Nelson Velázquez has the best batting average for the Cardinals against left-handed pitchers this season, with an average of .316.
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best hitter on cardinal vs lhp this regular season| NAME | AVG | SEASON | TM | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | N. Velázquez | .316 | 2026 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .684 | 1.065 | |
| 2 |  | I. Herrera | .292 | 2026 | 52 | 72 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 94 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .457 | .500 | .957 | |
| 3 | | V. Scott II | .288 | 2026 | 35 | 52 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .321 | .346 | .668 | |
| 4 |  | J. Walker | .288 | 2026 | 38 | 66 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 72 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .347 | .606 | .953 | |
| 5 | | L. Nootbaar | .286 | 2026 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .714 | 1.048 | |
| 6 | | M. Winn | .283 | 2026 | 42 | 60 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 71 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .352 | .367 | .719 | |
| 7 | | N. Church | .268 | 2026 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .279 | .293 | .572 | |
| 8 | | J. Fermín | .259 | 2026 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 61 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .344 | .370 | .715 | |
| 9 |  | JJ Wetherholt | .256 | 2026 | 60 | 82 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 101 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .376 | .354 | .730 | |
| 10 | | J. Crooks | .250 | 2026 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .900 | |
| 11 | | R. Urías | .250 | 2026 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .688 | 1.116 | |
| 12 | | Y. Pozo | .211 | 2026 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .421 | |
| 13 | | T. Saggese | .208 | 2026 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .417 | .738 | |
| 14 | | P. Pagés | .200 | 2026 | 27 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .267 | .484 | |
| 15 |  | A. Burleson | .186 | 2026 | 51 | 86 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 91 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .220 | .244 | .464 | |
| 16 | | B. Torres | .182 | 2026 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .182 | .432 | |
| 17 | | N. Gorman | .171 | 2026 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .516 | |
| 18 | | B. Jordan | .167 | 2026 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .500 | .667 |
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46 | 27 | .630 | ||
40 | 34 | .541 | 6.5 | |
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44 | 27 | .620 | ||
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