The Chicago Cubs went 75-87 in 2010, a .463 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 685 runs and allowed 767, a run differential of -82. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.27 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Geovany Soto led the position players at 3.9 WAR, and Ryan Dempster the rotation at a 3.85 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 16 games back. They were as far as 21.5 games back on August 20. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 19-10, their worst August at 10-19. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 13 to September 19 and a 7-game losing streak from July 27 to August 3. They were 35-46 at home and 40-41 on the road, 22-32 in one-run games and 32-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 against the Brewers on August 4; the heaviest defeat, 18-1 against the Brewers on August 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
13
.458
112
107
+5
May
13
15
.464
108
127
-19
June
10
16
.385
92
107
-15
July
12
14
.462
125
152
-27
August
10
19
.345
140
171
-31
Sept/Oct
19
10
.655
108
103
+5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
35-46
.432
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
22-32
.407
Extra innings
4-6
.400
Within the division
34-45
.430
Against .500+ clubs
32-43
.427
Decided by 5+ runs
23-26
.469
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League Central standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2010. 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
37,814
38,144
29,538
41,406
Night
29
36,332
36,401
29,538
41,406
Day
52
38,641
39,490
30,687
41,353
Weekend
39
39,700
40,368
31,424
41,406
Weekday
42
36,064
36,737
29,538
41,306
On the road
81
32,273
31,105
10,972
53,081
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
38,433
May
16
38,325
Jun
12
38,497
Jul
14
39,593
Aug
15
36,439
Sep
13
35,705
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, 2010.
Regulation
2:48
152 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:26
10 of them
Longest
3:56
2010-07-21, 12 inn
Shortest
2:12
2010-07-16
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
2:48
2:12
4:02
Regulation
152
2:48
2:47
2:12
3:30
Extra innings
10
3:26
3:28
2:45
4:02
Home
81
2:51
2:49
2:12
3:56
Road
81
2:49
2:46
2:13
4:02
Day
78
2:53
2:50
2:12
4:02
Night
84
2:48
2:45
2:13
3:41
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:49
May
16
2:48
Jun
12
2:45
Jul
14
2:56
Aug
15
2:58
Sep
13
2:47
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 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 75-87, a .463 win rate, while their -82 run differential implies .448. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
