# Cardinals To Celebrate 40th Anniversary Reunion of 1985 NL Championship Team - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary-reunion-of-1985-nl-championship-team/ - Published: 2025-08-08T13:30:35-05:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney ### **_CARDINALS TO CELEBRATE 40^(th) ANNIVERSARY REUNION OF 1985 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM_** #### _**Organization to Honor 14^(th) NL Championship Squad by Bringing Back Over 20 Former Players on Friday, September 5**_ [⌊Cardinals News Header⌉⌊Cardinals News Header⌉[ **ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 8, 2025 – **The St. Louis Cardinals announced they will host a 40-year anniversary reunion of the 1985 National League Championship team at Busch Stadium on Friday, September 5, presented by Heartland Coca-Cola. Over 20 former players and coaches from the 1985 team, including National Baseball Hall of Famer **[Ozzie Smith](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithoz01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**, and Cardinals Hall of Famers **[Willie McGee](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgeewi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**** [Vince Coleman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemvi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**,** [John Tudor](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tudorjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**&** [Tom Herr](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herrto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)** are scheduled to take part in a pregame ceremony beginning at 6:30 PM before that evening’s 7:15 PM game against the San Francisco Giants. Others scheduled to attend the reunion include **[Terry Pendleton](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pendlte01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**,** [Danny Cox](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coxda01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**,** [Ricky Horton](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hortori01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**,** [Andy Van Slyke](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vanslan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**,** [Kurt Kepshire](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kepshku01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**,** [Ken Dayley](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dayleke01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**,** [Tom Nieto](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nietoto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**,** [Todd Worrell](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/worreto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**,** [Tom Lawless](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lawleto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**, and more. Family members of the late Cardinals Hall of Famer** [Bob Forsch](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/forscbo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**, 20-game winner **[Joaquín Andújar](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/andujjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)**, and **[Darrell Porter](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porteda02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)** are also scheduled to be on hand. That night, 20,000 fans, age 16 and older, will take home a Mystery 1985 Triple Bobblehead featuring a trio of either Smith-McGee-Coleman or Tudor-Cox-Andújar, presented by Coca-Cola and Dierbergs. The club will also host an 80s Theme Night at the ballpark that evening. With the purchase of a special Theme Ticket, fans will take home a throwback 1985 NL Champs crewneck sweatshirt. After getting off to a slow 16-19 start, the 1985 Cardinals turned on the heat by going 85-42 the rest of the way to clinch their first 100-win season since 1967. McGee finished as the league batting champion and Most Valuable Player; Coleman took Rookie of the Year; [Whitey Herzog](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herzowh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br) earned Manager of the Year; and Tudor and Andújar each won 21 games, while Cox took 18. Willie and Ozzie won Gold Gloves again, and great seasons by Herr (.302 AVG, 110 RBI) and [Jack Clark](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=clarkja01,clark-009jac,clark-013jac,clark-017jac,clark-018jac,clark-021jac&search=Jack+Clark&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br)( 22 HR, 87 RBI) led the offense. Rookie pitcher Todd Worrell was called up in late August and quickly assumed the role of closer for the final month. In a great NLCS, the Cards dropped the first two games and then won four straight. Ozzie won Game 5 with a dramatic bottom-of-the-ninth home run off [Tom Niedenfuer](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niedeto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-08-08_br), his first ever homer batting left-handed. Down 5-4 with two out in the top of the ninth of Game 6, Jack Clark tagged Niedenfuer for a three-run homer to take the game and the series. The team fell short of capturing the organization’s 10^(th) World Series title, falling to the Kansas City Royals in seven games in a series remembered for first base umpire Don Denkinger’s blown call in the top of the ninth inning of Game 6. Tickets for the 40^(th) anniversary reunion are on sale now at [cardinals.com](http://www.cardinals.com/), via phone at 314-345-9000 or at the Busch Stadium Box Office. 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