2019 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 2019 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 138th for the St. Louis Cardinals of the Major League Baseball (MLB), a franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 128th season for the Cardinals in the National League (NL), and their 14th at Busch Stadium III. On September 22, 2019, the Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs 3-2 to clinch their first playoff berth since 2015.[1] On September 29, the Cardinals clinched the National League Central for the first time since 2015,[2] and defeated the Atlanta Braves in the Division Series on October 9.[3] They went on to play the Washington Nationals in the NLCS, but were swept in four games.

2019 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)William O. DeWitt Jr
General manager(s)Mike Girsch
Manager(s)Mike Shildt
Local televisionFox Sports Midwest
(Dan McLaughlin, Rick Horton, Tim McCarver, Jim Edmonds, Brad Thompson)
Local radioKMOX NewsRadio 1120
St. Louis Cardinals Radio Network
(Mike Shannon, John Rooney, Rick Horton, Mike Claiborne)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Season standings

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9171 0.562 — 50–31 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 8973 0.549 2 49–32 40–41
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 7 51–30 33–48
Cincinnati Reds 7587 0.463 16 41–40 34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993 0.426 22 35–46 34–47

National League playoff standings
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 10656 0.654
Atlanta Braves 9765 0.599
St. Louis Cardinals 9171 0.562


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Washington Nationals 9369 0.574 +4
Milwaukee Brewers 8973 0.549 —
New York Mets 8676 0.531 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 8577 0.525 4
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 5
Philadelphia Phillies 8181 0.500 8
San Francisco Giants 7785 0.475 12
Cincinnati Reds 7587 0.463 14
Colorado Rockies 7191 0.438 18
San Diego Padres 7092 0.432 19
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993 0.426 20
Miami Marlins 57105 0.352 32

Record vs. opponents
2019 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona —4–32–43–39–108–113–42–52–54–26–111-810–93–34–314–6
Atlanta 3–4—5–23–43–32–415–43–311-89–105–25–25–24–211–813–7
Chicago 4–22–5—8–113–33–46–19–105–22–511–84–34–29–102–412–8
Cincinnati 3–34–311–8—3–31–56–18–113–43–47–125–24–37–121–59–11
Colorado 10–93–33–33–3—4–155–25–22–43–42–511–87–122–53–48–12
Los Angeles 11–84–24–35–115–4—5–14–35–25–26–013–612–73–44–310–10
Miami 4–34–151–61–62–51–5—2–56–1310–93–34–23–33–44–159–11
Milwaukee 5–23–310–911–82–53–45–2—5–14–315–43–42–49–104–28–12
New York 5–28–112–54–34–22–513–61–5—7–125–13–33–42–512–715–5
Philadelphia 2–410–95–24–34–32–59–103–412–7—4–23–33–44–25–1411–9
Pittsburgh 1–62–58–1112–75–20–63–34–151–52–4—6–15–25–143–412–8
San Diego 8–112–53–42–58–116–132–44–33–33–31–6—9–104–24–311–9
San Francisco 9–102–52–43–412–77–123–34–24–34–32–510–9—3–41–511–9
St. Louis 3–32–410–912–75–24–34–310–95–22–414–52–44–3—5–29–11
Washington 3–48–114–25–14–33–415–42–47–1214–54–33–45–12–5—14–6

Season summary

On Opening Day, versus the Milwaukee Brewers, catcher Yadier Molina extended his team-record for Opening Day starts with 15.[4] The following game, newly-acquired first baseman Paul Goldschmidt homered three times in a 9−5 win over the Brewers, making him the fastest player to hit a three-home run game with a new team. He also drove in five runs.[5]

Game log

Regular season


Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Cardinals player


2019 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log, 91–71 (.562) [6]
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Cardinals team member

Postseason
2019 Postseason (3–6)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Cardinals team member

Opening Day lineup
13Matt Carpenter3B
46Paul Goldschmidt1B
12Paul DeJongSS
23Marcell OzunaLF
  4Yadier MolinaC
25Dexter FowlerRF
16Kolten Wong2B
48Harrison BaderCF
39Miles MikolasP

Roster
See also: St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster and List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches
2019 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 76 Kleininger Teran (bullpen catcher)

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
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast American–South Ben Johnson
AA Springfield Cardinals Texas North Joe Kruzel
A+ Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State South Dann Bilardello
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest Western Chris Swauger
A (SS) State College Spikes New York–Penn Pinckney Jose Leon
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian West Roberto Espinoza
GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast East Steve Turco
DSL Cardinals Dominican Summer Boca Chica North Frey Peniche

Major League Baseball draft
Main article: 2019 Major League Baseball draft

The 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft began on Monday, June 3, 2019, and ended June 5. The draft will assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams.

