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
National League (since 1892)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Busch Stadium (since 2006) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	91–71 (.562)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	William O. DeWitt Jr
General manager(s)	Mike Girsch
Manager(s)	Mike Shildt
Local television	Fox Sports Midwest (Dan McLaughlin, Rick Horton, Tim McCarver, Jim Edmonds, Brad Thompson)
Local radio	KMOX NewsRadio 1120 St. Louis Cardinals Radio Network (Mike Shannon, John Rooney, Rick Horton, Mike Claiborne)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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Season standings

National League Central

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	91	71	0.562	—	50–31	41–40
Milwaukee Brewers	89	73	0.549	2	49–32	40–41
Chicago Cubs	84	78	0.519	7	51–30	33–48
Cincinnati Reds	75	87	0.463	16	41–40	34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	0.426	22	35–46	34–47

National League playoff standings

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	0.654
Atlanta Braves	97	65	0.599
St. Louis Cardinals	91	71	0.562

Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Washington Nationals	93	69	0.574	+4
Milwaukee Brewers	89	73	0.549	—
New York Mets	86	76	0.531	3
Arizona Diamondbacks	85	77	0.525	4
Chicago Cubs	84	78	0.519	5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	8
San Francisco Giants	77	85	0.475	12
Cincinnati Reds	75	87	0.463	14
Colorado Rockies	71	91	0.438	18
San Diego Padres	70	92	0.432	19
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	0.426	20
Miami Marlins	57	105	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	—	4–3	2–4	3–3	9–10	8–11	3–4	2–5	2–5	4–2	6–1	11-8	10–9	3–3	4–3	14–6
Atlanta	3–4	—	5–2	3–4	3–3	2–4	15–4	3–3	11-8	9–10	5–2	5–2	5–2	4–2	11–8	13–7
Chicago	4–2	2–5	—	8–11	3–3	3–4	6–1	9–10	5–2	2–5	11–8	4–3	4–2	9–10	2–4	12–8
Cincinnati	3–3	4–3	11–8	—	3–3	1–5	6–1	8–11	3–4	3–4	7–12	5–2	4–3	7–12	1–5	9–11
Colorado	10–9	3–3	3–3	3–3	—	4–15	5–2	5–2	2–4	3–4	2–5	11–8	7–12	2–5	3–4	8–12
Los Angeles	11–8	4–2	4–3	5–1	15–4	—	5–1	4–3	5–2	5–2	6–0	13–6	12–7	3–4	4–3	10–10
Miami	4–3	4–15	1–6	1–6	2–5	1–5	—	2–5	6–13	10–9	3–3	4–2	3–3	3–4	4–15	9–11
Milwaukee	5–2	3–3	10–9	11–8	2–5	3–4	5–2	—	5–1	4–3	15–4	3–4	2–4	9–10	4–2	8–12
New York	5–2	8–11	2–5	4–3	4–2	2–5	13–6	1–5	—	7–12	5–1	3–3	3–4	2–5	12–7	15–5
Philadelphia	2–4	10–9	5–2	4–3	4–3	2–5	9–10	3–4	12–7	—	4–2	3–3	3–4	4–2	5–14	11–9
Pittsburgh	1–6	2–5	8–11	12–7	5–2	0–6	3–3	4–15	1–5	2–4	—	6–1	5–2	5–14	3–4	12–8
San Diego	8–11	2–5	3–4	2–5	8–11	6–13	2–4	4–3	3–3	3–3	1–6	—	9–10	4–2	4–3	11–9
San Francisco	9–10	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–7	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–3	4–3	2–5	10–9	—	3–4	1–5	11–9
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	10–9	12–7	5–2	4–3	4–3	10–9	5–2	2–4	14–5	2–4	4–3	—	5–2	9–11
Washington	3–4	8–11	4–2	5–1	4–3	3–4	15–4	2–4	7–12	14–5	4–3	3–4	5–1	2–5	—	14–6

Updated with the results of all games through September 29, 2019. Regular season complete

