St. Louis Cardinals award winners and league leaders

The St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). Before joining the NL in 1892, they were also a charter member of the American Association (AA) from 1882 to 1891. Although St. Louis has been the Cardinals' home city for the franchise's entire existence, they were also known as the Brown Stockings, Browns, and Perfectos.

In 134 seasons, the franchise has won more than 10,000 regular season games and appeared in 27 postseasons while claiming 12 interleague championships and 23 league pennants. Eleven of the interleague championships are World Series titles won under the modern format since 1903; 19 of the league pennants are NL pennants, and the other four are AA pennants.^[1] Their 11 World Series titles represent the most in the NL and are second in MLB only to the New York Yankees' 27.

The Cardinals won their first major team award as The first major award MLB presented for team performance occurred with the World Series champions in 1903, and for individual performance, in 1911 in the American League with the Chalmers Award. The first major award which the National League presented for individual performance was the League Award in 1924, the predecessor of the modern Most Valuable Player Award (MVP). Rogers Hornsby earned the League Award in 1925 making him the first winner of an MVP or its equivalent in franchise history. The following season, the Cardinals won their first modern World Series. They won the first Commissioner's Trophy following their 1967 World Series title,^[2] which, before that year, the World Series champion had never received any kind of official trophy.^[3]

Individual awards

National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award

Major League Baseball (MLB), with voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), first presented the modern MVP award to one player each in the American and National League in 1931. Voting is accomplished with two writers from each city containing an MLB club, of whom each fills in a ballot with the names of ten players, ranking each from first to tenth.^[4] The BBWAA began polling three writers in each league city in 1938 and reduced that number to two per league city in 1961. One of the MVP award's predecessors was the League Award, which the National League awarded via of voting process in a similar fashion to that of the BBWAA from 1924 to 1929.^[5]

16 different Cardinals players have won the award a total of 20 times. Stan Musial and Albert Pujols are the only players to have won multiple times, each having won three times. Pujols is the only Cardinals player to have won in consecutive seasons, from 2008–2009. The most consecutive seasons a Cardinals player has won the award is three, which occurred from 1942–44 between Mort Cooper, Musial, and Marty Marion. Typically awarded to position players, Cardinals pitchers who have won an MVP award are Cooper, Dizzy Dean, and Bob Gibson. At least one Cardinals player has won the award in each completed decade since the League Award was given except in the 1950s.

League Award (1924–29)

• 1925 – Rogers Hornsby
• 1926 – Bob O'Farrell
• 1928 – Jim Bottomley

National League Most Valuable Player Award (1931–present)

• 1931 – Frankie Frisch
• 1934 – Dizzy Dean
• 1937 – Joe Medwick
• 1942 – Mort Cooper
• 1943 – Stan Musial
• 1944 – Marty Marion
• 1946 – Stan Musial (2)
• 1948 – Stan Musial (3)
• 1964 – Ken Boyer
• 1967 – Orlando Cepeda
• 1968 – Bob Gibson
• 1971 – Joe Torre
• 1979 – Keith Hernandez
• 1985 – Willie McGee
• 2005 – Albert Pujols
• 2008 – Albert Pujols (2)
• 2009 – Albert Pujols (3)

Cy Young

• 1968 – Bob Gibson
• 1970 – Bob Gibson (2)
• 2005 – Chris Carpenter

Rookie of the Year

• 1954 – Wally Moon
• 1955 – Bill Virdon
• 1974 – Bake McBride
• 1985 – Vince Coleman
• 1986 – Todd Worrell
• 2001 – Albert Pujols

Manager of the Year

• Whitey Herzog (1985)
• Tony La Russa (2002)

Triple Crown (NL): Batting

See: Major League Baseball Triple Crown#Batting

• 1887 – Tip O'Neill (American Association)
• 1922 – Rogers Hornsby
• 1925 – Rogers Hornsby (2)
• 1937 – Joe Medwick

Hank Aaron Award

MLB baseball introduced this award in 1999 to recognize the top hitter in each league.

