# 2008 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 2008 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 127th season for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 117th season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 3rd at Busch Stadium III.
The Cardinals, coming off a 78–84 season in 2007 their worst since 1999, improved by eight games, going 86–76 in 2008. However, this was only good for fourth place in the National League Central, 11.5 games behind the division champion Chicago Cubs.

## Offseason departures and acquisitions
### Front office

Walt Jocketty, GM of the Cardinals for twelve years, was fired due to "tension mounting" that had "grown counterproductive ... with respect to some baseball issues." Tony La Russa, however, signed a contract to return to manage the Cardinals for his 13th and 14th seasons. John Mozeliak took Jocketty's place as GM. John Abbamondi, former senior director of labor economics working for Major League Baseball in New York, joined the Cardinals as assistant GM.
On March 13, it was announced that Mark Lamping, president of the Cardinals for 13 years, resigned to become the CEO of the New Meadowlands Stadium Company. Bill DeWitt III, son of Cardinals chairman William DeWitt, Jr. and formerly the team's vice-president of business development, took Lamping's place as president.

### Hitters

A major offseason story for the Cardinals was the hostile relationship between manager Tony La Russa and third baseman Scott Rolen. LaRussa publicly criticized Rolen on December 5, and Rolen requested a trade, but the team was unable to find a suitable offer at the winter meetings. On January 12, the Cardinals reached a tentative agreement with the Toronto Blue Jays to trade Rolen for their third baseman, Troy Glaus, and the trade was finalized on January 14.
Center fielder Jim Edmonds, the most senior member of the Cardinals' roster, having been with the team since the 2000 season, was traded to the San Diego Padres for single-A third baseman David Freese and cash considerations on December 14, 2007.
So Taguchi, backup outfielder and the only Japanese player in franchise history, was released by the Cardinals in December after six seasons with the organization. The Cardinals declined to offer arbitration to shortstop David Eckstein and acquired César Izturis as his replacement. St. Louis acquired Jason LaRue to be the backup catcher, replacing Gary Bennett. The Cardinals took outfielder Brian Barton from Cleveland on December 6 in the Rule 5 draft.
Utility player Scott Spiezio was released by the Cardinals on February 27 after California authorities issued a warrant for his arrest on charges that included hit-and-run, drunk driving and assault. Spiezio had previously missed a month of the 2007 season to go on rehab for drug abuse problems.
In spring training, LaRussa confirmed that he would continue to bat the pitcher eighth after the Cardinals adopted the unconventional lineup for the last two months of the 2007 season.

### Pitchers

Starting pitcher Kip Wells, who posted a 5.70 ERA in 2007, departed via free agency. Starting pitcher Joel Piñeiro, effective for the Cardinals in 2007 after a late-season trade from Boston, signed a two-year deal to remain with the team.
On January 3, St. Louis signed starting pitcher Matt Clement, a former All-Star who missed the entire 2007 season after undergoing shoulder surgery. However, Clement's rehab went slowly and he was not ready for Opening Day.
Concerned over health issues in the rotation, with Clement not ready and Piñeiro suffering from shoulder pain, St. Louis signed another free agent, starting pitcher Kyle Lohse, to a one-year contract on March 14.

## Regular season

The Cardinals were 17-10-2 in Grapefruit League play with a .286 team batting average (5th in NL) and a 4.01 ERA (4th in NL). Attendance at Roger Dean Stadium was 92,465 in 16 home games (9-5-2) for an average home attendance of 5,779. In 13 road games (8-5-0), attendance 85,655; road average 6,589. Their overall Spring training record was 19-11-2. St. Louis started the season with three players--Brian Barton, Kyle McClellan, and Rico Washington – who were making their big-league debuts. Only nine players on the Opening Day roster – Yadier Molina, Albert Pujols, Chris Duncan, Aaron Miles, Randy Flores, Anthony Reyes, Adam Wainwright, Braden Looper and Brad Thompson – were on the roster of the 2006 World Series champion Cardinals. With a pitching rotation in flux and many long-time Cardinals off to other teams, and coming off a losing season, most experts picked St. Louis to play poorly again in 2008.

### April

Opening Day, scheduled for March 31, was postponed to April 1 due to rain after the Cards and Rockies had played 2½ innings. The rain wiped out an Albert Pujols home run. In the make-up game, St. Louis lost 2-1, with a Yadier Molina home run the only offense. After the opening loss the Cardinals won the other five games on their home stand; the 5-1 start marked the first time since 2006 that the Cardinals had been more than one game above .500. St. Louis finished the month of April with an 18-11 record and in sole possession of first place in the NL Central. Albert Pujols reached base safely in all 29 games for the month. Staff ace Adam Wainwright finished the month 3-1 with a 2.79 ERA. Jason Isringhausen had nine saves in April. However, new third baseman Troy Glaus ended April hitting only .260 and had only one home run for the month.

### May

May opened with St. Louis' first series of the year against their arch-rival and the preseason NL Central favorite Chicago Cubs, with the Cardinals winning two of three games to stay atop the NL Central standings. Pujols continued to get on base: on May 6 he reached base safely for the 34th consecutive game since the start of the season, the longest such streak in MLB since 1999.
Jason Isringhausen struggled mightily as Cardinal closer in late April and early May, blowing four saves and taking three losses between April 25 and May 9. His ERA rose from 4.50 to 7.47 during that span. After Isringhausen's fifth blown save of the season on May 9, LaRussa announced that Isringhausen would no longer be closing games and instead the Cardinals would be adopting a closer-by-committee approach. Ryan Franklin received the first save opportunity after LaRussa's decision. On May 16, Isringhausen was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right hand laceration. Josh Kinney was transferred to the 60-day disabled list (from the 15-day list) to make room for highly touted prospect Chris Perez, who was called up from Memphis. Finally, on May 17, Manager La Russa officially designated Ryan Franklin as his closer.
Albert Pujols' on-base streak was snapped at 42 games when he failed to reach safely in a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on May 16. It was six games shy of his career-best 48 games in a row on base, set in his rookie season of 2001. The loss was the eighth in ten games for the Cardinals, a stretch that dropped them into second place behind the Cubs.
In late May, Piñeiro went to the DL and rookie Mike Parisi took his spot in the rotation. Chris Duncan, slumping all year after offseason hernia surgery, followed him to the DL, with Joe Mather getting the callup. Parisi and Mather were the fifth and sixth players to make their big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals, following Brian Barton, Kyle McClellan, Rico Washington and Chris Perez. After slumping in the middle of the month, the Cardinals got hot at the end of May, going 15-13 for the month. They remained in second place behind the Cubs. Todd Wellemeyer was named NL Pitcher of the Month after going 4-0 with a 2.19 ERA in May.

