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2013 St. Louis Cardinals
File:Saint Louis Cardinals Logo.png
DivisionCentral Division
BallparkBusch Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
OwnersWilliam DeWitt, Jr.
Fred Hanser
ManagersMike Matheny
TelevisionFox Sports Midwest
(Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky, Rick Horton)
RadioKMOX (1120AM)
(Mike Shannon, John Rooney)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The St. Louis Cardinals 2013 season is the current and 132nd for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri, the 122nd season in the National League (NL), and the eighth at Busch Stadium III. On Opening Day, April 1, St. Louis played the 20,000th game in franchise history against the Arizona Diamondbacks, dating back to the start of their American Association (AA) play in 1882.[1][2] Heading into the 2013 season, St. Louis had an all-time winning percentage of .518.[1]

Acquisitions, departures and roster moves

Management and coaches

  • October 25: Offered and retained all club coaches except bullpen coach Dyar Miller; no reason was cited.[3]
  • November 5: Promoted assistant hitting coach John Mabry to hitting coach.[5]
  • November 5: Promoted AAA pitching coach Blaise Ilsley to major league bullpen coach.[5]
  • February 14: Extended GM John Mozeliak's contract by three years to end after the 2016 season.[7] Record as Cardinals' GM: 439-371 (.542).[8]

Hitters

  • March 8: Signed first baseman Allen Craig to a five-year contract worth $31 million, including a $13 million club option for 2018 and $1 million buyout.[16]
  • March 19: Released Cedeño,[17] leaving the club responsible for 45 days or one-fourth of the original salary ($282,787).[18]

Pitchers

  • October 30: Added right-hander Jorge Rondon to the 40-man roster when Lohse and Berkman were removed as free agents.[19]
  • November 9: Advanced Kyle Lohse an initial qualifying offer of $13.3 million, but he declined it to become a free agent.[3] He signed with the Milwaukee Brewers on March 25. The Cardinals received a compensatory pick in the following June draft.
  • December 7: Signed left-handed specialist Randy Choate to a three-year, $7.5 million contract.[21]
  • February 22: Placed right-hander Chris Carpenter on the 60-day disabled list due to persisting numbness and weakness in his pitching arm.[22]
  • March 27: Signed Adam Wainwright to a five-year extension for 2014-2018 worth $97.5 million.[23]

Other offseason events

On February 5, the Cardinals announced that Chris Carpenter was unlikely to pitch this season as he continued to experience weakness and numbness in his pitching shoulder and arm. He ceased throwing exercises and commented that he does not desire further surgery.[24] Despite pitching just six full seasons with the team, he has an assured place in Cardinals' history.[25]

Less than a week later, Carpenter announced he would not travel to the club's Spring Training site in Jupiter, Florida and remain in St. Louis, fearing he could be a distraction.[26] At a press conference that same day, he said he still holds out hope of pitching in 2013, and refused to talk about retirement.[27] On February 22, the team placed Carpenter on the 60-day disabled list.

Spring Training

Schedule and media. The club announced its 32-game spring schedule on November 30, 2012. The first game was February 23, and the last on March 29.[28] Twelve games were nationally televised either on Fox Sports Midwest (10) or ESPN (2), starting on Monday March 11, 12:05pm (CT) at New York Yankees, through Thursday March 28 against the Miami Marlins.[29] (see also:National Broadcast Schedule)

Classic Cardinals. Four Cardinals major leaguers participated in the World Baseball Classic tournament. Yadier Molina and Carlos Beltrán both represented the nation of Puerto Rico,[30] who finished runner-up for the entire tournament.[31] Relief pitchers Mitch Boggs pitched for the United States, Fernando Salas pitched for Mexico and minor leaguer Richard Castillo also pitched for Spain.[8]

