2011 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 2011 World Series championsNational League championsNational League Wild Card winners St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg National League Central Busch Stadium St. Louis, Missouri 90–72 (.556) 2nd William DeWitt, Jr. Drew Baur (1996 – Feb 20, 2011) Fred Hanser John Mozeliak Tony La Russa Fox Sports Midwest(Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky, Rick Horton) KMOX Newsradio (1120 AM)(Mike Shannon, John Rooney) The 2011 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 130th season for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 120th season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 6th at Busch Stadium III. This was Tony La Russa's final season as Cardinals manager. The Cardinals began their season at home against the San Diego Padres on March 31, following an 86–76 (.531) record and second-place finish in the National League Central in 2010. The team returned to postseason play in 2011 as the Wild Card team, after finishing second in the NL Central to the Milwaukee Brewers by six games. The Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies in five games in the NLDSCarpenter's gem sends Cardinals into NLCS: Game 1 against Brewers on Sunday in Milwaukee, MLB.com (October 7, 2011) and the Milwaukee Brewers in six games in the NLCS. They defeated the Texas Rangers in the World Series in seven games. Offseason departures and acquisitions Cardinals co-owner, team treasurer, and member of the board of directors Andrew N. "Drew" Baur died suddenly at his home at 66, in Gulf Stream, Florida on February 20, 2011.Cardinals co-owner Baur passes away at 66, MLB.com (February 20, 2011)Cardinals co-owner, local banker Drew Baur dies, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 21, 2011) Management On October 18, 2010, manager Tony La Russa decided to return for his 16th season with the Cardinals after agreeing to terms for a new one-year contract, and a mutual option for a second year. Bullpen coach Marty Mason was not retained, but all the other coaches returned with extended contracts.Fordin Spencer October 18, 2010 La Russa excited about new deal with Cards: Manager's one-year contract includes mutual option for 2012 http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101018&content_id=15696916&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101021084619/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101018&content_id=15696916&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl October 21, 2010 October 29, 2011 MLB.com On November 2, 2010, the team named a bullpen coach to replace Mason: Derek Lilliquist, the team's pitching coordinator for the last three seasons. Also announced that day: Greg Hauck was promoted to head athletic trainer, while longtime head trainer Barry Weinberg assumed duties as assistant athletic trainer.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101102&content_id=15960812&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20110615070301/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101102&content_id=15960812&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl dead June 15, 2011 Cardinals finalize 2011 coaching staff Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com October 19, 2010 October 29, 2011 Hitters On October 6, 2010, the Cardinals picked up the $16 million option on Albert Pujols.Cardinals exercise Pujols' one-year option St. Louis Post-Dispatch On November 30, 2010, the Cardinals traded pitcher Blake Hawksworth for middle-infielder Ryan Theriot in a trade with Dodgers. They also signed free agent left-handed relief pitcher Brian Tallet.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101130&content_id=16229982&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20101204121552/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101130&content_id=16229982&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl dead December 4, 2010 Cards swap with Dodgers for Theriot, sign Tallet Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com October 29, 2011 On December 12 the Cardinals cleared a space for Theriot at shortstop by trading incumbent shortstop Brendan Ryan to the Seattle Mariners for Class-A prospect Maikel Cleto.Cardinals deal Ryan for hard-throwing Cleto MLB.com On December 4, 2010, the Cardinals signed 34-year-old Lance Berkman (formerly with the Houston Astros and then Yankees in 2010) to a 1-year, $8 million deal.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101204&content_id=16255984&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20101207231152/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101204&content_id=16255984&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl dead December 7, 2010 Cardinals bring Berkman back to NL Central Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com October 22, 2010 October 29, 2011 Berkman, who was slated to play right field regularly for the first time since 2004, had slumped to a .248 average in 2010Lance Berkman career stats and had hit particularly poorly after his midseason trade to the New York Yankees. As a Cardinal in 2011, he hit 31 home runs and was named NL Comeback Player of the Year.http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2011-09/mlb-awards/story/sporting-news-2011-mlb-awards-al-and-nl-comeback-players-of-the-year Sporting News 2011 MLB awards: AL, NL Comeback Players of the Year October 30, 2011 October 30, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111030002629/http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2011-09/mlb-awards/story/sporting-news-2011-mlb-awards-al-and-nl-comeback-players-of-the-year dead On December 14, 2010, the Cardinals signed catcher Gerald Laird to a one-year contract.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101214&content_id=16317948&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20101218193209/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101214&content_id=16317948&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl dead December 18, 2010 Cardinals sign Laird to be backup catcher MLB.com December 14, 2010 On January 15, 2011, Albert Pujols, through his agent Dan Lozano, told the Cardinals that the date to report to spring training (February 18) was the deadline to reach a deal on a new contract.Albert Pujols sets Spring Training contract deadline, MLB.com (January 15, 2011) Negotiations failed to produce a deal, and on February 16 Pujols suspended negotiations, citing an unwillingness to be distracted during the season, including spring training. Pujols received $16 million in 2011 and $111 million over his previous eight seasons. Pujols had asked for a 10-year deal, worth up to $300 million, averaging $30 million per year.Pujols-Cards contract talks end without deal: Teams intends to honor slugger's wish, wait until season's end, MLB.com (February 16, 2011) On January 21, 2011, the Cardinals signed backup infielder Nick Punto to a one-year contract for $750,000.Cards sign infielder Punto, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (January 21, 2011) In a surprise announcement on February 4, the Cardinals signed former Cardinal Jim Edmonds (2000–07) to a minor-league contract, and an invitation to Spring training as a non-roster invitee. He hit 241 home runs (4th in rank) as a Cardinal in his eight years, made three All-Star teams (2000, 2003, 2005), and won six Gold Gloves (2000–05). He needed seven home runs to reach 400.Edmonds returns to Cards on Minors deal: Veteran to be in club's Major League camp for first time since '07, MLB.com (February 4, 2011)Cardinals sign Edmonds to minor-league deal, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 4, 2011) On February 18, Edmonds announced his retirement from baseball, citing the risk of permanent damage in his comeback from Achilles tendon surgery.Jim Edmonds brings 17-year career to a close, MLB.com (February 18, 2011) Pitchers On October 6, 2010, the Cardinals picked up the option on LH relief specialist Trever Miller after he vested his option with his 45th appearance in 2010 (57 G), and finished the season healthy. On November 16, 2010, the Cardinals signed starter Jake Westbrook to a two-year deal through 2012 for $16.5 million, with a mutual option for 2013, and a full no-trade clause. The Cardinals had acquired Westbrook in a 2010 trade that sent Ryan Ludwick to the Padres.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/no-motive-no-suspects-in-slaying-of-hollywood-publicist-ronni-.html Cardinals lock up Westbrook with two-year deal: Veteran right-hander stays in St. Louis; rotation seemingly set Latimesblogs.latimes.com November 16, 2010 October 29, 2011 On January 15, 2011, the Cardinals agreed to a one-year contract with reliever Kyle McClellan in avoiding arbitration. Salary was not announced.Cardinals avoid arbitration with McClellan, MLB.com (January 15, 2011) The Cardinals suffered a severe setback at the beginning of spring training. On February 24, 2011, it was confirmed that ace pitcher Adam Wainwright needed Tommy John surgery on his right elbow after experiencing discomfort in throwing batting practice on February 21. It meant missing, at a minimum, the entirety of the 2011 season.Cards GM: Wainwright needs Tommy John, MLB.com (February 24, 2011) Wainwright was coming off a 2010 season in which he won a career-high 20 games, made the All-Star game, and finished second in National League Cy Young Award voting. The February 28 surgery on Wainwright in St. Louis was described as 'successful.'Wainwright surgery deemed a success, MLB.com (February 28, 2011) Other offseason developments: "Stand for Stan" Starting in 2010, the Cardinals started a campaign to award longtime hero Stan Musial the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The initiative was nicknamed Stand for Stan. On February 15, 2011, the program came to fruition, as President Barack Obama awarded Musial the medal.https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2010/11/17/president-obama-names-presidential-medal-freedom-recipients President Obama Names Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Office of the Press Secretary November 17, 2010 National Archives whitehouse.gov July 22, 2011http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110214&content_id=16635394&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl Musial receives high honor from President: "A beloved pillar", Obama says while awarding Medal of Freedom Barry M. Bloom MLB.com February 15, 2011 February 16, 2011 February 17, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110217012303/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110214&content_id=16635394&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl dead Spring training The Cardinals released their 2011 spring training schedule on December 3, 2010.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20101203&content_id=16247110&vkey=pr_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20110615070834/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20101203&content_id=16247110&vkey=pr_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl dead June 15, 2011 Cardinals Announce 2011 Spring Training Schedule: Team Will Also Play March 29 Exhibition at Springfield, MO Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com December 3, 2010 October 29, 2011St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training Schedule The scheduled exhibition game on March 29, vs. their AA-level Springfield Cardinals team, was canceled the day before because bad weather was expected.Cards' exhibition game in Springfield canceled, MLB.com (March 28, 2011) Regular season March–April The Cardinals opened 2011 with a loss at home against the San Diego Padres on March 31, after leading 3–2 with two outs in the 9th inning. Matt Holliday hit what looked to be the game-winning home run in the bottom of the 8th, but closer Ryan Franklin gave up a game-tying home run in that 9th inning, sending the game to extra innings. The Padres scored twice in the 11th to win 5–3.Opening Day doesn't go Cardinals' way, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (April 1, 2011) It was a sign of things to come for Franklin in 2011. That evening, Holliday complained of pains, leading to an emergency appendectomy the next day.