2022 St. Louis Cardinals season

2022  St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central Champions
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Busch Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	93–69 (.574)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	William DeWitt Jr.
President	Bill DeWitt III
General managers	Mike Girsch
Managers	Oliver Marmol
Television	Bally Sports Midwest (Dan McLaughlin, Jim Edmonds, Brad Thompson)
Radio	KMOX NewsRadio 1120 St. Louis Cardinals Radio Network (John Rooney, Rick Horton, Mike Claiborne)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The 2022 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 141st for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 131st season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 17th at Busch Stadium III. They were managed by first-year manager Oliver Marmol. The season saw the return of Albert Pujols, a former Cardinals star player. Pujols and longtime catcher Yadier Molina announced that the 2022 season would be their last. ^[1]

On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). On March 10, 2022, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, thus ending the lockout. Opening Day was played on April 7. ^[2] Although MLB previously announced that several series would be cancelled due to the lockout, the agreement provides for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders. ^[3]

The Cardinals won the National League Central but they were upset in the NLWCS by the Philadelphia Phillies, losing in a two-game sweep.

Offseason

Coaching changes

On October 14, 2021, the Cardinals fired manager Mike Shildt. ^[4] On October 25, the team named Oliver Marmol the new manager. ^[5]

Lockout

Main article: 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout

The expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Players Association occurred on December 1, 2021, with no new agreement in place. ^[6] As a result, the team owners voted unanimously to lock out the players, stopping all free agency and trades. ^{[7] [8]}

The parties came to an agreement on a new CBA on March 10, 2022. ^[9]

Rule changes

Under the new CBA, several new rules were instituted for the 2022 season. The National League will adopt the designated hitter full-time, a draft lottery will be implemented, the postseason will expand from ten teams to twelve, and advertising patches will appear on player uniforms and helmets for the first time. ^{[10] [11]}

Regular season

Summary

April

On April 27, Nolan Arenado was ejected for inciting a bench-clearing brawl against the New York Mets after yelling at Yoan López for throwing near his head, assuming the throw was retaliation for the Cardinals having hit three Mets batters the night before. ^[12] Arenado received a two-game suspension for the incident, ^[13] but the suspension was reduced to one game after an appeal. ^[14] He was named National League Player of the Month after having batted .375 with five home runs, 17 RBI, 12 extra-base hits and a league-leading 1.125 OPS. The last Cardinals third baseman to win the award was Ken Reitz in May 1977. ^[15]

May

On May 23, Goldschmidt hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the tenth inning versus the Toronto Blue Jays for a 7–3 win. That grand slam extended Goldschmidt's hitting streak to 15 games, during which he had batted .438 with 28 hits, 12 doubles, five home runs, and 22 RBI. Since RBI became an official statistic in 1920, no major leaguer had previously achieved all of those totals during any 15-game span. ^[16]

For the month of May, Goldschmidt led the major leagues with a 1.288 OPS and 33 RBI, alongside leading the National League with a .404 average. His ten home runs ranked second in the NL. Thus, he was named the NL Player of the Month. It was the third consecutive month a Cardinal had been named a NL Player of the Month, following O'Neill (September 2021) and Arenado (April 2022). ^[17]

June

Goldschmidt continued his hit streak for 25 games until June 4 versus the Chicago Cubs, when he was 0-for-2 with two bases on balls. During the streak, he hit .424 (42-for-99)/.482/.869, 24 extra base hits and 36 RBI. It was the longest hitting streak by a Cardinal since Pujols hit in 30 straight in 2003, and tied for third-longest for the Cardinals since 1963. Albert Pujols became the 10th player in major league history to achieve 3,000 games played on June 4, appearing in the second inning as an injury replacement for Corey Dickerson. ^[18]

On June 11, 2022, Tommy Edman hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning versus the Cincinnati Reds for his first career walk-off home run and RBI, to secure a 5–4 victory. For much of the game, the Reds led, 3–1, but the Cardinals scored four runs in the eighth and ninth innings to rally to win. ^[19]

July

The Cardinals hit four consecutive home runs on July 2, 2022, the 11th such occurrence in major league history. At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Nolan Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carlson all homered off Phillies starter Kyle Gibson with two outs in the first inning. It was the first time that the Cardinals had accomplished the feat, and the first time that it occurred in the first inning. The last club to do so were the Chicago White Sox on August 16, 2020. ^[20] Arenado later won the game for St. Louis in the ninth inning with his second home run of the game, 7–6, which was also the 5,000th at bat of his career. ^[21]

August

In August, the Cardinals went 22-7, their best month of the season. They notched their season's first series sweep, of the New York Yankees. They overtook the Milwaukee Brewers in the race for the National League Central division; at one point, their lead stood at 8.5 games.

September

In a September 8 game against the Washington Nationals, Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina made their 324th start as a battery, tying the Major League record. On September 14, Wainwright and Molina made their record-breaking 325th start, in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers that the Cardinals won 4-1. On September 23, 2022, Albert Pujols hit his 699th and 700th home runs, in a game in which the Cardinals shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers, 11-0.

