who was the most recent cardinals pitcher to throw a no-hitter? what year was it?

Answer 1

Bud Smith - September 3, 2001. Here's a list of all NL no-hitters, as well as the boxscore from Smith's no-hitter:

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pinohit2.shtml

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200109030SDN