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.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL Central, 6 games clear. They spent 95 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 7 games on September 30 and were as far as 5.5 games back on July 9. Their best month was July at 16-8, their worst May at 12-16. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 12 to September 19 and a 6-game losing streak from May 26 to May 31. They were 48-33 at home and 44-37 on the road, 26-17 in one-run games and 35-35 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-2 at the Phillies on August 26; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 against the Brewers on September 9.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
11
.542
122
104
+18
May
12
16
.429
118
136
-18
June
15
13
.536
125
113
+12
July
16
8
.667
119
95
+24
August
17
12
.586
191
133
+58
Sept/Oct
19
10
.655
147
114
+33
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
26-17
.605
Extra innings
7-3
.700
Within the division
46-30
.605
Against .500+ clubs
35-35
.500
Decided by 5+ runs
31-20
.608
Last 10
7-3
.700
National League Central standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2017. 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
39,501
40,430
32,905
42,186
Night
36
38,650
38,688
32,905
41,865
Day
45
40,182
41,051
34,864
42,186
Weekend
38
40,676
41,166
36,258
42,186
Weekday
43
38,462
38,636
32,905
42,046
On the road
81
34,460
36,776
13,445
48,322
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
39,398
May
16
38,181
Jun
13
39,582
Jul
11
41,413
Aug
17
39,637
Sep
14
39,227
Oct
1
40,971
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, 2017.
Regulation
3:05
152 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
4:06
10 of them
Longest
6:05
2017-05-07, 18 inn
Shortest
2:05
2017-05-23
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
3:09
3:05
2:05
6:05
Regulation
152
3:05
3:04
2:05
4:04
Extra innings
10
4:06
3:58
3:17
6:05
Home
81
3:11
3:07
2:05
6:05
Road
81
3:06
3:01
2:14
4:05
Day
73
3:07
3:05
2:14
4:22
Night
89
3:10
3:05
2:05
6:05
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
3:14
May
16
3:21
Jun
13
2:58
Jul
11
3:13
Aug
17
3:16
Sep
14
3:08
Oct
1
2:30
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 92-70, a .568 win rate, while their +127 run differential implies .576. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
