On Saturday afternoon, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols did it again – slugged his second grand slam home run in just two weeks. This time, his seventh-inning heroics turned a close game against the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium into a comfortable and satisfying 8-2 victory.
In a record-breaking career that began in 2001, it became Pujols’ eighth grand slam, the most of any Cardinal player during this decade. Jim Edmonds is next with five. As a team, the Cardinals have 49 over the period.
Saturday’s slam was Pujols’ first against the arch-rival Northsiders, but the team’s eleventh Cub-breaker this decade, the most for the club against any rival, almost doubling their quantity against the next-most common victim, Cincinnati.
As it should be…
Special thanks to Tom Orf for the data pull that follows. Pujols and Cubs slams in bold.
St. Louis Cardinals grand slams: 2000 through 2009
| Date | Cardinal | Versus |
| 4/25/2009 | Albert Pujols | Chi |
| 4/11/2009 | Albert Pujols | Hou |
| 9/19/2008 | Adam Kennedy | @Chi |
| 8/6/2008 | Albert Pujols | LA |
| 7/20/2008 | Aaron Miles | SD |
| 6/21/2008 | Troy Glaus | @Bos |
| 8/31/2007 | Rick Ankiel | Cin |
| 7/26/2007 | Chris Duncan | Chi |
| 6/16/2007 | Chris Duncan | @Oak |
| 8/27/2006 | Gary Bennett | Chi |
| 8/22/2006 | Albert Pujols | @NYM |
| 8/9/2006 | Jim Edmonds | @Cin |
| 4/3/2006 | Scott Rolen | @Phi |
| 9/30/2005 | Albert Pujols | Cin |
| 8/7/2005 | David Eckstein | Atl |
| 6/4/2005 | Reggie Sanders | @Hou |
| 5/20/2005 | John Mabry | @KC |
| 8/22/2004 | Larry Walker | Pit |
| 8/17/2004 | Larry Walker | Cin |
| 6/9/2004 | Edgar Renteria | @Chi |
| 4/21/2004 | Jim Edmonds | @Hou |
| 9/3/2003 | J.D. Drew | @Chi |
| 8/2/2003 | Bo Hart | @NYM |
| 6/8/2003 | Scott Rolen | Bal |
| 5/9/2003 | Fernando Vina | @Chi |
| 9/17/2002 | Tino Martinez | @Col |
| 9/4/2002 | Edgar Renteria | Cin |
| 8/31/2002 | Eli Marrero | @Chi |
| 8/18/2002 | Edgar Renteria | @Phi |
| 8/10/2002 | Albert Pujols | NYM |
| 6/11/2002 | Albert Pujols | @Sea |
| 5/6/2002 | Fernando Vina | @Pit |
| 4/17/2002 | Jim Edmonds | @Arz |
| 9/21/2001 | Albert Pujols | @Pit |
| 9/9/2001 | Jim Edmonds | LA |
| 7/7/2001 | Mark McGwire | @Cle |
| 6/15/2001 | Bobby Bonilla | ChW |
| 9/24/2000 | Will Clark | @Chi |
| 9/20/2000 | Jim Edmonds | Hou |
| 9/16/2000 | Fernando Tatis | Chi |
| 7/25/2000 | Fernando Tatis | Arz |
| 7/14/2000 | Eduardo Perez | @ChW |
| 7/13/2000 | Shawon Dunston | @ChW |
| 5/30/2000 | Shawon Dunston | @Arz |
| 5/7/2000 | Eric Davis | @Cin |
| 4/23/2000 | Placido Polanco | Col |
| 4/20/2000 | Eli Marrero | SD |
| 4/11/2000 | Thomas Howard | @Hou |
| 4/6/2000 | J.D. Drew | Chi |