Martínez returns to the US. Long held over by visa problems in his native Dominican Republic, Carlos Martínez was finally granted reentry into the United States in the last week of March, and joined the minor league camp in Jupiter, Florida. With camp ending on April 1, he started more than six weeks past the pitchers' report date in mid-February. The #3 prospect in the Cardinals' system ended the 2012 season in Double-A (Springfield), where he posted a 2.90 ERA and held opponents to a .237 batting average in 15 games (14 starts).[32]

Final spring training results. The Cardinals finished spring training on March 29 with a 16-15-1 record, and recorded 98,686 total attendance in 16 home games for an average of 6,168. They had a .282 team batting average with an NL-leading 4.20 team ERA.[33] Last year, the team had a 16-9-2 record in spring training games with a .276 team batting average and 3.05 team pitching ERA, finishing 11th in the Grapefruit League. They drew 85,858 fans during 13 home games, averaging 6,604 fans per game.[34]

Openings

Middle infield. With shortstop Rafael Furcal's elbow (strained ulnar collateral ligament) cutting short his 2012 season, rest was thought to be the best option rather than surgery.[35] However, Furcal was shut down for the season on March 3 due to the ligament not improving,[36] and an announcement for Tommy John surgery followed on March 7.[15]

Free-agent signee Ronny Cedeño was brought in to back up second and shortstop after Skip Schumaker's trade, but was released on March 19,.[17] After an 18-inning tryout and an .828 OPS in 340 PAs as a rookie in 2012, utility player Matt Carpenter was advised to continue working out at second in the offseason, and was nominated for the regular job after spring.[37][38][39] Pete Kozma became the starting shortstop and Daniel Descalso the backup to Carpenter and Kozma.[40][41]

Starting pitching. With Chris Carpenter shifted to the 60-day disabled list, one spot for a starting pitcher opened. Competition fell between Joe Kelly and Shelby Miller.[42] Miller won the spot, sporting a 11:5 strikeout to walk ratio and 17 hits in 16 innings, compared to Kelly's 2:6 and 15 hits in 13 innings, placing him in a bullpen role.[43] Starter Lance Lynn reported to camp forty pounds lighter than in 2012, but ironically struggled to find his command as he attempted to pitch using a "new body."[44]

Reserve roles. Thanks to a strong spring at the plate, former Cardinals Minor League Player of the Year Matt Adams made the team as a pinch-hitter and backup at first base.[17] Rookie outfielder Óscar Taveras also made a strong impression, batting .289 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 80 PAs. He started the season in the minors to allow "his development ... to be playing every day ... to handle the day-to-day rigors of the major league schedule," according to Mozeliak.[45]

Injuries

Matheny underwent successful back surgery on March 11 to relieve pain and numbness caused by a ruptured disk.[46]

On March 21, closer Jason Motte experienced tightness in his pitching elbow after pitching against the Mets. An MRI revealed a right flexor tendon strain. He began the season on the DL and Mozeliak was uncertain how much time he would miss. Mitch Boggs replaced Motte as closer until his return.[47] On March 22, third baseman David Freese experienced back pain and was placed on the 15-day disabled list.[48]

Regular season

April

The salary for the players for the season comes to $116.8 mil. (Google spreadsheet), a 4.4% increase over the $111.9 mil. in 2012.(Opening Day salaries)

Opening day on April 8 showed the largest attendance in the history of Busch Stadium with 47,345. The Cardinals had a 4-2 lead after 6 inn. and a 4-3 lead after 7 inn., but the Reds scored a run in the 8th to tie it, and then scored 9 in the 9th to win going away, 13-4. It spoiled a fine performance by starter Jaime Garcia who pitched effecitvely for 6.2 inn., giving up 6 hits, 3 runs, walking 3, and striking out 10. It was the first of 19 games between the two teams the experts believe are the best in the Central, and will battle it out for the title.[49]