Game Log

2022 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log: 93–69 (Home: 53–29; Away: 40–40) [22]
April: 11–9 (Home: 5–5 ; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / Streak 1 April 7 Pirates 9–0 Wainwright (1–0) Brubaker (0–1) — 46,256 1–0 W1 2 April 9 Pirates 6–2 Whitley (1–0) Keller (0–1) — 45,025 2–0 W2 3 April 10 Pirates 4–9 Yajure (1–0) Matz (0–1) — 40,027 2–1 L1 4 April 12 Royals 6–5 Hicks (1–0) Lynch (0–1) Gallegos (1) 40,398 3–1 W1 5 April 14 @ Brewers 1–5 Woodruff (1–1) Wainwright (1–1) — 42,794 3–2 L1 6 April 15 @ Brewers 10–1 Mikolas (1–0) Peralta (0–1) — 26,874 4–2 W1 7 April 16 @ Brewers 2–1 Matz (1–1) Houser (0–2) Gallegos (2) 26,356 5–2 W2 8 April 17 @ Brewers 5–6 Cousins (1–0) Hudson (0–1) Hader (4) 23,001 5–3 L1 9 April 19 @ Marlins 5–1 Wainwright (2–1) Luzardo (0–1) — 8,475 6–3 W1 10 April 20 @ Marlins 2–0 Cabrera (1–0) Bender (0–2) Gallegos (3) 8,655 7–3 W2 11 April 21 @ Marlins 0–5 López (2–0) Hicks (1–1) — 9,670 7–4 L1 12 April 22 @ Reds 4–2 Matz (2–1) Greene (1–2) Gallegos (4) 20,470 8–4 W1 13 April 23 @ Reds 5–0 Hudson (1–1) Mahle (1–2) — 28,598 9–4 W2 14 April 24 @ Reds 1–4 Lodolo (1–2) Wainwright (2–2) Sims (1) 23,124 9–5 L1 15 April 25 Mets 2–5 May (1–0) Gallegos (0–1) Diaz (2) 35,455 9–6 L2 16 April 26 Mets 0–3 Bassitt (3–1) Hicks (1–2) Diaz (3) 32,215 9–7 L3 17 April 27 Mets 10–5 Woodford (1–0) Carrasco (1–1) — 34,822 10–7 W1 18 April 28 Diamondbacks 8–3 Hudson (2–1) Castellanos (1–1) — 33,464 11–7 W2 19 April 29 Diamondbacks 2–6 Bumgarner (1–1) Wainwright (2–3) — 40,753 11–8 L1 20 April 30 Diamondbacks 0–2 Kelly (2–1) Mikolas (1–1) Kennedy (1) 40,144 11–9 L2
May: 17–12 (Home: 10–6 ; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / Streak 21 May 1 Diamondbacks 7–5 Whitley (2–0) Middleton (0–1) Helsley (1) 45,123 12–9 W1 22 May 2 Royals 1–0 Matz (3–1) Greinke (0–2) Gallegos (5) 33,963 13–9 W2 23 May 3 @ Royals 1–7 Keller (1–2) Hudson (2–2) — 18,788 13–10 L1 24 May 4 @ Royals 10–0 Wainwright (3–3) Bubic (0–3) — 12,774 14–10 W1 25 May 5 @ Giants 7–1 Mikolas (2–1) Littell (0–1) — 22,562 15–10 W2 26 May 6 @ Giants 3–2 Helsley (1–0) Doval (0–1) Gallegos (6) 28,898 16–10 W3 27 May 7 @ Giants 7–13 Webb (4–1) Matz (3–2) — 40,113 16–11 L1 28 May 8 @ Giants 3–4 Leone (2–0) Cabrera (1–1) Doval (5) 38,193 16–12 L2 29 May 10 Orioles 3–5 Bradish (1–1) Naughton (0–1) Bautista (1) 33,649 16–13 L3 30 May 11 Orioles 10–1 Mikolas (3–1) Watkins (0–1) — 34,533 17–13 W1 31 May 12 Orioles 2–3 Akin (1–0) Matz (3–3) Bautista (2) 35,198 17–14 L1 32 May 13 Giants 2–8 Webb (5–1) Hicks (1–3) — 39,612 17–15 L2 33 May 14 Giants 4–0 Hudson (3–2) Junis (1–1) — 44,537 18–15 W1 34 May 15 Giants 15–6 Wainwright (4–3) Rodón (4–2) — 39,703 19–15 W2 35 May 17 (1) @ Mets 1–3 Reed (1–0) Mikolas (3–2) Díaz (9) (See Game 2) 19–16 L1 36 May 17 (2) @ Mets 4–3 Helsley (2–0) Rodríguez (0–2) Gallegos (7) 27,457 20–16 W1 37 May 18 @ Mets 4–11 Scherzer (5–1) Walsh (0–1) — 32,798 20–17 L1 38 May 19 @ Mets 6–7 (10) Holderman (1–0) Gallegos (0–2) — 28,801 20–18 L2 39 May 20 @ Pirates 5–3 Wainwright (5–3) Thompson (2–4) Gallegos (8) 14,034 21–18 W1 40 May 21 @ Pirates 5–4 VerHagen (1–0) Quintana (1–2) Helsley (2) 24,644 22–18 W2 41 May 22 @ Pirates 18–4 Rondón (1–0) Wilson (0–3) — 13,510 23–18 W3 42 May 23 Blue Jays 7–3 (10) Cabrera (2–1) Phelps (0–1) — 