Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te tau 2004 o St. Louis Cardinals te tau 123 o te kapa i St. Louis, Missouri me te tau 113 i te National League. Ko te Cardinals i haere 105-57 i roto i te wa, ko te wikitoria o tetahi kapa Cardinals mai i te 1944, me te kapa Cardinal tuatahi ki te wikitoria i nga keemu 100 neke atu ranei mai i te 1985, ka wikitoria i te wehenga National League Central e 13 nga keemu ki runga i te Toa NL Wild-Card Houston Astros. I nga whiringa toa i hinga te Cardinals i te Los Angeles Dodgers 3 kēmu ki te 1 i te NLDS me te Astros 4 kēmu ki te 3 i te NLCS
kia eke ki a rātou raupapa o te Ao tuatahi mai i te tau 1987. I te World Series i tutaki te Cardinals ki te Boston Red Sox, a, i whiua e 4 kēmu ki te 0. Ko te whakataetae o te Ao whakamutunga i pureihia ki Busch Memorial Stadium. Na te mea he painga a te Rōpū Amerika mo te wikitoria i te Taakaro Whetu Katoa, ko te Busch Memorial Stadium te waahi i mate ai te Curse of the Bambino.