June 30, 2015

FIRST TO 50

The Cardinals were the first team to 50 wins.

How did St. Louis reach that milestone so quickly?

Team stats:

Batting average: .265
OPS: .330
Slugging: .404
OPS: .705
HR: 61
RBI: 296
SB: 31
Walks: 232

ERA: 2.61 (1st in MLB)
WHIP: 1.202
Saves: 31 (1st in NL)

Fielding %: .985 (6th in NL)

Hitting WAR: 12.7
Pitching WAR: 14.0

Team WAR: 26.7

Clearly, team pitching has been great so far this season, even with the season ending injury to ace Adam Wainwright. However, Fangraphs ranks the Cards the 3rd best in major league pitching so far this season. Fangraphs also ranks the Cards 5th in MLB in hitting.