August Anheuser Busch Jr. (March 28, 1899, St. Louis, Missouri - September 29, 1989, St. Louis) built the Anheuser-Busch Companies into the largest brewery in the world as company chairman from 1946-75 and was a prominent American sportsman. March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD), the worlds third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller, is based in St. ...

Busch was chairman, president or CEO of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball from the time the club was purchased by the brewery in 1953 until the year of his death. The Cardinals won six National League championships (1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, 1987) and three World Series (1964, 1967 and 1982) under his stewardship. The St. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ... The 1964 World Series, the 56th playing for the championship of Major League Baseball, pitted the National League champion St. ... The 1967 World Series matched the St. ... The 1982 World Series matched the St. ...

Although the Cardinals were by far the dominant baseball team in St. Louis, in 1953 their owner, Fred Saigh, was in financial and tax difficulty, and the club did not even own its own ballpark (it was a tenant of the "stepchild" St. Louis Browns in Sportsman's Park). Amid rumors of a move to Milwaukee or Houston, Anheuser-Busch bought the Redbirds, and after the Browns relocated to Baltimore for 1954, it also purchased the ballpark, renaming it Busch Stadium. The current stadium bearing that name was opened in 1966 and is due to be replaced in 2006. (For the 1901-02 American League team known as the Baltimore Orioles, see New York Yankees. ... Sportsmans Park was the name of a former Major League Baseball park in St. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... Houston redirects here. ... This article is about the city in the US state of Maryland. ... Busch Stadium in St. ...

The brewery sold the Cardinals in 1996 to a group of investors led by William O. DeWitt Jr. Anheuser-Busch now ranks as the world's third-largest brewer.