National League Central · 2025
St. Louis Cardinals
78-84Busch StadiumNational League
- Team WAR
- 26.6 13.3 bat / 13.3 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .459
- Run diff
- -65 4.25 / 4.65 per g
- wRC+
- 96
- ERA
- 4.33 FIP 4.08
- Home runs
- 148
The St. Louis Cardinals went 78-84 in 2025, a .481 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 689 runs and allowed 754, a run differential of -65. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.33 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ is 4% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Brendan Donovan leads the position players at 2.8 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 4.28 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,339 team hits
Batting
22 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brendan Donovan | 2B | 118 | 515 | 132 | 10 | 50 | 3 | .287 | .353 | .422 | .340 | 120 | 2.8 |
| Iván Herrera | DH | 107 | 452 | 110 | 19 | 66 | 8 | .284 | .373 | .464 | .367 | 140 | 2.5 |
| Alec Burleson | 1B | 138 | 546 | 144 | 18 | 69 | 5 | .290 | .343 | .459 | .347 | 126 | 2.3 |
| Willson Contreras | 1B | 135 | 563 | 126 | 20 | 80 | 5 | .257 | .344 | .447 | .347 | 125 | 2.1 |
| Masyn Winn | SS | 127 | 537 | 124 | 9 | 51 | 9 | .253 | .310 | .363 | .300 | 92 | 1.7 |
| Pedro Pagés | C | 107 | 389 | 83 | 11 | 45 | 0 | .230 | .272 | .363 | .277 | 75 | 0.8 |
| Lars Nootbaar | LF | 132 | 583 | 119 | 13 | 48 | 4 | .234 | .325 | .361 | .307 | 97 | 0.7 |
| Victor Scott II | CF | 132 | 463 | 86 | 5 | 37 | 34 | .216 | .305 | .296 | .277 | 75 | 0.7 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | 106 | 436 | 95 | 12 | 52 | 3 | .237 | .289 | .377 | .288 | 83 | 0.6 |
| Thomas Saggese | SS | 81 | 295 | 71 | 2 | 25 | 3 | .258 | .299 | .342 | .285 | 81 | 0.5 |
| José Fermín | 2B | 30 | 70 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 2 | .283 | .377 | .417 | .356 | 132 | 0.4 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3B | 108 | 402 | 72 | 14 | 46 | 1 | .205 | .296 | .370 | .294 | 88 | 0.4 |
| Yohel Pozo | C | 63 | 168 | 37 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .231 | .262 | .375 | .276 | 75 | 0.2 |
| Luken Baker | DH | 18 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .366 | .324 | .323 | 108 | 0.0 |
| Michael Siani | CF | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .316 | .235 | .262 | 65 | -0.0 |
| César Prieto | 2B | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .148 | -18 | -0.1 |
| José Barrero | SS | 14 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .138 | .194 | .276 | .209 | 27 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Vilade | RF | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .155 | -13 | -0.2 |
| Nathan Church | CF | 19 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .179 | .254 | .250 | .234 | 44 | -0.2 |
| Jimmy Crooks | C | 13 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .152 | .244 | .170 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Garrett Hampson | 2B | 46 | 91 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .169 | .209 | 26 | -0.5 |
| Jordan Walker | RF | 108 | 396 | 78 | 6 | 41 | 10 | .215 | .278 | .306 | .263 | 65 | -0.9 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Sonny Gray | 32 | 32 | 180.2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 201 | 4.28 | 3.39 | 1.23 | 10.0 | 3.4 |
| Matthew Liberatore | 29 | 29 | 151.2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 122 | 4.21 | 4.03 | 1.31 | 7.2 | 1.8 |
| Kyle Leahy | 62 | 1 | 88.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 3.07 | 3.04 | 1.23 | 8.2 | 1.6 |
| Phil Maton | 63 | 0 | 61.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 2.79 | 2.60 | 1.06 | 11.9 | 1.4 |
| Matt Svanson | 39 | 0 | 60.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1.94 | 2.72 | 0.88 | 10.1 | 1.3 |
| Steven Matz | 53 | 2 | 76.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 3.05 | 3.46 | 1.10 | 6.9 | 1.0 |
| JoJo Romero | 65 | 0 | 61.0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 2.07 | 3.28 | 1.25 | 8.1 | 0.9 |
| Michael McGreevy | 17 | 16 | 95.2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 4.42 | 4.27 | 1.25 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 26 | 0 | 43.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6.28 | 2.93 | 1.47 | 8.4 | 0.8 |
| Andre Pallante | 31 | 31 | 162.2 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 111 | 5.31 | 4.68 | 1.44 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Riley O'Brien | 42 | 0 | 48.0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 2.06 | 3.61 | 1.15 | 8.4 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Helsley | 58 | 0 | 56.0 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 63 | 4.50 | 4.14 | 1.54 | 10.1 | 0.3 |
| Andre Granillo | 14 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4.71 | 4.42 | 1.38 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Miles Mikolas | 31 | 31 | 156.1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 100 | 4.84 | 5.03 | 1.32 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Nick Raquet | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.64 | 0.50 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Garrett Hampson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Alec Burleson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.14 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Chris Roycroft | 20 | 0 | 20.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7.84 | 4.83 | 1.84 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Fernandez | 32 | 0 | 30.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 7.71 | 5.15 | 1.71 | 10.1 | -0.2 |
| John King | 51 | 0 | 48.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.66 | 5.00 | 1.63 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Roddery Muñoz | 9 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8.18 | 7.77 | 1.64 | 11.5 | -0.4 |
| Erick Fedde | 32 | 24 | 141.0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 83 | 5.49 | 5.20 | 1.52 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
Record versus run differential
St. Louis Cardinals are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -65 run differential implies .459. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.