1959 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 71 83 0 .461 7th of 8 641 725 28.1 26.0 49 22 Solly Hemus (71-83)
52 1958 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 72 82 0 .468 5th of 8 619 704 27.6 28.7 42 20 Fred Hutchinson (69-75) and Stan Hack (3-7)
53 1957 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 87 67 0 .565 2nd of 8 737 666 28.4 27.5 39 19 Fred Hutchinson (87-67)
54 1956 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 76 78 2 .494 4th of 8 678 698 28.7 28.8 46 19 Fred Hutchinson (76-78)
55 1955 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 68 86 0 .442 7th of 8 654 757 28.1 27.2 40 20 Eddie Stanky (17-19) and Harry Walker (51-67)
56 1954 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 72 82 0 .468 6th of 8 799 790 28.1 30.0 36 18 Eddie Stanky (72-82)
57 1953 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 83 71 3 .539 3rd of 8 768 713 29.2 28.3 41 16 Eddie Stanky (83-71)
58 1952 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 88 66 0 .571 3rd of 8 677 630 30.4 28.1 41 20 Eddie Stanky (88-66)
59 1951 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 81 73 1 .526 3rd of 8 683 671 29.5 29.5 45 18 Marty Marion (81-73)
60 1950 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 78 75 0 .510 5th of 8 693 670 29.1 31.0 40 15 Eddie Dyer (78-75)
61 1949 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 96 58 3 .623 2nd of 8 766 616 28.0 31.0 37 14 Eddie Dyer (96-58)
62 1948 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 85 69 1 .552 2nd of 8 742 646 28.7 30.2 37 14 Eddie Dyer (85-69)
63 1947 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 89 65 2 .578 2nd of 8 780 634 27.9 29.2 30 12 Eddie Dyer (89-65)
64 1946 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 98 58 0 .628 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 712 545 27.2 29.1 37 15 Eddie Dyer (98-58)
65 1945 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 95 59 1 .617 2nd of 8 756 583 28.0 28.5 37 15 Billy Southworth (95-59)
66 1944 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 105 49 3 .682 1st of 8 Won WS (4-2) 772 490 27.5 28.1 27 12 Billy Southworth (105-49)
67 1943 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 105 49 3 .682 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-1) 679 475 26.5 27.6 28 11 Billy Southworth (105-49)
68 1942 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 106 48 2 .688 1st of 8 Won WS (4-1) 755 482 26.4 26.9 32 13 Billy Southworth (106-48)
69 1941 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 97 56 2 .634 2nd of 8 734 589 27.3 27.5 38 16 Billy Southworth (97-56)
70 1940 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 84 69 3 .549 3rd of 8 747 699 27.0 28.8 38 16 Ray Blades (14-24), Mike Gonzalez (1-5) and Billy Southworth (69-40)
71 1939 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 92 61 2 .601 2nd of 8 779 633 27.1 29.4 36 15 Ray Blades (92-61)
72 1938 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 71 80 5 .470 6th of 8 725 721 26.2 28.3 35 16 Frankie Frisch (63-72) and Mike Gonzalez (8-8)
73 1937 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 81 73 3 .526 4th of 8 789 733 26.6 29.4 33 17 Frankie Frisch (81-73)
74 1936 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 87 67 1 .565 2nd of 8 795 794 28.0 29.0 38 18 Frankie Frisch (87-67)
75 1935 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 96 58 0 .623 2nd of 8 829 625 28.3 28.4 36 17 Frankie Frisch (96-58)
76 1934 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 95 58 1 .621 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 799 656 28.3 28.2 31 14 Frankie Frisch (95-58)
