- Team WAR
- 33.9 22.4 bat / 11.5 pitch
- Win %
- .568 pyth .576
- Run diff
- +127 5.07 / 4.29 per g
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 3.87 FIP 4.25
- Home runs
- 219
The Chicago Cubs went 92-70 in 2017, a .568 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 822 runs and allowed 695, a run differential of +127. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.87 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Kris Bryant led the position players at 6.5 WAR, and Jon Lester the rotation at a 4.33 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,362 team hits
Batting
33 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 151 | 665 | 162 | 29 | 73 | 7 | .295 | .409 | .537 | .404 | 149 | 6.5 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 157 | 691 | 156 | 32 | 109 | 10 | .273 | .392 | .507 | .384 | 136 | 4.2 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 117 | 428 | 104 | 21 | 74 | 5 | .276 | .356 | .499 | .366 | 124 | 3.4 |
| Javier Báez | SS | 137 | 508 | 128 | 23 | 75 | 10 | .273 | .317 | .480 | .329 | 99 | 2.2 |
| Ian Happ | CF | 113 | 413 | 92 | 24 | 68 | 8 | .253 | .328 | .514 | .353 | 115 | 2.2 |
| Albert Almora Jr. | CF | 123 | 323 | 89 | 8 | 46 | 1 | .298 | .338 | .445 | .337 | 104 | 1.4 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 129 | 486 | 89 | 30 | 59 | 1 | .211 | .315 | .467 | .337 | 104 | 1.4 |
| Jon Jay | LF | 141 | 433 | 112 | 2 | 34 | 6 | .296 | .374 | .375 | .334 | 102 | 1.4 |
| Addison Russell | SS | 105 | 385 | 84 | 12 | 43 | 2 | .239 | .304 | .418 | .309 | 86 | 1.2 |
| Tommy La Stella | 2B | 73 | 151 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 0 | .288 | .389 | .472 | .373 | 128 | 1.0 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 126 | 496 | 101 | 12 | 50 | 2 | .232 | .318 | .375 | .305 | 84 | 0.6 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 123 | 481 | 112 | 11 | 59 | 4 | .259 | .326 | .389 | .314 | 89 | 0.5 |
| Miguel Montero | C | 75 | 213 | 40 | 6 | 16 | 1 | .216 | .310 | .346 | .292 | 75 | 0.5 |
| Victor Caratini | C | 29 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .254 | .333 | .356 | .304 | 83 | 0.1 |
| Héctor Rondón | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .437 | 171 | 0.0 |
| Rob Zastryzny | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .291 | 75 | 0.0 |
| Jen-Ho Tseng | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Pedro Strop | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Félix Peña | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .178 | -0 | -0.0 |
| Brett Anderson | P | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .198 | 13 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Davis | 3B | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .232 | 36 | -0.1 |
| Justin Grimm | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Brian Duensing | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Dylan Floro | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Mike Montgomery | P | 19 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .333 | .218 | 26 | -0.2 |
| Mark Zagunis | RF | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .158 | -13 | -0.2 |
| Eddie Butler | P | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .099 | -52 | -0.3 |
| Jon Lester | P | 28 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .148 | .203 | .259 | .206 | 18 | -0.4 |
| Jose Quintana | P | 15 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .080 | .111 | .080 | .091 | -57 | -0.5 |
| John Lackey | P | 30 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .132 | .179 | .151 | .154 | -16 | -0.7 |
| Jake Arrieta | P | 29 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .131 | .145 | .213 | .154 | -16 | -0.7 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 24 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .120 | .095 | -55 | -0.8 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jon Lester | 32 | 32 | 180.2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 180 | 4.33 | 4.10 | 1.32 | 9.0 | 2.3 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 24 | 24 | 139.2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 3.03 | 3.88 | 1.19 | 7.9 | 2.1 |
| Jake Arrieta | 30 | 30 | 168.1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 163 | 3.53 | 4.16 | 1.22 | 8.7 | 2.0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 44 | 14 | 130.2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 100 | 3.38 | 4.07 | 1.21 | 6.9 | 1.2 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 73 | 0 | 66.1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 94 | 2.98 | 3.40 | 1.01 | 12.8 | 1.0 |
| Pedro Strop | 69 | 0 | 60.1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 2.83 | 3.31 | 1.18 | 9.7 | 1.0 |
| Brian Duensing | 68 | 0 | 62.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 2.74 | 3.41 | 1.22 | 8.8 | 0.9 |
| Wade Davis | 59 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 79 | 2.30 | 3.38 | 1.14 | 12.1 | 0.9 |
| Koji Uehara | 49 | 0 | 43.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 3.98 | 3.79 | 1.16 | 10.5 | 0.5 |
| Héctor Rondón | 61 | 0 | 57.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 4.24 | 4.12 | 1.22 | 10.8 | 0.4 |
| Eddie Butler | 13 | 11 | 54.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 3.95 | 4.66 | 1.43 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Dillon Maples | 6 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10.13 | 2.41 | 2.25 | 18.6 | 0.1 |
| Pierce Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2.16 | 3.00 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| Jon Jay | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Miguel Montero | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.16 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Seth Frankoff | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 7.66 | 2.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Rob Zastryzny | 4 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8.31 | 5.31 | 2.00 | 7.6 | -0.1 |
| Dylan Floro | 3 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.52 | 5.54 | 1.76 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| Jen-Ho Tseng | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7.50 | 6.32 | 1.17 | 12.0 | -0.1 |
| John Lackey | 31 | 30 | 170.2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 149 | 4.59 | 5.30 | 1.28 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
| Leonys Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 22.66 | 4.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Justin Grimm | 50 | 0 | 55.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 5.53 | 5.36 | 1.34 | 9.6 | -0.3 |
| Félix Peña | 25 | 0 | 34.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.24 | 5.78 | 1.54 | 9.7 | -0.4 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago Cubs are 92-70, a .568 win rate, while their +127 run differential implies .576. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.