The Chicago Cubs went 85-77 in 2007, a .525 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 752 runs and allowed 690, a run differential of +62. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.04 staff ERA was the third best. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Aramis Ramirez led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Ted Lilly the rotation at a 3.83 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL Central, 2 games clear. They spent 45 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on September 23 and were as far as 8.5 games back on June 21. Their best month was July at 17-9, their worst March/April at 10-14. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from June 22 to June 29 and a 6-game losing streak from May 27 to June 2. They were 44-37 at home and 41-40 on the road, 23-22 in one-run games and 32-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 against the Giants on July 18; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 at the Rockies on August 11.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
14
.417
112
91
+21
May
12
15
.444
119
129
-10
June
17
11
.607
133
121
+12
July
17
9
.654
126
87
+39
August
12
16
.429
118
137
-19
Sept/Oct
17
12
.586
144
125
+19
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
23-22
.511
Extra innings
2-8
.200
Within the division
45-34
.570
Against .500+ clubs
32-37
.464
Decided by 5+ runs
27-17
.614
Last 10
6-4
.600
2007 postseason
In October the Chicago Cubs lost the NLDS to the Diamondbacks 3-0.
NLDS vs Diamondbacks0-3 L
Game 1, October 3 L 1-3 at Diamondbacks
Game 2, October 4 L 4-8 at Diamondbacks
Game 3, October 6 L 1-5 vs Diamondbacks
National League Central standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2007. 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
81
40,154
40,495
32,126
41,909
Night
28
39,477
40,214
32,126
41,686
Day
53
40,512
40,988
35,924
41,909
Weekend
38
40,840
41,284
37,267
41,909
Weekday
43
39,547
40,163
32,126
41,686
On the road
81
36,053
37,564
11,437
51,816
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
37,601
May
12
40,460
Jun
15
40,317
Jul
13
41,096
Aug
15
40,932
Sep
13
40,396
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 162 completed games, 2007.
Regulation
2:47
152 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:39
10 of them
Longest
4:39
2007-05-08, 15 inn
Shortest
2:05
2007-06-11
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
162
2:50
2:47
2:05
4:39
Regulation
152
2:47
2:46
2:05
3:35
Extra innings
10
3:39
3:38
2:44
4:39
Home
81
2:53
2:49
2:05
4:39
Road
81
2:47
2:46
2:13
3:36
Day
82
2:48
2:46
2:08
4:15
Night
80
2:52
2:51
2:05
4:39
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:00
May
12
2:58
Jun
15
2:48
Jul
13
2:45
Aug
15
2:58
Sep
13
2:51
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 167 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 85-77, a .525 win rate, while their +62 run differential implies .539. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
