Busch Stadium II
aka Busch Memorial Stadium
1966 - 2005
St. Louis, MO
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinals |
(1966 - 2005) |
3174 |
First Game
5/12/1966: Cardinals (4) vs. Braves (3)Umpires:
Managers:
Starting Pitchers: Ray Washburn (SLN) vs Wade Blasingame (ATL)
First Pitch:
Attendance: 46,048
Time of Game:
Trivia
Felipe Alou hit the first two homers at Busch Stadium II, in the sixth and eighth innings on May 12,1966. The last homer ever hit at Busch Stadium II was the first of Chris Duncan's career. | Batting Event | First |
|---|---|
| First Batter | Felipe Alou (ATL) |
| Hit | Gary Geiger (ATL) - Singled to RF (1st) |
| Run Scored | Jerry Buchek (SLN) |
| Run Batted In | Mike Shannon (SLN) |
| Single | |
| Double | |
| Triple | |
| Home Run | Felipe Alou (ATL) vs. Ray Washburn (SLN) on 5/12/1966 (6th inning) |
| Grand Slam | Curt Flood (SLN) vs. Bill Faul (CHI) on 5/25/1966 (7th inning) |
| IPHR | Orlando Cepeda (SLN) vs. Claude Osteen (LAN) on 6/9/1967 (4th inning) |
| Stolen Base | |
| Sacrifice Hit | |
| Sacrifice Fly | |
| Cycle | |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | Don Dennis (SLN) |
| Loss | Phil Niekro (ATL) |
| Strikeout | Ray Washburn (SLN)/Eddie Mathews (ATL) |
| Shutout | |
| Shutout, SP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | Save |
| Hit by Pitch | |
| Wild Pitch | |
| Balk | No-Hitter | Bob Forsch (SLN) vs. Phillies on 4/16/1978 |
| Batting Event | Last |
|---|---|
| Last Batter | Yadier Molina (SLN) |
| Hit | Albert Pujols (SLN) - Singled to 3B (8) |
| Run Scored | Abraham Nunez (SLN) |
| Run Batted In | David Eckstein (SLN) |
| Single | |
| Double | |
| Triple | |
| Home Run | Chris Duncan (SLN) vs. Brandon Claussen (CIN) on 10/2/2005 ( 5th inning) |
| Grand Slam | Reggie Sanders (SLN) vs. Jake Peavy (SDN) on 10/4/2005 (5th inning) |
| IPHR | Brant Brown (PIT) vs. Manny Aybar (SLN) on 5/9/1999 (4th inning) |
| Stolen Base | |
| Sacrifice Hit | |
| Sacrifice Fly | |
| Cycle | |
| Pitching Event | Last |
| Win | Roy Oswalt (HOU) |
| Loss | Mark Mulder (SLN) |
| Strikeout | Dan Wheeler (HOU)/John Mabry (SLN) |
| Shutout | |
| Save | |
| Hit by Pitch | |
| Wild Pitch | |
| Balk | No-Hitter | Bob Forsch (SLN) vs. Expos on 09/26/1983 |