List of St. Louis Cardinals team records

The St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). in 1892. Before joining the NL, they were also a charter member of the American Association (AA) from 1882 to 1891. Although St. Louis has been the Cardinals' home city for the franchise's entire existence, they were also known as the Brown Stockings, Browns, and Perfectos.

In 134 seasons, the franchise has won more than 10,000 regular season games and appeared in 27 postseasons while claiming 12 interleague championships, tying one other, and 23 league pennants. 11 of the interleague championships are World Series titles won under the modern format since 1903; the other championship and tie occurred in 18851886. 19 of the league pennants are NL pennants, and the other four are AA pennants. Their 11 World Series titles represent the most in the NL and are second in MLB only to the New York Yankees' 27.

Notable players have defined, in part, the Cardinals' success and history. Stan Musial owns the most career batting records with 22. Rogers Hornsby owns the most single-season records with 11. Bob Gibson owns the most career pitching records with 18. Silver King owns the most single-season pitching records with nine.

All-time record-holders

Table notes and keys

All statistics:

As of end of 2015 season

[*] – Batted or pitched left-handed
[#] – Switch hitter
[?] – Handedness unknown

Team records

Single-game

All-time team single-game batting records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Runs scored 28 vs. PHI

July 6, 1929

23 vs. PHI

September 16, 1926

22 vs. BRO

July 27, 1918

21 vs. CHI (April 27, 1977),

vs. NYG (August 2, 1948)

Hits 28 vs. PHI

July 6, 1929

26 vs. ATL (August 22, 2008), vs. PHI (August 9, 1932),

vs. PHI (September 23, 1930), vs. BRO (July 27, 1918)

Home runs 7 vs. CHI (July 12, 1996),

vs. BRO (May 7, 1940)

6 vs. PHI (July 15, 2007), vs. CHI (August 18, 2006),

vs. MIL (April 9, 2000), vs. NYM (July 8, 1962)
vs. CIN (April 15, 2016)

Italics– occurred in extra innings

All-time team single-game pitching records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Strikeouts 19 vs. PIT (19.0 IP), August 19, 2012

vs. NYM (9.0 IP), September 15, 1969

18 vs. CHI (14.1 IP)

September 2, 2003

17 vs. COL (14.1 IP), September 19, 2013;
vs. HOU (14.0), June 22, 1999;

vs. PHI (8.1 IP), May 21, 1970;
vs. CHI (9.0 IP), July 30, 1933

Single-season

All-time overall team single-season records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Winning percentage .705 (1885) .704 (1887) .688 (1942) .682 (1943, 1944)
Games won 106 (1942) 105 (1943, 1944, 2004) 101 (1931, 1967, 1985)
Games lost 111 (1898) 105 (1908) 102 (1897) 101 (1907) 99 (1913)
Fan attendance 3,552,180
2007
3,540,649
2014
3,538,988
2005
3,520,889
2015
3,448,337
2017
Attendance milestones:
  • First season the Cardinals reached 3 million: 1987
  • First season the Cardinals reached 2 million: 1967
  • First season the Cardinals reached 1 million: 1946
  • First season the Cardinals reached 500,000: 1922
All-time team single-season batting records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Batting average .314 (1930) .308 (1921) .307 (1887) .301 (1922) .299 (1925)
Runs scored 1131 (1887) 1004 (1930) 976 (1891) 957 (1889) 944 (1886)
Hits 1732 (1930) 1635 (1921) 1634 (1922) 1601 (1939) 1594 (1979)
Doubles 373 (1930) 353 (1931) 342 (2003) 332 (1936, 1939)
Triples 113 (1894) 98 (1893) 96 (1920) 94 (1901) 93 (1917)
Home runs 235 (2000) 225 (2016) 223 (1998) 214 (2004) 199 (2001)
Bases on balls 676 (1998) 675 (2000) 655 (1910) 644 (1987) 625 (1891)
Strikeouts 1253 (2000) 1202 (1999) 1192 (2012) 1191 (1997) 1179 (1998)
Stolen bases 581 (1887) 468 (1888) 336 (1886, 1889) 314 (1985)
All-time team single-season pitching records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
ERA 2.09 (1888) 2.23 (1883) 2.38 (1914) 2.44 (1885) 2.49 (1886, 1968)
Runs against per nine innings 2.91 (1968) 3.03 (1943) 3.08 (1942) 3.12 (1944) 3.33 (1969)
Complete games 146 (1904) 139 (1892) 135 (1905) 134 (1886, 1899)
Shutouts 30 (1968) 26 (1944) 21 (1943) 20 (1985) 19 (1966, 1907)
Saves 57 (2004) 54 (1993) 51 (1984, 1991) 48 (1987, 2005)
Hits allowed 1610 (1936) 1609 (1922) 1604 (1929) 1594 (1930, 1897)
Runs allowed 1088 (1897) 1036 (1895) 953 (1894) 929 (1896, 1898)
Home runs allowed 210 (2003) 196 (2000, 2001) 193 (2006) 185 (1955)
Bases on balls allowed 701 (1911) 667 (1999) 632 (1970) 616 (1974) 606 (2000)
Strikeouts 1254 (2013) 1218 (2012) 1130 (1997) 1100 (2000) 1098 (2011)
WHIP 0.960 (1888) 1.000 (1883) 1.045 (1885) 1.067 (1884) 1.120 (1968)
Strikeouts per nine innings pitched 7.73 (2013) 7.49 (2012) 1130 (1997) 1100 (2000) 1098 (2001)
Home runs per nine innings pitched 0.07 (1883) 0.09 (1882) 0.10 (1886) 0.11 (1885, 1906, 1908)
All-time team single-season fielding records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Fielding percentage .988 (2013) .987 (2003) .986 (2008) .985 (1992, 2004, 2009)
Double plays 196 (2005) 192 (1974) 187 (1951) 184 (1984) 183 (1943)
Errors 494 (1886) 490 (1884) 481 (1887) 478 (1890) 459 (1891)

