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===Before the Cardinals (1875–1881)===
Professional baseball began in St. Louis with the inception of the '''[[St. Louis Brown Stockings|Brown Stockings]]''' inof the [[National Association of Professional Base Ball Players|National Association]] (NA) [[1875 St. Louis Brown Stockings season|in 1875]]. The NA folded following that season, and [[1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season|the next season]], St. Louis joined the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] as a charter member, finishing in third place at 45–19. [[George Bradley]] hurled the first [[no-hitter]] in [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters|Major League history]]. The NL expelled St. Louis from the league [[1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings season|after 1877]] due to a game-fixing scandal and the team went bankrupt.<ref>[[#Cas02|Cash 2002]]: 38</ref> Without a league, they continued play as a semi-professional [[Barnstorm (sports)|barnstorming]] team through 1881.
The magnitudes of the reorganizations, following the 1877 and 1881 seasons, are such that the 1875–1877 and 1878–1881 Brown Stockings teams are not generally considered to share continuity as a franchise with the current St. Louis Cardinals.<ref name=BR>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/ |title=St. Louis Cardinals Team History & Encyclopedia |work=Baseball Reference |access-date=October 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=RS>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/FR_SLN.htm |title=St. Louis Cardinals (1882–2013) |work=Retrosheet |access-date=October 24, 2014}}</ref>
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{{main|Cardinals–Dodgers rivalry}}
Primarily a playoff rivalry; since 1892, Thethe Cardinals and [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] have met 6six times in the postseason, with 2two meetings in the NLCS, both won by the Cardinals. Both teams have recently grown a history of animosity towards one another since the late 2000s as both teams often met frequently in the postseason. The Dodgers have not fared as well against the Cardinals in the postseason. In five prior postseason series matchups, the Cardinals have won four, with the Dodgers winning only the 2009 NLDS and the 2021 National League Wild Card Game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles/dodger-report/post/_/id/10876/dodgers-cardinals-rivalry-going-strong|title=Dodgers-Cardinals rivalry going strong|date=June 28, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-10-04/the-head-to-head-playof-history-of-the-los-angeles-dodgers-and-st-louis-cardinals|title=The one-sided head-to-head playoff history of the Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 4, 2021 }}</ref>
