National League Central · 2015
St. Louis Cardinals
- Team WAR
- 39.5 18.5 bat / 21.0 pitch
- Win %
- .617 pyth .594
- Run diff
- +122 3.99 / 3.24 per g
- wRC+
- 100
- ERA
- 2.95 FIP 3.46
- Home runs
- 133
The St. Louis Cardinals went 100-62 in 2015, a .617 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 647 runs and allowed 525, a run differential of +122. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 2.95 staff ERA was the best. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% below league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Matt Carpenter led the position players at 5.9 WAR, and Carlos Martinez the rotation at a 3.01 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,353 team hits
Batting
36 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Matt Carpenter | 3B | 154 | 665 | 156 | 28 | 84 | 4 | .272 | .365 | .505 | .378 | 146 | 5.9 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 153 | 610 | 160 | 13 | 60 | 23 | .293 | .359 | .439 | .350 | 126 | 3.4 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 155 | 640 | 159 | 17 | 71 | 1 | .275 | .334 | .411 | .326 | 109 | 3.4 |
| Randal Grichuk | LF | 101 | 350 | 89 | 17 | 47 | 4 | .276 | .329 | .548 | .375 | 144 | 2.6 |
| Kolten Wong | 2B | 150 | 613 | 146 | 11 | 61 | 15 | .262 | .321 | .386 | .313 | 99 | 2.2 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 135 | 530 | 132 | 4 | 61 | 3 | .270 | .310 | .350 | .290 | 83 | 1.8 |
| Stephen Piscotty | LF | 63 | 256 | 71 | 7 | 39 | 2 | .305 | .359 | .494 | .368 | 139 | 1.6 |
| Matt Holliday | LF | 73 | 277 | 64 | 4 | 35 | 2 | .279 | .394 | .410 | .356 | 130 | 1.5 |
| Tommy Pham | CF | 50 | 173 | 41 | 5 | 18 | 2 | .268 | .347 | .477 | .357 | 131 | 1.2 |
| Mark Reynolds | 1B | 137 | 432 | 88 | 13 | 48 | 2 | .230 | .315 | .398 | .316 | 101 | 0.6 |
| Greg Garcia | 2B | 47 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .240 | .337 | .387 | .322 | 106 | 0.3 |
| Cody Stanley | PH | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .500 | .392 | 156 | 0.1 |
| Randy Choate | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .712 | 386 | 0.0 |
| Travis Tartamella | C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .441 | 191 | 0.0 |
| Tim Cooney | P | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .304 | 93 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Mitch Harris | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Miguel Socolovich | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Dean Anna | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Seth Maness | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Lyons | P | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .278 | .188 | .226 | 37 | -0.1 |
| Xavier Scruggs | 1B | 17 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .262 | .279 | .310 | .261 | 62 | -0.1 |
| Ed Easley | C | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.2 |
| Dan Johnson | 1B | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .158 | .238 | .158 | .194 | 14 | -0.2 |
| Peter Bourjos | CF | 101 | 225 | 39 | 4 | 13 | 5 | .200 | .290 | .333 | .275 | 72 | -0.2 |
| Tony Cruz | C | 66 | 151 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .204 | .235 | .310 | .240 | 47 | -0.2 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 60 | 186 | 42 | 5 | 24 | 1 | .240 | .280 | .377 | .286 | 80 | -0.2 |
| Adam Wainwright | P | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.2 |
| Carlos Villanueva | P | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.3 |
| Michael Wacha | P | 27 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .154 | .214 | .173 | .184 | 7 | -0.5 |
| Lance Lynn | P | 26 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .157 | -13 | -0.5 |
| Jon Jay | CF | 77 | 245 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .210 | .306 | .257 | .256 | 58 | -0.6 |
| Jaime García | P | 19 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .098 | .140 | .098 | .115 | -43 | -0.6 |
| Carlos Martinez | P | 28 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .172 | .179 | .160 | -11 | -0.6 |
| John Lackey | P | 31 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .113 | .167 | .145 | .149 | -19 | -0.7 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 59 | 111 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .152 | .236 | .152 | .182 | 5 | -0.8 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Martinez | 31 | 29 | 179.2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 184 | 3.01 | 3.21 | 1.29 | 9.2 | 3.4 |
| John Lackey | 33 | 33 | 218.0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 175 | 2.77 | 3.56 | 1.21 | 7.2 | 3.3 |
| Lance Lynn | 31 | 31 | 175.1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 167 | 3.03 | 3.44 | 1.37 | 8.6 | 2.9 |
| Jaime García | 20 | 20 | 129.2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 2.43 | 3.00 | 1.05 | 6.7 | 2.8 |
| Michael Wacha | 30 | 30 | 181.1 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 153 | 3.38 | 3.87 | 1.21 | 7.6 | 2.1 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | 68 | 0 | 68.2 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 83 | 2.10 | 2.42 | 1.27 | 10.9 | 1.6 |
| Kevin Siegrist | 81 | 0 | 74.2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 90 | 2.17 | 2.91 | 1.17 | 10.8 | 1.3 |
| Adam Wainwright | 7 | 4 | 28.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1.61 | 2.13 | 1.04 | 6.4 | 0.8 |
| Miguel Socolovich | 28 | 0 | 29.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1.82 | 2.76 | 1.18 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
| Carlos Villanueva | 35 | 0 | 61.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 2.95 | 3.74 | 1.16 | 8.1 | 0.5 |
| Tim Cooney | 6 | 6 | 31.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.16 | 3.58 | 1.21 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| Seth Maness | 76 | 0 | 63.1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 4.26 | 3.78 | 1.42 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| Matt Belisle | 34 | 0 | 33.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2.67 | 3.64 | 1.46 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| Jordan Walden | 12 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0.87 | 1.97 | 1.06 | 10.5 | 0.3 |
| Randy Choate | 71 | 0 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3.95 | 3.68 | 1.24 | 7.2 | 0.2 |
| Sam Tuivailala | 14 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3.07 | 3.82 | 1.43 | 12.3 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Lyons | 17 | 8 | 60.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 3.75 | 4.53 | 1.23 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Marcus Hatley | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 4.63 | 2.25 | 13.5 | -0.0 |
| Marco Gonzales | 1 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 8.38 | 3.00 | 3.4 | -0.1 |
| Mitch Harris | 26 | 0 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3.67 | 5.39 | 1.59 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Nick Greenwood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Record versus run differential
St. Louis Cardinals are 100-62, a .617 win rate, while their +122 run differential implies .594. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.