St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals All-Time Record

National League
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Nationals
Cardinals lead Nationals350to323·1 tiessince 1969

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

2026 season series tied 3-3

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At a glance

All-time since 1969 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals insights

Current-feed record
+26wins for Cardinals
58% Cardinals · 42% Nationals

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 16-9 since 2023.

Recent form
13-7last 20

Cardinals won 5-3 on Sep 20, 2026

Where it matters
9Postseason games

9 postseason games across 2 postseasons since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Cardinals built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 78 of 137 decided meetings (57%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 16-9, or 64% to Cardinals.

Cardinals vs Nationals postseason head-to-head record

St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals have met 674 times since 1969, 9 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Nationals 6-3
9 postseason games since 1969
Playoff share
1.3%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
665
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
94W
68W
STL
WSH
58%42%
St. Louis CardinalsWashington Nationals

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 20
STL 5-3 WSH
STL
Sep 19
STL 5-8 WSH
WSH
Sep 18
STL 1-9 WSH
WSH
Apr 8
WSH 1-6 STL
STL
Apr 7
WSH 6-7 STL
STL
Apr 6
WSH 9-6 STL
WSH
Jul 10
STL 8-1 WSH
STL
Jul 9
STL 2-8 WSH
WSH
Jul 8
STL 4-2 WSH
STL
May 11
WSH 1-6 STL
STL
Last Meeting
Sep 20, 2026Final
STL
5
HOME
WSH
3
AWAY
Cardinalswon by2runs
Snapped Nationals' streak·Game 162 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
St. Louis Cardinals 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)
STL-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200258%
WSH-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200242%
Last 10 Results
STL / WSH

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season153 games
91
62
Postseason9 games
3
6
St. Louis Cardinals Biggest Win
14–3+11 runs
Apr 13, 2021
Washington Nationals Biggest Win
12–1+11 runs
Aug 4, 2007
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓STL ↕WSH ↕Games ↕
2026336
2025516
2024437
2023426
2022437
2021246
20195611
2018527
2017336
2016257
2015426
2014527
2013606
20126612
2011246
2010336
2009617
2008516
2007156
2006437
2005426
2004336
2003516
2002336

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
49-29STL HOME39-45WSH HOME
AWAY
45-39
STL
AWAY
29-49
WSH
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals all-time record, 1969 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
668
Peak inning
3
Record game
24 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 162 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 668 Retrosheet games from 1969 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
27.2%

Share of the 162 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
72.8%

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

Average total
8.7runs

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

Home side wins
54.3%

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 even8676
53.1%
8.57488
45.7%
9.558104
35.8%

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
94 W · 58%1.72
Washington Nationals
68 W · 42%2.38

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 27.2% full archive
-12.2% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
85%vs 72.8% full archive
+12.2% in the last 20
Average total
10.9 runsvs 8.7 runs full archive
+2.2 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 Nationals in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals

How is the St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1969 through 2026 contains 674 recorded meetings. 673 meetings have a winner; 1 meeting ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

What is the St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 9 games: St. Louis Cardinals have 3 wins and Washington Nationals have 6 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1969 through 2026.

When did the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Apr 14, 1969, when Washington Nationals beat St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 at home. The archive covers 668 meetings from 1969 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

St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals have met 162 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.