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.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 21 games back. They spent 2 of 186 days in first place and were as far as 22 games back on September 29. Their best month was May at 15-13, their worst March/April at 10-19. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 15 to July 20 and an 8-game losing streak from April 28 to May 6. They were 35-46 at home and 36-45 on the road, 17-26 in one-run games and 45-56 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-1 against the Brewers on May 15; the heaviest defeat, 19-2 against the Reds on September 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
19
.345
123
136
-13
May
15
13
.536
150
130
+20
June
8
15
.348
92
130
-38
July
14
13
.519
138
134
+4
August
11
16
.407
98
147
-49
Sept/Oct
13
15
.464
118
152
-34
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
35-46
.432
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
17-26
.395
Extra innings
6-6
.500
Within the division
21-31
.404
Against .500+ clubs
45-56
.446
Decided by 5+ runs
15-27
.357
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2023. 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
40,013
39,923
32,528
55,565
Night
52
39,006
38,199
32,528
54,662
Day
29
41,819
42,042
32,583
55,565
Weekend
40
42,338
42,306
33,842
55,565
Weekday
41
37,746
36,982
32,528
47,649
On the road
81
28,139
28,459
8,763
52,304
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
47,649
Apr
12
39,234
May
15
40,043
Jun
11
44,327
Jul
13
42,069
Aug
16
36,687
Sep
12
37,991
Oct
1
44,614
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, 2023.
Regulation
2:42
150 games
All games
2:43
Extra innings
2:58
12 of them
Longest
3:38
2023-03-30, 9 inn
Shortest
2:03
2023-07-30
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
2:43
2:43
2:01
3:43
Regulation
150
2:42
2:42
2:01
3:38
Extra innings
12
2:58
2:53
2:42
3:43
Home
81
2:44
2:43
2:03
3:38
Road
81
2:42
2:42
2:01
3:43
Day
55
2:43
2:43
2:03
3:38
Night
107
2:43
2:42
2:01
3:43
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:38
Apr
12
2:38
May
15
2:48
Jun
11
2:49
Jul
13
2:42
Aug
16
2:42
Sep
12
2:45
Oct
1
2:16
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 162 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 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -110 run differential implies .435. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