Managers

All-time team managerial records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Seasons managed 16 Tony La Russa 14 Red Schoendienst 11 Whitey Herzog 8 Charles Comiskey 7 Branch Rickey,
Billy Southworth
Winning percentage
(Min. 3 complete seasons)
.674 Charles Comiskey .642 Billy Southworth .578 Eddie Dyer .564 Frankie Frisch .563 Gabby Street
Games won 1408 Tony La Russa 1041 Red Schoendienst 822 Whitey Herzog 620 Billy Southworth 562 Charles Comiskey
Games lost 1182 Tony La Russa 955 Red Schoendienst 728 Whitey Herzog 485 Branch Rickey 415 Miller Huggins
World Series titles 2 Tony La Russa, Billy Southworth 1 Eddie Dyer, Frankie Frisch, Rogers Hornsby,
Johnny Keane, Red Schoendienst, Gabby Street, Whitey Herzog
Pennants won 4 Charles Comiskey 3 Whitey Herzog, Tony La Russa, Billy Southworth 2 Red Schoendienst, Gabby Street

All-time career individual records

Batting

Note: 1,500 plate appearances (PA) required for rate statistics.

All-time career batting records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place
Batting average .378 Jesse Burkett *

1,951 PA

.359 Rogers Hornsby

6,716 PA

.344 Tip O'Neill

3,511 PA

.336 Johnny Mize *

3,581 PA

.335 Joe Medwick

5,057 PA

On-base percentage .444 Jesse Burkett *

1,951 PA

.427 Rogers Hornsby (6,716 PA)

Mark McGwire (2,251 PA)

.420 Albert Pujols

7,433 PA

.419 Johnny Mize *

3,581 PA

Slugging percentage .683 Mark McGwire

2,251 PA

.617 Albert Pujols

7,433 PA

.600 Johnny Mize *

3,581 PA

.568 Chick Hafey (3,278 PA)

Rogers Hornsby (6,716 PA)

On-base plus slugging 1.111 Mark McGwire

2,251 PA

1.037 Albert Pujols

7,433 PA

1.018 Johnny Mize *

3,581 PA

.995 Rogers Hornsby

6,716 PA

.976 Stan Musial *

12,717 PA

Adjusted on-base plus slugging 180 Mark McGwire

2,251 PA

177 Rogers Hornsby

6,716 PA

171 Johnny Mize *

3,581 PA

170 Albert Pujols

7,433 PA

164 Jesse Burkett *

1,951 PA

Games played 3,026 Stan Musial * 2,289 Lou Brock * 1,990 Ozzie Smith# 1,820 Enos Slaughter * 1,795 Red Schoendienst#
Plate appearances 12,717 Stan Musial * 9,932 Lou Brock * 8,242 Ozzie Smith# 7,713 Enos Slaughter * 7,447 Red Schoendienst#
At bats 10,972 Stan Musial * 9,125 Lou Brock * 7,160 Ozzie Smith# 6,841 Red Schoendienst# 6,775 Enos Slaughter *
Runs 1,949 Stan Musial * 1,427 Lou Brock * 1,291 Albert Pujols 1,089 Rogers Hornsby 1,071 Enos Slaughter *
Hits 3,630 Stan Musial * 2,713 Lou Brock * 2,110 Rogers Hornsby 2,073 Albert Pujols 2,064 Enos Slaughter *
Total bases 6,134 Stan Musial * 3,893 Albert Pujols 3,776 Lou Brock * 3,342 Rogers Hornsby 3,138 Enos Slaughter *
Singles 2,253 Stan Musial * 2,029 Lou Brock * 1,529 Ozzie Smith# 1,498 Red Schoendienst# 1,454 Curt Flood
Doubles 725 Stan Musial * 455 Albert Pujols 434 Lou Brock * 377 Joe Medwick 367 Rogers Hornsby
Triples 177 Stan Musial * 143 Rogers Hornsby 135 Enos Slaughter * 121 Lou Brock * 119 Jim Bottomley *
Home runs 475 Stan Musial * 445 Albert Pujols 255 Ken Boyer 241 Jim Edmonds * 228 Ray Lankford *
RBI 1,951 Stan Musial * 1,329 Albert Pujols 1,148 Enos Slaughter * 1,105 Jim Bottomley * 1,072 Rogers Hornsby
Bases on balls 1,599 Stan Musial * 975 Albert Pujols 876 Ozzie Smith# 838 Enos Slaughter * 780 Ray Lankford *
Strikeouts 1,469 Lou Brock * 1,449 Ray Lankford * 1,029 Jim Edmonds * 926 Willie McGee# 859 Ken Boyer *
Stolen bases 888 Lou Brock * 549 Vince Coleman# 433 Ozzie Smith# 369 Arlie Latham 333 Charles Comiskey
Stolen base percentage

(since 1951)

