Top 20 homers by a Cardinal. List from viva el birdos.
Dodger Tom has the dubious distinction of being named twice.
3. ozzie smith, october 14 1985, off tom niedenfuer: if it had been anyone other than ozzie, i don't think this hit would hold quite the same place in our hearts, 20+ years later. damn, but that little squirt was a winner.
2. jack clark, october 16 1985, off tom niedenfuer: probably shouldn't be listed this high, but i was in the park --- it was the greatest in-person thrill in my 40 years of watching this team. and what the hell, it did turn a loss into a pennant-clinching win; that's got to be worth something. niedenfuer had already faced clark once in this game and got the better of him --- struck him out with 1 out in the 7th and the go-ahead run on 3d in a tie game. he had a base open in the 9th and could have put him on; bill james made a good case in the
1986 Baseball Abstract that pitching to clark was the right percentage play. i wouldn't have . . . . i think it took clark about 4 full minutes to round the bases.
full list at:
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/story/2008/1/21/72533/0224