### June

On June 1, pitcher Mark Worrell got called up; he became the seventh rookie to make his MLB debut with the Cardinals in 2008. On June 5, Worrell hit a home run in his first big-league at-bat, the eight Cardinal in franchise history to do so. On June 6, Mitchell Boggs followed Worrell to the big leagues as the eighth rookie to make his debut with the 2008 Cardinals; fellow rookie Parisi was sent down to make room.
Troy Glaus began to find his power stroke, hitting four home runs between May 31 and June 5 after hitting only two in the first two months of the season. Ryan Ludwick, who never hit more than 14 home runs in a season prior to 2008, hit his 15th home run on June 10.
The Cardinals suffered a serious setback on June 9, when staff ace Adam Wainwright went to the DL with a sprained finger. The injury situation became even worse on June 10, when Albert Pujols strained his left calf muscle running from home on a ground ball, sending him to the disabled list for only the second time in his eight-year career. Meanwhile, former closer Jason Isringhausen made his return from the disabled list on June 14, with the club intending to use him in middle relief.
On June 20 the Cardinals traveled to Boston for a three-game set with the Red Sox; it was St. Louis' first trip to Fenway since the 2004 World Series. They won two of three in Boston. Nick Stavinoha, called up on June 22 after Izturis went on the DL, became the ninth player to make his big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals.
Albert Pujols was activated from the disabled list on June 26. The Cardinals went 6-7 in his absence. In Pujols' first game back he got four hits, but the Cardinals lost 3-2 to the Tigers after closer Franklin blew the save in the bottom of the 9th and Mike Parisi issued a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th. The loss was part of a season-long trend of bullpen failures and blowups. It was the 19th blown save and 18th loss for Cardinal relievers, as opposed to 11 blown saves and 12 losses for the bullpen in all of 2007.
Mark Mulder, who had pitched only sporadically for the Cardinals since undergoing shoulder surgery in 2006, was activated on June 27 and sent to the bullpen. In his first appearance, on June 30, he threw a scoreless ninth inning against the New York Mets.
Despite Pujols (June 11–25) and Wainwright (June 9-?) both going on the DL in June, the Cardinals went 15-12 for the month.

### July

The Fourth of July weekend brought a showdown series in St. Louis between the Cardinals (49-38) and Cubs (51-35) with the Cardinals 2.5 games behind Chicago. It was the first meeting between the teams since the first week of May. On July 4, Albert Pujols (aged 28 years, 170 days), became the fifth-youngest player to hit his 300th home run, but the Cardinals lost 2-1. On July 5, a crowd of 46,865, the biggest ever in the short history of the new Busch Stadium, saw St. Louis score three in the bottom of the 9th against ace closer Kerry Wood to beat Chicago 5-4. It was the first time in 33 games in 2008 where the Cardinals had won a game when trailing after eight innings. The Cubs won the rubber game 7-1 to take a 3½ game lead in the Central Division. The three-game series set a new attendance record of 140,067 at the new Busch Stadium.
On July 6, Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick were named as the Cardinal representatives to the National League All-Star Team. Ludwick, who had never hit more than 14 home runs in a season before 2008, entered the break with 21 homers, leading the team.
Mark Mulder's comeback ended when, in his first start since September 2007, he suffered pain in his throwing shoulder on July 9 and had to leave the game after only 16 pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies. He was replaced on the roster by Jaime García, who debuted against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 11, and became the 10th rookie to make his big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals, the most since 13 rookies made their debut in 1997.
St. Louis entered the All-Star break with a 53-43 record, in second place in the NL Central and one-half game ahead of Milwaukee for the NL Wild Card. This was the second-best record in the National League, but it was also the product of St. Louis playing .500 baseball after reaching ten games over .500 in early May, at 22-12.
In their first series after the break, the Cardinals swept the Padres in four games to reach a season-high 14 games over .500 (57-43). They promptly were then swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in four games (Jul. 21–24) to return to only 10 games over .500 (57-47). Cardinal relief pitchers took the losses in all four games against Milwaukee, part of a season-long trend of ineffective to disastrous performances by the bullpen, then leading all of MLB in 23 games lost by the bullpen and 24 blown saves.
In a game against the NY Mets on July 26, the Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak by winning 10-8 in 14 innings. Albert Pujols' game-winning home run was his first since he hit his 300th on July 4. Skip Schumaker had six singles in seven at-bats; he became the first Cardinal since Terry Moore in 1935 to have six base hits in one game. Pujols and Schumaker, meanwhile, were the first Cardinals' teammates with five or more hits apiece in a game since Charley Gelbert and Taylor Douthit each had five against the Cubs on May 16, 1930. The extra-inning affair was made necessary by Ryan Franklin's blown save, his second blown save in a row and third consecutive appearance with a home run allowed. On July 28, LaRussa gave the closer's job back to Isringhausen, who lost it to Franklin earlier in the year.
On July 30, 2005 Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter was re-activated from the 60-day disabled list, and started versus the Atlanta Braves, his first start since April 1, 2007. Operating on a pitch count not to exceed 80, Carpenter threw 67 pitches (36 for strikes) in four innings, and gave up one run and five hits (all singles), while walking two and striking out two.
The Cardinals made no trades at the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline. They went 13-14 in July, their first losing month of the season. They ended July (61-50), a fraction of a percentage point behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the NL Wild card spot.

