Jordan Walker joins three legendary Cardinals in HR history to begin season
This might finally be the breakout the Cardinals were hoping for.
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Louis Cardinals are 8-7 to begin the 2026 MLB season, only one game behind the Pittsburgh Pirates for the top spot in the National League Central. There are a few reasons for the early-season success, but the breakout of Jordan Walker is one of the biggest reasons for the Cardinals' record. He's hitting .
327 with seven homers and 14 RBIs through 15 games. This start to the season for Walker, as MLB. com's Brenden Schaeffer writes, made some impressive Cardinals history.
He's joining three other Cardinals legends in franchise history with his seven-homer start to the season. Jordan Walker joins 3 Cardinals legends with 7 HR start "Walker became the fourth Cardinals player in franchise history to hit at least seven homers in the team's first 15 games, joining Mark McGwire (1998), Scott Rolen (2004), and Albert Pujols (2006)," Schaeffer writes. This is an incredible feat on its own, and with the historical Cardinals comparisons, it's even more impressive.