National League Central · 2017
St. Louis Cardinals 2017
- Team WAR
- 43.6 25.1 bat / 18.5 pitch
- Win %
- .512 pyth .535
- Run diff
- +56 4.70 / 4.35 per g
- wRC+
- 106
- ERA
- 3.98 FIP 4.04
- Home runs
- 195
The St. Louis Cardinals went 83-79 in 2017, a .512 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 761 runs and allowed 705, a run differential of +56. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.98 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Tommy Pham led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Carlos Martinez the rotation at a 3.64 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
37 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Tommy Pham | LF | 128 | 530 | 136 | 23 | 73 | 25 | .306 | .411 | .520 | .403 | 158 | 4.8 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 108 | 443 | 119 | 25 | 65 | 1 | .285 | .325 | .532 | .362 | 130 | 3.4 |
| Matt Carpenter | 1B | 144 | 622 | 120 | 23 | 69 | 2 | .241 | .384 | .451 | .366 | 133 | 3.4 |
| Dexter Fowler | CF | 118 | 491 | 111 | 18 | 64 | 7 | .264 | .363 | .488 | .363 | 130 | 3.3 |
| Kolten Wong | 2B | 103 | 410 | 101 | 4 | 42 | 8 | .285 | .376 | .412 | .340 | 114 | 2.4 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 3B | 125 | 481 | 116 | 20 | 67 | 6 | .272 | .341 | .472 | .348 | 120 | 2.3 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 136 | 543 | 137 | 18 | 82 | 9 | .273 | .312 | .439 | .318 | 99 | 2.2 |
| José A. Martínez | 1B | 105 | 307 | 84 | 14 | 46 | 4 | .309 | .379 | .518 | .383 | 144 | 2.1 |
| Randal Grichuk | LF | 121 | 442 | 98 | 22 | 59 | 6 | .238 | .285 | .473 | .319 | 100 | 0.9 |
| Greg Garcia | 3B | 126 | 290 | 61 | 2 | 20 | 2 | .253 | .365 | .332 | .320 | 100 | 0.8 |
| Adam Wainwright | P | 24 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .262 | .279 | .452 | .311 | 94 | 0.6 |
| Aledmys Díaz | SS | 77 | 301 | 74 | 7 | 20 | 4 | .259 | .290 | .392 | .294 | 81 | 0.4 |
| Carlos Martinez | P | 29 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .177 | .203 | .226 | .191 | 9 | 0.3 |
| Stephen Piscotty | RF | 106 | 401 | 80 | 9 | 39 | 3 | .235 | .342 | .367 | .316 | 98 | 0.2 |
| Mike Leake | P | 26 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .170 | .220 | .191 | .190 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Luke Voit | 1B | 59 | 124 | 28 | 4 | 18 | 0 | .246 | .306 | .430 | .320 | 100 | 0.1 |
| Marco Gonzales | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .437 | 183 | 0.1 |
| Luke Weaver | P | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .167 | -8 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Lyons | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .355 | 125 | 0.0 |
| Chad Huffman | PH | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .333 | .429 | .330 | 107 | 0.0 |
| Magneuris Sierra | CF | 19 | 64 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .317 | .359 | .317 | .304 | 89 | 0.0 |
| Matt Bowman | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Juan Nicasio | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Miguel Socolovich | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| John Brebbia | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Brett Cecil | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Harrison Bader | CF | 30 | 92 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 2 | .235 | .283 | .376 | .281 | 73 | -0.0 |
| John Gant | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Jack Flaherty | P | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Alberto Rosario | PH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Breyvic Valera | 2B | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .144 | -24 | -0.1 |
| Lance Lynn | P | 30 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .107 | .111 | .102 | -54 | -0.2 |
| Eric Fryer | C | 33 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .155 | .277 | .197 | .233 | 39 | -0.3 |
| Carson Kelly | C | 34 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .174 | .240 | .217 | .213 | 24 | -0.4 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 3B | 21 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .259 | .204 | .215 | 26 | -0.4 |
| Michael Wacha | P | 28 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .043 | .063 | .043 | .051 | -90 | -0.4 |
| Alex D. Mejia | 3B | 24 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .109 | .146 | .174 | .144 | -24 | -0.6 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Martinez | 32 | 32 | 205.0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 217 | 3.64 | 3.91 | 1.22 | 9.5 | 3.3 |