36,033 24–18 W4 43 May 24 Blue Jays 1–8 Gausman (4–3) Hicks (1–4) — 33,797 24–19 L1 44 May 26 Brewers 3–4 Lauer (5–1) Wainwright (5–4) Hader (16) 35,107 24–20 L2 45 May 27 Brewers 4–2 VerHagen (2–0) Woodruff (5–3) Helsley (3) 39,077 25–20 W1 46 May 28 Brewers 8–3 Liberatore (1–0) Houser (3–5) — 45,594 26–20 W2 47 May 29 Brewers 0–8 Burnes (3–2) Mikolas (3–3) — 44,169 26–21 L1 48 May 30 Padres 6–3 Pallante (1–0) Martinez (2–3) — 42,140 27–21 W1 49 May 31 Padres 3–2 (10) VerHagen (2–0) Rogers (0–2) — 33,418 28–21 W2
June: 15–14 (Home: 9–5 ; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / Streak 50 June 1 Padres 5–2 Hudson (4–2) Darvish (4–3) Wittgren (1) 34,268 29–21 W3 51 June 2 @ Cubs 5–7 Thompson (6–0) Liberatore (1–1) — 30,466 29–22 L1 52 June 3 @ Cubs 14–5 Mikolas (4–3) Stroman (2–5) Thompson (1) 32,482 30–22 W1 53 June 4 (1) @ Cubs 1–6 Swarmer (1–0) Oviedo (0–1) — 32,792 30–23 L1 54 June 4 (2) @ Cubs 7–4 (10) Gallegos (1–2) Rucker (0–1) — 31,673 31–23 W1 55 June 5 @ Cubs 5–3 (11) Cabrera (3–1) Norris (0–4) — 31,424 32–23 W2 56 June 7 @ Rays 2–4 (10) Poche (2–0) VerHagen (3–1) — 10,905 32–24 L1 57 June 8 @ Rays 3–11 Kluber (3–2) Naughton (0–2) — 12,906 32–25 L2 58 June 9 @ Rays 1–2 McClanahan (7–2) Mikolas (4–4) Adam (2) 14,892 32–26 L3 59 June 10 Reds 2–0 Pallante (2–0) Castillo (2–4) Helsley (4) 45,009 33–26 W1 60 June 11 Reds 5–4 Wittgren (1–0) Kuhnel (0–1) — 43,832 34–26 W2 61 June 12 Reds 6–7 Hoffman (1–0) Hudson (4–3) Díaz (2) 43,083 34–27 L1 62 June 13 Pirates 7–5 Gallegos (2–2) Stratton (3–3) Helsley (5) 37,398 35–27 W1 63 June 14 (1) Pirates 3–1 Liberatore (2–1) Brubaker (0–7) Gallegos (9) 31,193 36–27 W2 64 June 14 (2) Pirates 9–1 Mikolas (5–4) Wilson (0–4) — 33,977 37–27 W3 65 June 15 Pirates 4–6 Crowe (3–3) Pallante (2–1) Bednar (11) 38,658 37–28 L1 66 June 17 @ Red Sox 5–6 Wacha (5–1) Wainwright (5–5) Houck (3) 35,251 37–29 L2 67 June 18 @ Red Sox 11–2 Hudson (5–3) Crawford (1–2) — 36,141 38–29 W1 68 June 19 @ Red Sox 4–6 Pivetta (7–5) Pallante (2–2) Houck (4) 35,989 38–30 L1 69 June 20 @ Brewers 0–2 Burnes (5–4) Mikolas (5–5) Hader (20) 28,100 38–31 L2 70 June 21 @ Brewers 6–2 Thompson (1–0) Gonzalez (0–1) — 30,208 39–31 W1 71 June 22 @ Brewers 5–4 Oviedo (1–1) Lauer (6–3) Cabrera (1) 27,986 40–31 W2 72 June 23 @ Brewers 4–6 Alexander (2–0) Hudson (5–4) Hader (21) 32,550 40–32 L1 73 June 24 Cubs 0–3 Hendricks (3–6) Pallante (2–3) Robertson (9) 46,524 40–33 L2 74 June 25 Cubs 5–3 Helsley (3–0) Leiter Jr. (1–2) — 45,159 41–33 W1 75 June 26 Cubs 5–6 (10) Robertson (2–0) Thompson (1–1) — 44,824 41–34 L1 76 June 27 Marlins 9–0 Wainwright (6–5) López (5–4) — 34,701 42–34 W1 77 June 28 Marlins 5–3 Hudson (6–4) Garrett (1–3) Helsley (6) 32,065 43–34 W2 78 June 29 Marlins 3–4 Alcántara (8–3) Helsley (3–1) — 35,674 43–35 L1
July: 11–13 (Home: 5–4 ; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / Streak 79 July 1 @ Phillies 3–5 Alvarado (2–1) Mikolas (5–6) Hand (3) 36,077 43–36 L2 80 July 2 @ Phillies 7–6 Helsley (4–1) Domínguez (4–2) — 27,657 44–36 W1 81 July 3 @ Phillies 0–4 Wheeler (7–4) Wainwright (6–6) — 44,225 44–37 L1 82 July 4 @ Braves 3–6 O'Day (2–2) Hudson (6–5) Smith (5) 41,975 44–38 L2 83 July 5 @ Braves 1–7 Anderson (7–5) Pallante (2–4) — 35,656 44–39 L3 84 July 6 @ Braves 0–3 Fried (9–2) Mikolas (5–7) Minter (2) 36,718 