- Shelby Miller has been one of the best pitchers in baseball through the 1st month and a half…
SHELBY MILLER THIS SEASON (MLB RANKS)
5-2 RECORD 8TH
1.40 ERA T-1ST (KERSHAW)
.182 OPP AVG 7TH
.516 OPP OPS 5TH
9.99 K PER 9 IP 8TH
0.88 WHIP 5TH
2.56 FIP 12TH
- Daniel Descalso started at 2nd base tonight… he’s been swinging the bat better of late
DANIEL DESCALSO THIS SEASON
4/1-4/29 4/30-TONIGHT
HITS-AT BATS 8-FOR-52 7-FOR-22
AVG .154 .318
XBH 3 2
RBI 4 3
RUNS 5 4
WALKS 2 4
PITCHES/PA 3.33 4.35**
**HIGHEST ON THE TEAM DURING THAT SPAN
- Tony Cruz now has 12 plate appearances this season… by far the fewest by any player who’s spent the entire season on an active roster
MLB, Fewest Plate Appearances by Position Players Who Have Been on a 25-Man Roster All Season - 2013
Tony Cruz, Stl 12
George Kottaras, KC 18
Anthony Recker, NYM 19
Leury Garcia, Tex 23
Miguel Tejada, KC 24
- Shelby Miller had a completely different outing than his one-hitter Friday night
SHELBY MILLER LAST 2 STARTS
FRIDAY VS ROCKIES TONIGHT VS METS
INNINGS PITCHED 9.0 5.2
PITCHES 113 96
PITCHES/BATTER FACED 4.0 4.6
STRIKES-BALLS 84-29 65-31
STRIKEOUTS 13 6
3-BALL COUNTS 3 5
FOUL BALLS 26 27
- the Mets stole 2 bases in 3 attempts off Shelby Miller… opponents are 7-for-8 in stolen base attempts against Shelby Miller (5th most in the MLB)… the rest of the Cardinals staff has allowed a total of 7 stolen bases
- Jon Jay picked up his 20th RBI of the season in game number 39… he had just 40 RBI in 117 games last year
- Jay has 12 RBI since May 3rd… that’s tied with Paul Goldschmidt for the most in the NL during that span
- Jay’s 20 RBI are 3rd most among MLB center fielders…
MOST RBI AS CENTER FIELDERS THIS SEASON (MLB LEADERS)
BAL ADAM JONES – 24
PIT ANDREW McCUTCHEN – 21
STL JON JAY – 20 (THRU 4TH INNING TONIGHT)
- Rick Ankiel hit his 25th career homerun at Busch Stadium… 6th most all-time
MOST HOMERUNS ALL-TIME AT BUSCH STADIUM III
ALBERT PUJOLS – 110
MATT HOLLIDAY – 54
RYAN LUDWICK – 35
CARLOS BELTRAN – 30
YADIER MOLINA – 29
RICK ANKIEL – 25 (TONIGHT)
CHRIS DUNCAN – 23
**JIM EDMONDS TIED FOR 10TH WITH 17
- Ankiel’s homerun in the 7th was his 1st at Busch since July 30, 2009 against the Dodgers
- Shelby Miller hasn’t allowed a run in his last 14.2 innings… he’s still a long ways away from the Cardinals rookie record
Cardinals Rookies, Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings Pitched - Since 1974
Ken Hill, StL 24.0 1989
Jaime Garcia, StL 19.1 2010
Mike Perez, StL 19.0 1992
Todd Worrell, StL 18.1 1986
Kurt Kepshire, StL 18.0 1984
Mark Clark, StL 17.0 1992
Cory Bailey, StL 16.2 1996
John Stuper, StL 16.1 1982
John Denny, StL 16.0 1975
Rick Ankiel, StL 16.0 2000
- since being touched for 2 runs on April 17th, Trevor Rosenthal has been outstanding…
TREVOR ROSENTHAL SINCE APRIL 18TH
12 APPEARANCES
11.0 IP
8 HOLDS
0.82 ERA (1 ER ALLOWED)
.190 OPP AVG
17/4 K/BB
- Yadier Molina collected his 3rd career pinch hit RBI in the 8th inning… he’s 5-for-20 as a pinch hitter
- the Cardinals are now hitting .238 in pinch hit roles this season… 4th best in the NL
