National League Central · 2018
Chicago Cubs 2018
- Team WAR
- 37.8 25.1 bat / 12.8 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 5.5 WAR, and Kyle Hendricks the rotation at a 3.44 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
39 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Javier Báez | 2B | 159 | 645 | 176 | 34 | 111 | 21 | .290 | .326 | .554 | .371 | 134 | 5.5 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 151 | 665 | 160 | 25 | 101 | 6 | .283 | .376 | .470 | .362 | 127 | 3.5 |
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 102 | 457 | 106 | 13 | 52 | 2 | .272 | .374 | .460 | .363 | 128 | 3.0 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 136 | 520 | 139 | 9 | 58 | 3 | .305 | .378 | .440 | .359 | 125 | 2.9 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 137 | 544 | 118 | 10 | 54 | 4 | .249 | .339 | .390 | .325 | 103 | 2.6 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 136 | 510 | 102 | 26 | 61 | 4 | .238 | .356 | .467 | .347 | 117 | 2.2 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 135 | 462 | 90 | 15 | 44 | 8 | .233 | .353 | .408 | .333 | 108 | 1.6 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 126 | 489 | 119 | 8 | 57 | 1 | .270 | .335 | .395 | .323 | 101 | 1.5 |
| Addison Russell | SS | 125 | 465 | 105 | 5 | 38 | 4 | .250 | .317 | .340 | .293 | 81 | 1.1 |
| Albert Almora Jr. | CF | 145 | 479 | 127 | 5 | 41 | 1 | .286 | .323 | .378 | .307 | 90 | 1.0 |
| David Bote | 3B | 72 | 210 | 44 | 6 | 33 | 3 | .239 | .319 | .408 | .318 | 98 | 0.7 |
| Tommy La Stella | PH | 121 | 192 | 45 | 1 | 19 | 0 | .266 | .340 | .331 | .303 | 87 | 0.2 |
| Cole Hamels | P | 12 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .120 | .154 | .240 | .173 | -0 | 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 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 23 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .211 | .288 | .333 | .276 | 69 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Chatwood | P | 21 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .162 | -8 | 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 |
| Eddie Butler | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .235 | 42 | 0.0 |
| Alec Mills | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Steve Cishek | P | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | 0.0 |
| Mike Freeman | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Taylor Davis | C | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .333 | .400 | .293 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Justin Wilson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -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 |
| Brandon Morrow | P | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Yu Darvish | P | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .106 | -46 | -0.0 |
| Pedro Strop | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Luke Farrell | P | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| James Norwood | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Mike Montgomery | P | 18 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | .118 | .091 | .098 | -51 | -0.1 |
| Efren Navarro | 1B | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.1 |
| Jon Lester | P | 31 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .169 | .124 | -34 | -0.1 |
| Victor Caratini | C | 74 | 200 | 42 | 2 | 21 | 0 | .232 | .293 | .304 | .270 | 65 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 31 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .067 | .097 | .083 | .086 | -60 | -0.3 |
| Jose Quintana | P | 30 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .068 | -72 | -0.4 |
Pitching
30 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kyle Hendricks | 33 | 33 | 199.0 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 161 | 3.44 | 3.78 | 1.15 | 7.3 | 3.4 |
| Jon Lester | 32 | 32 | 181.2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 149 | 3.32 | 4.39 | 1.31 | 7.4 | 1.8 |
| Jose Quintana | 32 | 32 | 174.1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 158 | 4.03 | 4.43 | 1.32 | 8.2 | 1.6 |
| Mike Montgomery | 38 | 19 | 124.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 3.99 | 3.93 | 1.37 | 6.2 | 1.5 |
| Jesse Chavez | 62 | 0 | 95.1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 92 | 2.55 | 3.54 | 1.06 | 8.7 | 1.3 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 58 | 0 | 52.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 2.60 | 2.93 | 1.31 | 11.6 | 1.1 |
| Steve Cishek | 80 | 0 | 70.1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 78 | 2.18 | 3.44 | 1.04 | 10.0 | 1.0 |
| Pedro Strop | 60 | 0 | 59.2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 57 | 2.26 | 3.43 | 0.99 | 8.6 | 0.9 |
| Justin Wilson | 71 | 0 | 54.2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 3.46 | 3.64 | 1.43 | 11.4 | 0.7 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| Yu Darvish | 8 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 4.95 | 4.86 | 1.43 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
| Cory Mazzoni | 8 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.04 | 3.28 | 1.15 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| Ian Happ | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Randy Rosario | 44 | 0 | 46.2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3.66 | 4.68 | 1.48 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Justin Hancock | 10 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.46 | 4.62 | 1.14 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 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 |
| 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 | -0.6 |
| Brian Duensing | 48 | 0 | 37.2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7.65 | 6.35 | 1.88 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 82 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 38,794 82 home dates
- Median
- 40,067
- Total
- 3,181,089
- Best
- 41,587 2018-05-27
- Quietest
- 29,648 2018-04-19
- On the road
- 32,801 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.