National League Central · 2019
St. Louis Cardinals
- Team WAR
- 29.4 15.3 bat / 14.2 pitch
- Win %
- .562 pyth .565
- Run diff
- +102 4.72 / 4.09 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 3.81 FIP 4.27
- Home runs
- 210
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. Paul DeJong led the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Jack Flaherty the rotation at a 2.75 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,341 team hits
Batting
35 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Paul DeJong | SS | 159 | 664 | 136 | 30 | 78 | 9 | .233 | .318 | .444 | .325 | 104 | 2.9 |
| Kolten Wong | 2B | 145 | 549 | 136 | 11 | 59 | 24 | .285 | .361 | .423 | .337 | 112 | 2.8 |
| Tommy Edman | 3B | 92 | 349 | 99 | 11 | 36 | 15 | .304 | .350 | .500 | .359 | 128 | 2.4 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 160 | 682 | 155 | 34 | 97 | 3 | .260 | .346 | .476 | .349 | 121 | 2.2 |
| Marcell Ozuna | LF | 130 | 549 | 117 | 29 | 89 | 12 | .241 | .328 | .472 | .339 | 114 | 1.9 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 112 | 452 | 113 | 10 | 57 | 6 | .270 | .312 | .399 | .304 | 90 | 1.6 |
| Dexter Fowler | RF | 148 | 574 | 116 | 19 | 67 | 8 | .238 | .346 | .409 | .329 | 107 | 1.5 |
| Matt Carpenter | 3B | 129 | 492 | 94 | 15 | 46 | 6 | .226 | .334 | .392 | .318 | 100 | 1.5 |
| José A. Martínez | RF | 128 | 373 | 90 | 10 | 42 | 3 | .269 | .340 | .410 | .326 | 105 | 0.7 |
| Harrison Bader | CF | 127 | 406 | 71 | 12 | 39 | 11 | .205 | .314 | .366 | .297 | 84 | 0.6 |
| Lane Thomas | CF | 26 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 1 | .316 | .409 | .684 | .450 | 191 | 0.5 |
| Matt Wieters | C | 64 | 183 | 36 | 11 | 27 | 1 | .214 | .268 | .435 | .295 | 83 | 0.4 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 18 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .226 | .293 | .377 | .291 | 81 | 0.2 |
| Randy Arozarena | CF | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .300 | .391 | .500 | .383 | 144 | 0.2 |
| Tyler O'Neill | LF | 58 | 151 | 37 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .262 | .311 | .411 | .310 | 94 | 0.1 |
| John Brebbia | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .872 | 484 | 0.0 |
| Edmundo Sosa | 2B | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .319 | 100 | 0.0 |
| Chasen Shreve | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .712 | 373 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Helsley | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .291 | 80 | 0.0 |
| Carlos Martinez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Mike Mayers | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Joe Hudson | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Yairo Muñoz | 3B | 81 | 181 | 46 | 2 | 13 | 8 | .267 | .298 | .355 | .282 | 74 | -0.0 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| John Gant | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Génesis Cabrera | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Drew Robinson | PH | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .125 | -35 | -0.1 |
| Rangel Ravelo | 1B | 28 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .205 | .256 | .410 | .278 | 71 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Ponce de Leon | P | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .071 | -73 | -0.2 |
| Michael Wacha | P | 22 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .194 | .155 | -14 | -0.4 |
| Jack Flaherty | P | 30 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .185 | .211 | .241 | .196 | 14 | -0.5 |
| Adam Wainwright | P | 29 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .160 | .189 | .220 | .178 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 3B | 58 | 101 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .174 | .248 | .250 | .226 | 35 | -0.5 |
| Miles Mikolas | P | 31 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .153 | .124 | -36 | -0.8 |
| Dakota Hudson | P | 28 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .078 | .096 | .078 | .081 | -66 | -1.0 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jack Flaherty | 33 | 33 | 196.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 231 | 2.75 | 3.46 | 0.97 | 10.6 | 3.9 |
| Miles Mikolas | 32 | 32 | 184.0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 144 | 4.16 | 4.27 | 1.22 | 7.0 | 2.2 |
| Adam Wainwright | 31 | 31 | 171.2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 153 | 4.19 | 4.36 | 1.43 | 8.0 | 1.9 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 66 | 0 | 74.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 2.31 | 3.05 | 0.81 | 11.3 | 1.5 |
| John Brebbia | 66 | 0 | 72.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 3.59 | 3.13 | 1.18 | 10.8 | 1.4 |
| Carlos Martinez | 48 | 0 | 48.1 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 53 | 3.17 | 2.86 | 1.18 | 9.9 | 1.0 |
| John Gant | 64 | 0 | 66.1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 3.66 | 3.73 | 1.28 | 8.1 | 0.8 |
| Dakota Hudson | 33 | 32 | 174.2 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 136 | 3.35 | 4.93 | 1.41 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
| Jordan Hicks | 29 | 0 | 28.2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 3.14 | 3.21 | 0.94 | 9.7 | 0.5 |
| Daniel Ponce de Leon | 13 | 8 | 48.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 3.70 | 4.41 | 1.27 | 9.6 | 0.4 |
| Ryan Helsley | 24 | 0 | 36.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2.95 | 4.22 | 1.25 | 7.9 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Webb | 65 | 0 | 55.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 3.76 | 4.49 | 1.02 | 7.9 | 0.3 |
| Luke Gregerson | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.94 | 3.04 | 2.12 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| Génesis Cabrera | 13 | 2 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4.87 | 4.54 | 1.67 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | -2.79 | 0.00 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| Chasen Shreve | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 4.21 | 1.50 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Junior Fernández | 13 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5.40 | 5.27 | 1.29 | 12.3 | -0.0 |
| Mike Mayers | 16 | 0 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.63 | 5.48 | 1.68 | 7.6 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Miller | 73 | 0 | 54.2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 4.45 | 5.19 | 1.32 | 11.5 | -0.1 |
| Dominic Leone | 40 | 0 | 40.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 5.53 | 5.45 | 1.50 | 10.2 | -0.2 |
| Alex Reyes | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 12.88 | 2.67 | 3.0 | -0.2 |
| Michael Wacha | 29 | 24 | 126.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 104 | 4.76 | 5.61 | 1.56 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
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.