- Team WAR
- 45.2 26.9 bat / 18.3 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 6.5 WAR, and Kyle Hendricks the rotation at a 2.13 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,383 team hits
Batting
34 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 155 | 699 | 176 | 39 | 102 | 8 | .292 | .385 | .554 | .402 | 160 | 6.5 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 154 | 676 | 170 | 32 | 109 | 3 | .292 | .385 | .544 | .396 | 156 | 4.7 |
| Dexter Fowler | CF | 124 | 551 | 126 | 13 | 48 | 13 | .276 | .393 | .447 | .371 | 138 | 4.3 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 147 | 631 | 142 | 18 | 76 | 6 | .272 | .386 | .446 | .364 | 133 | 4.1 |
| Addison Russell | SS | 151 | 598 | 125 | 21 | 95 | 5 | .238 | .321 | .417 | .320 | 103 | 2.7 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 74 | 283 | 71 | 12 | 35 | 2 | .282 | .357 | .488 | .367 | 136 | 2.2 |
| Javier Báez | 2B | 133 | 450 | 115 | 14 | 59 | 12 | .273 | .314 | .423 | .319 | 102 | 1.7 |
| David Ross | C | 66 | 205 | 38 | 10 | 32 | 0 | .229 | .338 | .446 | .330 | 110 | 1.2 |
| Miguel Montero | C | 84 | 284 | 52 | 8 | 33 | 1 | .216 | .327 | .357 | .302 | 90 | 1.0 |
| Jorge Soler | LF | 86 | 264 | 54 | 12 | 31 | 0 | .238 | .333 | .436 | .337 | 115 | 0.8 |
| Tommy La Stella | 3B | 73 | 169 | 40 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .270 | .357 | .405 | .336 | 114 | 0.7 |
| Albert Almora Jr. | CF | 42 | 117 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .277 | .308 | .455 | .329 | 109 | 0.5 |
| Munenori Kawasaki | 2B | 14 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .462 | .429 | .401 | 160 | 0.3 |
| Jake Arrieta | P | 27 | 70 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .262 | .304 | .415 | .313 | 98 | 0.2 |
| Matt Szczur | LF | 99 | 200 | 48 | 5 | 24 | 2 | .259 | .312 | .400 | .308 | 94 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Kalish | LF | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .353 | 126 | 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 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 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 |
| Spencer Patton | P | 2 | 2 | 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 | -0.1 |
| Rob Zastryzny | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Travis Wood | P | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .204 | 22 | -0.1 |
| Adam Warren | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .175 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .177 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Tim Federowicz | C | 17 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .194 | .212 | .258 | .204 | 21 | -0.2 |
| Mike Montgomery | P | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .080 | -66 | -0.2 |
| Jason Hammel | P | 35 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .246 | .258 | .292 | .241 | 47 | -0.2 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 137 | 592 | 122 | 7 | 49 | 11 | .230 | .306 | .325 | .284 | 77 | -0.4 |
| Jon Lester | P | 30 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .102 | .185 | .153 | .163 | -7 | -0.7 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 28 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .138 | .167 | .138 | .141 | -23 | -0.8 |
| John Lackey | P | 28 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .095 | .123 | .127 | .114 | -42 | -0.9 |
Pitching
20 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kyle Hendricks | 31 | 30 | 190.0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 170 | 2.13 | 3.20 | 0.98 | 8.1 | 4.0 |
| Jon Lester | 32 | 32 | 202.2 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 197 | 2.44 | 3.41 | 1.02 | 8.7 | 3.8 |
| Jake Arrieta | 31 | 31 | 197.1 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 190 | 3.10 | 3.52 | 1.08 | 8.7 | 3.5 |
| John Lackey | 29 | 29 | 188.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 180 | 3.35 | 3.81 | 1.06 | 8.6 | 2.7 |
| Jason Hammel | 30 | 30 | 166.2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 144 | 3.83 | 4.48 | 1.21 | 7.8 | 1.1 |
| 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 | 0.6 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| 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 | -0.3 |
| Neil Ramírez | 18 | 0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6.00 | 7.73 | 1.67 | 9.0 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
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.