2020 St. Louis Cardinals season

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2020  St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals insignia logo.svg
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Busch Stadium
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record30–28 (.517)
Divisional place2nd
Owners William DeWitt Jr.
General managers Mike Girsch
Managers Mike Shildt
Television Fox Sports Midwest
(Dan McLaughlin, Rick Horton, Jim Edmonds, Brad Thompson)
Radio KMOX NewsRadio 1120
St. Louis Cardinals Radio Network
(Mike Shannon, John Rooney, Rick Horton, Mike Claiborne)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2020 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 139th for the St. Louis Cardinals of the Major League Baseball (MLB), a franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 129th season for the Cardinals in the National League, and their 15th at Busch Stadium III. They entered the season as defending NL Central champions.

Contents

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. [1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. [2]

On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day. [3]

On July 1, 2020, it was announced the Cardinals would play the Chicago White Sox on August 13 in the inaugural MLB at Field of Dreams game, replacing the New York Yankees. [4] The appearance in Dyersville, Iowa also replaces the team's canceled trip to London in June for a series with National League Central rivals, the Chicago Cubs. [5] On August 3, MLB canceled the Field of Dreams game due to "logistical problems." [6]

The Cardinals made the expanded playoffs but lost to the San Diego Padres in the NLWCS. The Cardinals suffered just their second winner-take-all game loss in the postseason over their last 10 winner-take-all postseason games played dating back to 2002 (2012 NLCS Game 7 being the other).

Regular season

On August 13, the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox were scheduled to play the first ever MLB at Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa. But due to the pandemic and the MLB commissioner announcing the 60-game season and that the AL and NL will play against each other in the same division, the Yankees were taken off the match. On July 1, MLB announced that the Cardinals will replace the Yankees in the game against the White Sox. The game was subsequently postponed to August 12, 2021, with the White Sox' opponent once again being the Yankees. Also, on June 13–14, the Cardinals were supposed to play against the Chicago Cubs in the London Series. But that was also cancelled due to the pandemic.

