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 5.9 WAR, and Jake Arrieta the rotation at a 1.77 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 3 games back. They spent 3 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 13 and were as far as 11.5 games back on June 28. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 23-9, their worst May at 14-14. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from August 6 to August 15 and a 5-game losing streak from June 24 to June 28. They were 49-32 at home and 48-33 on the road, 34-21 in one-run games and 44-32 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-0 at the Indians on June 17; the heaviest defeat, 12-4 at the Brewers on May 9.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
8
.600
89
77
+12
May
14
14
.500
106
120
-14
June
14
13
.519
101
91
+10
July
15
12
.556
96
100
-4
August
19
9
.679
141
123
+18
Sept/Oct
23
9
.719
156
97
+59
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
48-33
.593
One-run games
34-21
.618
Extra innings
13-5
.722
Within the division
46-30
.605
Against .500+ clubs
44-32
.579
Decided by 5+ runs
16-15
.516
Last 10
8-2
.800
National League Central standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2015. 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
36,541
36,747
26,390
41,688
Night
38
35,047
35,109
26,390
41,242
Day
43
37,861
39,581
26,814
41,688
Weekend
39
38,352
40,016
29,113
41,688
Weekday
42
34,859
35,109
26,390
41,498
On the road
80
34,422
36,215
11,777
51,697
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
29,991
May
15
34,205
Jun
9
37,217
Jul
16
38,884
Aug
15
38,871
Sep
15
38,445
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, 2015.
Regulation
2:58
144 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
3:40
18 of them
Longest
5:01
2015-05-15, 12 inn
Shortest
2:18
2015-07-05
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
3:03
3:01
2:08
5:01
Regulation
144
2:58
3:00
2:08
3:48
Extra innings
18
3:40
3:33
2:49
5:01
Home
81
3:01
3:01
2:18
5:01
Road
81
3:04
3:03
2:08
4:51
Day
67
3:00
2:59
2:18
5:01
Night
95
3:04
3:03
2:08
4:51
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:53
May
15
3:05
Jun
9
3:07
Jul
16
2:52
Aug
15
3:09
Sep
15
3:01
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 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.
