The St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League baseball (MLB) franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, have competed in the National League (NL) since 1892, and in the American Association (AA) from 1882 to 1891. They have won 11 World Series titles, one additional interleague championship and were co-champions (tied) in another prior to the modern World Series. Known as the Cardinals from 1900 to the present, the St. Louis franchise were also known as the Brown Stockings (1882), Browns (1883–98), and Perfectos (1899). A total of 55 players and other personnel associated with the Cardinals have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

The first former Cardinals players to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame were John McGraw and Cy Young in 1937, the second year of the Museum's annual balloting. Rogers Hornsby was the first to be inducted as Cardinal, which occurred in 1942. Of the 55 former Cardinals elected to the Hall of Fame, 17 have been inducted as Cardinals and 10 with the Cardinals logo on their caps. Two other inducted players have the Cardinals logo on their caps but were not inducted as Cardinals. The most recent individual associated with the Cardinals to be inducted is Dick Allen, inducted in 2025; he only spent one season with the Cardinals, and his Hall of Fame plaque bears a Philadelphia Phillies logo.

In addition, two separate awards – the Ford C. Frick Award and BBWAA Career Excellence Award – while not conferring the status of enshrining their recipients as members of the Hall of Fame, honor the works of a total of six sportswriters and broadcasters in connection with their coverage of the Cardinals. The Cardinals also have a franchise hall of fame known as the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum located within Ballpark Village adjacent to Busch Stadium, the Cardinals' home stadium.

St. Louis Cardinals players, managers, and executives + Table key Inducted as a Cardinal. Names listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Cardinals cap insignia.Ω Spent more years with the Cardinals than any other team, though not inducted as a Cardinal