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]
March: 1–3 (.250) (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 1–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / L10 1 March 28 @Brewers 4–5 Chacín (1–0) Mikolas (0–1) Hader (1) 45,304 0–1 L1 2 March 29 @Brewers 9–5 Gant (1–0) Williams (0–1) 30,157 1–1 W1 3 March 30 @Brewers 2–4 Woodruff (1–0) Hudson (0–1) Hader (2) 36,655 1–2 L1 4 March 31 @Brewers 4–5 Barnes (1–0) Hicks (0–1) 35,042 1–3 L2
April: 18–7 (.720) (Home: 12–4 ; Away: 6–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / L10 5 April 1 @Pirates 6–5 (12) Hicks (1–1) Brault (0–1) Gant (1) 37,336 2–3 W1 6 April 3 @Pirates 5–4 (10) Gant (2–0) Burdi (0–1) Hudson (1) 23,954 3–3 W2 – April 4 Padres Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: April 5th) 7 April 5 Padres 3–5 Stock (1–0) Reyes (0–1) Yates (4) 46,615 3–4 L1 8 April 6 Padres 4–6 Wisler (1–0) Miller (0–1) Yates (5) 44,492 3–5 L2 9 April 7 Padres 4–1 Wainwright (1–0) Strahm (0–2) Hicks (1) 44,340 4–5 W1 10 April 8 Dodgers 4–3 Mikolas (1–1) Kelly (1–2) Hicks (2) 35,858 5–5 W2 11 April 9 Dodgers 4–0 Brebbia (1–0) Stripling (0–1) 36,353 6–5 W3 12 April 10 Dodgers 7–2 Flaherty (1–0) Maeda (2–1) 36,244 7–5 W4 13 April 11 Dodgers 11–7 Gallegos (1–0) Báez (0–1) 38,200 8–5 W5 14 April 13 @Reds* 2–5 Hughes (1–0) Wainwright (1–1) Iglesias (2) 16,496 8–6 L1 15 April 14 @Reds* 9–5 Gant (3–0) Garrett (1–1) Hicks (3) 16,793 9–6 W1 16 April 15 @Brewers 7–10 Guerra (1–0) Mayers (0–1) 28,199 9–7 L1 17 April 16 @Brewers 4–8 Woodruff (2–1) Flaherty (1–1) 30,260 9–8 L2 18 April 17 @Brewers 6–3 Wacha (1–0) Burnes (0–2) Hicks (4) 29,817 10–8 W1 19 April 19 Mets 5–4 Lugo (1–0) Wainwright (1–2) Díaz (7) 40,413 10–9 L1 20 April 20 Mets 10–2 Mikolas (2–1) Flexen (0–1) 47,059 11–9 W1 21 April 21 Mets 6–4 Hudson (1-1) Syndergaard (1–2) Hicks (5) 42,765 12–9 W2 22 April 22 Brewers 13–5 Flaherty (2–1) Houser (0–1) 35,819 13–9 W3 23 April 23 Brewers 4–3 Miller (1–1) Wilson (1–1) Hicks (6) 38,474 14–9 W4 24 April 24 Brewers 5–2 Wainwright (2–2) Chacín (2–3) Hicks (7) 36,878 15–9 W5 25 April 26 Reds 1–12 DeSclafani (1–1) Mikolas (2–2) 45,087 15–10 L1 26 April 27 Reds 6–3 Hudson (2–1) Mahle (0–3) Hicks (8) 44,197 16–10 W1 27 April 28 Reds 5–2 Flaherty (3–1) Gray (0–4) Gant (2) 45,701 17–10 W2 28 April 29 @Nationals 6–3 Wacha (2–0) Corbin (2–1) Hicks (9) 17,890 18–10 W3 29 April 30 @Nationals 3–2 Wainwright (3–2) Sánchez (0–4) Miller (1) 19,753 19–10 W4 *April 13 and 14 games played in Monterrey, Mexico
