1/11/10 - McGwire Admits to Steroid Use - Mark McGwire has confirmed what most of the baseball world has suspected for a decade or so by admitting to steroid use throughout his baseball career. He remains one of a select group of players from the past two decades not to have lied about being clean and becomes one of an elite few who admitted to his misdeeds without someone holding hard evidence against him.
While McGwire's character remains commendable, several points about his confession leave a bad taste in the mouth. McGwire said that steroids were "readily available" as early as 1989, which may open the eyes of some people who believe that the Steroid Era did not begin until the mid-to-late 90s.
More importantly, knowing now for sure that McGwire used steroids for most of his career, we will never know what kind of a career he would have had without them. McGwire's best-ever home run rate of once every 10.6 at-bats will be forever questioned, and whether McGwire would have been forced to retire at the age of 37 just 17 homers shy of 600 if he hadn't been using steroids should be forever questioned. --KG
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The Beginning - The St. Louis Brown Stockings were founded in 1882 as part of the American Association. After one season, they became known as the Browns.
Later Developments - In 1892 the Browns joined the National League. They would later be known as the Perfectos before adopting the Cardinals moniker for good in 1900.
Best Trade in Team History - In 1997, the Cardinals sent Eric Ludwick, T.J. Mathews, and Blake Stein to the Athletics for Mark McGwire. Ludwick, Stein, and Mathews would accomplish little while McGwire had one of the great seasons in baseball history in 1998.
Worst Trade in Team History - In 1972, after he won 20 games but had a league average ERA, the Cardinals shipped Steve Carlton to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rick Wise. In '72, Carlton won 27 games, posted a 1.97 ERA, and struck out 310 Ks to win the pitching Triple Crown and the first of four Cy Youngs he would win with the Phillies. Not such a Wise move after all.
Runner Up - In 1980, the Cardinals traded Rollie Fingers, Ted Simmons, and Pete Vukovich to the Milwaukee Brewers for Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen, and Dave LaPoint. The four they got would never amount to anything, while the three they sent would win a combined two Cy Youngs and an MVP over the next two seasons and lead the Brewers to the World Series in 1982, where appropriately enough they would lose to the Cardinals.
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689 - Lou Brock, 1967
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250 - Roger Hornsby, 1922
64 - Joe Medwick, 1936
33 - Perry Werden, 1893
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30 - Dizzy Dean, 1934
25 - Stoney McGlynn, 1907
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Rogers Hornsby - 1925
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Frankie Frisch - 1931
Dizzy Dean - 1934
Joe Medwick - 1937
Mort Cooper - 1942
Stan Musial - 1943
Marty Marion - 1944
Stan Musial - 1946
Stan Musial - 1948
Ken Boyer - 1964
Orlando Cepeda - 1967
Bob Gibson - 1968
Joe Torre - 1971
Keith Hernandez - 1979
Willie McGee - 1985
Albert Pujols - 2005
Albert Pujols - 2008
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Bob Gibson - 1968
Bob Gibson - 1970
Chris Carpenter - 2005
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Wally Moon - 1954
Bill Virdon - 1955
Bake McBride - 1974
Vince Coleman - 1985
Todd Worrell - 1986
Albert Pujols - 2001
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Bruce Sutter - 1981
Bruce Sutter - 1982
Bruce Sutter - 1984
Todd Worrell - 1986
Lee Smith - 1991
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Tom Henke - 1995
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Rogers Hornsby (42/152/401) 1922
Rogers Hornsby (39/143/403) 1925
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Rogers Hornsby (21/126) 1921
Ken Williams (39/155) 1922
Rogers Hornsby (42/152) 1922
Jim Bottomley (21/128) 1925
Rogers Hornsby (39/143) 1925
Jim Bottomley (19/120) 1926
Jim Bottomley (19/124) 1927
Jim Bottomley (31/136) 1928
Jim Bottomley (29/137) 1929
Frankie Frisch (10/114) 1930
Joe Medwick (23/126) 1935
Joe Medwick (18/138) 1936
Joe Medwick (31/154) 1937
Joe Medwick (21/122) 1938
Joe Medwick (14/117) 1939
Enos Slaughter (18/130) 1946
Joe Torre (24/137) 1971
Tom Herr (8/110) 1985
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Red Schoendienst - 1947
Curt Flood - 1964
Lou Brock - 1967
Vince Coleman - 1985
Vince Coleman - 1988
50 Home Run Club
Mark McGwire (70) 1998
Mark McGwire (65) 1999
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Four Homeruns In One Game
Mark Whiten, 1996
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