- Seth Maness collected the 9th win by a Cardinals rookie this season…
WINS BY CARDINALS ROOKIES BY SEASON (SINCE 2004)
YEAR WINS BY ROOKIES
2013 9
2012 7
2011 4
2010 15
2009 11
2008 9
2007 3
2006 9
2005 5
2004 0
- the Cardinals are 13 games over .500 in just 39 games (26-13 record)… it’s the 12th time they’ve gotten to 13 over in their 1st 39 games, but just the 5th time since 1900
CARDINALS FEWEST GAMES TO REACH 13 GAMES OVER .500 ALL-TIME
YEAR GAMES NEEDED TO REACH 13 OVER .500
2013 39 (26-13)
1888 39 (26-13)
1884 39 (26-13)
1883 37 (25-12)
1936 35 (24-11)
1931 35 (24-11)
1941 31 (22-9)
1944 31 (22-9)
1889 25 (19-6)
1899 25 (19-6)
1885 23 (18-5)
1887 19 (16-3)
- Edward Mujica has converted each of his 11 save opportunities this season… the 4th longest streak to begin a season in Cardinals history
Cardinals to Convert First 11+ Save Opportunities in a Season - Since 1969
Season Player Streak
2012 Edward Mujica 11
2005 Jason Isringhausen 16
1995 Tom Henke 22
1969 Joe Hoerner 12
- the Cardinals, Reds, and Pirates own the top 3 records in the National League…
BEST RECORD IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
CARDINALS 26-13
REDS 24-16
PIRATES 23-17
GIANTS 23-17
DIAMONDBACKS 23-18
BRAVES 22-18
- the Cardinals are 2-7 this season when collecting 6 hits or fewer
- the Cardinals are 10-12 when scoring 4 runs or fewer… they went just 26-63 when scoring 4 runs or fewer last season
- the Cardinals have not won 4 straight games against the Mets since 2005 (5 straight)
- the last time the Cardinals swept a series of 4 or more games from the Mets was in 1982 at Shea Stadium
- From Elias… Shelby Miller is the 3rd pitcher in the last 100 years to 8 ER or fewer in his 1st 9 starts
- the Cardinals have 2 of the top 3 pitchers in rookie wins…
MOST WINS BY ROOKIES THIS SEASON
STL SHELBY MILLER – 5
LAD HYUN-JIN RYU – 4
STL SETH MANESS – 3
**4 OTHERS TIED AT 3
- Maness’s 3 wins are tied for the 2nd most among all relievers this season… the Mets Bobby Parnell has 4 wins
- Maness is the 6th pitcher since 1995 to earn 3 wins in his 1st 5 career relief appearances…
MLB Pitchers with 3+ Wins in First 5 Career Appearances (SINCE 1995)
(all appearances must come in relief)
2013 STL SETH MANESS
2012 TEX ROBBIE ROSS
2010 TEX ALEXI OGANDO
2006 ARZ TONY PENA
1996 DET GREG KEAGLE
1995 SD DUSTIN HERMANSON
- John Gast is trying to become the 5th Cardinals rookie lefty starter to win his big league debut since 1982
CARDINALS ROOKIE LEFTIES TO WIN MLB DEBUT (SINCE 1982)
DATE PITCHER OPPONENT PITCHING LINE
5/14/13 JOHN GAST NYM 6 IP,
7/8/93 ALLEN WATSON ATLANTA 6 IP, 1 ER, 2 K
8/15/91 RHEAL CORMIER NYM 6 IP, 1 ER, 2 K
4/25/87 JOE MAGRANE @ NYM 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 K
6/3/86 GREG MATHEWS @ HOU 8.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 K
- Dillon Gee has pitched pretty well in 2 career starts against the Cardinals…
DILLON GEE CAREER VS CARDINALS
1ST 2 STARTS TONIGHT
RECORD 1-0 0-1
IP/START 7.0 4.0
ER 4 5 (6 RUNS)
ERA 2.57 11.25
HITS 9 9
OPP AVG .180 .409
K/BB 10/4 5/3