77 1933 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 82 71 1 .536 5th of 8 687 609 29.6 29.4 33 12 Gabby Street (46-45) and Frankie Frisch (36-26)
78 1932 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 72 82 2 .468 6th of 8 684 717 29.4 27.5 42 15 Gabby Street (72-82)
79 1931 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 101 53 0 .656 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 815 614 29.9 30.5 31 9 Gabby Street (101-53)
80 1930 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 92 62 0 .597 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-2) 1004 784 29.5 31.0 33 15 Gabby Street (92-62)
81 1929 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 78 74 2 .513 4th of 8 831 806 28.4 32.3 32 15 Billy Southworth (43-45), Gabby Street (1-0) and Bill McKechnie (34-29)
82 1928 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 95 59 0 .617 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-0) 807 636 28.7 32.1 31 11 Bill McKechnie (95-59)
83 1927 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 92 61 0 .601 2nd of 8 754 665 27.7 31.4 34 14 Bob O'Farrell (92-61)
84 1926 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 89 65 2 .578 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 817 678 26.7 28.8 30 14 Rogers Hornsby (89-65)
85 1925 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 77 76 0 .503 4th of 8 828 764 27.0 27.8 34 13 Branch Rickey (13-25) and Rogers Hornsby (64-51)
86 1924 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 65 89 0 .422 6th of 8 740 750 26.8 27.8 41 17 Branch Rickey (65-89)
87 1923 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 79 74 1 .516 5th of 8 746 732 27.5 29.8 37 13 Branch Rickey (79-74)
88 1922 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 85 69 0 .552 3rd of 8 863 819 28.1 29.0 36 16 Branch Rickey (85-69)
89 1921 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 87 66 1 .569 3rd of 8 809 681 27.2 27.3 36 13 Branch Rickey (87-66)
90 1920 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 75 79 1 .487 5th of 8 675 682 26.4 27.2 34 15 Branch Rickey (75-79)
91 1919 St. Louis Cardinals NL 138 54 83 1 .394 7th of 8 463 552 25.8 25.5 37 15 Branch Rickey (54-83)
92 1918 St. Louis Cardinals NL 131 51 78 2 .395 8th of 8 454 527 25.7 26.5 36 11 Jack Hendricks (51-78)
93 1917 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 82 70 2 .539 3rd of 8 531 567 25.6 26.4 33 13 Miller Huggins (82-70)
94 1916 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 60 93 0 .392 7th of 8 476 629 25.9 26.3 30 13 Miller Huggins (60-93)
95 1915 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 72 81 4 .471 6th of 8 590 601 27.0 26.7 28 10 Miller Huggins (72-81)
96 1914 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 81 72 4 .529 3rd of 8 558 540 26.7 25.9 31 11 Miller Huggins (81-72)
97 1913 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 51 99 3 .340 8th of 8 528 755 27.2 25.0 40 17 Miller Huggins (51-99)
98 1912 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 63 90 0 .412 6th of 8 659 830 26.1 25.2 41 16 Roger Bresnahan (63-90)
99 1911 St. Louis Cardinals NL 158 75 74 9 .503 5th of 8 671 745 26.2 24.3 38 18 Roger Bresnahan (75-74)
100 1910 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 63 90 0 .412 7th of 8 639 718 26.4 25.4 36 21 Roger Bresnahan (63-90)
101 1909 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 54 98 2 .355 7th of 8 583 731 26.4 24.1 35 14 Roger Bresnahan (54-98)