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110401&content_id=17249938&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20110404043107/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110401&content_id=17249938&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl dead April 4, 2011 Holliday has appendectomy; timetable uncertain Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com March 31, 2011 October 29, 2011 After missing only seven games while recuperating from surgery, Holliday returned to the lineup on April 10, singling and drawing two walks in a 6–1 victory over the Giants.Leach Matthew http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_04_10_slnmlb_sfnmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl Offense awakens as Cardinals topple Giants Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com October 4, 2011 October 29, 2011October 2024 medicmedic Lance Berkman received the NL Player of the Week award on April 18, batting .417 (10-for-24), leading the majors with six HRs, 12 RBIs, and 1.167 Slugging percentage, and also having two multi-homer games.Powerful week nets Berkman NL honor: Outfielder led bigs in homers, RBIs and slugging last week, MLB.com (April 18, 2011) Matt Holliday (.408) and Lance Berkman (.393) were 1–3 respectively in the NL batting lead after the first month of the season ended, April 30. Holliday also led the NL in OBP (.511), and Berkman led the NL in both slugging (.753) and OPS (1.207). The Cardinals recovered from a 2–6 start to finish in first place (16–11) by two games over the Reds at the end of April, and the entire team was also No. 1 in sweeping all three NL hitting percentages at .295/.362/.451, having a .812 OPS and also leading in hits (281), runs (144) total bases (429), and also struck out the fewest times (168). All those base runners led to them also leading in grounding into the most double plays (36), with Albert Pujols (.245/.305/.453, .758 OPS) owning the NL lead with nine. The Cardinals rose to first place in the standings despite major problems in the bullpen. Ryan Franklin blew four of his first five save opportunities and the Cardinals lost all four of those games. Franklin never got another save opportunity after blowing a save against the Dodgers on April 17, and finished the month with a 10.12 ERA.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=frankry01&t=p&year=2011 2011 Franklin game log Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 Mitchell Boggs got the call as closerLeach Matthew http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_04_20_wasmlb_slnmlb_2&mode=recap&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20110427211730/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_04_20_wasmlb_slnmlb_2&mode=recap&c_id=stl dead April 27, 2011 Revamped relief corps lifts Cards in Game 2 Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com April 21, 2011 October 29, 2011 and recorded three saves before blowing another save (leading to another Cardinals blown-save loss) against Houston on April 26.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=boggsmi01&t=p&year=2011 Boggs 2011 game log Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 Left-handed reliever Trever Miller was hit for an .899 OPS by opposition batters in April.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=milletr02&year=2011&t=p Miller 2011 splits Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 May Third baseman David Freese suffered a broken bone in his left hand on May 1 from being hit by a pitch.http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110501&content_id=18504646&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl Freese hit by pitch, breaks left hand Mlb.mlb.com October 29, 2011 Freese did not return until the end of June. The Cardinals continued to search for an effective closer in May.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110504&content_id=18640580&notebook_id=18640686&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20110506171213/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110504&content_id=18640580&notebook_id=18640686&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl dead May 6, 2011 Cards relievers continue to be evaluated Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com October 29, 2011 Rookie Eduardo Sanchez filled the role for a while in early May,https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=sanched01&t=p&year=2011 Eduardo Sanchez 2011 game logs Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 then Fernando Salas took the job and recorded seven saves in seven chances in the second half of the month.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=salasfe01&t=p&year=2011 Fernando Salas 2011 game logs Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 Jaime García flirted with history on May 6, pitching 71 3 innings of perfect baseball against the Milwaukee Brewers at home, bidding for the first perfect game in Cardinals' history, and the first no-hitter since Bud Smith on September 3, 2001.Garcia flirts with history, settles for shutout, MLB.com (May 6, 2011) He ended with a 2-hit, complete-game shutout (his 2nd of 2011), after losing his perfect bid with a walk and a hit in the 8th inning. He later gave up a double in the 9th, the only runner to reach second base. He walked one and struck out eight, and a double play in the eighth helped preserve his shutout, the third of his career. The Cardinals were a strong 17–12 in May and finished the month 21 2 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Centralhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=2011-05-31 MLB Scores, Standings, Box Scores for Tuesday, May 31, 2011 despite numerous injuries to key players. Albert Pujols struggled through a most uncharacteristic slump at the start of the season, going a career-worst 105 at-bats without a home runhttp://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110524&content_id=19508800&notebook_id=19508802&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20131110125341/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110524&content_id=19508800&notebook_id=19508802&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl dead November 10, 2013 Quality swings, not homers, matter to Pujols Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com October 29, 2011 and finishing May with an unusually low .755 OPS for the first two months.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=pujolal01&t=b&year=2011 Albert Pujols game logs Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 Tony La Russa, suffering from a severe case of shingles, missed six games, with bench coach Joe Pettini serving as acting manager.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110516&content_id=19135698&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20110521083232/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110516&content_id=19135698&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl dead May 21, 2011 La Russa returns for Monday's tilt Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com October 29, 2011 June Albert Pujols broke out of his season-long slump in style, hitting five home runs in the week that ended June 5 and winning NL Player of the Week honors.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110606&content_id=20112642&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl Pujols breaks out, wins NL Player of Week Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com May 31, 2011 October 29, 2011October 2024 medicmedic Tony La Russa managed his 5,000th major league game (2,676–2,320–4, 0.536 winning percentage) on June 10, but the milestone was marred by a shutout loss at Milwaukee. He joins Connie Mack as the only manager or coach in American sports history to reach 5,000 games.Cards blanked as La Russa manages 5,000th, MLB.com (June 10, 2011)La Russa on threshold of historic milestone, MLB.com (June 10, 2011) On June 19, Albert Pujols hurt his wrist when an opposing player ran into him when Pujols was taking an errant throw from second baseman Peter Kozma. A subsequent MRI on June 20, showed a small fracture in the left wrist-forearm. Pujols estimated time on the DL was expected to be from four to six weeks, and after Wainwright and Pujols both going down and Holliday missing significant time, it became obvious that 2011 was going to be a rough year, maybe even a lost cause. Pujols had played in all 73 games before the injury.Pujols has broken forearm, out 4–6 weeks https://web.archive.org/web/20110727155636/http://www.fanfeedr.com/mlb/2011/06/20/pujols-has-broken-forearm-out-4-6-weeks July 27, 2011 , St. Louis Post-Dispatch (June 20, 2011)Pujols expected to miss about six weeks: Non-displaced fracture of left forearm has slugger in a splint, MLB.com (June 20, 2011) Pujols's injury was 14th time the Cardinals used the disabled list that season for 12 different players, already more than they used all of the previous year. He joined Wainwright, Freese, Nick Punto, Allen Craig, Gerald Laird, Bryan Augenstein and Eduardo Sanchez on the DL.Pujols to miss at least 6 weeks October 2026 InternetArchiveBot , Foxsportsmidwest.com (June 20, 2011) Left-handed reliever Raúl Valdés was promoted from AAA Memphis on June 23. Valdes became the third lefty in the struggling bullpen, joining struggling southpaws Trever Miller and Brian Tallet in the bullpen.Cards promote Valdes among flurry of moves, MLB.com (June 23, 2011) Disabled players David Freese (3b) and Nick Punto (Inf.), both out for over a month, were activated on June 27, providing relief for the injury-riddled team. Freese last played on May 1, and Punto on May 17.Cardinals activate Freese and Punto from 15-day DL, MLB.com (June 27, 2011) Both players made instant impacts in their first game returning when they helped beat the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards in their first interleague game there.Freese, Punto quick to make impact in return, MLB.com (June 28, 2011) Late in June the Cardinals cleared two ineffective relief pitchers from the roster. Miguel Batista, who had given up 27 hits and 19 walks in only 29 innings, was let go on June 22.Cards release veteran Batista, recall Lynn Former closer Ryan Franklin was given his unconditional release on June 29. He was 1–4 with an 8.46 ERA. Opponents battered him for a .367 average, plus 44 hits and nine home runs over 21 games, in only 272 3 innings. He walked 7 and struck out 17, with a 1.84 WHIPRyan Franklin released by Cardinals, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (June 29, 2011) Right-handed pitcher Brandon Dickson's contract was called up to fill the roster spot vacated by Franklin's release.Dickson's callup just what the doctor ordered, MLB.com (June 30, 2011) After 81 games on June 29, the half-way point of the season, the team was 43–38 (.531) only 1 game behind the Milwaukee Brewers at 44–37 (.543). The Cardinals played very poorly for much of June, going 3–12 from June 10 to 26. At some time around the end of June, manager Tony La Russa decided to retire at the end of the season. He kept that decision secret from the team."La Russa gave Cards unneeded advice", STLToday.com July right|thumb|200px|Rafael Furcal, traded to the Cardinals on July 31, awaits his turn at bat in Game 7 of the 2011 World Series After an initial estimate of Pujols out for 4-to-6 weeks projecting an August 1 return, a reevaluation follow-up from a CT scan on July 1 showed faster recovery than originally thought, raising the possibility of a return by July 15, right after the All-Star break.Pujols may return following All-Star break, MLB.com (July 2, 2011)Pujols could be back near All-Star break, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (July 2, 2011)Pujols improves, return might be sooner, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (July 3, 2011) However, Pujols surprised everyone by recovering very rapidly, and he was activated on July 5, after the minimum 15-days on the DL. Lefty reliever Brian Tallet was placed on the DL to make room for Pujols.Quick recovery: Pujols activated, not in lineup: Expected to miss up to six weeks, Cards star back after 15 days, MLB.com (July 5, 2011) The team made a major trade on July 27, a four-for-four swap, dealing disgruntled Colby Rasmus (hitting only .246), relievers Trever Miller and Brian Tallet, and starter P. J. Walters to the Toronto Blue Jays. In return, the team received right-hand starter Edwin Jackson, left-hand specialist Marc Rzepczynski, right-hand reliever Octavio Dotel, and outfielder Corey Patterson. The team will also receive either three players to be named later, or cash. Jackson was traded earlier the day from the Chicago White Sox to the Blue Jays.Cards deal Rasmus, pitchers for Jackson, others: Also get Dotel, Rzepczynski, Patterson and three PTBN or cash, MLB.com (July 27, 2011) Rasmus had previously asked to be traded away from the Cardinals,http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/11/colby-rasmus-father-is-at-it-again-says-its-fairly-obvious-his-son-needs-to-be-traded Colby Rasmus' father is at it again, says it's "fairly obvious" his son needs to be traded June 11, 2011 Hardballtalk.nbcsports.com October 29, 2011 and at the time of the trade he was mired in a severe slump that saw him hitting .194 since May 12.