Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Record

NL Central rivalry
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Pirates lead Cardinals1,314to1,285·24 tiessince 1882

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 1882 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals insights

Current-feed record
+70wins for Cardinals
58% Cardinals · 42% Pirates

Pirates have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 27-25.

Recent form
11-9last 20

Pirates won 2-1 on Sep 24, 2026

Where it matters
5Postseason games

5 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Cardinals built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 218 of 364 decided meetings (60%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 25-27, or 48% to Cardinals.

Pirates vs Cardinals postseason head-to-head record

Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals have met 2,623 times since 1882, 5 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Cardinals 3-2
5 postseason games since 1882
Playoff share
0.2%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
2,618
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
173W
243W
PIT
STL
42%58%
Pittsburgh PiratesSt. Louis Cardinals

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 24
PIT 2-1 STL
PIT
Sep 23
PIT 1-5 STL
STL
Sep 22
PIT 2-0 STL
PIT
Aug 30
STL 4-5 PIT
PIT
Aug 29
STL 2-6 PIT
PIT
Aug 28
STL 4-1 PIT
STL
May 21
STL 2-6 PIT
PIT
May 20
STL 0-7 PIT
PIT
May 19
STL 9-6 PIT
STL
Apr 30
PIT 5-10 STL
STL
Last Meeting
Sep 24, 2026Final
PIT
2
HOME
STL
1
AWAY
Pirateswon by1run
Snapped Cardinals' streak·Game 416 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Pittsburgh Pirates 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)
PIT↑Trending Up
Last 1060%
Archive since 200241.6%
STL↓Trending Down
Last 1040%
Archive since 200258.4%
Last 10 Results
PIT / STL

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season411 games
171
240
Postseason5 games
2
3
Pittsburgh Pirates Biggest Win
14–0+14 runs
Aug 20, 2003
St. Louis Cardinals Biggest Win
18–4+14 runs
May 22, 2022
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓PIT ↕STL ↕Games ↕
20266713
20257613
20245813
20239413
202261319
202171219
20204610
201951419
201881119
201781119
201691019
201591019
201481119
2013121224
20128715
20117916
20106915
200951015
200810717
200761218
20066915
200541216
200451217
200371017
200261117

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
93-115PIT HOME128-80STL HOME
AWAY
80-128
PIT
AWAY
115-93
STL
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals all-time record, 1882 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
2,610
Peak inning
1
Record game
30 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 416 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,610 Retrosheet games from 1882 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 416 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
8.9runs

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

Home side wins
53.1%

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
7.5238178
57.2%
8.5Closest to even212204
51%
9.5160256
38.5%

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
243 W · 58.4%1.71
Pittsburgh Pirates
173 W · 41.6%2.40

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
30%vs 30% full archive
0% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
70%vs 70% full archive
0% in the last 20
Average total
7.8 runsvs 8.9 runs full archive
-1.1 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 Pirates in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals

How is the Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1882 through 2026 contains 2,623 recorded meetings. 2,599 meetings have a winner; 24 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

What is the Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 5 games: Pittsburgh Pirates have 2 wins and St. Louis Cardinals have 3 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1882 through 2026.

When did the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is May 10, 1882, when Pittsburgh Pirates beat St. Louis Cardinals 9-5 at home. The archive covers 2,610 meetings from 1882 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported 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

Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals have met 416 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.