The Chicago Cubs went 84-78 in 2019, a .519 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 814 runs and allowed 717, a run differential of +97. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.11 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Kris Bryant led the position players at 5.2 WAR, and Kyle Hendricks the rotation at a 3.46 ERA.
The 2019 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 7 games back. They spent 84 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on August 8 and were as far as 8 games back on September 26. Their best month was May at 16-12, their worst Sept/Oct at 11-16. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 27 to May 5 and a 9-game losing streak from September 17 to September 26. They were 51-30 at home and 33-48 on the road, 19-27 in one-run games and 39-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 against the Pirates on September 14; the heaviest defeat, 18-5 at the Pirates on July 1.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
12
.556
149
122
+27
May
16
12
.571
140
117
+23
June
14
15
.483
137
123
+14
July
12
11
.522
107
99
+8
August
16
12
.571
131
129
+2
Sept/Oct
11
16
.407
150
127
+23
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
19-27
.413
Extra innings
4-9
.308
Within the division
37-39
.487
Against .500+ clubs
39-45
.464
Decided by 5+ runs
32-18
.640
Last 10
2-8
.200
National League Central standings, 2019
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2019. 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
38,208
39,080
30,102
41,424
Night
33
37,214
37,241
31,906
41,192
Day
48
38,892
39,712
30,102
41,424
Weekend
41
39,159
39,889
30,102
41,424
Weekday
40
37,233
37,207
31,906
41,192
On the road
81
33,454
36,812
2,503
53,817
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
35,524
May
17
37,256
Jun
17
39,032
Jul
9
39,344
Aug
14
39,934
Sep
13
38,001
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, 2019.
Regulation
3:08
149 games
All games
3:12
Extra innings
3:53
13 of them
Longest
4:56
2019-05-11, 15 inn
Shortest
2:28
2019-04-21
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
3:12
3:09
2:25
5:36
Regulation
149
3:08
3:07
2:25
4:24
Extra innings
13
3:53
3:40
2:59
5:36
Home
81
3:12
3:10
2:28
4:56
Road
81
3:11
3:08
2:25
5:36
Day
68
3:13
3:07
2:28
5:36
Night
94
3:11
3:10
2:25
4:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:02
May
17
3:20
Jun
17
2:59
Jul
9
3:12
Aug
14
3:12
Sep
13
3:31
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 188 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 84-78, a .519 win rate, while their +97 run differential implies .558. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