The team chartered an overall successful opening month, finishing with a 15-11 record (.577 winning percentage) and in first place in the NL Central. However, it was not without challenges: the rest of the division played also very competitively, with the Milwaukee Brewers, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds each finished the month within one game of the Cardinals.[50] An outstanding effort by the starting pitching won all 15 games in the month (2.15 ERA in 167 innings, and 1.152 WHIP with 8.2 SO per nine innings) and timely hitting (.350 BA, .940 OPS with RISP) covered for an otherwise dismal offense (.245 BA, 20 home runs and .677 OPS) and dysfunctional bullpen (0-5, 5.82 ERA in 66 innings).[51][52] Starting pitcher Adam Wainwright began the season with 34 2/3 consecutive innings without issuing a walk, the longest such streak in team history since 1913, when Slim Sallee began the season with 40 consecutive innings (the team record).[53][54] Wainwright led the league with 171 batters faced and in pitching 44 1/3 innings. Wainwright and Lance Lynn tied for the NL lead with four wins each, while Jake Westbrook led the league with a 0.98 ERA. Rookie Shelby Miller finished the month with a 2.05 ERA, 1.011 WHIP and 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings.[55]

The team was only 6-5 at home, 9-6 on the road. They scored 117 runs, giving up 93.

May

Westbrook milestone. Jake Westbrook won his 100th game (against 96 losses) on May 2 after two previous attempts in which which the game was lost after he left the game in the lead.[56] His 1.07 ERA and a 351 ERA+ lead the league, spearheading a trend in common with the Cardinals rotation. To this point, the starters' aggregate 2.09 ERA led the majors and their 17-6 record led the NL, second in MLB only to the Boston Red Sox (17-4). Adam Wainwright's 2.03 ERA was eighth in the NL, and Shelby Miller's 2.05 ERA tenth. At 17-11, St. Louis' pitching staff had the second-lowest team ERA in the majors at 3.14, trailing only the Atlanta Braves at 3.10.[57]

Motte done for season; rookies step up in débuts. On May 3, closer Jason Motte's prognosis showed no improvement and he underwent season-ending Tommy John (elbow ligament) reconstructive surgery the next week.[58] However, two of the Cardinals' prized pitching prospects made their Major League débuts the same day: Carlos Martínez and Seth Maness each worked one scoreless inning after Miller's six innings in a 6-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, their fourth win in a row and seventh in ten games.[59]

Carpenter's surprising progress. On May 4, Chris Carpenter announced that he felt no arm pain and that he hoped to contribute to a bullpen fix after resuming his throwing program. Mozeliak commented he could return in late June or early July.[60] He threw an impressive fourth bullpen session of about 70 pitches on May 10, showing all his pitch types, and said afterwards he felt good and ready for a fifth session on May 13. [61]

Back-to-back no-hit near-misses. On May 10, Miller continued his excellent season by throwing a one-hit, no-run, masterpiece at home in just his eighth career start, defeating the Colorado Rockies 3-0. Improving his record to 5-2, Miller lowered his ERA to a dazzling 1.58 and WHIP to 0.88. He retired the final 27 batters of 28 total after allowing a bloop single to the very first batter, Eric Young, Jr., throwing 84 of 113 pitches for strikes. With no other blemishes in his "near-perfect" game, Miller struck out a career-high 13, tying the Cardinals' rookie record held by Dick Hughes (1967), and Scipio Spinks (1972) in his first complete-game shutout in the majors and most distinguished start since his début in September 2012. It was also the most-distinguished start by a Cardinal rookie since Bud Smith threw a no-hitter in 2001.[62][63][64] Miller also set a franchise record nine-inning game score of 98.[65] The next game, Wainwright took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Rockies on his way to finishing the game with a two-hit, complete-game shutout, his NL-leading second shutout of the season. Combining Wainwright's and Miller's efforts, they retired 40 Rockies in a row - tying the major league record - and prevented a base hit for 51 batters in a row.[66] It was only the fifth time in Cardinals' history that two successive starters have given up two hits or less. The last time was on May 2-3, 1967 when Bob Gibson and Ray Washburn each allowed two hits in complete game wins. Previous years this happened were in 1946, 1942, and 1927. [67]