• Albert Pujols [2] (2003, 2009)

World Series Most Valuable Player Award

The World Series Most Valuable Player has been awarded since 1955.

• Bob Gibson [2] (1964, 1967)
• Darrell Porter (1982)
• David Eckstein (2006)
• David Freese (2011)

National League Championship Series (NLCS) Most Valuable Player Award

Starting in 1977, MLB created the NLCS Most Valuable Player Award to recognize the top player of that season's NLCS.

• Darrell Porter (1982)
• Ozzie Smith (1985)
• Albert Pujols (2004)
• Jeff Suppan (2006)
• David Freese (2011)
• Michael Wacha (2013)

Gold Glove Award

Pitcher Bobby Shantz [3] (1962–64) Bob Gibson [9] (1965–73) Joaquín Andújar [1] (1984) Adam Wainwright [2] (2009, 2013) Catcher Tom Pagnozzi [3] (1991–92, 1994) Mike Matheny [3] (2000, 2003–04) Yadier Molina [8] (2008–2015)† First base Bill White [6] (1960–65) Keith Hernandez [6] (1978–1983) Albert Pujols [2] (2006, 2010) Second base Fernando Viña [2] (2001–02)

Third base Ken Boyer [5] (1958–61, 1963) Ken Reitz (1975) Terry Pendleton [2] (1987, 1989) Scott Rolen [4] (2002–04, 2006) Shortstop Dal Maxvill (1968) Ozzie Smith [11] (1982–92) Édgar Rentería [2] (2002–03) Outfield Curt Flood [7] (1963–69) Willie McGee [3] (1983, 1985–86) Jim Edmonds [6] (2000–05) Jason Heyward (2015)

Platinum Glove Award

Introduced in 2011 by Rawlings, the Platinum Glove is fan-voted award conferred annually to single out the top-fielding player from all Gold Glove winners in each league.^[6]

• Yadier Molina [4] (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)^[7][8]

Silver Slugger Award series

Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger baseball bats, first awarded the Silver Slugger in 1980.^[9]

Pitcher Bob Forsch [2] (1980, 1987) Jason Marquis (2005) Catcher Ted Simmons (1980) Yadier Molina (2013)[10] First baseman Keith Hernandez (1980) George Hendrick (1983) Jack Clark [2] (1985, 1987) Mark McGwire (1998) Albert Pujols [4] (2004, 2008-10) Second baseman Matt Carpenter (2013)[10]

Third baseman Albert Pujols (2001) Scott Rolen (2002) Shortstop Ozzie Smith (1987) Édgar Rentería [2] (2002–03) Outfielders George Hendrick (1980) Willie McGee (1985) Albert Pujols (2003) Jim Edmonds (2004) Ryan Ludwick (2008) Matt Holliday (2010)

MLB Comeback Player of the Year (NL)

• Chris Carpenter (2009)
• Lance Berkman (2011)

Roberto Clemente Award

• Ozzie Smith (1995)^[11]
• Albert Pujols (2008)^[11]
• Carlos Beltrán (2013)^[12]

MLB All-Century Team (1999)

• Bob Gibson
• Rogers Hornsby
• Mark McGwire
• Stan Musial

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006)

• Stan Musial — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value

MLB All-Time Team (1997; BBWAA)

Cardinals award winners include those who played the highest amount of games in their career with the Cardinals.^[13]

• 2B: Rogers Hornsby
• LF (Runner-up): Stan Musial

Sporting News Award Series

MLB Athlete of the Decade (2009)

• Albert Pujols^[14]

Sportsman of the Year/Athlete of the Year/Pro Athlete of the Year

Note: Normally awarded to one athlete selected from multiple sports per year since 1968.

See: Sporting News#Sportsman of the Year

• 1974: Lou Brock
• 1982: Whitey Herzog
• 1997: Mark McGwire
• 1998: Mark McGwire

Most Valuable Player

Note: Established in 1929 and discontinued in 1946.

• 1934: Dizzy Dean
• 1937; Joe Medwick
• 1942: Mort Cooper
• 1943: Stan Musial
• 1944: Marty Marion

Player of the Year

Note: Awarded to one player in all MLB since 1936.

