Alright, let me walk you through how I went about digging up the St. Louis Cardinals pitching stats the other day. It wasn’t rocket science, but sometimes finding the specific thing you want takes a few steps, you know?
First off, I just had this itch to see how the Cardinals’ pitchers were really doing. You hear stuff, you watch the games, but I wanted to see the actual numbers laid out. So, I sat down at my computer, fired it up, and got online.
My first move was pretty simple. I opened up my usual web browser – nothing fancy – and went to my favorite search engine. I typed in something straightforward like “stl cardinals pitching stats”. Didn’t overthink it.
Naturally, a whole list of results popped up. Lots of sports websites, news articles, maybe the official league site too. You get a mix. I tend to skip past the betting sites or weird blogs I don’t recognize. I usually look for the big sports networks or the official Major League Baseball site first. Feels more reliable, generally.
I clicked on one that looked promising. I think it was one of the major sports broadcasters’ sites. It took me to a page, maybe their main baseball section or directly to the Cardinals team page. Sometimes you land right where you need to be, other times you gotta poke around.
Navigating the Site a Bit
This time, I had to do a little clicking. The main page had team news and scores. I looked around for links or tabs. I spotted a “Stats” tab near the top. Clicked that.
That brought me to a general stats area. Then I had to narrow it down. I saw options for hitting and pitching, and team stats vs player stats. I made sure I selected “Pitching” and “Team Stats” specific to the Cardinals. Some sites make you select the team from a dropdown menu.
Getting to the Good Stuff
Okay, bingo. That brought up the table I was looking for. It had all the guys listed down the side.
It showed the usual columns:
- Wins (W)
- Losses (L)
- Earned Run Average (ERA)
- Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched (WHIP)
- Strikeouts (SO)
- Innings Pitched (IP)
- Saves (SV) for the closers
All the standard stuff was right there. I could scroll down the list, see who had pitched, how many innings they threw, how many runs they were giving up on average (that ERA tells a big part of the story). Sometimes these tables let you sort by clicking the column header, like if I wanted to see who had the lowest ERA, I’d just click the ‘ERA’ header. Pretty handy.
So yeah, that was basically it. Started with a simple search, clicked a trusted link, navigated their menus a little, and boom – the stats were right there. Took maybe a couple of minutes tops. It’s always interesting to see the hard numbers behind the performances.