44–40 L4 85 July 7 @ Braves 3–2 (11) Helsley (5–1) Matzek (0–2) Naughton (1) 37,756 45–40 W1 86 July 8 Phillies 0–2 Wheeler (8–4) Wainwright (6–7) Hand (4) 41,100 45–41 L1 87 July 9 Phillies 0–1 Alvarado (3–1) Gallegos (2–3) Knebel (12) 41,853 45–42 L2 88 July 10 Phillies 4–3 Hicks (2–4) Domínguez (4–3) Helsley (7) 36,112 46–42 W1 89 July 11 Phillies 6–1 Mikolas (6–7) Nola (5–7) — 34,399 47–42 W2 90 July 12 Dodgers 7–6 Oviedo (2–1) White (1–2) Gallegos (10) 37,150 48–42 W3 91 July 13 Dodgers 6–7 Kimbrel (3–4) Gallegos (2–4) Phillips (1) 39,292 48–43 L1 92 July 14 Dodgers 0–4 Anderson (10–1) Hudson (6–6) — 40,062 48–44 L2 93 July 15 Reds 7–3 Pallante (3–4) Greene (3–11) Helsley (8) 41,221 49–44 W1 94 July 16 Reds 11–3 Mikolas (7–7) Lodolo (2–3) — 41,014 50–44 W2 92nd All-Star Game in Los Angeles, California 95 July 22 @ Reds 5–9 Sanmartin (4–4) Wainwright (6–8) — 25,547 50–45 L1 96 July 23 @ Reds 6–3 Matz (4–3) Minor (1–7) Helsley (9) 27,190 51–45 W1 97 July 24 @ Reds 3–6 Mahle (4–7) Mikolas (7–8) Strickland (5) 18,813 51–46 L1 98 July 26 @ Blue Jays 3–10 Mayza (5–0) Hicks (2–5) — 39,756 51–47 L2 99 July 27 @ Blue Jays 6–1 Wainwright (7–8) Gausman (7–8) — 36,666 52–47 W1 100 July 29 @ Nationals 6–2 Mikolas (8–8) Sánchez (0–3) — 30,170 53–47 W2 101 July 30 @ Nationals 6–7 Ramírez (3–1) Cabrera (3–2) Finnegan (4) 34,440 53–48 L1 102 July 31 @ Nationals 5–0 Pallante (4–4) Gray (7–7) — 28,738 54–48 W1
August: 22–7 (Home: 13–2 ; Away: 9–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / Streak 103 August 2 Cubs 6–0 Wainwright (8–8) Thompson (8–5) — 44,344 55–48 W2 104 August 4 (1) Cubs 4–3 Helsley (6–1) Uelmen (0–1) — 41,734 56–48 W3 105 August 4 (2) Cubs 7–2 Hicks (3–5) Castro (0–1) — 44,669 57–48 W4 106 August 5 Yankees 4–3 Pallante (5–4) Holmes (5–3) Helsley (10) 46,940 58–48 W5 107 August 6 Yankees 1–0 Montgomery (4–3) Germán (1–2) Gallegos (11) 48,581 59–48 W6 108 August 7 Yankees 12–9 Stratton (6–4) Abreu (2–1) Helsley (11) 46,472 60–48 W7 109 August 9 @ Rockies 5–16 Feltner (2–3) Mikolas (8–9) — 35,011 60–49 L1 110 August 10 @ Rockies 9–5 Quintana (4–5) Freeland (7–8) — 35,164 61–49 W1 111 August 11 @ Rockies 6–8 Gilbreath (1–0) Hicks (3–6) Bard (24) 30,293 61–50 L1 112 August 12 Brewers 3–1 Montgomery (5–3) Lauer (8–4) Helsley (12) 45,669 62–50 W1 113 August 13 Brewers 2–3 (10) Williams (4–2) Gallegos (2–5) Bush (3) 45,905 62–51 L1 114 August 14 Brewers 6–3 Mikolas (9–9) Rogers (1–6) — 44,142 63–51 W1 115 August 16 Rockies 5–4 Helsley (7–1) Lamet (1–2) — 39,105 64–51 W2 116 August 17 Rockies 5–1 Montgomery (6–3) Márquez (6–10) — 38,033 65–51 W3 117 August 18 Rockies 13–0 Wainwright (9–8) Senzatela (3–7) — 36,137 66–51 W4 118 August 19 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Mikolas (10–9) Henry (2–2) — 32,183 67–51 W5 119 August 20 @ Diamondbacks 16–7 Cabrera (4–2) Bumgarner (6–13) — 34,248 68–51 W6 120 August 21 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Woodford (2–0) Mantiply (1–4) Gallegos (12) 25,064 69–51 W7 121 August 22 @ Cubs 1–0 Montgomery (7–3) Smyly (5–7) — 29,719 70–51 W8 122 August 23 (1) @ Cubs 0–2 Rucker (3–1) Wainwright (9–9) Hughes (3) 27,273 70–52 L1 123 August 23 (2) @ Cubs 13–3 Woodford (3–0) Sampson (1–4) — 28,163 71–52 W1 124 August 24 @ Cubs 1–7 Wick (4–6) Mikolas (10–10) — 32,012 71–53 L1 125 August 