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The [[Gashouse Gang]] edition claimed the [[1934 World Series]]<ref name="CardinalsTimeline" /> and the Cardinals amassed new thresholds of popularity far outside St. Louis via radio, which led to the coining of the term "[[Cardinal Nation]]".<ref name="Dizzy and the Gashouse Gang">Doug Feldman. ''Dizzy and the Gashouse Gang: The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals and Depression-Era Baseball''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2000. 215pp.</ref> [[Dizzy Dean]] led the Gang, winning the 1934 [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]], and leading the NL multiple times in [[win (baseball)|wins]], [[strikeout]]s, [[innings pitched|innings]], [[complete game]]s and [[Shutouts in baseball|shutouts]].<ref name="Dizzy Dean">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deandi01.shtml |title=Dizzy Dean player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=February 22, 2013}}</ref> [[Johnny Mize]] and [[Joe Medwick]] emerged as two power threats, with Medwick claiming the last Triple Crown for a Cardinal [[1937 Major League Baseball season|in 1937]].<ref name="MLB triple crowns" /><ref name="CardinalsTimeline" /><ref name="Theme of the Week, December">{{cite web |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/hof/theme_of_the_week_dec.jsp |title=St. Louis Cardinals HOF Museum |work=MLB.com |access-date=February 23, 2013 |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517072025/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/hof/theme_of_the_week_dec.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Johnny Mize">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mizejo01.shtml |title=Johnny Mize player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Joe Medwick">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/medwijo01.shtml |title=Joe Medwick player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref>
In the 1940s, a golden era emerged as Rickey's farm system became laden with such talent as [[Marty Marion]],<ref name="Marty Marion">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marioma01.shtml |title=Marty Marion player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> [[Enos Slaughter]],<ref name="Enos Slaughter">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/slaugen01.shtml |title=Enos Slaughter player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> [[Mort Cooper]],<ref name="Mort Cooper">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coopemo01.shtml |title=Mort Cooper player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> [[Walker Cooper]],<ref name="Walker Cooper">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coopewa01.shtml |title=Walker Cooper player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> [[Stan Musial]],<ref name="Stan Musial">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/musiast01.shtml |title=Stan Musial player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> [[Max Lanier]],<ref name="Max Lanier">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/laniema01.shtml |title=Max Lanier player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> [[Whitey Kurowski]],<ref name="Whitey Kurowski">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kurowwh01.shtml |title=Whitey Kurowski player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> [[Red Schoendienst]]<ref name="Red Schoendienst">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schoere01.shtml |title=Red Schoendienst player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> and [[Johnny Beazley]].<ref name="Johnny Beazley">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beazljo01.shtml |title=Johnny Beazley player page |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> It was one of the most successful decades in franchise history with 960 wins and 580 losses for a winning percentage higher than any other Major League team at .623.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/games/situational.cgi?from=1940&to=1949&0=2&1=3&rsgtlt=gt&rs=5&ragtlt=gt&ra=5&2=6&trgtlt=gt&tr=10&3=8&mvgtlt=gt&mv=10&4=10&owlsgtlt=gt&owls=.500&sortby=WP&teams=team&years=all&submit=Run+Situation |title=Breakout selected from 1940 to 1949 |access-date=October 6, 2013 |work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> With [[Billy Southworth]] managing, they won the World Series in [[1942 World Series|1942]] and [[1944 World Series|1944]] (in the only all-St. Louis series against the [[1944 St. Louis Browns season|Browns]]), and won 105 or more games each in [[1942 St. Louis Cardinals season|1942]], [[1943 St. Louis Cardinals season|1943]], and [[1942 St. Louis Cardinals season|1944]].<ref name="Cardinals franchise index"/> Southworth's managerial winning percentage (.642) is St. Louis' highest since the franchise joined the National League.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b8be8c57 |title=Billy Southworth |work=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |access-date=February 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Billy Southworth">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/southbi01.shtml|title=Billy Southworth Managerial Record|access-date=March 26, 2013|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> Musial was considered the most consistent hitter of his era and most accomplished in team history, winning three MVPs and seven [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|batting titles]].