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  1. 3. HOF pitcher who won Cy Young in 1974 (nickname)
  2. 5. This HOF pitcher ended his career with the Phillies for 1 season
  3. 9. ’95 First Overall Pick out of Nebraska-Lincoln, 240 hits in 2000 in the AL West
  4. 11. youngest player to reach 3000 hits, at the age of 34
  5. 12. WS Champion Cardinal, name sounds like a card game, think presidents….
  6. 14. type of bat Pujols swung
  7. 17. highest career K/9 all-time
  8. 18. Dodgers' first baseman, won MVP the same year as Jeff Burroughs
  9. 19. next batter up
  10. 22. Bringer of Rain
  11. 23. this player tagged out Babe Ruth to end the 1926 World Series
  12. 25. aka Ducky
  13. 26. All-Star in 1985 with 110 RBI and only 8 HR, 5th in MVP voting
  14. 28. 1982 NLCS and WS MVP
  15. 32. member of 3000 hit club who never won an MVP, coming closest at MVP-2 in ‘74
  16. 33. 10th all time on WAR list for time spent with Yankees, higher career OBP than kenny Lofton
  17. 35. 50 HR and a 1.080 OPS in ’05, also led the league in OPS+ at 174, NL Central
  18. 37. 2nd most seasons with 100+ games played & less than 40 strikeouts, only one behind Musial
  19. 38. one of 5 Cardinals to win Silver Slugger in 1980, the inaugural year for the award
  20. 39. one of two players to win ROY and MVP in the same year
  21. 40. switched from NL to AL in 2013
  22. 42. Has three of the top 6 home run hitting seasons in history. He led the league in none of them.
  23. 43. 50 Doubles, 45 HR, 157 RBI, winning AL MVP in the crazy 1998 season
  24. 45. Player with the first 40/40 season ever in 1988
  25. 46. At least two Cardinals have shared this last name
  26. 48. fan who interfered with Moises Alou during game 6 of the NLCS in 2003
  27. 49. Holds the record for most consecutive games with a hit
  28. 50. pitch that isn’t a strike
  29. 51. a team’s top pitcher
  30. 54. Had 60.7 career WAR, 2,561 career hits, and never made it on a HOF ballot
  31. 56. the ‘hot corner’
  32. 57. 39 stolen bases at home, 39 stolen bases away
  33. 58. hit king
  34. 62. Negro Leaguer and MLB HOFer who played one season with the Cardinals in 1962
  35. 63. 2000 NL MVP
  36. 64. This award started in 1957
  37. 66. all-encompassing stat
  38. 67. first pitcher to win silver slugger in 1980, its inaugural year, nearly played his entire career on one team
  39. 68. Cardinals all-star catcher in the '90s
  40. 69. Mets’ savior in the 1986 World Series
  41. 70. ended 2 World Series, a walk off and a putout, in consecutive years.
Down
  1. 1. 1978 NL MVP who’s teammate won it in 1979
  2. 2. gave up infamous homer to Albert Pujols in game 5 of the 2005 NLCS
  3. 4. Had a record seven consecutive seasons in the top five of Cy Young voting
  4. 6. National League pitcher who won 3 silver sluggers in the 2000s
  5. 7. 31 HR, 115 RBI, silver slugger in 2012 for the Padres
  6. 8. 1974 first round pitcher from Independence, MO
  7. 10. first name of the player who led MLB in HR in the ‘70s
  8. 13. This player hit .388 in 1977, winning the batting title
  9. 14. won the 1944 MVP with a .686 OPS
  10. 15. the “Toy Cannon”
  11. 16. first relief pitcher to win the Cy Young, in 1974
  12. 20. The first MLB team, in 1869
  13. 21. One of the more underrated 3B of all time, kicked off the HOF ballot after one year despite 58.7 career WAR and averaging 25 HR and 20 2B (per 162) for 21 years.
  14. 24. lowest batting average of the 3000 hit club at .276
  15. 27. 4 straight ROY winners from '79-'82
  16. 29. Cardinal, one of only 8 members of the 300SB/300HR club
  17. 30. pitched for 27 years but never won a Cy Young
  18. 31. Artificial field surface introduced in '60s
  19. 34. Minute Maid feature until 2016
  20. 36. This St. Louis Brown held the single-season hits record for over 80 years
  21. 41. utilityman who played 18 years in the AL, never won a single award, just the 1989 World Series, and accumulated a .763 career OPS with 50+ WAR
  22. 44. the ‘Bronx Bombers’
  23. 47. another name for home run
  24. 48. only member of 500HR/500SB club
  25. 52. team who’s stadium is named after a large retail store
  26. 53. Hit famous '75 World Series homer
  27. 55. The _____ brothers are one of the greatest sibling duos in MLB history, combining for 5,611 hits and both are in the HOF
  28. 59. the term for hitting a home run without any runners on base
  29. 60. Ozzie’s nickname
  30. 61. This team won its first Cy Young award in 2020
  31. 64. smallest player in MLB history
  32. 65. 2B who won back-to-back NL MVP’s in ’75 and ‘76