National League Central · 2022
St. Louis Cardinals 2022
- Team WAR
- 40.4 30.5 bat / 9.9 pitch
- Win %
- .574 pyth .587
- Run diff
- +135 4.77 / 3.93 per g
- wRC+
- 115
- ERA
- 3.92 FIP 4.07
- Home runs
- 198
The St. Louis Cardinals went 93-69 in 2022, a .574 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 772 runs and allowed 637, a run differential of +135. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.92 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 115 team wRC+ was 15% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Paul Goldschmidt led the position players at 7.6 WAR, and Adam Wainwright the rotation at a 3.71 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
20 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 151 | 651 | 178 | 35 | 115 | 7 | .317 | .404 | .578 | .422 | 182 | 7.6 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | 148 | 620 | 163 | 30 | 103 | 5 | .293 | .358 | .533 | .383 | 154 | 5.9 |
| Tommy Edman | 2B | 151 | 630 | 153 | 13 | 57 | 32 | .265 | .324 | .400 | .319 | 108 | 4.0 |
| Brendan Donovan | 2B | 124 | 468 | 110 | 5 | 45 | 2 | .281 | .394 | .379 | .352 | 132 | 3.2 |
| Albert Pujols | DH | 109 | 351 | 83 | 24 | 68 | 1 | .270 | .345 | .550 | .382 | 153 | 2.3 |
| Lars Nootbaar | RF | 103 | 347 | 66 | 14 | 40 | 4 | .228 | .340 | .448 | .345 | 126 | 1.9 |
| Dylan Carlson | CF | 125 | 488 | 102 | 8 | 42 | 5 | .236 | .316 | .380 | .309 | 100 | 1.5 |
| Nolan Gorman | 2B | 88 | 313 | 64 | 14 | 35 | 1 | .226 | .300 | .420 | .318 | 107 | 1.3 |
| Tyler O'Neill | LF | 94 | 383 | 76 | 14 | 58 | 14 | .228 | .308 | .392 | .309 | 101 | 1.1 |
| Harrison Bader | CF | 84 | 313 | 73 | 5 | 30 | 17 | .250 | .294 | .356 | .287 | 85 | 0.9 |
| Juan Yepez | LF | 74 | 274 | 64 | 12 | 30 | 0 | .253 | .296 | .447 | .321 | 109 | 0.7 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 90 | 297 | 75 | 6 | 36 | 0 | .267 | .300 | .399 | .304 | 97 | 0.4 |
| Edmundo Sosa | SS | 71 | 190 | 40 | 2 | 21 | 6 | .227 | .275 | .369 | .283 | 82 | 0.4 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 89 | 293 | 56 | 4 | 25 | 0 | .215 | .301 | .300 | .277 | 78 | 0.3 |
| Kramer Robertson | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Ben DeLuzio | CF | 16 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .292 | .200 | .246 | 55 | -0.1 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 69 | 237 | 33 | 6 | 25 | 3 | .157 | .245 | .286 | .243 | 53 | -0.1 |
| Iván Herrera | C | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .190 | .111 | .151 | -13 | -0.2 |
| Alec Burleson | 1B | 16 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .188 | .264 | .271 | .246 | 55 | -0.2 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 73 | 270 | 56 | 5 | 24 | 2 | .214 | .233 | .302 | .235 | 47 | -0.5 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Adam Wainwright | 32 | 32 | 191.2 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 143 | 3.71 | 3.66 | 1.28 | 6.7 | 2.9 |
| Miles Mikolas | 33 | 32 | 202.1 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 153 | 3.29 | 3.87 | 1.03 | 6.8 | 2.5 |
| Ryan Helsley | 54 | 0 | 64.2 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 94 | 1.25 | 2.34 | 0.74 | 13.1 | 1.6 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 57 | 0 | 59.0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 73 | 3.05 | 2.88 | 1.02 | 11.1 | 1.1 |
| Dakota Hudson | 27 | 26 | 139.2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 4.45 | 4.34 | 1.45 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Jake Woodford | 27 | 1 | 48.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.23 | 3.13 | 1.12 | 4.5 | 0.8 |
| Andre Pallante | 47 | 10 | 108.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 3.17 | 3.98 | 1.42 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Johan Oviedo | 21 | 8 | 56.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 3.21 | 3.74 | 1.29 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Steven Matz | 15 | 10 | 48.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 5.25 | 3.78 | 1.25 | 10.1 | 0.6 |
| Packy Naughton | 26 | 3 | 32.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 4.78 | 3.14 | 1.44 | 8.7 | 0.5 |
