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MLB Deep Cut #33, Monday, October 26: “Name a player who hit 30+ home runs in a season for the St. Louis Cardinals.” The prompt had 25 valid answers, and nobody played it that day. Correct answers score more the fewer people name them, so the deepest cuts are the ones worth the most.
Answers and recap (spoilers)
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- Albert Pujols: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 49 home runs (2006)
- Stan Musial: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 39 home runs (1948)
- Jim Edmonds: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 42 home runs (2004)
- Paul Goldschmidt: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 35 home runs (2022)
- Mark McGwire: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 70 home runs (1998)
- Rogers Hornsby: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 42 home runs (1922)
- Carlos Beltran: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 32 home runs (2012)
- Nolan Arenado: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 34 home runs (2021)
- Ray Lankford: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 31 home runs (1998)
- Scott Rolen: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 34 home runs (2004)
- Lance Berkman: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 31 home runs (2011)
- Jim Bottomley: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 31 home runs (1928)
- Ken Boyer: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 32 home runs (1960)
- Jack Clark: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 35 home runs (1987)
- Ron Gant: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 30 home runs (1996)
- Joe Medwick: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 31 home runs (1937)
- Johnny Mize: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 43 home runs (1940)
- Dick Allen: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 34 home runs (1970)
- Matt Carpenter: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 36 home runs (2018)
- Ripper Collins: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 35 home runs (1934)
- Ryan Ludwick: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 37 home runs (2008)
- Paul DeJong: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 30 home runs (2019)
- Fernando Tatis: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 34 home runs (1999)
- Jedd Gyorko: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 30 home runs (2016)
- Tyler O'Neill: Best season with the St. Louis Cardinals: 34 home runs (2021)
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