The Chicago Cubs went 66-96 in 2006, a .407 winning percentage — 28th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 716 runs and allowed 834, a run differential of -118. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.69 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Aramis Ramirez led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Greg Maddux the rotation at a 4.20 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 6th in the NL Central, 17.5 games back. They spent 4 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 20 games back on September 15. Their best month was March/April at 13-10, their worst May at 7-22. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from July 27 to July 30 and an 8-game losing streak from May 2 to May 9. They were 36-45 at home and 30-51 on the road, 15-26 in one-run games and 29-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-7 at the Reds on April 3; the heaviest defeat, 16-2 against the Brewers on April 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
10
.565
109
112
-3
May
7
22
.241
93
151
-58
June
9
18
.333
108
143
-35
July
14
12
.538
127
134
-7
August
11
17
.393
131
154
-23
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
148
140
+8
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
36-45
.444
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
15-26
.366
Extra innings
4-7
.364
Within the division
42-42
.500
Against .500+ clubs
29-43
.403
Decided by 5+ runs
20-34
.370
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
80
39,040
39,825
27,105
41,698
Night
27
38,123
39,226
31,494
40,563
Day
53
39,508
40,182
27,105
41,698
Weekend
39
40,108
40,346
33,721
41,698
Weekday
41
38,025
39,226
27,105
40,881
On the road
81
33,818
36,200
7,720
47,686
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
39,190
May
14
39,798
Jun
11
40,101
Jul
13
40,463
Aug
13
36,872
Sep
17
35,865
Oct
1
39,609
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 160 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:45
149 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
4:03
11 of them
Longest
4:53
2006-09-30, 14 inn
Shortest
2:09
2006-09-01
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
160
2:51
2:45
1:59
5:36
Regulation
149
2:45
2:42
1:59
3:44
Extra innings
11
4:03
3:47
3:07
5:36
Home
81
2:49
2:42
2:09
4:53
Road
79
2:52
2:45
1:59
5:36
Day
83
2:49
2:41
2:07
4:53
Night
77
2:53
2:47
1:59
5:36
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:43
May
14
2:44
Jun
11
2:53
Jul
13
2:58
Aug
13
2:44
Sep
17
2:55
Oct
1
2:45
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 165 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Chicago Cubs are 66-96, a .407 win rate, while their -118 run differential implies .431. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