- Wednesday’s starter, Shaun Marcum, has been hit hard in 7 career regular and postseason starts against the Cardinals
SHAUN MARCUM CAREER VS CARDINALS (REG. AND POSTSEASON)
7 STARTS
1-3 RECORD (TEAM 2-5)
5.14 IP/START (36/7)
6.25 ERA (25/36)
.284 OPP AVG (42/148)
6 HR ALLOWED
- John Gast is the 1st Cardinals rookie starter to strikeout the 1st batter he faced since 5/29/10 (Adam Ottavino – struck out the Cubs Kosuke Fukudome)
- Allen Craig is up to 30 RBI on the season… one off the NL lead
NL RBI LEADERS THIS SEASON
CIN BRANDON PHILLIPS – 33
COL TROY TULOWITZKI – 32
ARZ PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT – 31(still playing when the postgame ended)
STL ALLEN CRAIG – 30
NYM JOHN BUCK – 30
- the Cardinals have 3 players in the top 10 in batting average with runners in scoring position…
HIGHEST AVG W/ RISP IN NL (THIS SEASON)
ADRIAN GONZALEZ - .467
PABLO SANDOVAL - .463
BRANDON PHILLIPS - .447
CARLOS BELTRAN - .444
FREDDIE FREEMAN - .440
GREGOR BLANCO – .435
PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT - .433
DAVID WRIGHT - .433
MATT HOLLIDAY - .424
ALLEN CRAIG - .421
- Matt Carpenter reached base in 4 of his 1st 5 plate appearances, and is among the best in baseball at reaching base from the leadoff spot
HIGHEST OBP AMONG LEADOFF HITTERS (MLB THIS SEASON)
CIN SHIN-SOO CHOO - .456
STL MATT CARPENTER - .423
COL DEXTER FOWLER - .415
HOU JOSE ALTUVE - .410
PIT STARLING MARTE - .384
- Carpenter is also on a 7-game hitting streak…
MATT CARPENTER DURING 7-GAME HITTING STREAK (ENTERING TODAY)
11-FOR-26
.423 AVG
6 RUNS
8 WALKS
.559 OBP
4 MULTI-HIT GAMES
- Gast threw 16 changeups… 9 resulted in outs
- Gast threw 49 fastballs, 16 changeups, and 6 curveballs
- Carlos Beltran hit his 344th career homerun, breaking a tie with Aramis Ramirez for 89th on the all-time list
MOST HOMERUNS ALL-TIME
RANK PLAYER/HR TOTAL
85 ELLIS BURKS – 352
86 DICK ALLEN – 351
87 CHILI DAVIS – 350
88 GEORGE FOSTER – 348
89 CARLOS BELTRAN – 344
90 ARAMIS RAMIREZ – 343
- Jon Jay hit his 22nd career homerun, but just his 2nd off a lefthander (6/30/11 at Baltimore)
- John Gast received 10 runs of support… the 3rd most ever by a Cardinal in his debut
MOST RUNS IN SUPPORT IN MLB DEBUT (CARDS SINCE 1921)
YEAR PITCHER OPPONENT RUNS
1955 LARRY JACKSON CHC 14
1929 AL GRABOWSKI BOS 11
TONIGHT JOHN GAST NYM 10
1952 HARVEY HADDIX BOS 9
1993 RENE AROCHA CIN 8
- the Cardinals scored 3+ runs in 3 separate innings for the 1st time since September 28, 2012 against the Brewers
- Matt Carpenter has drawn 8 walks in his last 6 games… he leads the team and is 12th in the NL with 18 total walks
- the Cardinals are 38-0 all-time, when scoring 10 or more runs against the Mets
- the Cardinals reached 12 games over .500 in their 38th game… the fewest games it’s taken them to reach 12 games over .500 since 1944 (18-6 record through 24 games)
- John Gast is the 1st Cardinals starter to earn win his MLB debut since Anthony Reyes on August 9, 2005 at Milwaukee
CARDINALS STARTERS TO EARN WIN IN MLB DEBUT (SINCE 1990)
TONIGHT JOHN GAST VS NY METS
8/9/2005 ANTHONY REYES AT MILWAUKEE
5/4/2002 JASON SIMONTACCHI VS ATLANTA