25 @ Cubs 8–3 Hudson (7–6) Stroman (3–6) — 28,803 72–53 W1 126 August 26 Braves 4–11 Strider (8–4) Quintana (4–6) — 46,027 72–54 L1 127 August 27 Braves 6–5 Helsley (8–1) Jansen (5–1) — 46,119 73–54 W1 128 August 28 Braves 6–3 Helsley (9–1) Minter (5–4) Gallegos (13) 42,897 74–54 W2 129 August 29 @ Reds 13–4 Stratton (7–4) Anderson (0–1) — 11,051 75–54 W3 130 August 30 @ Reds 1–5 Law (1–1) Hudson (7–7) — 13,271 75–55 L1 131 August 31 @ Reds 5–3 (13) Pallante (6–4) Anderson (0–2) — 13,613 76–55 W1
September: 15–11 (Home: 10–5 ; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / Streak 132 September 2 Cubs 8–0 Montgomery (8–3) Sampson (1–5) — 44,491 77–55 W2 133 September 3 Cubs 8–4 Wainwright (10–9) Smyly (5–8) — 47,816 78–55 W3 134 September 4 Cubs 2–0 Mikolas (11–10) Hughes (2–2) Helsley (13) 46,642 79–55 W4 135 September 5 Nationals 0–6 Sánchez (2–5) Flaherty (0–1) Thompson (1) 45,779 79–56 L1 136 September 6 Nationals 4–1 Quintana (5–6) Espino (0–7) Helsley (14) 37,629 80–56 W1 137 September 7 Nationals 6–5 Woodford (4–0) Finnegan (5–3) — 34,715 81–56 W2 138 September 8 Nationals 6–11 Thompson (1–0) Pallante (6–5) — 40,437 81–57 L1 139 September 9 @ Pirates 2–8 Contreras (5–4) Mikolas (11–11) — 15,718 81–58 L2 140 September 10 @ Pirates 7–5 Gallegos (3–5) Crowe (5–9) Helsley (15) 22,042 82–58 W1 141 September 11 @ Pirates 4–3 Stratton (8–4) De Jong (4–2) Helsley (16) 10,398 83–58 W2 142 September 13 Brewers 4–8 Perdomo (2–0) Montgomery (8–4) — 42,047 83–59 L1 143 September 14 Brewers 4–1 Wainwright (11–9) Burnes (10–7) Helsley (17) 46,459 84–59 W1 144 September 15 Reds 2–3 Anderson (1–3) Mikolas (11–12) Díaz (7) 44,901 84–60 L1 145 September 16 Reds 6–5 Stratton (9–4) Gibaut (1–2) Helsley (18) 47,118 85–60 W1 146 September 17 (1) Reds 5–1 Hudson (8−7) Minor (4−12) — 46,678 86–60 W2 147 September 17 (2) Reds 1–0 (11) Matz (5–3) Cruz (0–1) — 48,299 87–60 W3 148 September 18 Reds 0–3 Cessa (4–3) Montgomery (8–5) Farmer (2) 47,909 87–61 L1 149 September 20 @ Padres 0–5 Clevinger (6–7) Wainwright (11–10) — 39,538 87–62 L2 150 September 21 @ Padres 0–1 Snell (8–9) Mikolas (11–13) Hader (34) 38,643 87–63 L3 151 September 22 @ Padres 5–4 Flaherty (1–1) Martinez (4–4) Gallegos (14) 33,389 88–63 W1 152 September 23 @ Dodgers 11–0 Quintana (6–6) Heaney (3–3) — 50,041 89–63 W2 153 September 24 @ Dodgers 2–6 Kershaw (10–3) Montgomery (8–6) — 52,527 89–64 L1 154 September 25 @ Dodgers 1–4 Grove (1–0) Wainwright (11–11) Jackson (1) 48,695 89–65 L2 155 September 27 @ Brewers 6–2 Mikolas (12–13) Houser (6–10) — 29,341 90–65 W1 156 September 28 @ Brewers 1–5 Woodruff (13–4) Quintana (6–7) — 28,835 90–66 L1 157 September 30 Pirates 2–1 Flaherty (2–1) Oviedo (4–3) Helsley (19) 47,032 91–66 W1
October: 2–3 (Home: 1–1 ; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / Streak 158 October 1 Pirates 13–3 Montgomery (9–6) Ortiz (0–2) — 46,365 92–66 W2 159 October 2 Pirates 5–7 De Jong (6–2) Wainwright (11–12) Bednar (19) 46,680 92–67 L1 160 October 3 @ Pirates 2–3 Ramírez (4–1) Gallegos (3–6) — 12,702 92–68 L2 161 October 4 @ Pirates 8–7 (10) Stratton (10–4) De Jong (6–3) — 12,842 93–68 W1 162 October 5 @ Pirates 3–5 Bañuelos (2–1) Liberatore (2–2) Ramírez (1) 15,319 93–69 L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss      Bold = Cardinals team member

