Dodgers vs Cardinals H2H Since 2002: Cardinals Lead 98-82

National League
Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals lead Dodgers98to82since 2002

Current-feed record from 2002 through 2026.

2026 season series: Cardinals lead 4-2

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Data updated 6 min read

At a glance

Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Dodgers vs Cardinals postseason head-to-head record

Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals have a verified postseason subset inside the current-feed record. The playoff games are included in the overall total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Cardinals 10-8
18 postseason games since 2002
Playoff share
10.0%
Share of recorded meetings in this feed
Regular season
162
Recorded non-postseason meetings

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 3
LAD 3-2 STL
LAD
Sep 2
LAD 6-8 STL
STL
Sep 1
LAD 8-13 STL
STL
May 3
STL 1-4 LAD
LAD
May 2
STL 3-2 LAD
STL
May 1
STL 7-2 LAD
STL
Aug 6
LAD 3-5 STL
STL
Aug 5
LAD 12-6 STL
LAD
Aug 4
LAD 2-3 STL
STL
Jun 8
STL 3-7 LAD
LAD

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season162 games
74
88
Postseason18 games
8
10
Los Angeles Dodgers Biggest Win
17–4+13 runs
Sep 15, 2018
St. Louis Cardinals Biggest Win
11–0+11 runs
Sep 23, 2022
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓LAD ↕STL ↕Games ↕
2026246
2025246
2024527
2023437
2022426
2021538
2019347
2018347
2017437
2016426
2015257
20145611
20136713
20126511
2011437
2010347
20095510
2008246
2007336
2006077
2005257
20043710
2003426
2002145

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
49-41LAD HOME57-33STL HOME
AWAY
33-57
LAD
AWAY
41-49
STL
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals, from 1884 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book.

Games
2,240
Peak inning
1
Record game
31 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 180 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,240 Retrosheet games from 1884 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
32.2%

Share of the 180 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
67.8%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.3.

Average total
8.4runs

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

Home side wins
58.9%

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
7.5Closest to even9189
50.6%
8.577103
42.8%
9.565115
36.1%

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
98 W · 54.4%1.84
Los Angeles Dodgers
82 W · 45.6%2.20

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
40%vs 32.2% full archive
+7.8% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
60%vs 67.8% full archive
-7.8% in the last 20
Average total
9.2 runsvs 8.4 runs full archive
+0.8 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2023 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 Dodgers in the oddsmatcher.

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The source windows, derivations and update process for this data page are documented in the methodology above.

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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 History Lab uses Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Its source window is labeled separately from the refreshed current feed that starts 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

Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals have met 180 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.