The St. Louis Cardinals went 91-71 in 2019, a .562 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 764 runs and allowed 662, a run differential of +102. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.81 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. Kolten Wong led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Jack Flaherty the rotation at a 2.75 ERA.
The 2019 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL Central, 2 games clear. They spent 68 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 4.5 games on September 8 and were as far as 5.5 games back on June 9. Their best month was August at 18-9, their worst May at 9-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 21 to July 26 and a 5-game losing streak from June 23 to June 29. They were 50-31 at home and 41-40 on the road, 25-22 in one-run games and 42-42 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-4 against the Pirates on May 9; the heaviest defeat, 12-1 against the Reds on April 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
19
10
.655
158
126
+32
May
9
18
.333
116
133
-17
June
13
13
.500
92
108
-16
July
16
9
.640
117
98
+19
August
18
9
.667
141
91
+50
Sept/Oct
16
12
.571
140
106
+34
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
25-22
.532
Extra innings
8-4
.667
Within the division
46-30
.605
Against .500+ clubs
42-42
.500
Decided by 5+ runs
26-17
.605
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League Central standings, 2019
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2019. 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
42,968
43,750
35,819
48,555
Night
53
42,562
42,757
35,819
48,423
Day
28
43,737
44,269
36,800
48,555
Weekend
43
45,018
45,152
38,665
48,555
Weekday
38
40,648
40,691
35,819
46,811
On the road
81
29,447
30,260
6,308
53,070
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
41,156
May
13
43,151
Jun
13
43,895
Jul
11
44,664
Aug
13
42,552
Sep
15
43,054
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 161 completed games, 2019.
Regulation
3:05
149 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
4:07
12 of them
Longest
4:31
2019-06-20, 11 inn
Shortest
2:11
2019-09-03
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
161
3:10
3:04
2:11
6:53
Regulation
149
3:05
3:02
2:11
4:24
Extra innings
12
4:07
3:53
3:02
6:53
Home
80
3:06
3:01
2:11
4:31
Road
81
3:14
3:05
2:19
6:53
Day
56
3:07
3:01
2:19
4:50
Night
105
3:12
3:04
2:11
6:53
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
3:02
May
13
3:06
Jun
13
3:11
Jul
11
3:06
Aug
12
3:05
Sep
15
3:09
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 91-71, a .562 win rate, while their +102 run differential implies .565. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