### August

On August 1, Isringhausen got his first save since May 5, as the Cardinals beat the Phillies, 6-3. On August 2, Matt Clement, signed in the offseason to fill out the rotation but unable to complete a comeback from injury, was released by the Cardinals without ever pitching for them.
Ryan Ludwick was named 'NL Player of the Week' for the week ending August 3, as he led the league with a .538 batting average, 14 hits, a .613 on-base percentage, 8 RBI and 27 total bases. He also hit four home runs and recorded a 1.038 slugging percentage.
On August 5, Brendan Ryan was optioned to (AAA) Memphis and the Cardinals signed free agent infielder Felipe López, who was released by the Washington Nationals on July 31.
Bullpen issues continued to dog St. Louis. On August 5, the Cardinals took a 4-0 lead into the top of ninth inning, only to have Villone, Isringhausen and Franklin combine to give up four runs to the Dodgers. It was the 27th blown save of the season for the Cardinal bullpen, worst in MLB. (The Cardinals eventually salvaged a 6-4 win when Ryan Ludwick hit a walk-off homer in extra innings.) After the game, the Cardinals announced that Isringhausen was again being removed from the closer's role. Chris Perez returned from the minor leagues and got the first save of his career; a five-out save as the Cardinals beat L.A. 9-6 on August 6.
Rick Ankiel was limited to pinch-hitting for 14 games at the end of July and the beginning of August due to an abdominal strain. Chris Carpenter suffered a physical setback with a strain in his right triceps and had to be removed after only 5.1 innings, trailing 1-0 against the Cubs on August 10. The Cardinals lost the game and two of three in the series. On August 15 Carpenter returned to the DL, diagnosed with a strained muscle in his shoulder. Brad Thompson started in Carpenter's place and won, while Chris Perez picked up his fourth save in four chances. August ended with the Astros sweeping the Cardinals in three at Houston, dropping them to 13-13 for the month and 74-63 for the season and leaving St. Louis a full six games behind Milwaukee in the loss column.
Jason Isringhausen's frustrating season came to a disappointing finish when he was diagnosed on August 19 with elbow tendinitis and a partially torn tendon. Meanwhile, staff ace Adam Wainwright, out since June 7 with a right middle finger sprain, made a triumphant return for the Cardinals on August 22, giving up only one run and five hits in six innings – and going 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI, as St. Louis thrashed Atlanta 18-3 with 26 hits – 21 of them singles (5 doubles).
A crucial two-game series with Milwaukee August 26–27 ended in a split and with the Cardinals still four losses behind the Brewers in the race for the NL Wild Card. It ended the season series with the Brewers, which Milwaukee won 10 games to 5. August ended with the Astros sweeping the Cardinals in three in Houston. The Cardinals went 13-13 for the month and ended August six games behind Milwaukee in the loss column.

### September

September opened on a particularly unpleasant note as the Cardinals blew a 5-1 lead against the Diamondbacks on September 1, losing 8-6. Stephen Drew of the D-backs hit for the cycle. The next day St. Louis promoted six players from Memphis as part of September call-ups. Included in the call-ups was Jason Motte, the 11th player to make his debut with the 2008 Cardinals.
A loss to the Cubs on September 10 dropped them into fourth place behind the surging Astros. That loss was the start of a season-high seven-game losing streak that saw the Cardinals officially eliminated in the NL Central race and fall out of wild-card contention. The losing streak was finally snapped on September 18 versus Cincinnati with the first save of Jason Motte's career. Rick Ankiel, slowed by a sports hernia, was shut down for the year on September 13.
The Cardinals finished the year on a high note, winning six in a row (their longest winning streak of the year) against Arizona and Cincinnati. They ended the season with an 86-76 record.

### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 97 | 64 | .602 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍38 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7½ | 49‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Houston Astros | 86 | 75 | .534 | 11 | 47‍–‍33 | 39‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11½ | 46‍–‍35 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 88 | .457 | 23½ | 43‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30½ | 39‍–‍42 | 28‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

2009 National League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009 :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–4 | 4-2 | 1–5 | 7-11 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 7-11 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 11-7 | 5-13 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–10 |
| Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 8-10 | 3-3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 10-8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10-8 | 7–8 |
| Chicago | 2-4 | 2–4 | – | 10-5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–6 | 3–5 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 1–5 | 10-4 | 4–5 | 4-2 | 6-10 | 5–2 | 6–9 |
| Cincinnati | 5-1 | 6-3 | 5-10 | – | 0-7 | 3-3 | 12-4 | 1-5 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 13-5 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 3-4 | 6-9 |
| Colorado | 11-7 | 4-4 | 4-2 | 7-0 | – | 2-4 | 2-5 | 4-14 | 6-0 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 10-8 | 8-10 | 6-1 | 6-0 | 11-4 |
| Florida | 3-5 | 10-8 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 4-2 | – | 4–3 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 11-7 | 9-9 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 12-6 | 10-8 |
| Houston | 4–5 | 3-3 | 6-11 | 4-12 | 5-2 | 3-4 | – | 4–3 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 6-9 |
| Los Angeles | 11-7 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 14-4 | 3-3 | 3-4 | – | 3–3 | 5-1 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 10-8 | 11-7 | 2-5 | 3-2 | 9-9 |
| Milwaukee | 5-2 | 3-3 | 7-10 | 7-8 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 10-5 | 3-3 | – | 3-3 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 9-9 | 5-3 | 5-10 |
| New York | 2-5 | 5-13 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 7-11 | 5-1 | 1-5 | 3-3 | – | 6-12 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 10-8 | 5–10 |
| Philadelphia | 5-1 | 8-10 | 5-1 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 9-9 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 12-6 | – | 4-2 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 15-3 | 6-12 |
| Pittsburgh | 1-6 | 4-3 | 4-10 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 4-2 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 2-4 | – | 3-4 | 2-4 | 5-10 | 5-3 | 8–7 |
| San Diego | 7-11 | 3-3 | 5-4 | 6-1 | 8-10 | 2-4 | 1-6 | 8-10 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 2-5 | 4-3 | – | 10-8 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 5–10 |
| San Francisco | 13-5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 10-8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7-11 | 5-4 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 8-10 | – | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| St. Louis | 4-2 | 2-4 | 10-6 | 8-8 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 1-4 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 3-4 | – | 6–1 | 9–6 |
| Washington | 5-1 | 8-10 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-6 | 6-12 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 8-10 | 3-15 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-6 | – | 7–11 |

