- Team WAR
- 43.9 21.2 bat / 22.7 pitch
- Win %
- .599 pyth .557
- Run diff
- +81 4.25 / 3.75 per g
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 3.31 FIP 3.23
- Home runs
- 167
The Chicago Cubs went 97-65 in 2015, a .599 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 689 runs and allowed 608, a run differential of +81. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.31 staff ERA was the third best. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Kris Bryant led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Jake Arrieta the rotation at a 1.77 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,317 team hits
Batting
32 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 151 | 650 | 154 | 26 | 99 | 13 | .275 | .369 | .488 | .376 | 144 | 5.8 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 160 | 701 | 163 | 31 | 101 | 17 | .278 | .387 | .512 | .389 | 153 | 5.2 |
| Dexter Fowler | CF | 156 | 690 | 149 | 17 | 46 | 20 | .250 | .346 | .411 | .338 | 116 | 4.0 |
| Miguel Montero | C | 113 | 403 | 86 | 15 | 53 | 1 | .248 | .345 | .409 | .333 | 113 | 2.8 |
| Chris Coghlan | LF | 148 | 503 | 110 | 16 | 41 | 11 | .250 | .341 | .443 | .342 | 120 | 2.4 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 69 | 273 | 57 | 16 | 43 | 3 | .246 | .355 | .487 | .369 | 139 | 1.9 |
| Addison Russell | 2B | 141 | 523 | 115 | 13 | 54 | 4 | .242 | .307 | .389 | .307 | 95 | 1.8 |
| Starlin Castro | SS | 151 | 578 | 145 | 11 | 69 | 5 | .265 | .296 | .375 | .291 | 83 | 1.3 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 101 | 404 | 96 | 10 | 47 | 3 | .262 | .324 | .399 | .316 | 101 | 0.8 |
| Tommy La Stella | 2B | 33 | 75 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .269 | .324 | .403 | .321 | 104 | 0.3 |
| Javier Báez | 2B | 27 | 80 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .289 | .325 | .408 | .318 | 102 | 0.3 |
| Chris Denorfia | LF | 95 | 231 | 57 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .269 | .319 | .373 | .305 | 93 | 0.2 |
| Donn Roach | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .881 | 504 | 0.1 |
| Dallas Beeler | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .425 | 179 | 0.0 |
| Quintin Berry | CF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| James Russell | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Justin Grimm | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Matt Szczur | LF | 42 | 80 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .222 | .278 | .333 | .273 | 70 | -0.1 |
| Clayton Richard | P | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .200 | .286 | .217 | 31 | -0.1 |
| Mike Baxter | RF | 34 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .246 | .348 | .263 | .284 | 78 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Teagarden | C | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | P | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .079 | -68 | -0.1 |
| Junior Lake | LF | 29 | 84 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .200 | .238 | .325 | .249 | 53 | -0.2 |
| Arismendy Alcántara | 2B | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .077 | .226 | .077 | .172 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Jonathan Herrera | 2B | 68 | 132 | 29 | 2 | 14 | 3 | .230 | .242 | .333 | .247 | 52 | -0.3 |
| Travis Wood | P | 20 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .100 | .156 | .100 | .127 | -34 | -0.4 |
| David Ross | C | 67 | 182 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .176 | .267 | .252 | .224 | 35 | -0.4 |
| Jake Arrieta | P | 30 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .152 | .163 | .266 | .185 | 8 | -0.6 |
| Jason Hammel | P | 30 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .169 | .179 | .185 | .161 | -10 | -0.7 |
| Jon Lester | P | 29 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .108 | .065 | .087 | -63 | -1.1 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 30 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .050 | .066 | .067 | .061 | -81 | -1.1 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jake Arrieta | 33 | 33 | 229.0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 236 | 1.77 | 2.35 | 0.86 | 9.3 | 6.8 |
| Jon Lester | 32 | 32 | 205.0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 207 | 3.34 | 2.92 | 1.12 | 9.1 | 4.7 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 32 | 32 | 180.0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 167 | 3.95 | 3.36 | 1.16 | 8.3 | 3.2 |
| Jason Hammel | 31 | 31 | 170.2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 172 | 3.74 | 3.68 | 1.16 | 9.1 | 2.4 |
| Héctor Rondón | 72 | 0 | 70.0 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 69 | 1.67 | 2.68 | 1.00 | 8.9 | 1.4 |
| Travis Wood | 54 | 9 | 100.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 118 | 3.84 | 3.40 | 1.24 | 10.5 | 1.3 |
| Pedro Strop | 76 | 0 | 68.0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 81 | 2.91 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 10.7 | 1.0 |
| Justin Grimm | 62 | 0 | 49.2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 67 | 1.99 | 3.11 | 1.15 | 12.1 | 0.8 |
| Jason Motte | 57 | 0 | 48.1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 3.91 | 3.61 | 1.22 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
| Clayton Richard | 23 | 3 | 42.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3.83 | 3.58 | 1.28 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| James Russell | 49 | 0 | 34.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5.29 | 3.90 | 1.50 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| Neil Ramírez | 19 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.21 | 3.21 | 1.29 | 9.6 | 0.2 |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | 8 | 7 | 32.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3.62 | 4.34 | 1.27 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
| Dallas Beeler | 3 | 3 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9.72 | 3.97 | 2.52 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.86 | 3.35 | 1.29 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| Donn Roach | 1 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 3.43 | 2.70 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| David Ross | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chris Denorfia | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Phil Coke | 18 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5.68 | 4.48 | 1.58 | 8.5 | -0.0 |
| Zac Rosscup | 33 | 0 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4.39 | 4.86 | 1.46 | 9.8 | -0.1 |
| Rafael Soriano | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.35 | 6.84 | 1.59 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| Brian Schlitter | 10 | 0 | 7.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7.36 | 6.41 | 1.91 | 4.9 | -0.2 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago Cubs are 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +81 run differential implies .557. That is about 7 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.