Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te wa o St. Louis Cardinals 2004 te wa 123 o te kapa i St. Louis, Missouri me te wa 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 ngā whiringa toa, ka 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
Ka tae atu a NLCS ki a rātau whakataetae tuatahi o te Ao 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.