| 2007 St. Louis Cardinals | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Division | Central | |||
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium | |||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
| Record | 78–84 (.481) | |||
| Divisional place | 3rd | |||
| Owners | William DeWitt Jr., Fred Hanser | |||
| General managers | Walt Jocketty | |||
| Managers | Tony La Russa | |||
| Television | FSN Midwest (Dan McLaughlin,Al Hrabosky,Joe Buck) KSDK (Jay Randolph,Ricky Horton,Mike Shannon) | |||
| Radio | KTRS (Mike Shannon,John Rooney,Rick Horton-KSDK Games Only) | |||
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The2007 St. Louis Cardinals season was the126th season for theSt. Louis Cardinals, aMajor League Baseballfranchise inSt. Louis,Missouri. It was the 116th season for the Cardinals in theNational League and their 2nd atBusch Stadium III.
The season started with the team trying to defend their2006 World Series championship. During the offseason, the Cardinals were faced with the challenge of handling their starting rotation. Four of their five starters were free agents, includingJeff Suppan (the2006 NLCS MVP),Jeff Weaver (the winning pitcher in the World Series Game 5 clincher),Mark Mulder, andJason Marquis. In the end, Suppan, Weaver, and Marquis all signed with other teams. The Cardinals signed Mulder, who ended the 2006 season on thedisabled list, to a new two-year contract, but Mulder remained on the disabled list after undergoing shoulder surgery.[1]
To replace the departed pitchers, the Cardinals promotedAdam Wainwright, who spent 2006 in relief and took the closer's job from injuredJason Isringhausen, to the rotation. They signed free agent pitcherKip Wells to fill another spot. The team entered 2007 with a rotation ofChris Carpenter, Wells, Wainwright andAnthony Reyes, with relieverBraden Looper assuming the fifth starter's role until Mulder's return.[2]
In contrast with the rotation, the rest of the team remained stable. Every member of the Cardinals' playoff bullpen remained under contract for 2007, though the Cardinals signed free agent relieversRyan Franklin andRuss Springer for reinforcement[3][4] and middle relieverJosh Kinney suffered an injury in spring training that requiredTommy John surgery and forced him to miss the entire 2007 season.[5] Every position player for the Cardinals returned in 2007 except for midseason acquisitionRonnie Belliard, who signed as a free agent with theWashington Nationals.[6] To replace Belliard, the Cardinals signedAdam Kennedy, a former Cardinal who was traded to the then-Anaheim Angels forJim Edmonds in 2000, and was teammates with current CardinalsDavid Eckstein andScott Spiezio when they won the2002 World Series with Anaheim.[7]
Inspring training, the Birds were 16–10–3 with a teambatting average of .255 and a 2.29 teamERA. Attendance atRoger Dean Stadium was 102,619. This was the Cardinals last losing season, until2023.[8]
The Cardinals began the season by raising their championship banner for winning the2006 World Series. They played the first game of the 2007 season in a rematch of the2006 NLCS as they hosted theMets for a three-game series. The homestand ended with disappointment, however, as the Mets swept the Cardinals, outscoring them 20–2.[9] Later in April the Cardinals suffered a major setback when ace pitcherChris Carpenter was placed on thedisabled list due to arthritis and impingement.[10] The team struggled for most of the month of April, getting off to a 10–14 start.
At approximately 12:35 amCST on April 29, 2007,pitcherJosh Hancock died in a car accident inSt. Louis.[11] Hancock, a 29-year-old reliever who threw 77 innings for the Cardinals during the 2006 season, collided with a tow truck stopped onInterstate 64 to assist another motorist. The Cardinals' game against theCubs scheduled for later that day was postponed due to the accident.[12] Autopsy reports showed that Hancock was intoxicated with ablood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit inMissouri.[13] In response the Cardinals banned alcohol from the team's clubhouse.[14] The tragedy brought back memories of the loss of former Cardinal pitcherDarryl Kile, who died of coronary disease in 2002. Hancock became the secondMLB player in the previous 25 years to die during the regular season.[15] After Hancock's death, the Cardinals began wearing a black patch reading "32" on their uniforms in his memory.
