St. Louis Cardinals
9 roto titles · 126 seasons (1901–2026)
Winning is a habit here. The St. Louis Cardinals have nine Roto Champ titles from 126 seasons. Seven of them arrived between 1921 and 1968, and then nothing at all for 36 seasons, which makes the recent title the start of a second era rather than a continuation. Their average finish is 10.1 all time, against 17.0 over the last ten seasons, a steep fall from the franchise norm.
The best single roto season in franchise history belongs to Rogers Hornsby in 1922, worth a 29.0 z-score. Lou Brock is the franchise’s most persistent roto presence, owning 10 of its 50 best seasons. The All-Franchise Team below is strictly positional, which is hard on Ed Konetchy, Johnny Mize and Jack Fournier: each rates above somebody who made a team, but every slot at their position was already spoken for.
Roto championships
Roto finish by season
Where St. Louis Cardinals placed in each season’s Roto Champ standings (1st at the top). Gold dots are championship seasons; hover a point for detail.
Season by season
Where they finished each year, with a link to that season’s qualifying roster (9 hitters by PA, 5 starters, a closer).
| Season | Finish | Roster |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2025 | 26th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2024 | 18th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2023 | 26th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2022 | 10th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2021 | 5th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2020 | 26th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2019 | 14th of 30 | View roster → |
All-Franchise Team
St. Louis Cardinals’ all-time First, Second, and Third teams by z-score, a full roto roster: a player at each spot, five starters, a closer.
🏆 First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Who just missed
- 1BEd Konetchyposition full13 seasons140.2
- 1BJohnny Mizeposition full6 seasons91.2
- 1BJack Fournierposition full6 seasons63.5
- 3BMilt Stockposition full8 seasons62.5
- OFAustin McHenryposition full8 seasons60.1
- OFTaylor Douthitposition full14 seasons59.1
- SPLarry Jacksonposition full8 seasons33.9
- SPLance Lynnposition full7 seasons31.7
- SPBob Forschposition full15 seasons29.9
- RPLee Smithposition full4 seasons29.6
Closest to making it, by z-score. Position full: rated above someone who did make a team, but every slot at their position was already taken.
Best roto seasons
The franchise’s top individual player-seasons by z-score, all-time (hitters and pitchers, each scored vs their own pool).
| # | Player | Season | Z |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STL1922 | 29.0 | |
141R42HR152RBI17SB.401AVG | |||
| 2 | STL1948 | 27.0 | |
135R39HR131RBI7SB.376AVG | |||
| 3 | STL1946 | 25.0 | |
124R16HR103RBI7SB.365AVG | |||
| 4 | STL1925 | 23.5 | |
133R39HR143RBI5SB.403AVG | |||
| 5 | STL1967 | 23.1 | |
113R21HR76RBI52SB.299AVG | |||
| 6 | STL1924 | 22.8 | |
121R25HR94RBI5SB.424AVG | |||
| 7 | STL1974 | 22.3 | |
105R3HR48RBI118SB.306AVG | |||
| 8 | STL1936 | 22.0 | |
24W195K11SV3.17ERA1.15WHIP | |||
| 9 | STL1971 | 21.8 | |
126R7HR61RBI64SB.313AVG | |||
| 10 | STL1937 | 21.6 | |
111R31HR154RBI4SB.374AVG | |||
| 11 | STL1940 | 21.2 | |
111R43HR137RBI7SB.314AVG | |||
| 12 | STL1921 | 21.1 | |
131R21HR126RBI13SB.397AVG | |||