Infielders out-of-slump. David Freese, shaking off a 91 at-bat homeless slump, hit a grand slam for his first home run of the season in the first inning of a 7-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on May 17.[68] Four days later, infielder Daniel Descalso hit a grand slam of his own in a 10-2 romp over San Diego.[69]

Rookies bail out veterans. Rookie pitchers played a key role the first two months of the season, bailing out the pitching staff beset with numerous injuries and ineffectiveness. Starting pitcher Jaime Garcia was yet another causality, with season-ending shoulder surgery on May 24.[70] With Michael Wacha's call up on May 30, he became the eighth rookie pitcher on the young season and the third in the month of May to début starting a game. After a 4-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals, rookies accounted for 134 of the Cardinals' 457 innings for the season, sporting a 2.35 ERA. For the month, the rookies combined to go 10-2 with a 2.23 ERA.[71] The overall staff ERA was a major-league leading 3.07.[72] This game left the Cardinals with a major-league best 34-17 record.[73]

On cover of Sports Illustrated. The five starters as of Opening Day (Adam Wainwright, Shelby Miller, Jaime Garcia, Lance Lynn, and Jake Westbrook) were the main story and on the cover of Sports Illustrated (May 27), mirroring the famous 1968 SI cover pose with Roger Maris, Tim McCarver, Bob Gibson, Mike Shannon, and Lou Brock. At the time of the magazine's release, two (Garcia and Westbrook) were on the disabled list.[74] It was the 39th time the Cardinals have made the cover.[75]

Cardinals have youngest pitching staff in baseball. After Michael Wacha, 21, made his debut on May 30, the Cardinals have the youngest pitching staff in baseball, averaging only 25.0 years in age. The team has used nine rookies and eight pitchers are younger than 25. The rookie pitchers have combined for an MLB-leading 12 wins. [76]

Craziest game of the year. The nine-inning game on May 30, was officially only 2:27 in time, but that didn't count the one-hour rain delay prior to the original start time of 7:15pm, and then the 4:32 delay in the top of the ninth inning from 10:32pm to 3:04am, finally with the game ending at 3:14am on May 31. The reason to wait out the long rain delay was because it was the last trip the Kansas City Royals make to St. Louis, and Rule 4.12(b)(4) would apply, so the Royals persuaded umpire Joe West to keep the game from being called and their three runs in the top of the ninth to be wiped out with them losing 2-1 after eight full innings. They won the argument, and the game 4-2. [77] The game's total 5:32 rain delay was the longest in baseball since October 3, 1999, when the Cincinnati Reds-Milwaukee Brewers had a 5:47 delay.[78] Although not saddled with the loss, rookie starter Michael Wacha, 21, in his major-league debut lost the chance for a win after dazzling the fans and television audience in retiring the first 13 batters he faced. He gave up a total of just two hits and one run, walking one and striking out six in his seven full innings, holding a 2-1 lead until reliever Mitchell Boggs gave up a game-tying home run leading off the top of the ninth. The game-ending time at 3:14am was the latest ever for a game at Busch Stadium. [79] Wacha had thrown only 73.2 IP in the minors before his call-up and debut. He threw only 93 pitches (67 for strikes), facing 23 batters, retiring 21 of them. His 93 pitches were mostly 92-96mph fastballs, then change-ups, with only three curveballs. He kept two souvenir balls: his first strikeout (Alex Gordon), and the ball he got a single in his first at-bat. [80] Mitchell Boggs returned to the Cardinals to help the bullpen after 18 days (May 2-20), blew Michael Wacha's 2-1 lead in his debut on May 30, and was demoted a second time to AAA-Memphis the next day, May 31. Boggs' 2013 year now reads: 18 games played in, 0-3, with a 11.05 ERA, 21 hits, 15 walks, 11 strikeouts, and a 2.455 WHIP in 14.2 IP. [81] [82]

