St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals Season-by-Season Results
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Season |
Season series |
at St. Louis Cardinals |
at Kansas City Royals |
Overall series |
Notes
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1985 World Series
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Royals
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4–3
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Royals, 2–1
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Tie, 2–2
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Royals 4–3
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Only World Series meeting between the two franchises. Royals lose the first two games at home, rally to win their first World Series title.
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Season |
Season series |
at St. Louis Cardinals |
at Kansas City Royals |
Overall series |
Notes
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1997
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Cardinals
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2–1
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no games
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Tie 5–5
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Interleague play was introduced in the 1997, the first time the Cardinals and Royals played each other in the regular season.
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1998
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Royals
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2–1
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Royals, 2–1
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no games
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Royals 7–6
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1999
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Royals
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2–1
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no games
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Royals, 2–1
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Royals 9–7
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Season |
Season series |
at St. Louis Cardinals |
at Kansas City Royals |
Overall series |
Notes
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2000
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Cardinals
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2–1
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Cardinals, 2–1
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no games
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Royals 10–9
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2001
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Royals
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3–0
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no games
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Royals, 3–0
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Royals 13–9
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2002
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Cardinals
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5–1
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Cardinals, 3–0
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Tie 14–14
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First year of 6-game home-and-home series
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2003
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Tie
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3–3
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Royals, 2–1
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Tie 17–17
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2004
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Cardinals
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3–0
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no games
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Cardinals, 3–0
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Cardinals 20–17
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Series reverts to 3 games for 2004 and 2005 Cardinals lose 2004 World Series
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2005
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Cardinals
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2–1
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no games
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Cardinals 22–18
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2006
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Cardinals
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4–2
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Royals, 2–1
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Cardinals, 3–0
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Cardinals 26–20
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Cardinals open the New Busch Stadium, series returns to 6-game format Cardinals win 2006 World Series
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2007
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Tie
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3–3
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Royals, 2–1
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Cardinals 29–23
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2008
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Royals
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4–2
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Royals, 3–0
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Cardinals 31–27
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2009
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Cardinals
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5–1
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Cardinals, 3–0
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Cardinals 36–28
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Season |
Season series |
at St. Louis Cardinals |
at Kansas City Royals |
Overall series |
Notes
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2010
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Royals
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2–1
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no games
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Royals, 2–1
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Cardinals 37–30
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Series reverts to 3 games for 2010 season only
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2011
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Cardinals
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4–2
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Cardinals 41–32
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Cardinals win 2011 World Series
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2012
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Cardinals
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4–2
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Royals, 2–1
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Cardinals, 3–0
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Cardinals 45–34
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2013
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Cardinals
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3–1
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Tie, 1–1
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Cardinals, 2–0
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Cardinals 48–35
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Series changed to four-game format with two in each city. except in years the AL Central plays the NL Central (2015, 2018, 2020, 2021) Cardinals lose 2013 World Series
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2014
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Royals
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3–1
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Royals, 2–0
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Tie, 1–1
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Cardinals 49–38
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Royals lose 2014 World Series
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2015
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Cardinals
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4–2
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Cardinals, 3–0
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Royals, 2–1
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Cardinals 53–40
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Teams enter both series (May 22, June 12) with the two best records in baseball. Both teams finish the season with the best records in their respective leagues. Royals win 2015 World Series
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2016
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Royals
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3–1
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Royals, 2–0
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Tie, 1–1
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Cardinals 54–43
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2017
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Cardinals
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4–0
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Cardinals, 2–0
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Cardinals, 2–0
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Cardinals 58–43
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2018
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Cardinals
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4–2
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Royals, 2–1
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Cardinals, 3–0
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Cardinals 62–45
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2019
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Cardinals
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3–1
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Tie, 1–1
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Cardinals, 2–0
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Cardinals 65–46
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Season |
Season series |
at St. Louis Cardinals |
at Kansas City Royals |
Overall series |
Notes
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2020
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Tie
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3–3
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Royals, 2–1
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Cardinals 68–49
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2021
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Cardinals
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5–1
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Cardinals, 3–0
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Cardinals 73–50
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2022
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Cardinals
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3–1
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Cardinals, 2–0
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Tie, 1–1
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Cardinals 76–51
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2023
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Tie
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2–2
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Tie, 1–1
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Tie, 1–1
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Cardinals 78–53
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All MLB teams start playing each other in a season; Four-game series format used for interleague rivals.
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2024
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Royals
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3–1
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Royals, 2–0
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Tie, 1–1
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Cardinals 79–56
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2025
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Tie
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3–3
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Royals, 2–1
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Cardinals, 2–1
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Cardinals 82–59
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Return of six-game format with each team hosting a three-game series.
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Season |
Season series |
at St. Louis Cardinals |
at Kansas City Royals |
Notes
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Regular season games
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Cardinals
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79–55
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Cardinals, 31–30
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Cardinals, 48–25
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Postseason games
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Royals
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4–3
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Royals, 2–1
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Tie, 2–2
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Postseason series
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Royals
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1–0
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Royals, 1–0
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Tie, 0–0–1
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World Series: 1985
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Regular and postseason
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Cardinals
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82–59
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Tie, 32–32
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Cardinals, 50–27
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