82.68 Vince Coleman# 80.94 Ozzie Smith# 80.00 Andy Van Slyke * 77.14 Delino DeShields * 75.70 Lou Brock *
Runs created 2,562 Stan Musial * 1,613 Albert Pujols 1,425 Rogers Hornsby 1,367 Lou Brock * 1,197 Enos Slaughter *
Extra base hits 1,377 Stan Musial * 915 Albert Pujols 703 Rogers Hornsby 684 Lou Brock * 647 Enos Slaughter *
Times on base 5,282 Stan Musial * 3,434 Lou Brock * 3,125 Albert Pujols 2,936 Enos Slaughter * 2,841 Ozzie Smith#
Power–speed number 238.5 Ray Lankford * 225.3 Lou Brock * 146.5 Rogers Hornsby 141.3 Albert Pujols 140.5 Ken Boyer *
Hit by pitch 87 Steve Evans * 79 Fernando Viña * 77 Albert Pujols 57 Yank Robinson 53 Stan Musial *
Sacrifice hits 154 Jim Bottomley * 147 Marty Marion 135 Rogers Hornsby 131 Ozzie Smith,# Milt Stock
Sacrifice flies 68 Albert Pujols 67 Ted Simmons# 54 Ozzie Smith# 53 Stan Musial * 51 Ray Lankford *
Double plays grounded into 243 Stan Musial * 232 Albert Pujols 221 Yadier Molina 185 Ted Simmons# 154 Ken Boyer *
Intentional bases on balls 251 Albert Pujols 151 Ted Simmons# 127 Stan Musial * 118 Lou Brock * 86 Ken Boyer *
At bats per strikeout 38.0 Frankie Frisch#

5,651 PA

35.8 Joe Quinn

2,339 PA

31.2 Jimmy Brown#

3,567 PA

28.7 Roger Connor *

1,541 PA

26.0 Bill Gleason

3,041 PA

At bats per home run 7.9 Mark McGwire

2,251 PA

14.2 Albert Pujols

7,433 PA

15.1 Jim Edmonds *

4,356 PA

17.9 Ron Gant *

1,500 PA

19.2 Ryan Ludwick

1,812 PA

Outs made 7,714 Stan Musial * 6,882 Lou Brock * 5.631 Ozzie Smith# 5,123 Red Schoendienst# 4,896 Enos Slaughter *

Pitching

Notes: 500 innings pitched (IP) and 50 decisions qualify for career rate statistics.
(*) – left handed.

All-time career pitching records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place
ERA 2.46 Ed Karger *

647 IP

2.52 John Tudor *

881.2 IP

2.67 Dave Foutz (1457.2 IP),

Slim Sallee * (1905.1 IP), Jack Taylor (816 IP)

Adjusted ERA+ 146 John Tudor *

881.2 IP

143 Silver King

1432.2 IP

138 Ice Box Chamberlain (568.2 IP)

Jack Stivetts (1051 IP)

137 Cy Young

690.2 IP

Wins 251 Bob Gibson 210 Jesse Haines 167 Adam Wainwright 163 Bob Forsch 153 Bill Sherdel *
Losses 174 Bob Gibson 158 Jesse Haines 136 Bill Doak 131 Bill Sherdel * 127 Bob Forsch
Winning percentage .719 Ice Box Chamberlain

64 dec.

.718 Ted Wilks

71 dec.

.705 John Tudor *

88 dec.

.704 Dave Foutz

162 dec.

.700 Silver King (160 dec),

Tony Mullane (50 dec.)

Games played 554 Jesse Haines 528 Bob Gibson 465 Bill Sherdel * 455 Bob Forsch 441 Al Brazle *
Innings pitched 3884.1 Bob Gibson 3203.2 Jesse Haines 2658.2 Bob Forsch 2450.2 Bill Sherdel * 2387 Bill Doak
Complete games 255 Bob Gibson 208 Jesse Haines 198 Ted Breitenstein * 156 Dave Foutz 154 Silver King
Shutouts 56 Bob Gibson 30 Bill Doak 28 Mort Cooper 25 Harry Brecheen * 23 Dizzy Dean

Jesse Haines

Saves 217 Jason Isringhausen 160 Lee Smith 129 Todd Worrell 127 Bruce Sutter 121 Trevor Rosenthal
Games finished 332 Jason Isringhausen 232 Todd Worrell 209 Lee Smith 203 Bruce Sutter 188 Lindy McDaniel
Hits allowed 3455 Jesse Haines 3279 Bob Gibson 2721 Bill Sherdel * 2602 Bob Forsch 2285 Bill Doak
Earned runs allowed 1297 Jesse Haines 1258 Bob Gibson 1085 Bob Forsch 992 Bill Sherdel * 920 Ted Breitenstein
Strikeouts 3117 Bob Gibson 1862 Adam Wainwright 1095 Dizzy Dean 1085 Chris Carpenter 1079 Bob Forsch
Bases on balls allowed 1336 Bob Gibson 870 Jesse Haines 843 Ted Breitenstein 780 Bob Forsch 740 Bill Doak
Home runs allowed 257 Bob Gibson 204 Bob Forsch 165 Jesse Haines 152 Larry Jackson 129 Matt Morris
Hit batsmen 102 Bob Gibson 72 Willie Sudhoff 68 Silver King 57 Jesse Haines 54 Bill Doak
Wild pitches 111 Jumbo McGinnis 108 Bob Gibson 88 Bob Forsch 78 Silver King 77 Dave Foutz
Batters faced 16,068 Bob Gibson 13,624 Jesse Haines 11,088 Bob Forsch 10,473 Bill Sherdel * 9908 Bill Doak
WHIP 1.080 John Tudor *