For May, the team was 9-4 at home 11-3 on the road. They scored 133 runs, giving up 85. (Year: 35-18, 250 runs, gave up 178)

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 97 65 .599 — 54‍–‍27 43‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 94 68 .580 3 50‍–‍31 44‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 90 72 .556 7 49‍–‍31 41‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers 74 88 .457 23 37‍–‍44 37‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs 66 96 .407 31 31‍–‍50 35‍–‍46

National League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals 97 65 .599
Atlanta Braves 96 66 .593
Los Angeles Dodgers 92 70 .568
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 94 68 .580 +4
Cincinnati Reds 90 72 .556 —
Washington Nationals 86 76 .531 4
Arizona Diamondbacks 81 81 .500 9
San Francisco Giants 76 86 .469 14
San Diego Padres 76 86 .469 14
Colorado Rockies 74 88 .457 16
New York Mets 74 88 .457 16
Milwaukee Brewers 74 88 .457 16
Philadelphia Phillies 73 89 .451 17
Chicago Cubs 66 96 .407 24
Miami Marlins 62 100 .383 28


Record vs. opponents

(through May 30)

Bold W-L record after finished with team for year

Team W-L Record (remaining)
Anaheim Angels 0–0 (3)
Arizona Diamondbacks 1–2 (4)
Atlanta Braves 0–0 (7)
Chicago Cubs 1–1 (17)
Cincinnati Reds 4–2 (13)
Colorado Rockies 2–1 (4)
Houston Astros 0–0 (4)
Kansas City Royals 3–1
Los Angeles Dodgers 2–1 (4)
Miami Marlins 0–0 (6)
Milwaukee Brewers 8–2 (9)
New York Mets 3–1 (3)
Oakland Athletics 0–0 (3)
Philadelphia Phillies 2–2 (3)
Pittsburgh Pirates   2–3 (14)
San Diego Padres 2–1 (3)
San Francisco Giants 2–1 (3)
Seattle Mariners 0–0 (3)
Texas Rangers 0–0 (3)
Washington Nationals 3–0 (3)

Schedule and results

Game log

The Cardinals, and all 30 teams, had their schedules released by Major League Baseball on September 12, 2012. On Opening Day, the Cardinals will play at Chase Field against the Arizona Diamondbacks, in Phoenix, Arizona on April 1 at 9:10pm CDT,[83] and will be nationally televised by ESPN2 as part of its Opening Day marathon.[84]

Media

Fox Sports Midwest (FSMW) are to televise 150 games unless noted otherwise below.[85] FSMW hired former Cardinals' center fielder Jim Edmonds to replace former pitcher Cal Eldred as the primary analyst for pregame and postgame shows.[86]

All game times below are in Central Time Zone.
Schedule: Calendar style | Sortable text | National Broadcast Schedule (Cardinals), EDT || Downloadable: Microsoft Outlook and Palm (PDA)

Legend
Cardinals Win Cardinals Loss Game Postponed / Tie
2013 Game Log
June   (1–0) of 28 (1.000)
# Date Opponent / Time Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
54 June 1 Giants 12:15pm 8-0 Miller (6-3) Cain (4-3) 42,359 36-18
55 June 1 Giants 6:15pm (Fox)
56 June 2 Giants 1:15pm
57 June 3 Diamondbacks 7:15pm
58 June 4 Diamondbacks 7:15pm
59 June 5 Diamondbacks 7:15pm
60 June 6 Diamondbacks 6:15pm
61 June 7 @ Reds 6:10pm
62 June 8 @ Reds 6:15pm (Fox)
63 June 9 @ Reds 7:10pm (ESPN)
64 June 11 @ Mets 6:10pm
65 June 12 @ Mets 6:10pm
66 June 13 @ Mets 12:10pm
67 June 14 @ Marlins 6:10pm
68 June 15 @ Marlins 6:10pm
69 June 16 @ Marlins 12:10pm
70 June 17 Cubs 7:15pm
71 June 18 Cubs 7:15pm
72 June 19 Cubs 7:15pm
73 June 20 Cubs 7:15pm
74 June 21 Rangers 7:15pm
75 June 22 Rangers 6:15pm (Fox)
76 June 23 Rangers 1:15pm
77 June 25 @ Astros 7:10pm
78 June 26 @ Astros 7:10pm
79 June 28 @ Athletics 9:05pm
80 June 29 @ Athletics 3:05pm
81 June 30 @ Athletics 3:05pm

