Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin lokacin hutu kafin 2004, St. Louis ya yi mahimman abubuwan da aka samu wanda daga baya ya tabbatar da kasancewa cikin jerin wasannin su na Duniya: ya yi murabus da 'yanci Chris Carpenter duk da cewa bai buga kakar wasa ba a baya, kuma ya kawo Adam Wainwright da Jason Marquis ta hanyar kasuwanci. Sakamakon matsakaici ya nuna alamar farawa 23 <unk> 22. Koyaya, Rolen, Edmonds da Pujols sun ba Cardinals damar cin nasara 105 a cikin Babban League, suna samun laƙabi "MV3", kamar yadda suka ci 82 daga cikin wasannin 117 na ƙarshe (.700 kashi kashi). Kowannensu ya yi daidai ko ya wuce gidaje 34, ya zira kwallaye 102, 111 RBIs da.301 batting average kuma ya zama na uku, na huɗu da na biyar a zaben MVP. Carpenter ya rayu har zuwa tsohonsa na farko, yana da nasara 15 da kuma 3.22 ERA kuma ma'aikatan da suka yi aiki sun gama na biyu a NL a ERA a 3.75. A cikin
NLCS, Edmonds ya buga wasan da ya lashe wasan da Houston Astros. A cikin Wasannin Duniya, sun hadu da tawagar Boston Red Sox da suka yi nasara sau hudu a jere a kan Yankees bayan da suka rasa 0-3 a ALCS. Komawa ta wannan hanyar a cikin kowane manyan wasannin wasanni na Arewacin Amurka ya faru ne kawai a cikin NHL. Ba tare da tsallakewa ba, Red Sox sun kori Cardinals. Bayan nasarar da Cardinals ta samu a kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, "The Sporting News" ya kira Jocketty zuwa lambar yabo ta biyu ta shekara.