50 free St. Louis Cardinals trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
45 free St. Louis Cardinals trivia questions with answers. The Cardinals have won more World Series than any National League club, and this quiz covers all of it. Forty-five questions run from the 1882 Brown Stockings and the birds-on-the-bat logo through the Gashouse Gang, Stan Musial's perfectly split hit total, Bob Gibson's 1.12, Whiteyball, the McGwire summer, and the two-strikes-from-dead Game 6 of 2011. It opens with questions any fan in a red cap can answer (the mascot, the stadium, the number of titles) and works up to trades, records and front-office history that separate Cardinals Nation lifers from bandwagon riders. Use it to settle arguments at Ballpark Village or to run a round at your next trivia night; the whole set is free. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the franchise, its players and its World Series, and each question carries its source. No fan-forum guesses, no recycled listicle errors.
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Q 01How many World Series championships have the Cardinals won, the most of any National League franchise?
11
Only the Yankees have more. The run started in 1926 and most recently added 2006 and 2011.
Q 02What is the name of the Cardinals' feathered mascot?
Fredbird
He debuted in 1979 and is famous for 'beaking' fans' heads and tossing T-shirts into the stands.
Q 03In what year did the franchise that became the Cardinals begin play?
1882
They started in the American Association as the Brown Stockings, later just the Browns, before joining the NL in 1892.
Q 04According to the popular story, the team's name came from a fan remarking on what?
The color of the new uniforms
Sportswriter Willie McHale printed the remark 'What a lovely shade of cardinal' in his column and the name stuck.
Q 05Which Cardinals executive got the birds-on-the-bat logo idea from a table arrangement in a Ferguson, Missouri church?
Branch Rickey
The same man went on to pioneer the minor league farm system in St. Louis before signing Jackie Robinson in Brooklyn.
Q 06The Cardinals' first World Series title, in 1926, came against which team?
New York Yankees
It ended with Babe Ruth caught stealing second by player-manager Rogers Hornsby, still the only World Series to finish on a caught stealing.
Q 07Which veteran pitcher struck out Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in Game 7 of the 1926 World Series?
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Alexander was 39 and had pitched a complete game the day before; legend says he was nursing a hangover.
Q 08What was the nickname of Rogers Hornsby, who hit .424 for the Cardinals in 1924?
The Rajah
He won two Triple Crowns in St. Louis and was traded to the Giants for Frankie Frisch weeks after managing the 1926 champions.
Q 09The rowdy 1934 champion Cardinals are remembered by what nickname?
The Gashouse Gang
The name is usually credited to their shabby uniforms and rough-and-tumble tactics; Pepper Martin, Ducky Medwick and the Dean brothers were the ringleaders.
Q 10Which Cardinal was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in a season, doing it in 1934?
Dizzy Dean
He and his brother Paul combined to win all four Cardinals games in that year's World Series against Detroit.
Q 11The 1944 World Series pitted the Cardinals against which crosstown team?
St. Louis Browns
Every game was played at Sportsman's Park, which both clubs called home, and it was nicknamed the Streetcar Series.
Q 12Whose 'Mad Dash' from first base won Game 7 of the 1946 World Series against the Red Sox?
Enos Slaughter
He ran through his third-base coach's stop sign while Boston shortstop Johnny Pesky hesitated on the relay throw.
Q 13Stan Musial finished with 3,630 career hits. What is remarkable about how they were distributed?
Exactly 1,815 at home and 1,815 on the road
Q 21What did Orlando Cepeda nickname the 1967 champion Cardinals?
El Birdos
They beat Boston's 'Impossible Dream' Red Sox in seven, with Lou Brock stealing a record seven bases in the Series.
Q 22Which Cardinals center fielder took baseball's reserve clause to the Supreme Court?
Curt Flood
He lost Flood v. Kuhn 5-3 in 1972, but the case paved the way for free agency a few years later.
Q 23Which manager won three World Series with the Cardinals and spent 67 of his 76 baseball years with the club?
Red Schoendienst
He led the club to the 1967 championship as manager and his number 2 was retired in 1996.
He also shares the record for most All-Star Games played, 24, and was originally signed as a pitcher.
Q 14Musial's nickname 'Stan the Man' came from a sportswriter hearing which rival team's fans chant as he batted?
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bob Broeg of the Post-Dispatch heard the Ebbets Field crowd groaning 'Here comes the man!' and put it in print.
Q 15Which brewery bought the Cardinals in 1953?
Anheuser-Busch
Gussie Busch became team president and the ballpark, and its two successors, took the Busch name.
Q 16In June 1964 the Cardinals acquired Lou Brock from the Cubs in exchange mainly for which pitcher?
Ernie Broglio
It is routinely called one of the most lopsided trades ever; Brock went to the Hall of Fame and helped win a title that October.
Q 17How many stolen bases did Brock swipe in 1974, then a single-season major league record?
118
He later passed Ty Cobb's career mark of 892 and finished with 938, and got his 3,000th hit against the team that traded him.
Q 18Which Cardinals pitcher posted a 1.12 ERA in 1968, a live-ball era record?
Bob Gibson
He won both the Cy Young and MVP that year, and the mound was lowered from 15 inches to 10 the following season.
Q 19How many Tigers did the Cardinals' ace strike out in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series?
17
He also won two World Series MVPs, in 1964 and 1967, becoming the second player after Sandy Koufax to do so.
Q 20Before baseball, Cardinals Hall of Famer Bob Gibson briefly played for which basketball team?
Harlem Globetrotters
He also won nine straight Gold Gloves and threw a no-hitter against the Pirates in 1971.
Q 24The speed-and-defense approach of the 1980s Cardinals was named after their manager. What was it called?
Whiteyball
Whitey Herzog was also the club's general manager from 1980 to 1982 and won the 1982 title with a team built for Busch Stadium's turf.
Q 25The 1982 Fall Classic against Milwaukee earned what beer-themed nickname?
The Suds Series
Darrell Porter was Series MVP and Bruce Sutter closed Game 7 by striking out Gorman Thomas.
Q 26In December 1981 the Cardinals sent Garry Templeton to San Diego for which future Hall of Famer?
Ozzie Smith
He went on to win 13 straight Gold Gloves at shortstop, a streak still unmatched in the National League.
Q 27Ozzie Smith's 1985 NLCS walk-off homer, 'Go crazy, folks', was his first from which side of the plate?
Left-handed
The Wizard had gone 2,967 left-handed at-bats without a home run before pulling one down the right-field line off Tom Niedenfuer.
Q 28Which umpire's blown safe call in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series against Kansas City is still remembered?
Don Denkinger
Jorge Orta was ruled safe on a play he clearly lost; the Royals rallied and then won Game 7, 11-0, in the all-Missouri 'I-70 Series'.
Q 29Which split-finger reliever was the first pitcher in the Hall of Fame without ever starting a game?
Bruce Sutter
The Cardinals retired his number 42 in 2006, the same year he was inducted.
Q 30For nearly 47 years the Cardinals' radio voice ended every win with what phrase?
"That's a winner!"
Jack Buck later shared the booth with his son Joe, and his 'I don't believe what I just saw!' call of Kirk Gibson's 1988 homer went national.