Baseball History · On This Day On This Day: February 20 Posted on February 20, 2021 by Baseballia 1953August A. Busch buys the St. Louis Cardinals for $3.75 million and pledges not to move the team from St. Louis, Missouri. Since then, the Cards have won World Series titles in 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006 and 2011.