National League Central · 2026
St. Louis Cardinals
59-59Busch StadiumNational League
- Team WAR
- 19.2 10.0 bat / 9.2 pitch
- Win %
- .500 pyth .493
- Run diff
- -8 4.36 / 4.43 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 4.10 FIP 4.10
- Home runs
- 122
The St. Louis Cardinals went 59-59 in 2026, a .500 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 515 runs and allowed 523, a run differential of -8. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.10 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ is 3% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Jordan Walker leads the position players at 2.7 WAR, and Dustin May the rotation at a 4.30 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
957 team hits
Batting
19 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jordan Walker | RF | 114 | 488 | 127 | 23 | 83 | 14 | .285 | .342 | .492 | .361 | 134 | 2.7 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 2B | 111 | 507 | 108 | 16 | 45 | 12 | .249 | .353 | .387 | .334 | 115 | 2.7 |
| Alec Burleson | 1B | 117 | 496 | 126 | 19 | 78 | 3 | .283 | .349 | .478 | .358 | 132 | 2.2 |
| Iván Herrera | DH | 117 | 521 | 110 | 13 | 50 | 7 | .250 | .361 | .391 | .339 | 118 | 2.1 |
| Masyn Winn | SS | 109 | 448 | 95 | 4 | 47 | 10 | .242 | .319 | .323 | .294 | 85 | 1.2 |
| José Fermín | 3B | 79 | 245 | 52 | 5 | 26 | 4 | .240 | .307 | .359 | .299 | 89 | 0.4 |
| Lars Nootbaar | LF | 53 | 204 | 40 | 3 | 17 | 1 | .229 | .333 | .343 | .307 | 95 | 0.2 |
| Nelson Velázquez | LF | 33 | 83 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .216 | .289 | .432 | .314 | 100 | 0.1 |
| Bryan Torres | LF | 43 | 113 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 1 | .225 | .286 | .392 | .298 | 89 | 0.1 |
| Nathan Church | CF | 94 | 329 | 72 | 9 | 37 | 7 | .238 | .284 | .363 | .285 | 80 | 0.1 |
| Blaze Jordan | 3B | 42 | 147 | 35 | 1 | 22 | 0 | .255 | .279 | .372 | .283 | 78 | 0.1 |
| Pedro Pagés | C | 53 | 171 | 32 | 4 | 11 | 2 | .206 | .251 | .323 | .255 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Jimmy Crooks | C | 40 | 114 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .184 | .254 | .340 | .265 | 65 | 0.0 |
| Ramón Urías | 3B | 22 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .158 | .279 | .316 | .275 | 72 | -0.0 |
| Yohel Pozo | DH | 20 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .238 | .233 | .333 | .242 | 48 | -0.2 |
| Victor Scott II | CF | 58 | 184 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 9 | .194 | .276 | .258 | .250 | 54 | -0.4 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3B | 62 | 229 | 39 | 7 | 26 | 0 | .194 | .279 | .318 | .268 | 67 | -0.4 |
| Thomas Saggese | LF | 28 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .184 | .244 | .276 | .237 | 45 | -0.4 |
| César Prieto | 3B | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.5 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Dustin May | 22 | 22 | 115.0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 111 | 4.30 | 3.26 | 1.27 | 8.7 | 2.3 |
| Andre Pallante | 22 | 22 | 124.0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 3.63 | 3.72 | 1.22 | 6.5 | 1.9 |
| Kyle Leahy | 22 | 22 | 112.1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 99 | 3.45 | 3.78 | 1.34 | 7.9 | 1.6 |
| Michael McGreevy | 23 | 23 | 126.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 85 | 3.64 | 4.25 | 1.22 | 6.1 | 1.2 |
| Riley O'Brien | 48 | 0 | 47.2 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 48 | 3.21 | 3.51 | 1.15 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| Justin Bruihl | 52 | 0 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3.45 | 3.89 | 1.34 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
| Matthew Liberatore | 23 | 23 | 113.2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 110 | 5.15 | 4.71 | 1.52 | 8.7 | 0.5 |
| JoJo Romero | 44 | 0 | 43.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 3.35 | 3.99 | 1.30 | 9.0 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Fernandez | 11 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2.70 | 2.64 | 1.35 | 13.5 | 0.3 |
| Hunter Dobbins | 8 | 5 | 40.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 3.60 | 4.36 | 1.30 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Matt Svanson | 41 | 1 | 43.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 7.27 | 4.29 | 1.75 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 46 | 0 | 56.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 3.04 | 4.45 | 1.10 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Bruce Zimmermann | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 2.89 | 1.40 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
| George Soriano | 53 | 0 | 51.2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 3.66 | 4.46 | 1.20 | 8.9 | 0.1 |
| Matt Pushard | 6 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.14 | 3.52 | 1.43 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| Quinn Mathews | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.60 | 3.69 | 1.80 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Brycen Mautz | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 3.75 | 2.00 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Peter Strzelecki | 4 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 4.29 | 1.20 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Torres | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.59 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Max Rajcic | 6 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.00 | 4.75 | 1.33 | 8.0 | -0.0 |
| Jared Shuster | 5 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.00 | 5.64 | 1.89 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
| Ryne Stanek | 51 | 0 | 45.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 4.57 | 5.07 | 1.50 | 9.7 | -0.2 |
| Luis Gastelum | 12 | 0 | 13.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8.10 | 7.81 | 1.57 | 6.8 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
St. Louis Cardinals are 59-59, a .500 win rate, while their -8 run differential implies .493. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.