National League Central · 2023
St. Louis Cardinals
- Team WAR
- 30.1 18.3 bat / 11.9 pitch
- Win %
- .438 pyth .435
- Run diff
- -110 4.44 / 5.12 per g
- wRC+
- 98
- ERA
- 4.71 FIP 4.35
- Home runs
- 210
The St. Louis Cardinals went 71-91 in 2023, a .438 winning percentage — 25th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 719 runs and allowed 829, a run differential of -110. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.71 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Willson Contreras led the position players at 3.5 WAR, and Jordan Montgomery the rotation at a 3.20 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,388 team hits
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Willson Contreras | C | 123 | 495 | 113 | 20 | 67 | 6 | .264 | .358 | .467 | .360 | 124 | 3.5 |
| Lars Nootbaar | CF | 116 | 503 | 111 | 14 | 46 | 11 | .261 | .367 | .418 | .347 | 115 | 2.6 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 154 | 687 | 159 | 25 | 80 | 11 | .268 | .363 | .447 | .352 | 119 | 2.5 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | 144 | 612 | 149 | 26 | 93 | 3 | .266 | .315 | .459 | .328 | 103 | 2.3 |
| Nolan Gorman | 2B | 118 | 464 | 96 | 27 | 76 | 7 | .236 | .328 | .478 | .346 | 115 | 2.3 |
| Tommy Edman | 2B | 134 | 528 | 119 | 13 | 47 | 27 | .248 | .307 | .399 | .308 | 89 | 1.8 |
| Jordan Walker | RF | 117 | 465 | 116 | 16 | 51 | 7 | .276 | .342 | .445 | .343 | 113 | 1.6 |
| Brendan Donovan | 2B | 93 | 371 | 93 | 11 | 34 | 5 | .284 | .365 | .422 | .346 | 115 | 1.6 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 69 | 241 | 54 | 10 | 31 | 2 | .241 | .287 | .424 | .307 | 88 | 1.0 |
| Tyler O'Neill | LF | 70 | 266 | 55 | 9 | 21 | 5 | .231 | .312 | .403 | .314 | 94 | 0.5 |
| Richie Palacios | LF | 32 | 102 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | .258 | .307 | .516 | .347 | 116 | 0.5 |
| Iván Herrera | C | 12 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .297 | .409 | .351 | .352 | 119 | 0.3 |
| Dylan Carlson | CF | 73 | 255 | 48 | 5 | 27 | 3 | .219 | .318 | .333 | .295 | 81 | 0.3 |
| Óscar Mercado | RF | 12 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .290 | .313 | .387 | .306 | 88 | 0.0 |
| José Fermín | 3B | 19 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .235 | .339 | .255 | .283 | 73 | -0.0 |
| Tres Barrera | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Alec Burleson | LF | 107 | 347 | 77 | 8 | 36 | 3 | .244 | .300 | .390 | .302 | 85 | -0.0 |
| Adam Wainwright | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 110 | 400 | 77 | 14 | 38 | 4 | .207 | .258 | .355 | .267 | 62 | -0.1 |
| Michael Siani | CF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .118 | -38 | -0.1 |
| Luken Baker | DH | 33 | 99 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .209 | .313 | .314 | .287 | 75 | -0.2 |
| Juniel Querecuto | 3B | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .143 | .150 | .136 | -26 | -0.3 |
| Irving Lopez | 3B | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.3 |
| Juan Yepez | DH | 26 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .183 | .246 | .300 | .244 | 46 | -0.4 |
| Taylor Motter | 2B | 28 | 82 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .171 | .232 | .211 | .206 | 21 | -0.5 |
| Masyn Winn | SS | 36 | 137 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 2 | .172 | .230 | .238 | .212 | 25 | -0.6 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jordan Montgomery | 32 | 32 | 188.2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 166 | 3.20 | 3.56 | 1.19 | 7.9 | 3.4 |
| Miles Mikolas | 35 | 35 | 201.1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 137 | 4.78 | 4.27 | 1.32 | 6.1 | 2.1 |
| Steven Matz | 25 | 17 | 105.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 98 | 3.86 | 3.75 | 1.33 | 8.4 | 1.5 |
| Jack Flaherty | 29 | 27 | 144.1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 148 | 4.99 | 4.36 | 1.58 | 9.2 | 1.3 |
| Chris Stratton | 64 | 0 | 82.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 3.92 | 3.53 | 1.14 | 8.8 | 1.1 |
| Jordan Hicks | 65 | 0 | 65.2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 81 | 3.29 | 3.22 | 1.36 | 11.1 | 1.1 |
| JoJo Romero | 27 | 0 | 36.2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 3.68 | 2.22 | 1.06 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| Ryan Helsley | 33 | 0 | 36.2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 52 | 2.45 | 2.25 | 1.06 | 12.8 | 1.0 |
| Zack Thompson | 25 | 9 | 66.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 72 | 4.48 | 3.87 | 1.42 | 9.8 | 0.8 |
| Matthew Liberatore | 22 | 11 | 61.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 5.25 | 4.28 | 1.48 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| John King | 35 | 0 | 37.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3.62 | 3.68 | 1.47 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 56 | 0 | 55.0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 4.42 | 4.36 | 1.20 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Génesis Cabrera | 61 | 0 | 55.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 4.04 | 4.44 | 1.31 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Packy Naughton | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 0.60 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| Andre Pallante | 62 | 0 | 68.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 4.76 | 4.59 | 1.56 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Jacob Barnes | 13 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5.93 | 3.91 | 1.54 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| Guillo Zuñiga | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.50 | -0.74 | 1.00 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Dakota Hudson | 18 | 12 | 81.1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 4.98 | 5.06 | 1.50 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| James Naile | 10 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8.80 | 4.95 | 2.35 | 4.1 | -0.0 |
| Alec Burleson | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.60 | 9.86 | 4.80 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Drew VerHagen | 60 | 0 | 61.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 3.98 | 4.93 | 1.28 | 8.9 | -0.1 |
| Drew Rom | 8 | 8 | 33.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 8.02 | 5.75 | 2.08 | 8.6 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Leahy | 3 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21.60 | 19.46 | 5.40 | 10.8 | -0.3 |
| Casey Lawrence | 15 | 0 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6.59 | 6.44 | 1.54 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| Andrew Suárez | 13 | 0 | 27.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7.16 | 6.94 | 1.73 | 5.5 | -0.6 |
| Jake Woodford | 15 | 8 | 47.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 6.23 | 6.61 | 1.74 | 5.5 | -0.8 |
| Adam Wainwright | 21 | 21 | 101.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 55 | 7.40 | 5.99 | 1.90 | 4.9 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
St. Louis Cardinals are 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -110 run differential implies .435. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.