National League Central · 2022
St. Louis Cardinals
- Team WAR
- 37.5 28.5 bat / 9.0 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 6.9 WAR, and Adam Wainwright the rotation at a 3.71 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,406 team hits
Batting
20 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 151 | 651 | 178 | 35 | 115 | 7 | .317 | .404 | .578 | .422 | 182 | 6.9 |
| 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 | 3.6 |
| Brendan Donovan | 2B | 124 | 468 | 110 | 5 | 45 | 2 | .281 | .394 | .379 | .352 | 132 | 2.8 |
| Albert Pujols | DH | 109 | 351 | 83 | 24 | 68 | 1 | .270 | .345 | .550 | .382 | 153 | 2.2 |
| Lars Nootbaar | RF | 103 | 347 | 66 | 14 | 40 | 4 | .228 | .340 | .448 | .345 | 126 | 1.7 |
| Dylan Carlson | CF | 125 | 488 | 102 | 8 | 42 | 5 | .236 | .316 | .380 | .309 | 100 | 1.3 |
| Nolan Gorman | 2B | 88 | 313 | 64 | 14 | 35 | 1 | .226 | .300 | .420 | .318 | 107 | 1.2 |
| Tyler O'Neill | LF | 94 | 383 | 76 | 14 | 58 | 14 | .228 | .308 | .392 | .309 | 101 | 0.9 |
| Harrison Bader | CF | 84 | 313 | 73 | 5 | 30 | 17 | .250 | .294 | .356 | .287 | 85 | 0.8 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 89 | 293 | 56 | 4 | 25 | 0 | .215 | .301 | .300 | .277 | 78 | 0.7 |
| Juan Yepez | LF | 74 | 274 | 64 | 12 | 30 | 0 | .253 | .296 | .447 | .321 | 109 | 0.7 |
| Edmundo Sosa | SS | 71 | 190 | 40 | 2 | 21 | 6 | .227 | .275 | .369 | .283 | 82 | 0.4 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 90 | 297 | 75 | 6 | 36 | 0 | .267 | .300 | .399 | .304 | 97 | 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 |
| 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 | -0.2 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 69 | 237 | 33 | 6 | 25 | 3 | .157 | .245 | .286 | .243 | 53 | -0.3 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Adam Wainwright | 32 | 32 | 191.2 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 143 | 3.71 | 3.66 | 1.28 | 6.7 | 2.7 |
| Miles Mikolas | 33 | 32 | 202.1 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 153 | 3.29 | 3.87 | 1.03 | 6.8 | 2.3 |
| 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 | 0.8 |
| Jake Woodford | 27 | 1 | 48.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.23 | 3.13 | 1.12 | 4.5 | 0.7 |
| 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 | 0.5 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| 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 | -0.1 |
| 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 | -0.2 |
| 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 |
Record versus run differential
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.