National League Central · 2016
Chicago Cubs 2016
- Team WAR
- 51.8 32.4 bat / 19.4 pitch
- Win %
- .636 pyth .665
- Run diff
- +252 4.99 / 3.43 per g
- wRC+
- 114
- ERA
- 3.18 FIP 3.82
- Home runs
- 198
The Chicago Cubs went 103-58 in 2016, a .636 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 808 runs and allowed 556, a run differential of +252. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.18 staff ERA was the best. Their 114 team wRC+ was 14% above league average — the second best in MLB. Kris Bryant led the position players at 6.9 WAR, and Kyle Hendricks the rotation at a 2.13 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
34 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 155 | 699 | 176 | 39 | 102 | 8 | .292 | .385 | .554 | .402 | 160 | 6.9 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 154 | 676 | 170 | 32 | 109 | 3 | .292 | .385 | .544 | .396 | 156 | 5.2 |
| Dexter Fowler | CF | 124 | 551 | 126 | 13 | 48 | 13 | .276 | .393 | .447 | .371 | 138 | 4.5 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 147 | 631 | 142 | 18 | 76 | 6 | .272 | .386 | .446 | .364 | 133 | 4.3 |
| Addison Russell | SS | 151 | 598 | 125 | 21 | 95 | 5 | .238 | .321 | .417 | .320 | 103 | 2.9 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 74 | 283 | 71 | 12 | 35 | 2 | .282 | .357 | .488 | .367 | 136 | 2.1 |
| Javier Báez | 2B | 133 | 450 | 115 | 14 | 59 | 12 | .273 | .314 | .423 | .319 | 102 | 1.9 |
| David Ross | C | 66 | 205 | 38 | 10 | 32 | 0 | .229 | .338 | .446 | .330 | 110 | 1.0 |
| Jake Arrieta | P | 27 | 70 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .262 | .304 | .415 | .313 | 98 | 0.9 |
| Miguel Montero | C | 84 | 284 | 52 | 8 | 33 | 1 | .216 | .327 | .357 | .302 | 90 | 0.9 |
| Tommy La Stella | 3B | 73 | 169 | 40 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .270 | .357 | .405 | .336 | 114 | 0.8 |
| Jorge Soler | LF | 86 | 264 | 54 | 12 | 31 | 0 | .238 | .333 | .436 | .337 | 115 | 0.8 |
| Jason Hammel | P | 35 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .246 | .258 | .292 | .241 | 47 | 0.5 |
| Albert Almora Jr. | CF | 42 | 117 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .277 | .308 | .455 | .329 | 109 | 0.3 |
| Munenori Kawasaki | 2B | 14 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .462 | .429 | .401 | 160 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Kalish | LF | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .353 | 126 | 0.1 |
| Matt Szczur | LF | 99 | 200 | 48 | 5 | 24 | 2 | .259 | .312 | .400 | .308 | 94 | 0.1 |
| Travis Wood | P | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .204 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .175 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Jake Buchanan | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Pedro Strop | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Héctor Rondón | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Jon Lester | P | 30 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .102 | .185 | .153 | .163 | -7 | -0.0 |
| Spencer Patton | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Rob Zastryzny | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .139 | -24 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 28 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .138 | .167 | .138 | .141 | -23 | -0.0 |
| Adam Warren | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Mike Montgomery | P | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .080 | -66 | -0.1 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .177 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 137 | 592 | 122 | 7 | 49 | 11 | .230 | .306 | .325 | .284 | 77 | -0.2 |
| Tim Federowicz | C | 17 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .194 | .212 | .258 | .204 | 21 | -0.2 |
| John Lackey | P | 28 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .095 | .123 | .127 | .114 | -42 | -0.2 |
Pitching
20 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kyle Hendricks | 31 | 30 | 190.0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 170 | 2.13 | 3.20 | 0.98 | 8.1 | 4.2 |