The team's offensive struggles grew worse with the start of the new month. St. Louis went two weeks without hitting ahome run;Chris Duncan hit one in a loss to theBrewers on May 1 and again in a May 15 victory over theDodgers.[16] On May 13, they were shut out for the sixth time in their first 35 games in a 3–0 loss to thePadres.[17] A series in Detroit featuring a rematch of the teams from the 2006 World Series ended in a three-game Tiger sweep and dropped the Cardinals' record to 16–25 for the season.[18]Anthony Reyes was sent down to the minors on May 27 after compiling an 0–8 record and 6.08 ERA.[19] CatcherYadier Molina was placed on the disabled list on May 30 with a fractured wrist suffered from a foul tip that struck his hand while catching.[20] The team ended May with a 22–29 record.
Kip Wells' terrible season continued on June 2, becoming the majors' first 10-game loser, and the first Cardinals pitcher in 16 years to lose ten games before the All-Star break.[21] Wells went to the bullpen shortly thereafter.[22] Looper went on the DL on June 18, after struggling following a hot start to the season.[23] Kennedy lost the starting second base job toAaron Miles.[24] The Cardinals, whose starting rotation had fallen to dead last in the NL inERA, acquiredMike Maroth from theDetroit Tigers for a player to be named later.[25] Injuries continued to plague the team as Eckstein,[26] Johnson[27] and Edmonds[28] went on the disabled list. Anthony Reyes, recalled from the minors, dropped to 0–10 after a loss to the Mets on June 28.[29] New acquisitionTroy Percival, a veteran relief pitcher who had been retired at the start of the season but signed a minor-league deal with St. Louis, earned a victory in his first big-league appearance in two years on June 29 against Cincinnati.[30] (Percival became the fourth member of the 2002 World Champion Angels to play on the Cardinals, joining Kennedy, Spiezio and Eckstein, and the fifth ex-Angel overall, also including Edmonds).
Despite the injuries and the turnover in the pitching staff, the Cardinals played better in June, going 13–13 for the month after losing records in April and May. However, they were still well behind the Brewers. On June 30 they fell 10.5 games behind Milwaukee, the furthest out of first place they were all season.[31]
Anthony Reyes was sent down to the minor leagues again on July 2.[32]St. Louis entered the All-Star Break with a 40–45 record, in third place in the division, 7½ games behind Milwaukee. Albert Pujols was the only Cardinal on the NL All-Star roster.[33] St. Louis participated in another franchise's milestone when their 10–2 defeat ofPhiladelphia on July 15 made the Phillies the first team in MLB history to lose 10,000 games.[34]
The Cardinals could not find consistency for most of July, never losing or winning more than two games in a row until the end of the month. The team suffered a devastating setback when Carpenter, who had been on track to return sometime in late July, was diagnosed with ligament damage and had season-endingTommy John surgery.[35] Jim Edmonds returned to the team after spending over a month on the disabled list.[36] New pitcher Mike Maroth struggled terribly in July, posting an 11.86 ERA for the month. However, Anthony Reyes, called up to the big leagues again, got his first win of the year on July 28 after an 0–10 start.[37]
In yet another attempt to bolster their faltering rotation, on July 31 St. Louis acquiredJoel Piñeiro from the Red Sox for cash and aplayer to be named later.[38] The Cardinals had their first winning month of the year in July, going 15–11. After spending most of the month far behind Milwaukee, St. Louis took three of four from the Brewers at the end of July to close the gap to six games.[39]
The momentum built by the four-game win streak at the end of July was promptly dissipated as the Cardinals lost five in a row to Pittsburgh and Washington. Manager Tony La Russa, in an effort to increase offensive production, on August 4 began batting Cardinal pitchers eighth in the lineup. LaRussa as justification cited 1998, when he batted the pitcher eighth for the whole second half of the season and a team that was four games under .500 before the change played ten games over .500 after. LaRussa's revised lineup marked the first time that any team had hit its starting pitcher anywhere other than the ninth spot in the lineup since theFlorida Marlins movedDontrelle Willis up in the batting order for a few games in 2005.[40]
