National League Championships
The division has produced four National League Pennant winners: St. Louis in 2004, 2006, and 2011, and Houston in 2005. In both 2004 and 2005 the American League Champions swept the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2006 World Series in five games and the 2011 World Series in seven games.
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