102 1908 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 49 105 0 .318 8th of 8 371 626 26.5 25.4 30 11 John McCloskey (49-105)
103 1907 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 52 101 2 .340 8th of 8 419 608 26.1 26.9 30 11 John McCloskey (52-101)
104 1906 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 52 98 4 .347 7th of 8 470 607 28.2 25.8 41 16 John McCloskey (52-98)
105 1905 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 58 96 0 .377 6th of 8 535 734 28.7 27.9 30 11 Kid Nichols (5-9), Jimmy Burke (34-56) and Stanley Robison (19-31)
106 1904 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 75 79 1 .487 5th of 8 602 595 28.3 29.5 25 8 Kid Nichols (75-79)
107 1903 St. Louis Cardinals NL 139 43 94 2 .314 8th of 8 505 795 27.4 25.3 32 17 Patsy Donovan (43-94)
108 1902 St. Louis Cardinals NL 140 56 78 6 .418 6th of 8 517 695 28.1 25.0 27 11 Patsy Donovan (56-78)
109 1901 St. Louis Cardinals NL 142 76 64 2 .543 4th of 8 792 689 28.8 25.0 25 12 Patsy Donovan (76-64)
110 1900 St. Louis Cardinals NL 142 65 75 2 .464 5th of 8 744 748 28.6 27.8 26 8 Patsy Tebeau (42-50) and Louie Heilbroner (23-25)
111 1899 St. Louis Perfectos NL 155 84 67 4 .556 5th of 12 819 739 27.8 26.8 29 11 Patsy Tebeau (84-67)
112 1898 St. Louis Browns NL 154 39 111 4 .260 12th of 12 571 929 29.5 26.1 30 12 Tim Hurst (39-111)
113 1897 St. Louis Browns NL 132 29 102 1 .221 12th of 12 588 1083 27.1 26.8 28 12 Tommy Dowd (6-22), Hugh Nicol (8-32), Bill Hallman (13-36) and Chris Von der Ahe (2-12)
114 1896 St. Louis Browns NL 131 40 90 1 .308 11th of 12 593 929 27.0 26.6 21 7 Harry Diddlebock (7-10), Arlie Latham (0-3), Chris Von der Ahe (0-2), Roger Connor (8-37) and Tommy Dowd (25-38)
115 1895 St. Louis Browns NL 135 39 92 4 .298 11th of 12 747 1032 28.2 25.6 28 8 Al Buckenberger (16-34), Chris Von der Ahe (1-0), Joe Quinn (11-28) and Lew Phelan (11-30)
116 1894 St. Louis Browns NL 133 56 76 1 .424 9th of 12 771 953 27.4 24.3 25 8 Doggie Miller (56-76)
117 1893 St. Louis Browns NL 135 57 75 3 .432 10th of 12 745 829 26.0 24.2 29 8 Bill Watkins (57-75)
118 1892 St. Louis Browns NL 155 56 94 5 .373 11th of 12 703 922 28.1 24.8 37 10 Jack Glasscock (1-3), Cub Stricker (6-17), Jack Crooks (27-33), George Gore (6-9) and Bob Caruthers (16-32)
119 1891 St. Louis Browns AA 141 85 51 5 .625 2nd of 9 976 753 26.7 21.7 29 10 Charlie Comiskey (86-52)
120 1890 St. Louis Browns AA 139 78 58 3 .574 3rd of 9 870 736 25.9 23.1 35 7 Tommy McCarthy (15-12), John Kerins (9-8), Chief Roseman (7-8), Count Campau (27-14) and Joe Gerhardt (20-16)
121 1889 St. Louis Browns AA 141 90 45 6 .667 2nd of 8 957 680 25.9 21.6 21 8 Charlie Comiskey (90-45)
122 1888 St. Louis Browns AA 137 92 43 2 .681 1st of 8 Lost WS (6-4) 789 501 26.0 22.6 18 7 Charlie Comiskey (92-43)
123 1887 St. Louis Browns AA 138 95 40 3 .704 1st of 8 Lost WS (10-5) 1131 761 26.4 23.8 17 7 Charlie Comiskey (95-40)
124 1886 St. Louis Browns AA 139 93 46 0 .669 1st of 8 Won WS (4-2) 944 592 26.5 26.6 16 6 Charlie Comiskey (93-46)
125 1885 St. Louis Browns AA 112 79 33 0 .705 1st of 8 Lost WS (3-3-1) 677 461 25.7 25.0 15 3 Charlie Comiskey (79-33)
126 1884 St. Louis Browns AA 110 67 40 3 .626 4th of 13 658 539 25.8 27.0 23 6 Jimmy Williams (51-33) and Charlie Comiskey (16-7)
127 1883 St. Louis Browns AA 98 65 33 0 .663 2nd of 8 549 409 25.3 26.2 21 4 Ted Sullivan (53-26) and Charlie Comiskey (12-7)
128 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings AA 80 37 43 0 .463 5th of 6 399 496 26.3 26.7 22 10 Ned Cuthbert (37-43)
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High OPS requires 3.1 PAs per team game and Low ERA requires 1 IP per team game.