![]() ![]() 5 After posting a 4-15 record by July 4, the Red Stockings ceased operations as a professional club but continued to play other amateur nines around the country for the remainder of the season. However, they paid the price for that decision when playing against their veteran opponents. The Red Stockings generally used local amateur players hoping to outdraw their rival by pointing to the Brown Stockings’ use of imported talent. 4 Their home park was the Grand Avenue Grounds near Von der Ahe’s beer garden. Louis banker and grandson of Jean Baptiste Charles Lucas, who was a major developer of downtown St. 3 The Brown Stockings were led, and substantially financed by $20,000 from the club’s president, J. The Red Stockings played at Red Stockings Park located at Gratiot at the west side of Compton Avenue in midtown St. Two teams represented the city in the National Association that year, the Red Stockings and the Brown Stockings. Professional baseball made its debut in St. Louis was a fast-growing city, reaching a population of 350,518 in the 1880 census and German ancestry figured prominently in the city’s political and social life. ![]() He got involved in politics, becoming a party activist and a supporter of mayoral candidates. Von de Ahe started buying real estate in the neighborhood. The saloon became a popular destination for politicians, fans and the ball players before and after the games. He expanded the business by including a saloon and a beer garden, located a block and a half from the Grand Avenue Grounds, at the corner of Grand and Dodier, then the premier baseball site in St. It became so profitable that the ambitious Chris bought the store from his partner for $1,125 in 1872. The grocery business was very successful, serving the German residents and quarry workers. He married Emma Hoffman, a native Missourian of German descent, in 1870 and they had a son, Edward. Louis by way of New York in 1867 and found work as a grocery clerk. Louis Browns (National League) 1892-1898Ĭhris Von der Ahe was born in Hille, Germany in 1851. ![]() Louis Browns (American Association) 1883-1891 Louis Brown Stockings (American Association), 1882 Helene Hathaway Robison Britton (1911-1916).Click on a link below to scroll down to that chapter. In nearly 150 years, the team’s owners have been as varied as the fans. Reciting the names of Hall of Famers such as Rogers Hornsby, Dizzy Dean, Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, and Ozzie Smith, plus members of the Cardinals Hall of Fame such as Willie McGee, Jim Edmonds, Scott Rolen, and current players Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright, is akin to reciting the Litany of the Saints before a Catholic Mass. Proudly wearing their Cardinal red, they have cheered with relish their favorite players, in victory or defeat. The Cardinals are as much a part of the community fabric as the “Birds on the Bat” worn on their uniform.įor the fans known as Cardinal Nation, following the Redbirds is a religion passed from generation to generation. This level of success has been the catalyst for the franchise to be identified as a major asset to the city of St. Through the 2021 season, the franchise has won 11 World Series, 19 National League pennants, four American Association pennants, and the 1886 World Series versus the Chicago White Stockings - a winner-take-all battle with bragging rights included. Louis Cardinals have achieved a level of success in Major League Baseball that has been outdone only by the New York Yankees. Louis Cardinals won a World Series championship in 2006, their first season at the new Busch Stadium. ![]()
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