Current roster

See also: St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster
St. Louis Cardinals roster
Active roster Inactive roster Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer(s)


Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list



Injury report

Name Position Date of injury/move
(retro date)		 Nature of Injury Date of return to play
Anticipated date (in italics)
 DL Stay Length Ref
Chris Carpenter RHP February 5 Arm numbness Indefinite 60-day [24]
Rafael Furcal SS March 3 Torn elbow ligament 2014 15-day [15]
Jason Motte RHP March 23 Right elbow ligament tear TBD 15-day [58][87]
David Freese 3B March 22 Back tightness April 8 15-day [48][88]
Matt Adams 1B April 26 (Apr. 22) Right oblique strain May 7 15-day [89][90]
Rafael Furcal SS May 3 (March 3) Torn elbow ligament 2014 60-day [91]
Jake Westbrook RHP May 12 (May 9) Elbow inflammation TBD / May 24 15-day [92]
Jason Motte RHP May 12 (Mar 23) Right elbow ligament tear 2014 60-day [92]
Jaime Garcia RHP May 18 Left shoulder strain 2014 60-day [93] [70] [94]
Fernando Salas RHP May 22 (May 21) Right shoulder inflammation June 5 15-day [95]
John Gast LHP May 26 Left shoulder strain TBD / June 10 15-day [96]
Óscar Taveras (not on roster) OF May 29 Ankle sprain June 5 7-day [97]

Injury Report

In-season acquisitions and roster moves

April

May

Regular season statistics

Composite scoring by inning

(through May 30)

INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL
CARDINALS 33 30 35 28 25 43 23 22 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 250
OPPONENTS 20 8 19 19 13 30 17 23 24 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 178

Batters

(through May 27)

Notes: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B= Doubles; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; GIDP = Grounded in DP; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; OPS = OBP + SLG

Table half above double line: Appeared in most games at that position | Below double line: Ranked by ABs regardless of position | Excludes pitcher at-bats and players appearing in less than 20% of team games.

Player POS G AB R H 2B HR RBI BB SO GIDP Avg. OBP SLG OPS
Yadier Molina C 49 182 20 63 14 3 27 13 18 3 .346 .389 .473 .861
Allen Craig 1B/RF 48 189 24 57 14 3 36 10 33 7 .302 .346 .444 .791
Matt Carpenter 2B 48 188 39 57 16 3 17 25 27 2 .303 .388 .436 .824
Pete Kozma SS 48 163 19 45 8 1 21 16 31 1 .276 .335 .344 .679
David Freese 3B 34 116 12 28 6 2 13 11 28 5 .241 .313 .345 .657
Matt Holliday LF 46 174 34 44 7 6 28 21 26 11 .253 .342 .408 .750
Jon Jay CF 48 173 29 46 7 4 23 17 36 6 .266 .343 .387 .731
Carlos Beltrán RF 47 173 22 50 5 10 29 12 29 2 .289 .335 .491 .826
Daniel Descalso 2B 33 89 15 22 7 2 13 9 18 1 .247 .323 .393 .716
Shane Robinson OF 30 38 9 7 0 0 1 10 8 2 .184 .354 .184 .538
Matt Adams 1B 22 47 5 17 3 3 11 3 12 2 .362 .400 .617 1.017
Ty Wigginton UT 27 36 6 6 1 0 1 4 12 1 .167 .250 .194 .444
Tony Cruz C 8 11 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 .182 .250 .182 .432
Team Totals (5/27) --- 50 1,693 239 452 88 37 225 157 342 49 .267 .333 .389 .722
NL Rank of 15 (5/27) --- --- 6 3 3 6 13 3 5 13 3 3 2 9 7