| Jordan Hicks | 35 | 8 | 61.1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 4.84 | 4.17 | 1.32 | 9.2 | 0.3 |
| Zack Thompson | 22 | 1 | 34.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 2.08 | 3.89 | 0.98 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
| Nick Wittgren | 29 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5.90 | 3.84 | 1.55 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| Angel Rondón | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 3.31 | 0.80 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Jake Walsh | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13.50 | 2.74 | 1.88 | 16.9 | 0.1 |
| Andrew Knizner | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.11 | 1.50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Corey Dickerson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.11 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Jack Flaherty | 9 | 8 | 36.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4.25 | 4.97 | 1.61 | 8.3 | -0.0 |
| Matthew Liberatore | 9 | 7 | 34.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5.97 | 5.02 | 1.73 | 7.3 | -0.1 |
| James Naile | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | 5.56 | 1.11 | 5.0 | -0.1 |
| JoJo Romero | 17 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.96 | 5.26 | 1.41 | 9.4 | -0.2 |
| Kodi Whitley | 14 | 0 | 12.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5.68 | 5.88 | 1.58 | 8.5 | -0.2 |
| Yadier Molina | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 15.11 | 3.00 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Aaron Brooks | 5 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.71 | 6.76 | 1.39 | 6.8 | -0.3 |
| Junior Fernández | 16 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.41 | 5.79 | 1.61 | 6.8 | -0.3 |
| Albert Pujols | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 32.11 | 4.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| T.J. McFarland | 28 | 0 | 32.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.61 | 5.32 | 1.62 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
| Drew VerHagen | 19 | 0 | 21.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6.65 | 6.53 | 1.89 | 7.5 | -0.5 |
| Génesis Cabrera | 39 | 0 | 44.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 4.63 | 5.62 | 1.32 | 6.4 | -0.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2022.
- Average
- 40,994 81 home dates
- Median
- 41,221
- Total
- 3,320,551
- Best
- 48,581 2022-08-06
- Quietest
- 31,193 2022-06-14
- On the road
- 27,895 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 40,994 | 41,221 | 31,193 | 48,581 |
| Night | 50 | 40,392 | 39,883 | 32,065 | 48,581 |
| Day | 31 | 41,966 | 43,832 | 31,193 | 47,909 |
| Weekend | 41 | 44,275 | 45,025 | 36,112 | 48,581 |
| Weekday | 40 | 37,632 | 36,085 | 31,193 | 46,459 |
| On the road | 80 | 27,895 | 28,819 | 8,475 | 52,527 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 38,856 |
| May | 16 | 38,478 |
| Jun | 14 | 39,026 |
| Jul | 9 | 39,134 |
| Aug | 15 | 43,785 |
| Sep | 15 | 44,530 |
| Oct | 2 | 46,523 |
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 162 completed games, 2022.
- Regulation
- 3:05 150 games
- All games
- 3:08
- Extra innings
- 3:42 12 of them
- Longest
- 4:25 2022-08-07, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 2:17 2022-08-14
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:08 | 3:06 | 1:54 | 4:48 |
| Regulation | 150 | 3:05 | 3:05 | 1:54 | 4:25 |
| Extra innings | 12 | 3:42 | 3:43 | 3:01 | 4:48 |
| Home | 81 | 3:06 | 3:06 | 2:17 | 4:25 |
| Road | 81 | 3:10 | 3:07 | 1:54 | 4:48 |
| Day | 58 | 3:07 | 3:05 | 1:54 | 4:25 |
| Night | 104 | 3:08 | 3:06 | 2:16 | 4:48 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 3:09 |
| May | 16 | 3:07 |
| Jun | 14 | 3:01 |
| Jul | 9 | 3:09 |
| Aug | 15 | 3:07 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:03 |
| Oct | 2 | 3:10 |
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.
St. Louis Cardinals are 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +135 run differential implies .587. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.