Stanford Cardinal baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stanford Cardinal baseball. Founded: 1. 89. 2; 1. University. Stanford University. Location. Stanford, CAHead Coach. Mark Marquess (3. Home Stadium. Klein Field at Sunken Diamond(Capacity: 4,0. Nickname. Cardinal. Colors. Cardinal and White National Championships. College World Series Runner- up. College World Series Appearances. NCAA Tournament Appearances. Conference Champions. The Cardinal baseball team of 1. The Stanford Cardinal baseball team represents Stanford University in NCAADivision Icollege baseball. Along with most other Stanford athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Pac- 1. Conference. The Cardinal play their home games on campus at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond, and they are currently coached by Mark Marquess. Stadium[edit]Klein Field at Sunken Diamond is one of the premier collegiate baseball stadiums in the country. When the football stadium was originally built in 1. Stanford in the NCAA Tournament[edit]The Cardinal have appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament 3. College World Series 1. They have won two National Championships, in 1. College World Series and 1. Future major league outfielder Sam Fuld's 2. College World Series record of 2. Keith Moreland in 1. Former Cardinal in MLB[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]. St. Louis Cardinals on Baseball Almanac. ST. LOUIS CARDINALSUnder the arch that signifies the Gateway to the American West, the St. Louis Cardinals have provided a gateway to baseball excellence.
. rumors, stats, standings, team schedules & fantasy games on FOX Sports. Find live MLB scores. All-Star Game; News; MORE. Hall of Fame baseball player Monte. The NFL Today analyst Bart Scott joins Doug Gottlieb to. The Bengals have not won a postseason game. of the New York Mets away from baseball to be the team. . St. Louis Cardinals attendance and more St. Louis Cardinals history on Baseball. He won Triple Crowns in. The first Major League game played by the St. Latest from the Daily Cardinal Wisconsin's offensive. ALSO TODAY ON MADISON.COM. News Game TOOLS, SERVICES. Louisville Cardinals; University. Baseball stadium. the team that has won the football game has lost the following basketball game every year. From Rickey to La Russa, Hornsby to Musial, Mc. Gwire to Pujols, the Cardinals have forged a legacy of winning unmatched in the National League — 1. Hall of Famers. The Cardinals joined the National League in 1. American Association as the Brown Stockings. They picked up the nickname of Cardinals after changing uniform colors from brown to a scarlet red in 1. The color change didn't help. The Cards languished in the second division for 2. What did help was the arrival of Branch Rickey, first as manager (1. The first jewel of the system was Rogers Hornsby. From 1. 92. 0- 2. Hall of Famer hit over . Century's highest batting mark — . He won Triple Crowns in 1. He retired with the National League's highest career average (. Ty Cobb) and seven batting titles (six in a row from 1. Hornsby replaced Rickey as manager in 1. Redbirds to their first World Series championship against the Yankees the next year. After the Series, Rickey surprised the baseball world by trading Hornsby to the Giants for Frankie Frisch, whose arrival signaled the beginning of a storied era in Cardinal history. The time of the "Gashouse Gang" was on its way. This collection of hard- nosed, slightly off- beat characters were known as much for their crazy antics as for their baseball talent. The group included Pepper Martin, Leo Durocher, Joe Medwick, and the Dean brothers, Dizzy and Daffy. Dizzy Dean’s best season was 1. Daffy won 1. 9. Dizzy Dean would win 2. Medwick would drive in more than 1. His "crowning" season was 1. Triple Crown. The Gashouse Gang won pennants in 1. Philadelphia Athletics in both World Series. They lost in 1. 93. Martin hitting . 5. Three years later, the Cards won a close pennant race against the Giants and defeated the Detroit Tigers in seven games. As the Gang began to run out of gas, the Cardinal farm system brought up a new generation of Hall of Fame talent, allowing St. Louis a period of National League domination few teams have matched. Johnny Mize and Enos Slaughter brought the big bats, and lanky shortstop Marty Marion anchored a dependable defense. But it was the arrival of a 2. Donora, Pennsylvania in 1. National League record books. By the time Stan Musial retired 2. National League records and 1. Among his accomplishments were 3,6. National League record when he retired), seven batting titles, 4. Most Valuable Player awards and a record 2. All- Star games. With this talent, the Cardinals won three consecutive pennants (1. The 1. 94. 2 team is one of the best in National League history, winning 1. World Championship. In 1. 94. 3 they won 1. Series to the Yankees. In 1. 94. 4 they defeated the cross- town Browns in the only all- St. Louis World Series. The 1. 94. 6 Cards finished in a first- place tie with Brooklyn, and defeated the Dodgers two straight in baseball's first- ever league playoff series before defeating the Red Sox in seven games. St. Louis fielded competitive teams in the 1. Tim Mc. Carver, Curt Flood, Bill White and Bob Gibson that put the team in three Fall Classics during the 1. After the Phillies' monumental collapse in the 1. Cards measured the Yankees in seven games, and three years later did the same thing to the Boston Red Sox. In 1. 96. 8, the Tigers turned the tables with a seven- game Series win after trailing three games to one. That marked Bob Gibson's signature season in which he won 2. ERA of 1. 1. 2, third lowest ever posted for a season. Gibson would close out his Hall of Fame career in 1. It would take Whitey Herzog's collection of speed merchants, known as the "Runnin' Redbirds", to put the Cardinals on top once again in 1. In an era defined by home runs, the Cards hit a major league low of 6. Herzog's speed game, dubbed "Whiteyball," also delivered pennants in 1. World Series losses followed both years. Tony La Russa was the Cards manager from 1. National League's Central Division title (1. World Series appearances. That was 2. 00. 4, when the Red Sox finally exacted some revenge for 1. And 2. 00. 6, when the Tigers were on the receiving end of revenge for a Cards loss from 1. Baseball in the La Russa era was exciting and always competitive. After he came to St. Louis in a 1. 99. Mark Mc. Gwire smashed one of the game's most hallowed records, slamming a single- season record 7. Fans also enjoyed the batting exploits of Albert Pujols, who put together one of the best 1. The 2. 01. 2 season saw the Cardinals take advantage of a new five- team postseason field, as they dispatched the Atlanta Braves 6–3 in the inaugural NL Wild Card Game. Next, they defeated the Washington Nationals in the NLDS in five games. In the final game the Cardinals again demonstrated their nail- biting comeback persona. Down 6–0, they gradually fought back, sealing the game when Pete Kozma drove two runs in the ninth inning. However, the San Francisco Giants defeated St. Louis in the NLCS, where the Giants' pitching held the Cardinals' bats to one run in the final three games. A new era has arrived in Cardinal nation and Mike Matheny appears to be the skipper for their future.
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