The last team to squander a 31 series lead, however, was the 1985 cardinals against kansas city. The cardinals and the mets took the series to the limit, reaching the 9th inning of game 7 tied at 11. Nov 20, 20 without chris carpenter, cardinals dont win 2006, 2011 world series on the occasion of chris carpenters retirement, lets recall how essential he was to the cardinals two most recent. The 2006 postseason began with a bevy of favorites. Wins, losses, earned runs, innings pitched, saves and more pitching data is included for every pitcher on the 2006 st. It was the 10th championship for the cardinals, more than any other. If in 2006, you had told me that the cardinals would win their next world series title in five seasons, i probably would have guessed a rebuild was involved. Jeff weaver was the fifth pitcher to win the clinching game of a world series. Louis cardinals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2006 season. Louis cardinals champion logo on chris creamers sports logos page sportslogos. The team is second only to the new york yankees in world series championships.
The best 83win team in baseball history the cardinals are. Louis cardinals 4, f jeff weaver was astounding, allowing one earned run and fanning nine in eight innings, while series. The page holder for the cards as shown in picture is. Pitchers, height, weight, throws, bats, date of birth. Won world series 41 over detroit tigers won nl championship series 43. Pitching should be st louis cardinals offseason priority.
In headtohead contests during the season, the mets won four of six from st. Cardinals 2006 championship roster quiz by zackkrunkly. Chris carpenter has led the cardinals pitching staff to two world series titles 2006, 2012. Louis cardinals 4, f jeff weaver was astounding, allowing one earned run and fanning nine in eight innings, while. The detroit tigersa tore through the american leaguea with their 100 mph pitchers. Apr 11, 2020 in 2006, wainwright famously froze new york mets outfielder carlos beltran on a curveball to send the cardinals to the world series where they eventually won their tenth championship. Louis cardinals won their tenth world series championship in franchise. The 2006 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2006. While the 2006 cardinals somehow managed to win the world series with smoke and mirrors in the form of jeff weaver, anthony reyes and jeff suppan, history proves that it is dominant pitching. Louis cardinals, american professional baseball team established in 1882 that is based in st.
Jeff weaver pitched eight spectacular innings to help the cardinals put away the detroit tigers in five games with a 42 win friday night in st. A virtual museum of sports logos, uniforms and historical items. Jan 22, 2016 2006 cardinals bullpen pitchers share season memories. The cardinals won the series in five games, taking games 1, 3, 4, and 5. Louis cardinals roster with uniform numbers, player stats and opening day data. Loser of 300 games the past three seasons, detroit was the feelgood story of 2006 by winning the al pennant for the first time in 22 years.
I found this gem from the onion on the 2006 world series. Can you name the cardinals 2006 world series roster. Oct 29, 2019 a rookie in 2006 when the tigers hosted the underdog cardinals for game 1 of the world series, verlander breezed through the first inning. Tigers pitchers were charged with an error in each game of the 2006 world series. Tv, the live video streaming product that airs every game in hd to nearly 400 different devices. They played their home games at busch stadium park factors. Louis cardinals played 161 games during the regular season, won 83 games. After a rainout wednesday night, only the second world. The top 10 world series pitchers of all time who are the top 10 world series pitchers of alltime. The following are trademarks or service marks of major league baseball entities and may be used only with permission of major league baseball properties, inc. The 2006 world series, the 102nd edition of major league baseballs championship series, began on october 21 and ended on october 27, and matched the american league champion detroit tigers against the national league champion st.
In the case of this question, the word that needs to be defined is worst. Louis cardinals 4, f jeff weaver was astounding, allowing one earned run and fanning nine in eight innings, while series mvp david eckstein had two rbis and scored a run. Louis cardinals mlb glasses when you shop the largest online selection at. Louis cardinals champion logo 2006 world series champions st. The 2006 world series by baseball almanac with a detailed description. Who all was on the stl cardinals 2006 world series roster. Louis cardinals are one of the most decorated franchises in baseball history. The american league champion boston red sox today announced their roster for the 2004 world series.
