National League Central · 2020

St. Louis Cardinals 2020

30-282nd in the NL CentralBusch StadiumNational League Central National League

Team WAR: 8.4
Win %: .517
Run diff: +11
wRC+: 92
ERA: 3.92
Home runs: 51

The St. Louis Cardinals went 30-28 in 2020, a .517 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 240 runs and allowed 229, a run differential of +11. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.92 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Paul Goldschmidt led the position players at 1.9 WAR, and Adam Wainwright the rotation at a 3.15 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 3 games back. They spent 3 of 66 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on July 25 and were as far as 6 games back on September 17. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-15, their worst August at 11-10. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from September 18 to September 20 and a 4-game losing streak from August 27 to August 29. They were 15-15 at home and 15-13 on the road, 7-6 in one-run games and 15-15 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-2 at the Reds on September 1; the heaviest defeat, 18-3 at the Brewers on September 15.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	2	3	.400	18	19	-1
August	11	10	.524	89	82	+7
Sept/Oct	17	15	.531	133	128	+5

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	15-15	.500
Road	15-13	.536
One-run games	7-6	.538
Extra innings	1-3	.250
Within the division	22-18	.550
Against .500+ clubs	15-15	.500
Decided by 5+ runs	10-6	.625
Last 10	6-4	.600

National League Central standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

National League Central, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Chicago Cubs	34	26	.567	—	265	240	+25	12.4
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	.517	3	240	229	+11	8.4
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	.517	3	243	243	0	13.4
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	.483	5	247	264	-17	11.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	.317	15	219	298	-79	1.9

2020 St. Louis Cardinals roster

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.

Catchers 3

Yadier MolinaC · 42 G · 0.2 WAR
Matt WietersC · 17 G · -0.0 WAR
Andrew KniznerC · 7 G · -0.1 WAR

Infielders 7

Paul Goldschmidt1B · 58 G · 1.9 WAR
Kolten Wong2B · 52 G · 0.6 WAR
Tommy Edman3B · 55 G · 0.4 WAR
Paul DeJongSS · 45 G · 0.4 WAR
Matt Carpenter3B · 50 G · 0.1 WAR
John Nogowski1B · 1 G · -0.0 WAR
Max Schrock2B · 10 G · -0.0 WAR

Outfielders 7

Harrison BaderCF · 44 G · 0.7 WAR
Dexter FowlerRF · 31 G · 0.1 WAR
Austin DeanRF · 3 G · 0.1 WAR
Justin WilliamsRF · 3 G · -0.0 WAR
Dylan CarlsonRF · 35 G · -0.3 WAR
Tyler O'NeillLF · 48 G · -0.3 WAR
Lane ThomasRF · 15 G · -0.3 WAR

Designated hitters 2

Brad MillerDH · 48 G · 0.9 WAR
Rangel RaveloDH · 13 G · -0.2 WAR

Starting pitchers 7

Adam Wainwright10 GS · 1.1 WAR
Kwang Hyun Kim7 GS · 0.7 WAR
Jack Flaherty9 GS · 0.7 WAR
Dakota Hudson8 GS · 0.5 WAR
Johan Oviedo5 GS · 0.1 WAR
Daniel Ponce de Leon8 GS · -0.0 WAR
Carlos Martinez5 GS · -0.3 WAR

Relief pitchers 19

Austin Gomber14 G · 0.5 WAR
Giovanny Gallegos16 G · 0.5 WAR
John Gant17 G · 0.5 WAR
Alex Reyes15 G · 0.4 WAR
Andrew Miller16 G · 0.4 WAR
Tyler Webb21 G · 0.3 WAR
Rob Kaminsky5 G · 0.1 WAR
Génesis Cabrera20 G · 0.1 WAR
Jesus Cruz1 G · 0.0 WAR
Kodi Whitley4 G · 0.0 WAR
Nabil Crismatt6 G · 0.0 WAR
Max Schrock1 G · 0.0 WAR
Seth Elledge12 G · -0.0 WAR
Ryan Meisinger2 G · -0.0 WAR
Junior Fernández3 G · -0.1 WAR
Ricardo Sánchez3 G · -0.2 WAR
Ryan Helsley12 G · -0.3 WAR
Jake Woodford12 G · -0.4 WAR
Roel Ramírez1 G · -0.6 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

410 team hits

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.

