National League Central · 2016
St. Louis Cardinals
- Team WAR
- 40.3 24.0 bat / 16.3 pitch
- Win %
- .531 pyth .541
- Run diff
- +67 4.81 / 4.40 per g
- wRC+
- 109
- ERA
- 4.11 FIP 3.90
- Home runs
- 225
The St. Louis Cardinals went 86-76 in 2016, a .531 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 779 runs and allowed 712, a run differential of +67. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.11 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — the third best in MLB. Yadier Molina led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Carlos Martinez the rotation at a 3.04 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,406 team hits
Batting
34 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Yadier Molina | C | 146 | 581 | 164 | 8 | 58 | 3 | .307 | .360 | .427 | .344 | 118 | 4.1 |
| Matt Carpenter | 3B | 129 | 566 | 128 | 21 | 68 | 0 | .271 | .380 | .505 | .380 | 143 | 4.1 |
| Aledmys Díaz | SS | 111 | 460 | 121 | 17 | 65 | 4 | .300 | .369 | .510 | .374 | 139 | 3.9 |
| Stephen Piscotty | RF | 152 | 649 | 159 | 22 | 85 | 7 | .273 | .343 | .457 | .349 | 121 | 2.7 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 3B | 128 | 438 | 97 | 30 | 59 | 0 | .242 | .306 | .495 | .344 | 118 | 2.4 |
| Randal Grichuk | CF | 132 | 478 | 107 | 24 | 68 | 5 | .240 | .289 | .480 | .330 | 108 | 2.0 |
| Matt Holliday | LF | 109 | 426 | 94 | 20 | 62 | 0 | .246 | .322 | .461 | .340 | 115 | 1.4 |
| Greg Garcia | SS | 95 | 257 | 59 | 3 | 17 | 1 | .276 | .393 | .369 | .341 | 116 | 1.3 |
| Brandon Moss | 1B | 127 | 464 | 93 | 28 | 67 | 1 | .225 | .300 | .484 | .334 | 111 | 1.2 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 3B | 82 | 313 | 75 | 8 | 29 | 0 | .260 | .307 | .408 | .311 | 95 | 0.9 |
| Kolten Wong | 2B | 115 | 361 | 75 | 5 | 23 | 7 | .240 | .327 | .355 | .302 | 89 | 0.8 |
| Tommy Pham | CF | 67 | 183 | 36 | 9 | 17 | 2 | .226 | .324 | .440 | .334 | 111 | 0.7 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 115 | 327 | 74 | 16 | 54 | 0 | .249 | .309 | .471 | .335 | 112 | 0.7 |
| Jeremy Hazelbaker | LF | 100 | 224 | 47 | 12 | 28 | 5 | .235 | .295 | .480 | .329 | 107 | 0.6 |
| José A. Martínez | LF | 12 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .438 | .500 | .500 | .440 | 184 | 0.2 |
| Adam Wainwright | P | 32 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 0 | .210 | .234 | .452 | .291 | 81 | 0.1 |
| Luke Weaver | P | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .385 | .337 | 113 | 0.1 |
| Dean Kiekhefer | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Seth Maness | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Jerome Williams | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Matt Bowman | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Seunghwan Oh | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Michael McKenry | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Carson Kelly | C | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .231 | .205 | 22 | -0.1 |
| Brayan Peña | C | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .231 | .203 | 20 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Lyons | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Alberto Rosario | C | 18 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .184 | .225 | .237 | .208 | 24 | -0.2 |
| Alex Reyes | P | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .063 | -77 | -0.3 |
| Carlos Martinez | P | 30 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .237 | .246 | .254 | .220 | 32 | -0.3 |
| Rubén Tejada | 3B | 32 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .167 | .247 | .242 | .223 | 34 | -0.3 |
| Jaime García | P | 25 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .171 | .205 | .171 | .171 | -2 | -0.4 |
| Mike Leake | P | 28 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .143 | .192 | .163 | .166 | -5 | -0.5 |
| Michael Wacha | P | 23 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .026 | .095 | .026 | .071 | -71 | -0.8 |
Pitching
20 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Martinez | 31 | 31 | 195.1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 174 | 3.04 | 3.61 | 1.22 | 8.0 | 3.2 |
| Adam Wainwright | 33 | 33 | 198.2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 161 | 4.62 | 3.93 | 1.40 | 7.3 | 2.6 |
| Mike Leake | 30 | 30 | 176.2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 125 | 4.69 | 3.83 | 1.32 | 6.4 | 2.5 |
| Seunghwan Oh | 76 | 0 | 79.2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 103 | 1.92 | 2.13 | 0.92 | 11.6 | 2.2 |
| Michael Wacha | 27 | 24 | 138.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 114 | 5.09 | 3.91 | 1.48 | 7.4 | 1.7 |
| Alex Reyes | 12 | 5 | 46.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 1.57 | 2.67 | 1.22 | 10.2 | 1.1 |
| Jaime García | 32 | 30 | 171.2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 150 | 4.67 | 4.49 | 1.37 | 7.9 | 1.1 |
| Matt Bowman | 59 | 0 | 67.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 3.46 | 3.31 | 1.17 | 6.9 | 1.0 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | 45 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 56 | 4.46 | 3.72 | 1.91 | 12.5 | 0.4 |
| Jonathan Broxton | 66 | 0 | 60.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 1.25 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Seth Maness | 29 | 0 | 31.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3.41 | 3.71 | 1.33 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| Luke Weaver | 9 | 8 | 36.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 5.70 | 4.33 | 1.60 | 11.1 | 0.3 |
| Miguel Socolovich | 15 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.00 | 3.65 | 0.56 | 8.0 | 0.2 |
| Kevin Siegrist | 67 | 0 | 61.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 2.77 | 4.43 | 1.10 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
| Dean Kiekhefer | 26 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5.32 | 4.28 | 1.41 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Lyons | 30 | 0 | 48.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3.38 | 4.54 | 1.02 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Sam Tuivailala | 12 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.00 | 4.26 | 2.00 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Rubén Tejada | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 29.15 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Jerome Williams | 11 | 0 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.71 | 6.61 | 1.62 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Mike Mayers | 4 | 1 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27.00 | 11.96 | 3.56 | 3.4 | -0.4 |
Record versus run differential
St. Louis Cardinals are 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +67 run differential implies .541. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.