1944: Marty Marion, SS 1946: Stan Musial, 1B 1951: Stan Musial, OF 1964: Ken Boyer, 3B 1971: Joe Torre, 3B

1974: Lou Brock, OF 2003: Albert Pujols, OF 2008: Albert Pujols, 1B 2009: Albert Pujols, 1B

NL Pitcher of the Year

• 1949: Howie Pollet^[15][16]
• 1968: Bob Gibson^[17]
• 1970: Bob Gibson
• 2005: Chris Carpenter^[18]
• 2006: Chris Carpenter

NL Comeback Player of the Year

Note: Awarded annually to one player in each league since 1965.

1979: Lou Brock 1984: Joaquín Andújar 1990: John Tudor 2001: Matt Morris

2004: Chris Carpenter 2009: Chris Carpenter 2011: Lance Berkman

Executive of the Year

1936: Branch Rickey 1942: Branch Rickey 1957: Frank Lane 1963: Bing Devine

1964: Bing Devine 2000: Walt Jocketty 2004: Walt Jocketty

Manager of the Year Award

Note: Established in 1936, this award was originally given annually to one manager in Major League Baseball. In 1986 it was expanded to honor one manager from each league.

Billy Southworth, 1941 Billy Southworth, 1942 Eddie Dyer, 1946 Eddie Stanky, 1952

Fred Hutchinson, 1957 Johnny Keane, 1964 Whitey Herzog, 1982

Sports Illustrated MLB All-Decade Team

• Albert Pujols, first base (2009)

Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award

• Mark McGwire—1999
• Albert Pujols—2005, 2006, 2009, 2010

Topps All-Star Rookie teams

See footnote^[19] and Topps All-Star Rookie Rosters

1960 – Julián Javier, 2B 1965 – Pat Corrales, C 1967 – Dick Hughes, RHP 1972 – Dwain Anderson, SS 1974 – Bake McBride, OF 1976 – Garry Templeton, SS

1982 – Willie McGee, OF 1985 – Vince Coleman, OF 1986 – Todd Worrell, RHP 1990 – Félix José, OF 1991 – Ray Lankford, OF 1995 – John Mabry, 1B

1996 – Alan Benes, RHP 1997 – Dmitri Young, 1B 2001 – Albert Pujols, 3B 2003 – Bo Hart, 2B 2010 – Jaime García, LHP 2013 – Matt Adams, 1B

Players Choice Awards Series

In 1992, the Comeback Player of the Year was the first and only Players' Choice honor; others followed in subsequent years.

Major League Player of the Year

• Mark McGwire (1998)
• Albert Pujols (2003, 2008, 2009)

Marvin Miller Man of the Year

Note: Awarded by fellow major-league players as the Man of the Year in Major League Baseball (not one for each league), annually since 1997.

• Eric Davis (2000)
• Albert Pujols (2006)

NL Outstanding Player

• Albert Pujols (2003, 2008, 2009)

NL Outstanding Pitcher

• Chris Carpenter (2005, 2006)
• Adam Wainwright (2009)

NL Outstanding Rookie

• Albert Pujols (2001)

NL Comeback Player of the Year

• Matt Morris (2001)
• Chris Carpenter (2004, 2009)

MLB Insiders Club Magazine All-Postseason Team

• 2011 – Albert Pujols (1B), David Freese (3B), Lance Berkman (OF; one of three), Chris Carpenter (SP; one of three), Jason Motte (RP)^[20]

Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

• Stan Musial (1957)
• Ken Boyer (1964)
• Lou Brock (1977)
• Ozzie Smith (1989)
• Mark McGwire (1999)
• Albert Pujols (2009)

Heart & Hustle Award

Note: Awarded by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association, annually since 2005.

• David Eckstein (2005)
• Albert Pujols (2009)

Tony Conigliaro Award

• Chris Carpenter (2009)
• Mitch Harris (2015)

Branch Rickey Award

• Ozzie Smith (1994)

Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Names in bold received the award based on their work as Cardinals broadcasters.

