As of August 28, the Cardinals were games behind the Braves for the wild card playoff berth with 28 left to play. In a September 1 contest against the Brewers, Holliday hit his 200th career home run, becoming the 300th player in MLB history to do so. Tendonitis developed in his right hand on September 13, limiting him to three more starts the rest of the season. St. Louis won 20 of their final 28 games, enabling them to overtake the Braves for the wild card position in the last game of the regular season; it was the largest lead surrendered in MLB history with 28 games left to play. In 124 games, Holliday batted .296 with 22 home runs, 75 RBI, 36 doubles, .388 on-base percentage, .525 slugging percentage, .912 OPS, and 151 OPS+, placing sixth in the NL in on-base percentage, seventh in OPS and OPS+ and ninth in doubles.