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 5.5 WAR, and Kyle Hendricks the rotation at a 3.44 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 1 game back. They spent 86 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 5 games on September 2 and were as far as 4.5 games back on May 26. Their best month was August at 18-10, their worst May at 14-13. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from August 22 to August 28 and a 5-game losing streak from May 1 to May 6. They were 51-31 at home and 44-37 on the road, 26-25 in one-run games and 49-46 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 against the Marlins on May 7; the heaviest defeat, 18-5 against the Cardinals on July 20.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
10
.615
133
97
+36
May
14
13
.519
144
98
+46
June
16
12
.571
132
116
+16
July
15
10
.600
122
122
0
August
18
10
.643
113
100
+13
Sept/Oct
16
13
.552
117
112
+5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-31
.622
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
26-25
.510
Extra innings
11-8
.579
Within the division
41-36
.532
Against .500+ clubs
49-46
.516
Decided by 5+ runs
32-20
.615
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League Central standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2018. 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
82
38,794
40,067
29,648
41,587
Night
30
38,489
38,970
32,874
41,587
Day
52
38,970
40,146
29,648
41,538
Weekend
39
39,935
40,894
29,775
41,587
Weekday
43
37,758
38,471
29,648
41,406
On the road
80
32,801
34,702
10,428
53,904
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
35,562
May
14
38,729
Jun
11
40,553
Jul
15
40,089
Aug
16
39,548
Sep
13
37,962
Oct
1
38,450
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 163 completed games, 2018.
Regulation
3:03
144 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
3:52
19 of them
Longest
3:54
2018-07-20, 9 inn
Shortest
2:22
2018-04-26
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
163
3:09
3:06
2:20
5:18
Regulation
144
3:03
3:03
2:20
3:54
Extra innings
19
3:52
3:42
3:01
5:18
Home
82
3:07
3:07
2:22
3:54
Road
81
3:11
3:03
2:20
5:18
Day
78
3:10
3:09
2:25
4:30
Night
85
3:08
3:02
2:20
5:18
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:01
May
14
3:02
Jun
11
3:13
Jul
15
3:17
Aug
16
3:04
Sep
13
3:04
Oct
1
3:06
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 95-68, a .583 win rate, while their +116 run differential implies .575. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
