The St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1892. Before joining the NL, they were also a charter member of the American Association (AA) from 1882 to 1891. Although St. Louis has been the Cardinals' home city for the franchise's entire existence, they were also known as the Brown Stockings, Browns, and Perfectos. In 140 seasons, the franchise has won more than 11,000 regular season games and appeared in 31 postseasons while claiming 12 interleague championships, tying one other, and 23 league pennants. 11 of the interleague championships are World Series titles won under the modern format since 1903; the other championship and tie occurred in 1885–1886. 19 of the league pennants are NL pennants, and the other four are AA pennants. Their 11 World Series titles represent the most in the NL and are second in MLB only to the New York Yankees' 27. Notable players have defined, in part, the Cardinals' success and history. Stan Musial owns the most career batting records with 22. Rogers Hornsby owns the most single-season records with 11. Bob Gibson owns the most career pitching records with 18. Silver King owns the most single-season pitching records with nine. All-time record-holders Table notes and keys All statistics: Bold denotes still active with the team. Italic denotes still active but not with the team. Team records Single-game Italics – occurred in extra innings Single-season Managers All-time career individual records Batting Note: 1,500 plate appearances (PA) required for rate statistics. Pitching Notes: 500 innings pitched (IP) and 50 decisions qualify for career rate statistics. {| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=6 style=";|All-time career pitching records |- !scope="col" style=";|Category !scope="col" style=";|Record !scope="col" style=";|2nd place !scope="col" style=";|3rd place !scope="col" style=";|4th place !scope="col" style=";|5th place |- | ERA | 2.46 Ed Karger647 IP | 2.52 John Tudor881.2 IP | colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | 2.67 Dave Foutz (1,457.2 IP),Slim Sallee (1,905.1 IP), Jack Taylor (816 IP) |- | Adjusted ERA+ | 146 John Tudor881.2 IP | 143 Silver King1,432.2 IP | 139 Ice Box Chamberlain568.2 IP | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 137 Jack Stivetts (1,051 IP),Cy Young (690.2 IP) |- | Wins | 251 Bob Gibson | 210 Jesse Haines | 195 Adam Wainwright | 163 Bob Forsch | 153 Bill Sherdel |- | Losses | 174 Bob Gibson | 158 Jesse Haines |