BOLD = Leads NL
* not on active roster
** on personal leave; date and G missed
† on 15-day disabled list; date DL and G missed
†† on 60-day disabled list


Cardinals Batting statistics, by BA   |   NL Batting Leaders, by BA   |   Cardinals, sorted by AB

NL Batting Statistics by Team

Baseball Reference - 2013 St. Louis Cardinals

Starting pitchers

(through May 30)

Note: GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Loss; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = (Walks + Hits) per Innings Pitched; HBP = Hit by Pitch; BF = Batters faced; O-AVG = Opponent Batting Ave.; O-OBP = Opponent On-Base Ave.; O-SLG = Opponent Slugging Ave.; R suppt = Runs support average from his team's batters per Games Started; CG = Complete Game; ShO = Shutout

Cardinals PITCHING statistics

Individual PITCHING statistics

Sortable TEAM PITCHING Statistics


Player GS IP W L ERA H HR BB SO WHIP HBP BF O-AVG O-OBP O-SLG R suppt
Adam Wainwright (2 CG/ShO) 11  80.0 7 3 2.48  76 2   6 74 1.03 3   312 .254 .275 .348 5.4
Jaime Garcia (DL 5/18- ) †† 9  55.1 5 2 3.58  57 6 15 43 1.30 0   234 .263 .310 .415 4.4
Tyler Lyons (5/22- ) 2  14.0 2 0 1.29   6 1   2   9 0.57 0     50 .125 .160 .229 4.5
Lance Lynn 11  68.0 7 1 2.91  51 3 25 70 1.12 4   276 .213 .293 .329 5.9
Jake Westbrook (1 CG/ShO) † 6  39.0 2 1 1.62  39 0 18  19 1.46 1   166 .275 .358 .331 4.5
John Gast (5/14- ) (DL 5/26- ) † 3  12.1 2 0 5.11  11 1   5   8 1.30 0     52 .234 .308 .340 5.7
Michael Wacha (5/30- ) 1    7.0 0 0 1.29   2 0   0   6 0.29 0     23 .087 .087 .130 2.0
Shelby Miller (1 CG/ShO) 10  62.1 5 3 2.02  45 4 16  65 0.98 3   244 .201 .262 .304 3.1
STARTERS Totals (3 ShO) 53 338.0 30 10 2.58 287 17 87 294 1.11 11 1,357 .231 .286 .337 4.7

Bold = leading NL
* not on active roster
† on 15-day disabled list; DL date and G missed
†† on 60-day disabled list

Relief pitchers

Notes: GP = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = (Walks + hits) per inning pitched; HBP = Hit by pitch; BF = Batters faced; O-AVG = Opponents batting average; O-OBP = Opponents on-base percentage; O-SLG = Opponents slugging average

(through May 30)

Team relief pitching statistics: 5-8 • 4.26 ERA • 137.1 IP • 148 H • 71 R, 65 ER • 46 BB • 128 SO • 15 HR 1.41 WHIP
19/29 Sv/Opp; 35 Holds; 102/143 First batters retired (71%); 21/82 Inherited runners scored (26%) [109]

Cardinals Pitchers

NL Team Pitching

Home attendance

(through May 30)

Year Attendance (games) AVG/game Projected NL Rank W-L
2013    979,254 (24) 40,802 3,304,982 3rd of 15 (May 29) 15-9
2012 3,262,109 (81) 40,273 3,262,109 4th of 16 50-31

2013 St. Louis Cardinals
2012 St. Louis Cardinals

Cardinals Record When

(through May 30)