The Cardinals snapped their losing streak on August 6, beating San Diego 10–5. St. Louis scored ten runs on ten consecutive hits in the fifth inning, becoming the 12th team in MLB history to get ten base hits in a row.[41] Three days later,Scott Spiezio, the Cardinals' utilityman and third base backup, was placed on the restricted list due to unspecified substance abuse problems. LaRussa told reporters that "What we want more than anything else is to do whatever is best for him."[42] Spiezio's replacement was both a surprise and a familiar face:Rick Ankiel. Ankiel, once a promising young pitcher for the Cardinals—striking out 194 batters in 175 innings in 2000 at the age of twenty—suffered a catastrophic attack of wildness in the 2000 postseason, throwing nine wild pitches and walking eleven batters in only four postseason innings. Further wildness sent him back to the minors in 2001, and after four years struggling to overcome his wildness and subsequent injuries, Ankiel quit pitching in 2005 and announced he would try to make it back to the big leagues as a hitter. After hitting 31 home runs in 2007 for theMemphis Redbirds (St. Louis's AAA affiliate), Ankiel was called up to the big leagues to fill Spiezio's roster spot.[43][44] In his first game back, Ankiel hit a three-run homer and the Cardinals won 5–0.[45]
The return of Rick Ankiel to the lineup coincided with the best stretch of play by the Cardinals in 2007. St. Louis won five in a row and eight out of ten against L.A., San Diego and Milwaukee, advancing to two games under .500 and 2½ games behind the Brewers. Continued strong starting pitching and hot hitting from Pujols, rookie infielderBrendan Ryan, and others propelled the Cardinals to the .500 mark on August 28, the first time since they were 6–6 on April 16 that they did not have a losing record.
Scott Rolen was forced out of the lineup due to tightness and pain in his surgically repaired shoulder.[46] Rolen decided to have season-ending shoulder surgery shortly after.[47] Brendan Ryan was named the starting third baseman in Rolen's place[48] and the Cardinals traded for backup infielderRussell Branyan right before the Augusttrade deadline.[49] St. Louis went 15–13 in August and finished the month 65–66 and in third place in the division, two games behind the Cubs and one-half game behind Milwaukee. The Cardinals' 8–5 victory over Cincinnati on the last day of the month gaveTony La Russa victory #1,042 as the Cardinal manager, passingRed Schoendienst to become the winningest Cardinal manager of all time. In the same game, Cardinal right fielderJuan Encarnación was struck in the eye and severely injured with a foul ball. Encarnacion was diagnosed with severe injuries to his left eye and multiple fractures of the orbital bone. The injury ended his season and is believed to be potentially career-threatening.[50][51]
The last off-day for the team in 2007 came on August 27, when they had four games remaining in the month, and then 31 games in September. This set a new major-league baseball record for a team with the longest number of consecutive days played (35) at the end of the season without a day off.
The Cardinals entered September facing a stretch run of 31 games in 30 days, due to all three off-days in the month being taken up by makeups of earlier postponements. Former CardinalMiguel Cairo, recently signed by St. Louis after he was waived by the Yankees, was brought up to the big club as the first of the September callups.[52]
On September 2, the Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of Cincinnati that put them at 67–66, the first time they were over .500 since they were 6–5 after the April 15 game. They entered the game on September 7 against theArizona Diamondbacks with a chance to take sole possession of first place, but instead the D-backs won and went on to sweep the weekend series. September 7 was also the day that theNew York Daily News reported that Rick Ankiel received a year's worth ofhuman growth hormone in 2004 while he was trying to come back as a pitcher. HGH was legal at that time but has since been banned by MLB. In response Ankiel said that he had a valid prescription and that all of his medications were taken under a doctor's care.[53]
The sweep in Arizona began a devastating slump that took the Cardinals out of contention in the NL Central. They lost nine in a row to Arizona, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Chicago again. The ninth loss came to the Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader on September 15, the game rescheduled from April 29 after the death of Josh Hancock. It was the longest losing streak for the franchise since the 1980 Cardinals lost ten in a row. The Cardinals were officially eliminated on September 21, as they lost to the visiting Houston Astros at Busch Stadium. After being eliminated from postseason, St. Louis played out the string by going 7–2 the rest of the way, and finished the season with a 78–84 record, finishing in third place, seven games behind the NL Central winningChicago Cubs. It was the first losing season for the franchise since the 1999 Cardinals went 75–86, and would be their last losing season until2023 when they then finished 71-91.
On September 22, 2007, hosting the Houston Astros, the Cardinals set a one-day attendance record in their new Busch Stadium with 46,237.