May: 9–18 (.333) (Home: 4–7 ; Away: 5–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / L10 30 May 1 @Nationals 5–1 Mikolas (3–2) Scherzer (1–4) — 22,157 20–10 W5 31 May 2 @Nationals 1–2 Strasburg (3–1) Hudson (2–2) Doolittle (4) 24,338 20–11 L1 32 May 3 @Cubs 0–4 Hendricks (2–4) Flaherty (3–2) — 34,978 20–12 L2 33 May 4 @Cubs 5–6 Kintzler (1– 0) Brebbia (1–1) Strop (4) 39,601 20–13 L3 34 May 5 @Cubs 5–13 Quintana (4–1) Wainwright (3–3) 36,499 20–14 L4 35 May 6 Phillies 6–0 Mikolas (4–2) Velasquez (1–2) 38,419 21–14 W1 36 May 7 Phillies 1–11 Nola (3–0) Hudson (2– 3) 38,562 21–15 L1 37 May 8 Phillies 0–5 Eickhoff (2–1) Flaherty (3–3) 42,309 21–16 L2 38 May 9 Pirates 17–4 Wacha (3–0) Musgrove (1–4) 38,925 22–16 W1 39 May 10 Pirates 1–2 Williams (2–1) Miller (1–2) Vázquez (11) 45,060 22–17 L1 40 May 11 Pirates 1–2 Lyles (3–1) Mikolas (4–3) Vázquez (12) 43,011 22–18 L2 41 May 12 Pirates 6–10 Stratton (1–2) Brebbia (1–2) 48,555 22–19 L3 42 May 14 @Braves 14–3 Flaherty (4–3) Foltynewicz (0–3) 23,718 23–19 W1 43 May 15 @Braves 0–4 Soroka (4–1) Wacha (3– 1) Jackson (5) 23,367 23–20 L1 44 May 16 @Braves 2–10 Teherán (3–4) Wainwright (3–4) 28,783 23–21 L2 45 May 17 @Rangers 3–7 Sampson (1–3) Mikolas (4–4) 34,398 23–22 L3 46 May 18 @Rangers 8–2 Hudson (3– 3) Jurado (1– 2) 30,967 24–22 W1 47 May 19 @Rangers 4–5 (10) Gómez (1–0) Hicks (1–2) 32,112 24–23 L1 – May 21 Royals Postponed (rain) Makeup: May 22 48 May 22 Royals 2–8 Keller (3–5) Wacha (3– 2) 42,725 24–24 L2 49 May 22 Royals 10–3 Wainwright (4–4) Bailey (4–5) 42,529 25–24 W1 50 May 24 Braves 2–5 Foltynewicz (1–3) Mikolas (4–5) 44,630 25–25 L1 51 May 25 Braves 6–3 Miller (2–2) Winkler (1–1) Hicks (10) 45,760 26–25 W1 52 May 26 Braves 3–4 Webb (3–0) Webb (0–1) Jackson (7) 45,152 26–26 L1 53 May 28 @Phillies 3–4 Pivetta (3–1) Wainwright (4–5) Neris (10) 29,084 26–27 L2 54 May 29 @Phillies 4–11 Nola (6–0) Cabrera (0–1) 30,486 26–28 L3 55 May 30 @Phillies 5–3 Hudson (4–3) Eickhoff (2–3) Hicks (11) 31,206 27–28 W1 56 May 31 Cubs 2–1 (10) Hicks (2–2) Montgomery (1–1) 45,321 28–28 W2
June: 13–13 (.500) (Home: 7–6 ; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / L10 57 June 1 Cubs 7–4 Gant (4–0) Chatwood (3–1) Martínez (1) 46,297 29–28 W3 58 June 2 Cubs 2–1 Wainwright (5–5) Hamels (4–2) Gant (3) 46,053 30–28 W4 59 June 4 Reds 1–4 Castillo (6–1) Cabrera (0–2) Iglesias (12) 40,649 30–29 L1 – June 5 Reds Postponed (rain) Makeup: August 31 60 June 6 Reds 3–1 Gant (5–0) Lorenzen (0–1) Hicks (12) 44,654 31–29 W1 61 June 7 @Cubs 1–3 Hamels (5–2) Mikolas (4–6) Strop (6) 40,671 31–30 L1 62 June 8 @Cubs 4–9 Lester (5–4) Brebbia (1–3) — 41,005 31–31 L2 63 June 9 @Cubs 1–5 Hendricks (7–4) Wainwright (5–6) Strop (7) 39,545 31–32 L3 64 June 10 @Marlins 4–1 Wacha (4–2) Alcántara (3–6) Hicks (13) 6,585 32–32 W1 65 June 11 @Marlins 7–1 Hudson (5–3) Hernández (0–1) — 6,308 33–32 W2 66 June 12 @Marlins 0–9 Yamamoto (1–0) Mikolas (4–7) — 7,001 33–33 L1 – June 13 @Mets Suspended (rain) Continuation: June 14 67 June 14 @Mets 5–4 (10) Martínez (1–0) Díaz (1–4) Hicks (14) 31,862 34–33 W1 68 June 14 @Mets 9–5 Gant (6–0) Familia (2–1) — 28,560 35–33 W2 69 June 15 @Mets 7–8 Syndergaard (5–4) Wacha (4–3) Díaz (15) 32,589 35–34 L1 70 June 16 @Mets 4–3 Miller (3–2) Flexen (0–3) Martínez (2) 37,054 36–34 W1 71 June 17 Marlins 5–0 Mikolas (5–7) Hernández (0–2) — 41,274 37–34 W2 72 June 18 Marlins 0–6 Yamamoto (2–0) Flaherty (4–4) — 41,467 37–35 L1 73 June 19 Marlins 2–1 (11) Gant (7–0) Conley (1–7) — 40,126 38–35 W1 74 June 20 Marlins 6–7 (11) García (1–0) Miller (3–3) Romo (13) 42,446 38–36 L1 75 June 21 Angels 5–1 Wacha (5–3) Canning (2–4) — 48,423 39–36 W1 76 June 22 Angels 4–2 Hudson (6–3) Peña (5–2) Webb (1) 46,711 40–36 W2 77 June 23 Angels 4–6 Skaggs (7–6) Mikolas (5–8) — 47,114 40–37 L1 78 June 25 Athletics 3–7 Wendelken (1–1) Flaherty (4–5) — 40,556 40–38 L2 79 June 26 Athletics 0–2 Mengden (2–1) Wainwright (5–7) Hendriks (2) 44,871 40–39 L3 80 June 28 @Padres 1–3 Quantrill (2–2) Wacha (5–4) Yates (27) 33,329 40–40 L4 81 June 29 @Padres 2–12 Paddack (5–4) Hudson (6–4) — 44,407 40–41 L5 82 June 30 @Padres 5–3 Martínez (2–0) Wieck (0–1) Leone (1) 32,375 41–41 W1
July: 16–9 (.640) (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 10–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / L10 83 July 2 @Mariners 4–5 Adams (1–0) Gallegos (1–1) Elías (11) 20,173 41–42 L1 84 July 3 @Mariners 5–2 Brebbia (2–3) Adams (1–1) 31,878 42–42 W1 85 July 4 @Mariners 5–4 Ponce de Leon (1–0) Milone (1–3) Martínez (3) 26,656 43–42 W2 86 July 5 @Giants 9–4 Hudson (7–4) Pomeranz (2–9) — 37,603 44–42 W3 87 July 6 @Giants 4–8 Dyson (3–1) Mikolas (5–9) — 32,487 44–43 L1 88 July 7 @Giants 0–1 Samardzija (6–7) Flaherty (4–6) Smith (23) 33,481 44–44 L2 90th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH 89 July 12 Diamondbacks 2–4 Ray (7–6) Miller (3–4) Holland (15) 44,960 44–45 L3 90 July 13 Diamondbacks 4–2 Hudson (8–4) Kelly (7–9) Martínez (4) 46,152 45–45 W1 91 July 14 Diamondbacks 5–2 Wainwright (6–7) Greinke (10–4) Martínez (5) 43,439 46–45 W2 92 July 15 Pirates 7–0 Mikolas (6–9) Musgrove (6–8) — 41,965 47–45 W3 93 July 16 Pirates 1–3 Liriano (4–1) Martínez (2–1) Vázquez (21) 43,777 47–46 L1 94 July 17 Pirates 6–5 Brebbia (3–3) Liriano (4–2) Martínez (6) 43,186 48–46 W1 95 July 18 @Reds 7–4 Hudson (9–4) Stephenson (2–2) Miller (2) 32,359 49–46 W2 96 July 19 @Reds 12–11 Wacha (6–4) Hughes (3–3) Martínez (7) 37,652 50–46 W3 97 July 20 @Reds 2–3 Garrett (4–1) Mikolas (6–10) Lorenzen (6) 38,427 50–47 L1 98 July 21 @Reds 3–1 Gallegos (2–1) DeSclafani (5–5) Martínez (8) 28,763 51–47 W1 99 July 22 @Pirates 