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 |