• Jack Buck (1954–59, 1961–2001)
• Harry Caray (1945–69)
• Joe Garagiola (1955–62)*
• Milo Hamilton (1954)

* Played and broadcast for the Cardinals

Team Awards

Note: The Cardinals were originally known as the St. Louis Brown Stockings/Browns (1882–1898) and then the St. Louis Perfectos (1899), before becoming the Cardinals in 1900.

1885 – American Association pennant 1885 – tied "World Series", 3-3-1, with Chicago NL 1886 – American Association pennant 1886 – won "World Series", 4-2, over Chicago NL 1887 – American Association pennant 1888 – American Association pennant 1926 – National League pennant 1926 – World Series championship 1928 – National League pennant 1930 – National League pennant 1931 – National League pennant 1931 – World Series championship (2) 1934 – National League pennant 1934 – World Series championship (3) 1942 – National League pennant 1942 – World Series championship (4) 1943 – National League pennant 1944 – National League pennant 1944 – World Series championship (5)

1946 – National League pennant 1946 – World Series championship (6) 1964 – National League pennant 1964 – World Series championship (7) 1967 – National League pennant 1967 – World Series Trophy (8)[21] 1968 – National League pennant 1982 – Warren Giles Trophy (National League champion) 1982 – World Series Trophy (9) 1985 – Warren Giles Trophy (National League champion) 1987 – Warren Giles Trophy (National League champion) 2004 – Warren Giles Trophy (National League champion) 2006 – Warren Giles Trophy (National League champion) 2006 – Commissioner's Trophy[21] (World Series) (10) 2011 – Warren Giles Trophy (National League champion) 2011 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series) (11) 2011 – Baseball America Organization of the Year 2013 – Warren Giles Trophy (National League champion)

Team records (single-season)

Minor-league system

Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year

1995 – Mike Gulan (3B) and Mike Busby (RHP) 1996 – Dmitri Young (Inf) and Britt Reames (RHP) 1997 – Brent Butler (Inf) and Cliff Politte (RHP) 1998 – Pablo Ozuna (Inf) and Rick Ankiel (LHP) 1999 – Adam Kennedy (Inf) and Rick Ankiel (LHP) 2000 – Albert Pujols (3B) and Bud Smith (LHP) 2001 – Coco Crisp (OF) and Jimmy Journell (RHP) 2002 – John Gall (1B) and Tyler Johnson (LHP) 2003 – John Gall (1B) and Dan Haren (RHP) 2004 – Reid Gorecki (OF) and Anthony Reyes (RHP) 2005 – Travis Hanson (3B) and Mark Worrell (RHP)

2006 – Colby Rasmus (OF) and Blake Hawksworth (RHP) 2007 – Colby Rasmus (OF) and P. J. Walters (RHP) 2008 – Daryl Jones (OF) and Jess Todd (RHP) 2009 – Allen Craig (LF/1B) and Lance Lynn (RHP) 2010 – Matt Carpenter (3B) and Shelby Miller (RHP) 2011 – Matt Adams (1B) and Shelby Miller (RHP) 2012 – Óscar Taveras (OF) and Seth Maness (RHP) 2013 – Kolten Wong (2B) and Zach Petrick (RHP)[22] 2014 – Magneuris Sierra (OF) and Marco Gonzales (LHP)[23] 2015 – Stephen Piscotty (OF) and Austin Gomber (LHP)/Alex Reyes (RHP)

Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award

• 1999 – Rick Ankiel

USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award

• 1999 – Rick Ankiel

Joe Bauman Home Run Award

• 2002 – Iván Cruz (Memphis Redbirds)

Other achievements

National Baseball Hall of Fame

See St. Louis Cardinals#Hall of Famers

St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

See St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum

Darryl Kile Good Guy Award

See Darryl Kile#Memorial and footnote^[24]

2003 – Mike Matheny 2004 – Woody Williams 2005 – Cal Eldred 2006 – Chris Carpenter 2007 – Russ Springer 2008 – Adam Wainwright 2009 – Skip Schumaker