He even had a 10 lead before he threw his 20th pitch of. In 2006, wainwright famously froze new york mets outfielder carlos beltran on a curveball to send the cardinals to the world series where they eventually won their tenth championship. Louis cardinals history fred krone contributor i november 16, 2011 comments. Jul 17, 2016 rolen reminisces about cardinals, world series. Their offense scored 53 runs more than the cardinals did. Starting pitchers murry dickson right of the cardinals and dave boo ferriss of the boston red sox meet before game 7 of the 1946 world series at sportsmans park in st. Louis cardinals david eckstein hits a single in the seventh inning of game 5 of the world series against detroit tigers pitcher fernando rodney on friday, oct.
Won world series 41 over detroit tigers won nl championship series 43 over new york mets won nl division series 31 over san diego padres. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Weaver was the winning pitcher in the decisive game 5 of the world. Louis cardinals world series champs team signed baseball psa dna coa. How the cardinals shocked the world and won the world series. As for the world series, the cardinals wasted little time snapping detroits winning streak.
Oct 28, 2006 world series game 5 cardinals 4, tigers 2. But two years after outdueling roger clemens to send the cardinals to their first world series appearance since 87, suppan stepped up again. We have one of the largest selections of baseball autographs in the country. A world series promo ran on fox during game 7 of the nlcs, and it featured film clips. By the time of the 2011 world series, jim edmonds would be 41, scott rolen would be 36, scrolls through baseball reference to remember who else was on the 2006 cardinals, anyway juan. He said that the easiest way to improve a team is to get rid of all the bad players.
The cards are from the danbury mint 2006 world series champions collection. Nate silver said something after that series that struck me ever since. Louis playing days and winning the 2006 world series. The venues might be new, but these teams were no stranger to each other as st. Former baseball player scott rolen remembers his st. In 2006, beset with injuries and inconsistency, they won the world series, beating detroit in five games to set an alltime recordlow of 83 wins for a world series winner. The detroit tigers tore through the american league with their 100 mph pitchers. Each pitchers statistics for that season appear on the back of the cards. Today we are going to finish our where are they now series by looking at what happened to the members of the starting lineup from the 2006 world series team. Their alltime 25man roster also contains some of the greatest names in the sport. None of those factors applied to the 2006 cardinals. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others.
The game 2 win for detroit at comerica park came with some controversy. Cardinals it is, quite simply, the beauty of baseball. The 2006 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2006 season. Angels astros athletics blue jays braves brewers cardinals cubs diamondbacks dodgers giants indians mariners marlins mets nationals orioles padres phillies. From major league baseball productions the official highlights dvd of the 2006 world series. With a tear in my eye and a forever redbeating heart, i tip my cap and salute the 2006 world champion st. The new york mets laid to waste the national league east division. The cardinals have won 11 world series titles and 23 league pennants. Louis cardinals pitchers josh kinney, braden looper, and jason marquis. Mlb commissioners office meets with cardinals manager shildt. Brandon inge struck out on three pitches, and the st. The redbirds jumped all over al rookie of the year and game 1 starter justin verlander, to the tune of four runs in the first three innings, including home runs from scott rolen and albert pujols. Louis cardinals pitching stats by baseball almanac. The mets won fourteen games more than the cardinals did in 2006.
The 2006 cardinals now have the one thing that marks them as true, great members of the redbird fraternity. Dave duncan, 60, us us, sep 26, 1945, pitching, apr 3, oct 1. Apr 27, 2016 some teams look better by war 2012, the cardinals team in the last decade with the highest wins above replacement, would not have made the playoffs in the previous season, as the second wild card had yet to be implemented, and others look worse the two median teams are the 2011 world series champions and the 20 97win pennant winners, but the 2006 team looks to be near the bottom of. The tigers also had some of the hardest throwers of any pitching staff in history. Cardinals the official highlights mlb dvd release at. Louis cardinals defeated the heavily favored new york mets in seven games to advance to the 2006 world series against the detroit tigers.