<ref name="Stan Musial" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Fallstrom |first=A.B. |url=https://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=18260677 |title=Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial Dies at 92 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=January 20, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> St. Louis then won the [[1946 World Series]] on [[Slaughter's Mad Dash]] in Game 7.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Larry |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/news/story?page=moment011015-slaughter-cards-title |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203082940/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/news/story?page=moment011015-slaughter-cards-title |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |title=Slaughter's mad dash gives Cardinals the title |work=ESPN Classic |date=October 17, 2005 |access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> Breadon was forced to sell the team [[1947 St. Louis Cardinals season|in 1947]] but won six World Series and nine NL pennants as Cardinals owner.<ref name="CardinalsTimeline" /> They remained competitive, finishing .500 or better in thirteen of the next seventeen seasons, but fell short of winning the league or World Series [[1964 St. Louis Cardinals season|until 1964]].<ref name="Cardinals franchise index"/>
===Gussie Busch era (1953–1989)===
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[[2009 St. Louis Cardinals season|In 2009]], the Cardinals reached 10,000 wins, dating to when they first played in the [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] (AA).<ref group=lower-alpha>Although the St. Louis Cardinals do not officially recognize their era in the [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] (AA) as part of their Major League history, [[Major League Baseball#History|Major League Baseball]] recognized that incarnation of the AA in 1968, as well as other historic leagues, existing as former Major Leagues.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=American Association Remembered |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070501&content_id=1940267&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin |access-date=March 28, 2013|work=MLB.com |date=May 7, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The St. Louis Cardinals' Greatest Moments|url=http://www.backtobaseball.com/blog/cat/22/post/275-The-St-Louis-Cardinals-Greatest-Moments/|access-date=March 28, 2013|website=Back to Baseball|date=July 24, 2012|archive-date=March 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310180939/http://www.backtobaseball.com/blog/cat/22/post/275-the-st-louis-cardinals-greatest-moments|url-status=dead}}</ref> St. Louis returned to the playoffs [[2011 St. Louis Cardinals season|in 2011]], first surmounting the largest games-won deficit after 130 games (at 10.5) to upstage the [[2011 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] on the final day for the wild card playoff berth.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miklasz |first=Bernie |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/article_3aec789d-6d33-5997-a31b-360ace8bae63.html |title=Cardinals win like never before |publisher=St Louis Post-Dispatch |date=October 29, 2011|access-date=October 29, 2011}}</ref> In Game 3 of the [[2011 World Series|World Series]], Pujols became just the third player to hit three home runs in a World Series game.<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Joe |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/article_72a1fda6-fce0-11e0-a99e-0019bb30f31a.html |title=Pujols puts on historic display of power |work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=October 22, 2011 |access-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref> In Game 6, third baseman [[David Freese]] and outfielder [[Lance Berkman]] each tied the score on the Cardinals' final strike—the first such occurrence in any game in MLB history—and St. Louis defeated the [[2012 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]] later that game with a [[walk-off home run]] from Freese.<ref name="Dicomo1">{{cite web |last=DiComo |first=Anthony |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111027&content_id=25805062 |title='Unbelievable' Game 6 ranks among the best |work=MLB.com |date=October 28, 2011 |access-date=November 1, 2012}}</ref> After winning that Series, La Russa retired and became the only manager to do so after winning a title. He also finished with the most wins for managers in franchise history with 1,408.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Bruce |url=http://www.sfgate.com/giants/jenkins/article/Cardinals-carry-on-winning-tradition-3944878.php |title=Cardinals carry on winning tradition |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=November 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/cardinals/story/2012-05-01/tony-la-russa-jersey-retired/54673640/1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702133013/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/cardinals/story/2012-05-01/tony-la-russa-jersey-retired/54673640/1|archive-date=July 2, 2017|title=Cardinals to retire Tony La Russa's No. 10 jersey |work=USA Today|via=The Associated Press|date=May 1, 2012 |access-date=May 3, 2012}}</ref>
