National League Central · 2021
St. Louis Cardinals
- Team WAR
- 28.1 18.3 bat / 9.9 pitch
- Win %
- .556 pyth .523
- Run diff
- +34 4.36 / 4.15 per g
- wRC+
- 104
- ERA
- 4.09 FIP 4.27
- Home runs
- 198
The St. Louis Cardinals went 90-72 in 2021, a .556 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 706 runs and allowed 672, a run differential of +34. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.09 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Paul Goldschmidt led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Adam Wainwright the rotation at a 3.05 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,294 team hits
Batting
35 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 158 | 679 | 177 | 31 | 99 | 12 | .294 | .365 | .514 | .376 | 149 | 4.3 |
| Tyler O'Neill | LF | 137 | 537 | 138 | 34 | 80 | 15 | .286 | .352 | .560 | .386 | 156 | 4.3 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | 157 | 653 | 151 | 34 | 105 | 2 | .255 | .312 | .494 | .338 | 120 | 3.5 |
| Dylan Carlson | RF | 149 | 619 | 144 | 18 | 65 | 2 | .266 | .343 | .437 | .339 | 122 | 2.7 |
| Harrison Bader | CF | 102 | 401 | 98 | 16 | 50 | 9 | .267 | .324 | .460 | .332 | 117 | 2.0 |
| Tommy Edman | 2B | 159 | 691 | 168 | 11 | 56 | 30 | .262 | .308 | .387 | .303 | 95 | 1.9 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 121 | 473 | 111 | 11 | 66 | 3 | .252 | .297 | .370 | .291 | 86 | 1.5 |
| Edmundo Sosa | SS | 108 | 326 | 78 | 6 | 27 | 4 | .271 | .346 | .389 | .325 | 111 | 1.5 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 113 | 402 | 70 | 19 | 45 | 4 | .197 | .284 | .390 | .296 | 90 | 1.1 |
| Lars Nootbaar | RF | 57 | 124 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 2 | .239 | .317 | .422 | .319 | 107 | 0.2 |
| José Rondon | PH | 62 | 90 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .263 | .322 | .412 | .318 | 106 | 0.2 |
| Ali Sánchez | C | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .626 | 331 | 0.1 |
| Austin Dean | LF | 22 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .233 | .342 | .400 | .325 | 111 | 0.1 |
| Dakota Hudson | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .400 | 166 | 0.0 |
| Jack Flaherty | P | 11 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .118 | .304 | .294 | .282 | 80 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Webb | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| Alex Reyes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| Brandon Waddell | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| Junior Fernández | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| Seth Elledge | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Ponce de Leon | P | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.1 |
| Scott Hurst | CF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.1 |
| Johan Oviedo | P | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .150 | .227 | .150 | .185 | 9 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 60 | 185 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .174 | .281 | .236 | .242 | 51 | -0.2 |
| Miles Mikolas | P | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .081 | -68 | -0.2 |
| J.A. Happ | P | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .048 | -91 | -0.3 |
| Max Moroff | 2B | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .055 | -86 | -0.3 |
| Wade LeBlanc | P | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.3 |
| Jake Woodford | P | 14 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .097 | -55 | -0.3 |
| Matt Carpenter | 2B | 127 | 249 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 2 | .169 | .305 | .275 | .274 | 74 | -0.3 |
| Kwang Hyun Kim | P | 18 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .115 | .148 | .154 | .139 | -25 | -0.3 |
| Carlos Martinez | P | 15 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .125 | .089 | -62 | -0.4 |
| John Gant | P | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.4 |
| Justin Williams | RF | 50 | 137 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .160 | .270 | .261 | .231 | 43 | -0.8 |
| Adam Wainwright | P | 33 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .123 | .167 | .158 | .151 | -16 | -0.8 |
Pitching
30 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Adam Wainwright | 32 | 32 | 206.1 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 174 | 3.05 | 3.66 | 1.06 | 7.6 | 3.4 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 73 | 0 | 80.1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 95 | 3.02 | 2.75 | 0.88 | 10.6 | 1.7 |
| Génesis Cabrera | 71 | 0 | 70.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 3.73 | 3.28 | 1.26 | 9.9 | 1.1 |
| Kwang Hyun Kim | 27 | 21 | 106.2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 3.46 | 4.34 | 1.28 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| Jack Flaherty | 17 | 15 | 78.1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 3.22 | 4.22 | 1.06 | 9.8 | 0.8 |
| Luis García | 34 | 0 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 3.24 | 2.72 | 0.99 | 9.2 | 0.7 |
| Kodi Whitley | 25 | 0 | 25.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.49 | 2.97 | 1.07 | 9.6 | 0.5 |
| T.J. McFarland | 38 | 0 | 38.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2.56 | 3.79 | 1.06 | 4.9 | 0.4 |
| Ryan Helsley | 51 | 0 | 47.1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 4.56 | 3.99 | 1.42 | 8.9 | 0.4 |
| Miles Mikolas | 9 | 9 | 44.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4.23 | 4.40 | 1.21 | 6.2 | 0.4 |
| Carlos Martinez | 16 | 16 | 82.1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 57 | 6.23 | 4.76 | 1.37 | 6.2 | 0.4 |
| Jake Woodford | 26 | 8 | 67.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 3.99 | 4.50 | 1.34 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| Alex Reyes | 70 | 0 | 72.1 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 95 | 3.24 | 4.40 | 1.35 | 11.8 | 0.3 |
| Dakota Hudson | 2 | 1 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.08 | 2.48 | 0.92 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| John Gant | 39 | 21 | 110.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 92 | 4.09 | 4.78 | 1.51 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Andrew Miller | 40 | 0 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.75 | 4.50 | 1.58 | 10.0 | 0.1 |
| Jordan Hicks | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.40 | 4.17 | 1.50 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Seth Elledge | 11 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.63 | 4.46 | 1.71 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| Angel Rondón | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.67 | 1.00 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Matt Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.42 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Roel Ramírez | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 21.17 | 9.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Dickson | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 8.67 | 2.50 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| Johan Oviedo | 14 | 13 | 62.1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 4.91 | 5.27 | 1.57 | 7.4 | -0.1 |
| Junior Fernández | 18 | 0 | 20.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.66 | 5.15 | 1.94 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Webb | 22 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13.22 | 5.74 | 2.51 | 7.7 | -0.2 |
| Wade LeBlanc | 18 | 9 | 49.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 4.41 | 5.39 | 1.49 | 5.3 | -0.2 |
| Brandon Waddell | 9 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6.75 | 7.35 | 2.46 | 6.8 | -0.3 |
| Justin Miller | 23 | 0 | 19.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6.16 | 6.49 | 1.37 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
| Daniel Ponce de Leon | 24 | 2 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6.21 | 6.11 | 1.62 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
| Bernardo Flores Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Record versus run differential
St. Louis Cardinals are 90-72, a .556 win rate, while their +34 run differential implies .523. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.