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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 did the Cardinals win between 1926 and 2011, a National League record?
11
The Cardinals won 11 World Series in that span, starting in 1926 and finishing with 2011; only one American League club has more.
Q 02What is the name of the Cardinals' feathered mascot?
Fredbird
Fredbird debuted in 1979 and is famous for 'beaking' fans' heads with his oversized bill and tossing T-shirts into the stands.
Q 03In what year did the franchise that became the Cardinals begin play?
1882
The club began play in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and moved to the National League 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
A woman fan admired the color of the new uniforms, and sportswriter Willie McHale printed her remark 'What a lovely shade of cardinal' in his column; 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
The New York Yankees lost Game 7 when Babe Ruth was caught stealing second, tagged by player-manager Rogers Hornsby, the only World Series to end 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
'The Rajah' won two Triple Crowns in St. Louis and was traded to the Giants for Frankie Frisch two months after managing the 1926 champions.
Q 09The rowdy 1934 champion Cardinals are remembered by what nickname?
The Gashouse Gang
The Gashouse Gang name is usually credited to their shabby uniforms and rough-and-tumble tactics; Pepper Martin and Ducky Medwick were among the ringleaders.
Q 10Which Cardinal was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in a season, doing it in 1934?
Dizzy Dean
Dizzy Dean went 30-7, and 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
The St. Louis Browns shared Sportsman's Park with the Cardinals, so every game was played there 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
Enos Slaughter ran through his third-base coach's stop sign from first base while Boston shortstop Johnny Pesky hesitated on the relay throw.
Q 13What is remarkable about how Stan Musial's 3,630 career hits 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
Cepeda's 'El Birdos' beat Boston's 'Impossible Dream' Red Sox in seven games, 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 1967 World Series-winning manager spent 67 of his 76 baseball years with the Cardinals?
Red Schoendienst
Red Schoendienst managed the 1967 champions, was a coach for the 1964 and 1982 titles, and had his number 2 retired in 1996.
Musial's 3,630 hits split exactly 1,815 at home and 1,815 on the road, and he 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 Brooklyn Dodgers crowd at Ebbets Field groaning 'Here comes the man!' in 1946 and put it in print.
Q 15Which brewery bought the Cardinals in 1953?
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch paid about $3.75 million in 1953; 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
Ernie Broglio had won 18 games in 1963 but won only seven more in his career; Brock reached 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
Brock's 118 steals stood as the record until 1982; he later passed Ty Cobb's career mark of 892, finished with 938, and got his 3,000th hit against the Cubs.
Q 18Which Cardinals pitcher posted a 1.12 ERA in 1968, a live-ball era record?
Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson 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
The ace's 17 strikeouts broke Sandy Koufax's Series record of 15; he also won World Series MVPs in 1964 and 1967, the second player after Koufax to do so.
Q 20Before baseball, Cardinals Hall of Famer Bob Gibson briefly played for which basketball team?
Harlem Globetrotters
He toured with the Harlem Globetrotters for a year after Creighton before committing to baseball; he later won nine straight Gold Gloves and threw a 1971 no-hitter.
Q 24What name was given to the speed-and-defense style of the 1980s Cardinals?
Whiteyball
'Whiteyball' took its name from manager Whitey Herzog, who was also general manager from 1980 to 1982 and built the 1982 champions for Busch Stadium's turf.
Q 25The 1982 Fall Classic against Milwaukee earned what beer-themed nickname?
The Suds Series
The Suds Series name came from the two brewing cities; Darrell Porter was Series MVP and the closer struck out Gorman Thomas to end Game 7.
Q 26In December 1981 the Cardinals sent Garry Templeton to San Diego for which future Hall of Famer?
Ozzie Smith
Ozzie Smith went on to win 13 straight Gold Gloves at shortstop through 1992 and entered the Hall of Fame in 2002.
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
Don Denkinger ruled Jorge Orta 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
Bruce Sutter pitched 661 games, all in relief, and the Cardinals retired his number 42 in the year of his induction.
Q 30For nearly 47 years the Cardinals' radio voice ended every win with what phrase?
"That's a winner!"
Jack Buck called Cardinals games from 1954 to 2001, signing off wins with 'That's a winner!'; his 'I don't believe what I just saw!' call of Kirk Gibson's 1988 homer went national.