National League Central · 2015
Chicago Cubs 2015
- Team WAR
- 47.9 24.2 bat / 23.7 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 5.9 WAR, and Jake Arrieta the rotation at a 1.77 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
32 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 151 | 650 | 154 | 26 | 99 | 13 | .275 | .369 | .488 | .376 | 144 | 5.9 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 160 | 701 | 163 | 31 | 101 | 17 | .278 | .387 | .512 | .389 | 153 | 5.6 |
| Dexter Fowler | CF | 156 | 690 | 149 | 17 | 46 | 20 | .250 | .346 | .411 | .338 | 116 | 4.0 |
| Chris Coghlan | LF | 148 | 503 | 110 | 16 | 41 | 11 | .250 | .341 | .443 | .342 | 120 | 2.4 |
| Miguel Montero | C | 113 | 403 | 86 | 15 | 53 | 1 | .248 | .345 | .409 | .333 | 113 | 2.3 |
| 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 | 0.6 |
| Javier Báez | 2B | 27 | 80 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .289 | .325 | .408 | .318 | 102 | 0.3 |
| Tommy La Stella | 2B | 33 | 75 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .269 | .324 | .403 | .321 | 104 | 0.3 |
| Jake Arrieta | P | 30 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .152 | .163 | .266 | .185 | 8 | 0.3 |
| Chris Denorfia | LF | 95 | 231 | 57 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .269 | .319 | .373 | .305 | 93 | 0.1 |
| Clayton Richard | P | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .200 | .286 | .217 | 31 | 0.1 |
| Jason Hammel | P | 30 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .169 | .179 | .185 | .161 | -10 | 0.1 |
| Dallas Beeler | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .425 | 179 | 0.1 |
| Donn Roach | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .881 | 504 | 0.1 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .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 |
| Quintin Berry | CF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | P | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .079 | -68 | -0.1 |
| Matt Szczur | LF | 42 | 80 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .222 | .278 | .333 | .273 | 70 | -0.1 |
| Travis Wood | P | 20 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .100 | .156 | .100 | .127 | -34 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Teagarden | C | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Mike Baxter | RF | 34 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .246 | .348 | .263 | .284 | 78 | -0.2 |
| Arismendy Alcántara | 2B | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .077 | .226 | .077 | .172 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Junior Lake | LF | 29 | 84 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .200 | .238 | .325 | .249 | 53 | -0.2 |
| Jon Lester | P | 29 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .108 | .065 | .087 | -63 | -0.4 |
| Jonathan Herrera | 2B | 68 | 132 | 29 | 2 | 14 | 3 | .230 | .242 | .333 | .247 | 52 | -0.4 |
| David Ross | C | 67 | 182 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .176 | .267 | .252 | .224 | 35 | -0.5 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 30 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .050 | .066 | .067 | .061 | -81 | -0.5 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jake Arrieta | 33 | 33 | 229.0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 236 | 1.77 | 2.35 | 0.86 | 9.3 | 7.0 |
| Jon Lester | 32 | 32 | 205.0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 207 | 3.34 | 2.92 | 1.12 | 9.1 | 4.9 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 32 | 32 | 180.0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 167 | 3.95 | 3.36 | 1.16 | 8.3 | 3.3 |
| Jason Hammel | 31 | 31 | 170.2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 172 | 3.74 | 3.68 | 1.16 | 9.1 | 2.5 |
| Héctor Rondón | 72 | 0 | 70.0 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 69 | 1.67 | 2.68 | 1.00 | 8.9 | 1.5 |
| 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 | 0.5 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 36,541 81 home dates
- Median
- 36,747
- Total
- 2,959,812
- Best
- 41,688 2015-07-12
- Quietest
- 26,390 2015-04-13
- On the road
- 34,422 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.