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=rasmuco01&t=b&year=2011&share=3.77#329-385-sum:batting_gamelogs Colby Rasmus game logs Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 Jon Jay, who had been getting more playing time as Rasmus struggled,http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110721&content_id=22101222&notebook_id=22103710&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20110724022902/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110721&content_id=22101222&notebook_id=22103710&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl dead July 24, 2011 La Russa: Performance dictates playing time Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com October 29, 2011 became the everyday center fielder. Kyle McClellan, promoted to the starting rotation to fill the gap caused by the loss of Adam Wainwright, returned to the bullpen.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110802&content_id=22663406&notebook_id=22663408&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20121024115255/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110802&content_id=22663406&notebook_id=22663408&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl dead October 24, 2012 McClellan adjusting to return to bullpen Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com October 29, 2011 Pujols got his 2,000th career hit on July 29, at Busch Stadium against the Cubs in the eighth inning with an RBI double. He became the fifth Cardinal to get to 2,000 hits, joining Stan Musial (3,630), Lou Brock (2,713), Rogers Hornsby (2,110), and Enos Slaughter (2,064). He got it in his 1,650th game, the 12th quickest. Musial got his in 1,507 games.Pujols adds to illustrious career with 2,000th hit, MLB.com (July 30, 2011) The team made another trade on July 31, just before the non-waiver deadline, acquiring shortstop Rafael Furcal from the Los Angeles Dodgers in return for an AA-outfielder Alex Castellanos.Cardinals get Furcal in another 'win-now' deal: Dodgers receive Minor Leaguer Castellanos for two-time All-Star, MLB.com (July 31, 2011)Furcal finishes off Cards' aggressive haul, MLB.com (July 31, 2011) Furcal displaced offseason acquisition Ryan Theriot, who committed 17 errors at shortstop for the Cardinals in 2011.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/theriry01-field.shtml Ryan Theriot fielding statistics Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 August On August 11 the Cardinals signed free agent lefty specialist pitcher Arthur Rhodes, previously released by the Texas Rangers.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110811&content_id=23090464&notebook_id=23092552&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20121024124318/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110811&content_id=23090464&notebook_id=23092552&vkey=notebook_stl&c_id=stl dead October 24, 2012 Cards agree to deal with veteran lefty Rhodes mlb.com November 21, 2011 The Rhodes acquisition completed a radical in-season makeover of the Cardinal bullpen. The only Cardinal relievers in the bullpen on Opening Day who were still on the team at the end of the season were Mitchell Boggs and Jason Motte. Departures included Miguel Batista and Ryan Franklin (released), Bryan Augenstein (disabled and later sent to the minors) and lefty specialists Trever Miller and Brian Tallet (traded to Toronto in the Rasmus trade). Additions over the course of the season included Rhodes, Marc Rzepcynski and Octavio Dotel (acquired from Toronto in the Rasmus trade), Kyle McClellan (sent back to the bullpen after the Cardinals traded for Edwin Jackson), and Lance Lynn and Fernando Salas (called up from the minor leagues). At the beginning of the month the Cardinals were 21 2 games behind the Brewers in the standings.https://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=2011-07-31 Standings after games of July 31 Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 However, they lost two of three to Milwaukee on the road Aug. 1–3, then did the same at home on Aug. 9–11, giving the Brewers a four-game lead in the NL Central.https://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=2011-08-11 Standings after games of Aug. 11 Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 The team continued to stumble as the Brewers continued to win. Newly acquired shortstop Furcal hit only .240 for the month.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=furcara02&year=2011&t=b Rafael Furcall 2011 splits Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 The Cardinals went 2–4 on a six-game road trip to Pittsburgh and Chicago, then came home and were swept in three games by a bad Dodger team. After close of business on August 24, the day the Dodgers completed their sweep, St. Louis had fallen ten games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central standings and 101 2 games behind the Atlanta Braves (and in third place) in the NL Wild Card standings. Manager Tony La Russa said on the struggles: "I guarantee that the team you have seen the past few weeks is not the team we have, and I believe you will start to see our team tomorrow."https://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=2011-08-24 Standings after games of Aug. 24 Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 Chris Carpenter and other veterans called for a closed, player-only team meeting, which was held the day after the Dodgers series ended.One Last Strike. LaRussa, Tony, with Rick Hummel. 2012, Harper Collins Publishers, 978-0-06-220738-8, p. 123-124 St. Louis' odds of making the playoffs stood at 1.3%.http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?col=&sort=&sim=s&v=d&sn=2011&run=24377 for Aug. 24 Coolstandings.com October 29, 2011 There were rumors,https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/08/lance-berkman-im-not-going-to-get-moved.html Lance Berkman: "I'm Not Going To Get Moved" August 30, 2011 mlbtraderumors.com September 11, 2020https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/the-cards-true-cost-of-trading-berkman/article_683a72c2-d313-11e0-a377-0019bb30f31a.html The Cards' true cost of trading Berkman August 30, 2011 stltoday.com September 11, 2020 later confirmed by owner Bill DeWitt,https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/berkman-could-have-been-traded-to-texas/article_7bf8aa90-2c9d-5cb4-9b13-663cc1574f7f.html Berkman could have been traded to Texas October 23, 2011 stltoday.com September 11, 2020 that with the Cardinals seemingly out of playoff contention, they had discussed trading Lance Berkman to the Texas Rangers. The sweep by Los Angeles dropped the Cardinals to 67–63. They ended the month on a positive note, taking three of four from the Pirates and sweeping the Brewers in Milwaukee Aug 30 – September 1, improving their chances of making the playoffs to 4.3%.http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?col=&sort=&sim=s&v=d&sn=2011&run=24441 for Sept. 1 Coolstandings.com October 29, 2011 September: The Comeback Month 2011 Major League Baseball wild card chase The Cardinals set a new record of grounding into their 167th (and later, 168th) double-play on September 26, breaking the record set by the 1958 St. Louis Cardinals.LaRussa weighing rotation options, MLB.com (September 26, 2011) They finished the season with 169, five short of the all-time MLB record set by the 1990 Boston Red Sox.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_gidp2.shtml Grounding into double-play team records Baseball-almanac.com October 29, 2011 After dropping two of three to the Reds the Cardinals played their last series of the season against Milwaukee September 5–7. St. Louis took two out of three and thus won five of its last six games against the Brewers, but Milwaukee still held a lead of 81 2 games. The Cardinals got as close as 41 2 games behind the Brewers later in September but Milwaukee played too well to be caught, clinching the Central Division title on September 23.Star Jon http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_23_flomlb_milmlb_1&mode=preview&vkey=preview_web_home&c_id=mil#gid=2011_09_23_flomlb_milmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=mil https://web.archive.org/web/20110924041620/http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_23_flomlb_milmlb_1&mode=preview&vkey=preview_web_home&c_id=mil#gid=2011_09_23_flomlb_milmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=mil dead September 24, 2011 Deja Crew: Brewers party like it's '82, '08 Milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com September 22, 2011 October 29, 2011 The same was not true of the wild-card leading Atlanta Braves. 101 2 games ahead of the Cardinals on August 24, Atlanta went only 6–7 over its next 13 games before coming to St. Louis on September 9 to play a three-game series that would prove to be critical. In the first game, Atlanta led 3–1 going into the bottom of the ninth inning, but a Schumaker single and walks to Furcal and Theriot set up a two-run, two-out Albert Pujols single to tie the game. The Cardinals won on a sacrifice fly by Nick Punto in the bottom of the 10th.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN201109090.shtml Cardinals 4, Braves 3 Baseball-Reference.com September 9, 2011 October 29, 2011 On September 10 St. Louis won by the same 4–3 score when Michael Bourn flied out to right with the tying run on third.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN201109100.shtml Cardinals 4, Braves 3 Baseball-Reference.com September 10, 2011 October 29, 2011 On the 11th Yadier Molina hit a three-run double and the Cardinals won 6–3 to complete the sweep. The sweep cut the gap in the wild-card race to 41 2 games, but St. Louis had only 16 games left to playhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=2011-09-11 Standings after games of September 11 Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 and its playoff chances were still only 7.7%.http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?col=&sort=&sim=s&v=d&sn=2011&run=24531 for Sept. 11 Coolstandings.com October 29, 2011 The Cardinals followed up their sweep of Atlanta by going on the road to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and taking two of three from the Pirates and three of four from the NL-leading (and eventually 102-game-winner) Phillies. On the 14th Yadier Molina hit a two-run double and the Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 3–2 behind 6.2 strong innings from Edwin Jackson.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT201109140.shtml Cardinals 3, Pirates 2 Baseball-Reference.com September 14, 2011 October 29, 2011 On the 16th an error by right fielder Corey Patterson allowed the Phillies to tie the game 2–2 in the bottom of the ninth, but the Cardinals scored on RBI hits from rookie Adron Chambers and Tyler Greene in the 11th and hung on to win 4–2.http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?col=&sort=&sim=s&v=d&sn=2011&run=24531 Cardinals 4, Phillies 2 Coolstandings.com October 29, 2011 On the 19th the Cardinals escaped with a 4–3 victory over the Phillies when Octavio Dotel got Hunter Pence to ground out in the bottom of the ninth with the tying run on base.http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?col=&sort=&sim=s&v=d&sn=2011&run=24531 Cardinals 4, Phillies 3 Coolstandings.com October 29, 2011 The Braves went 3–4 over this same stretch of games, losing to the Marlins on September 19 when Omar Infante hit a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/FLO/FLO201109190.shtml Marlins 6, Braves 5 Baseball-Reference.com September 19, 2011 October 29, 2011 The gap in the wild-card standings had decreased to 2.5 games but with only nine games left the Cardinals' playoff chances were still only 17.7%.http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?col=&sort=&sim=s&v=d&sn=2011&run=24599 for Sept. 19 Coolstandings.com October 29, 2011 The Cardinals then won two of three at home against the Mets, but suffered a bitterly disappointing loss in the third game of that series, when Rafael Furcal let a ball roll through his legs in the top of the 9th, triggering a six-run Met rally that won the game 8–6.http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?col=&sort=&sim=s&v=d&sn=2011&run=24599 Mets 8, Cardinals 6 Coolstandings.com October 29, 2011 Furcal was so upset by his error that he was talking about retirement before having a personal meeting with LaRussa.One Last Strike. LaRussa, Tony, with Rick Hummel. 2012, Harper Collins Publishers, 978-0-06-220738-8, p. 159-161 The Braves led by two games with six games left and the Cardinals' playoff chances were 24.4%.http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?col=&sort=&sim=s&v=d&sn=2011&run=24629 for Sept. 19 Coolstandings.com October 29, 2011 The Cardinals won two of three against the Cubs, winning 2–1 on September 24 via a bases-loaded walk and wild pitch by Carlos Mármol and recent callup Adron Chambers sprinted home with the winning run.