881.2 IP

1.095 Bob Caruthers

1395 IP

1.098 Jumbo McGinnis

1325 IP

1.122 Silver King

1432.2 IP

1.125 Chris Carpenter

1348.2 IP

Strikeout to walk ratio 3.666 Chris Carpenter

1348.2 IP

3.400 Adam Wainwright

1569.2 IP

3.272 Bob Tewksbury

968.2 IP

2.825 Cy Young

690.2 IP

2.788 Darryl Kile

544.1 IP

Strikeouts per nine innings pitched 8.712 Lance Lynn

791.1 IP

7.971 Todd Stottlemyre

565.2 IP

7.603 Adam Wainwright

1569.2 IP

7.483 José DeLeón

917.2 IP

7.240 Chris Carpenter

1348.2 IP

Bases on balls per nine innings allowed 1.042 Cy Young

690.2 IP

1.161 Bob Tewksbury

968.2 IP

1.379 Jumbo McGinnis

1325 IP

1.386 Pete Alexander

792 IP

1.587 Bob Caruthers

1395 IP

Hits per nine innings allowed 7.286 Fred Beebe

861 IP

7.597 Bob Gibson

3884.1 IP

7.630 José DeLeón

917.2 IP

7.660 Ice Box Chamberlain

568.2 IP

7.727 John Tudor *

881.2 IP

Home runs per nine innings allowed .042 Ed Karger *

647 IP

.082 Jumbo McGinnis

1325 IP

.087 Red Ames

827 IP

.104 Mike O'Neill

694.1 IP

.105 Fred Beebe

861 IP

All-time single-season individual records

Batting

All-time individual single-season batting records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place
Batting average .435 (1887)

Tip O'Neill

.424 (1924)

Rogers Hornsby

.421 (1925)

Rogers Hornsby

.403 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

.397 (1921)

Rogers Hornsby

On-base percentage .507 (1924)

Rogers Hornsby

.505 (1900)

John McGraw

.490 (1887)

Tip O'Neill

.489 (1925)

Rogers Hornsby

.483 (2000)

Mark McGwire

Slugging percentage .756 (1925)

Rogers Hornsby

.752 (1998)

Mark McGwire

.746 (2000)

Mark McGwire

.722 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

.702 (1948)

Stan Musial

On-base plus slugging 1.245 (1925)

Rogers Hornsby

1.229 (2000)

Mark McGwire

1.222 (1998)

Mark McGwire

1.203 (1924)

Rogers Hornsby

1.181 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

Adjusted on-base plus slugging 222 (1924)

Rogers Hornsby

216 (1998)

Mark McGwire

213 (1887)

Tip O'Neill

210 (1925)

Rogers Hornsby

207 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

Games played 163 (1989)

José Oquendo

162 Ken Boyer (1964), Curt Flood (1964),

Pedro Guerrero (1989), Terry Pendleton (1989), Bill White (1963)

Plate appearances 752 (1928)

Taylor Douthit

748 (1930)

Taylor Douthit

739 (1964)

Curt Flood

729 (1970)

Lou Brock

728 (1957)

Don Blasingame

At bats 689 (1967)

Lou Brock

679 (1964)

Curt Flood

672 (1979)

Garry Templeton

664 Lou Brock (1970)

Taylor Douthit (1930)

Runs 167 (1887)

Tip O'Neill

163 (1887)

Arlie Latham

152 (1886)

Arlie Latham

142 (1901)

Jesse Burkett

141 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

Hits 250 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

237 (1937)

Joe Medwick

235 (1921)

Rogers Hornsby

230 Stan Musial (1948)

Joe Torre (1971)

Total bases 450 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

429 (1948)

Stan Musial

406 (1937)

Joe Medwick

394 (2003)

Albert Pujols

389 (2004)

Albert Pujols

Singles 185 (1899)

Jesse Burkett

181 (1901)

Jesse Burkett

178 (1964)

Curt Flood

170 Jesse Burkett (1900)

Milt Stock (1920)

Doubles 64 (1936)

Joe Medwick

56 (1937)

Joe Medwick

55 (2013)

Matt Carpenter

53 (1953)

Stan Musial

52 Tip O'Neill (1887)

Enos Slaughter (1937)

Triples 29 (1893)

Perry Werden

25 Roger Connor (1894)

Tom Long (1915)

20 Jim Bottomley (1928), Duff Cooley (1895),
Stan Musial (1943, 1946)
Home runs 70 (1998)

Mark McGwire

65 (1999)

Mark McGwire

49 (2006)

Albert Pujols

47 (2009)

Albert Pujols

46 (2004)

Albert Pujols

RBI 154 (1937)

Joe Medwick

152 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

147 (1998, 1999)

Mark McGwire

143 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

Bases on balls 162 (1998)

Mark McGwire

136 Jack Clark (1987)

Jack Crooks (1892)

133 (1999)

Mark McGwire

121 (1893)

Jack Crooks

Strikeouts 167 (2000)

Jim Edmonds

162 (1997)

Ron Gant

155 (1998)

Mark McGwire

151 Matt Carpenter (2015)

Ray Lankford (1998)

Stolen bases 129 (1887)

Arlie Latham

118 (1974)

Lou Brock

117 (1887)

Charlie Comiskey

110 (1985)

Vince Coleman

109 Vince Coleman (1987)

Arlie Latham (1888)

Stolen base percentage 100.0 (2011)

Tyler Greene

93.33 (2005)

Reggie Sanders

91.67 (1993)

Luis Alicea

91.18 (1985)

