the cardinals have won the world series three times.
the cardinals have won the world series three times.
how many times has the cardinals won the world series?
three
the cardinals–cubs rivalry refers to games between the st. louis cardinals and the cubs. the cubs lead the series 1,137–1,106 through , while the cardinals lead in national league pennants with 19 against the cubs' 17. the cubs have won 11 of those pennants in major league baseball's modern era (1901–present), while all 19 of the cardinals' have been won since 1901. the cardinals also have a clear edge when it comes to world series successes, having won 11 championships to the cubs' 3. the cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their chicago rivals in the regular season standings. in the 70 seasons from 1946 through 2016, the cardinals have finished ahead of the cubs 53 times. in that same span the cardinals have had 50 seasons in which their winning percentage was over .500, while the cubs have finished over that mark 21 times (they finished at an even .500 twice). cardinals-cubs games see numerous visiting fans in either st. louis' busch stadium or chicago's wrigley field. when the national league split into two, and then three divisions, the cardinals and cubs remained together. this has added excitement to several pennant races over the years, most recently in 1984, , , , 2015, and 2016; the first three times the division title was won by the cubs, the fourth by the cardinals, who went on to win the national league pennant as the cubs faltered in the second half of the 2004 season. however, 2015 and 2016 were special years for the cubs. in 2015, the cubs finished in third place in the nl central division behind the cardinals and pirates, but they made the playoffs as the second national league wild card team. after defeating the pirates 4-0 in the wild card game, they disposed of the cardinals in the nlds in four games (3-1); however, they later lost to the new york mets in the nlcs (mets 4- cubs 0). in 2016, the tide really turned in a positive direction for the chicago cubs. they won the nl central division crown with a record of 103-58 which was 17.5 games ahead of the second place cardinals (86-76). the cubs then defeated the san francisco giants in the nlds (3-1) followed by the los angeles dodgers in the nlcs (4-2) to win the nl pennant for the first time since 1945. in an epic 2016 world series, the cubs ended their 108-year world series championship drought by defeating the cleveland indians in a thrilling seven game series (4-3).
history of the chicago cubs
the cardinals are one of major league baseball's oldest teams, having played in the national league in st. louis since they were formed in 1882 as the brown stockings. the royals joined the majors in 1969 as one of the american league's first expansion teams. until major league baseball introduced interleague play in 1997, the only opportunity for the cardinals and the royals to meet was in the 1985 world series. the two teams had gone through several periods of prolonged success (and several notable droughts) leading up to the world series. the cardinals fell on hard times in the 1970s after winning the 1964 and the 1967 world series and appearing in the 1968 world series. the kansas city royals had become one of the best teams in baseball by the late 1970s, reaching the american league playoffs six times from 1976 to 1984, including the 1980 world series. after several down years, the cardinals emerged as a pennant contender in the early 1980s, winning the 1982 world series.
cardinals–royals rivalry