Louis cardinals pitching stats seen on this page include pitching stats for every player who appeared in a game during the 2006 season. Dinner stage to discuss the magical run in 2006 that culminated with a world championship. Once the playoffs began, the lightly regarded cardinals surprised baseball fans everywhere by beating the san diego padres in the fourgame division series, beating the new york mets in the sevengame nlcs, and beating the detroit tigers in the 2006 world series four games to one, winning the tenth, and probably most unlikely, world series. The club will carry 15 position players and 10 pitchers. Now think about how many awful players that were dragging the cardinals down that year didnt play for us in october. Without chris carpenter, cardinals dont win 2006, 2011 world.
Cardinals, baseball mourn passing of pitcher hancock cardinals pitcher josh hancock, 29, was killed in a car accident early april 29 on interstate 64 in st. The tigers pitching took care of the vaunted yankees lineup, and won their series 31. Louis cardinals played 161 games during the regular season, won 83 games, lost 78 games, and finished in first position. Jeff weaver was the fifth pitcher to win the clinching game of a world series against a former team. Detroit made eight errors in the world series, five by pitchers, and gave up two unearned runs in game 5. Jim leyland and the tigers will spend the winter pondering the lapses that killed their world series hopes, writes jerry crasnick.
If albert pujols has an inhuman world series, and sets records for homers and rbi, if jeff weaver and jeff suppan can pitch as well as they did in the nlcs, and if chris carpenter pitches like he did in the nlds the cardinals will win the series. Louis cardinals over detroit tigers 41 series statistics and schedule. We specialize in sports autographs and memorabilia. All his life, hed been watching other pitchers mariano rivera, troy percival, keith foulke rack up the final out of all those world series the rest of the baseball earth got to play in. After a 105win campaign in 2004 led ultimately to a meek conclusion in which the cardinals never held a lead in the world series, and a 100win 2005 which ended with an nlcs loss to a houston astros team which the cardinals beat for the nl central title by 11 games, the cardinals won the 2006 world series with an alltime low 83 wins. And spearheaded by two of the five worst pitchers in baseball jason marquis, jeff weaver, the cardinals rotation was literally well below average en. This was the third series meeting between the tigers and the cardinals. He transitioned into a starting role and succeeded very well. The 102nd edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the american league al champion detroit tigers and the national league nl champion st.
Louis cardinals starting pitcher adam wainwright gestures to members of the 2006 world series championship cardinals in a suite after he pitched a complete game shutout during a game between. The cardinals won their first world series since 1982 with a 42 victory against the detroit tigers in game 5 at busch stadium. Louis and detroit have met in the world series twice before, with the cardinals winning in seven games during the 1934 fall classic and the tigers raising the trophy in similar fashion. Their first world series title since 1982 and number ten, the most of any national league team, in seventeen attempts for one of baseballs signature franchises. The 2006 world series featured two of the most storied franchises in major league history doing battle again. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. Every week during the season, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, this weeks schedule, top performers, fantasy drops and adds, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Louis cardinals hall of famer lou brock throws out the ceremonial pitch before game 4 of the world series between the detroit tigers and st. It would blow hard ass for the tigers if they had suppan and carpenter coming up down 20. He was an unlikely postseason hero on a roster that had two likely future hall of famers, two of the best defensive players of their generation and two of the top pitchers in franchise history. In both the 2006 and 20 world series, cardinal fans could see opposing pitchers kenny rogers of the detroit tigers and jon lester of the boston red sox with apparent stains which suggested. Adam wainwright pitches a scoreless ninth inning for the save, giving the cardinals the world series victory check out. Oct 29, 2019 ive found myself answering questions on quora many times by first writing that the answer to the question depends on ones definition of a particular word. The cardinals began the nlcs as huge underdogs to the new york mets.
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