Tom Herr

90.91 Willie Davis (1975)

David Eckstein (2007)

Runs created 206 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

193 (1998)

Mark McGwire

192 (1948)

Stan Musial

185 (1925)

Rogers Hornsby

183 (1924)

Rogers Hornsby

Extra base hits 103 (1948)

Stan Musial

102 (1922)

Rogers Hornsby

99 (2004)

Albert Pujols

97 (1937)

Joe Medwick

95 Joe Medwick (1936)

Albert Pujols (2003)

Times on base 320 (1998)

Mark McGwire

318 (1924)

Rogers Hornsby

316 Rogers Hornsby (1922)

Stan Musial (1949)

312 (1948)

Stan Musial

Power–speed number 29.9 (1967)

Lou Brock

28.3 (1998)

Ray Lankford

27.1 (1992)

Ray Lankford

26.3 (1996)

Ray Lankford

26.0 (1999)

Fernando Tatís

Hit by pitch 31 (1910)

Steve Evans

29 (1890)

Chief Roseman

28 (2000)

Fernando Viña

24 (1900)

Dan McGann

23 Dan McGann (1901)

John McGraw (1900)

Sacrifice hits 37 (1926)

Taylor Douthit

36 Milt Stock (1921)

Harry Walker (1943)

34 (1914)

Lee Magee

31 Les Bell (1926)

Doc Lavan (1920)

Sacrifice flies 14 (1982)

George Hendrick

13 (1985)

Tom Herr

12 Pedro Guerrero (1989)

Tom Herr (1985), Keith Hernandez (1979)

Double plays grounded into 31 (2013)

Matt Holliday

29 Albert Pujols (2011)

Ted Simmons (1973)

27 Yadier Molina (2009

Albert Pujols 2007)

Intentional bases on balls 44 (2009)

Albert Pujols

38 (2010)

Albert Pujols

34 (2008)

Albert Pujols

26 Mark McGwire (1998)

Albert Pujols (2006)

At bats per strikeout 134.33 (1899)

Lave Cross

78.14 (1893, 1895)

Joe Quinn

75.25 (1898)

Lave Cross

61.70 (1927)

Frankie Frisch

At bats per home run 7.3 (1998)

Mark McGwire

7.4 (2000)

Mark McGwire

8.0 (1999)

Mark McGwire

10.3 (2001)

Mark McGwire

10.9 (2006)

Albert Pujols

Outs made 512 (1967)

Lou Brock

511 (1947)

Red Schoendienst

500 Vince Coleman (1985, 1988)

Curt Flood (1964)

Pitching

Notes: 100 IP and 10 decisions qualify for rate statistics.
(*) – left handed.

All-time individual single-season pitching records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place
ERA 1.12 (1968)

Bob Gibson

1.34 (1944)

Red Munger

1.43 (1984)

Bruce Sutter

1.61 (1888)

Ice Box Chamberlain

1.63 (1888)

Silver King

Adjusted ERA+ 268 (1944)

Red Munger

258 (1968)

Bob Gibson

227 (1984)

Bruce Sutter

199 (1888)

Ice Box Chamberlain

195 Silver King (1888)

Lindy McDaniel (1960)

Wins 45 (1888)

Silver King

41 (1886)

Dave Foutz

40 (1885)

Bob Caruthers

35 Silver King (1889)

Tony Mullane (1883)

Losses 35 (1897)

Red Donahue

30 (1895)

Ted Breitenstein *

29 Bill Hart (1896)

Jack Taylor (1896)

27 Bill Hart (1897)

Pink Hawley (1894)
Willie Sudhoff (1898)

Winning percentage 1.000 (1941)

Howie Krist

.857 (1952)

Eddie Yuhas

.846 Ice Box Chamberlain (1888)

Mark Petkovsek (1996)

.842 (2012)

Kyle Lohse

Games played 89 (2001)

Steve Kline *

86 (2004)

Ray King *

81 (2015)

Kevin Siegrist *

78 Mitchell Boggs (2012)

Steve Kline * (2003), Jason Motte (2011)

Games started 64 (1888)

Silver King

57 (1886)

Dave Foutz

56 (1891)

Jack Stivetts

53 Bob Caruthers (1885)

Silver King (1889)

Innings pitched 584.2 (1888)

Silver King

504 (1886)

Dave Foutz

482.1 (1885)

Bob Caruthers

460.2 (1883)

Tony Mullane

458 (1889)

Silver King

Complete games 64 (1888)

Silver King

55 (1886)

Dave Foutz

53 (1885)

Bob Caruthers

49 (1883)

Tony Mullane

47 Silver King (1889)

Ted Breitenstein * (1895)

Shutouts 13 (1968)

Bob Gibson

11 (1886)

Dave Foutz

10 Mort Cooper (1942)

John Tudor * (1985)

7 Harry Brecheen * (1948), Mort Cooper (1944),

Dizzy Dean (1934), Bill Doak (1914)

Saves 48 (2015)

Trevor Rosenthal

47 Jason Isringhausen (2004)

Lee Smith (1991)

45 Trevor Rosenthal (2014)

Bruce Sutter (1984)

Games finished 66 (2004)

Jason Isringhausen

63 (1984)

Bruce Sutter

61 Lee Smith (1991)

Dave Veres (2000)

60 (1986)

Todd Worrell

Hits allowed 497 (1894)

Ted Breitenstein *

485 (1897)

Red Donahue

481 (1894)

Pink Hawley

468 (1895)

Ted Breitenstein *

465 (1898)

Jack Taylor

Earned runs allowed 238 (1894)

