¡Viva! Los Cardenales recognizes and celebrates the Cardinals' Hispanic and Latin players through the history of the organization, telling both the stories of those who had longevity with the team and others where St. Louis was just a short moment in their baseball journey.
The mid-1800s saw the beginnings of baseball in Hispanic and Latin parts of the world. Cuban students attending universities in the United States were learning baseball and bringing the sport back home where it quickly gained a following and spread throughout Central and South America. Today in Major League Baseball, 30% of all players are Hispanic and/or Latino.