- Team WAR
- 32.0 22.1 bat / 10.0 pitch
- Win %
- .583 pyth .575
- Run diff
- +116 4.67 / 3.96 per g
- wRC+
- 101
- ERA
- 3.72 FIP 4.21
- Home runs
- 163
The Chicago Cubs went 95-68 in 2018, a .583 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 761 runs and allowed 645, a run differential of +116. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.72 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Javier Báez led the position players at 5.4 WAR, and Kyle Hendricks the rotation at a 3.44 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,420 team hits
Batting
39 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Javier Báez | 2B | 159 | 645 | 176 | 34 | 111 | 21 | .290 | .326 | .554 | .371 | 134 | 5.4 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 137 | 544 | 118 | 10 | 54 | 4 | .249 | .339 | .390 | .325 | 103 | 3.2 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 151 | 665 | 160 | 25 | 101 | 6 | .283 | .376 | .470 | .362 | 127 | 3.1 |
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 102 | 457 | 106 | 13 | 52 | 2 | .272 | .374 | .460 | .363 | 128 | 3.1 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 136 | 520 | 139 | 9 | 58 | 3 | .305 | .378 | .440 | .359 | 125 | 3.0 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 136 | 510 | 102 | 26 | 61 | 4 | .238 | .356 | .467 | .347 | 117 | 2.1 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 135 | 462 | 90 | 15 | 44 | 8 | .233 | .353 | .408 | .333 | 108 | 1.9 |
| Addison Russell | SS | 125 | 465 | 105 | 5 | 38 | 4 | .250 | .317 | .340 | .293 | 81 | 1.3 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 126 | 489 | 119 | 8 | 57 | 1 | .270 | .335 | .395 | .323 | 101 | 1.3 |
| Albert Almora Jr. | CF | 145 | 479 | 127 | 5 | 41 | 1 | .286 | .323 | .378 | .307 | 90 | 1.2 |
| David Bote | 3B | 72 | 210 | 44 | 6 | 33 | 3 | .239 | .319 | .408 | .318 | 98 | 0.6 |
| Tommy La Stella | PH | 121 | 192 | 45 | 1 | 19 | 0 | .266 | .340 | .331 | .303 | 87 | 0.1 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 23 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .211 | .288 | .333 | .276 | 69 | 0.1 |
| Randy Rosario | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .792 | 419 | 0.1 |
| Mark Zagunis | PH | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .600 | .477 | 205 | 0.1 |
| Terrance Gore | LF | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Brian Duensing | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .353 | 121 | 0.0 |
| Taylor Davis | C | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .333 | .400 | .293 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Victor Caratini | C | 74 | 200 | 42 | 2 | 21 | 0 | .232 | .293 | .304 | .270 | 65 | 0.0 |
| Mike Freeman | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Eddie Butler | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .235 | 42 | -0.0 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Brandon Kintzler | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Justin Wilson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Brandon Morrow | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Alec Mills | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Pedro Strop | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Justin Hancock | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Steve Cishek | P | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.1 |
| James Norwood | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Efren Navarro | 1B | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.1 |
| Luke Farrell | P | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Yu Darvish | P | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .106 | -46 | -0.2 |
| Cole Hamels | P | 12 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .120 | .154 | .240 | .173 | -0 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Chatwood | P | 21 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .162 | -8 | -0.3 |
| Mike Montgomery | P | 18 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | .118 | .091 | .098 | -51 | -0.5 |
| Jon Lester | P | 31 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .169 | .124 | -34 | -0.8 |
| Jose Quintana | P | 30 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .068 | -72 | -1.0 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 31 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .067 | .097 | .083 | .086 | -60 | -1.0 |
Pitching
30 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kyle Hendricks | 33 | 33 | 199.0 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 161 | 3.44 | 3.78 | 1.15 | 7.3 | 2.8 |
| Jon Lester | 32 | 32 | 181.2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 149 | 3.32 | 4.39 | 1.31 | 7.4 | 1.3 |
| Mike Montgomery | 38 | 19 | 124.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 3.99 | 3.93 | 1.37 | 6.2 | 1.2 |
| Jose Quintana | 32 | 32 | 174.1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 158 | 4.03 | 4.43 | 1.32 | 8.2 | 1.2 |
| Jesse Chavez | 62 | 0 | 95.1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 92 | 2.55 | 3.54 | 1.06 | 8.7 | 1.1 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 58 | 0 | 52.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 2.60 | 2.93 | 1.31 | 11.6 | 1.0 |
| Steve Cishek | 80 | 0 | 70.1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 78 | 2.18 | 3.44 | 1.04 | 10.0 | 0.9 |
| Pedro Strop | 60 | 0 | 59.2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 57 | 2.26 | 3.43 | 0.99 | 8.6 | 0.8 |
| Justin Wilson | 71 | 0 | 54.2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 3.46 | 3.64 | 1.43 | 11.4 | 0.6 |
| Brandon Morrow | 35 | 0 | 30.2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 31 | 1.47 | 2.96 | 1.08 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| Alec Mills | 7 | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4.00 | 2.49 | 1.00 | 11.5 | 0.5 |
| Anthony Bass | 16 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.93 | 2.77 | 1.37 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| James Norwood | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4.09 | 2.71 | 1.73 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| Cory Mazzoni | 8 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.04 | 3.28 | 1.15 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| Yu Darvish | 8 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 4.95 | 4.86 | 1.43 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
| Ian Happ | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Justin Hancock | 10 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.46 | 4.62 | 1.14 | 8.0 | -0.0 |
| Rob Zastryzny | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.76 | 4.75 | 1.76 | 4.8 | -0.0 |
| Jen-Ho Tseng | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.50 | 6.66 | 2.00 | 13.5 | -0.0 |
| Randy Rosario | 44 | 0 | 46.2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3.66 | 4.68 | 1.48 | 5.8 | -0.0 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.25 | 7.16 | 1.25 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Victor Caratini | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 9.66 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Tommy La Stella | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 12.91 | 2.25 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Allen Webster | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 8.49 | 1.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Luke Farrell | 20 | 2 | 31.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 5.17 | 5.20 | 1.47 | 11.2 | -0.2 |
| Dillon Maples | 9 | 0 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.81 | 8.60 | 2.25 | 15.2 | -0.2 |
| Chris Gimenez | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.00 | 22.16 | 4.50 | 9.0 | -0.4 |
| Tyler Chatwood | 24 | 20 | 103.2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 5.30 | 5.60 | 1.80 | 7.4 | -0.7 |
| Brian Duensing | 48 | 0 | 37.2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7.65 | 6.35 | 1.88 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago Cubs are 95-68, a .583 win rate, while their +116 run differential implies .575. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.