National League Central · 2023
St. Louis Cardinals 2023
- Team WAR
- 35.1 19.1 bat / 16.0 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.
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Willson Contreras | C | 123 | 495 | 113 | 20 | 67 | 6 | .264 | .358 | .467 | .360 | 124 | 3.5 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 154 | 687 | 159 | 25 | 80 | 11 | .268 | .363 | .447 | .352 | 119 | 2.9 |
| Lars Nootbaar | CF | 116 | 503 | 111 | 14 | 46 | 11 | .261 | .367 | .418 | .347 | 115 | 2.7 |
| Nolan Gorman | 2B | 118 | 464 | 96 | 27 | 76 | 7 | .236 | .328 | .478 | .346 | 115 | 2.5 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | 144 | 612 | 149 | 26 | 93 | 3 | .266 | .315 | .459 | .328 | 103 | 2.0 |
| Tommy Edman | 2B | 134 | 528 | 119 | 13 | 47 | 27 | .248 | .307 | .399 | .308 | 89 | 2.0 |
| Jordan Walker | RF | 117 | 465 | 116 | 16 | 51 | 7 | .276 | .342 | .445 | .343 | 113 | 1.7 |
| Brendan Donovan | 2B | 93 | 371 | 93 | 11 | 34 | 5 | .284 | .365 | .422 | .346 | 115 | 1.7 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 69 | 241 | 54 | 10 | 31 | 2 | .241 | .287 | .424 | .307 | 88 | 0.7 |
| Richie Palacios | LF | 32 | 102 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | .258 | .307 | .516 | .347 | 116 | 0.7 |
| Tyler O'Neill | LF | 70 | 266 | 55 | 9 | 21 | 5 | .231 | .312 | .403 | .314 | 94 | 0.6 |
| Dylan Carlson | CF | 73 | 255 | 48 | 5 | 27 | 3 | .219 | .318 | .333 | .295 | 81 | 0.3 |
| Iván Herrera | C | 12 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .297 | .409 | .351 | .352 | 119 | 0.3 |
| Óscar Mercado | RF | 12 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .290 | .313 | .387 | .306 | 88 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Adam Wainwright | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Alec Burleson | LF | 107 | 347 | 77 | 8 | 36 | 3 | .244 | .300 | .390 | .302 | 85 | -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 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 110 | 400 | 77 | 14 | 38 | 4 | .207 | .258 | .355 | .267 | 62 | -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 | -0.5 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jordan Montgomery | 32 | 32 | 188.2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 166 | 3.20 | 3.56 | 1.19 | 7.9 | 4.1 |
| Miles Mikolas | 35 | 35 | 201.1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 137 | 4.78 | 4.27 | 1.32 | 6.1 | 2.7 |
| Steven Matz | 25 | 17 | 105.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 98 | 3.86 | 3.75 | 1.33 | 8.4 | 1.8 |
| Jack Flaherty | 29 | 27 | 144.1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 148 | 4.99 | 4.36 | 1.58 | 9.2 | 1.8 |
| Chris Stratton | 64 | 0 | 82.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 3.92 | 3.53 | 1.14 | 8.8 | 1.3 |
| Jordan Hicks | 65 | 0 | 65.2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 81 | 3.29 | 3.22 | 1.36 | 11.1 | 1.3 |
| JoJo Romero | 27 | 0 | 36.2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 3.68 | 2.22 | 1.06 | 10.3 | 1.1 |
| Ryan Helsley | 33 | 0 | 36.2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 52 | 2.45 | 2.25 | 1.06 | 12.8 | 1.1 |
| Zack Thompson | 25 | 9 | 66.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 72 | 4.48 | 3.87 | 1.42 | 9.8 | 0.9 |
| Matthew Liberatore | 22 | 11 | 61.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 5.25 | 4.28 | 1.48 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| John King | 35 | 0 | 37.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3.62 | 3.68 | 1.47 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 56 | 0 | 55.0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 4.42 | 4.36 | 1.20 | 9.7 | 0.4 |
| Génesis Cabrera | 61 | 0 | 55.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 4.04 | 4.44 | 1.31 | 9.4 | 0.3 |
| Andre Pallante | 62 | 0 | 68.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 4.76 | 4.59 | 1.56 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| Dakota Hudson | 18 | 12 | 81.1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 4.98 | 5.06 | 1.50 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| Packy Naughton | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 0.60 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| Jacob Barnes | 13 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5.93 | 3.91 | 1.54 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| Guillo Zuñiga | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.50 | -0.74 | 1.00 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Drew VerHagen | 60 | 0 | 61.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 3.98 | 4.93 | 1.28 | 8.9 | 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 Rom | 8 | 8 | 33.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 8.02 | 5.75 | 2.08 | 8.6 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
| Adam Wainwright | 21 | 21 | 101.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 55 | 7.40 | 5.99 | 1.90 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2023.
- Average
- 40,013 81 home dates
- Median
- 39,923
- Total
- 3,241,091
- Best
- 55,565 2023-06-25
- Quietest
- 32,528 2023-08-15
- On the road
- 28,139 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.