2010 – Matt Holliday 2011 – Lance Berkman 2012 – Jake Westbrook 2013 – Jason Motte 2014 – Mark Ellis 2015 – Yadier Molina

Retired numbers

See St. Louis Cardinals#Retired numbers

Sports Illustrated Top 20 Male Athletes of the Decade

• 2009 – Albert Pujols (#9)^[25]

Associated Press Athlete of the Year

• 1934 – Dizzy Dean
• 1998 – Mark McGwire

Jack Buck Award

• 1987 – August A. Busch, Jr., former brewer, prominent sportsman, and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals
• 1994 – Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Famer
• 1996 – Bill DeWitt, longtime Major League Baseball executive and former owner of St. Louis Browns
• 2010 – Ernie Hays, former St. Louis Cardinals organist^[26]

See also

• List of St. Louis Cardinals team records
• Major League Baseball titles leaders • Titles streaks
• List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
• Baseball awards
• List of MLB awards

Footnotes

1. "St. Louis Cardinals team history & encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
2. Rhodes, Greg; Castellini, Robert (2007). Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Highlights. Clerisy Press. p. 81. ISBN 1-57860-300-5. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
3. "5 Things You Didn't Know About The World Series Trophy". WBZ-TV. October 31, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
4. Gillette, Gary; Palmer, Pete (2007). The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia (Fourth ed.). New York City: Sterling Publishing Co. p. 1763. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.
5. Gillette & Palmer, pp. 1764–1765
6. "Platinum Glove Award". baseball almanac. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
7. "Molina earns 5th straight Gold Glove award". MLB.com via St. Louis Cardinals. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
8. "Molina captures second Platinum Glove Award". MLB.com via St. Louis Cardinals. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
9. "Louisville Slugger — The Silver Slugger Awards". Louisville Slugger. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
10. Langosch, Jenifer (November 6, 2013). "Molina, Carpenter named first-time Silver Sluggers". www.stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Retrieved November 6, 2013. MVP hopeful pairs Gold Glove with offensive honor; second baseman rewarded
11. "The Hutch, Lou Gehrig Award, Babe Ruth Award & Robert Clemente Award winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
12. Newman, Mark (October 26, 2013). "Fellow Puerto Rican Beltran presented Clemente Award: Cardinals outfielder honored for extensive community involvement". MLB.com.
13. Brown, Gerry, and Morrison, Michael (eds.; 2003). ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac. New York City: ESPN Books and Hyperion (joint). ISBN 0-7868-8715-X.
14. "MLB Athlete of the Decade – Albert Pujols, 1B". The Sporting News.
15. "Howie Pollet Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
16. "Howie Pollet Baseball Almanac Awards". Baseball Almanac. Baseball Almanac.
17. "Bob Gibson Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
18. "Chris Carpenter Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
19. http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Topps_All-Star_Rookie_Team
20. For the other members of the 2011 team, see Baseball awards. MLB Insiders Club Magazine selected its first All-Postseason Team in 2008. Boye, Paul. All-Postseason Team. MLB Insiders Club Magazine (ISSN 1941-5060), Vol. 5, Issue 1 (December 2011), pp. 30-31. North American Media Group, Inc.
21. The World Series Trophy was first awarded in 1967. In 1985, it was re-named the Commissioner's Trophy. From 1970 to 1984, the "Commissioner's Trophy" was the name of the award given to the All-Star Game MVP.
22. Cardinals Press Release (December 11, 2013). "St. Louis Cardinals name Wong and Petrick Minor League Player & Pitcher of the Year". St. Louis Cardinals. MLB. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
23. Goold, Derrick (December 19, 2014). "Someone old, someone new are Cards' best". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
24. Two awards are presented each year, one to a St. Louis Cardinal and one to a Houston Astro, each of whom exemplifies Kile's virtues of being "a good teammate, a great friend, a fine father and a humble man." The winners are selected, respectively, by the St. Louis and Houston chapters of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Darryl Kile Award. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
25. See: Sports Illustrated Top 20 Male Athletes of the Decade.
26. "Ernie Hays Awarded Jack Buck Award". Retrieved 2011-06-18.