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.
The 2022 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL Central, 7 games clear. They spent 96 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 9.5 games on September 7 and were as far as 4.5 games back on May 26. Their best month was August at 22-7, their worst July at 11-13. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from August 14 to August 22 and a 4-game losing streak from July 3 to July 6. They were 53-28 at home and 40-41 on the road, 26-17 in one-run games and 34-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-4 at the Pirates on May 22; the heaviest defeat, 16-5 at the Rockies on August 9.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
9
.550
82
65
+17
May
17
12
.586
150
123
+27
June
15
14
.517
141
115
+26
July
11
13
.458
98
101
-3
August
22
7
.759
173
116
+57
Sept/Oct
17
14
.548
128
117
+11
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
26-17
.605
Extra innings
8-4
.667
Within the division
48-28
.632
Against .500+ clubs
34-38
.472
Decided by 5+ runs
29-19
.604
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2022
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2022. Games back of the best record in the division.
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.
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.
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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
