Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols were elected into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame on Tuesday, joining Bill Sherdel, who was selected through the veterans committee. The Cardinals revealed the class during a live broadcast on Cardinals.tv, and the ceremony is set for Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, at Busch Stadium.
Pujols and Molina were the headliners in a group that also included nominees Brian Jordan and George Hendrick. The move puts two of the franchise’s most recognizable modern stars into the team’s Hall while shifting the annual ceremony from its usual Ballpark Village setting to the ballpark itself.
Pujols’ Cardinals résumé is stamped with 3,080 games, 3,384 hits, 703 home runs and 2,218 RBIs, along with 1,914 runs scored, 686 doubles, a.374 on-base percentage, a.544 slugging percentage and a.918 OPS. He was a three-time MVP, 11-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion, Rookie of the Year, two-time Gold Glove winner and six-time Silver Slugger, and he remains eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2028.
Molina’s career line with St. Louis included 2,224 games, 2,168 hits, 176 home runs and 1,022 RBIs, plus 817 runs scored, 408 doubles, a.327 on-base percentage, a.399 slugging percentage and a.726 OPS. He was a 10-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion, nine-time Gold Glove winner, four-time Platinum Glove winner and a Silver Slugger in 2013. He, too, is eligible for Cooperstown in 2028.
Sherdel was the historic choice in the class. He won 153 games for the Cardinals from 1918 through 1929 and was on National League pennant-winning teams in 1926 and 1928. The election gives the Cardinals a class that spans eras, but the center of it is clear: the franchise used this announcement to honor the two players whose names defined an entire generation in St. Louis.
