The Chicago Cubs went 71-91 in 2011, a .438 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 654 runs and allowed 756, a run differential of -102. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.34 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Aramis Ramirez led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Matt Garza the rotation at a 3.32 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 25 games back. They spent 1 of 181 days in first place and were as far as 25 games back on September 28. Their best month was August at 16-13, their worst July at 9-17. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 31 to August 6 and an 8-game losing streak from May 30 to June 7. They were 39-42 at home and 32-49 on the road, 25-28 in one-run games and 30-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Mets on May 24; the heaviest defeat, 12-2 against the Dodgers on April 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
14
.462
106
137
-31
May
11
16
.407
123
135
-12
June
11
18
.379
108
138
-30
July
9
17
.346
91
131
-40
August
16
13
.552
125
118
+7
Sept/Oct
12
13
.480
101
97
+4
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
25-28
.472
Extra innings
9-5
.643
Within the division
34-46
.425
Against .500+ clubs
30-43
.411
Decided by 5+ runs
12-24
.333
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2011. 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
37,259
37,464
26,292
42,374
Night
29
37,208
37,109
31,178
41,828
Day
52
37,287
37,765
26,292
42,374
Weekend
38
38,731
39,520
30,857
42,374
Weekday
43
35,958
36,666
26,292
41,341
On the road
81
32,787
33,502
14,422
50,146
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
34,801
May
16
35,051
Jun
13
39,188
Jul
13
39,730
Aug
13
38,828
Sep
12
36,604
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:55
146 games
All games
2:59
Extra innings
3:37
14 of them
Longest
3:59
2011-04-20, 11 inn
Shortest
2:22
2011-06-29
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
2:59
2:54
2:21
4:28
Regulation
146
2:55
2:53
2:21
3:51
Extra innings
14
3:37
3:47
2:26
4:28
Home
79
2:59
2:52
2:22
3:59
Road
81
2:59
2:55
2:21
4:28
Day
73
3:00
2:56
2:23
3:59
Night
87
2:58
2:54
2:21
4:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:01
May
14
2:54
Jun
13
3:04
Jul
13
2:51
Aug
13
2:54
Sep
12
3:07
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 175 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 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -102 run differential implies .434. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
