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En route to his second consecutive 20-win season in 1943, St. Louis hurler Mort Cooper spun consecutive complete-game one-hitters . May 31 versus Brooklyn, and June 4 versus Philadelphia.
En route to his second consecutive 20-win season in 1943, St. Louis hurler Mort Cooper spun consecutive complete-game one-hitters . May 31 versus Brooklyn, and June 4 versus Philadelphia.
Cardinals pitcher Todd Worrell tied the record for most consecutive batters struck out in a World Series game when he struck out six in a row during Game 5 of the 1985 World Series in Kansas City.
Cardinals southpaw Ed Karger pitched seven perfect innings in a complete game vs. Boston on August 11, 1907. However, since the seven innings pitched did not meet the criteria of MLB, Karger is not credited with a perfect game.
Larry Walker was the only Cardinals player to homer in the 2004 World Series Championship.
The speedy Cardinals teams of the early-1980s were the first since the Browns of the 1910s to steal 200 or more bases per season for at least three consecutive years.