Game log


2020 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log, 30–28 (.517)
July: 2–3 (.400) (Home: 2–1 ; Away: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / L10
1July 24 Pirates 5–4 Flaherty (1–0) Musgrove (0–1) Kim (1)1–0 W1
2July 25 Pirates 9–1 Wainwright (1–0) Williams (0–1)—2–0 W2
3July 26 Pirates 1–5 Keller (1–0) Hudson (0–1)–2–1 L1
4July 28@Twins 3–6 Bailey (1–0) Martínez (0–1) Romo (1)2–2 L2
5July 29@Twins 0–3 Hill (1–0) Ponce de Leon (0–1) Rogers (1)2–3 L3
—July 31@Brewers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 2)
August: 11–10 (.524) (Home: 6–8 ; Away: 5–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / L10
—August 1@Brewers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 14)
—August 2 (1)@Brewers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 16)
—August 2 (2)@Brewers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 25)
—August 3 Tigers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 5)
—August 4@Tigers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 13)
—August 5 (1)@Tigers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 13)
—August 5 (2) Tigers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 10)
—August 6 Tigers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 10)
—August 7 Cubs Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 17)
—August 8 Cubs Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 19)
—August 9 Cubs Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 5)
—August 10 Pirates Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 27)
—August 11 Pirates Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 27)
—August 12 Pirates Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 18)
—August 13@White Sox Postponed (Logistics at "Field of Dreams")(Makeup date: August 14)
—August 13 (1)@Tigers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 28)
—August 13 (2)@Tigers Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 28)
—August 14@White Sox Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 15)
6August 15 (1)@White Sox 5–1 Wainwright (2–0) Giolito (1–2)–3–3 W1
7August 15 (2)@White Sox 6–3 Cabrera (1–0) Marshall (0–1) Miller (1)4–3 W2
8August 16@White Sox 2–7 Keuchel (3–2) Hudson (0–2)—4–4 L1
9August 17 (1)@Cubs 3–1 Gallegos (1–0) Hendricks (3–2) Miller (2)5–4 W1
10August 17 (2) Cubs 4–5 Underwood Jr. (1–0) Webb (0–1) Jeffress (2)5–5 L1
11August 18@Cubs 3–6 Darvish (4–1) Ponce de Leon (0–2) Wick (4)5–6 L2
12August 19 (1)@Cubs 9–3 (7) Webb (1–1) Mills (2–2)—6–6 W1
13August 19 (2) Cubs 2–4 (7) Jeffress (2–1) Miller (0–1) Kimbrel (1)6–7 L1
14August 20 Reds 5–4 Elledge (1–0) Iglesias (1–2)—7–7 W1
15August 21 Reds 2–4 Lorenzen (1–1) Cabrera (1–1) Iglesias (3)7–8 L1
16August 22 Reds 3–0 Kim (1–0) Miley (0–3) Gallegos (1)8–8 W1
17August 23 Reds 6–2 Cabrera (2–1) Mahle (0–1)—9–8 W2
18August 24 Royals 9–3 Flaherty (2–0) Keller (3–1)—10–8 W3
19August 25 Royals 4–5 Staumont (1–1) Gant (0–1) Rosenthal (7)10–9 L1
20August 26 Royals 6–5 Reyes (1–0) Rosario (0–1)—11–9 W1
21August 27 (1) Pirates 3–4 (8) Stratton (2–0) Gant (0–2) Rodríguez (2)11–10 L1
22August 27 (2) Pirates 0–2 (7) Ponce (1–1) Oviedo (0–1) Turley (1)11–11 L2
23August 28 Indians 2–14 Hill (1–0) Ponce de Leon (0–3) Plutko (1)11–12 L3
24August 29 Indians 1–2 (12) Wittgren (2–0) Reyes (1–1) Hand (10)11–13 L4
25August 30 Indians 7–2 Wainwright (3–0) Civale (3–4)—12–13 W1
26August 31@Reds 7–5 Hudson (1–2) DeSclafani (1–2) Gallegos (2)13–13 W2
September: 17–15 (.531) (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 11–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / L10
27September 1@Reds 16–2 Kim (2–0) Gray (5–2)—14–13 W3
28September 2@Reds 3–4 Iglesias (2–2) Gallegos (1–1)—14–14 L1
29September 4@Cubs 1–4 Darvish (7–1) Flaherty (2–1) Jeffress (5)14–15 L2
30September 5 (1)@Cubs 4–2 (7) Wainwright (4–0) Alzolay (0–1) Gallegos (3)15–15 W1
31September 5 (2) Cubs 5–1 (7) Helsley (1–0) Rea (1–1)—16–15 W2
32September 6@Cubs 7–3 Hudson (2–2) Lester (2–2)—17–15 W3
33September 7@Cubs 1–5 Hendricks (5–4) Oviedo (0–2)—17–16 L1
34September 8 (1) Twins 3–7 (7) Berríos (4–3) Martínez (0–2)—17–17 L2
35September 8 (2) Twins 6–4 (7) Cabrera (3–1) Dobnak (6–3) Gallegos (4)18–17 W1
36September 10 (1) Tigers 12–2 (7) Flaherty (3–1) Skubal (1–2)—19–17 W2
37September 10 (2) Tigers 3–6 (7) Cisnero (2–2) Gallegos (1–2) Garcia (2)19–18 L1
38September 11 Reds 1–3 Castillo (2–5) Wainwright (4–2)—19–19 L2
39September 12 Reds 7–1 Hudson (3–2) Antone (0–2)—20–19 W1
40September 13 Reds 5–10 Bradley (2–0) Gant (0–3) Iglesias (7)20–20 L1
41September 14 (1)@Brewers 1–2 (8) Peralta (2–1) Helsley (1–1)—20–21 L2
42September 14 (2)@Brewers 3–2 (9) Cabrera (4–1) Topa (0–1) Webb (1)21–21 W1
43September 15@Brewers 3–18 Anderson (3–3) Flaherty (3–2)—21–22 L1
44September 16 (1)@Brewers 4–2 (7) Wainwright (5–1) Woodruff (2–4)—22–22 W1
45September 16 (2)@Brewers 0–6 (7) Peralta (3–1) Oviedo (0–3)—22–23 L1
46September 17@Pirates 1–5 Brault (1–3) Gomber (0–1)—22–24 L2
47September 18 (1)@Pirates 6–5 (7) Reyes (2–1) Williams (1–8) Helsley (1)23–24 W1
48September 18 (2) Pirates 7–2 (7) Miller (1–1) Kuhl (1–3)—24–24 W2
49September 19@Pirates 5–4 Woodford (1–0) Howard (2–3) Cabrera (1)25–24 W3
50September 20@Pirates 2–1 Flaherty (4–2) Holland (1–3) Miller (3)26–24 W4
51September 21@Royals 1–4 Staumont (2–1) Wainwright (5–2) Holland (6)26–25 L1
52September 22@Royals 5–0 Gomber (1–1) Singer (3–5)—27–25 W1
53September 23@Royals 3–12 Duffy (4–4) Martínez (0–3)—27–26 L1
54September 24 Brewers 4–2 Kim (3–0) Burnes (4–1) Miller (4)28–26 W1
55September 25 (1) Brewers 0–3 Williams (4–1) Flaherty (4–3) Hader (12)28–27 L1
56September 25 (2)@Brewers 9–1 (7) Ponce de Leon (1–3) Lindblom (2–4)—29–27 W1
57September 26 Brewers 0–3 Woodruff (3–5) Wainwright (5–3) Hader (13)29–28 L1
58September 27 Brewers 5–2 Gallegos (2–2) Anderson (4–4) Reyes (1)30–28W1
59September 28 (1)@Tigers Cancelled
60September 28 (2)@Tigers Cancelled
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Cardinals team member

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 3426.567—19‍–‍1415‍–‍12
St. Louis Cardinals 3028.517314‍–‍1316‍–‍15
Cincinnati Reds 3129.517316‍–‍1315‍–‍16
Milwaukee Brewers 2931.483515‍–‍1414‍–‍17
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941.3171513‍–‍196‍–‍22

If rescheduled games are the difference between the 5–8th seed in the playoffs, they are not played. The Cardinals did not play two games.