| Michael Wacha | 30 | 30 | 165.2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 158 | 4.13 | 3.63 | 1.36 | 8.6 | 3.2 |
| Mike Leake | 31 | 31 | 186.0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 130 | 3.92 | 3.90 | 1.28 | 6.3 | 3.0 |
| Adam Wainwright | 24 | 23 | 123.1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 5.11 | 4.29 | 1.50 | 7.0 | 1.4 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | 50 | 0 | 47.2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 76 | 3.40 | 2.17 | 1.20 | 14.3 | 1.4 |
| Luke Weaver | 13 | 10 | 60.1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 3.88 | 3.17 | 1.26 | 10.7 | 1.4 |
| Tyler Lyons | 50 | 0 | 54.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 2.83 | 2.86 | 1.09 | 11.3 | 1.2 |
| Brett Cecil | 73 | 0 | 67.1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 3.88 | 3.26 | 1.23 | 8.8 | 1.2 |
| Lance Lynn | 33 | 33 | 186.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 3.43 | 4.82 | 1.23 | 7.4 | 1.1 |
| Matt Bowman | 75 | 0 | 58.2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 3.99 | 3.65 | 1.19 | 7.1 | 0.8 |
| Sam Tuivailala | 37 | 0 | 42.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 2.55 | 3.70 | 1.09 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
| John Brebbia | 50 | 0 | 51.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2.44 | 4.13 | 0.93 | 8.9 | 0.4 |
| Seunghwan Oh | 62 | 0 | 59.1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 54 | 4.10 | 4.44 | 1.40 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| Kevin Siegrist | 46 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 4.81 | 4.38 | 1.55 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Sherriff | 13 | 0 | 14.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3.14 | 3.93 | 1.19 | 9.4 | 0.1 |
| Jack Flaherty | 6 | 5 | 21.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6.33 | 5.27 | 1.55 | 8.4 | -0.0 |
| Jonathan Broxton | 20 | 0 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.89 | 4.88 | 2.17 | 9.2 | -0.0 |
| Zach Duke | 27 | 0 | 18.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3.93 | 5.28 | 1.04 | 5.9 | -0.1 |
| Sandy Alcantara | 8 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.32 | 6.04 | 1.80 | 10.8 | -0.1 |
| Miguel Socolovich | 15 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8.68 | 5.41 | 1.66 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Josh Lucas | 5 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.68 | 6.84 | 1.50 | 8.6 | -0.2 |
| Mike Mayers | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11.57 | 10.01 | 2.57 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| John Gant | 7 | 2 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4.67 | 6.79 | 1.56 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2017.
- Average
- 42,567 81 home dates
- Median
- 42,516
- Total
- 3,447,937
- Best
- 48,052 2017-07-29
- Quietest
- 36,250 2017-05-04
- On the road
- 31,325 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 42,567 | 42,516 | 36,250 | 48,052 |
| Night | 55 | 42,067 | 41,706 | 36,250 | 48,052 |
| Day | 26 | 43,626 | 44,254 | 37,780 | 47,925 |
| Weekend | 39 | 44,471 | 44,534 | 40,050 | 48,052 |
| Weekday | 42 | 40,799 | 40,193 | 36,250 | 46,760 |
| On the road | 81 | 31,325 | 31,499 | 2,596 | 48,372 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 43,021 |
| May | 14 | 43,047 |
| Jun | 13 | 43,359 |
| Jul | 16 | 41,668 |
| Aug | 11 | 41,885 |
| Sep | 12 | 42,258 |
| Oct | 1 | 44,787 |
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, 2017.
- Regulation
- 3:01 148 games
- All games
- 3:04
- Extra innings
- 3:36 14 of them
- Longest
- 4:20 2017-05-17, 13 inn
- Shortest
- 2:14 2017-04-17
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:04 | 3:02 | 2:14 | 4:20 |
| Regulation | 148 | 3:01 | 3:00 | 2:14 | 3:55 |
| Extra innings | 14 | 3:36 | 3:32 | 2:58 | 4:20 |
| Home | 81 | 3:03 | 3:04 | 2:14 | 4:20 |
| Road | 81 | 3:04 | 3:01 | 2:21 | 4:06 |
| Day | 53 | 2:58 | 2:58 | 2:21 | 4:06 |
| Night | 109 | 3:06 | 3:04 | 2:14 | 4:20 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 2:59 |
| May | 14 | 3:11 |
| Jun | 13 | 3:01 |
| Jul | 16 | 3:03 |
| Aug | 11 | 3:09 |
| Sep | 12 | 3:01 |
| Oct | 1 | 2:24 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +56 run differential implies .535. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.