The Chicago Cubs went 73-89 in 2014, a .451 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 614 runs and allowed 707, a run differential of -93. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.79 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Anthony Rizzo led the position players at 5.5 WAR, and Jake Arrieta the rotation at a 2.53 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 17 games back. They were as far as 19 games back on September 22. Their best month was June at 15-13, their worst March/April at 9-17. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 3 to June 7 and a 7-game losing streak from September 5 to September 12. They were 41-40 at home and 32-49 on the road, 19-21 in one-run games and 37-50 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-5 at the Cardinals on May 12; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 at the Nationals on July 5.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
17
.346
99
108
-9
May
11
16
.407
108
108
0
June
15
13
.536
98
101
-3
July
10
16
.385
107
141
-34
August
16
14
.533
111
120
-9
Sept/Oct
12
13
.480
91
129
-38
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
19-21
.475
Extra innings
8-10
.444
Within the division
33-43
.434
Against .500+ clubs
37-50
.425
Decided by 5+ runs
17-27
.386
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2014. 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
32,742
33,039
25,502
41,927
Night
37
31,093
30,633
26,177
38,753
Day
44
34,129
34,114
25,502
41,927
Weekend
39
34,302
34,334
26,712
41,927
Weekday
42
31,293
31,128
25,502
38,753
On the road
81
33,096
32,941
11,418
53,354
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
30,646
May
10
34,714
Jun
16
31,591
Jul
13
34,593
Aug
13
32,903
Sep
16
32,730
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, 2014.
Regulation
3:04
144 games
All games
3:12
Extra innings
4:15
18 of them
Longest
6:27
2014-07-29, 16 inn
Shortest
2:22
2014-08-12
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
3:12
3:07
2:18
6:27
Regulation
144
3:04
3:03
2:18
4:19
Extra innings
18
4:15
4:10
3:07
6:27
Home
81
3:12
3:09
2:22
6:27
Road
81
3:11
3:04
2:18
5:55
Day
75
3:08
3:04
2:18
4:39
Night
87
3:15
3:10
2:19
6:27
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:08
May
10
3:20
Jun
16
3:06
Jul
13
3:26
Aug
13
3:03
Sep
16
3:13
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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 73-89, a .451 win rate, while their -93 run differential implies .436. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
