Editing Springfield Cardinals (section)

==Previous franchise history==
The current Cardinals are a relatively new team, dating back to just 2005. Previous to this, they were known as the [[El Paso Diablos]]. That team's owners sold the franchise to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and were then moved to Springfield as part of their minor league system.

The previous Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals was the [[Tennessee Smokies]] in 2003 and 2004.

Springfield has also been the home of various other non-affiliated minor league clubs including the Springfield Highlander (1905), Jobbers (1911), Merchants (1920), [[Springfield Midgets]] (1906-1909, 1921–1929; the 1930 club being affiliated with the [[St. Louis Browns]]) and the Red Wings (1931). These former teams were generally Class C ball clubs in the former [[Western Association]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=4df71048| title = 1935 Springfield Cardinals Statistics {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>