National League playoff standings

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 4317.717
Atlanta Braves 3525.583
Chicago Cubs 3426.567
Division 2nd Place
Team W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 3723.617
St. Louis Cardinals 3028.517
Miami Marlins 3129.517
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 3129.517+2
Milwaukee Brewers 2931.483—
San Francisco Giants 2931.483—
Philadelphia Phillies 2832.4671
Washington Nationals 2634.4333
New York Mets 2634.4333
Colorado Rockies 2634.4333
Arizona Diamondbacks 2535.4174
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941.31710

Record vs. opponents

2020 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

TeamCHCCINMILPITSTLAL
Chicago —6–45–56–45–512–8
Cincinnati 4–6—6–47–34–610–10
Milwaukee 5–54–6—5–55–510–10
Pittsburgh 4–63–75–5—4–63–17
St. Louis 5–56–45–56–4—8–10

Opening Day lineup

16 Kolten Wong 2B
19 Tommy Edman 3B
46 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
11 Paul DeJong SS
13 Matt Carpenter DH
  4 Yadier Molina C
25 Dexter Fowler RF
41 Tyler O'Neill LF
48 Harrison Bader CF
22 Jack Flaherty P

COVID-19 outbreak

On July 31, 2020, the Cardinals announced two of their players have tested positive for COVID-19. Their game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Milwaukee that day was postponed. Following additional positive test results, the rest of the three-game series with the Brewers and the four-game series with the Detroit Tigers were also postponed. It was later revealed that there were six staff members who had tested positive and seven players including Yadier Molina, Paul DeJong, Edmundo Sosa, Rangel Ravelo, Junior Fernández, and Kodi Whitley. Because of the timing of a simultaneous move to the IR list, it is speculated that the seventh player was Carlos Martinez, [7] which he later confirmed on his personal Instagram. [8]

As the Cardinals prepared to return to play against the Chicago Cubs again on August 7, three additional members of the Cardinals tested positive for COVID-19. [9] As a result, the three-game series against the Cubs was postponed. [10] A day later, the Cardinals three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates was also postponed. [11] It was later announced that the players were Austin Dean and roommates Ryan Helsley and Lane Thomas. Additionally, one other staff member had newly tested positive bringing the team total of positive tests to 17, including 10 players. [12] Austin Gomber was added to the Covid IL due to contact tracing even though he has not tested positive and returned to play on August 19. [13]

On August 13, it was announced that the Cardinals' season would resume that Saturday with a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox. Multiple doubleheaders would be added throughout the season to try to make up as many lost games as possible. [14] As part of a series of roster and staff changes, former third base coach Jose Oquendo returned to the team as an addition to the coaching staff while assistant coach Willie McGee opted out for the season due to personal health concerns. [15] Third base coach Pop Warner returned to the club in time for the August 27 doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Cardinals took the unusual step of renting 41 cars and having staff and players drive from St. Louis to Chicago in their own cars to avoid any further outbreaks. [16] The Cardinals returned to play on August 15 with a doubleheader against the White Sox. [17] After finishing the three-game series against the White Sox, the Cardinals played two doubleheaders in three days against the Cubs. [18] In the second game of each doubleheader, the Cardinals were the designated home team. [19] As a result, the Cardinals played eight games in five days. [20] They finished that stretch with a 4–4 record.

Molina was activated and returned to the lineup on August 20 and many of the others affected were expected to return to the team within a week. [21]

Roster

2020 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Debuts

The following players made their Major League Baseball debuts during the 2020 season

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Tommy Edman 55204295171526216.250.368
Paul Goldschmidt 581913158130621137.304.466
Kolten Wong 53181264842116520.265.326
Paul DeJong 45152173860325117.250.349
Yadier Molina 4214512382041606.262.359
Brad Miller 48142213381725125.232.451
Matt Carpenter 50140222660424023.186.314
Tyler O'Neill 50139202450719315.173.360
Dylan Carlson 3511011227131618.200.364
Harrison Bader 50106212472411313.226.443
Dexter Fowler 3190142120415110.233.389
Lane Thomas 183654201204.111.250
Rangel Ravelo 133556101604.171.286
Matt Wieters 193537100403.200.229
Max Schrock 111713001100.176.353
Andrew Knizner 81614100400.250.313
Justin Williams 3501000001.200.200
Austin Dean 3411100003.250.500
John Nogowski 1401000000.250.250
Team Totals5817522404107375123118205.234.371