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	—	53‍–‍28	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers	86	76	.531	7	46‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs	74	88	.457	19	37‍–‍44	37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	.383	31	34‍–‍47	28‍–‍53
Cincinnati Reds	62	100	.383	31	33‍–‍48	29‍–‍52

National League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	111	51	.685
Atlanta Braves	101	61	.623
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574

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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Mets	101	61	.623	+14
San Diego Padres	89	73	.549	+2
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	.537	—
Milwaukee Brewers	86	76	.531	1
San Francisco Giants	81	81	.500	6
Arizona Diamondbacks	74	88	.457	13
Chicago Cubs	74	88	.457	13
Miami Marlins	69	93	.426	18
Colorado Rockies	68	94	.420	19
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	.383	25
Cincinnati Reds	62	100	.383	25
Washington Nationals	55	107	.340	32

Record vs. opponents

2022 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2022
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	2–4	4–3	3–4	9–10	5–14	5–1	4–3	2–4	3–3	4–3	5–14	10–9	2–5	4–3	12–8
Atlanta	4–2	—	3–3	4–3	6–1	2–4	13–6	3–3	10–9	11–8	7–0	3–4	4–3	4–3	14–5	13–7
Chicago	3–4	3–3	—	11–8	3–4	0–7	4–2	10–9	4–3	6–0	10–9	2–5	2–5	6–13	4–2	6–14
Cincinnati	4–3	3–4	8–11	—	2–4	0–7	4–3	6–13	1–5	1–6	7–12	0–6	4–2	7–12	3–4	12–8
Colorado	10–9	1–6	4–3	4–2	—	8–11	2–4	3–4	2–5	2–5	3–3	10–9	5–14	2–4	3–4	9–11
Los Angeles	14–5	4–2	7–0	7–0	11–8	—	6–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	1–5	14–5	15–4	4–2	3–3	15–5
Miami	1–5	6–13	2–4	3–4	4–2	1–6	—	4–3	6–13	7–12	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	15–4	8–12
Milwaukee	3–4	3–3	9–10	13–6	4–3	3–4	3–4	—	2–4	2–4	11–8	3–4	3–4	9–10	3–3	15–5
New York	4–2	9–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	4–3	13–6	4–2	—	14–5	6–1	2–4	4–3	5–2	14–5	9–11
Philadelphia	3–3	8–11	0–6	6–1	5–2	4–3	12–7	4–2	5–14	—	6–1	4–3	1–5	4–3	16–3	9–11
Pittsburgh	3–4	0–7	9–10	12–7	3–3	5–1	3–4	8–11	1–6	1–6	—	2–4	1–5	6–13	4–3	4–16
San Diego	14–5	4–3	5–2	6–0	9–10	5–14	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–2	—	13–6	2–4	4–3	8–12
San Francisco	9–10	3–4	5–2	2–4	14–5	4–15	4–3	4–3	3–4	5–1	5–1	6–13	—	3–4	4–2	10–10
St. Louis	5–2	3–4	13–6	12–7	4–2	2–4	4–2	10–9	2–5	3–4	13–6	4–2	4–3	—	4–3	10–10
Washington	3–4	5–14	2–4	4–3	4–3	3–3	4–15	3–3	5–14	3–16	3–4	3–4	2–4	3–4	—	8–12

Updated with the results of all games through October 5, 2022.

Roster

See also: St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster and List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches

2022 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 67 Aaron Brooks 92 Génesis Cabrera 44 Junior Fernández 22 Jack Flaherty 65 Giovanny Gallegos 56 Ryan Helsley 12 Jordan Hicks 43 Dakota Hudson 52 Matthew Liberatore 32 Steven Matz 62 T. J. McFarland 39 Miles Mikolas 48 Jordan Montgomery 68 James Naile 70 Packy Naughton 59 Johan Oviedo 53 Andre Pallante 62,63 José Quintana 59 JoJo Romero 60 Ángel Rondón 30 Chris Stratton 57 Zack Thompson 34 Drew VerHagen 50 Adam Wainwright 61 Jake Walsh 38 Kodi Whitley 30 Nick Wittgren 40 Jake Woodford		Catchers 47 Iván Herrera  7 Andrew Knizner  4 Yadier Molina 35 Austin Romine Infielders 28 Nolan Arenado 11 Paul DeJong 33 Brendan Donovan 19 Tommy Edman 46 Paul Goldschmidt 16 Nolan Gorman  5 Albert Pujols 35 Kramer Robertson 63 Edmundo Sosa 18 Cory Spangenberg		Outfielders 48 Harrison Bader 41 Alec Burleson 71 Conner Capel  3 Dylan Carlson 26 Ben DeLuzio 25 Corey Dickerson 21 Lars Nootbaar 27 Tyler O'Neill 36 Juan Yepez		Manager 37 Oliver Marmol Coaches 54 Jeff Albert (hitting) 90 Dusty Blake (pitching strategist) 82 Stubby Clapp (first base) 88 Patrick Elkins (run production) 72 Bryan Eversgerd (bullpen) 31 Mike Maddux (pitching) 51 Willie McGee (assistant coach) 94 Jamie Pogue (bullpen catcher) 55 Skip Schumaker (bench) 76 Kleininger Teran (bullpen catcher) 49 Turner Ward (assistant hitting) 75 Ron 'Pop' Warner (third base)