2019 Draft Order

2019 Draft Tracker (StL Cardinals)

2019 St. Louis Cardinals complete draft list
Round Pick Name, Age Pos / Bats School (State) Date sgnd. Refs
1 19 Zack Thompson, 21 LHP / L University of Kentucky (KY)[7] June 11 [8]
2 58 Trejyn Fletcher, 18 CF / R Deering HS (ME) June 13 [9]
3 96 Tony Locey, 20 RHP / R University of Georgia (GA)[10] June 12 [11]
4 125 Andre Pallante, 20 RHP / R University of California, Irvine (CA)[12] June 19 [11]
5 155 Connor Thomas, 21 LHP / L Georgia Tech (GA)[13] June 11 [11]
6 185 Pedro Pages, 20 C / R Florida Atlantic University (FL) [14] June 13 [11]
7 215 Jack Ralston, 21 LHP / R University of California, Los Angeles (CA)[15] June 19 [11]
8 245 Logan Gragg, 20 RHP / R Oklahoma State University (OK)[16] June 14 [11]
9 275 Todd Lott, 21 OF / R University of Louisiana at Lafayette (LA)[17] June 11 [11]
10 305 Jake Sommers, 22 LHP / R University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (WI)[18] June 10[19] [11]
11 335 Connor Lunn, 20 RHP / R University of Southern California (CA)[20] June 19 [11]
12 365 Patrick Romeri, 17 RF / R IMG Academy (FL)[21] June 10 [11]
13 395 Tommy Jew, 21 CF / R University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)[22] July 9 [11]
14 425 Tyler Statler, 17 RHP / R Hononegah HS (IL)[23] June 14 [11]
15 455 David Vinsky, 20 OF / R Northwood University (MI)[24] June 11 [11]
16 485 Thomas Hart, 18 RHP / R Wakeland HS (TX)[25] June 16 [11]
17 515 Michael YaSenka, 21 RHP / R Eastern Illinois University (IL)[26] June 14 [11]
18 545 Aaron Antonini, 20 C / L Middle Tennessee State University (TN)[27] N/A [11]
19 575 Zarion Sharpe, 20 LHP / R University of North Carolina at Wilmington (NC)[28] TBA [11]
20 605 Adrian Mardueno, 21 RHP / R San Diego State University (CA)[29] June 12 [11]
21 635 Jack Owen, 21 LHP / L Auburn University (AL)[30] TBA [11]
22 665 Zade Richardson, 19 C / R Wabash Valley College (IL)[31] June 16 [11]
23 695 Brylie Ware, 22 3B / R University of Oklahoma (OK)[32] June 10 [11]
24 725 Will Guay, 23 RHP / R Concord University (WV)[33] June 10[19] [11]
25 755 Alexander McFarlane, 17 RHP / R Habersham Central School (GA)[34] Did not sign [11]
26 785 Jeremy Randolph, 23 RHP / R University of Alabama (AL)[35] June 14 [11]
27 815 Eric Lex, 23 RHP / R Santa Clara University (CA)[36] June 16 [11]
28 845 Tyler Peck, 21 RHP / R Chapman University (CA)[37] N/A [11]
29 875 Scott Politz, 22 RHP / R Yale University (CT)[38] June 11 [11]
30 905 Cameron Dulle, 23 RHP / R University of Missouri (CA)[39] June 10 [11]
31 935 Dylan Pearce, 22 RHP / L Oregon State University (OR)[40] June 16 [11]
32 965 Chandler Redmond, 22 2B / L Gardner-Webb University (NC)[41] June 10 [11]
33 995 Anthony Green, 21 RHP / R Jefferson College (MO)[42] June 11 [11]
34 1,025 Ben Baird, 21 SS / R University of Washington (WA)[43] June 11 [11]
35 1,055 Logan Hofmann, 19 RHP / L Colby Community College (KS)[44] TBA [11]
36 1,085 Kyle Skeels, 22 C / R Coastal Carolina University (SC)[45] June 11 [11]
37 1,115 Chris Newell, 18 OF / L Malvern Preparatory School (PA)[46] Did not sign [11]
38 1,145 Kurtis Byrne, 18 C / R Christian Brothers College HS (MO) Did not sign [11]
39 1,175 T.J. McKenzie, 18 SS / R The Benjamin School (FL)[47] Did not sign [11]
40 1,205 Cash Rugely, 19 SS / R Navarro College (TX)[48][49] TBA [11]

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