## Game log

2008 Game Log :
March
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
--March 31RockiesPostponed (rain)   Rescheduled for April 1 :
April   (18-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Rockies2 – 1Buchholz (1-0)Franklin (0-1)Corpas (1)45,9960-1
2April 2Rockies8 – 3Wellemeyer (1-0)Cook (0-1)39,9151-1
3April 3Rockies3 – 0Thompson (1-0)Jiménez (0-1)Isringhausen (1)33,7482-1
4April 4Nationals5 – 4Looper (1-0)Pérez (0-1)Isringhausen (2)37,1913-1
5April 5Nationals5 – 4Wainwright (1-0)Chico (0-1)Flores (1)41,4634-1
6April 6Nationals3 – 0Lohse (1-0)Lannan (0-1)Isringhausen (3)41,9125-1
7April 7@ Astros5 – 3Valverde (2-0)McClellan (0-1)43,4835-2
8April 8@ Astros5 – 3Reyes (1-0)Geary (0-1)Isringhausen (4)30,1846-2
9April 9@ Astros6 – 4Looper (2-0)Sampson (0-1)Isringhausen (5)29,1877-2
10April 10@ Giants5 – 1Correia (1-1)Wainwright (1-1)Wilson (2)30,3337-3
11April 11@ Giants8 – 2Lohse (2-0)Zito (0-3)33,9548-3
12April 12@ Giants8 – 7 (10)Isringhausen (1-0)Threets (0-1Reyes (1)35,7179-3
13April 13@ Giants7 – 4Lincecum (2-0)Piñeiro (0-1)Wilson (3)37,1959-4
14April 15Brewers6 – 1Looper (3-0)Bush (0-3)39,43810-4
15April 16Brewers5 – 4Wainwright (2-1)Villanueva (1-2)Isringhausen (6)40,71211-4
16April 17Brewers5 – 3 (10)Shouse (1-0)Thompson (1-1)Gagné (4)36,85011-5
17April 18Giants11 – 1Wellemeyer (2-0)Cain (0-2)40,68412-5
18April 19Giants3 – 0Lincecum (3-0)Piñeiro (0-2)Wilson (5)41,70712-6
19April 20Giants8 – 2Sánchez (1-1)Looper (3-1)41,12712-7
20April 21@ Brewers4 – 3Franklin (1-1)Turnbow (0-1)Isringhausen (7)31,24013-7
21April 22@ Brewers9 – 8 (12)McClung (1-0)Isringhausen (1-1)23,47813-8
22April 23@ Pirates7 – 4Marte (1-0)Reyes (1-1)Capps (6)10,48713-9
23April 24@ Pirates6 – 2Piñeiro (1-2)Gorzelanny (1-3)Isringhausen (8)9,54414-9
24April 25Astros3 – 2Wright (3-0)Isringhausen (1-2)Valverde (4)41,19314-10
25April 26Astros4 – 3Wainwright (3-1)Borkowski (0-1)43,04015-10
26April 27Astros5 – 1Lohse (3-0)Backe (1-3)McClellan (1)44,22216-10
27April 28Reds4 – 3Arroyo (1-3)Wellemeyer (2-1)Cordero (4)37,22916-11
28April 29Reds7 – 2Piñeiro (2-2)Cueto (1-3)35,35617-11
29April 30Reds5 – 2Looper (4-1)Harang (1-4)Isringhausen (9)40,62918-11 :
May   (15-13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
30May 2Cubs5 – 3 (11)Villone (1-0)Fox (0-1)45,07719-11
31May 3Cubs (FOX)9 – 3Lilly (2-4)Lohse (3-1)46,79219-12
32May 4Cubs (ESPN)5 – 3Wellemeyer (3-1)Marquis (1-2)Isringhausen (10)44,96920-12
33May 5@ Rockies6 – 5Flores (1-0)Fuentes (0-2)Isringhausen (11)28,18321-12
34May 6@ Rockies6 – 5Looper (5-1)Redman (2-3)Franklin (1)25,46022-12
35May 7@ Rockies4 – 3Speier (1-1)Isringhausen (1-3)Fuentes (3)25.43222-13
36May 8@ Rockies9 – 3de la Rosa (1-1)Lohse (3-2)25,37622-14
37May 9@ Brewers4 – 3Shouse (3-0)Isringhausen (1-4)42,70522-15
38May 10@ Brewers5 – 3Springer (1-0)Gagné (1-2)Franklin (2)43,38223-15
39May 11@ Brewers5 – 3Suppan (2-2)Looper (5-2)Shouse (1)41,19723-16
40May 12@ Brewers8 – 3Bush (1-4)Wainwright (3-2)Mota (1)25,75723-17
41May 13Pirates8 – 4 (10)Salas (1-0)Villone (1-1)38,80023-18
42May 14Pirates5 – 1Wellemeyer (4-1)Maholm (2-4)38,72024-18
43May 15Pirates11-5Grabow (3-1)Isringhausen (1-5)41,24424-19
44May 16Rays3 – 1Sonnanstine (6-1)Looper (5-3)Percival (11)43,13624-20
45May 17Rays9 – 8 (10)Franklin (2-1)Wheeler (0-3)43,90725-20
46May 18Rays5 – 4Perez (1-0)Glover (0-2)46,39226-20
47May 19@ Padres8 – 2Wellemeyer (5-1)Ledezma (0-1)22,63827-20
48May 20@ Padres3 – 2Corey (1-0)Piñeiro (2-3)Hoffman (9)27,18127-21
49May 21@ Padres11 – 3Looper (6-3)Young (4-4)21,01128-21
50May 23@ Dodgers2 – 1Wainwright (4-2)Lowe (2-5)Franklin (3)52,28129-21
51May 24@ Dodgers4 – 0Lohse (4-2)Penny (5-5)44,78530-21
52May 25@ Dodgers4 – 3 (10)Saito (3-1)Parisi (0-1)46,56630-22
53May 27Astros8 – 2Chacón (2-0)Looper (6-4)41,10430-23
54May 28Astros6 – 1Wainwright (5-2)Rodríguez (1-1)41,11531-23
55May 29Astros3 – 2Lohse (5-2)Oswalt (4-5)Franklin (4)41,78632-23
56May 30Pirates5 – 4Wellemeyer (6-1)Duke (2-4)Franklin (5)42,79133-23
57May 31Pirates14 – 4Maholm (3-5)Parisi (0-2)44,30233-24 :
June   (15-12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58June 1Pirates7 – 4Looper (7-4)Snell (2-5)Franklin (6)43,46234-24
59June 2Pirates5 – 4Osoria (3-1)Wainwright (5-3)Capps (11)42,12934-25
60June 3@ Nationals6 – 1Lohse (6-2)Pérez (2-5)26,87535-25
--June 4@ NationalsPostponed (rain)   Rescheduled for June 5
61June 5@ Nationals4 – 1Wellemeyer (7-1)Lannan (4-6)Franklin (7)27,26436-25
62June 5@ Nationals10 – 9 (10)Sanches (2-0)Franklin (2-2)32,35736-26
63June 6@ Astros6 – 1Moehler (3-2)Looper (7-5)38,59636-27
64June 7@ Astros8 – 4Wainwright (6-3)Chacón (2-2)39,81137-27
65June 8@ Astros5 – 4Lohse (7-2)Rodríguez (2-2)Franklin (8)39,92338-27
66June 10@ Reds7 – 2Boggs (1-0)Bailey (0-2)34,23439-27
67June 11@ Reds10 – 0Looper (8-5)Cueto (5-6)19,85140-27
68June 12@ Reds6 – 2Burton (3-1)Worrell (0-1)22,12140-28
69June 13Phillies20 – 2Kendrick (6-2)Wellemeyer (7-2)44,37640-29
70June 14Phillies (FOX)3 – 2Lohse (8-2)Eaton (2-4)Franklin (9)45,08941-29
71June 15Phillies7 – 6 (10)Reyes (2-1)Gordon (5-4)45,39142-29
72June 17Royals2 – 1Davies (3-0)Villone (1-2)Soria (16)44,050 *42-30
73June 18Royals3 – 2Bannister (6-6)McClellan (0-2)Soria (17)43,81042-31
74June 19Royals4 – 1Greinke (6-4)Thompson (1-2)Soria (18)44,27742-32
75June 20@ Red Sox5 – 4Lohse (9-2)Wakefield (4-5)Franklin (10)37,67143-32
76June 21@ Red Sox (FOX)9 – 3Boggs (2-0)Matsuzaka (8-1)37,22744-32
77June 22@ Red Sox5 – 3 (13)Lopez (2-0)Parisi (0-3)37,08544-33
78June 24@ Tigers8 – 4Looper (9-5)Rogers (5-5)44,44645-33
79June 25@ Tigers8 – 7Jones (3-0)McClellan (0-3)40,09145-34
80June 26@ Tigers3 – 2 (10)Seay (1-1)Parisi (0-4)41,02245-35
81June 27@ Royals7 – 2Meche (6-8)Piñeiro (2-4)36,36045-36
82June 28@ Royals5 – 1Boggs (3-0)Davies (3-1)37,53746-36
