The leadoff position was really a bad position for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2019. While it didn’t seem that bad on the surface, the Cardinals ranked 29th in the MLB by wRC+ from the leadoff spot.
The 79 wRC+ the Cardinals got was only better than the rival Chicago Cubs and really is a microcosm of what the entire issue with last season’s offense was. It started off bad and didn’t get much better from there.
The majority of the year’s leadoff at-bats came from Matt Carpenter (270 at-bats) and his 79 wRC+ on the year, but just behind him was Dexter Fowler (194 at-bats with an 89 wRC+) and Tommy Edman (136 at-bats and a 75 wRC+).