Ted Breitenstein *

237 (1897)

Red Donahue

214 (1894)

Pink Hawley

213 (1895)

Ted Breitenstein *

205 (1897)

Bill Hart

Strikeouts 289 (1890)

Jack Stivetts

283 (1886)

Dave Foutz

274 (1970)

Bob Gibson

270 (1965)

Bob Gibson

269 (1969)

Bob Gibson

Bases on balls allowed 232 (1891)

Jack Stivetts

191 (1894)

Ted Breitenstein *

187 (1893)

Kid Gleason

182 (1895)

Ted Breitenstein *

181 (1911)

Bob Harmon

Home runs allowed 39 (1948)

Murry Dickson

35 Jason Marquis (2006),

Matt Morris (2004), Brett Tomko (2003)

34 Bob Gibson (1965)

Dustin Hermanson (2001)

Hit batsmen 30 (1888)

Silver King

27 (1898)

Willie Sudhoff

25 (1898)

Jack Taylor

22 (1897)

Red Donahue

21 Pink Hawley (1894)

Silver King (1889)

Wild pitches 40 (1882)

Silver King

36 (1889)

Silver King

29 (1890)

Jack Stivetts

28 Toad Ramsey (1890)

Jack Stivetts (1891)

Batters faced 2286 (1888)

Silver King

2091 (1886)

Dave Foutz

1987 (1894)

Ted Breitenstein *

1966 (1889)

Silver King

1948 (1885)

Bob Caruthers

WHIP .786 (1888)

Ice Box Chamberlain

.853 (1968)

Bob Gibson (R)

.874 (1888)

Silver King

.937 (1960)

Lindy McDaniel

.938 (1985)

John Tudor *

Strikeout to walk ratio 6.257 (2013)

Adam Wainwright

4.850 (1993)

Bob Tewksbury

4.550 (1992)

Bob Tewksbury

4.375 (1960)

Lindy McDaniel

4.232 (1968)

Bob Gibson

Strikeouts per nine innings pitched 11.003 (1978)

Mark Littell

9.977 (2000)

Rick Ankiel *

9.217 (2015)

Carlos Martínez

9.205 (2012)

Lance Lynn

8.907 (1997)

Alan Benes

Bases on balls per nine innings allowed .773 (1992)

Bob Tewksbury

.842 (1993)

Bob Tewksbury

.889 (1884)

Jumbo McGinnis

.929 (1990)

Bob Tewksbury

1.008 (1900)

Cy Young

Hits per nine innings allowed 4.902 (1888)

Ice Box Chamberlain

5.849 (1968)

Bob Gibson

6.174 (1952)

Al Brazle

6.177 (1955)

Willard Schmidt

6.313 (1943)

Howie Pollet *

Home runs per nine innings allowed .033 (1902)

Stan Yerkes

.038 Fred Beebe (1907)

Bob Harmon (1910)

.041 Johnny Lush * (1909)

Mike O'Neill * (1904)

Other records

Single-season individual records divided by era

Batting

Note: Minimum 250 plate appearances (PA) for rate statistics for seasons 1882–91. From 1892–present, the minimum number of PA is 300. Minimum 16 stolen base attempts qualifies for stolen base percentage. Since 1951 only.

Pitching

Single-game individual records

Includes both regular season and postseason games.

Batting

All-time individual single-game batting records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Refs
Home runs 4 (September 7, 1993)

Mark Whiten# vs CIN

3 – accomplished 18 times**

**George Harper, Mark McGwire (3×), Johnny Mize (4×), Stan Musial (2×), Albert Pujols (4×), Reggie Smith, George Watkins, Paul Goldschmidt, and Bill White.

Pitching

All single-game, individual pitching records
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Refs
Game score 116 (April 29, 1936)

Roy Parmelee
17.0 IP vs NYG

106 (July 2, 1933)

Tex Carleton
16.0 IP vs NYG

104 (April 30, 1950)

Harry Brecheen
13.0 IP vs CHC

103 (August 30, 1989)

José DeLeón
11.0 IP vs CIN

102 (September 22, 1917)

Lee Meadows
14.0 IP vs BSN

Innings pitched 17.0 Dizzy Dean (July 1, 1934 vs CIN)

Roy Parmelee (April 29, 1936 vs NYG)

16.1 Jesse Haines
Oct 1, 1920 vs CHC
16.0 Mort Cooper (Sep. 24, 1944 vs PHI)

Tex Carleton (July 2, 1933 vs NYG)

Nine-inning single-game, individual pitching records (1920–present)
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Refs
Game score 98 (May 10, 2013)

Shelby Miller

97 (July 15, 1960)

Ernie Broglio

96 (June 17, 1970)

Bob Gibson

94 Chris Carpenter (2005); Matt Morris (2004)

Bob Gibson (1971); Steve Carlton (1968)

Strikeouts 19 (May 19, 1969)

Steven Carlton
9.0 IP vs NYM

17 (July 30, 1933)