Postseason

Postseason Game log

2022 Postseason (0–2)
National League Wild Card Series (0–2) Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 7 Phillies 3–6 Robertson (1–0) Helsley (0–1) — 45,911 0–1 2 October 8 Phillies 0–2 Nola (1–0) Mikolas (0–1) Eflin (1) 48,515 0–2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
National League Wild Card Series Pitchers: 12 Jordan Hicks 22 Jack Flaherty 32 Steven Matz 39 Miles Mikolas 48 Jordan Montgomery 50 Adam Wainwright 53 Andre Pallante 56 Ryan Helsley 57 Zack Thompson 62 José Quintana 65 Giovanny Gallegos 70 Packy Naughton Catchers: 4 Yadier Molina 7 Andrew Knizner Infielders: 11 Paul DeJong 16 Nolan Gorman 19 Tommy Edman 28 Nolan Arenado 33 Brendan Donovan 46 Paul Goldschmidt Outfielders: 3 Dylan Carlson 21 Lars Nootbaar 25 Corey Dickerson 26 Ben DeLuzio 36 Juan Yepez Designated hitters: 5 Albert Pujols

Statistics

Batting

(through October 5, 2022)
Players in bold are on the active roster.
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 = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; BA = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; OPS = On-base percentage plus slugging; TB = Total bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
Nolan Arenado	148	557	73	163	42	1	30	103	5	52	72	.293	.358	.533	.891	297
Harrison Bader	72	246	35	63	7	3	5	21	15	13	47	.256	.303	.370	.673	91
Alec Burleson	16	48	4	9	1	0	1	3	1	5	9	.188	.264	.271	.535	13
Conner Capel	9	17	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	.176	.211	.353	.563	6
Dylan Carlson	128	432	56	102	30	4	8	42	5	45	94	.236	.316	.380	.695	164
Paul DeJong	77	210	19	33	9	0	6	25	3	21	79	.157	.245	.286	.530	60
Ben DeLuzio	22	20	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	5	.150	.292	.200	.492	4
Corey Dickerson	96	281	28	75	17	1	6	36	0	12	48	.267	.300	.399	.698	112
Brendan Donovan	126	391	64	110	21	1	5	45	2	60	70	.281	.394	.379	.773	148
Tommy Edman	153	577	95	153	31	4	13	57	32	46	111	.265	.324	.400	.725	231
Paul Goldschmidt	151	561	106	178	41	0	35	115	7	79	141	.317	.404	.578	.981	324
Nolan Gorman	89	283	44	64	13	0	14	35	1	28	103	.226	.300	.420	.721	119
Iván Herrera	11	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	.111	.190	.111	.302	2
Andrew Knizner	96	260	28	56	10	0	4	25	0	26	62	.215	.301	.300	.601	78
Yadier Molina	78	262	19	56	8	0	5	24	2	5	40	.214	.233	.302	.535	79
Lars Nootbaar	108	290	53	66	16	3	14	40	4	51	71	.228	.340	.448	.778	130
Tyler O'Neill	96	334	56	76	11	1	14	58	14	38	103	.228	.308	.392	.700	131
Albert Pujols	109	307	42	83	14	0	24	68	1	28	55	.270	.345	.550	.895	169
Kramer Robertson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Austin Romine	11	26	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	.154	.214	.192	.407	5
Edmundo Sosa	53	122	17	23	4	3	0	8	3	4	38	.189	.244	.270	.515	33
Cory Spangenberg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.---	.---	.---	.---	0
Juan Yepez	76	253	27	64	13	0	12	30	0	16	61	.253	.296	.447	.742	113
TEAM TOTALS	162	5,496	772	1,386	290	21	197	739	95	537	1,226	.252	.325	.420	.745	2,309

Source ^[23]

Pitching

(through October 5, 2022)
Players in bold are on the active roster.
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks plus hits per inning pitched; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Bases on balls allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Aaron Brooks	0	0	7.71	1.39	5	0	0	9.1	11	8	8	2	7
Génesis Cabrera	4	2	4.63	1.32	39	0	1	44.2	39	24	23	20	32
Corey Dickerson	0	0	0.00	3.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	1	0
Junior Fernández	0	0	2.93	1.63	13	0	0	15.1	17	6	5	8	12
Jack Flaherty	2	1	4.25	1.61	9	8	0	36.0	36	18	17	22	33
Giovanny Gallegos	3	6	3.05	1.02	57	0	14	59.0	42	23	20	18	73
Ryan Helsley	9	1	1.25	0.74	54	0	19	64.2	28	11	9	20	94
Jordan Hicks	3	6	4.84	1.32	35	8	0	61.1	46	33	33	35	63
Dakota Hudson	8	7	4.45	1.45	27	26	0	139.2	141	71	69	61	78
Andrew Knizner	0	0	0.00	1.50	1	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
Matthew Liberatore	2	2	5.97	1.73	9	7	0	34.2	42	23	23	18	28
Steven Matz	5	3	5.25	1.25	15	10	0	48.0	50	28	28	10	54
T. J. McFarland	0	0	6.61	1.62	28	0	0	32.2	42	26	24	11	16
Miles Mikolas	12	13	3.29	1.03	33	32	0	202.1	170	81	74	39	153
Yadier Molina	0	0	18.00	3.00	2	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	0	1
Jordan Montgomery	6	3	3.11	1.08	11	11	0	63.2	56	24	22	13	61
James Naile	0	0	5.00	1.11	7	0	0	9.0	8	5	5	2	5
Packy Naughton	0	2	4.78	1.44	26	3	1	32.0	39	17	17	7	31
Johan Oviedo	2	1	3.20	1.30	14	1	0	25.1	26	9	9	7	26
Andre Pallante	6	5	3.17	1.42	47	10	0	108.0	113	39	38	40	73
Albert Pujols	0	0	36.00	4.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	4	4	1	0
José Quintana	3	2	2.01	1.12	12	12	0	62.2	54	18	14	16	48
JoJo Romero	0	0	3.77	1.26	15	0	0	14.1	9	6	6	9	16
Ángel Rondón	1	0	0.00	0.80	1	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	3	4
Chris Stratton	5	0	2.78	1.50	20	0	0	22.2	22	8	7	12	23
Zack Thompson	1	1	2.08	0.98	22	1	1	34.2	20	9	8	14	27
Drew VerHagen	3	1	6.65	1.89	19	0	0	21.2	27	18	16	14	18
Adam Wainwright	11	12	3.71	1.28	32	32	0	191.2	192	80	79	54	143
Jake Walsh	0	1	13.50	1.88	3	0	0	2.2	3	4	4	2	5
Kodi Whitley	2	0	5.68	1.58	14	0	0	12.2	11	8	8	9	12
Nick Wittgren	1	0	5.90	1.55	29	0	1	29.0	35	19	19	10	17
Jake Woodford	4	0	2.23	1.12	27	1	0	48.1	43	13	12	11	24
TEAM TOTALS	93	69	3.79	1.27	162	162	37	1,435.2	1,335	637	605	489	1,177

