National League Central · 2015
St. Louis Cardinals 2015
- Team WAR
- 43.9 22.1 bat / 21.8 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.
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 | 4.0 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 155 | 640 | 159 | 17 | 71 | 1 | .275 | .334 | .411 | .326 | 109 | 2.9 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 1.4 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 135 | 530 | 132 | 4 | 61 | 3 | .270 | .310 | .350 | .290 | 83 | 1.4 |
| 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 | 0.5 |
| Greg Garcia | 2B | 47 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .240 | .337 | .387 | .322 | 106 | 0.4 |
| Michael Wacha | P | 27 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .154 | .214 | .173 | .184 | 7 | 0.3 |
| Tim Cooney | P | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .304 | 93 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Lyons | P | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .278 | .188 | .226 | 37 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Lance Lynn | P | 26 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .157 | -13 | 0.0 |
| Carlos Martinez | P | 28 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .172 | .179 | .160 | -11 | 0.0 |
| Travis Tartamella | C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .441 | 191 | 0.0 |
| John Lackey | P | 31 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .113 | .167 | .145 | .149 | -19 | 0.0 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 60 | 186 | 42 | 5 | 24 | 1 | .240 | .280 | .377 | .286 | 80 | 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 |
| Jaime García | P | 19 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .098 | .140 | .098 | .115 | -43 | -0.1 |
| Adam Wainwright | P | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Carlos Villanueva | P | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Peter Bourjos | CF | 101 | 225 | 39 | 4 | 13 | 5 | .200 | .290 | .333 | .275 | 72 | -0.2 |
| Xavier Scruggs | 1B | 17 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .262 | .279 | .310 | .261 | 62 | -0.2 |
| 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 |
| Tony Cruz | C | 66 | 151 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .204 | .235 | .310 | .240 | 47 | -0.3 |
| Jon Jay | CF | 77 | 245 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .210 | .306 | .257 | .256 | 58 | -0.7 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 59 | 111 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .152 | .236 | .152 | .182 | 5 | -0.7 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Martinez | 31 | 29 | 179.2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 184 | 3.01 | 3.21 | 1.29 | 9.2 | 3.6 |
| John Lackey | 33 | 33 | 218.0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 175 | 2.77 | 3.56 | 1.21 | 7.2 | 3.5 |
| Lance Lynn | 31 | 31 | 175.1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 167 | 3.03 | 3.44 | 1.37 | 8.6 | 3.1 |
| Jaime García | 20 | 20 | 129.2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 2.43 | 3.00 | 1.05 | 6.7 | 2.9 |
| Michael Wacha | 30 | 30 | 181.1 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 153 | 3.38 | 3.87 | 1.21 | 7.6 | 2.2 |
| 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 | 0.9 |
| Miguel Socolovich | 28 | 0 | 29.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1.82 | 2.76 | 1.18 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
| Tim Cooney | 6 | 6 | 31.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.16 | 3.58 | 1.21 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| Carlos Villanueva | 35 | 0 | 61.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 2.95 | 3.74 | 1.16 | 8.1 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 43,468 81 home dates
- Median
- 43,654
- Total
- 3,520,889
- Best
- 47,875 2015-04-13
- Quietest
- 40,052 2015-04-27
- On the road
- 31,318 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 43,468 | 43,654 | 40,052 | 47,875 |
| Night | 58 | 43,215 | 43,050 | 40,052 | 47,330 |
| Day | 23 | 44,105 | 44,690 | 40,079 | 47,875 |
| Weekend | 38 | 44,726 | 45,039 | 40,742 | 47,330 |
| Weekday | 43 | 42,356 | 42,081 | 40,052 | 47,875 |
| On the road | 80 | 31,318 | 32,746 | 12,313 | 47,655 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 42,320 |
| May | 16 | 43,573 |
| Jun | 11 | 44,030 |
| Jul | 17 | 43,933 |
| Aug | 12 | 42,294 |
| Sep | 15 | 44,121 |
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 161 completed games, 2015.
- Regulation
- 2:53 145 games
- All games
- 3:00
- Extra innings
- 3:59 16 of them
- Longest
- 5:55 2015-07-19, 18 inn
- Shortest
- 2:02 2015-04-19
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:00 | 2:57 | 2:02 | 5:55 |
| Regulation | 145 | 2:53 | 2:55 | 2:02 | 3:50 |
| Extra innings | 16 | 3:59 | 3:49 | 3:14 | 5:55 |
| Home | 81 | 3:00 | 2:56 | 2:02 | 5:55 |
| Road | 80 | 3:00 | 2:59 | 2:14 | 5:04 |
| Day | 50 | 3:01 | 2:56 | 2:14 | 5:55 |
| Night | 111 | 3:00 | 2:58 | 2:02 | 5:04 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 2:41 |
| May | 16 | 3:16 |
| Jun | 11 | 2:50 |
| Jul | 17 | 3:04 |
| Aug | 12 | 2:54 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:01 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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.
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.