The Chicago Cubs went 66-96 in 2013, a .407 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 602 runs and allowed 689, a run differential of -87. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.15 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Alfonso Soriano led the position players at 2.3 WAR, and Jeff Samardzija the rotation at a 4.34 ERA.
The 2013 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 31 games back. They spent 4 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 2 and were as far as 31 games back on September 29. Their best month was July at 14-13, their worst August at 8-20. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 26 to May 31 and a 6-game losing streak from May 19 to May 25. They were 31-50 at home and 35-46 on the road, 20-33 in one-run games and 30-60 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Nationals on August 19; the heaviest defeat, 13-2 against the Angels on July 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
16
.385
92
111
-19
May
13
14
.481
129
99
+30
June
12
15
.444
109
130
-21
July
14
13
.519
98
107
-9
August
8
20
.286
93
130
-37
Sept/Oct
9
18
.333
81
112
-31
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
31-50
.383
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
20-33
.377
Extra innings
7-6
.538
Within the division
25-51
.329
Against .500+ clubs
30-60
.333
Decided by 5+ runs
17-19
.472
Last 10
3-7
.300
National League Central standings, 2013
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2013. 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
32,626
32,579
20,696
42,240
Night
30
32,775
32,053
28,052
42,240
Day
51
32,538
33,119
20,696
41,981
Weekend
39
34,067
34,258
24,645
42,240
Weekday
42
31,287
31,441
20,696
40,083
On the road
81
32,159
32,213
11,634
52,326
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
31,361
May
17
33,318
Jun
12
31,904
Jul
13
34,651
Aug
16
34,029
Sep
13
29,608
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, 2013.
Regulation
3:01
149 games
All games
3:07
Extra innings
4:06
13 of them
Longest
5:07
2013-06-13, 14 inn
Shortest
2:14
2013-08-19
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
3:07
3:03
2:14
5:13
Regulation
149
3:01
3:01
2:14
3:50
Extra innings
13
4:06
4:04
3:11
5:13
Home
81
3:06
3:03
2:14
5:07
Road
81
3:07
3:03
2:23
5:13
Day
80
3:09
3:03
2:23
5:13
Night
82
3:04
3:04
2:14
4:35
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
3:13
May
17
2:54
Jun
12
3:14
Jul
13
3:10
Aug
16
3:08
Sep
13
3:02
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 -87 run differential implies .439. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
