2017 St. Louis Cardinals season

2017 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Busch Stadium (since 2006)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	William DeWitt, Jr. Fred Hanser
Manager(s)	Mike Matheny
Local television	Fox Sports Midwest (Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky, Rick Horton, Tim McCarver, Jim Edmonds)
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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The St. Louis Cardinals 2017 season is the 136th for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in St. Louis, Missouri, the 126th season in the National League (NL), and the 12th at Busch Stadium III.

Off-season

Acquisitions, departures, and roster moves

Players

Season standings

National League Central

National League Central	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Cincinnati Reds	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Milwaukee Brewers	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Pittsburgh Pirates	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
St. Louis Cardinals	-nan	—	0–0	0–0

National League playoff standings

Playoff standings

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Arizona Diamondbacks	0	0	-nan
Atlanta Braves	0	0	-nan
Chicago Cubs	0	0	-nan

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	Pct.	GB
Cincinnati Reds	-nan	—
Colorado Rockies	-nan	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	-nan	—
Miami Marlins	-nan	—
Milwaukee Brewers	-nan	—
New York Mets	-nan	—
Philadelphia Phillies	-nan	—
Pittsburgh Pirates	-nan	—
San Diego Padres	-nan	—
San Francisco Giants	-nan	—
St. Louis Cardinals	-nan	—
Washington Nationals	-nan	—

National League head-to-head records

Head-to-head records

2017 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	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Atlanta	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Chicago	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cincinnati	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Colorado	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Miami	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Milwaukee	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
New York	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Philadelphia	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Pittsburgh	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
San Diego	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
San Francisco	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0
St. Louis	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0
Washington	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0

Through games of [month] [day], 2017.

Regular season summary

Current roster

Injury report

Injury Report

Name	Duration of Injury on DL		Injury type	Disabled list	Games missed	Ref.
Name	Start	End	Injury type	Disabled list	Games missed	Ref.
Duke, ZachZach Duke	October 14, 2016	TBD	Tommy John surgery, forearm flexor (Oct. 3-7)		162 in 2017^[1]	^[2]

Statistics

Batting statistics

(through April 2)

Legend
Pos	Position	R	Runs scored	HR	Home runs	SB	Stolen bases
G	Games played	H	Hits	RBI	Runs batted in	CS	Caught stealing	SLG	Slugging percentage
PA	Plate appearances	2B	Doubles	BB	Bases on balls	AVG	Batting average	OPS	On-base plus slugging percentage
AB	At bats	3B	Triples	SO	Strikeouts	OBP	On-base percentage

Key categories of allocation for names and statistics

Names

Bold: active and on both 25-man roster and 40-man roster
† – on 40-man roster but not 25-man roster
* – left-handed batter or pitcher
# – switch hitter
Italics: on disabled list (DL)
- § – on 60-day DL

Starting lineup /
rotation

Table half above first double line: Appeared in most games at that position or top five pitchers in starts

Below double line: Ranked by AB regardless of position for position players / Role, then IP for pitchers

Statistics

: Team leader

Bold: Major League Baseball (MLB) leader or tied for lead
Bold (non-italicized): National League (NL) leader or tied for lead
₡ – top-ten in NL

Regular Season^[3]
Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS

Pitching statistics

Legend
Role	Pitcher	G	Games pitched	ShO	Shutouts	HR	Home runs allowed	H/9	Hits per nine innings pitched
W	Wins	GS	Games started	SV	Save	BB	Bases on balls allowed	BB/9	Bases on balls per 9 innings pitched
L	Losses	GF	Games finished	IP	Innings pitched	SO	Strikeouts	SO/9	Strikeouts per 9 innings pitched
ERA	Earned run average	CG	Complete game	H	Hits allowed	WHIP	Walks plus hits per inning pitched	SO/BB	Strikeout-to-walk ratio

Key categories of allocation for names and statistics

Names

Bold: active and on both 25-man roster and 40-man roster
† – on 40-man roster but not 25-man roster
* – left-handed batter or pitcher
# – switch hitter
Italics: on disabled list (DL)
- § – on 60-day DL

Starting lineup /
rotation

Table half above first double line: Appeared in most games at that position or top five pitchers in starts

Below double line: Ranked by AB regardless of position for position players / Role, then IP for pitchers

Statistics

: Team leader

Bold: Major League Baseball (MLB) leader or tied for lead
Bold (non-italicized): National League (NL) leader or tied for lead
₡ – top-ten in NL

Regular Season **(through April 2)**
Name	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	ShO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	BFP

Executives and Club officials

Source: Cardinals front office

Executive officers

Chairman and chief executive officer: William DeWitt, Jr.
President: William DeWitt III
Senior vice president & general counsel: Mike Whittle
Vice president of business development: Dan Good

