The St. Louis Cardinals went 77-85 in 2026, a .475 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 720 runs and allowed 749, a run differential of -29. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.23 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Alec Burleson led the position players at 3.8 WAR, and Andre Pallante the rotation at a 3.83 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 26 games back. They spent 4 of 186 days in first place and were as far as 26 games back on September 27. Their best month was March/April at 18-13, their worst July at 10-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 27 to May 2 and a 5-game losing streak from August 21 to August 26. They were 38-43 at home and 39-42 on the road, 24-30 in one-run games and 44-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-1 at the Cubs on July 3; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 against the Orioles on August 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
18
13
.581
155
158
-3
May
13
13
.500
92
99
-7
June
13
12
.520
120
116
+4
July
10
18
.357
110
120
-10
August
14
14
.500
133
132
+1
Sept/Oct
9
15
.375
110
124
-14
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
24-30
.444
Extra innings
9-10
.474
Within the division
24-28
.462
Against .500+ clubs
44-45
.494
Decided by 5+ runs
16-16
.500
Last 10
2-8
.200
National League Central standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2026. 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
27,579
26,949
17,901
45,037
Night
51
26,985
26,903
17,901
40,387
Day
30
28,589
27,445
20,723
45,037
Weekend
41
30,015
29,204
22,852
40,387
Weekday
40
25,082
24,320
17,901
45,037
On the road
81
29,224
30,819
7,593
45,900
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
5
28,554
Apr
10
25,623
May
14
31,043
Jun
15
26,799
Jul
16
27,087
Aug
12
24,953
Sep
9
29,499
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:44
143 games
All games
2:47
Extra innings
3:09
19 of them
Longest
4:00
2026-09-19, 11 inn
Shortest
2:07
2026-05-16
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
2:47
2:46
2:07
4:00
Regulation
143
2:44
2:41
2:07
3:25
Extra innings
19
3:09
3:08
2:43
4:00
Home
81
2:47
2:45
2:07
4:00
Road
81
2:47
2:47
2:16
3:29
Day
63
2:46
2:43
2:07
3:24
Night
99
2:48
2:49
2:08
4:00
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
5
2:43
Apr
10
2:53
May
14
2:45
Jun
15
2:43
Jul
16
2:43
Aug
12
2:49
Sep
9
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 164 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 77-85, a .475 win rate, while their -29 run differential implies .482. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
