What is the greatest St. Louis Cardinals team of all time?

Eleven championship banners hang in St. Louis, and a few of the clubs that fell short won more games than the ones that raised them.

1. 1
   1942 Cardinals

   Won a franchise-record 106 games and beat the Yankees four games to one in the World Series.
   1000pts
2. 2
   1926 Cardinals

   Player-manager Rogers Hornsby's 89–65 team won the franchise's first World Series, beating the Yankees in seven games.
   616pts
3. 3
   1967 Cardinals

   Went 101–60 with MVP Orlando Cepeda and beat Boston in seven as Bob Gibson won three complete games.
   550pts
4. 4
   1931 Cardinals

   Went 101–53 and beat the Philadelphia Athletics in a seven-game World Series sparked by Pepper Martin.
   550pts
5. 5
   1964 Cardinals

   Overtook the collapsing Phillies in the final days at 93–69, then beat the Yankees in seven as Ken Boyer won MVP.
   498pts
6. 6
   2011 Cardinals

   Erased a 10.5-game August deficit to take the wild card and won the World Series in seven after David Freese's Game 6 heroics.
   372pts
7. 7
   2013 Cardinals

   Went 97–65 with the NL's best record and lost the World Series to Boston in six.
   293pts
8. 8
   1982 Cardinals

   Whitey Herzog's speed-and-defense team went 92–70 and beat the Milwaukee Brewers in a seven-game World Series.
   293pts
9. 9
   2004 Cardinals

   Won 105 games with Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds before being swept by Boston in the World Series.
   293pts
10. 10
    2006 Cardinals

    Won the World Series over Detroit in five games after an 83–78 regular season.
    293pts
11. 11
    1944 Cardinals

    Went 105–49 with NL MVP Marty Marion and 22-game winner Mort Cooper, then beat the crosstown St. Louis Browns in six games in the all-St. Louis World Series.
    200pts
12. 12
    1946 Cardinals

    Won the NL's first tiebreaker playoff over Brooklyn and beat Boston in a World Series decided by Enos Slaughter's "Mad Dash".
    200pts
13. 13
    1934 Cardinals

    The "Gashouse Gang" went 95–58 behind Dizzy Dean's 30 wins and beat Detroit in a seven-game World Series.
    200pts
14. 14
    1968 Cardinals

    Bob Gibson posted a 1.12 ERA for a 97–65 pennant winner that lost the World Series to Detroit in seven.
    0pts

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