The St. Louis Cardinals went 90-72 in 2014, a .556 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 619 runs and allowed 603, a run differential of +16. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.36 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Matt Carpenter led the position players at 4.2 WAR, and Adam Wainwright the rotation at a 2.38 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL Central, 2 games clear. They spent 36 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 4.5 games on September 7 and were as far as 6.5 games back on April 29. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-9, their worst March/April at 15-14. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from August 30 to September 4 and a 4-game losing streak from July 20 to July 25. They were 51-30 at home and 39-42 on the road, 32-23 in one-run games and 39-33 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-2 against the Cubs on August 30; the heaviest defeat, 17-5 against the Cubs on May 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
14
.517
105
91
+14
May
15
12
.556
113
106
+7
June
14
13
.519
89
92
-3
July
13
11
.542
86
102
-16
August
16
13
.552
128
137
-9
Sept/Oct
17
9
.654
98
75
+23
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
32-23
.582
Extra innings
7-6
.538
Within the division
45-31
.592
Against .500+ clubs
39-33
.542
Decided by 5+ runs
19-19
.500
Last 10
6-4
.600
2014 postseason
In October the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers 3-1 in the NLDS, then lost the NLCS to the Giants 4-1.
NLDS vs Dodgers3-1 W
Game 1, October 3 W 10-9 at Dodgers
Game 2, October 4 L 2-3 at Dodgers
Game 3, October 6 W 3-1 vs Dodgers
Game 4, October 7 W 3-2 vs Dodgers
NLCS vs Giants1-4 L
Game 1, October 11 L 0-3 vs Giants
Game 2, October 12 W 5-4 vs Giants
Game 3, October 14 L 4-5 at Giants
Game 4, October 15 L 4-6 at Giants
Game 5, October 16 L 3-6 at Giants
National League Central standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2014. 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
43,712
43,903
40,514
47,492
Night
54
43,546
43,660
40,514
46,157
Day
27
44,044
44,278
40,783
47,492
Weekend
40
44,389
44,709
41,519
46,254
Weekday
41
43,051
42,973
40,514
47,492
On the road
81
32,022
30,973
15,930
50,910
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
42,992
May
15
43,584
Jun
13
42,959
Jul
12
44,053
Aug
17
43,995
Sep
12
44,664
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, 2014.
Regulation
2:58
149 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
3:58
13 of them
Longest
4:39
2014-05-13, 12 inn
Shortest
2:03
2014-06-13
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
3:03
3:00
2:03
4:53
Regulation
149
2:58
2:58
2:03
3:55
Extra innings
13
3:58
3:55
3:11
4:53
Home
81
3:05
3:02
2:03
4:39
Road
81
3:01
2:57
2:12
4:53
Day
55
2:57
2:56
2:12
3:44
Night
107
3:06
3:01
2:03
4:53
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:12
May
15
3:08
Jun
13
2:45
Jul
12
3:09
Aug
17
3:06
Sep
12
3:08
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 +16 run differential implies .512. That is about 7 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