83June 29@ Royals9 – 6Perez (2-0)Bannister (7-7)Franklin (11)31,80347-36
84June 30Mets (ESPN)7 – 1Lohse (10-2)Maine (8-6)42,20648-36 :
July   (13-14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
85July 1Mets7 – 4Armas (1-0)Wellemeyer (7-3)Wagner (19)42,42548-37
86July 2Mets8 – 7Franklin (3-2)Muñiz (0-1)40,99549-37
87July 3Mets11 – 1Pelfrey (6-6)Boggs (3-1)43,09949-38
88July 4Cubs2 – 1Zambrano (9-3)Looper (9-6)Wood (22)46,45049-39
89July 5Cubs (FOX)5 – 4McClellan (1-3)Wood (4-2)46,865 **50-39
90July 6Cubs (TBS)7 – 1Marshall (1-2)Wellemeyer (7-4)46,75250-40
91July 8@ Phillies2 – 0Piñeiro (3-4)Hamels (9-6)Franklin (12)41,51951-40
92July 9@ Phillies4 – 2Condrey (2-1)McClellan (1-4)Lidge (20)44,95151-41
93July 10@ Phillies4 – 1Moyer (8-6)Looper (9-7)Romero (1)44,24151-42
94July 11@ Pirates6 – 0Lohse (11-2)Duke (4-6)37,11352-42
95July 12@ Pirates12 – 11 (10)Bautista (3-2)Perez (2-1)29,38752-43
96July 13@ Pirates11 – 6Springer (2-0)Osoria (3-3)21,05253-43
--July 15All-Star GameAmerican League 4, National League 3 (15)  
97July 17Padres4 – 3Lohse (12-2)Peavy (7-6)Franklin (13)42,14854-43
98July 18Padres11 – 7McClellan (2-4)Bell (6-4)44,39855-43
99July 19Padres (FOX)6 – 5Wellemeyer (8-4)Wolf (6-10)Franklin (14)45,39956-43
100July 20Padres9 – 5Thompson (2-2)Corey (1-2)44,21457-43
101July 21Brewers (ESPN)6 – 3 (10)Torres (5-2)Franklin (3-3)41,00657-44
102July 22Brewers4 – 3Shouse (4-1)McClellan (2-5)Torres (18)41,95557-45
103July 23Brewers3 – 0Sabathia (10-8)Looper (9-8)41,51357-46
104July 24Brewers4 – 3Gagné (3-2)Franklin (3-4)Torres (19)41,23357-47
105July 25@ Mets7 – 2Pelfrey (9-6)Boggs (3-2)55,37257-48
106July 26@ Mets10 – 8 (14)Thompson (3-2)Heilman (1-4)53,79958-48
107July 27@ Mets9 – 1Santana (9-7)Lohse (12-3)53,69158-49
108July 28@ Braves12 – 3Looper (10-8)Morton (2-4)28,70559-49
109July 29@ Braves8 – 3Franklin (4-4)Soriano (0-1)29,54160-49
110July 30@ Braves7 – 2Thompson (4-2)Jurrjens (10-6)35,25761-49
111July 31@ Braves9 – 4Bennett (2-4)Piñeiro (3-5)40,65361-50 :
August   (13-13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
112August 1Phillies6 – 3Lohse (13-3)Hamels (9-7)Isringhausen (12)44,23462-50
113August 2Phillies2 – 1Blanton (6-12)Looper (10-9)Lidge (27)45,45062-51
114August 3Phillies (ESPN)5 – 4Durbin (4-2)García (0-1)Lidge (28)44,65562-52
115August 5Dodgers6 – 4 (11)García (1-1)Johnson (1-1)40,77363-52
116August 6Dodgers9 – 6Piñeiro (4-5)Lowe (8-10)Perez (1)42,58164-52
117August 7Dodgers4 – 1Kershaw (2-3)Lohse (13-4)Broxton (6)40,50064-53
118August 8@ Cubs3 – 2 (11)Howry (5-4)Franklin (4-5)41,53964-54
119August 9@ Cubs (FOX)12 – 3Wellemeyer (9-4)Zambrano (12-5)41,43665-54
120August 10@ Cubs (ESPN)6 – 2Dempster (13-5)Carpenter (0-1)41,26865-55
121August 11@ Marlins4 – 2Piñeiro (5-5)Sánchez (1-2)Perez (2)13,41966-55
122August 12@ Marlins4 – 3Volstad (4-2)Lohse (13-5)Gregg (26)14,21166-56
123August 13@ Marlins6 – 4Looper (11-9)Pinto (2-4)Perez (3)15,23367-56
124August 14@ Marlins3 – 0Wellemeyer (10-4)Olsen (6-8)15,60968-56
125August 15@ Reds5 – 3Thompson (5-2)Arroyo (10-10)Perez (4)26,23469-56
126August 16@ Reds9 – 3Piñeiro (6-5)Harang (3-13)30,71370-56
127August 17@ Reds7 – 3Vólquez (15-5)Lohse (13-6)37,46870-57
128August 19Pirates4 – 1Snell (5-10)Looper (11-10)Beam (1)39,50270-58
129August 20Pirates11 – 2Wellemeyer (11-4)Davis (1-3)37,26971-58
130August 22Braves18 – 3Wainwright (7-3)Morton (3-8)Piñeiro (1)43,92672-58
131August 23Braves (FOX)8 – 4Carlyle (1-0)McClellan (2-6)Gonzalez (6)44,07472-59
132August 24Braves6 – 3Looper (12-10)Reyes (3-10)Perez (5)43,36173-59
133August 26Brewers12 – 0Sheets (12-7)Wellemeyer (11-5)41,12173-60
134August 27Brewers5 – 3Franklin (5-5)Riske (1-2)Perez (6)41,43374-60
135August 29@ Astros3 – 2Brocail (6-5)Springer (2-1)33,34774-61
136August 30@ Astros8 – 5Moehler (10-5)Looper (12-11)Valverde (36)37,56974-62
137August 31@ Astros3 – 0Rodríguez (8-6)Wellemeyer (11-6)Valverde (37)35,63874-63 :
September   (12-13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ D-backs8 – 6Qualls (3-8)McClellan (2-7)Lyon (26)35,07574-64
139September 2@ D-backs8 – 2Wainwright (8-3)Petit (3-4)27,56875-64
140September 3@ D-backs4 – 3Qualls (4-8)Perez (2-2)24,35075-65
141September 5Marlins4 – 1 (11)Rhodes (2-0)Franklin (5-6)Lindstrom (1)42,63375-66
142September 6Marlins5 – 3Wellemeyer (12-6)Olsen (6-10)Franklin (15)42,81476-66
143September 7Marlins3 – 1Wainwright (9-3)Johnson (4-1)Perez (7)46,04577-66
144September 9Cubs4 – 3Perez (3-2)Mármol (2-4)43,80678-66
145September 10Cubs4 – 3Lilly (14-9)Looper (12-12)Wood (29)43,95578-67
146September 11Cubs3 – 2Harden (5-1)Wellemeyer (12-7)Wood (30)44,15578-68
147September 12@ Pirates10 – 2Maholm (9-8)Piñeiro (6-6)14,90378-69
148September 13@ Pirates7 – 6 (12)Hansen (1-3)Perez (3-3)17,13278-70
149September 14@ Pirates7 – 2Beam (2-1)Thompson (5-3)18,99478-71
150September 16@ Reds7 – 2Arroyo (15-10)Looper (12-13)19,70878-72
151September 17@ Reds3 – 0Harang (5-16)Wellemeyer (12-8)14,85078-73
152September 18@ Reds5 – 4Lohse (14-6)Vólquez (16-6)Motte (1)14,04179-73
153September 19@ Cubs12 – 6Wainwright (10-3)Zambrano (14-6)40,97280-73
154September 20@ Cubs5 – 4Lilly (16-9)Piñeiro (6-7)Wood (32)41,59780-74
155September 21@ Cubs5 – 1Dempster (17-6)Looper (12-14)40,55180-75
156September 22D-backs4 – 2Webb (22-7)Wellemeyer (12-9)Qualls (7)40,34980-76
157September 23D-backs7 – 4Lohse (15-6)Johnson (10-10)Franklin (16)40,01381-76
158September 24D-backs4 – 2Wainwright (11-3)Scherzer (0-4)Franklin (17)40,02982-76
159September 25D-backs12 – 3Piñeiro (7-7)Rosales (1-1)40,50283-76
160September 26Reds7 – 6Franklin (6-6)Bray (2-2)44,70984-76
161September 27Reds8 – 5Wellemeyer (13-9)Harang (6-17)43,68285-76
162September 28Reds11 – 4Thompson (6-3)Pettyjohn (0-1)43,30086-76 :
* June 17, originally 43,793 reported.
** July 5, largest ever at Busch Stadium.

## Scoring by inning

| INNING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | TOTAL |
| CARDINALS | 117 | 82 | 103 | 93 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 779 |
| OPPONENTS | 72 | 66 | 85 | 98 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 81 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 725 |

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B= Doubles; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base Percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage
Cardinals Hitting Statistics
Sortable TEAM hitting stats
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg. | OBP | SLG |
| Albert Pujols (MVP) | 148 | 524 (49) | 100 (14) | 187 (3) | 44 (4) | 37 (4) | 116 (4) | 104 (2) | 54 | .357 (2) | .462 (2) | .653 (1) |
| Ryan Ludwick | 152 | 538 (43) | 104 (10) | 161 (30) | 40 (13) | 37 (4) | 113 (6) | 62 (31) | 146 (7) | .299 (15) | .375 (17) | .591 (2) |
| Troy Glaus | 151 | 544 (38) | 69 | 147 (47) | 33 (34) | 27 (20) | 99 (15) | 87 (10) | 104 (40) | .270 | .372 (20) | .483 (30) |
| Rick Ankiel [9/10] | 120 | 413 | 65 | 109 | 21 | 25 (25) | 71 (46) | 42 | 100 (49) | .264 | .337 (50) | .506 (21) |
| Skip Schumaker | 153 | 540 (39) | 87 (26) | 163 (25) | 22 | 8 | 46 | 47 | 60 | .302 (10) | .359 (31) | .406 |
| Felipe López | 143 | 481 | 84 | 136 | 28 | 6 | 46 | 43 | 82 | .283 | .343 | .387 |
| Yadier Molina | 124 | 444 | 37 | 135 | 18 | 7 | 56 | 32 | 29 | .304 * (10) | .349 (38) | .392 |
| César Izturis | 135 | 414 | 50 | 109 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 29 | 26 | .263 | .319 | .309 |
| Aaron Miles | 134 | 379 | 49 | 120 | 15 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 37 | .317 | .355 | .398 |
| Adam Kennedy | 115 | 339 | 42 | 95 | 17 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 43 | .280 | .321 | .372 |
| Chris Duncan | 76 | 222 | 26 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 34 | 52 | .248 | .321 | .372 |
| Brendan Ryan | 80 | 197 | 30 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 31 | .244 | .307 | .289 |
| Jason LaRue | 61 | 164 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 20 | .213 | .296 | .348 |
| Brian Barton | 82 | 153 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 39 | .268 | .354 | .392 |
| Joe Mather | 54 | 133 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 32 | .241 | .306 | .474 |
| Nick Stavinoha | 29 | 57 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .193 | .217 | .211 |
| Josh Phelps | 19 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .265 | .306 | .294 |
| Rico Washington | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .158 | .273 | .263 |
| Mark Johnson | 10 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .294 | .333 | .294 |
| Brian Barden | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 |
| Kyle Lohse (P) | 31 | 63 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | .111 | .111 | .127 |
| Braden Looper (P) | 40 | 63 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 | .254 | .299 | .333 |
| Adam Wainwright (P) | 25 | 60 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | .267 | .286 | .350 |
| Todd Wellemeyer (P) | 32 | 58 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | .155 | .167 | .155 |
| Joel Piñeiro (P) | 30 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 35 | .098 | .148 | .157 |
| Brad Thompson (P) | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .250 | .357 | .250 |
| (Other Pitchers) | -- | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | .061 | .132 | .182 |
| TOTAL | 162 | 5,636 (1) | 779 (4) | 1,585 (1) | 283 (11) | 174 (6) | 744 (4) | 577 (6) | 985 (16) | .281 (1) | .350 (2) | .433 (3) |
* not eligible for batting average title (NL ranking)