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN201109240.shtml Cardinals 2, Cubs 1 Baseball-Reference.com September 24, 2011 October 29, 2011 while the Braves lost two of three to the Nationals. Atlanta had a one-game lead with three games left.https://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=2011-09-25 Standings on Sept. 25 Baseball-Reference.com October 29, 2011 The last series of the year for the Cardinals was against the Houston Astros. Atlanta's was against the Philadelphia Phillies. With only a small gap separating the two team's records, the result of this final series would be decisive. The Cardinals lost to the Astros (who finished the year at 56–106) on September 26th on a walk-off squeeze bunt by Angel Sanchez, but Atlanta also lost to the Phillies, keeping the gap equal. On September 27th, St. Louis overcame a bad start by Jake Westbrook and a 5–0 deficit, scoring five in the fourth and four more in the seventh and winning 13–6. The winning runs came via a two-run triple from Ryan Theriot.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU201109270.shtml Cardinals 13, Astros 6 Baseball-Reference.com September 27, 2011 October 29, 2011 Atlanta lost to Philadelphia again, and with one game left in the season the Cardinals and Braves were tied for the wild card. In the season finale, the Cardinals had little trouble with the Astros, winning 8–0 behind a complete game two-hit shutout from Carpenter.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU201109280.shtml Cardinals 8, Astros 0 Baseball-Reference.com September 28, 2011 October 29, 2011 The game ended about 9:25 PM CST. This was the first of two key clinchers Carpenter pitched in late 2011. The Braves started later. With their final regular-season game freshly on the books, Cardinals players and fans anxiously watched the still-ongoing Braves-Phillies match in Atlanta that was now in extra innings. They were two outs away from forcing a tie-breaker game, but a Chase Utley sacrifice fly tied the game 3–3 in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the 12th, the Braves stranded the winning run on third base. Finally, in the top of the 13th Hunter Pence hit an RBI infield single, and in the bottom of the inning Freddie Freeman of the Braves hit into a double play to lose the ballgame and eliminate Atlanta.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL201109280.shtml Phillies 4, Braves 3 Baseball-Reference.com September 28, 2011 October 29, 2011 By edging Atlanta to clinch the Wild Card on the final day of the regular season, the 2011 Cardinals completed the largest comeback in history after 130 games,http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/wildcard.jsp?ymd=20110824#20110824 Wild Card Standings | MLB.com: Standings Mlb.mlb.com August 24, 2011 October 29, 2011http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/wildcard.jsp?ymd=20110928#20110928 Wild Card Standings | MLB.com: Standings Mlb.mlb.com September 29, 2011 October 29, 2011Miklasz Bernie https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/article_3aec789d-6d33-5997-a31b-360ace8bae63.html Cardinals win like never before St Louis Post-Dispatch October 29, 2011 October 29, 2011 (and collapses in Atlanta's point of view). They went 23–9 over their final 32 games to erase a 10.5 game deficit. They went 18–8 in the month of September while the Braves went 9–18 for September to open the door. Since the Braves play in a different division, the two teams played fewer games against each other, also lowering the odds that the Cardinals had to catch up with the Braves in the Wild Card race.https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/27347/braves-cardinals-fight-for-nl-wild-card Braves, Cardinals fight for NL Wild Card – Stats & Info Blog – ESPN Espn.go.com September 3, 2005 December 13, 2012 St. Louis finished 90–72 and advanced to the postseason to face the NL East champion Philadelphia Phillies. B. J. Rains ranked the Cardinals' Top 11 games of 2011, with the winner the September 24, 2–1 ninth-inning comeback win against the Cubs.Ranking the Cardinals' top games of 2011 October 2026 InternetArchiveBot , Foxsportsmidwest.com (December 27, 2011) Postseason The team qualified for the Wild Card on the final day of the regular season and played the Philadelphia Phillies for the first time in postseason, in the NL Division Series best of five, starting the first two games at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. NLDS 2011 National League Division Series Game 1 of the NLDS ended an 11–6 Philadelphia victory. After Roy Halladay struggled in the first, allowing a three-run homer to Lance Berkman, he settled down, at one point retiring twenty-one Cardinal hitters in a row. After Game 1, Chris Carpenter, starting on three-day's rest for the first time in his career, allowed the Phillies to take a quick 4–0 lead in Game 2. And with Cliff Lee on the mound for the Phils, the game seemed out of reach. "You can count on one finger the number of times you'll come back from four runs down against Cliff Lee", Berkman said. That's exactly what the Cardinals did, and took a 5–4 lead after an RBI single by Albert Pujols. The series was tied at one game apiece. "That win was huge for us", Tony La Russa said. "Realistically, us winning three in a row was not really possible." The famous Rally Squirrel (aka, 'Busch Squirrel'), made his first appearance in Game 3 on October 4, and then again appeared in Game 4 on October 5, running across Home Plate at Busch Stadium in front of Skip Schumaker who was batting. The pitch was called a ball, and Roy Oswalt protested that it should not have counted. Nothing he did changed the umpire's mind though. Schumaker later flew out to left. The team was ahead at the time, 3–2, and held on for the 5–3 victory. The Rally Squirrel was instantly adopted by the fans as the postseason mascot, and thousands of rally squirrel T-shirts were sold. His Twitter account started, and by October 6 it had over 11,000 followers; by October 20, it had over 27,500 followers. The October 7, Game 5 winner-take-all in the NLDS pitted Cardinals' ace Chris Carpenter vs. Roy Halladay, his best friend off-the-field for the Phillies, at Citizens Bank Park.Game 5 the newest chapter between Carp, Doc: Longtime friendship takes center stage in winner-takes-all tilt, MLB.com (October 6, 2011) Carpenter threw an outstanding 3-hit shutout over Halladay and the Phillies to win the NLDS, 1–0. The last out was made by St. Louisan Ryan Howard, who chopped a grounder to Nick Punto at second. Punto saw Howard on the ground by home plate, having torn his achilles. He then lobbed the ball to Albert Pujols, who caught it to send the Cardinals to the NLCS for the first time since 2006. NLCS 2011 National League Championship Series The NLCS began on Sunday, October 9th at Miller Park with the Milwaukee Brewers taking the first game of the series 9–6. The Cardinals rebounded to take the next two games, with the final score being 12–3 and 4–3, respectively. In Game 2, the Cardinals started the scoring with an Albert Pujols 2-run home run in the first inning and the runs kept coming. The final Cardinal run of the game came from a David Freese solo home run in the 9th inning.MLB Gameday: Cardinals 12, Brewers 3 Final Score (10/10/2011) https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cardinals-vs-brewers/2011/10/10/317056/final/summary/scoringplays 2026-10-15 MLB.com en The teams split the next two, and on Sunday, October 16, the Cardinals beat the Brewers 12–6 in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, for their 18th NL Pennant, and became the only team to play in three of the last ten World Series. The final out of the NLCS was recorded when Jason Motte struck out the Brewers' Mark Kotsay on high heat.Busch Stadium Jumbotron during Games Six of the World Series (October 27, 2011) David Freese was named NLCS MVP.Freese shocking the world, but not the CardinalsOctober 2024 medicmedic, MLB.com (October 17, 2011)Position-by-Position evaluation between the Cardinals and the AL champions Texas Rangers here October 2024 medicmedic. Freese hit a .545 average (12-for-22) during the NLCS, with home runs hit in Game 1, Game 2, and Game 6.2011 NLCS recap https://www.mlb.com/news/2011-nlcs-recap 2026-10-15 MLB.com en Three of the Cardinals' four wins were blowouts in this series; Game 2 was decided by 9 runs and Games 5 & 6 were both decided by 6 runs.2011 Postseason History https://www.mlb.com/postseason/history/2011 2026-10-15 MLB.com en World Series 2011 World Series Allen Craig was the hero in Game 1 of the World Series, singling off Alexi Ogando to break a 2–2 tie. The Cards managed to win. The next day, Craig was almost the hero again when he singled off Ogando for the second straight night. The Rangers came back to win, 2–1, though, for Jason Motte's only blown save of the postseason. The next game, Albert Pujols went 5-for-6 with three home runs to put him in company with Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson as the only players to hit three homers in a World Series game. Pujols also set a record with 14 total bases, hits in four consecutive innings, and tied a Series record with five hits, total bases, RBIs, and runs scored in one game.Pujols receives congratulatory call from Reggie, MLB.com (October 24, 2011); Retrieved: Oct 29, 2011 But after the Rangers won the next two games, the Cardinals fell behind in the Series 3–2. The Cardinals, facing the Texas Rangers in the World Series, pulled-off one of the greatest comeback game wins in World Series history, with an amazing Game 6, winning 10–9 in 11 innings after twice being one strike away from elimination. David Freese hit a two-out, two-strike, ninth-inning triple, to tie the game after trailing 7–5 in the ninth inning. After the Rangers took the lead in the 10th, Berkman delivered with an RBI single at two outs and two strikes in the 10th to tie the game again. Later, with the score tied 9–9, Freese hit a lead-off walk-off home run to dead centerfield in the 11th, off Mark Lowe at 11:39 pm CDT.Bernie: Ferocious Cards win incredible, insane game, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (October 28, 2011) The win meant that the World Series would go to a seventh game for the first time since 2002. Of the last 13 Major League teams that won Game 6 at home to force a Game 7 in the postseason, 12 went on to win Game 7.Drama king: Freese sends Cards to Game 7: Third baseman ties game in ninth, wins it in 11th with walk-off HR, MLB.com (October 28, 2011) The Rangers led 4 different times in the game, including with two outs and two strikes in both the ninth and the 10th, but the Cardinals refused to die.Freese's walk off homer in 11th sends Series to Game 7, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (October 28, 2011) Freese's game-winning home run was only the fourth in World Series Game 6 history (1975-Bos., 1991-Min., 1993-Tor).https://stathead.com/tiny/CrHs9 Postseason Batting Event Finder: All of MLB: 4 Home Runs in 1903-2020 Postseason – Walk-off, Game 6, World Series Stathead Baseball May 8, 2021 The Cardinals set two records in their Game 6 win: the first team to come back twice from deficits in both the 9th and 10th innings, and the first team to score in the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th innings.'Unbelievable' Game 6 ranks among best: Players on both sides struggle to find precedent for classic, MLB.com (October 28, 2011) right|thumb|200px|The Cardinals celebrate the 11th World Series Championship in club history, the most of any National League team. On October 28, the Cardinals finished off their amazing, end-of-season run, starting after the Aug 24 game when they were 101 2 games behind for the NL Central Division lead. They defeated the Texas Rangers 4 games to 3, with a 6–2 win in Game 7 of the World Series at their Busch Stadium home in front of 47,399 fans. It was the 36th time a team won the World Series in a Game 7 (or Game 8).http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111029&content_id=25836640&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb Never-give-up Cards finish ultimate comeback Anthony Castrovince MLB.com October 29, 2011October 2024 medicmedic The final out was made when David Murphy flew out to left field to give the Cardinals their eleventh world championship. David Freese, a graduate of Lafayette High School in St. Louis, won the MVP award for both the NLCS, and then for the World Series, as well as the Babe Ruth Award. He knocked in a record 21 RBIs in his post-season. Chris Carpenter set a franchise record for most wins (four) in a single postseason. Carpenter, 9–2 overall in his Cardinals postseason career, ran his home postseason mark to 7–0 with a 2.15 ERA. Tony La Russa became only the ninth manager in major-league history to win at least three World Series.Bernie: Cardinals win like never before, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (October 29, 2011) After the World Series On October 31, three days after winning the World Series, manager Tony La Russa announced his retirement. He finished his managerial career after 33 seasons, third in all-time managerial wins and second all-time in post season wins.http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/10/31/tony-la-russa-announces-his-retirement/ Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa Announces His Retirement « CBS St. Louis Stlouis.cbslocal.com October 31, 2011 