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MLB · NL Central

St. Louis Cardinals

STL · 2026

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Roster construction

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 752 961 −209 10th of 30
Share of plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 12.1% 15.0% −3.0% 10th of 30
WAR bled by sub-replacement hitters -2.0 -2.9 +0.9 10th of 30
Count of sub-replacement hitters 6 6 — 13th of 30
Batters faced by sub-replacement pitchers 641 1111 −470 8th of 30
Share of batters faced by sub-replacement pitchers 10.2% 16.5% −6.3% 9th of 30
WAR of the club's best position player 4.6 4.9 −0.3 15th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's three best position players 10.5 11.4 −0.9 20th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's five best position players 14.2 15.8 −1.6 20th of 30
Total position-player WAR 15.9 19.4 −3.5 23rd of 30
Total pitching WAR 13.1 15.1 −2.0 21st of 30
Share of position-player WAR from the top three 66.0% 62.3% +3.8% 9th of 30
Concentration of WAR across the lineup 0.52 0.45 +0.07 3rd of 30
Position players with a 2+ WAR season 4 4 — 16th of 30
Position players with a 4+ WAR season 1 1 — 11th of 30
Hitters used 22 24 −2 22nd of 30
Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 25.8 28.3 −2.5 29th of 30
Plate appearances given to hitters 25 and under 2862 1557 +1304 3rd of 30
Share of plate appearances given to hitters 25 and under 45.9% 24.4% +21.5% 3rd of 30
Plate appearances given to hitters 35 and older 0 397 −397 19th of 30

Staff shape

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Pitchers used 29 32 −3 23rd of 30
Rotation WAR 12.6 13.1 −0.5 15th of 30
Bullpen WAR 1.4 6.5 −5.1 27th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's three best starters 7.9 8.8 −0.9 18th of 30
Share of innings thrown by starters 69.1% 71.5% −2.4% 20th of 30
Quality starts 54 56 −2 19th of 30
Blown saves 30 26 +3 22nd of 30

Results

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Run differential -29 0 −29 18th of 30
Run differential per game -0.18 0.00 −0.18 18th of 30
Runs scored per game 4.44 4.48 −0.04 17th of 30
Runs allowed per game 4.62 4.48 +0.14 21st of 30
Winning percentage .475 .500 −.025 19th of 30
Pythagorean winning percentage .482 .502 −.020 18th of 30
Wins above Pythagorean expectation -1.1 -0.3 −0.8 17th of 30
Winning percentage in one-run games .444 .499 −.055 22nd of 30
Winning percentage in games decided by five or more .500 .500 — 13th of 30
Winning percentage in extra innings .474 .510 −.036 19th of 30
Home winning percentage .469 .529 −.060 24th of 30
Road winning percentage .481 .471 +.010 14th of 30
Winning percentage within the division .462 .500 −.038 22nd of 30
Longest winning streak 6 6 — 13th of 30

Batting

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Team Games 162 161 — 1st of 30
Team Plate Appearances 6141 6128 +12 10th of 30
Team At Bats 5458 5444 +13 12th of 30
Team Runs 720 725 −5 16th of 30
Team Hits 1306 1328 −22 21st of 30
Team Doubles 228 249 −21 26th of 30
Team Triples 15 22 −7 27th of 30
Team Home Runs 167 185 −18 24th of 30
Team Runs Batted In 696 693 +2 14th of 30
Team Stolen Bases 100 109 −9 17th of 30
Team Walks 511 544 −33 24th of 30
Team Strikeouts 1306 1356 −50 8th of 30
Team Walk Rate 8.3% 8.9% −0.6% 25th of 30
Team Strikeout Rate 21.3% 22.1% −0.8% 9th of 30
Team Batting Average .239 .244 −.005 22nd of 30
Team On-Base Percentage .313 .318 −.005 22nd of 30
Team Slugging Percentage .378 .400 −.022 29th of 30
Team On-Base Plus Slugging .691 .719 −.028 28th of 30

Pitching

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Team Wins 77 80 −3 19th of 30
Team Losses 85 80 +4 19th of 30
Team Saves 46 41 +4 7th of 30
Team Blown Saves 30 23 +6 26th of 30
Team Games 162 161 — 1st of 30
Team Games Started 162 161 — 1st of 30
Team Innings Pitched 1442.2 1435.2 +6.2 5th of 30
Team Innings per Game 8.9 8.9 — 2nd of 30
Team Strikeouts 1278 1356 −78 25th 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 4.26 4.17 +0.09 20th 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".