+ InducteesMemberYears as CardinalRole(s)Year inductedMethodNotable achievement(s) as a CardinalRef(s) 1926–1929 Player 1938 BBWAA 1926 World Series champion 55–38 W–L, 3.08 ERA 1970 Player 2025 VC 1970 All-Star 34 home runs, 101 RBI in only season with the team 1936 Manager 1983 VC 1904–1907 Player 1971 VC 2012–2013 Player 2026 BBWAA 2× All-Star2013 Roberto Clemente Award winner 1922–1932 Player 1974 VC 1926 and 1931 World Series champion 1928 NL MVP .325 batting average (AVG), .537 slugging percentage (SLG) in 11 seasons 1909–1912 Player 1945 OTC Player/manager, batted .275 1964–1979 Player 1985 BBWAA 1964 and 1967 World Series champion #2 MLB in stolen bases (938) 3,000 hit club 1903 Player 1949 OTC 1899–1901 Player 1946 OTC .378 in three seasons (highest in franchise history) 1901 batting title (.376) 1965–1971 Player 1994 BBWAA 1967 World Series champion 77–62 W–L, 3.10 ERA 1966–1968 Player 1999 VC 1967 NL MVP and World Series winner 1882–1889, 1891 Pion./Exec. 1939 OTC 1886 World Series champion Four AA pennants .673 win% (Highest for St. Louis managers) 1894–97 Player 1976 VC 1930, 1932–1937, 1941–1946 Player 1953 BBWAA 1934 MVP and World Series winner 4x NL strikeout, 2x wins, 2x shutouts champion 1933–1937 Manager 1994 VC 1996–1997 Player 2004 BBWAA 1927–1938 Player 1947 BBWAA 1931 and 1934 World Series champion 1931 MVP .312 average as Cardinal player/manager 1892 Player 1965 VC 1959–1975, 1995 Player 1981 BBWAA 1964 and 1967 World Series champion 1968 and 1970 Cy Young Award winner 1.12 ERA (modern record) and MVP in 1968 18 Cardinals career pitching records 1891 Player 1946 VC 1930–1934 Player 1964 VC 1931 World Series champion 1924–1931 Player 1971 VC .326 AVG, .568 SLG in eight seasons 1920–1937 Player 1970 VC 1926, 1931, and 1934 World Series champion Second in wins (210), IP (3203.2), and 5th in ShO (23) in franchise history 1980–1990 Manager 2010 VC 1982 World Series champion and three NL pennants 822 wins (Third in franchise history) .530 winning percentage 1985 NL Manager of the Year 1915–1926, 1933 Player 1942 BBWAA 1926 World Series champion Two batting Triple Crowns Six consecutive batting titles 3× .400 batting average Second-highest career MLB batting average (.358) 1910–1917 Manager 1964 VC .402 on-base percentage Player/manager 1980–1983 Player 2022 VC Ω 1996–2011 Manager 2014 VC 2006 and 2011 World Series champion Three NL pennants 1408 wins (Most in franchise history) 2002 NL Manager of the Year 1927–1928 Player 1954 BBWAA 1888–1891 Player 1946 VC 1900 Manager 1937 VC .344 AVG, .505 OBP in 1900 1928–1929 Manager 1962 VC 1928 NL pennant 1932–1940, 1947–1948 Player 1968 BBWAA 1937 NL Triple Crown and MVP .335 batting average (Fifth in franchise history) in 11 seasons 1962 Player 2022 VC 1936–1941 Player 1981 VC 1939 NL batting title (.349) 1.018 OPS in six seasons (Third in franchise history) 1941–1944, 1946–1963, 1967 Player 1969 BBWAA 1942, 1944, and 1946 World Series champion Three MVPs, seven batting titles 3,000 hit club More than 20 Cardinals career batting records 1904–1905 Player 1949 OTC Player/manager 2.02 ERA, 21 W, 317 IP in 1904 Ω 1919–1942 Pion./Exec 1967 VC Founded minor league farm system in use today 1900 Manager 1946 OTC 2002–2007 Player 2023 BBWAA 2006 World Series champion 4× Gold Glove winner2002 Silver Slugger Award winner4× All-Star 1945–1956, 1961–1976, 1979–1995 Player 1989 VC 1946, 1964, 1967, and 1982 World Series champion 9x All-Star .289 batting average, 1980 hits 1,041 wins as manager (Second in franchise history) 1968–1980 Player 2020 VC 6x All-Star1980 Silver Slugger Award winner 1938–1942, 1946–1953 Player 1985 VC 1942 and 1946 World Series champion .305 batting average, .847 OPS 10× All-Star 135 triples, 146 home runs 1990–1993 Player 2019 VC 3x All-Star2x Rolaids Relief Man Award2x NL saves leader 1982–1999 Player 2002 BBWAA 1982 World Series champion 11× Gold Glove winner1987 Silver Slugger Award winner1995 Roberto Clemente Award winner14× All-Star 1985 NLCS MVP 2009 Player 2015 BBWAA 1926–1927, 1929, 1940–1945 Manager 2008 VC 1926, 1942, and 1944 World Series champion Three NL pennants as manager .642 W–L% (Second in franchise history) 1981–1984 Player 2006 BBWAA 1982 World Series champion 3× NL saves leader, 127 saves, 2.72 ERA 1969–1974, 1990–1995 Manager 2014 VC 1971 MVP and batting champion (.363) .498 winning percentage as manager 1933–1934 Player 1955 BBWAA 2004–2005 Player 2020 BBWAA 1899–1901, 1917–1918 Player 1953 VC 1957 Player 1985 BBWAA 1910 Player 1995 VC 1899–1900 Player 1937 BBWAA 45–35, 2.78 ERA, 690.1 IP, 137 ERA+

Broadcasters and sportswriters Ford C. Frick Award (broadcasters)RecipientYears covering CardinalsYear awardedStations / networksRef(s) 1954–2001 1987 KMOX, CBS (World Series) 1991–2008 2026 KMOX, Fox Sports, ESPN 1945–1969 1989 WIL (AM), KMOX 1955–1962 1991 KMOX 2014–2019 2012 KMOX, FOX

BBWAA Career Excellence Award (sportswriters)RecipientYears covering CardinalsYear awardedPublicationsRef(s) 1946–2004 1979 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Sporting News 1971–2023 2006 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1914–1962 1962 The Sporting News 1915–1958 1972 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bob Uecker, a Ford C. Frick Award winner, also played for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Artifacts The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has collected artifacts related to notable achievements of Cardinals players, including:

Chick Hafey's glove, spikes and glasses. The glove Taylor Douthit wore when setting the Major League record for outfield putouts in 1928. Stirrups Dizzy Dean wore Switch hitter Frankie Frisch's bat. A jersey of Joe Medwick's, circa 1937. The Most Valuable Player Award trophy presented to Stan Musial in 1946. The spikes Lou Brock wore when he stole his 893rd base in a game against the San Diego Padres, on August 29, 1977, breaking Ty Cobb's record.

See also List of Los Angeles Dodgers in the Baseball Hall of Fame List of New York Yankees in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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