San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Record

National League
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Giants lead Cardinals1,112to1,002·9 tiessince 1892

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 6 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Giants lead 5-1

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At a glance

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

San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals insights

Current-feed record
+3wins for Giants
51% Giants · 49% Cardinals

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 14-11 since 2023.

Recent form
10-10last 20
Giants on a 2-game streak

Giants won 6-5 on Sep 16, 2026

Where it matters
17Postseason games

17 postseason games across 3 postseasons since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Giants built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 72 of 144 decided meetings (50%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 14-11, or 56% to Giants.

Giants vs Cardinals postseason head-to-head record

San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals have met 2,123 times since 1892, 24 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Giants 15-9
24 postseason games since 1892
Playoff share
1.1%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
2,099
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
86W
83W
SF
STL
51%49%
San Francisco GiantsSt. Louis Cardinals

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 16
STL 5-6 SF
SF
Sep 15
STL 3-10 SF
SF
Sep 14
STL 2-1 SF
STL
Sep 9
SF 7-6 STL
SF
Sep 8
SF 2-1 STL
SF
Sep 7
SF 5-4 STL
SF
Sep 24
SF 4-3 STL
SF
Sep 23
SF 8-9 STL
STL
Sep 22
SF 5-6 STL
STL
Sep 7
STL 4-3 SF
STL
Last Meeting
Sep 16, 2026Final
STL
5
HOME
SF
6
AWAY
Giantswon by1run
Giants' 2nd straight in this series·Game 169 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
San Francisco Giants: 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)
SF-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200250.9%
STL-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200249.1%
Last 10 Results
SF / STL

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season152 games
74
78
Postseason17 games
12
5
San Francisco Giants Biggest Win
15–0+15 runs
Aug 8, 2012
St. Louis Cardinals Biggest Win
14–3+11 runs
Apr 7, 2013
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓SF ↕STL ↕Games ↕
2026516
2025246
2024156
2023617
2022347
2021246
2019347
2018257
2017347
2016347
2015246
20148412
2013246
20127613
2011527
2010336
2009437
2008437
2007415
2006145
2005246
2004336
2003516
20026511

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
46-40SF HOME43-40STL HOME
AWAY
40-43
SF
AWAY
40-46
STL
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

San Francisco Giants 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
2,117
Peak inning
1
Record game
26 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 169 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,117 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
29.6%

Share of the 169 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
70.4%

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

Average total
8.4runs

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

Home side wins
52.7%

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
7.59574
56.2%
8.5Closest to even8188
47.9%
9.560109
35.5%

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.

San Francisco Giants
86 W · 50.9%1.97
St. Louis Cardinals
83 W · 49.1%2.04

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
60%vs 29.6% full archive
+30.4% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
40%vs 70.4% full archive
-30.4% in the last 20
Average total
9.8 runsvs 8.4 runs full archive
+1.4 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 Giants and Cardinals in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals

How is the San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1892 through 2026 contains 2,123 recorded meetings. 2,114 meetings have a winner; 9 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

What is the San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 24 games: San Francisco Giants have 15 wins and St. Louis Cardinals have 9 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1892 through 2026.

When did the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is May 4, 1892, when St. Louis Cardinals beat San Francisco Giants 5-3 at home. The archive covers 2,117 meetings from 1892 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

San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals have met 169 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.