The St. Louis Cardinals went 90-72 in 2011, a .556 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 762 runs and allowed 692, a run differential of +70. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.78 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 113 team wRC+ was 13% above league average — the third best in MLB. Lance Berkman led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Chris Carpenter the rotation at a 3.45 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 6 games back. They spent 70 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on May 23 and were as far as 10.5 games back on August 27. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-8, their worst June at 11-15. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from September 6 to September 11 and a 7-game losing streak from June 10 to June 17. They were 45-36 at home and 45-36 on the road, 26-23 in one-run games and 30-30 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-5 at the Diamondbacks on April 13; the heaviest defeat, 15-4 at the Rockies on May 28.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
11
.593
144
106
+38
May
17
12
.586
131
124
+7
June
11
15
.423
114
132
-18
July
13
13
.500
128
104
+24
August
15
13
.536
117
125
-8
Sept/Oct
18
8
.692
128
101
+27
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
26-23
.531
Extra innings
8-13
.381
Within the division
44-35
.557
Against .500+ clubs
30-30
.500
Decided by 5+ runs
24-16
.600
Last 10
7-3
.700
2011 postseason
In October the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Phillies 3-2 in the NLDS, beat the Brewers 4-2 in the NLCS, then beat the Rangers 4-3 in the World Series. They won the 2011 World Series.
NLDS vs Phillies3-2 W
Game 1, October 1 L 6-11 at Phillies
Game 2, October 2 W 5-4 at Phillies
Game 3, October 4 L 2-3 vs Phillies
Game 4, October 5 W 5-3 vs Phillies
Game 5, October 7 W 1-0 at Phillies
NLCS vs Brewers4-2 W
Game 1, October 9 L 6-9 at Brewers
Game 2, October 10 W 12-3 at Brewers
Game 3, October 12 W 4-3 vs Brewers
Game 4, October 13 L 2-4 vs Brewers
Game 5, October 14 W 7-1 vs Brewers
Game 6, October 16 W 12-6 at Brewers
World Series vs Rangers4-3 W
Game 1, October 19 W 3-2 vs Rangers
Game 2, October 20 L 1-2 vs Rangers
Game 3, October 22 W 16-7 at Rangers
Game 4, October 23 L 0-4 at Rangers
Game 5, October 24 L 2-4 at Rangers
Game 6, October 27 W 10-9 vs Rangers
Game 7, October 28 W 6-2 vs Rangers
National League Central standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2011. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
38,197
38,201
32,007
46,368
Night
53
37,689
37,724
32,007
43,960
Day
28
39,158
39,918
32,340
46,368
Weekend
38
39,809
40,308
35,299
43,960
Weekday
43
36,772
36,160
32,007
46,368
On the road
81
30,438
30,770
12,520
45,572
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
46,368
Apr
11
36,200
May
13
36,448
Jun
14
39,381
Jul
14
38,733
Aug
13
37,605
Sep
15
39,540
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2011.
Regulation
2:49
141 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:35
21 of them
Longest
4:11
2011-07-06, 13 inn
Shortest
2:02
2011-05-06
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:55
2:53
2:02
4:28
Regulation
141
2:49
2:51
2:02
3:35
Extra innings
21
3:35
3:29
2:51
4:28
Home
81
2:52
2:51
2:02
4:11
Road
81
2:59
2:57
2:04
4:28
Day
51
2:50
2:45
2:03
4:24
Night
111
2:58
2:57
2:02
4:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:17
Apr
11
2:47
May
13
2:45
Jun
14
2:54
Jul
14
2:55
Aug
13
2:55
Sep
15
2:50
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
St. Louis Cardinals are 90-72, a .556 win rate, while their +70 run differential implies .544. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