Situation W-L Record Pct.
Home 15-9 .625
Away 20-9 .690
Scoring first 27-10 .730
Opponent scores first 8-8 .500
Scoring more than 3 runs 29-3 .906
Scoring 3 runs 3-4 .429
Scoring fewer than 3 runs 3-11 .214
Leading after 7 innings 32-4 .889
Tied after 7 innings 2-2 .500
Trailing after 7 innings 1-12 .077
Leading after 8 innings 34-2 .944
Tied after 8 innings 1-3 .250
Trailing after 8 innings
(nc 7 inn. 4/19 loss)		 0-12 .000
In errorless games 27-9 .750
In error-made games 8-9 .471
Extra innings 0-3 .000
Shutouts 8-3 .727
Out-hit opponents 25-2 .926
Same hits as opponents 4-0 1.000
Out-hit by opponents 6-16 .273
One-run games 7-5 .583
One or Two-run games 16-10 .615
Monday games 4-4 .500
Tuesday games 7-1 .875
Wednesday games 7-2 .778
Thursday games 2-2 .500
Friday games 6-2 .750
Saturday games 5-3 .625
Sunday games 4-4 .500
Stat Number Total Pct.
Runs via HR 66 250 .264
Opp. Runs via HR 52 178 .292

Executives and club officials

  • Owner, Chairman and CEO: William DeWitt, Jr.
  • President: William DeWitt III
  • Vice Chairman: Fred Hanser
  • Sr. Vice President of Baseball Operations/GM: John Mozeliak
  • Assistant General Manager: Mike Girsch
  • Director, Player Personnel: Matt Slater
  • Director of Major League Administration: Judy Carpenter-Barada
  • Farm Director: John Vuch
  • Baseball Operations Assistant, Player Development: Tony Ferreira
  • Director, Scouting: John Kantrovich
  • Director, International Operations: Moisés Rodríguez
  • Baseball Operations Assistant, International: Luis Morales
  • Quantitative Analyst: Christopher Correa
  • Director, Media Relations: Brian Bartow
  • Director, Public Relations & Civic Affairs: Ron Watermon
  • Special Assistant to the GM: Red Schoendienst
  • Senior Medical Advisor: Barry Weinberg
  • Major League Trainer: Greg Hauck
  • Sr. Vice-President of Sales & Marketing: Dan Farrell
  • Sr. Vice President of Finance/CFO: Brad Wood
  • Vice-President, Event Services and Merchandizing: Vicki Bryant
  • Vice-President of Stadium Operations: Joe Abernathy

Cardinals Front Office

Minor league affiliations

See also: St. Louis Cardinals minor league players
Level Team League Location
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Memphis, TN
AA Springfield Cardinals Texas League Springfield, MO
Advanced A Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League Jupiter, FL
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Peoria, IL
Short Season A State College Spikes New York-Penn League University Park, PA
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Johnson City, TN
GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Jupiter, FL
DSL Cardinals Dominican Summer League Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Organizational and prospect analyses

ESPN's Keith Law ranked St. Louis' minor league system tops in all of baseball in a February 2013 publication.[110] Another publication ranked the Cardinals 7th of the 30 teams in homegrown talent.[111] The MLB Network ranked four Cardinals' prospects in its Top 50 list for 2013 thusly: Trevor Rosenthal #43 (21st round in 2009 draft; 2.97 ERA in 109 IP in 2012), Carlos Martínez #33, Shelby Miller #25 [was #5 in 2012], and Oscar Taveras #3, in 2012 with the Springfield Cardinals (Texas League) figures and rankings: .321 BA—1st, 37 Doubles—1st, 23 Home Runs—tied 4th, 94 RBI—2nd, .953 OPS—2nd, 83 Runs—3rd.[112]

Baseball America ranks the Cardinals' top 10 prospects St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Jan 14, 2013)
Baseball America 2013 Prospect Watch
2013 Cardinals Prospect Watch, MLB.com
Cards organization preview, Top 20 Prospects, MLB.com (February 8, 2012)
Memphis Redbirds-AAA roster
Springfield Cardinals-AA roster

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