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Despite the best record in the National League East Division, the Cardinals were denied a post-season berth due to the “split season” format adopted for the strike-shortened 1981 season.
In 1979, Cardinals first baseman Keith Hernandez shared the National League Most Valuable Player Award with Pittsburgh slugger Willie Stargell.
Jesse Haines pitched the first-ever National League no-hitter at St. Louis on “Tuberculosis Day” at Sportsman’s Park, July 17, 1924.
Frank “Creepy” Crespi’s promising career as a second baseman was derailed when he twice broke his leg while serving in the military.
When Grover Cleveland Alexander defeated St. Louis’ Jesse Haines on September 1, 1920, it marked the Cardinals pitcher’s 20th defeat of the season. Six years later, Alexander, now a Cardinals teammate of Haines, would relieve Haines in Game 7 of the 1926 World Series in one of the most dramatic events in the history of the Fall Classic.
