Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Record

NL Central rivalry
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cubs lead Cardinals1,290to1,234·19 tiessince 1892

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 13 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Cardinals lead 7-6

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At a glance

All-time since 1892 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals insights

Current-feed record
+6wins for Cardinals
51% Cardinals · 49% Cubs

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 24-28 since 2023.

Recent form
11-9last 20
Cardinals on a 2-game streak

Cardinals won 11-4 on Aug 16, 2026

Where it matters
4Postseason games

4 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Cardinals built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 189 of 368 decided meetings (51%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 24-28, or 46% to Cardinals.

Cubs vs Cardinals postseason head-to-head record

Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals have met 2,543 times since 1892, 4 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Cubs 3-1
4 postseason games since 1892
Playoff share
0.2%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
2,539
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
207W
213W
CHC
STL
49%51%
Chicago CubsSt. Louis Cardinals

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Aug 16
CHC 4-11 STL
STL
Aug 15
CHC 4-8 STL
STL
Aug 14
CHC 3-0 STL
CHC
Jul 30
STL 2-4 CHC
CHC
Jul 29
STL 3-2 CHC
STL
Jul 28
STL 2-10 CHC
CHC
Jul 27
STL 3-7 CHC
CHC
Jul 5
CHC 6-4 STL
CHC
Jul 4
CHC 0-3 STL
STL
Jul 3
CHC 1-17 STL
STL
Last Meeting
Aug 16, 2026Final
CHC
4
HOME
STL
11
AWAY
Cardinalswon by7runs
Cardinals' 2nd straight in this series·Game 420 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
St. Louis Cardinals: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.4 runs on average
3.4runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CHC-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200249.3%
STL-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200250.7%
Last 10 Results
CHC / STL

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season416 games
204
212
Postseason4 games
3
1
Chicago Cubs Biggest Win
17–5+12 runs
May 12, 2014
St. Louis Cardinals Biggest Win
17–1+16 runs
Jul 3, 2026
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CHC ↕STL ↕Games ↕
20266713
20258513
20246713
20238513
202261319
202191019
20205510
201991019
201891019
201714519
201610919
2015111223
201491019
201371219
201271017
201151015
20109615
200961016
20089615
200711516
200611819
200510616
200481119
20038917
200261218

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
118-92CHC HOME121-89STL HOME
AWAY
89-121
CHC
AWAY
92-118
STL
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals all-time record, 1892 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
2,530
Peak inning
1
Record game
36 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 420 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,530 Retrosheet games from 1892 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
30.7%

Share of the 420 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
69.3%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.4.

Average total
8.7runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
56.9%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.5237183
56.4%
8.5Closest to even205215
48.8%
9.5155265
36.9%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

St. Louis Cardinals
213 W · 50.7%1.97
Chicago Cubs
207 W · 49.3%2.03

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
15%vs 30.7% full archive
-15.7% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
85%vs 69.3% full archive
+15.7% in the last 20
Average total
8.7 runsvs 8.7 runs full archive
0 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2025 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Cardinals and Cubs in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals

How is the Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1892 through 2026 contains 2,543 recorded meetings. 2,524 meetings have a winner; 19 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

What is the Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 4 games: Chicago Cubs have 3 wins and St. Louis Cardinals has 1 win. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1892 through 2026.

How do recent Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals results compare with the complete record?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Chicago Cubs lead the decided record 1290-1234. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1892 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals have met 420 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.