The St. Louis Cardinals & Busch Stadium

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS* & BUSCH 1953 Owner August Busch buys Sportsman's Park and renames it "Busch Stadium" STADIUM 1931 6 Pre-Busch Championships E#3,630, STAN'S LAST HIT - 1963 Budweiser Fredbird introduced in 1979 Kover RED SOX in 7 over YANKEES Boyer brothers play in tinal year at stadium 1966 || IM 1974 - LOU BROCK STEALS 118 AUGUST 29, 1977 LOU BROCK PASSES TY COBB (all-time stolen bases) 1980 - WHITEY HERZOG, MANAGER (to "90) BUSCH I 1981 - AB BUYS STADIUM (corporate, not family) 1953 1965 Despite a major stadium makeover including an animated neon eagle, history will remember this stadium as Sportsman's Park. over Brewers in 7 "Suds Series" MILLER vs BUD BUSCH II 1982 1965 - 2005 GS NLCS "GO CRAZY FOLKS!" This "cookie-cutter" was built for football and baseball and drew inspiration from the Gateway Arch. 1-70 Series" WSL to Royals in 7 Don Denkinger makes "The Call" 1985 - MCGEE, NLMVP BUSCH III 2006 - The gates to "Baseball Heaven" were inspired by Ead's Bridge. The footprint of the stadium overlaps with the previous WS L to Twins in 7 venue. 1990 - JOE TORRE, MANAGER (to '96) 1993 - WIZARD EARNS 13TH GOLD GLOVE 96 arches 1995 - BILL DEWITT (and co.) BUYS TEAM 1996 - LARUSSA ERA BEGINS (to '12) 1 2 3 1998 - BIG MAC HITS 62 CAPACITY 2006 AVERAGE ATTENDANCE WS L to RED SOX in 4 - C. CARPENTER, CY YOUNG Average attendance at Busch lIl is near sellout. over TIGERS in 5 games first year in new stadium WS MVP D. Eckstein 2006 2005, 2008-09 PUJOLS NLMVP EADS BRIDGE Rebired Nuinps over RANGERS in 7 D. Freeze hits G6 walk-off in the 11th 2011 13 2025 "Busch Stadium" naming rights ore up for renowal 10 14 MATHENEY 2011 WS L to RED SOX in 6 17 20 42 45 58 "THE MAN" 11.21.1920 - 01.19.2013 Gave his entire career to one lucky team (1941-1963). STADIUMGRAPH.cOM ONproduct bas not boen odorsed by ry protussionaleporta lgns or rem Cam ano ployer nAme Gre usoo ior reiarenice crly Copyrigtit OSTAM GKAPH 2016 1968 - BOB GIBSON CY YOUNG, NLMVP 1968 - CURT FLOOD REJECTS TRADE 1970 - BOB GIBSON CY YOUNG 2001 - ENTER ALBERT PUJOLS 2002 - RIP JACK BUCK ..- GAME