Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokunge Gussie Busch afa muna 1989, doro racho rakatora masimba ndokuhaya Joe Torre kuti atungamirire mukupera kwa1990, ipapo akatengesa boka racho kuboka rokutsvakurudza rakatungamirirwa naWilliam DeWitt, Jr. muna 1996. Tony La Russa akatsiva Torre muchirimo cha1996. Muna 1998, Mark McGwire akakwikwidzana naSammy Sosa weCubs nokuda kwehomerun dzakawanda mukutsvaka kwavo rekodhi yehomerun yemwaka mumwe chete. Kubva muna 2000 kusvika muna 2013, maCardinals akadzorera nzira yavo kumusoro nekuratidzwa gumi kwemitambo, mana NL pennants, maviri World Series mazita uye 1,274 mwaka wenguva dzose unokunda kurwisa 993 kurasikirwa kwe.560 kuhwina muzana, zvichitungamira National League uye yechipiri muMLB chete kuNew York Yankees. Nekuwedzerwa kwaJim Edmonds, Albert Pujols, naScott Rolen, maCardinals airatidzira vatatu vakakurumbira sluggers uye vadziviriri vane zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "MV3;" Pujols akahwina maMVP matatu uye akarova.328 aine 445 imba inomhanya muCardinals rake basa. Muna 2004, Chris Carpenter aiva shasha yemutambo weplayoff aiva neERA ye3.09 uye akahwina ka15 zvakamubatsira kuti akunde mumakwikwi makuru, akahwina ka105 uye akatora mukombe weWorld Series.
Nhanganyaya yeNL. Muna 2006, vachitambudzwa nekukuvara uye kusagadzikana, vakakunda World Series, vachikunda Detroit mumitambo mishanu kuti vagadzire rekodhi yakaderera yenguva dzose yekukunda makumi masere nematatu kune mukundi weWorld Series.