Dizzy Dean
9.0 IP vs CHC

16 Steve Carlton (September 20, 1967 vs PHI) & (May 21, 1970 vs PHI)
Bob Gibson (May 23, 1970 vs PHI)
Bases on balls
Hits allowed
Wild pitches
Hit batsmen
10 or more strikeouts in a postseason game
# of SO Pitcher Date Event Opponent Outcome Duration, decision Ref
17 Bob Gibson Oct. 2, 1968 World Series Detroit Tigers W, 4–0 CG ShO-9, W
13 Bob Gibson Oct. 12, 1964 World Series New York Yankees W, 5–2 CG-10, W
12 Mort Cooper Oct. 8, 1944 World Series St. Louis Browns W, 2–0 CG ShO-9, W
10 Adam Wainwright Oct. 28, 2013 World Series Boston Red Sox L, 1–3 GS-7, L
Adam Wainwright Oct. 7, 2012 NLDS Washington Nationals L, 2–3 GS-7
Bob Gibson Oct. 6, 1968 World Series Detroit Tigers W, 10–1 CG-9, W
Bob Gibson Oct. 12, 1967 World Series Boston Red Sox W, 7–2 CG-9, W
Bob Gibson Oct. 4, 1967 World Series Boston Red Sox W, 2–1 CG-9, W
Pete Alexander Oct. 3, 1926 World Series New York Yankees W, 6–2 CG-9, W

Pitchers with nine SO in a postseason game: Andy Benes, Paul Derringer, Gibson (2×), Michael Wacha, Wainwright, Jeff Weaver, and Woody Williams.

Fielding records

Note: 2,000 innings minimum for position players' fielding percentage; 500 innings for pitchers.

All-time fielding records by position
Catchers
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Games caught 1439 Ted Simmons 1302 Yadier Molina 1018 Del Rice 960 Tim McCarver 827 Tom Pagnozzi
Innings 12,335 Ted Simmons 10877.0 Yadier Molina 8158.1 Tim McCarver 6672.1 Tom Pagnozzi 4938 Mike Matheny
Putouts 8293 Yadier Molina 7460 Ted Simmons 5740 Tim McCarver 4311 Del Rice 4124 Tom Pagnozzi
Assists 757 Frank Snyder 755 Ted Simmons 729 Yadier Molina 498 Mike González 327 Jack Boyle
Double plays 87 Ted Simmons 80 Yadier Molina 77 Jimmie Wilson 54 Mike González, Tim McCarver
Stolen bases 920 Ted Simmons 496 Tom Pagnozzi 357 Tim McCarver 334 Darrell Porter 317 Yadier Molina
Caught stealing 486 Ted Simmons 293 Tom Pagnozzi 257 Yadier Molina 207 Tim McCarver 184 Darrell Porter
Fielding percentage .997 Mike Matheny .994 Yadier Molina .993 Tony Peña .992 Tom Pagnozzi .990 Tim McCarver
Errors 151 Jack Boyle 111 Doc Bushong 104 Ted Simmons 75 Pat Deasley, Ivey Wingo
Passed balls 193 Jack Boyle 182 Doc Bushong 163 Ted Simmons 98 Jocko Milligan 95 Tim McCarver
Wild pitches 439 Ted Simmons 298 Yadier Molina 209 Tim McCarver 185 Tom Pagnozzi 136 Mike Matheny
First basemen
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Games played 1340 Jim Bottomley, Albert Pujols 1118 Keith Hernandez 1016 Stan Musial 1010 Charles Comiskey
Innings 11,299 Albert Pujols 9590 Keith Hernandez 8146.1 Bill White 4339.1 Mark McGwire 3911 Stan Musial
Putouts 13,160 Jim Bottomley 11,970 Albert Pujols 10,572 Keith Hernandez 10,259 Charles Comiskey 10,091 Ed Konetchy
Assists 1152 Albert Pujols 879 Keith Hernandez 688 Stan Musial 640 Ed Konetchy 610 Bill White
Double plays 1205 Albert Pujols 1151 Jim Bottomley 1118 Keith Hernandez 1016 Stan Musial 972 Bill White
Fielding percentage .997 Tino Martinez .994 John Mabry, Keith Hernandez, Albert Pujols .993 Joe Torre,

