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The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 125th season for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 115th season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 1st at Busch Stadium III. The season started out with a bang, as the team raced out to a 31–16 record by late May.
As of 2008, The Cardinals have used 71 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 128 seasons. Since the franchise's beginning in 1882 , the starters have a combined Opening Day record of 70 wins , 57 losses (70–57), and 22 no decisions .
The St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). Founded in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association (AA), the team was originally named the Brown Stockings before it was shortened to Browns the next season.
The 2006 Major League Baseball season ended with the National League's St. Louis Cardinals winning the World Series with the lowest regular-season victory total (83) in a fully-played season in major league history.
His impact in just one season with the most storied franchise in baseball has placed him back on the game’s biggest stage. ... 2006: St. Louis Cardinals. 2005: Chicago White Sox. 2004: Boston ...
April 3 – Royce Lint, 85, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1954; won 154 games in 15 seasons in the minor leagues; April 9 – Billy Hitchcock, 89, infielder who appeared in 703 for five AL teams between 1942 and 1953; managed Baltimore Orioles (1962–1963) and Atlanta Braves (1966–1967); later, a minor league executive.
The third-seeded St. Louis Cardinals defeated the heavily favored and top-seeded New York Mets in seven games to advance to the 2006 World Series against the Detroit Tigers. The Cardinals and the Mets took the series to the limit, reaching the 9th inning of Game 7 tied at 1–1.
The Boys in Blue and their fans celebrate the beginning of the season at Dodger Stadium prior to the team's home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals.