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St. Louis Cardinals Records and All-Time Leaders

1882–present. Played as St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898), St. Louis Perfectos (1899), St. Louis Cardinals (1900–2025). Records run through the 2025 season.

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Where the Cardinals rank in 2026

Team totals against the rest of MLB.

Home Runs 24th of 30 167 Earned Run Average 20th of 30 4.27 Batting Average 22nd of 30 .239 Pitching Strikeouts 25th of 30 1,278 Runs 16th of 30 720 On-Base Plus Slug. 29th of 30 .691

All-time leaders

Batting Average

AVG
  1. 1 Rogers Hornsby 1915–1933 .359
  2. 2 Tip O'Neill 1884–1891 .344
  3. 3 Johnny Mize 1936–1941 .336
  4. 4 Joe Medwick 1932–1948 .335
  5. 5 Stan Musial 1941–1963 .331

Earned Run Average

ERA
  1. 1 Dave Foutz 1884–1887 2.67
  2. 1 Slim Sallee 1908–1916 2.67
  3. 3 Silver King 1887–1889 2.70
  4. 4 Jumbo McGinnis 1882–1886 2.73
  5. 5 Bob Caruthers 1884–1892 2.75

Home Runs

HR
  1. 1 Stan Musial 1941–1963 475
  2. 2 Albert Pujols 2001–2022 469
  3. 3 Ken Boyer 1955–1965 255
  4. 4 Jim Edmonds 2000–2007 241
  5. 5 Ray Lankford 1990–2004 228

Wins

W
  1. 1 Bob Gibson 1959–1975 251
  2. 2 Jesse Haines 1920–1937 210
  3. 3 Adam Wainwright 2005–2023 200
  4. 4 Bob Forsch 1974–1988 163
  5. 5 Bill Sherdel 1918–1932 153

Runs Batted In

RBI
  1. 1 Stan Musial 1941–1963 1,951
  2. 2 Albert Pujols 2001–2022 1,397
  3. 3 Enos Slaughter 1938–1953 1,148
  4. 4 Jim Bottomley 1922–1932 1,105
  5. 5 Rogers Hornsby 1915–1933 1,072

Strikeouts

SO
  1. 1 Bob Gibson 1959–1975 3,117
  2. 2 Adam Wainwright 2005–2023 2,202
  3. 3 Dizzy Dean 1930–1937 1,095
  4. 4 Chris Carpenter 2004–2012 1,085
  5. 5 Bob Forsch 1974–1988 1,079

Hits

H
  1. 1 Stan Musial 1941–1963 3,630
  2. 2 Lou Brock 1964–1979 2,713
  3. 3 Yadier Molina 2004–2022 2,168
  4. 4 Albert Pujols 2001–2022 2,156
  5. 5 Rogers Hornsby 1915–1933 2,110

Saves

SV
  1. 1 Jason Isringhausen 2002–2008 217
  2. 2 Lee Smith 1990–1993 160
  3. 3 Todd Worrell 1985–1992 129
  4. 4 Bruce Sutter 1981–1984 127
  5. 5 Trevor Rosenthal 2012–2017 121

Runs

R
  1. 1 Stan Musial 1941–1963 1,949
  2. 2 Lou Brock 1964–1979 1,427
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 2001–2022 1,333
  4. 4 Rogers Hornsby 1915–1933 1,089
  5. 5 Enos Slaughter 1938–1953 1,071

Walks + Hits / IP

WHIP
  1. 1 Bob Caruthers 1884–1892 1.10
  2. 2 Jumbo McGinnis 1882–1886 1.10
  3. 3 Silver King 1887–1889 1.12
  4. 4 Chris Carpenter 2004–2012 1.12
  5. 5 Dave Foutz 1884–1887 1.14

Stolen Bases

SB
  1. 1 Lou Brock 1964–1979 888
  2. 2 Vince Coleman 1985–1990 549
  3. 3 Ozzie Smith 1982–1996 433
  4. 4 Arlie Latham 1883–1896 369
  5. 5 Charlie Comiskey 1882–1891 333

Innings Pitched

IP
  1. 1 Bob Gibson 1959–1975 3884.1
  2. 2 Jesse Haines 1920–1937 3203.2
  3. 3 Adam Wainwright 2005–2023 2668.1
  4. 4 Bob Forsch 1974–1988 2658.2
  5. 5 Bill Sherdel 1918–1932 2450.2

On-Base Plus Slug.

OPS
  1. 1 Albert Pujols 2001–2022 1.031
  2. 2 Johnny Mize 1936–1941 1.018
  3. 3 Rogers Hornsby 1915–1933 .995
  4. 4 Stan Musial 1941–1963 .976
  5. 5 Chick Hafey 1924–1931 .948

Single-season records

Batting Average

AVG
  1. 1 Tip O'Neill 1887 .435
  2. 2 Rogers Hornsby 1924 .424
  3. 3 Rogers Hornsby 1925 .403
  4. 4 Rogers Hornsby 1922 .401
  5. 5 Rogers Hornsby 1921 .397

Earned Run Average

ERA
  1. 1 Bob Gibson 1968 1.12
  2. 2 Silver King 1888 1.63
  3. 3 Bill Doak 1914 1.72
  4. 4 Mort Cooper 1942 1.78
  5. 5 Max Lanier 1943 1.90

Home Runs

HR
  1. 1 Mark McGwire 1998 70
  2. 2 Mark McGwire 1999 65
  3. 3 Albert Pujols 2006 49
  4. 4 Albert Pujols 2009 47
  5. 5 Albert Pujols 2004 46

Wins

W
  1. 1 Silver King 1888 45
  2. 2 Dave Foutz 1886 41
  3. 3 Bob Caruthers 1885 40
  4. 4 Silver King 1889 35
  5. 4 Tony Mullane 1883 35

Runs Batted In

RBI
  1. 1 Joe Medwick 1937 154
  2. 2 Rogers Hornsby 1922 152
  3. 3 Mark McGwire 1999 147
  4. 3 Mark McGwire 1998 147
  5. 5 Rogers Hornsby 1925 143

Strikeouts

SO
  1. 1 Jack Stivetts 1890 289
  2. 2 Dave Foutz 1886 283
  3. 3 Bob Gibson 1970 274
  4. 4 Bob Gibson 1965 270
  5. 5 Bob Gibson 1969 269

Hits

H
  1. 1 Rogers Hornsby 1922 250
  2. 2 Joe Medwick 1937 237
  3. 3 Rogers Hornsby 1921 235
  4. 4 Stan Musial 1948 230
  5. 4 Joe Torre 1971 230

Saves

SV
  1. 1 Ryan Helsley 2024 49
  2. 2 Trevor Rosenthal 2015 48
  3. 3 Jason Isringhausen 2004 47
  4. 3 Lee Smith 1991 47
  5. 5 Trevor Rosenthal 2014 45

Runs

R
  1. 1 Tip O'Neill 1887 167
  2. 2 Arlie Latham 1887 163
  3. 3 Arlie Latham 1886 152
  4. 4 Jesse Burkett 1901 142
  5. 5 Rogers Hornsby 1922 141

Walks + Hits / IP

WHIP
  1. 1 Bob Gibson 1968 0.85
  2. 2 Silver King 1888 0.87
  3. 3 John Tudor 1985 0.94
  4. 4 Dick Hughes 1967 0.95
  5. 5 Jack Flaherty 2019 0.97

Stolen Bases

SB
  1. 1 Arlie Latham 1887 129
  2. 2 Lou Brock 1974 118
  3. 3 Charlie Comiskey 1887 117
  4. 4 Vince Coleman 1985 110
  5. 5 Vince Coleman 1987 109

Innings Pitched

IP
  1. 1 Silver King 1888 584.2
  2. 2 Dave Foutz 1886 504.0
  3. 3 Bob Caruthers 1885 482.1
  4. 4 Tony Mullane 1883 460.2
  5. 5 Silver King 1889 458.0

On-Base Plus Slug.

OPS
  1. 1 Rogers Hornsby 1925 1.245
  2. 2 Mark McGwire 1998 1.222
  3. 3 Rogers Hornsby 1924 1.203
  4. 4 Rogers Hornsby 1922 1.181
  5. 5 Tip O'Neill 1887 1.180

Every category

Career and single-season leaders for the Cardinals in each one.

Batting

Batting Average Home Runs Runs Batted In Hits Runs Stolen Bases On-Base Plus Slug. On-Base Percentage Slugging Percentage Doubles Triples Extra-Base Hits Total Bases Walks Strikeouts Plate Appearances At Bats Games Played

Pitching

Earned Run Average Wins Strikeouts Saves Walks + Hits / IP Innings Pitched Strikeouts / 9 Walks / 9 Strikeout-to-Walk Shutouts Complete Games Games Started Games Pitched Losses Walks Allowed Winning Percentage