Source ^[23]

Awards and achievements

Awards

• National League (NL) Player of the Month: ^[24]
  • Nolan Arenado (2), April, August
  • Paul Goldschmidt, May
• NL Player of the Week: ^[25]
  • Nolan Arenado (2), April 7–10, August 1–7
  • Paul Goldschmidt (3), June 13–19, July 21–24, August 15–21
  • Albert Pujols (2), August 15–21, September 19–25

Milestones

• Games played: 3,000 – Albert Pujols – June 4 ^[18]
• At bats: 5,000 – Nolan Arenado – July 2 ^[21]

Minor league system and first-year player draft

Teams

See also: List of St. Louis Cardinals minor league affiliates, St. Louis Cardinals minor league players, and Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Division	Manager	W–L/Stats	Standing	Refs
Triple-A	Memphis Redbirds	International League	West	Ben Johnson	73–77	6th of 10	[26]
Double-A	Springfield Cardinals	Texas League	North	José Leger	68–70	4th of 5
High-A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	West	Patrick Anderson	56–76	5th of 6
Single-A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Florida State League	East	Gary Kendall	67–61	2nd of 4, Lost in Semifinals
Rookie	FCL Cardinals	Florida Complex League	East	Roberto Espinoza	25–29	5th of 6
Foreign Rookie	DSL Cardinals	Dominican Summer League	South	Fray Peniche	33–26	4th of 9

Major League Baseball draft

Main article: 2022 Major League Baseball draft

The 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft began on Sunday, July 17, and ended on Tuesday, July 19. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams.

2022 Draft Order

2022 Draft Tracker (STL Cardinals)

2022 St. Louis Cardinals complete draft list

Round Pick Name, Age Pos / Bats School (State) Signing bonus 1 22 Cooper Hjerpe, 21 LHP / L Oregon State University (OR) $3.18 million 2 59 Brycen Mautz, 21 LHP / L University of San Diego (CA) $1.10 million 3 97 Pete Hansen, 21 LHP / R University of Texas (TX) $629,800 4 127 Jimmy Crooks, 21 C / L University of Oklahoma (OK) $470,300 5 157 Victor Scott II, 21 OF / L West Virginia University (WV) $350,400 6 187 Max Rajcic, 20 RHP / R UCLA (CA) $600,000 7 217 Alex Iadisernia, 21 OF / L Elon University (NC) $212,000 8 247 Cade Winquest, 22 RHP / R University of Texas at Arlington (TX) $174,600 9 277 Joseph King, 21 RHP / R University of California (CA) $125,000 10 307 Tanner Jacobson, 22 RHP / R Queens University of Charlotte (NC) $25,000 11 337 Nathan Church, 21 OF / L University of California, Irvine (CA) $125,000 12 367 Michael Curialle, 21 SS / R UCLA (CA) $150,000 13 397 Chandler Arnold, 22 RHP / R Dallas Baptist University (TX) $175,000 14 427 D.J. Carpenter, 22 RHP / R Oregon State University (OR) $100,000 15 457 Matt Hickey, 23 RHP / L Tarleton State University (TX) $25,000 16 487 Hunter Hayes, 21 RHP / R University of the Pacific (CA) $100,000 17 517 Brody Moore, 21 SS / R Auburn University (AL) $50,000 18 547 John Lynch, 21 LHP / L Xavier University (OH) $125,000 19 577 Chris Rotondo, 23 OF / R Villanova University (PA) $25,000 20 607 Gavin Van Kempen, 18 RHP / R Maple Hill High School (NY) Did not sign

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External links

• St. Louis Cardinals 2022 schedule at MLB.com
• 2022 St. Louis Cardinals schedule at ESPN
• 2022 St. Louis Cardinals season at Baseball Reference