6–5 (10) Shreve (1–0) Holmes (1–1) Martínez (9) 13,096 52–47 W2 100 July 23 @Pirates 4–3 Hudson (10–4) Archer (3–7) Miller (3) 15,778 53–47 W3 101 July 24 @Pirates 14–8 Wainwright (7–7) Lyles (5–7) — 18,675 54–47 W4 102 July 25 @Pirates 6–3 Mikolas (7–10) Musgrove (7–9) — 24,534 55–47 W5 103 July 26 Astros 5–3 Miller (4–4) Pressly (2–2) Martínez (10) 44,724 56–47 W6 104 July 27 Astros 2–8 Cole (12–5) Ponce de Leon (1–1) — 46,518 56–48 L1 105 July 28 Astros 2–6 Miley (9–4) Hudson (10–5) — 46,714 56–49 L2 106 July 30 Cubs 2–1 Gallegos (3–1) Darvish (3–5) Martínez (11) 46,123 57–49 W1 107 July 31 Cubs 0–2 Hendricks (8–8) Mikolas (7–11) Kimbrel (8) 43,750 57–50 L1
August: 18–9 (.640) (Home: 12–1 ; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / L10 108 August 1 Cubs 8–0 Flaherty (5–6) Lester (9–7) — 46,811 58–50 W1 109 August 3 @Athletics 3–8 Fiers (10–3) Hudson (10–6) — 24,851 58–51 L1 110 August 4 @Athletics 2–4 Roark (7–7) Wainwright (7–8) Hendriks (11) 24,603 58–52 L2 111 August 5 @Dodgers 0–8 Gonsolin (1–1) Wacha (6–5) — 45,254 58–53 L3 112 August 6 @Dodgers 1–3 Kershaw (11–2) Mikolas (7–12) Jansen (26) 53,070 58–54 L4 113 August 7 @Dodgers 1–2 Sadler (2–0) Martínez (2–2) — 48,994 58–55 L5 114 August 9 Pirates 6–2 Martínez (3–2) Rodríguez (3–5) — 42,757 59–55 W1 115 August 10 Pirates 3–1 Wainwright (8–8) Musgrove (8–11) Martínez (12) 45,026 60–55 W2 116 August 11 Pirates 11–9 Gant (8–0) Crick (3–7) Miller (4) 43,912 61–55 W3 117 August 13 @Royals 2–0 Flaherty (6–6) Sparkman (3–8) Martínez (13) 23,563 62–55 W4 118 August 14 @Royals 6–0 Hudson (11–6) Keller (7–13) — 22,494 63–55 W5 119 August 15 @Reds 1–2 Gray (8–6) Wacha (6–6) Iglesias (24) 14,891 63–56 L1 120 August 16 @Reds 13–4 Wainwright (9–8) Castillo (11–5) — 24,118 64–56 W1 121 August 17 @Reds 1–6 DeSclafani (8–7) Mikolas (7–13) — 37,698 64–57 L1 122 August 18 @Reds 5–4 Flaherty (7–6) Wood (1–2) Martínez (14) 21,525 65–57 W1 123 August 19 Brewers 3–0 Hudson (12–6) Davies (8–6) Miller (5) 44,843 66–57 W2 124 August 20 Brewers 9–4 Webb (1–1) Jeffress (3-4) — 37,823 67-57 W3 125 August 21 Brewers 3–5 (8) Houser (6–5) Wainwright (9–9) Guerra (3) 40,250 67–58 L1 126 August 22 Rockies 6–5 Leone (1–0) Almonte (0–1) Martínez (15) 36,465 68–58 W1 127 August 23 Rockies 8–3 Flaherty (8–6) Lambert (2–4) — 40,829 69–58 W2 128 August 24 Rockies 6–0 Hudson (13–6) Gonzalez (0–5) — 42,102 70–58 W3 129 August 25 Rockies 11–4 Helsley (1–0) Senzatela (8–8) — 45,551 71–58 W4 130 August 26 @Brewers 12–2 Gant (9–0) González (2–2) — 29,475 72–58 W5 131 August 27 @Brewers 6–3 Mikolas (8–13) Albers (5–4) Martínez (16) 36,690 73–58 W6 132 August 28 @Brewers 1–4 Lyles (9–8) Flaherty (8–7) Hader (26) 33,045 73–59 L1 — August 30 Reds Postponed (rain) Makeup: September 1 133 August 31 Reds 10–6 Hudson (14–6) Bauer (10–12) — 44,738 74–59 W1 134 August 31 Reds 3–2 Gant (10–0) Iglesias (2–11) — 42,074 75–59 W2
