The St. Louis Cardinals went 83-79 in 2024, a .512 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 672 runs and allowed 719, a run differential of -47. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.09 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Masyn Winn led the position players at 3.8 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 3.84 ERA.
The 2024 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 2nd in the NL Central, 10 games back. They were as far as 12 games back on August 20. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 15-11, their worst August at 12-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 20 to May 26 and a 7-game losing streak from May 4 to May 11. They were 44-37 at home and 39-42 on the road, 29-22 in one-run games and 44-48 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-1 against the Rangers on July 31; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Diamondbacks on April 23.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
16
.467
108
135
-27
May
13
12
.520
107
117
-10
June
16
12
.571
113
116
-3
July
13
12
.520
126
121
+5
August
12
16
.429
104
128
-24
Sept/Oct
15
11
.577
114
102
+12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
29-22
.569
Extra innings
8-9
.471
Within the division
26-26
.500
Against .500+ clubs
44-48
.478
Decided by 5+ runs
14-26
.350
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League Central standings, 2024
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2024. 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
35,532
35,217
8,332
47,273
Night
48
34,486
33,944
8,332
45,071
Day
33
37,054
37,693
26,553
47,273
Weekend
37
39,530
39,519
33,967
45,071
Weekday
44
32,171
32,594
8,332
47,273
On the road
80
29,510
31,514
3,296
52,667
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
37,244
May
13
37,303
Jun
17
34,843
Jul
12
37,453
Aug
14
32,628
Sep
13
34,439
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, 2024.
Regulation
2:36
145 games
All games
2:39
Extra innings
3:07
17 of them
Longest
3:51
2024-08-21, 10 inn
Shortest
2:08
2024-05-21
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
2:39
2:36
1:59
3:51
Regulation
145
2:36
2:32
1:59
3:21
Extra innings
17
3:07
3:04
2:48
3:51
Home
81
2:38
2:35
2:08
3:51
Road
81
2:40
2:37
1:59
3:28
Day
69
2:37
2:31
2:00
3:21
Night
93
2:41
2:39
1:59
3:51
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:41
May
13
2:40
Jun
17
2:34
Jul
12
2:38
Aug
14
2:43
Sep
13
2:33
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 156 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 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their -47 run differential implies .469. That is about 7 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