Baseball operations department

Senior vice president of baseball operations / general manager (GM): John Mozeliak
Assistant general manager: Mike Girsch
Special assistants to the GM: Ryan Franklin, Mike Jorgensen, Cal Eldred, Willie McGee, and Red Schoendienst
Director of player development: Gary LaRocque
Director of player personnel: Matt Slater
Director of Major League administration: Judy Carpenter-Barada
Director of baseball administration: John Vuch
Baseball operations coordinator for player development: Tony Ferreira
Director of scouting: Randy Flores
Director of international operations: Moisés Rodríguez
Assistant director of international scouting: Luís Morales
Manager for baseball information: Jeremy Cohen
Baseball development analysts: Matt Bayer, Kevin Seats, Dane Sorensen
Baseball developers: Pat Casanta, Brian Seyfert
Additional coaching staff
- Senior medical advisor: Barry Weinberg
- Head athletic trainer: Adam Olsen
- Strength/conditioning coach: Pete Prinzi
- Equipment manager: Rip Rowan
- Traveling secretary: C. J. Cherre

Communications department

Vice president: Ron Watermon
Director: Brian Bartow

Cardinals Care and community relations department

Vice president for community relations & executive director for Cardinals Care: Michael Hall
Vice president for event services and merchandising: Vicki Bryant

Finance and administration department

Senior vice president and chief financial officer: Brad Wood

Operations department

Vice president: Joe Abernathy

Ticket sales, marketing & corporate sales department

Senior vice president of sales & marketing: Dan Farrell

Minor league system and first-year player draft

Teams

Level	Team	League	Division	Manager	Refs
AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast	American–South	Stubby Clapp	^[4]
AA	Springfield Cardinals	Texas	North	Johnny Rodriguez	^[4]
A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Florida State	South	Dann Bilardello	^[4]
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest	Western	Chris Swauger	^[4]
A (SS)	State College Spikes	New York–Penn	Pinckney	Joe Kruzel	^[4]
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian	West	Roberto Espinoza	^[4]
	GCL Cardinals	Gulf Coast	East	Steve Turco	^[4]
	DSL Cardinals	Dominican Summer	Boca Chica North	Frey Peniche	^[4]

References

↑ "Cardinals reliever Duke has Tommy John surgery". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 14, 2016.
↑ "Duke to miss 2017 season after arm surgery". MLB.com. October 14, 2016.
↑ "St. Louis Cardinals - BATTING". MLB.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Cardinals announce Minor League staffs". MLB.com. November 30, 2016.

External links

St. Louis Cardinals current roster

Active roster	3 Jedd Gyorko 4 Yadier Molina 8 Mike Leake 13 Matt Carpenter 15 Randal Grichuk 16 Kolten Wong 18 Carlos Martínez 21 Brett Cecil 26 Seung-hwan Oh 27 Jhonny Peralta 28 Tommy Pham 29 Zach Duke 30 Jonathan Broxton 31 Lance Lynn 32 Matt Adams 35 Greg Garcia 36 Aledmys Díaz 44 Trevor Rosenthal 46 Kevin Siegrist 50 Adam Wainwright 52 Michael Wacha 55 Stephen Piscotty 56 Marco Gonzales 58 José Martínez 59 Mike Mayers 61 Alex Reyes 62 Luke Weaver 63 Miguel Socolovich 64 Sam Tuivailala 67 Matt Bowman 70 Tyler Lyons 71 Carson Kelly 81 Anthony García -- Eliezer Alvarez -- John Gant -- Magneuris Sierra -- Edmundo Sosa -- Breyvic Valera -- Rowan Wick

Coaching staff	Manager 22 Mike Matheny Bench 25 David Bell First base -- Oliver Marmol Third base 77 Chris Maloney Hitting 47 John Mabry Pitching 34 Derek Lilliquist Assistant hitting 23 -- Bill Mueller Bullpen 49 Blaise Ilsley Bullpen catcher 39 Jamie Pogue Quality Control -- Mike Shildt

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium

Spring training	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park McKechnie Field City Island Ball Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds
AA: Springfield Cardinals
A Adv.: Palm Beach Cardinals
A: Peoria Chiefs
Short A: State College Spikes
Rookie Adv.: Johnson City Cardinals
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Cardinals; Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
Championships

pre-MLB	1885 1886

MLB	1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011

League pennants

American Association	1885 1886 1887 1888

National League	1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1942 1943 1944 1946 1964 1967 1968 1982 1985 1987 2004 2006 2011 2013

Division titles

National League East: 1982; 1985; 1987
National League Central: 1996; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2009; 2013; 2014; 2015

Wild card titles

All Star Games hosted

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

2017 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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