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Adam Wainwright 533.151010065.25425231554
Jack Flaherty 434.9199040.13322221649
Dakota Hudson 322.7788039.02413121531
Kwang-hyun Kim 301.6287139.028971224
Daniel Ponce de Leon 134.9698032.22318182045
Austin Gomber 111.86144029.019661527
Johan Oviedo 035.4755024.22418151016
Génesis Cabrera 412.42190122.110961632
Tyler Webb 112.08210121.21755719
Jake Woodford 105.57121021.0201313516
Carlos Martínez 039.9055020.03226221017
Alex Reyes 213.20151119.2141071427
John Gant 032.40170015.0964718
Giovanny Gallegos 223.60160415.0966421
Andrew Miller 112.77160413.0944516
Ryan Helsley 115.25120112.0887810
Seth Elledge 104.63120011.21166814
Nabil Crismatt 003.246008.163318
Ricardo Sánchez 006.753005.154454
Rob Kaminsky 001.935004.233123
Kodi Whitley 001.934004.221115
Junior Fernández 0018.003003.066622
Ryan Meisinger 000.002002.210043
Max Schrock 000.001001.000000
Jesús Cruz 0018.001001.032212
Roel Ramírez 0081.001000.266611
Team Totals30283.90585813473.0376229205204464

Source:

Postseason

Game log

2020 Postseason (1–2)
National League Wild Card Series (1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1September 30@ Padres 7–4 Gallegos (1–0) Paddack (0–1) Reyes (1)1–0
2October 1@ Padres 9–11 Pagán (1–0) Ponce de Leon (0–1) Rosenthal (1)1–1
3October 2@ Padres 0–4 Adams (1–0) Flaherty (0–1)—1–2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
National League Wild Card Series

Minor league system and first-year player draft

Teams

LevelTeamLeagueDivisionManagerW–L/StatsStandingRefs
Triple-A Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League American–South Ben Johnson 0–0N/A [22]
Double-A Springfield Cardinals Texas League North Joe Kruzel 0–0N/A
Class A-Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League South Dann Bilardello 0–0N/A
Class A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Western Erick Almonte 0–0N/A
Class A Short Season State College Spikes New York–Penn League Pinckney José León 0–0N/A
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League WestRoberto Espinoza0–0N/A
GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League EastJoe Hawkins0–0N/A
Foreign Rookie DSL Cardinals Blue Dominican Summer League SouthFray Peniche0–0N/A
DSL Cardinals Red San PedroEstuar Ruiz0–0N/A

Major League Baseball draft

The 2020 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft took place on June 10 and June 11. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft was shortened to five rounds.

2020 Draft Order

2020 Draft Tracker (StL Cardinals)

2020 St. Louis Cardinals complete draft list
RoundPickName, AgePos / BatsSchool (State)Signing bonus
121 Jordan Walker, 183B / R Decatur High School (GA)$2.90 million
254 Masyn Winn, 18SS/P / R Kingwood High School (TX)$2.10 million
263 Tink Hence, 17P / R Watson Chapel High School (AR)$1.15 million
270 Alec Burleson, 21OF / L East Carolina University (NC)$700,000
393Levi Prater, 21LHP / S University of Oklahoma (OK)$575,000
4122 Ian Bedell, 21RHP / R University of Missouri (MO)$800,000
5152L.J. Jones, 21OF / R Long Beach State University (CA)$100,000

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption to baseball around the world, mirroring its impact across all sports. Leagues around the world experienced delayed starts, cancelled seasons, limited or no fan attendance, game postponements, and other restrictions in 2020 and 2021. Most leagues, including Major League Baseball, began to transition back to a normal schedule with fan attendance in 2021. Since then, few leagues have widespread restrictions in place, but players may still miss time if they contract the virus.

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  8. ↑ "Carlos Martinez on Instagram: "hoy quiero darle gracias a Dios por otra oportunidad de vida, ya estoy libre de este virus que acaba con la humanidad, mi Dios tiene una batalla dura para cada uno de nosotro y con fe podemos salir victoriosos, te amo mi Dios. Gracias a cada una de las personas que oraron por mi salud que Dios se lo pague con mucha salud igual, 🙏🏽bendiciones para cada humano en el mundo.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Today I want to thank God for another chance at life, I am now free of this virus that ends humanity, my God has a tough battle for each one of us and with faith we can be victorious, I love you my God. Thanks to each of the people who prayed for my health may God pay it back with much equal health, blessings for every human in the world🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽"".
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