Nelson Velázquez has the best batting average for the Cardinals against left-handed pitchers this season, with an average of .357.
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st louis best hitters 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 | .357 | 2026 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .438 | .857 | 1.295 | |
| 2 | | J. Crooks | .333 | 2026 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | |
| 3 |  | I. Herrera | .299 | 2026 | 47 | 67 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 86 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .453 | .478 | .931 | |
| 4 | | M. Winn | .298 | 2026 | 38 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 65 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .354 | .386 | .740 | |
| 5 |  | J. Walker | .290 | 2026 | 36 | 62 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 68 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .629 | .982 | |
| 6 | | V. Scott II | .288 | 2026 | 35 | 52 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .321 | .346 | .668 | |
| 7 | | N. Church | .278 | 2026 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .289 | .306 | .595 | |
| 8 | | J. Fermín | .260 | 2026 | 31 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .351 | .380 | .731 | |
| 9 | | R. Urías | .250 | 2026 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .688 | 1.116 | |
| 10 |  | JJ Wetherholt | .227 | 2026 | 55 | 75 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 93 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .355 | .333 | .688 | |
| 11 | | Y. Pozo | .211 | 2026 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .421 | |
| 12 | | T. Saggese | .208 | 2026 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .417 | .738 | |
| 13 |  | A. Burleson | .205 | 2026 | 46 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 83 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .269 | .510 | |
| 14 | | L. Nootbaar | .200 | 2026 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .800 | 1.133 | |
| 15 | | B. Torres | .182 | 2026 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .182 | .432 | |
| 16 | | N. Gorman | .171 | 2026 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .516 | |
| 17 | | P. Pagés | .171 | 2026 | 25 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .220 | .410 |
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45 | 23 | .662 | ||
37 | 31 | .544 | 8.0 | |
35 | 34 | .507 | 10.5 | |
34 | 35 | .493 | 11.5 | |
30 | 38 | .441 | 15.0 | |
| NL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
41 | 25 | .621 | ||
37 | 29 | .561 | 4.0 | |
35 | 34 | .507 | 7.5 | |
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32 | 35 | .478 | 9.5 | |
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44 | 25 | .638 | ||
35 | 32 | .522 | 8.0 | |
34 | 34 | .500 | 9.5 | |
28 | 41 | .406 | 16.0 | |
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40 | 25 | .615 | ||
41 | 26 | .612 | ||
33 | 36 | .478 | 9.0 | |
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36 | 31 | .537 | ||
37 | 33 | .529 | 0.5 | |
31 | 39 | .443 | 6.5 | |
29 | 40 | .420 | 8.0 | |
28 | 41 | .406 | 9.0 | |
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36 | 34 | .514 | ||
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