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.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 17.5 games back. They were as far as 19 games back on September 26. Their best month was July at 16-11, their worst June at 12-13. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 8 to June 12 and a 5-game losing streak from June 14 to June 19. They were 38-43 at home and 48-33 on the road, 24-23 in one-run games and 24-35 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-3 against the Reds on April 15; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 against the Reds on September 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
12
.500
142
103
+39
May
16
13
.552
150
135
+15
June
12
13
.480
114
96
+18
July
16
11
.593
127
110
+17
August
14
13
.519
117
127
-10
Sept/Oct
16
14
.533
129
141
-12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
48-33
.593
One-run games
24-23
.511
Extra innings
4-3
.571
Within the division
42-34
.553
Against .500+ clubs
24-35
.407
Decided by 5+ runs
33-20
.623
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League Central standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2016. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
3:01
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
