Despite playing just two-thirds of the 1997 season in the American League, McGwire finished ninth in home runs.

The 1982 World Series saw the Cardinals defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, four games to three. Though the teams had never met before in the World Series, their home cities had a commercial rivalry in the beer market, as St. Louis was the home of Anheuser-Busch, while Milwaukee was the home of Miller Brewing. This led the media to refer to it as the "Suds Series."

From 1901 to 1918, the Cardinals played at Robison Field, averaging 4,200 fans per game.

Tony La Russa managed the Cardinals to 3 NL Pennants and 2 World Series Championships before retiring as the third winningest manager of all time, behind only Connie Mack and John McGraw.

Gibson led the league in strikeouts only once, in 1968, when he struck out 268 batters. In 3 other seasons, he actually had more strikeouts but was beaten out by Sandy Kofax in 1965 and Sam McDowell in 1969 and 1970.