National League Central · 2018
St. Louis Cardinals
- Team WAR
- 36.1 21.5 bat / 14.6 pitch
- Win %
- .543 pyth .543
- Run diff
- +68 4.69 / 4.27 per g
- wRC+
- 105
- ERA
- 3.84 FIP 3.95
- Home runs
- 207
The St. Louis Cardinals went 88-74 in 2018, a .543 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 759 runs and allowed 691, a run differential of +68. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.84 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Matt Carpenter led the position players at 4.9 WAR, and Miles Mikolas the rotation at a 2.83 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,405 team hits
Batting
35 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Matt Carpenter | 1B | 156 | 677 | 145 | 36 | 81 | 4 | .257 | .374 | .523 | .380 | 146 | 4.9 |
| Tommy Pham | CF | 136 | 570 | 136 | 21 | 63 | 15 | .275 | .367 | .464 | .363 | 134 | 3.9 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 123 | 503 | 120 | 20 | 74 | 4 | .261 | .314 | .436 | .325 | 107 | 2.9 |
| José A. Martínez | 1B | 152 | 590 | 163 | 17 | 83 | 0 | .305 | .364 | .457 | .359 | 131 | 2.7 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 114 | 490 | 105 | 19 | 68 | 1 | .241 | .313 | .433 | .324 | 106 | 2.5 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 3B | 117 | 402 | 92 | 11 | 47 | 2 | .262 | .346 | .416 | .336 | 115 | 2.1 |
| Marcell Ozuna | LF | 148 | 628 | 163 | 23 | 88 | 3 | .280 | .325 | .433 | .329 | 110 | 1.9 |
| Harrison Bader | CF | 128 | 427 | 100 | 12 | 37 | 15 | .264 | .334 | .422 | .330 | 110 | 1.9 |
| Kolten Wong | 2B | 119 | 407 | 88 | 9 | 38 | 6 | .249 | .332 | .388 | .318 | 102 | 1.4 |
| Yairo Muñoz | SS | 103 | 329 | 81 | 8 | 42 | 5 | .276 | .350 | .413 | .329 | 110 | 1.4 |
| Tyler O'Neill | LF | 56 | 142 | 33 | 9 | 23 | 2 | .254 | .303 | .500 | .342 | 119 | 0.6 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 29 | 58 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | .260 | .362 | .520 | .382 | 147 | 0.4 |
| Mike Mayers | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .353 | 127 | 0.0 |
| Greg Garcia | 2B | 104 | 208 | 40 | 3 | 15 | 3 | .221 | .309 | .304 | .278 | 74 | -0.0 |
| Edmundo Sosa | PH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .235 | 44 | -0.0 |
| Chasen Shreve | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Matt Bowman | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Dakota Hudson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Jordan Hicks | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Alex Reyes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Steven Baron | C | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Carlos Martinez | P | 19 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .242 | .235 | .394 | .264 | 64 | -0.0 |
| John Brebbia | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Ponce de Leon | P | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .333 | .191 | 12 | -0.1 |
| Austin Gomber | P | 10 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .206 | 23 | -0.1 |
| Adam Wainwright | P | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .080 | -66 | -0.2 |
| Adolis García | RF | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .176 | .127 | -33 | -0.2 |
| Carson Kelly | C | 15 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .114 | .205 | .114 | .163 | -8 | -0.3 |
| John Gant | P | 21 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .065 | .065 | .258 | .132 | -30 | -0.4 |
| Francisco Peña | C | 51 | 142 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .203 | .239 | .271 | .216 | 30 | -0.4 |
| Luke Weaver | P | 26 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .158 | .179 | .158 | .153 | -15 | -0.5 |
| Michael Wacha | P | 15 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .095 | -56 | -0.5 |
| Jack Flaherty | P | 26 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .188 | .152 | .158 | -11 | -0.5 |
| Miles Mikolas | P | 32 | 71 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .143 | .167 | .254 | .182 | 6 | -0.6 |
| Dexter Fowler | RF | 90 | 334 | 52 | 8 | 31 | 5 | .180 | .278 | .298 | .263 | 63 | -0.8 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Miles Mikolas | 32 | 32 | 200.2 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 146 | 2.83 | 3.28 | 1.07 | 6.5 | 4.0 |
| Jack Flaherty | 28 | 28 | 151.0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 182 | 3.34 | 3.86 | 1.11 | 10.8 | 2.0 |
| Carlos Martinez | 33 | 18 | 118.2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 117 | 3.11 | 3.53 | 1.35 | 8.9 | 1.8 |
| John Gant | 26 | 19 | 114.0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 95 | 3.47 | 4.07 | 1.30 | 7.5 | 1.1 |
| John Brebbia | 45 | 0 | 50.2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 3.20 | 3.02 | 1.16 | 10.7 | 0.9 |
| Luke Weaver | 30 | 25 | 136.1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 121 | 4.95 | 4.45 | 1.50 | 8.0 | 0.8 |
| Michael Wacha | 15 | 15 | 84.1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 3.20 | 4.22 | 1.23 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
| Jordan Hicks | 73 | 0 | 77.2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 70 | 3.59 | 3.74 | 1.34 | 8.1 | 0.8 |
| Austin Gomber | 29 | 11 | 75.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 4.44 | 4.03 | 1.51 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| Daniel Ponce de Leon | 11 | 4 | 33.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 2.73 | 3.34 | 1.12 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| Greg Holland | 56 | 0 | 46.1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 4.66 | 3.83 | 1.62 | 9.1 | 0.4 |
| Bud Norris | 64 | 0 | 57.2 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 67 | 3.59 | 3.99 | 1.25 | 10.5 | 0.4 |
| Mike Mayers | 50 | 0 | 51.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 4.70 | 3.95 | 1.43 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Sam Tuivailala | 36 | 0 | 37.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 3.41 | 3.73 | 1.43 | 7.3 | 0.4 |
| Adam Wainwright | 8 | 8 | 40.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 4.46 | 4.28 | 1.46 | 8.9 | 0.4 |
| Dominic Leone | 30 | 0 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4.50 | 3.62 | 1.46 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
| Dakota Hudson | 26 | 0 | 27.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2.63 | 3.86 | 1.35 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
| Alex Reyes | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 4.41 | 1.25 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Greg Garcia | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Luke Gregerson | 17 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7.11 | 4.74 | 1.58 | 8.5 | -0.0 |
| Matt Bowman | 22 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6.26 | 4.73 | 1.74 | 10.2 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Lyons | 27 | 0 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8.64 | 5.02 | 1.92 | 10.3 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Sherriff | 5 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.35 | 5.98 | 1.76 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Webb | 22 | 0 | 20.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4.43 | 5.08 | 1.52 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 19.16 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Brett Cecil | 40 | 0 | 32.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6.89 | 6.28 | 1.96 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
St. Louis Cardinals are 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their +68 run differential implies .543. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.