Brewers vs Cardinals: Head-to-Head Since 2002

NL Central rivalry
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals lead Brewers260to217since 1982

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 10 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Brewers lead 8-2

Data updated 6 min read

At a glance

Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals insights

Current-feed record
+36wins for Cardinals
54% Cardinals · 46% Brewers

Brewers have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 31-18.

Recent form
14-6last 20

Brewers won 8-4 on Jul 9, 2026

Where it matters
6Postseason games

6 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Cardinals built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 207 of 365 decided meetings (57%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 18-31, or 37% to Cardinals.

Brewers vs Cardinals complete all-time series record

Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals is one of the 20 MLB pairings with a complete Retrosheet history, extended with final games through 2026. The current-feed tables below remain separately scoped to 2002 onward.

History span
1982 to 2026
Retrosheet plus later final games
Postseason record
Cardinals 8-5
13 postseason games included
Source bridge
10
Later final games added after the Retrosheet endpoint
Win Percentage
189W
225W
MIL
STL
46%54%
Milwaukee BrewersSt. Louis Cardinals

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Jul 9
STL 4-8 MIL
MIL
Jul 8
STL 5-1 MIL
STL
Jul 7
STL 3-4 MIL
MIL
Jul 7
STL 2-10 MIL
MIL
Jul 6
STL 3-4 MIL
MIL
May 27
MIL 2-1 STL
MIL
May 26
MIL 6-0 STL
MIL
May 25
MIL 5-1 STL
MIL
May 6
STL 2-6 MIL
MIL
May 4
STL 6-3 MIL
STL
Last Meeting
Jul 9, 2026Final
STL
4
HOME
MIL
8
AWAY
Brewerswon by4runs
Snapped Cardinals' streak·Game 414 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Milwaukee Brewers won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.5 runs on average
3.5runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
MILTrending Up
Last 1080%
Archive since 200245.7%
STLTrending Down
Last 1020%
Archive since 200254.3%
Last 10 Results
MIL / STL

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season408 games
187
221
Postseason6 games
2
4
Milwaukee Brewers Biggest Win
183+15 runs
Sep 15, 2020
St. Louis Cardinals Biggest Win
181+17 runs
May 15, 2023
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season MIL STL Games
20268210
20257613
20248513
20238513
202291019
202181119
20205510
201991019
201811819
201711819
201661319
201561319
201471219
201351419
20126915
2011111324
20108715
20099918
200810515
20077815
20067916
200551116
20048917
200331316
200271017

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
89-113MIL HOME112-100STL HOME
AWAY
100-112
MIL
AWAY
113-89
STL
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals, from 1982 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
467
Peak inning
EX
Record game
23 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 414 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 467 Retrosheet games from 1982 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%

Share of the 414 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
70%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.5.

Average total
8.5runs

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

Home side wins
48.6%

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 even225189
54.3%
8.5186228
44.9%
9.5150264
36.2%

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
225 W · 54.3%1.84
Milwaukee Brewers
189 W · 45.7%2.19

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 30% full archive
+10% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
60%vs 70% full archive
-10% in the last 20
Average total
7.8 runsvs 8.5 runs full archive
-0.7 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 Brewers in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

What is the Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 13 games: Milwaukee Brewers have 5 wins and St. Louis Cardinals have 8 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1982 through 2026.

How do recent Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals results compare with the complete record?

Milwaukee Brewers have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. St. Louis Cardinals lead the decided record 260-217. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1982 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

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.

Read the full H2H data methodology →

Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals have met 414 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.