Batting

19 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Paul Goldschmidt	1B	58	231	58	6	21	1	.304	.417	.466	.390	147	1.9
Brad Miller	DH	48	171	33	7	25	1	.232	.357	.451	.352	121	0.9
Harrison Bader	CF	44	125	24	4	11	3	.226	.336	.443	.341	113	0.7
Kolten Wong	2B	52	208	48	1	16	5	.265	.350	.326	.308	91	0.6
Tommy Edman	3B	55	227	51	5	26	2	.250	.317	.368	.304	88	0.4
Paul DeJong	SS	45	174	38	3	25	1	.250	.322	.349	.299	85	0.4
Yadier Molina	C	42	156	38	4	16	0	.262	.303	.359	.292	80	0.2
Matt Carpenter	3B	50	169	26	4	24	0	.186	.325	.314	.296	83	0.1
Dexter Fowler	RF	31	101	21	4	15	1	.233	.317	.389	.312	94	0.1
Austin Dean	RF	3	7	1	0	0	0	.250	.571	.500	.486	212	0.1
Justin Williams	RF	3	6	1	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.267	63	-0.0
John Nogowski	1B	1	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.221	32	-0.0
Matt Wieters	C	17	41	7	0	4	0	.200	.300	.229	.255	55	-0.0
Max Schrock	2B	10	17	3	1	1	0	.176	.176	.353	.219	30	-0.0
Andrew Knizner	C	7	17	4	0	4	0	.250	.235	.313	.229	37	-0.1
Rangel Ravelo	DH	13	41	6	1	6	0	.171	.244	.286	.235	41	-0.2
Dylan Carlson	RF	35	119	22	3	16	1	.200	.252	.364	.266	62	-0.3
Tyler O'Neill	LF	48	157	24	7	19	3	.173	.261	.360	.273	67	-0.3
Lane Thomas	RF	15	40	4	1	2	0	.111	.200	.250	.205	21	-0.3

Pitching

26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Adam Wainwright	10	10	65.2	5	3	0	54	3.15	4.11	1.05	7.4	1.1
Kwang Hyun Kim	8	7	39.0	3	0	1	24	1.62	3.88	1.03	5.5	0.7
Jack Flaherty	9	9	40.1	4	3	0	49	4.91	4.11	1.21	10.9	0.7
Austin Gomber	14	4	29.0	1	1	0	27	1.86	3.54	1.17	8.4	0.5
Giovanny Gallegos	16	0	15.0	2	2	4	21	3.60	2.06	0.87	12.6	0.5
John Gant	17	0	15.0	0	3	0	18	2.40	2.19	1.07	10.8	0.5
Dakota Hudson	8	8	39.0	3	2	0	31	2.77	4.50	1.00	7.2	0.5
Alex Reyes	15	1	19.2	2	1	1	27	3.20	3.24	1.42	12.4	0.4
Andrew Miller	16	0	13.0	1	1	4	16	2.77	2.58	1.08	11.1	0.4
Tyler Webb	21	0	21.2	1	1	1	19	2.08	3.61	1.11	7.9	0.3
Rob Kaminsky	5	0	4.2	0	0	0	3	1.93	3.19	1.07	5.8	0.1
Johan Oviedo	5	5	24.2	0	3	0	16	5.47	5.30	1.38	5.8	0.1
Génesis Cabrera	20	0	22.1	4	1	1	32	2.42	4.76	1.16	12.9	0.1
Jesus Cruz	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	18.00	2.19	4.00	18.0	0.0
Kodi Whitley	4	0	4.2	0	0	0	5	1.93	4.48	0.64	9.6	0.0
Nabil Crismatt	6	0	8.1	0	0	0	8	3.24	4.75	0.84	8.6	0.0
Max Schrock	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.19	0.00	0.0	0.0
Seth Elledge	12	0	11.2	1	0	0	14	4.63	5.33	1.63	10.8	-0.0
Ryan Meisinger	2	0	2.2	0	0	0	3	0.00	6.57	1.88	10.1	-0.0
Daniel Ponce de Leon	9	8	32.2	1	3	0	45	4.96	5.64	1.32	12.4	-0.0
Junior Fernández	3	0	3.0	0	0	0	2	18.00	8.19	2.67	6.0	-0.1
Ricardo Sánchez	3	0	5.1	0	0	0	4	6.75	7.50	1.88	6.8	-0.2
Ryan Helsley	12	0	12.0	1	1	1	10	5.25	7.02	1.33	7.5	-0.3
Carlos Martinez	5	5	20.0	0	3	0	17	9.90	6.89	2.10	7.7	-0.3
Jake Woodford	12	1	21.0	1	0	0	16	5.57	6.72	1.19	6.9	-0.4
Roel Ramírez	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	81.00	82.69	10.50	13.5	-0.6

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	16	0	0	0	0
Day	14	0	0	0	0
Weekend	17	0	0	0	0
Weekday	13	0	0	0	0
On the road	28	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 58 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 2:51
All games: 2:52
Extra innings: 3:18
Longest: 4:06
Shortest: 2:02

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	58	2:52	2:52	2:01	4:09
Regulation	54	2:51	2:52	2:01	4:09
Extra innings	4	3:18	3:15	2:37	4:06
Home	30	2:53	2:50	2:02	4:06
Road	28	2:52	2:53	2:01	4:09
Day	20	2:49	2:49	2:02	4:06
Night	38	2:54	2:55	2:01	4:09

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	3	2:54
Aug	14	2:59
Sep	13	2:46

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 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 30-28, a .517 win rate, while their +11 run differential implies .521. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.