November 4, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111103032125/http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/10/31/tony-la-russa-announces-his-retirement/ November 3, 2011 dead November November 3 marked the first time in the playing history of Albert Pujols that he would become a free agent. He officially became a free agent as of 12:01 Eastern.http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111102&content_id=25880048&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb Pujols officially playing the field for first time MLB.com November 4, 2011 On November 13, the Cardinals announced former Cardinals' catcher Mike Matheny as their new manager with a news conference on November 14.Cards to name Matheny manager, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (November 13, 2011) Although Dave Duncan did not officially retire, he took an extended leave of absence to tend to his ailing wife and his assistant Derek Lilliquist was nominated as his substitute. On November 16, MLB announced that La Russa came in third in voting for NL Manager of the Year. Kirk Gibson (of the Arizona Diamondbacks) in his first season won, and Ron Roenicke (of the Milwaukee Brewers) came in second.La Russa third in Manager of Year voting: Arizona's Gibson wins; Milwaukee's Roenicke second, MLB.com (November 16, 2011) Berkman's resurgence led him to a seventh-place MVP finish, and the National League Comeback Player of the Year award. December On December 16, 2011, the Cardinals won the Organization of the Year award from Baseball America for the first time. Baseball America has given this award since 1982.Cards named Organization of the Year: Club takes home prestigious award from Baseball America, MLB.com (December 16, 2011) Season standings Season standings Source: mlb.com MLB Standings National League Central St. Louis Cardinals National League Wild Card St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Game log The Cardinals, and all 30 teams, had their schedules released by Major League Baseball on September 14, 2010. The Cardinals' opening was at home against the San Diego Padres on March 31.http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100914&content_id=14646750&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20110615065557/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100914&content_id=14646750&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl dead June 15, 2011 Cardinals unveil slate of games for 2011: St. Louis to host rival Cubs for nine contests next year Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com September 13, 2010 October 29, 2011 Regular Season Schedule (calendar style) Regular Season Schedule (sortable text) All game times are in Central Time Zone. Legend Cardinals WIN Cardinals LOSS Game POSTPONED / TIE Clinched playoff spot background:#C41E3A;color:white; 2011 Game Log y background:#0A2252;color:white; March (0–1, .000) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 1 || March 31 || Padres 3:15 pm (ESPN / (FSM) || 5–3 (11) || Neshek (1–0) || Augenstein (0–1) || Bell (1) || 46,368 || 0–1January 2025 medicmedic |- y background:#0A2252;color:white; April (16–10, .615) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 2 || Padres 3:10 pm (Fox) || 11–3 || Richard (1–0) || Westbrook (0–1) || || 38,527 || 0–2January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 3 || Padres 1:15 pm (FSM) || 2–0 || García (1–0) || Moseley (0–1) || || 36,414 || 1–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 4 || Pirates 7:15 pm (FSM) || 4–3 || Morton (1–0) || Lohse (0–1) || Hanrahan (3) || 32,007 || 1–3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 5 || April 5 || Pirates 7:15 pm (FSM) || 3–2 || Batista (1–0) || Olson (0–1) || Franklin (1) || 33,666 || 2–3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 6 || Pirates 12:45 pm (FSM) || 3–1 || Correia (2–0) || Carpenter (0–1) || Hanrahan (4) || 34,965 || 2–4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 8 || @ Giants 3:35 pm (FSM) || 5–4 (12) || Runzler (1–1) || Tallet (0–1) || || 42,048 || 2–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 8 || April 9 || @ Giants 9:05 pm (FSM) || 3–2 || Ramírez (1–0) || Franklin (0–1) || || 41,742 || 2–6January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 9 || April 10 || @ Giants 3:05 pm (FSM) || 6–1 || Lohse (1–1) || Zito (0–1) || || 42,092 || 3–6January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 11 || @ Diamondbacks 8:40 pm (FSM) || 8–2 || McClellan (1–0) || Enright (0–1) || || 15,746 || 4–6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 12 || @ Diamondbacks 8:40 pm (FSM) || 13–8 || Galarraga (2–0) || Carpenter (0–2) || || 16,645 || 4–7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 12 || April 13 || @ Diamondbacks 8:40 pm (FSM) || 15–5 || Westbrook (1–1) || Kennedy (1–1) || || 17,660 || 5–7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 14 || @ Dodgers 9:10 pm (FSM) || 9–5 || García (2–0) || Kuroda (2–1) || || 34,288 || 6–7January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 14 || April 15 || @ Dodgers 9:10 pm (FSM) || 11–2 || Lohse (2–1) || Garland (0–1) || || 36,282 || 7–7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 16 ||@ Dodgers 9:10 pm (FSM) || 9–2 || McClellan (2–0) || Kershaw (2–2) || || 31,614 || 8–7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 17 || @ Dodgers 3:10 pm (FSM) || 2–1 || Broxton (1–0) || Franklin (0–2) || || 27,439 || 8–8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | –– || April 19 || Nationals 7:15 pm (FSM) ||colspan=6| PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for April 20, 1:15 pm |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 17 || April 20 || Nationals 1:15 pm (FSM) || 8–6 || Lannan (2–1) || Westbrook (1–2) || Storen (2) || 32,340 || 8–9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 18 || April 20 || Nationals 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–3 || García (3–0) || Zimmermann (1–3) || Boggs (1) || 33,714 || 9–9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 19 || April 21 || Nationals 12:45 pm (FSM) || 5–0 || Lohse (3–1) || Gorzelanny (0–2) || || 36,160 || 10–9January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 22 || Reds 7:15 pm (FSM) || 4–2 || McClellan (3–0) || Maloney (0–1) || Boggs (2) || 40,327 || 11–9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 23 || Reds 3:10 pm (Fox) || 5–3 || Chapman (1–0) || Batista (1–1) || Cordero (3) || 41,877 || 11–10January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 22 || April 24 || Reds 7:05 pm (ESPN) || 3–0 || Westbrook (2–2) || Vólquez (2–1) || Boggs (3) || 38,201 || 12–10January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 26 || @ Astros 7:05 pm (FSM) || 6–5 || Lyon (2–1) || Boggs (0–1) || || 25,526 || 12–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 24 || April 27 || @ Astros 7:05 pm (FSM) || 6–5 || Lohse (4–1) || Happ (1–4) || Sánchez (1) || 27,857 || 13–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 25 || April 28 || @ Astros 7:05 pm (FSM) || 11–7 || McClellan (4–0) || Abad (1–2) || Salas (1) || 26,331 || 14–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 26 || April 29 || @ Braves 6:35 pm (FSM) || 5–3 (11) || Sánchez (1–0) || Gearrin (0–1) || Miller (1) || 40,279 || 15–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 27 || April 30 || @ Braves 12:10 pm (Fox) || 3–2 || Batista (2–1) || Kimbrel (0–1) || Salas (2) || 30,546 || 16–11 |- y background:#0A2252;color:white; May (17–12, .586) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 28 || May 1 || @ Braves 12:35 pm (FSM) || 6–5 || Venters (1–0) || Franklin (0–3) || || 34,129 || 16–12January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 29 || May 2 || Marlins 7:15 pm (FSM) || 6–5 || Mujica (3–1) || Boggs (0–2) || Núñez (10) || 32,635 || 16–13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 30 || May 3 || Marlins 7:15 pm (FSM) || 7–5 || Salas (1–0) || Webb (0–3) || Sánchez (2) || 32,689 || 17–13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 4 || Marlins 7:15 pm (FSM) || 8–7 || Dunn (2–1) || Sánchez (1–1) || Núñez (11) || 34,324 || 17–14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 5 || Marlins 12:45 pm (FSM) || 6–3 || Motte (1–0) || Johnson (3–1) || Sánchez (3) || 38,509 || 18–14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 6 || Brewers 7:15 pm (FSM) || 6–0 || García (4–0) || Wolf (3–3) || || 35,552 || 19–14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 34 || May 7 || Brewers 3:10 pm (FSM) || 4–0 || Gallardo (3–2) || Lohse (4–2) || || 40,229 || 19–15January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 35 || May 8 || Brewers 1:15 pm (FSM) || 3–1 || McClellan (5–0) || Narveson (1–3) || Salas (3) || 40,125 || 20–15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 36 || May 10 || @ Cubs 7:05 pm (FSM) || 6–4 || Carpenter (1–2) || Wood (1–2) || Sánchez (4) || 34,249 || 21–15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 11 || @ Cubs 7:05 pm (FSM) || 11–4 || Garza (2–4) || Westbrook (2–3) || || 34,439 || 21–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 38 || May 12 || @ Cubs 1:20 pm (FSM) || 9–1 || García (5–0) || Coleman (1–3) || || 32,559 || 22–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 39 || May 13 || @ Reds 6:10 pm (FSM) || 6–5 (10) || Cordero (3–1) || Motte (1–1) || || 32,972 || 22–17 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 14 || @ Reds 3:10 pm (FSM) || 7–3 || Cueto (2–0) || McClellan (5–1) || || 41,307 || 22–18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 15 || @ Reds 12:10 pm (FSM) || 9–7 || Wood (3–3) || Carpenter (1–3) || Cordero (7) || 24,672 || 22–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 16 || Phillies 7:15 pm (FSM) || 3–1 || Westbrook (3–3) || Lee (2–4) || Salas (4) || 34,884 || 23–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 43 || May 17 || Phillies 7:15 pm (FSM) || 2–1 || Salas (2–0) || Báez (1–2) || || 34,567 || 24–19January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 44 || May 18 || Astros 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–1 || Lohse (5–2) || Norris (2–3) || || 35,298 || 25–19January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 45 || May 19 || Astros 12:40 pm (FSM) || 4–2 || McClellan (6–1) || Happ (3–5) || Salas (5) || 36,409 || 26–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 20 || @ Royals 7:10 pm (FSM) || 3–0 || Francis (1–5) || Carpenter (1–4) || Soria (7) || 26,816 || 26–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 47 || May 21 || @ Royals 1:10 pm (FSM) || 3–0 || Westbrook (4–3) || Collins (2–2) || Salas (6) || 32,229 || 27–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 22 || @ Royals 1:10 pm (FSM) || 9–8 (10) || Motte (2–1) || Coleman (0–1) || Salas (7) || 28,195 || 28–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 23 || @ Padres 9:05 pm (FSM) || 3–1 || Lohse (6–2) || Bell (2–1) || Salas (8) || 16,513 || 29–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 24 || @ Padres 9:05 pm (FSM) || 3–2 (11) || Batista (3–1) || Frieri (1–2) || Sánchez (5) || 19,426 || 30–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 51 || May 25 || @ Padres 5:35 pm (FSM) || 3–1 || Latos (2–6) || Carpenter (1–5) || Bell (10) || 23,088 || 30–21January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 52 || May 27 || @ Rockies 7:40 pm (FSM) || 10–3 || Westbrook (5–3) || Jiménez (0–5) || || 31,285 || 31–21 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 53 || May 28 || @ Rockies 6:10 pm (Fox) || 15–4 || Nicasio (1–0) || García (5–1) || || 38,149 || 31–22 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 54 || May 29 || @ Rockies 2:10 pm (FSM) || 4–3 || Lohse (7–2) || Chacin (5–4) || Salas (9) || 40,598 || 32–22January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 55 || May 30 || Giants 3:15 pm (FSM) || 7–3 || Bumgarner (2–6) || McClellan (6–2) || || 40,849 || 32–23 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 56 || May 31 || Giants 6:09 pm (FSM) / (ESPN) || 4–3 || Franklin (1–3) || Lopez (2–1) || Salas (10) || 37,748 || 33–23January 2025 medicmedic |- y background:#0A2252;color:white; June (11–15, .423) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 57 || June 1 || Giants 7:15 pm (FSM) || 7–5 (11) || Romo (3–0) || Franklin (1–4) || Wilson (15) || 35,775 || 33–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 58 || June 2 || Giants 7:15 pm (FSM) || 12–7 || Sánchez (4–3) || Lynn (0–1) || Affeldt (1) || 34,104 || 33–25January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 59 || June 3 || Cubs 7:15 pm (FSM) || 6–1 || García (6–1) || Dempster (4–5) || || 40,419 || 34–25 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 60 || June 4 || Cubs 3:10 pm (Fox) || 5–4 (12) || Sánchez (2–1) || Samadzija (3–2) || || 43,195 || 35–25 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 61 || June 5 || Cubs 1:15 pm (FSM) || 3–2 (10) || Salas (3–0) || Lopez (0–1) || || 40,701 || 36–25 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 62 || June 7 || @ Astros 7:05 pm (FSM) || 7–4 || Westbrook (6–3) || Myers (2–5) || Salas (11) || 23,277 || 37–25 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 63 || June 8 || @ Astros 7:05 pm (FSM) || 4–1 || Norris (4–4) || García (6–2) || Melancon (6) || 22,107 || 37–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 64 || June 9 || @ Astros 7:05 pm (FSM) || 9–2 || Lynn (1–1) || Happ (3–8) || || 24,482 || 38–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 65 || June 10 || @ Brewers 7:10 pm (FSM) || 8–0 || Narveson (3–4) || Lohse (7–3) || || 32,240 || 38–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 11 || @ Brewers 6:10 pm (FSM) || 5–3 || Greinke (6–1) || Carpenter (1–6) || Axford (17) || 41,930 || 38–28 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 67 || June 12 || @ Brewers 1:10 pm (FSM) || 4–3 || Marcum (7–2) || Westbrook (6–4) || Axford (18) || 42,692 || 38–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 14 || @ Nationals 6:05 pm (FSM) || 8–6 || Rodríguez (2–1) || Batista (3–2) || Storen (16) || 26,739 || 38–30 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 69 || June 15 || @ Nationals 6:05 pm (FSM) || 10–0 || Hernández (4–8) || McClellan (6–3) || || 27,130 || 38–31 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 70 || June 16 || @ Nationals 6:05 pm (FSM) || 7–4 (10) || Burnett (2–3) || Salas (3–1) || || 19,662 || 38–32 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 71 || June 17 || Royals 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–4 || Wood (3–0) || Carpenter (1–7) || Soria (11) || 40,674 || 38–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 72 || June 18 || Royals 6:15 pm (FSM) || 5–4 || Motte (3–1) || Holland (1–1) || Salas (12) || 43,102 || 39–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 73 || June 19 || Royals 1:15 pm (FSM) || 5–4 || Salas (4–1) || Collins (3–4) || || 41,660 || 40–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 21 || Phillies 7:15 pm (FSM) || 10–2 || Stutes (2–0) || Miller (0–1) || || 40,095 || 40–34January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 75 || June 22 || Phillies 7:15 pm (FSM) || 4–0 || Lee (8–5) || Lohse (7–4) || || 36,520 || 40–35January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 76 || June 23 || Phillies 7:15 pm (FSM) || 12–2 || Carpenter (2–7) || Oswalt (4–6) || || 40,532 || 41–35 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 77 || June 24 || Blue Jays 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–4 || Frasor (2–1) || Salas (4–2) || Francisco (8) || 37,724 || 41–36 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 78 || June 25 || Blue Jays 6:15 pm (FSM) || 6–3 || Villanueva (5–1) || García (6–3) || || 40,289 || 41–37January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 79 || June 26 || Blue Jays 1:15 pm (FSM) || 5–0 || Romero (7–7) || McClellan (6–4) || || 36,542 || 41–38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 80 || June 28 || @ Orioles 6:05 pm (FSM) || 6–2 || Lohse (8–4) || Britton (6–6) || || 20,556 || 42–38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 81 || June 29 || @ Orioles 6:05 pm (FSM) || 5–1 || Carpenter (3–7) || Jakubauskas (2–1) || || 17,405 || 43–38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 82 || June 30 || @ Orioles 6:05 pm (FSM) || 9–6 || García (7–3) || Matusz (1–4) || Salas (13) || 28,340 || 44–38 |- y background:#0A2252;color:white; July (13–13, .500) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 83 || July 1 || @ Rays 6:10 pm (FSM) || 5–3 || Westbrook (7–4) || Davis (7–6) || Salas (14) || 19,934 || 45–38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 84 || July 2 || @ Rays 6:10 pm (FSM) || 5–1 || Niemann (3–4) || McClellan (6–5) || || 23,897 || 45–39January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 85 || July 3 || @ Rays 12:40 pm (FSM) || 8–3 || Hellickson (8–7) || Lohse (8–5) || Farnsworth (17) || 26,819 || 45–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 86 || July 4 || Reds 5:15 pm (FSM) || 1–0 || Carpenter (4–7) || Cueto (5–3) || Salas (15) || 40,551 || 46–40January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 87 || July 5 || Reds 7:15 pm (FSM) || 8–1 || García (8–3) || Vólquez (5–4) || || 36,090 || 47–40January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 88 || July 6 || Reds 7:15 pm (FSM) || 9–8 (13) || Arredondo (1–3) || Valdés (0–1) || Chapman (1) || 37,223 || 47–41 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 89 || July 7 || Diamondbacks 7:15 pm (FSM) || 4–1 || Saunders (6–7) || McClellan (6–6) || Hernandez (6) || 35,274 || 47–42 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 90 || July 8 || Diamondbacks 7:15 pm (FSM) || 7–6 || Kennedy (9–3) || Lohse (8–6) || Hernandez (7) || 37,160 || 47–43January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 91 || July 9 || Diamondbacks 6:15 pm (FSM) || 7–6 || Salas (5–2) || Paterson (0–3) || || 42,745 || 48–43January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 92 || July 10 || Diamondbacks 1:15 pm (FSM) || 4–2 || García (9–3) || Duke (2–4) || Salas (16) || 35,299 || 49–43January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | – || July 12 || 82nd All-Star Game ||colspan=6|National League 5, American League 1   (Phoenix, Arizona;  Chase Field) |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 93 || July 15 || @ Reds 6:10 pm (FSM) || 6–5 || Ondrusek (4–3) || Salas (5–3) || || 41,538 || 49–44 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 94 || July 16 || @ Reds 6:10 pm (FSM) || 4–1 || Carpenter (5–7) || Arroyo (7–8) || Salas (17) || 40,204 || 50–44January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 95 || July 17 || @ Reds 12:10 pm (FSM) || 3–1 || Bailey (4–4) || García (9–4) || Cordero (18) || 24,841 || 50–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 96 || July 19 || @ Mets 6:10 pm (FSM) || 4–2 || Gee (9–3) || Lohse (8–7) || Isringhausen (1) || 35,448 || 50–46January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 97 || July 20 || @ Mets 6:10 pm (FSM) || 6–5 (10) || Isringhausen (2–0) || Salas (5–4) || || 30,770 || 50–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 98 || July 21 || @ Mets 11:10 am (FSM) || 6–2 || Westbrook (8–4) || Niese (9–8) || || 37,416 || 51–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 99 || July 22 || @ Pirates 6:05 pm (FSM) || 6–4 || Carpenter (6–7) || Maholm (6–10) || Salas (18) || 38,490 || 52–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 100 || July 23 || @ Pirates 6:05 pm (FSM) || 9–1 || García (10–4) || Correia (11–8) || || 39,102 || 53–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 101 || July 24 || @ Pirates 12:35 pm (FSM) || 4–3 (10) || Beimel (1–1) || Motte (3–2) || || 35,402 || 53–48 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 102 || July 25 || Astros 7:15 pm (FSM) || 10–5 || McClellan (7–6) || Happ (4–12) || Boggs (4) || 38,074 || 54–48 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 103 || July 26 || Astros 7:15 pm (FSM) || 3–1 || Westbrook (9–4) || Myers (3–11) || Salas (19) || 35,588 || 55–48January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 104 || July 27 || Astros 7:15 pm (FSM) || 4–2 || Rodriguez (2–0) || Boggs (0–3) || Melancon (9) || 35,679 || 55–49January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 105 || July 28 || Astros 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–3 || Rodríguez (7–7) || García (10–5) || Melancon (10) || 38,794 || 55–50 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 106 || July 29 || Cubs 7:15 pm (FSM) || 9–2 || Jackson (8–7) || Garza (4–8) || || 42,042 || 56–50 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 107 || July 30 || Cubs 3:10 pm (Fox) || 13–5 || Lohse (9–7) || López (2–3) || || 43,784 || 57–50January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 108 || July 31 || Cubs 7:05 pm (ESPN) || 6–3 || Dempster (8–8) || Westbrook (9–5) || Mármol (20) || 43,960 || 57–51January 2025 medicmedic |- y background:#0A2252;color:white; August (15–13, .536) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 109 || August 1 || @ Brewers 7:10 pm (FSM) || 6–2 || Greinke (9–4) || Carpenter (6–8) || || 41,619 || 57–52January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 110 || August 2 || @ Brewers 7:10 pm (FSM) || 8–7 (11) || McClellan (8–6) || Estrada (2–7) || Dotel (2) || 39,393 || 58–52January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 3 || @ Brewers 1:10 pm (FSM) || 10–5 || Wolf (8–8) || Jackson (8–8) || || 41,906 || 58–53 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 112 || August 4 || @ Marlins 6:10 pm (FSM) || 7–4 || McClellan (9–6) || Hensley (1–4) || Salas (20) || 20,011 || 59–53 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 113 || August 5 || @ Marlins 6:10 pm (FSM) || 3–2 || Boggs (1–3) || Sánchez (6–5) || Lynn (1) || 19,303 || 60–53 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 114 || August 6 || @ Marlins 6:10 pm (FSM) || 2–1 || Carpenter (7–8) || Nolasco (8–8) || Salas (21) || 23,922 || 61–53January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 115 || August 7 || @ Marlins 12:10 pm (FSM) || 8–4 || Boggs (2–3) || Dunn (5–6) || || 20,011 || 62–53 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 9 || Brewers 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–3 (10) || Hawkins (1–0) || Dotel (2–2) || Axford (33) || 40,626 || 62–54 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 117 || August 10 || Brewers 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–1 || Wolf (9–8) || Westbrook (9–6) || || 38,397 || 62–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 118 || August 11 || Brewers 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–2 || Carpenter (8–8) || Gallardo (13–8) || Salas (22) || 38,302 || 63–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 119 || August 12 || Rockies 7:15 pm (FSM) || 6–1 || Lohse (10–7) || Cook (2–7) || || 36,181 || 64–55January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 120 || August 13 || Rockies 6:15 pm (FSM) || 6–1 || Hammel (7–11) || García (10–6) || || 40,172 || 64–56January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 121 || August 14 || Rockies 7:05 pm (ESPN) || 6–2 || Jackson (9–8) || Rogers (6–2) || || 38,748 || 65–56January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 15 || @ Pirates 6:05 pm (FSM) || 6–2 || McDonald (8–6) || Westbrook (9–7) || || 19,766 || 65–57 |- align=center" style="background:#fbb;" | 123 || August 16 || @ Pirates 6:05 pm (FSM) || 5–4 (11) || Resop (4–4) || Rhodes (3–4) || || 20,943 || 65–58 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 124 || August 17 || @ Pirates 6:05 pm (FSM) || 7–2 || Lohse (11–7) || Maholm (6–14) || || 22,296 || 66–58 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 19 || @ Cubs 1:20 pm (FSM) || 5–4 (10) || Marshall (6–5) || Dotel (2–3) || || 42,343 || 66–59January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 126 || August 20 || @ Cubs 3:10 pm (Fox) || 3–0 || Garza (6–9) || Jackson (9–9) || Mármol (29) || 42,374 || 66–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 127 || August 21 || @ Cubs 7:05 pm (ESPN) || 6–2 || Westbrook (10–7) || López (4–4) || || 39,420 || 67–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 22 || Dodgers 7:15 pm (FSM) || 2–1 || Guerrier (4–3) || Salas (5–5) || Guerra (11) || 35,198 || 67–61 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 129 || August 23 || Dodgers 7:15 pm (FSM) || 13–2 || Kershaw (16–5) || Lohse (11–8) || || 37,062 || 67–62 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 130 || August 24 || Dodgers 1:15 pm (FSM) || 9–4 || Kuroda (10–14) || García (10–7) || || 32,959 || 67–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 131 || August 25 || Pirates 7:15 pm (FSM) || 8–4 || Jackson (10–9) || Morton (9–7) || || 36,503 || 68–63January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 132 || August 26 || Pirates 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–4 || McClellan (10–6) || Veras (2–4) || || 40,480 || 69–63January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 133 || August 27 || Pirates 3:10 pm (Fox) || 7–0 || Lincoln (1–0) || Carpenter (8–9) || || 35,812 || 69–64January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 134 || August 28 || Pirates 1:15 pm (FSM) || 7–4 || Lohse (12–8) || Karstens (9–8) || Motte (1) || 38,429 || 70–64 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 135 || August 30 || @ Brewers 7:10 pm (FSM) || 2–1 || Jackson (11–9) || Marcum (11–5) || Salas (23) || 42,384 || 71–64 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 136 || August 31 || @ Brewers 7:10 pm (FSM) || 8–3 || Westbrook (11–7) || Wolf (11–9) || || 38,073 || 72–64January 2025 medicmedic |- y background:#0A2252;color:white; September (18–8, .692) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 137 || September 1 || @ Brewers 3:10 pm (FSM) || 8–4 || Dotel (3–3) || Gallardo (15–9) || || 34,080 || 73–64January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 2 || Reds 7:15 pm (FSM) || 11–8 || Arredondo (4–4) || Rzepczynski (2–4) || || 36,970 || 73–65 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 