In 2007, the Cardinals drew an all-time attendance record for any year with 3,552,180 in their 81 home games (breaking their previous record set in 2005), an average of 43,854 per game.
OwnerWilliam DeWitt Jr. firedWalt Jocketty,General Manager for the Cardinals since 1995, on October 3. Assistant GMJohn Mozeliak replaced Jocketty in an interim capacity[54] before being named the new GM on October 31, 2007.[55]
On October 22, Manager Tony La Russa, after considering moving elsewhere when his contract expired, signed a new two-year deal guaranteeing his record 13th and 14th seasons as Cardinal manager, the longest tenure in franchise history.[56]
No Cardinal won aGold Glove. Perhaps the most surprising denial was to catcherYadier Molina, who was denied the award despite his .991 fielding percentage.[57]Both Molina andAlbert Pujols previously (November 1) won the prestigious Fielding Bible Award, which is given to only one person at each position in the major leagues.[58]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Chicago Cubs | 85 | 77 | .525 | — | 44–37 | 41–40 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 2 | 51–30 | 32–49 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 84 | .481 | 7 | 43–38 | 35–46 |
| Houston Astros | 73 | 89 | .451 | 12 | 42–39 | 31–50 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 72 | 90 | .444 | 13 | 39–42 | 33–48 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 68 | 94 | .420 | 17 | 37–44 | 31–50 |
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| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WAS | AL |
| Arizona | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–7 |
| Atlanta | 2–4 | — | 5–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 11–7 | 4–11 |
| Chicago | 2–4 | 4–5 | — | 9–9 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–7 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 11–5 | 6–1 | 8–4 |
| Cincinnati | 4–2 | 6–1 | 9–9 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–11 | 2–4 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 6–9 | 1–6 | 7-11 |
| Colorado | 10–8 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 10–8 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–8 |
| Florida | 1–6 | 8–10 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 9–9 |
| Houston | 2–5 | 3–3 | 7–8 | 11–4 | 4–3 | 3-2 | — | 4–3 | 5–13 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 7–9 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 3–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–3 | 5–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–10 |
| Milwaukee | 5–2 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 7–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 13–5 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–4 | 10–6 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 8–7 |
| New York | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–2 | 5–5 | 4–2 | — | 6–12 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 8–7 |
| Philadelphia | 1-5 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–6 | — | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 6–3 | 12–6 | 8–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–5 | 1–5 | 7–8 | 7–9 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–5 | 2–5 | 6–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 4–2 | 5–10 |
| San Diego | 8–10 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
| San Francisco | 8–10 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 8–10 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 4–14 | — | 4–1 | 3–4 | 5–10 |
| St. Louis | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–11 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 4-2 | 9–7 | 3–3 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 1–4 | — | 1–5 | 6–9 |
| Washington | 1–6 | 7–11 | 1–6 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 10-8 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 9–9 |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Yadier Molina | 111 | 353 | 30 | 97 | .275 | 6 | 40 |
| 1B | Albert Pujols | 158 | 565 | 99 | 185 | .327 | 32 | 103 |
| 2B | Adam Kennedy | 87 | 279 | 27 | 61 | .219 | 3 | 18 |
| SS | David Eckstein | 117 | 434 | 58 | 134 | .309 | 3 | 31 |
| 3B | Scott Rolen | 112 | 392 | 55 | 104 | .265 | 8 | 58 |
| LF | Chris Duncan | 127 | 375 | 51 | 97 | .259 | 21 | 70 |