### Starting pitchers

Note: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Loss; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = (Walks + Hits) per inning pitched; HBP = Hit by pitch; BF = Batters faced; O-AVG = Opponent Batting Ave.; O-SLG = Opponent Slugging Ave.; R support avg = Average Runs support from his team per Games Started
Cardinals Pitching Statistics
Sortable TEAM pitching stats
| Player | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | H | HR | BB | SO | WHIP | HBP | BF | O-AVG | O-SLG | R support avg |
| Chris Carpenter (n/a) | 3 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | 1.88 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1.26 | 0 | 58 | .275 | .314 | 5.0 |
| Adam Wainwright | 20 | 132.0 | 11 | 3 | 3.20 | 122 | 12 | 34 | 91 | 1.18 | 3 | 544 | .245 | .394 | 5.8 |
| Braden Looper | 33 | 199.0 | 12 | 14 | 4.16 | 216 | 25 | 45 | 108 | 1.31 | 11 | 842 | .278 | .436 | 4.4 |
| Brad Thompson | 6 | 29.1 | 3 | 2 | 4.91 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 1.36 | 2 | 124 | .297 | .459 | 4.5 |
| Todd Wellemeyer | 32 | 192.2 | 13 | 9 | 3.71 | 178 | 24 | 60 | 133 | 1.24 | 7 | 807 | .245 | .415 | 4.8 |
| Kyle Lohse | 33 | 200.0 | 15 | 6 | 3.78 | 211 | 18 | 49 | 119 | 1.30 | 3 | 839 | .272 | .418 | 4.2 |
| Mark Mulder *+ | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.06 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 |
| Joel Piñeiro | 25 | 145.2 | 7 | 7 | 5.13 | 175 | 22 | 34 | 80 | 1.43 | 2 | 630 | .299 | .505 | 5.1 |
| Mike Parisi *+ | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 17.54 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3.75 | 0 | 46 | .500 | .667 | 6.5 |
| Mitchell Boggs + | 6 | 26.2 | 3 | 2 | 7.55 | 37 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 1.87 | 2 | 151 | .294 | .492 | 5.2 |
| Jaime García *+ | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.20 | 0 | 20 | .263 | .579 | 9.0 |
| TOTAL | 162 | 955.0 | 64 | 45 | 4.20 | 1,009 | 109 | 264 | 575 | 1.33 | 30 | 4,064 | .272 | .437 | 4.8 |
* now, a reliever
+ not on 25-man active roster
† on 15-day or 60-day disabled list
(n/a) not available to pitch

### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP = (Walks + hits) per inning pitched; O-Avg = Opponent batting average
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | HLD | H | R | ER | HR | ERA | BB | SO | WHIP | O-AVG |
| Jason Isringhausen *† (8/16) | 42 | 42.2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 48 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 5.70 | 22 | 36 | 1.64 | .279 |
| Ryan Franklin (9/28) | 74 | 78.2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 86 | 34 | 31 | 10 | 3.55 | 30 | 51 | 1.47 | .277 |
| Russ Springer (9/28) | 70 | 50.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2.32 | 18 | 45 | 1.13 | .212 |
| Randy Flores (9/14) * | 43 | 25.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5.26 | 20 | 17 | 2.10 | .315 |
| Anthony Reyes * (+ 7/26) | 10 | 14.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4.91 | 3 | 10 | 1.30 | .276 |
| Ron Villone (9/28) | 74 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 45 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 4.68 | 37 | 50 | 1.64 | .239 |
| Kyle McClellan (9/21) | 67 | 74.2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 78 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 3.98 | 25 | 59 | 1.38 | .268 |
| Mike Parisi (6/26) * | 10 | 16.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4.41 | 8 | 10 | 1.65 | .284 |
| Chris Perez (9/27) | 41 | 41.2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3.67 | 22 | 42 | 1.34 | .227 |
| Mark Worrell (6/13) * | 4 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5.67 | 4 | 4 | 2.12 | .364 |
| Jaime García (8/26) * | 9 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5.73 | 7 | 4 | 1.45 | .220 |
| Mark Mulder (7/2) *† | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | .571 |
| Kelvin Jiménez (9/28) | 15 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5.63 | 15 | 11 | 1.79 | .295 |
| Joel Piñeiro (8/22) | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | .357 |
| Brad Thompson (9/22) | 20 | 35.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 5.35 | 12 | 15 | 1.44 | .287 |
| Chris Carpenter (9/2) n/a | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | .400 |
| Josh Kinney (9/27) | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 8 | 0.57 | .125 |
| Jason Motte (9/28) | 12 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.82 | 3 | 16 | 0.73 | .139 |
| TOTAL Relief | 160 | 495.0 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 114 | 503 | 244 | 232 | 52 | 4.22 | 229 | 381 | 1.48 | .263 |
| TOTAL PITCHING | 162 | 1,454.0 (12) | 86 (5) | 76 | 42 (6) | 106 (1) | 1,517 (4) | 725 (10) | 677 (10) | 163 (7) | 4.19 (7) | 496 (13) | 957 (16) | 1.38 (8) | .270 (13) |
TOTAL PITCHING: O-OBP .332 (9), O-SLG .431 (12)
Pitchers: Last date pitched in ( )
TOTAL PITCHING: (NL rank)
TOTAL Relief (through 9/27) St. Louis Cardinals GAME NOTES
Sv/SvOpp: 43/73 (59%)
1st batter/retired: 491/331 (67%)
Inherited runners/scored: 228/67 (29%)
* not on 25-man active roster
† on 15-day disabled list
+ traded away