4/15/1997 BRADY RAGGIO AT FLORIDA
7/8/1993 ALLEN WATSON VS ATLANTA
8/15/1991 RHEAL CORMIER VS NY METS
- the Cardinals are on pace to go 107-55 this season… their franchise record for wins is 106 (1942 season)
- Beltran is hitting .303 on the season, but his numbers starting getting better after the 1st 2 weeks…
CARLOS BELTRAN SINCE APRIL 18TH (NL RANKS)
.341 AVG 8TH
9 HR 1ST
17 RBI 7TH
.670 SLG 2ND
- 8 of the Cardinals 25 wins have been collected by rookies… Shelby Miller – 5, Seth Maness – 2, John Gast – 1
- Cardinals rookies have earned 8 wins this season… Cardinals rookies had just 7 wins last year (Joe Kelly – 5, Barret Browning – 1, Shelby Miller – 1)
WINS BY CARDINALS ROOKIES BY SEASON (SINCE 2004)
YEAR WINS BY ROOKIES
2013 8
2012 7
2011 4
2010 15
2009 11
2008 9
2007 3
2006 9
2005 5
2004 0
- Seth Maness has recorded 13 outs on just 28 pitches
- Allen Craig is hitting .307… the highest it’s been all season… he hit .307 last year
- Craig was hitting. 218 on April 19th… he’s hitting .365 over his past 22 games, and the Cardinals happen to be 16-6 in those contests
ALLEN CRAIG SINCE APRIL 20TH (22 GAMES PLAYED)
31-FOR-85
.365 AVG
2 HR
6 DOUBLES
2 TRIPLES
21 RBI
11 RUNS
.949 OPS
- Daniel Descalso made his 1st start at shortstop since April 17th… Pete Kozma had started the last 22 games at short, and he’s started 34 of the 37 games overall
- Descalso has been swinging the bat better since April 30th…
DANIEL DESCALSO THIS SEASON
4/1-4/29 4/30-TONIGHT
HITS-AT BATS 8-FOR-52 6-FOR-19
AVG .154 .316
XBH 3 2
RBI 4 3
RUNS 5 3
WALKS 2 3
**.197 AVG IS HIGHEST IT’S BEEN SINCE APRIL 18TH (.200 AVG)
- Rick Ankiel returned to Busch Stadium for the 2nd time as a visiting player… he’s 6th in the history of Busch Stadium in homeruns
RICK ANKIEL CAREER AT BUSCH STADIUM III (ALL-TIME RANKS)
24 HR 6TH
83 RBI 9TH
76 RUNS 12TH
53 XBH 9TH
- the Mets have received absolutely no production from center fielders this season
METS CENTER FIELDERS THIS SEASON (MLB RANKS, ENTERING TONIGHT)
.182 AVG (20/124) 29TH
1 HR T-26TH (NATIONALS HAVE 0)
14 RBI T-14TH
7 XBH 28TH
12 RUNS 28TH
.498 OPS 29TH
-0.8 WAR 28TH
- the Cardinals were just 14-20 against the NL East last season… they’re already 6-2 against the East this season
- Lance Lynn has the 2nd most wins in baseball since the start of last season…
MLB WINS LEADERS SINCE 2012
LANCE LYNN – 24
GIO GONZALEZ – 24
YU DARVISH – 22
RA DICKEY – 22
**5 OTHERS TIED AT 21
- despite allowing 3 runs on Sunday, the Cardinals bullpen has pitched well over the past few weeks
CARDINALS BULLPEN SINCE APRIL 29TH
2-0 RECORD (8-3 TEAM RECORD)
6-7 SAVES-OPPS
25.1 IP
2.84 ERA (8/25.1)
.207 OPP AVG (18/87)
1 HR ALLOWED
23/7 K/BB
- the Mets have had a rough go of it after their strong start…
METS THIS SEASON
4/1-4/13 4/16-TONIGHT
RECORD 7-4 7-17
RUNS/GAME 6.3 3.5 (85/24)
AVG .272 .208 (168/808)
HOMERUNS/GM 1.4 1.0 (23/24)
STARTER ERA 3.75 4.64 (68/132)
RELIEVER ERA 2.86 5.30 (52/88.1)
BLOWN SAVES 1 5
- Rick Ankiel has the 2nd highest K per 9 IP all-time among Cardinals with at least 50 appearances…
HIGHEST K PER 9 IP (CARDINALS, MIN. 50 GAMES)
