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St. Louis Cardinals

STL · NL Central · 2026
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Roster construction

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 703 838 −135 9th of 30
Share of plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 12.4% 14.6% −2.2% 9th of 30
WAR bled by sub-replacement hitters -1.9 -2.7 +0.8 10th of 30
Count of sub-replacement hitters 6 6 — 13th of 30
Batters faced by sub-replacement pitchers 954 1056 −102 20th of 30
Share of batters faced by sub-replacement pitchers 16.9% 17.5% −0.6% 21st of 30
WAR of the club's best position player 4.4 4.3 +0.1 11th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's three best position players 10.2 10.2 — 13th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's five best position players 14.2 14.1 +0.1 14th of 30
Total position-player WAR 15.9 17.3 −1.4 19th of 30
Total pitching WAR 11.5 13.5 −2.0 20th of 30
Share of position-player WAR from the top three 64.2% 61.6% +2.6% 11th of 30
Concentration of WAR across the lineup 0.51 0.44 +0.07 3rd of 30
Position players with a 2+ WAR season 4 3 — 9th of 30
Position players with a 4+ WAR season 1 0 — 5th of 30
Hitters used 22 23 −1 20th of 30
Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 25.8 28.3 −2.5 29th of 30
Plate appearances given to hitters 25 and under 2580 1355 +1224 3rd of 30
Share of plate appearances given to hitters 25 and under 45.7% 23.6% +22.1% 3rd of 30
Plate appearances given to hitters 35 and older 0 359 −359 19th of 30

Staff shape

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Pitchers used 29 31 −2 23rd of 30
Rotation WAR 11.1 11.8 −0.7 16th of 30
Bullpen WAR 0.8 4.7 −3.9 27th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's three best starters 7.4 8.2 −0.8 20th of 30
Share of innings thrown by starters 69.5% 71.1% −1.5% 18th of 30
Quality starts 49 51 −2 18th of 30
Blown saves 27 23 +3 22nd of 30

Results

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Run differential -7 0 −7 16th of 30
Run differential per game -0.05 0.00 −0.05 16th of 30
Runs scored per game 4.52 4.48 +0.04 11th of 30
Runs allowed per game 4.57 4.47 +0.10 20th of 30
Winning percentage .497 .500 −.003 15th of 30
Pythagorean winning percentage .495 .501 −.006 16th of 30
Wins above Pythagorean expectation 0.2 -0.2 +0.4 14th of 30
Winning percentage in one-run games .479 .498 −.020 19th of 30
Winning percentage in games decided by five or more .533 .499 +.034 11th of 30
Winning percentage in extra innings .529 .507 +.022 14th of 30
Home winning percentage .479 .526 −.047 24th of 30
Road winning percentage .514 .474 +.040 10th of 30
Winning percentage within the division .500 .502 −.002 15th of 30
Longest winning streak 6 6 — 12th of 30

Batting

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Team Games 146 145 — 2nd of 30
Team Plate Appearances 5561 5501 +60 5th of 30
Team At Bats 4936 4885 +50 7th of 30
Team Runs 662 650 +11 10th of 30
Team Hits 1200 1190 +9 14th of 30
Team Doubles 208 225 −17 24th of 30
Team Triples 14 19 −5 20th of 30
Team Home Runs 155 166 −11 21st of 30
Team Runs Batted In 643 621 +21 8th of 30
Team Stolen Bases 94 98 −4 17th of 30
Team Walks 467 490 −23 21st of 30
Team Strikeouts 1151 1215 −64 7th of 30
Team Walk Rate 8.4% 8.9% −0.5% 23rd of 30
Team Strikeout Rate 20.7% 22.1% −1.4% 5th of 30
Team Batting Average .243 .244 −.001 16th of 30
Team On-Base Percentage .317 .318 −.001 14th of 30
Team Slugging Percentage .385 .400 −.015 25th of 30
Team On-Base Plus Slugging .702 .718 −.016 24th of 30

Pitching

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Team Wins 72 72 — 15th of 30
Team Losses 74 72 +1 17th of 30
Team Saves 43 37 +5 6th of 30
Team Games 146 145 — 2nd of 30
Team Games Started 146 145 — 2nd of 30
Team Innings Pitched 1301.2 1289.0 +12.1 4th of 30
Team Innings per Game 8.9 8.9 — 1st of 30
Team Strikeouts 1151 1215 −64 24th of 30
Team Strikeouts per 9 Innings 8.0 8.5 −0.5 24th of 30
Team Walks per 9 Innings 3.5 3.4 +0.1 17th of 30
Team Earned Run Average 4.29 4.17 +0.12 21st of 30

Rank is among the MLB clubs with a value for that metric, best first. Descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) are ranked but not colored — for them, "high" isn't "good".