139 || September 3 || Reds 3:10 pm (Fox) || 6–4 || García (11–7) || Bailey (7–7) || Motte (2) || 41,839 || 74–65 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 4 || Reds 1:15 pm (FSM) || 3–2 (10) || Bray (5–2) || Salas (5–6) || Cordero (30) || 41,647 || 74–66 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 141 || September 5 || Brewers 3:15 pm (FSM) || 4–1 || Wolf (12–9) || Westbrook (11–8) || Axford (41) || 42,043 || 74–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 142 || September 6 || Brewers 7:15 pm (FSM) || 4–2 || Lohse (13–8) || Gallardo (15–10) || Motte (3) || 35,397 || 75–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 143 || September 7 || Brewers 7:15 pm (FSM) || 2–0 || Carpenter (9–9) || Greinke (14–6) || || 38,891 || 76–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 144 || September 9 || Braves 7:15 pm (FSM) || 4–3 (10) || Motte (4–2) || Linebrink (4–3) || || 37,129 || 77–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 145 || September 10 || Braves 6:15 pm (FSM) || 4–3 || García (12–7) || Lowe (9–14) || Motte (4) || 40,689 || 78–67January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 146 || September 11 || Braves 1:15 pm (FSM) || 6–3 || Westbrook (12–8) || Hudson (14–10) || Motte (5) || 39,710 || 79–67January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 147 || September 12 || @ Pirates 6:05 pm (FSM) || 6–5 || Grilli (2–1) || Rzepczynski (2–5) || Hanrahan (37) || 13,278 || 79–68January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 148 || September 13 || @ Pirates 6:05 pm (FSM) || 6–4 || McClellan (11–6) || Hanrahan (0–4) || Motte (6) || 16,544 || 80–68January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 149 || September 14 || @ Pirates 11:35 am (FSM) || 3–2 || Jackson (12–9) || Morton (9–10) || Motte (7) || 12,520 || 81–68January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 150 || September 16 || @ Phillies 6:05 pm (FSM) || 4–2 (11) || McClellan (12–6) || Schwimer (1–1) || Salas (24) || 45,572 || 82–68January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 151 || September 17 || @ Phillies 6:05 pm (FSM) || 9–2 || Oswalt (8–9) || Westbrook (12–9) || || 45,470 || 82–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 152 || September 18 || @ Phillies 7:09 pm (ESPN) || 5–0 || Carpenter (10–9) || Hamels (14–9) || || 45,063 || 83–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 153 || September 19 || @ Phillies 6:05 pm (FSM) || 4–3 || Lohse (14–8) || Halladay (18–6) || Dotel (3) || 45,048 || 84–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 154 || September 20 || Mets 7:15 pm (FSM) || 11–6 || Dotel (4–3) || Stinson (0–2) || || 37,746 || 85–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 155 || September 21 || Mets 7:15 pm (FSM) || 6–5 || García (13–7) || Herrera (0–1) || Motte (8) || 40,658 || 86–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 156 || September 22 || Mets 12:45 pm (FSM) || 8–6 || Acosta (4–1) || Rzepczynski (2–6) || Parnell (6) || 35,992 || 86–70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 157 || September 23 || Cubs 7:15 pm (FSM) || 5–1 || Samardzija (8–4) || McClellan (12–7) || || 40,355 || 86–71 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 158 || September 24 || Cubs 12:10 pm (FSM) || 2–1 || Motte (5–2) || Mármol (2–6) || || 42,571 || 87–71January 2025 medicmedic |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 159 || September 25 || Cubs 1:15 pm (FSM) || 3–2 || Dotel (5–3) || Wells (7–6) || Motte (9) || 41,469 || 88–71 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 160 || September 26 || @ Astros 7:05 pm (FSM) || 5–4 (10) || Melancon (8–4) || Dotel (5–4) || || 20,017 || 88–72 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 161 || September 27 || @ Astros 7:05 pm (FSM) || 13–6 || Sánchez (3–1) || Del Rosario (0–3) || || 22,021 || 89–72January 2025 medicmedic |- style="background:#039; color:white" | 162 || September 28 || @ Astros 7:05 pm (FSM) || 8–0 || Carpenter (11–9) || Myers (7–14) || || 24,358 || 90–72January 2025 medicmedic |- St. Louis Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Phillies 2011 National League Division Series St. Louis Cardinals 3–2 St. Louis Cardinals – 6, Philadelphia Phillies – 11 October 1 Citizens Bank Park 2:55 46,480 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_01_slnmlb_phimlb_1 Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Philadelphia – October 1, 2011 October 1, 2011 October 1, 2011 MLB.com St. Louis Cardinals – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 October 2 Citizens Bank Park 3:22 46,575 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_02_slnmlb_phimlb_1 Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Philadelphia – October 2, 2011 MLB.com October 2, 2011 October 2, 2011 Philadelphia Phillies – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 2 October 4 Busch Stadium 3:13 46,914 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_04_phimlb_slnmlb_1 Boxscore:Philadelphia vs. St. Louis – October 4, 2011 MLB.com October 4, 2011 October 4, 2011 Philadelphia Phillies – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 5 October 5 Busch Stadium 2:34 47,071 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_05_phimlb_slnmlb_1 Boxscore:Philadelphia vs. St. Louis – October 5, 2011 MLB.com October 5, 2011 October 5, 2011 St. Louis Cardinals – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 October 7 Citizens Bank Park 2:29 46,530 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_07_slnmlb_phimlb_1 Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Philadelphia – October 7, 2011 MLB.com October 7, 2011 October 7, 2011 St. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewers 2011 National League Championship Series St. Louis Cardinals 4–2 St. Louis Cardinals – 6, Milwaukee Brewers – 9 October 9 Miller Park 3:35 43,613 http://gd2.mlb.com/content/game/mlb/year_2011/month_10/day_09/gid_2011_10_09_slnmlb_milmlb_1/boxscore_col.html Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Milwaukee – October 9, 2011 October 9, 2011 October 9, 2011 MLB.com St. Louis Cardinals – 12, Milwaukee Brewers – 3 October 10 Miller Park 3:36 43,937 http://gd2.mlb.com/content/game/mlb/year_2011/month_10/day_10/gid_2011_10_10_slnmlb_milmlb_1/boxscore_col.html Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Milwaukee – October 10, 2011 October 10, 2011 October 10, 2011 MLB.com Milwaukee Brewers – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 4 October 12 Busch Stadium 3:10 43,584 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_12_milmlb_slnmlb_1 Boxscore:Milwaukee vs. St. Louis – October 12, 2011 October 12, 2011 October 12, 2011 MLB.com Milwaukee Brewers – 4, St. Louis Cardinals – 2 October 13 Busch Stadium 3:25 45,606 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_13_milmlb_slnmlb_1 Boxscore:Milwaukee vs. St. Louis – October 13, 2011 October 13, 2011 October 13, 2011 MLB.com Milwaukee Brewers – 1, St. Louis Cardinals – 7 October 14 Busch Stadium 3:09 46,904 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_14_milmlb_slnmlb_1 Boxscore:Milwaukee vs. St. Louis – October 14, 2011 October 14, 2011 October 14, 2011 MLB.com St. Louis Cardinals – 12, Milwaukee Brewers – 6 October 16 Miller Park 3:43 43,926 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_16_slnmlb_milmlb_1 Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Milwaukee – October 16, 2011 October 16, 2011 October 16, 2011 MLB.com NL St. Louis Cardinals vs. AL Texas Rangers 2011 World Series St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 Texas Rangers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 3 October 19 Busch Stadium 3:06 46,406   (49 F, clear; 20 mph on – Varies) Leach Matthew http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_19_texmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20111021072532/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_19_texmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl dead October 21, 2011 Game 1 Recap St Louis Cardinals MLB October 20, 2011 October 29, 2011http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_19_texmlb_slnmlb_1 Boxscore:Texas vs. St. Louis – October 19, 2011 October 19, 2011 October 19, 2011 MLB.com Texas Rangers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 1 October 20 Busch Stadium 3:04 47,288   (50 F, cloudy; 11 mph on – Out to RF) Leach Matthew http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_20_texmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20111023152203/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_20_texmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl dead October 23, 2011 Game 2 Recap St Louis Cardinals MLB October 21, 2011 October 29, 2011http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_20_texmlb_slnmlb_1 Boxscore:Texas vs. St. Louis – October 20, 2011 October 20, 2011 October 20, 2011 MLB.com St. Louis Cardinals – 16, Texas Rangers – 7 October 22 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 4:04 51,462   (80 F, partly cloudy; no wind) Leach Matthew http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_22_slnmlb_texmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20111024064703/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_22_slnmlb_texmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl dead October 24, 2011 Game 3 Recap St Louis Cardinals MLB October 23, 2011 October 29, 2011http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_22_slnmlb_texmlb_1 Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Texas – October 22, 2011 October 22, 2011 October 22, 2011 MLB.com St. Louis Cardinals – 0,Texas Rangers – 4 October 23 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:07 51,539   (68 F, clear; 1 mph on – varies) Leach Matthew http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_23_slnmlb_texmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20111025131956/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_23_slnmlb_texmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl dead October 25, 2011 Game 4 Recap St Louis Cardinals MLB October 24, 2011 October 29, 2011http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_23_slnmlb_texmlb_1 Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Texas – October 23, 2011 October 23, 2011 October 23, 2011 MLB.com St. Louis Cardinals – 2, Texas Rangers – 4 October 24 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:31 51,459   (72 F, clear; 2 mph on – In from CF) Leach Matthew http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_24_slnmlb_texmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20111025192434/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_24_slnmlb_texmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl dead October 25, 2011 Game 5 Recap St Louis Cardinals MLB October 25, 2011 October 29, 2011http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_24_slnmlb_texmlb_1 Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Texas – October 24, 2011 October 24, 2011 October 24, 2011 MLB.com Texas Rangers – 9, St. Louis Cardinals – 10 (11 inn.) October 27http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111025&content_id=25785396&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb Weather forecast postpones Game 6 of Series: Rangers-Cards to resume play Thursday night at Busch Stadium MLB.com October 26, 2011 October 26, 2011 Busch Stadium 4:33 47,325   (53 F, partly cloudy; 7 mph on – L to R) Leach Matthew http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_27_texmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20111029161340/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_27_texmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl dead October 29, 2011 Game 6 Recap St Louis Cardinals MLB October 29, 2011http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_27_texmlb_slnmlb_1 Boxscore:Texas vs. St. Louis – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 MLB.com Texas Rangers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 6 October 28 Busch Stadium 3:17 47,399   (50 F, clear; 6 mph on – R to L) Leach Matthew http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_28_texmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl https://web.archive.org/web/20111031131457/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_28_texmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=stl dead October 31, 2011 Game 7 Recap St Louis Cardinals MLB October 29, 2011http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2011_10_28_texmlb_slnmlb_1 Boxscore:Texas vs. St. Louis – October 28, 2011 October 28, 2011 October 28, 2011 MLB.com Composite line score 2011 World Series (4–3): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Texas Rangers (A.L.) St. Louis Cardinals 5 2 1 7 5 6 4 2 3 2 1 38 56 6 Texas Rangers 4 1 1 4 6 4 4 2 2 2 0 30 60 8 342,878 48,983 Winning player's share: $323,169.98   Losing player's share: $251,515.76https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/mlb-announces-cardinals-playoff-share-award/article_6f32fe0a-1a08-11e1-9f4c-0019bb30f31a.html