National League Central · 2020
St. Louis Cardinals
- Team WAR
- 6.3 3.4 bat / 2.9 pitch
- Win %
- .517 pyth .521
- Run diff
- +11 4.14 / 3.95 per g
- wRC+
- 92
- ERA
- 3.92 FIP 4.58
- 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 1.6 WAR, and Adam Wainwright the rotation at a 3.15 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
410 team hits
Batting
19 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 58 | 231 | 58 | 6 | 21 | 1 | .304 | .417 | .466 | .390 | 147 | 1.6 |
| Brad Miller | DH | 48 | 171 | 33 | 7 | 25 | 1 | .232 | .357 | .451 | .352 | 121 | 0.7 |
| 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 | 0.5 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| Tommy Edman | 3B | 55 | 227 | 51 | 5 | 26 | 2 | .250 | .317 | .368 | .304 | 88 | 0.3 |
| Austin Dean | RF | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .571 | .500 | .486 | 212 | 0.1 |
| Dexter Fowler | RF | 31 | 101 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 1 | .233 | .317 | .389 | .312 | 94 | 0.1 |
| Matt Carpenter | 3B | 50 | 169 | 26 | 4 | 24 | 0 | .186 | .325 | .314 | .296 | 83 | 0.0 |
| Justin Williams | RF | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .267 | 63 | -0.0 |
| Matt Wieters | C | 17 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .200 | .300 | .229 | .255 | 55 | -0.0 |
| John Nogowski | 1B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .221 | 32 | -0.0 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .235 | .313 | .229 | 37 | -0.0 |
| Max Schrock | 2B | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .353 | .219 | 30 | -0.1 |
| Rangel Ravelo | DH | 13 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .171 | .244 | .286 | .235 | 41 | -0.3 |
| Lane Thomas | RF | 15 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .250 | .205 | 21 | -0.3 |
| 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 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Adam Wainwright | 10 | 10 | 65.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 3.15 | 4.11 | 1.05 | 7.4 | 0.9 |
| Kwang Hyun Kim | 8 | 7 | 39.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1.62 | 3.88 | 1.03 | 5.5 | 0.6 |
| Jack Flaherty | 9 | 9 | 40.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 4.91 | 4.11 | 1.21 | 10.9 | 0.5 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| Dakota Hudson | 8 | 8 | 39.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2.77 | 4.50 | 1.00 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
| Génesis Cabrera | 20 | 0 | 22.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2.42 | 4.76 | 1.16 | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| Max Schrock | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.19 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Johan Oviedo | 5 | 5 | 24.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5.47 | 5.30 | 1.38 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Nabil Crismatt | 6 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.24 | 4.75 | 0.84 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Meisinger | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 6.57 | 1.88 | 10.1 | -0.0 |
| Seth Elledge | 12 | 0 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.63 | 5.33 | 1.63 | 10.8 | -0.1 |
| Junior Fernández | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.00 | 8.19 | 2.67 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Ponce de Leon | 9 | 8 | 32.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 4.96 | 5.64 | 1.32 | 12.4 | -0.1 |
| Ricardo Sánchez | 3 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.75 | 7.50 | 1.88 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
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.