Editing Jim Edmonds (section)

====2004–2007: Postseason success====
[[File:DSC01285 Jim Edmonds.jpg|thumb|Edmonds batting for the Cardinals in 2007]]
The 2004 season was among the statistically best for Edmonds. He hit .301, had a .643 slugging percentage, 42 home runs, and 111 RBI; all but batting average were career highs. As a result, he earned a [[Silver Slugger Award]], a Gold Glove Award, and was fifth in the voting for the [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|NL Most Valuable Player Award]]. During a [[Chicago Cubs]]-Cardinals game at [[Wrigley Field]] on July 19, 2004, pitcher [[Carlos Zambrano]] was ejected from the game for throwing at Edmonds. Zambrano screamed at Edmonds as he rounded the bases on a home run, earning Zambrano a five-game suspension.<ref>Sullivan, Paul [https://web.archive.org/web/20120523182425/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/jim-edmonds Carlos Zambrano's greatest fits] Chicago Tribune, March 27, 2010 (accessed August 9, 2010)</ref> Edmonds, along with [[Albert Pujols]] and [[Scott Rolen]], earned the nickname "MV3" for their standout 2004 seasons. Edmonds was on the cover of video game ''[[MLB Slugfest]]'' in 2004. A defining moment of Edmonds' career came in the [[2004 National League Championship Series]], in which Edmonds hit a twelfth-inning home run to win Game 6. In Game 7, Edmonds made a spectacular defensive play in center, helping the Cardinals win the pennant.

In 2005, Edmonds hit .263 with 29 home runs and 89 RBIs, earning his fourth career All-Star selection. During Game 4 of the [[2005 National League Championship Series]], Edmonds was ejected in the eighth inning for arguing a strike call made by home plate umpire [[Phil Cuzzi]]. Edmonds later said that he "wasn't trying to show up" Cuzzi and said that Cuzzi responded profanely, a claim that was not contested.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosner |first1=Mark |title=Astros a giant leap away |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/357432030/ |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |date=17 October 2005 |pages=C1 and C4}}</ref> In 9 postseason games in 2005, Edmonds batted .267 with a home run, one RBI, and three doubles.<ref name="post" />

On [[Mother's Day (United States)|Mother's Day]] in 2006, Edmonds was one of more than 50 hitters who used a [[pink bat]] to benefit the [[Susan G. Komen for the Cure]] foundation. Late in the 2006 season, Edmonds began having trouble with fielding that plagued the rest of his tenure with St. Louis. On June 21, he crashed into the wall of [[Guaranteed Rate Field|U.S. Cellular Field]] while playing against the [[Chicago White Sox]] trying to rob a home run ball. Intermittent bouts of nausea, dizziness, and blurred vision followed in the next few weeks for him, particularly intensifying on diving attempts. Two months after the crash, he was diagnosed with [[post-concussion syndrome]].<ref name="Globe1">{{cite news |author1=Rains, Rob |url=http://www.globe-democrat.com/news/2010/jan/22/edmonds-will-consider-offers-teams-other-cardinals/|title=Edmonds waits on Cardinals, will consider other team's offers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527023733/http://www.globe-democrat.com/news/2010/jan/22/edmonds-will-consider-offers-teams-other-cardinals/ |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat|date=January 22, 2010|access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Concussion">{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2551867|title=Edmonds diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome|work=ESPN |date=August 17, 2006 |access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref> In the 2006 postseason, Edmonds helped the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] win their first [[2006 World Series|World Series]] title since [[1982 World Series|1982]] while having 13 total hits in the postseason with two home runs while batting in all 16 games.<ref name="post" />

He batted .252 in 117 games in 2007 while hitting 12 home runs with 53 runs batted in.<ref name="stats" />