MLB announces Cardinals' playoff share award Derrick Goold November 28, 2011 November 28, 2011 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Ratings World Series television ratings The overall average national Nielsen rating for the seven games was 10.0, with Fox's 14.7 rating for Game 7 being the network's highest for a World Series telecast since Game 4 of the 2004 World Series.http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/10/world-series-game-7-tv-ratings-st-louis-cardinals-texas-rangers/1 Cards' Game 7 win most-watched since Red Sox in '04 McCarthy Michael USA Today October 29, 2011 Game 6 on Oct 27, averaged 21.1 million viewers with a 12.7 rating and a 21 share. Through six games, the 2011 World Series on FOX is averaging a 9.3/15 in household rating/share, with 15.3 million viewers, +11% in rating over last year (8.4/14, 14.3 million) and 2008 (8.4/14, 13.6 million). Both were five-game series. The current 9.3/15 average for the 2011 World Series would rank as the sixth highest-rated show (live+same day) in primetime, a ranking that was likely to improve with the inclusion of a rare Game 7. Game 6 opened with an 8.5 at 8:00 PM EDT and grew steadily throughout the night averaging 11.7 from 9:00–9:30 PM EDT; 12.9 from 10:00–10:30 PM EDT; and 13.2 from 11:00–11–30 PM EDT. The broadcast peaked with a 15.0 HH rating and 25.2 million viewers from midnight-12:30 AM EDT. From 8:00 to 11:00 PM EDT, Game 6 averaged an 11.8 HH rating, with 19.4 million viewers. From 11:00 PM EDT to its conclusion, the game averaged a 14.3 HH rating, with 23.9 million viewers, +21% in rating and +23% in viewership compared to Primetime. Post mid-night, the game averaged a 14.8 rating and 24.9 million viewers, +25% in rating and +28% in average audience. St. Louis led all local markets for Game 6 with a 49.4/70, peaking at a 57.0/75 from 10:30–11:00 PM EDT, with the final quarter-hour averaging a 53.1/82. Dallas averaged a World Series-high 47.1/67, while peaking at 55.7/81 from 11:15–11:30 PM EDT. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/10/28/2011-world-series-game-6-averages-21-1-million-peaks-at-25-2-million/108886 https://web.archive.org/web/20120101135523/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/10/28/2011-world-series-game-6-averages-21-1-million-peaks-at-25-2-million/108886/ dead January 1, 2012 2011 World Series Game 6 Averages 21.1 Million Viewers, Peaks at 25.2 Million Zap2it Bill Gorman October 28, 2011 October 29, 2011 Game Ratings(households) Share(households) American audience(in millions) 18.7 14 14.2 28.9 14 14.3 36.6 12 11.2 49.2 14 15.2 58.8 14 14.3 6 12.7 21 21.1 7 14.7 25 25.4 Opening Day lineup   3 Ryan Theriot SS28 Colby Rasmus CF  5 Albert Pujols 1B  7 Matt Holliday LF12 Lance Berkman RF23 David Freese     3B  4 Yadier Molina C55 Skip Schumaker 2B29 Chris Carpenter P Players St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster St. Louis Cardinals minor league players Roster 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 22 Bryan Augenstein 44 Miguel Batista 41 Mitchell Boggs 29 Chris Carpenter 63 Maikel Cleto 65 Brandon Dickson 28 Octavio Dotel 31 Ryan Franklin 54 Jaime García 22 Edwin Jackson 26 Kyle Lohse 62 Lance Lynn 46 Kyle McClellan 43 Trever Miller 30 Jason Motte 53 Arthur Rhodes 34 Marc Rzepczynski 59 Fernando Salas 52 Eduardo Sánchez 56 Brian Tallet 37 Raúl Valdés 40 P. J. Walters 35 Jake Westbrook Catchers 48 Tony Cruz 13 Gerald Laird  4 Yadier Molina Infielders 19 Matt Carpenter 33 Daniel Descalso 23 David Freese 15 Rafael Furcal 27 Tyler Greene 38 Mark Hamilton 47 Pete Kozma  5 Albert Pujols  8 Nick Punto 55 Skip Schumaker  3 Ryan Theriot Outfielders 12 Lance Berkman 64 Andrew Brown 56 Adron Chambers 21 Allen Craig  7 Matt Holliday 15,19 Jon Jay 44 Corey Patterson 28 Colby Rasmus 43 Shane Robinson Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 18 Dave Duncan (pitching) 36 Derek Lilliquist (bullpen) 25 Mark McGwire (hitting) 39 Dave McKay (first base) 11 José Oquendo (third base) 49 Joe Pettini (bench) Player stats =Team leader Batting Cardinals batters struck out on 978 occasions in 2011, making them the only National League team in the 2010s to strike out fewer than 1,000 times in a season.https://stathead.com/tiny/VukGu Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 2010 to 2019, Standard stats, requiring Strikeouts <= 1000, sorted by lowest Strikeouts. Stathead Baseball April 16, 2021 Note: G=Games played; AB=At bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; BB=Walks; SO=Strikeouts; GIDP=Grounded into double play; Avg.=Batting average; OBP=On-base percentage; SLG=Slugging percentage (through September 28, FINAL) Cardinals HITTING statistics TEAM HITTING statistics Player G AB R H 2B HR RBI BB SO GIDP Avg. OBP SLGAlbert Pujols 147 579 105 173 29 37 99 61 58 29 .299 .366 .541Lance Berkman 145 488 90 147 23 31 94 92 93  7 .301 .412 .547Matt Holliday (9/27) 124 446 83 132 36 22 75 60 93 21 .296 .388 .525Ryan Theriot (leadoff −7/31) 132 442 46 120 26  1 47 29 41 15 .271 .321 .342Yadier Molina 139 475 55 145 32 14 65 33 44 21 .305 .349 .465Jon Jay 159 455 56 135 24 10 37 28 81 11 .297 .344 .424Skip Schumaker 117 367 34 104 19  2 38 27 50 10 .283 .333 .351David Freese   97 333 41  99 16 10 55 24 75 18 .297 .350 .441Daniel Descalso 148 326 35  86 20 1 28 33 65  3 .264 .334 .353Allen Craig   75 200 33 63 15 11 40 15 40  7 .315 .362 .555Rafael Furcal   50 196 29 50 11 7 16 17 18  3 .255 .316 .418Nick Punto   63 133 21 37  8 1 20 25 21  3 .278 .388 .421Tyler Greene   58 104 22 22  5 1 11 13 31  3 .212 .322 .288Gerald Laird   37   95 11 22  7 1 12   9 19  3 .232 .302 .358Chris Carpenter (P)   32   71   2 11  3 0   5   2 25  0 .155 .178 .197Tony Cruz   38   65   8 17  5 0   6   6 13  1 .262 .333 .338Kyle Lohse (P)   33   63   3 11  2 0   3   1 17  0 .175 .188 .206Jaime García (P)   30   62   3   6  0 1   6   1 18  1 .097 .111 .145Corey Patterson   44   51   5   8  4 0   3   2 12  1 .157 .189 .235Mark Hamilton   38   47   5 10  3 0   4   4 16  1 .213 .275 .277Jake Westbrook (P)   33   47   2   5  2 1   8   3 23  0 .106 .160 .213Kyle McClellan (P)   43   35   3   5  1 0   4   1 12  1 .143 .167 .171Edwin Jackson (P)   13   26   2   8  0 0   2   1   8  0 .308 .321 .308Andrew Brown *   11   22   1   4  1 0   3   0   8  1 .182 .182 .227Pete Kozma *   16   17   2   3  1 0   1   4   4  0 .176 .333 .235Matt Carpenter *     7   15   0   1  1 0   0   4   4  0 .067 .283 .133Adron Chambers   18     8   2   3  0 0   4   0   1  0 .375 .375 .625Shane Robinson     9     7   0   0  0 0   0   1   2  1 .000 .125 .000Colby Rasmus ( -7/26) ^   94 338 61 83 14 11 40 45 77  8 .246 .332 .420Pitcher Totals16232317498228101122.152.177.195 TEAM TOTALS 162 5,532 (#7) 762 (#1) 1,513 (#1) 308 (#3) 162 (#6) 726 (#1) 542 (#3) 978 (#16) 169 (#1) .273 (#1) .341 (#1) .425 (#1) * Currently not on active roster † Suspended, on 15-day disabled or rehab list ^ Traded away from Cardinals BOLD=Leading NL / #1=Leading 16 NL teams Starting pitchers =Team leader Note: GS=Games started; IP=Innings pitched; W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; WHIP=(Walks + Hits) per innings pitched; HBP=Hit by pitch; BF=Batters faced; O-AVG=Opponent batting average.; O-SLG=Opponent slugging average.; R support avg=Average runs support from his team per games started (through September 28, FINAL) Cardinals PITCHING statistics Sortable TEAM PITCHING Statistics Player GS IP W L ERA H HR BB SO WHIP HBP BF O-AVG O-SLG R support avgChris Carpenter (2 ShO) 34 237.1 11 9 3.45 243 16 55 191 1.26 6 996 .264 .360 4.0Jake Westbrook 33 183.1 12 9 4.66 208 16 73 104 1.53 2 809 .289 .433 5.1Jaime García (2 ShO) 32 194.2 13 7 3.56 207 15 50 156 1.32 2 826 .273 .394 5.1Kyle Lohse (1 ShO) 30 188.1 14 8 3.39 178 16 42 111 1.17 3 775 .249 .390 4.6Kyle McClellan ( -7/25) 17 110.2  6 6 4.15 111 14 33  55 1.30 2 470 .259 .413 4.3Edwin Jackson (7/29- ) 12   77.0  5 2 3.62  89  7 23 51 1.45 2 334 .299 .460 4.7Lance Lynn (6/9) ††  2   10.1  1 1 5.23  10  1  3   8 1.26 1   42 .263 .368 8.0Brandon Dickson (9/1)  1     3.1  0 0 8.11   6  2  1   3 2.10 0   16 .400 .867 8.0Miguel Batista (4/22) *  1    0.0  0 0 0.00  0  0  1   0 – 0    1 .000 .000 4.0STARTER TOTALS 162 1,005.0 62 42 3.81 1,052 87 281 679 1.33 18 4,269 .270 .401 4.7 * not on active roster † on 15-day disabled list †† on 60-day disabled list Bold=leading NL Relief pitchers Note: IP=Innings pitched; ERA=Earned run average; WHIP=(Walks + Hits) per Innings pitched "Bullpen Briefs" (through Sep 28, no relievers needed that day) 28–30, 3.61 ERA, 463.1 IP, 416 H, 210 R, 186 ER, 49 HR 170 BB, 421 SO, 1.26 WHIP Saves/Opp: 47/73 (64.4%)   1st Batter / Retired: 329/462 (71.2%) Holds: 84                         Inherited Runners/Scored: 68/231 (29.4%) http://presspass.mlb.com/DBDocs/77/129/3700_2469.pdf St. Louis Cardinals GAME NOTES ('Bullpen Briefs') 2 MLB.com September 28, 2011 October 16, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425071111/http://presspass.mlb.com/DBDocs/77/129/3700_2469.pdf April 25, 2012 dead (through Sep 26, last loss) Games lost by bullpen: 30  Salas (6), Franklin (4), Dotel (3), Rzepczynski (3), Boggs (3), Motte (2), Batista (2), Tallet (1), Augenstein (1), Sánchez (1), Miller (1), Valdés (1), Rhodes (1), McClellan (1) Blown Saves by bullpen: 24   Salas (6), Motte (4), Franklin (4), Boggs (3), Miller (2), Sánchez (2), McClellan (1), Batista (1), Rzepczynski (1) Scoring by inning (through September 28, FINAL) INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 TOTAL CARDINALS 103 82 82 82 88 95 83 82 54 4 6 1 0 762 OPPONENTS 74 56 98 80 78 87 63 75 62 12 5 1 1 692 Cardinals record when May 2021 (through September 28, FINAL) Home  45–36 (.556)2011 Cardinals Standings and Record: Regular Season https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/standings/2011 2026-10-15 MLB.com en Away   45–36 (.556)2011 Cardinals Standings and Record: Regular Season https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/standings/2011 2026-10-15 MLB.com en Scoring first      64–36 Opp. scores first 26–36 Scoring more than 3 runs  70–29       Scoring 3 runs             13–14 Scoring fewer than 3 runs   7–29 Leading after 7 innings   68–9       Tied after 7 innings   12–14 Trailing after 7 innings    10–49 Leading after 8 innings   77–7       Tied after 8 innings    9–13 Trailing after 8 innings     4–52 In errorless games       55–27 In error-made games   35–45 Extra innings             8–13 Shutouts                   9–8 One-run games      26–23 Out-hit opponents            58–15 Same hits as opponents  14–4 Out-hit by opponents       18–53 Runs via HR            262 (34.4% of total) Opp. Runs via HR    229 (33.1% of total) By Day Mon. 6–9 Tue. 16–8 Wed. 11–15 Thu. 14–6 Fri. 14–11 Sat. 13–13 Sun. 16–10 By Opponent DIVISION                 HOME ROAD TOTAL NL Central 25–15  19–20    44–35 NL East     12–6     10–7      22–13 NL West     6–11    10–6      16–17 AL East      0–3       4–2         4–5 AL Central  2–1       2–1         4–2 TOTALS  45–36  45–36      90–72 (Interleague 8–7) Busch Stadium (Indexes, 2011) (through September 28, 90–72) 2011   (100=Neutral Park, > 100 Ballpark favors, < 100 Ballpark inhibits)  81 HOME G; Cardinals:  2,646 AB;  Opponents: 2,801 AB  81 AWAY G: Cardinals:  2,886 AB;  Opponents: 2,807 AB 162 G             Cardinals:  5,532 AB;  Opponents: 5,608 AB BA 92   R 90   H 88   2B 85   3B 66   HR 81   BB 106   SO 97   E 89   E-inf. 83   LHB-BA 94   LHB-HR 93   RHB-BA 91   RHB-HR 74 BA .273 (HOME .270   ROAD .277)   (Opponents BA: at StL .242   at their Home .279)   2009–2011 Index (3-yr. composite) HOME 243 G; Cardinals: 7,986 AB;   Opponents: 8,371 AB) BA 96   R 92   H 94   2B 92   3B 76   HR 77   BB 107   SO 98   E 104   E-inf. 103   LHB-BA 97   LHB-HR 86   RHB-BA 95   RHB-HR 73 BA-Home     .268     BA-Road     .265   Opp.-Busch  .247     Opp.-at their HOME  .270  The Bill James Handbook 2012 Baseball Info Solutions and Bill James 2011 ACTA Sports 410 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Chris Maloney AA Springfield Cardinals Texas League Ron Warner A Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League Luis Aguayo A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Johnny Rodríguez A-Short Season Batavia Muckdogs New York–Penn League Dann Bilardello Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Mike Shildt Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Steve Turco LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quad Cities, Johnson City Draft selections St. Louis Cardinals 2011 Draft Selections See also Rally Squirrel References 30em External links 2011 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 2011 St. Louis Cardinals season Official Site 2011 St. Louis Cardinals season Schedule St. Louis Cardinals Team Page at Scout.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons St. Louis Cardinals Category:National League Wild Card winner seasons Category:National League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons St Louis Category:2011 in St. Louis