KIKO CALERO – 10.54
RICK ANKIEL – 10.00
CHRIS PEREZ – 9.92
RICK CROUSHORE – 9.64
JASON CHRISTIANSEN – 9.51
LANCE LYNN – 9.47 (267/253.2)
JASON MOTTE – 9.45
- Lance Lynn walked a career-high 5 batters
- the Cardinals have 19 sacrifice bunts… tied for 2nd most in baseball
- Lynn had a rough 1st 2 innings, but dominated the 3rd through the ___
LANCE LYNN TONIGHT VS METS
1ST 2 IP 3RD-7TH
RUNS 3 0
HITS 3 1
WALKS 4 1
STRIKEOUTS 2 5
STRIKES-BALLS 29-25 46-24
- Lynn collected his 5th sacrifice bunt of the season, tying him with Shelby Miller and 3 others for the most in baseball
- Lynn’s 124 pitches are a new career-high, and the 6th most by a Cardinal since 2005
MOST PITCHES IN A START BY A CARDINAL SINCE 2005
6/29/2011 CHRIS CARPENTER – 132
7/27/2005 JASON MARQUIS – 132
9/26/2009 ADAM WAINWRIGHT – 130
4/26/2008 ADAM WAINWRIGHT – 126
5/16/2007 KIP WELLS – 125
TONIGHT LANCE LYNN – 124
**CHRIS CARPENTER HAD 2 OTHER 124 PITCH OUTINGS IN 2011
- Lynn has gone 7 innings, and allowed 5 hits or fewer in 5 straight starts… he’s the 8th Cardinals starter to accomplish that feat since 1916
CARDINALS W/ 5 STRAIGHT STARTS OF 7+ INNINGS ALLOWING 5 HITS OR FEWER
YEAR PITCHER
2013 LANCE LYNN
2005 CHRIS CARPENTER**
2001 WOODY WILLIAMS
1997 ALAN BENES
1990 JOHN TUDOR
1989 JOSE DELEON
1968 BOB GIBSON
1942 MORT COOPER
**6 STRAIGHT STARTS
- Ty Wigginton started his Cardinal career 1-for-12 as a pinch hitter… he has pinch hits in 2 straight games
- Matt Holliday hit his 96th Cardinal homerun, tying him with JD Drew for 21st on the Cardinals all-time list
- Holliday’s 6 homeruns this season have traveled an average distance of 406.7 feet
MATT HOLLIDAY HOMERUN DISTANCES THIS SEASON
339, 389, 410, 419, **425, 458
**ESTIMATED DISTANCE (the other 5 are “true distance”)
- Lynn’s 124 pitches are the 3rd most by any starter in a game this season… Yu Darvish – 127 on May 5th and Justin Verlander – 126 on April 18th
- Matt Carpenter has been on a tear during the month of May…
MATT CARPENTER IN MAY (10 GAMES PLAYED)
15-FOR-41
.366 AVG
4 DOUBLES
3 RBI
8 RUNS
7 WALKS
.458 OBP
5 MULTI-HIT GAMES
**REACHED BASE IN 14 OF LAST 24 PLATE APPEARANCES
- Edward Mujica is the 6th Cardinal all-time to convert his 1st 10 save opportunities in a season…
CARDINALS TO CONVERT 1ST 10+ SAVE OPPS IN A SEASON
Season Player Streak
2013 Edward Mujica 10
2011 Fernando Salas 10
2005 Jason Isringhausen 16
2001 Dave Veres 10
1995 Tom Henke 22
1969 Joe Hoerner 12
- the Cardinals got back to 11 games over .500… they reached that mark for the 1st time in their 35th game on Saturday… it’s the fastest they’ve reached the +11 mark since 1981 (11 games over .500 in their 29th game)
- with a win tomorrow, the Cardinals will be 12 games over .500 in their 38th game… it would be their 6th fastest to 12 over since 1900
CARDINALS FEWEST GAMES NEEDED TO REACH 12 GAMES OVER .500 (SINCE 1900)
YEAR GAMES NEEDED RECORD
1941 18 15-3
1944** 24 18-6
1931** 32 22-10
1936 35 24-11
1934** 38 25-13
TOMORROW IS GAME NUMBER 38
**WON WORLD SERIES
- Trevor Rosenthal collected his 10th hold of the season… 3rd most in baseball