| Jon Lester | 32 | 32 | 202.2 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 197 | 2.44 | 3.41 | 1.02 | 8.7 | 4.1 |
| Jake Arrieta | 31 | 31 | 197.1 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 190 | 3.10 | 3.52 | 1.08 | 8.7 | 3.7 |
| John Lackey | 29 | 29 | 188.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 180 | 3.35 | 3.81 | 1.06 | 8.6 | 2.9 |
| Jason Hammel | 30 | 30 | 166.2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 144 | 3.83 | 4.48 | 1.21 | 7.8 | 1.3 |
| Pedro Strop | 54 | 0 | 47.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 2.85 | 2.91 | 0.89 | 11.4 | 0.9 |
| Justin Grimm | 68 | 0 | 52.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 4.10 | 3.28 | 1.33 | 11.1 | 0.8 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 36 | 0 | 36.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 3.75 | 2.87 | 0.81 | 13.0 | 0.7 |
| Héctor Rondón | 54 | 0 | 51.0 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 58 | 3.53 | 3.50 | 0.98 | 10.2 | 0.7 |
| Rob Zastryzny | 8 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.13 | 2.15 | 1.06 | 9.6 | 0.5 |
| Clayton Richard | 36 | 9 | 67.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 3.33 | 4.17 | 1.66 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Trevor Cahill | 50 | 1 | 65.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 2.74 | 4.35 | 1.28 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| Félix Peña | 11 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4.00 | 2.70 | 0.89 | 13.0 | 0.2 |
| Travis Wood | 77 | 0 | 61.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2.95 | 4.54 | 1.13 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Gerardo Concepción | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.86 | 2.72 | 1.29 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| Jake Buchanan | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.50 | 4.48 | 0.67 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Miguel Montero | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5.40 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Spencer Patton | 16 | 0 | 21.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5.48 | 5.02 | 1.59 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Adam Warren | 58 | 1 | 65.1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 4.68 | 5.12 | 1.35 | 7.2 | -0.4 |
| Neil Ramírez | 18 | 0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6.00 | 7.73 | 1.67 | 9.0 | -0.9 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 39,906 81 home dates
- Median
- 40,951
- Total
- 3,232,420
- Best
- 41,702 2016-04-16
- Quietest
- 32,734 2016-04-28
- On the road
- 35,052 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 39,906 | 40,951 | 32,734 | 41,702 |
| Night | 36 | 39,537 | 40,592 | 34,680 | 41,616 |
| Day | 45 | 40,202 | 41,147 | 32,734 | 41,702 |
| Weekend | 38 | 40,484 | 40,955 | 34,007 | 41,702 |
| Weekday | 43 | 39,396 | 40,597 | 32,734 | 41,616 |
| On the road | 81 | 35,052 | 35,999 | 16,497 | 49,522 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 9 | 36,966 |
| May | 16 | 38,945 |
| Jun | 11 | 40,228 |
| Jul | 15 | 41,269 |
| Aug | 16 | 40,377 |
| Sep | 14 | 40,645 |
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 161 completed games, 2016.
- Regulation
- 3:00 148 games
- All games
- 3:06
- Extra innings
- 4:10 13 of them
- Longest
- 5:03 2016-08-29, 13 inn
- Shortest
- 2:17 2016-07-17
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:06 | 3:01 | 2:10 | 5:03 |
| Regulation | 148 | 3:00 | 2:59 | 2:10 | 4:08 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 4:10 | 4:17 | 3:04 | 5:03 |
| Home | 81 | 3:04 | 3:00 | 2:17 | 5:03 |
| Road | 80 | 3:07 | 3:05 | 2:10 | 5:00 |
| Day | 73 | 3:04 | 3:00 | 2:17 | 4:54 |
| Night | 88 | 3:07 | 3:03 | 2:10 | 5:03 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 9 | 3:00 |
| May | 16 | 3:03 |
| Jun | 11 | 2:56 |
| Jul | 15 | 3:01 |
| Aug | 16 | 3:11 |
| Sep | 14 | 3:06 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 180 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 103-58, a .636 win rate, while their +252 run differential implies .665. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.