Gregg Jeffries

Errors 314 Charles Comiskey 174 Jim Bottomley 126 Ed Konetchy 79 Johnny Mize, Albert Pujols
Second basemen
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Games played 1547 Julián Javier 1429 Red Schoendienst 1140 Frankie Frisch 997 Rogers Hornsby 987 Tom Herr
Innings 12,939.1 Julián Javier 8405 Tom Herr 5270 Ted Sizemore 4975 José Oquendo 4740.2 Don Blasingame
Putouts 3684 Red Schoendienst 3377 Julián Javier 2987 Frankie Frisch 2144 Rogers Hornsby 2122 Tom Herr
Assists 4130 Red Schoendienst 4107 Julián Javier 3807 Frankie Frisch 3263 Rogers Hornsby 2892 Tom Herr
Double plays 1092 Red Schoendienst 907 Julián Javier 730 Tom Herr 709 Frankie Frisch 554 Rogers Hornsby
Fielding percentage .992 José Oquendo .988 Tom Herr .985 Ken Oberkfell .984 Fernando Viña .980 Skip Schumaker
Errors 322 Yank Robinson 219 Julián Javier 207 Rogers Hornsby 170 Frankie Frisch 161 Miller Huggins
Third basemen
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Games played 1539 Ken Boyer 1081 Ken Reitz 908 Terry Pendleton 868 Whitey Kurowski 839 Arlie Latham
Innings 12,306.2 Ken Boyer 9182.1 Ken Reitz 7884 Terry Pendleton 5689.2 Scott Rolen 4867 Todd Zeile
Putouts 1373 Ken Boyer 1056 Arlie Latham 1025 Whitey Kurowski 799 Ken Reitz 717 Terry Pendleton
Assists 3149 Ken Boyer 2135 Terry Pendleton 2011 Ken Reitz 1898 Arlie Latham 1569 Whitey Kurowski
Double plays 306 Ken Boyer 176 Ken Reitz 155 Terry Pendleton 137 Whitey Kurowski 134 Scott Rolen
Fielding percentage .977 Gary Gaetti .971 Ken Reitz .968 Scott Rolen .964 Ken Oberkfell, Andy High
Errors 456 Arlie Latham 225 Ken Boyer 123 Terry Pendleton 119 Bobby Byrne 116 Whitey Kurowski
Shortstops
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Games played 1929 Ozzie Smith 1484 Marty Marion 1054 Dal Maxvill 891 Édgar Rentería 700 Garry Templeton
Innings 16,735 Ozzie Smith 8075 Dal Maxvill 7631.1 Édgar Rentería 6023.2 Garry Templeton 4020.1 Dick Groat
Putouts 3221 Ozzie Smith 2881 Marty Marion 1595 Dal Maxvill 1450 Leo Durocher 1356 Garry Templeton
Assists 6229 Ozzie Smith 4691 Marty Marion 3050 Dal Maxvill 2432 Édgar Rentería 2396 Garry Templeton
Double plays 1221 Ozzie Smith 937 Marty Marion 575 Dal Maxvill 499 Édgar Rentería 488 Garry Templeton
Fielding percentage .980 Ozzie Smith .979 Brendan Ryan .977 David Eckstein .973 Dal Maxvill .972 Royce Clayton
Errors 437 Bill Gleason 247 Marty Marion 238 Shorty Fuller 196 Ozzie Smith 185 Doc Lavan
Outfielders, 1–5
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Games played 2218 Lou Brock 1896 Stan Musial 1751 Enos Slaughter 1687 Curt Flood 1502 Willie McGee
Innings 18,913 Lou Brock 14,083.1 Curt Flood 12,378.1 Ray Lankford 11,850.1 Willie McGee 8622.2 Jim Edmonds
Putouts 4005 Curt Flood 3791 Lou Brock 3725 Stan Musial 3457 Enos Slaughter 3374 Ray Lankford
Assists 142 Enos Slaughter 129 Stan Musial 125 Tommy McCarthy 123 Hugh Nicol 122 Jack Smith
Double plays 42 Jack Smith 33 Tommy McCarthy, Enos Slaughter 28 Curt Flood 27 Stan Musial
Fielding percentage .995 Jon Jay .994 Ryan Ludwick .993 Tito Landrum .991 Chuck Diering .988 George Hendrick,
Bake McBride, Tony Scott
Errors 173 Lou Brock 131 Tip O'Neill 96 Tommy McCarthy 90 Jack Smith 85 Willie McGee
Outfielders, 6–10
Category 6th place 7th place 8th place 9th place 10th place Ref
Games played 1492 Ray Lankford 1189 Terry Moore 1161 Joe Medwick 1048 Jim Edmonds 1014 Jack Smith
Innings 7500.2 Vince Coleman 6771.2 George Hendrick 6616.2 Matt Holliday 5038 Brian Jordan 4857 Jon Jay
Putouts 3288 Willie McGee 3117 Terry Moore 2535 Taylor Douthit 2531 Joe Medwick 2442 Jim Edmonds
Assists 109 Lou Brock 105 Curt Flood 102 Terry Moore 91 Willie McGee 88 Joe Medwick
Double plays 24 Homer Smoot 23 Terry Moore, Patsy Donovan 21 Rube Ellis, Tommy Dowd
Fielding percentage (see position 5) .987 Jim Edmonds, Curt Flood, Brian Jordan, Skip Schumaker
Errors 82 Tommy Dowd 80 Hugh Nicol 79 Taylor Douthit 74 Enos Slaughter 73 Jesse Burkett
Outfielders, 11–15
Category 11th place 12th place 13th place 14th place 15th place Ref
Games played 879 Vince Coleman 835 Taylor Douthit 828 George Hendrick 771 Tip O'Neill 770 Matt Holliday
Innings 4603.1 Bernard Gilkey 4304 J. D. Drew 3791.1 Tony Scott 3551.2 Lonnie Smith 3468.2 Ryan Ludwick
Putouts 1989 Jack Smith 1660 Vince Coleman 1557 George Hendrick 1493 Chick Hafey 1368 Tip O'Neill
Assists 84 Rube Ellis 81 Austin McHenry, Steve Evans 78 Patsy Donovan 73 Curt Welch,
Chick Hafey
Double plays 20 Steve Evans, Willie McGee 19 Lou Brock 18 Joe Medwick, Rebel Oakes
Fielding percentage .986 Carlos Beltrán, Matt Holliday, John Mabry, Mike Shannon
Errors 70 Rube Ellis 64 Stan Musial, Joe Medwick, Rebel Oakes, Homer Smoot
Pitchers
Category Record 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Ref
Putouts 291 Bob Gibson 220 Bob Forsch 188 Ted Breitenstein * 143 Dave Foutz 131 Adam Wainwright
Assists 808 Bill Doak 650 Jesse Haines 498 Bill Sherdel * 484 Bob Gibson 479 Slim Sallee *
Double plays 46 Bob Gibson 34 Bob Forsch 32 Jesse Haines 24 Bill Doak, Howie Pollet *
Fielding percentage .990 Kyle Lohse .989 Garrett Stephenson .987 Pete Alexander .985 Lon Warneke .983 Rick Wise
Errors 54 Jumbo McGinnis 44 Ted Breitenstein * 42 Bob Gibson 38 Bill Doak 35 Dave Foutz

See also


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