Kammala wannan magana: A farkon kakar wasa, Cardinals sun yi amfani da asarar manyan 'yan wasa Chris Carpenter, Jason Motte, Rafael Furcal da Jaime García saboda raunin da ya ƙare a kakar wasa. Don daidaita waɗannan ƙarancin, St. Louis ya shiga cikin tsarin gonarsu. A cikin wasan Mayu da Colorado Rockies, rookie farawa mai jefa Shelby Miller ya kafa rikodin rikodi na kowane lokaci don wasan wasa tara na 98. Mai farawa Adam Wainwright ya tara rikodin rikodin rikodi (IP) kafin ya ba da tafiya ta farko a ranar 23 ga Afrilu kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta NL Pitcher of the Month a watan Yuni. Baseman na farko Allen Craig ya samar da matsakaicin matsakaicin matsakaicin mutum na uku tare da masu gudu a matsayi na zira kwallo a.454 yayin da Cardinals suka kafa tarihin kungiyar Major League na kowane lokaci a.330. Rookie Matt Adams ya jagoranci tawagar a cikin slugging kashi a.503. Dan wasa na biyu Matt Carpenter, yana wasa a kakar wasa ta farko a wannan matsayi tun lokacin da ya zama mai sana'a, ya sami
Zaɓin All-Star yayin da ya jagoranci Babban Wasannin a cikin hits (199), ya zira kwallaye (126), kuma sau biyu (55). A cikin duka, rookies 20 sun bayyana a cikin wasa kuma Cardinals sun tattara nasarori 36 daga masu jefa kwallo. Buga na 2013 ya kafa rikodin mallaka a cikin yawan filin wasa (.988), jefa bugun jini (1254) da bugun jini a cikin 9 innings da aka jefa (7.73).