September: 16–12 (.571) (Home: 8–7 ; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box / L10 135 September 1 Reds 4–3 Martínez (4–2) Lorenzen (0–4) — 43,692 76–59 W3 136 September 1 Reds 3–5 Castillo (14–5) Ponce de Leon (1–2) Iglesias (28) 38,665 76–60 L1 137 September 2 Giants 3–1 Wainwright (10–9) Beede (3–9) Martínez (17) 40,732 77–60 W1 138 September 3 Giants 1–0 Flaherty (9–7) Rodríguez (5–8) Martínez (18) 38,259 78–60 W2 139 September 4 Giants 8–9 Rogers (1–0) Gallegos (3–2) Smith (31) 41,945 78–61 L1 140 September 5 Giants 10–0 Hudson (15–6) Webb (1–1) Cabrera (1) 36,800 79–61 W1 141 September 6 @Pirates 4–9 Wang (3–0) Miller (4–5) Vázquez (25) 19,090 79–62 L1 142 September 7 @Pirates 10–1 Wainwright (11–9) Brault (4–4) — 23,996 80–62 W1 143 September 8 @Pirates 2–0 Flaherty (10–7) Marvel (0–1) Martínez (19) 18,363 81–62 W2 144 September 10 @Rockies 1–2 Gonzalez (1–6) Wacha (6–7) Díaz (2) 31,514 81–63 L1 145 September 11 @Rockies 1–2 Senzatela (9–10) Hudson (15–7) Díaz (3) 31,931 81–64 L2 146 September 12 @Rockies 10–3 Mikolas (9–13) Melville (2–2) — 27,618 82–64 W1 147 September 13 Brewers 10–0 Wainwright (12–9) Houser (6–6) — 47,075 83–64 W2 148 September 14 Brewers 2–5 Lyles (11–8) Flaherty (10–8) Hader (32) 46,665 83–65 L1 149 September 15 Brewers 6–7 Albers (7–5) Gant (10–1) Hader (33) 46,722 83–66 L2 150 September 16 Nationals 4–2 Hudson (16–7) Doolittle (6–5) Martínez (20) 42,812 84–66 W1 151 September 17 Nationals 2–6 Corbin (13–7) Mikolas (9–14) Hudson (4) 44,061 84–67 L1 152 September 18 Nationals 5–1 Wainwright (13–9) Scherzer (10–7) Martínez (21) 37,669 85–67 W1 153 September 19 @Cubs 5–4 (10) Miller (5–5) Kimbrel (0–3) Gallegos (1) 39,524 86–67 W2 154 September 20 @Cubs 2–1 Helsley (2–0) Phelps (2–1) Martínez (22) 39,106 87–67 W3 155 September 21 @Cubs 9–8 Gant (11–1) Kimbrel (0–4) Martínez (23) 40,071 88–67 W4 156 September 22 @Cubs 3–2 Webb (2–1) Darvish (6–8) Miller (6) 38,606 89–67 W5 157 September 23 @Diamondbacks 9–7 Wainwright (14–9) Young (7–5) Martínez (24) 24,826 90–67 W6 158 September 24 @Diamondbacks 2–3 (19) Ginkel (3–0) Brebbia (3–4) — 26,097 90–68 L1 159 September 25 @Diamondbacks 7–9 Kelly (13–14) Fernández (0–1) Bradley (17) 21,420 90–69 L2 160 September 27 Cubs 2–8 Wieck (2–2) Miller (5–6) — 46,530 90–70 L3 161 September 28 Cubs 6–8 Cishek (4–6) Wainwright (14–10) Kintzler (1) 46,971 90–71 L4 162 September 29 Cubs 9–0 Flaherty (11–8) Holland (2–5) — 47,200 91–71 W1
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Cardinals team member

