National League Central · 2016
St. Louis Cardinals 2016
- Team WAR
- 45.0 27.2 bat / 17.8 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. Matt Carpenter led the position players at 4.2 WAR, and Carlos Martinez the rotation at a 3.04 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
34 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Matt Carpenter | 3B | 129 | 566 | 128 | 21 | 68 | 0 | .271 | .380 | .505 | .380 | 143 | 4.2 |
| Aledmys Díaz | SS | 111 | 460 | 121 | 17 | 65 | 4 | .300 | .369 | .510 | .374 | 139 | 3.9 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 146 | 581 | 164 | 8 | 58 | 3 | .307 | .360 | .427 | .344 | 118 | 3.4 |
| Stephen Piscotty | RF | 152 | 649 | 159 | 22 | 85 | 7 | .273 | .343 | .457 | .349 | 121 | 2.6 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 3B | 128 | 438 | 97 | 30 | 59 | 0 | .242 | .306 | .495 | .344 | 118 | 2.3 |
| Randal Grichuk | CF | 132 | 478 | 107 | 24 | 68 | 5 | .240 | .289 | .480 | .330 | 108 | 1.8 |
| Greg Garcia | SS | 95 | 257 | 59 | 3 | 17 | 1 | .276 | .393 | .369 | .341 | 116 | 1.5 |
| Matt Holliday | LF | 109 | 426 | 94 | 20 | 62 | 0 | .246 | .322 | .461 | .340 | 115 | 1.4 |
| Brandon Moss | 1B | 127 | 464 | 93 | 28 | 67 | 1 | .225 | .300 | .484 | .334 | 111 | 1.2 |
| Kolten Wong | 2B | 115 | 361 | 75 | 5 | 23 | 7 | .240 | .327 | .355 | .302 | 89 | 1.1 |
| Jeremy Hazelbaker | LF | 100 | 224 | 47 | 12 | 28 | 5 | .235 | .295 | .480 | .329 | 107 | 0.9 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 3B | 82 | 313 | 75 | 8 | 29 | 0 | .260 | .307 | .408 | .311 | 95 | 0.8 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 115 | 327 | 74 | 16 | 54 | 0 | .249 | .309 | .471 | .335 | 112 | 0.8 |
| Adam Wainwright | P | 32 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 0 | .210 | .234 | .452 | .291 | 81 | 0.8 |
| Tommy Pham | CF | 67 | 183 | 36 | 9 | 17 | 2 | .226 | .324 | .440 | .334 | 111 | 0.7 |
| Carlos Martinez | P | 30 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .237 | .246 | .254 | .220 | 32 | 0.4 |
| José A. Martínez | LF | 12 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .438 | .500 | .500 | .440 | 184 | 0.2 |
| Luke Weaver | P | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .385 | .337 | 113 | 0.2 |
| Jaime García | P | 25 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .171 | .205 | .171 | .171 | -2 | 0.1 |
| Mike Leake | P | 28 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .143 | .192 | .163 | .166 | -5 | 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 |
| Brayan Peña | C | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .231 | .203 | 20 | -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 |
| Tyler Lyons | P | 3 | 4 | 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 |
| Alex Reyes | P | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .063 | -77 | -0.1 |
| Rubén Tejada | 3B | 32 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .167 | .247 | .242 | .223 | 34 | -0.2 |
| Alberto Rosario | C | 18 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .184 | .225 | .237 | .208 | 24 | -0.3 |
| Michael Wacha | P | 23 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .026 | .095 | .026 | .071 | -71 | -0.3 |
Pitching
20 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Martinez | 31 | 31 | 195.1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 174 | 3.04 | 3.61 | 1.22 | 8.0 | 3.5 |
| Adam Wainwright | 33 | 33 | 198.2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 161 | 4.62 | 3.93 | 1.40 | 7.3 | 2.8 |
| Mike Leake | 30 | 30 | 176.2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 125 | 4.69 | 3.83 | 1.32 | 6.4 | 2.7 |
| Seunghwan Oh | 76 | 0 | 79.2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 103 | 1.92 | 2.13 | 0.92 | 11.6 | 2.3 |
| Michael Wacha | 27 | 24 | 138.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 114 | 5.09 | 3.91 | 1.48 | 7.4 | 1.9 |
| Jaime García | 32 | 30 | 171.2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 150 | 4.67 | 4.49 | 1.37 | 7.9 | 1.3 |
| Alex Reyes | 12 | 5 | 46.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 1.57 | 2.67 | 1.22 | 10.2 | 1.2 |
| Matt Bowman | 59 | 0 | 67.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 3.46 | 3.31 | 1.17 | 6.9 | 1.1 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 42,525 81 home dates
- Median
- 42,693
- Total
- 3,444,490
- Best
- 47,608 2016-04-11
- Quietest
- 34,286 2016-09-27
- On the road
- 31,093 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 42,525 | 42,693 | 34,286 | 47,608 |
| Night | 54 | 42,137 | 42,473 | 34,286 | 45,477 |
| Day | 27 | 43,300 | 43,046 | 40,168 | 47,608 |
| Weekend | 39 | 43,490 | 43,301 | 40,221 | 46,268 |
| Weekday | 42 | 41,628 | 41,277 | 34,286 | 47,608 |
| On the road | 80 | 31,093 | 30,730 | 14,890 | 51,350 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 11 | 44,072 |
| May | 17 | 42,864 |
| Jun | 10 | 44,143 |
| Jul | 17 | 41,944 |
| Aug | 12 | 41,319 |
| Sep | 12 | 41,064 |
| Oct | 2 | 43,972 |
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, 2016.
- Regulation
- 2:58 155 games
- All games
- 3:01
- Extra innings
- 4:03 7 of them
- Longest
- 5:10 2016-07-22, 16 inn
- Shortest
- 2:17 2016-09-12
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:01 | 2:59 | 2:17 | 5:10 |
| Regulation | 155 | 2:58 | 2:57 | 2:17 | 3:56 |
| Extra innings | 7 | 4:03 | 3:55 | 3:08 | 5:10 |
| Home | 81 | 2:59 | 2:55 | 2:17 | 5:10 |
| Road | 81 | 3:03 | 3:00 | 2:20 | 4:16 |
| Day | 50 | 3:00 | 2:59 | 2:20 | 3:55 |
| Night | 112 | 3:02 | 3:00 | 2:17 | 5:10 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 11 | 2:50 |
| May | 17 | 3:02 |
| Jun | 10 | 2:59 |
| Jul | 17 | 3:11 |
| Aug | 12 | 2:56 |
| Sep | 12 | 2:48 |
| Oct | 2 | 3:12 |
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.
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.