| CF | Jim Edmonds | 117 | 365 | 39 | 92 | .252 | 12 | 53 |
| RF | Juan Encarnación | 78 | 283 | 43 | 80 | .283 | 9 | 47 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Aaron Miles | 133 | 414 | 55 | 120 | .290 | 2 | 32 |
| So Taguchi | 130 | 307 | 48 | 89 | .290 | 3 | 30 |
| Ryan Ludwick | 120 | 303 | 42 | 81 | .267 | 14 | 52 |
| Scott Spiezio | 81 | 223 | 31 | 60 | .269 | 4 | 31 |
| Brendan Ryan | 67 | 180 | 30 | 52 | .289 | 4 | 12 |
| Skip Schumaker | 88 | 177 | 19 | 59 | .333 | 2 | 19 |
| Rick Ankiel | 47 | 172 | 31 | 49 | .285 | 11 | 39 |
| Gary Bennett | 59 | 155 | 12 | 39 | .252 | 2 | 17 |
| Kelly Stinnett | 26 | 82 | 7 | 13 | .159 | 1 | 5 |
| Miguel Cairo | 28 | 67 | 8 | 17 | .254 | 0 | 5 |
| Preston Wilson | 25 | 64 | 6 | 14 | .219 | 1 | 5 |
| Adam Wainwright | 36 | 62 | 4 | 18 | .290 | 1 | 6 |
| Russell Branyan | 21 | 32 | 4 | 6 | .188 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Esposito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP= Walks+hits÷innings pitched; O-AVG = Opponents batting average
| Player | GS | IP | H | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | WHIP | O-AVG | Run support |
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| Adam Wainwright | 32 | 202.0 | 212 | 14 | 12 | 3.70 | 70 | 136 | 1.40 | .269 | 4.8 |
| Braden Looper | 30 | 175.0 | 183 | 12 | 12 | 4.94 | 51 | 87 | 1.34 | .269 | 4.6 |
| Kip Wells | 26 | 162.2 | 186 | 7 | 17 | 5.70 | 78 | 122 | 1.62 | .287 | 3.5 |
| Anthony Reyes | 20 | 107.1 | 108 | 2 | 14 | 6.04 | 43 | 74 | 1.41 | .261 | 3.3 |
| Brad Thompson | 17 | 129.1 | 157 | 8 | 6 | 4.73 | 40 | 53 | 1.52 | .301 | 5.2 |
| Joel Piñeiro | 11 | 63.2 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 3.96 | 12 | 40 | 1.27 | .279 | 4.1 |
| Todd Wellemeyer | 11 | 63.2 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 3.11 | 29 | 51 | 1.27 | .224 | 6.4 |
| Mike Maroth | 7 | 38.0 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 10.66 | 17 | 23 | 2.32 | .394 | 5.4 |
| Mark Mulder | 3 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 12.27 | 7 | 3 | 2.64 | .440 | 2.0 |
| Randy Keisler | 3 | 17.1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 5 | 5 | 1.50 | .309 | 5.0 |
| Chris Carpenter | 1 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 1 | 3 | 1.67 | .346 | 1.0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; R = Runs allowed; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP = Walks+hits÷innings pitched; O-AVG = Opponents batting average
| Player | G | IP | H | W | L | SV | R | ERA | BB | SO | WHIP | O-AVG |
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| Jason Isringhausen | 63 | 65.1 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 2.48 | 28 | 54 | 1.07 | .179 |
| Russ Springer | 76 | 66.0 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2.18 | 19 | 66 | 0.91 | .181 |
| Troy Percival | 34* | 40.0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.80 | 10 | 36 | 0.85 | .171 |
| Randy Flores | 70 | 55.0 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 4.25 | 15 | 47 | 1.56 | .310 |
| Ryan Franklin | 69 | 80.0 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 3.04 | 11 | 44 | 1.01 | .234 |
| Tyler Johnson | 55 | 38.0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4.03 | 16 | 24 | 1.24 | .217 |
| Kelvin Jiménez | 34 | 42.0 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7.50 | 17 | 24 | 1.74 | .320 |
| Andy Cavazos | 17 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10.35 | 16 | 15 | 2.15 | .333 |
| Brian Falkenborg | 16 | 18.2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4.82 | 8 | 16 | 1.61 | .293 |
| Troy Cate | 14 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.38 | 9 | 12 | 1.69 | .290 |
| Josh Hancock ** | 8 | 12.2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.55 | 5 | 9 | 1.50 | .286 |
| Dennis Dove | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.00 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | .357 |
| Aaron Miles | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .375 |
| Scott Spezio | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 |
* incl. 1 GS, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
** died early in the morning of April 29
(100 = Neutral Park, > 100 Ballpark favors, < 100 Ballpark inhibits
81 G; Cardinals: 2,704 AB; Opponents: 2,866 AB)
BA 102 R 93 H 103 2B 96 3B 104 HR 71 BB 96 SO 88 E 117 E-inf. 118 LHB-BA 103 LHB-HR 68 RHB-BA 102 RHB-HR 74 [59]