La Russa's successor, [[Mike Matheny]], helped extend St. Louis' playoff run as he became the first manager in the [[1969 Major League Baseball season#Division play|division play]] era to guide the Cardinals to the NLCS and playoffs in his first two seasons.<ref>{{cite web |author=Cardinals Press Release |url=http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20131120&content_id=64077602&vkey=pr_stl&c_id=stl |title=Cardinals announce extension for Matheny |publisher=cleveland.indians.[[MLB.com|mlb.com]] |date=November 20, 2013 |access-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-date=March 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307053345/http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20131120&content_id=64077602&vkey=pr_stl&c_id=stl |url-status=dead }}</ref> In [[2014 St. Louis Cardinals season|2014]], the Cardinals extended their NLCS streak to 4, with their 3–1 series victory over the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]], in the [[2014 National League Division Series|NLDS]]. Ten days after being eliminated from the postseason by the [[San Francisco Giants]], rookie outfielder [[Oscar Taveras]] was killed in a car accident while traveling to his hometown Puerto Plata in the [[Dominican Republic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-taveras-killed-in-car-accident/article_fdb241ae-b39e-5ce7-ab00-69e5459bd7d7.html|title=Cards in disbelief over Taveras' death|first=Derrick|last=Goold|date=October 27, 2014 }}</ref> On November 17, they acquired [[Atlanta Braves]] right-fielder [[Jason Heyward]] (who had just come off a [[Gold Glove]]-winning season) to replace Taveras.<ref>{{cite web|url=
On July 14, 2018, following an 8–2 loss to the [[Cincinnati Reds]], the St. Louis Cardinals announced they had dismissed manager [[Mike Matheny]] after {{fract|6|1|2}} seasons. The team then named [[Mike Shildt]] interim manager, and he was made the permanent manager a month later.
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Since 2000, Cardinals telecasts have generated the top three in ratings in MLB every season.<ref name="Ratings among highest" /> [[Bally Sports Midwest]] airs all games in [[High-definition television|high-definition]] and is the team's exclusive television broadcaster, with the exception of selected [[MLB on Fox|Saturday afternoon games]] on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (via its St. Louis affiliate, [[KTVI]]) or ''[[Sunday Night Baseball]]'' on [[ESPN]]. [[Bally Sports Indiana]], [[Bally Sports South]], [[Bally Sports Oklahoma]], [[Bally Sports Southwest]], and [[Bally Sports Southeast]] air Cardinals games for fans living within the Cardinals broadcast territory who do not receive the Bally Sports Midwest channel. During the 2016 season, the Cardinals averaged an 8.54 rating and 104,000 viewers on primetime TV broadcasts in St Louis.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2016/09/28/here-are-the-2016-mlb-prime-time-television-ratings-for-each-team/2/ Here Are The 2016 MLB Prime Time Television Ratings For Each Team] – Maury Brown, Forbes SportsMoney, September 28, 2016</ref>
The television commentators lineup includes [[Chip Caray]], [[Brad Thompson]], and [[Jim Edmonds]]. Jimmy "The Cat" Hayes serves as [[field reporter|dugout reporter]] during the game as well as on ''Cardinals Live'', a pre- and post-game show. ''Cardinals Live'' is hosted in-studio by [[Alexa Datt]] along with game analysts and former Cardinals players [[Al Hrabosky]] and [[Rick Ankiel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportsmidwest.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/story/Edmonds-joins-FOX-Sports-Midwest?blockID=878543|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616000836/http://www.foxsportsmidwest.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/story/Edmonds-joins-FOX-Sports-Midwest?blockID=878543|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2013|title=Edmonds joins Fox Sports Midwest|publisher=Fox Sports Midwest.com|date=March 14, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2013
''Cardinals Kids'', a program aimed at the team's younger fans, airs weekly in-season on Fox Sports Midwest. It is hosted by former Cardinals pitcher [[Brad Thompson]], team mascot [[Fredbird]], and Busch Stadium Public Address announcer John "The U-Man" Ulett. The 30-minute show began airing in 2003 and presents team news, player profiles, and Cardinals team history in a kid-friendly manner along with games and trivia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cardinalskids.com/about-page|title=About Cardinals Kids|publisher=Cardinals Kids.com|year=2013|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203062224/http://cardinalskids.com/about-page|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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