Postseason

2019 Postseason (3–6)
National League Division Series (3–2) Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 3 @ Braves 7–6 Martínez (1–0) Melancon (0–1) — 42,631 1–0 2 October 4 @ Braves 0–3 Foltynewicz (1–0) Flaherty (0–1) Melancon (1) 42,911 1–1 3 October 6 Braves 1–3 Newcomb (1–0) Martínez (1–1) Melancon (2) 46,701 1–2 4 October 7 Braves 5–4 (10) Mikolas (1–0) Teherán (0–1) — 42,203 2–2 5 October 9 @ Braves 13–1 Flaherty (1–1) Foltynewicz (1–1) — 43,122 3–2 National League Championship Series (0–4) Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 11 Nationals 0–2 Sánchez (1–0) Mikolas (0–1) Doolittle (1) 45,075 0–1 2 October 12 Nationals 1–3 Scherzer (1–0) Wainwright (0–1) Hudson (1) 46,458 0–2 3 October 14 @ Nationals 1–8 Strasburg (1–0) Flaherty (0–1) — 43,675 0–3 4 October 15 @ Nationals 4–7 Corbin (1–0) Hudson (0–1) Hudson (2) 43,976 0–4
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Cardinals team member

Opening Day Lineup

13	Matt Carpenter	3B
46	Paul Goldschmidt	1B
12	Paul DeJong	SS
23	Marcell Ozuna	LF
4	Yadier Molina	C
25	Dexter Fowler	RF
16	Kolten Wong	2B
48	Harrison Bader	CF
39	Miles Mikolas	P

Roster

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

2019 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 60 John Brebbia 61 Génesis Cabrera 44 Junior Fernández 22 Jack Flaherty 65 Giovanny Gallegos 53 John Gant 44 Luke Gregerson 56 Ryan Helsley 49 Jordan Hicks 43 Dakota Hudson 55 Dominic Leone 18 Carlos Martínez 59 Mike Mayers 68 Adalberto Mejía 39 Miles Mikolas 21 Andrew Miller 62 Daniel Ponce de Leon 29 Alex Reyes 40 Chasen Shreve 52 Michael Wacha 50 Adam Wainwright 30 Tyler Webb		Catchers  7 Andrew Knizner  4 Yadier Molina 32 Matt Wieters Infielders 13 Matt Carpenter 12 Paul DeJong 19 Tommy Edman 46 Paul Goldschmidt  3 Jedd Gyorko 34 Yairo Muñoz 47 Rangel Ravelo 63 Edmundo Sosa 16 Kolten Wong		Outfielders 66 Randy Arozarena 48 Harrison Bader 25 Dexter Fowler 38 José Martínez 41 Tyler O'Neill 23 Marcell Ozuna 33 Drew Robinson 35 Lane Thomas Other batters 68 Joe Hudson		Manager  8 Mike Shildt Coaches 54 Jeff Albert (hitting) 58 Mark Budaska (assistant hitting) 11 Stubby Clapp (first base) 72 Bryan Eversgerd (bullpen) 58 Jobel Jiménez (assistant hitting) 31 Mike Maddux (pitching) 37 Oliver Marmol (bench) 51 Willie McGee (assistant coach) 94 Jamie Pogue (bullpen catcher) 76 Kleininger Teran (bullpen catcher) 75 Ron 'Pop' Warner (third base)

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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External links

• St. Louis Cardinals 2019 schedule at MLB.com
• 2019 St. Louis Cardinals at ESPN
• 2019 St. Louis Cardinals season at Baseball Reference