## Cardinals Record When

Home 46-35
Away 40-41
Scoring more than 3 runs 78-18
 Scoring 3 runs 6-18
Scoring fewer than 3 runs 2-40
Leading after 7 innings 73-14
 Tied after 7 innings 8- 11
Trailing after 7 innings 5-51
Leading after 8 innings 75-6
 Tied after 8 innings 10- 9
Trailing after 8 innings 1-61
Blown Saves by bullpen: 31 (1st in NL)
Games lost by bullpen: 31 (2nd in NL to San Diego Padres)
Extra innings 6-12
Shutouts 7-5
One-run games 24-28
Out-hit opponents 60-18
Same hits as opponents 9-9
Out-hit by opponents 17-49
Runs via HR 279
Opp. Runs via HR 247
By Day
Mon. 6- 7
Tue. 13-12
Wed. 15- 9
Thu. 8-14
Fri. 14-12
Sat. 17- 9
Sun. 13-13
By Opponent
HOME ROAD TOTAL
Division
NL Central 20-19 16-22 36-41
NL East 12-7 10-7 22-14
NL West 12-5 9-8 21-13
AL East 2-1 2-1 4-2
AL Central 0-3 3-3 3-6
TOTALS 46-35 40-41 86-76
(Interleague 7-8)

## Busch Stadium (Indexes)

2008 (100 = Neutral Park, > 100 Ballpark favors, < 100 Ballpark inhibits
 81 G; Cardinals: 2,731 AB; Opponents: 2,847 AB)
BA 98  R 94  H 96  2B 88  3B 102  HR 93  BB 99  SO 97  E 94  E-inf. 93  LHB-BA 97  LHB-HR 105  RHB-BA 98  RHB-HR 87
2006–2008 Index (3-yr. composite)
242 G; Cardinals: 8,143 AB; Opponents: 8,506 AB)
BA 99  R 94  H 99  2B 91  3B 92  HR 84  BB 99  SO 94  E 108  E-inf. 106  LHB-BA 98  LHB-HR 86  RHB-BA 99  RHB-HR 83

## Draft picks

St. Louis' picks at the 2008 Major League Baseball draft in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on June 5, 2008.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Class, Bats/Throws, Ht/Wt., birthdate (birthplace) | College |
| 1 | 13 | Brett Wallace | 3B / 1B | Junior, L/R, 6' 2" / 235 lbs., Aug 26, 1986 (Sonoma, California) | Arizona State University |
| Comp A | 39 | Lance Lynn | SP | Junior, R/R, 6' 5" / 250 lbs., May 12, 1987 (Brownsburg, Indiana) | University of Mississippi |
| 2 | 59 | Shane Peterson | OF / 1B | Junior, L/L, 6' 0" / 195 lbs., Feb 11, 1988 (Temecula, California) | Cal State Longbeach |
| 3 | 91 | Ernest Vasquez | SS | High School, R/R, 5' 11" / 175 lbs., Feb 26, 1989 (Las Vegas, Nevada) | Durango High School (Nevada) |
| 4 | 125 | Scott Gorgen | SP | Junior, R/R, 5' 10" / 190 lbs., Jan 27, 1987 (Concord, California) | University of California, Irvine |
| 5 | 155 | Jermaine Curtis | 3B | Junior, R/R, 5' 11" / 190 lbs., Jul 10, 1987 (Fontana, California) | UCLA |
| 6 | 185 | Eric Fornataro | SP | High School, R/R, 6' 1" / 195 lbs., Jan 2, 1988 (Richmond, Virginia) | Miami Dade College (South) |
| 7 | 215 | Anthony Ferrara | SP | High School, R/L, 6' 1" / 175 lbs., Sep 9, 1989 (Riverview, Florida) | Riverview HS (FL) |
| 8 | 245 | Ryan Kulik | SP | Senior, L/L, 5' 11" / 205 lbs., Dec 3, 1985 | Rowan University |
| 9 | 275 | Aaron Luna | LF | Junior, R/R, 5' 11" / 200 lbs., Mar 28, 1987 | Rice University |
| 10 | 305 | Alejandro Castellanos | 2B | Sophomore, R/R, 5' 11" / 180 lbs., Aug 4, 1986 | Belmont Abbey College |
| 11 | 335 | Devin Shepherd | RF | Junior, R/R, 6' 3" / 180 lbs., Sep 9, 1987 | College of Southern Nevada |
| 12 | 365 | Michael Swinson | CF | High School, L/R, 6' 2" / 185 lbs., Sep 24, 1989 | Coffee HS (GA) |
| 13 | 395 | Mitchell Harris | RHP | Senior, R/R, 6' 4" / 215 lbs., Nov 7, 1985 | United States Naval Academy |
| 14 | 425 | Charles Cutler | C | Junior, L/R, 6' 0" / 200 lbs., Jul 29, 1986 | California |
| 15 | 455 | Scott McGregor | RHP | Junior, R/R, 6' 2" / 193 lbs., Dec 19, 1986 | Memphis |
| 16 | 485 | Miguel Flores | RHP | Junior, R/R, 6' 0" / ? lbs., Jan 2, 1988 | Cerritos College |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Memphis Redbirds | Pacific Coast League | Chris Maloney |
| AA | Springfield Cardinals | Texas League | Ron Warner |
| A | Palm Beach Cardinals | Florida State League | Gaylen Pitts |
| A | Quad Cities River Bandits | Midwest League | Steve Dillard |
| A-Short Season | Batavia Muckdogs | New York–Penn League | Mark DeJohn |
| Rookie | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Joe Almaraz |
| Rookie | GCL Cardinals | Gulf Coast League | Enrique Brito |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Batavia