- Team WAR
- 36.3 21.3 bat / 15.0 pitch
- Win %
- .519 pyth .558
- Run diff
- +97 5.02 / 4.43 per g
- wRC+
- 109
- ERA
- 4.11 FIP 4.27
- Home runs
- 237
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 5.0 WAR, and Kyle Hendricks the rotation at a 3.46 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,278 team hits
Batting
33 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 147 | 634 | 153 | 31 | 77 | 4 | .282 | .382 | .521 | .383 | 144 | 5.0 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 146 | 613 | 150 | 27 | 94 | 5 | .293 | .405 | .520 | .394 | 151 | 4.1 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 100 | 409 | 98 | 24 | 64 | 1 | .272 | .355 | .533 | .371 | 136 | 3.5 |
| Javier Báez | SS | 135 | 561 | 149 | 29 | 85 | 11 | .281 | .316 | .531 | .349 | 120 | 3.4 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 155 | 610 | 132 | 38 | 92 | 2 | .250 | .339 | .531 | .361 | 128 | 2.9 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 146 | 589 | 129 | 21 | 62 | 8 | .251 | .343 | .429 | .331 | 108 | 1.8 |
| David Bote | 3B | 115 | 356 | 78 | 11 | 41 | 5 | .257 | .362 | .422 | .339 | 113 | 1.7 |
| Victor Caratini | C | 95 | 279 | 65 | 11 | 34 | 1 | .266 | .348 | .447 | .341 | 115 | 1.5 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 57 | 156 | 37 | 11 | 30 | 2 | .264 | .333 | .564 | .371 | 136 | 1.0 |
| Addison Russell | 2B | 76 | 241 | 51 | 9 | 23 | 2 | .237 | .308 | .391 | .299 | 86 | 0.5 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 47 | 176 | 39 | 1 | 17 | 0 | .260 | .358 | .313 | .306 | 91 | 0.3 |
| Nico Hoerner | SS | 20 | 82 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .282 | .305 | .436 | .307 | 91 | 0.2 |
| Robel García | 2B | 29 | 80 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .208 | .275 | .500 | .319 | 100 | 0.2 |
| Kyle Ryan | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .237 | 43 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Davis | C | 7 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .167 | .250 | .333 | .256 | 56 | -0.0 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| James Norwood | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Randy Rosario | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Brad Brach | P | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .218 | 30 | -0.0 |
| Steve Cishek | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Mark Zagunis | PH | 28 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .250 | .325 | .333 | .293 | 82 | -0.0 |
| Mike Montgomery | P | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .145 | -21 | -0.1 |
| Adbert Alzolay | P | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| James Adduci | RF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Chatwood | P | 16 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .211 | .278 | .211 | 25 | -0.1 |
| Jon Lester | P | 28 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .188 | .264 | .292 | .249 | 51 | -0.2 |
| Alec Mills | P | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .073 | -71 | -0.2 |
| Albert Almora Jr. | CF | 115 | 363 | 80 | 12 | 32 | 2 | .236 | .271 | .381 | .272 | 67 | -0.2 |
| Cole Hamels | P | 23 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .143 | .178 | .167 | .156 | -13 | -0.5 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 29 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .148 | .193 | .167 | .166 | -6 | -0.6 |
| Daniel Descalso | 2B | 79 | 194 | 29 | 2 | 15 | 2 | .173 | .271 | .250 | .241 | 45 | -0.7 |
| Yu Darvish | P | 30 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .089 | .119 | .089 | .098 | -54 | -0.9 |
| Jose Quintana | P | 31 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .093 | .093 | .111 | .087 | -61 | -1.0 |
Pitching
31 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kyle Hendricks | 30 | 30 | 177.0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 150 | 3.46 | 3.61 | 1.13 | 7.6 | 3.3 |
| Jose Quintana | 32 | 31 | 171.0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 152 | 4.68 | 3.80 | 1.39 | 8.0 | 2.8 |
| Yu Darvish | 31 | 31 | 178.2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 229 | 3.98 | 4.18 | 1.10 | 11.5 | 2.3 |
| Jon Lester | 31 | 31 | 171.2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 165 | 4.46 | 4.26 | 1.50 | 8.7 | 2.0 |
| Cole Hamels | 27 | 27 | 141.2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 143 | 3.81 | 4.09 | 1.39 | 9.1 | 1.9 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 62 | 0 | 57.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 2.68 | 3.56 | 1.02 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
| Rowan Wick | 31 | 0 | 33.1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 2.43 | 2.82 | 1.14 | 9.4 | 0.7 |
| Kyle Ryan | 73 | 0 | 61.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 3.54 | 3.85 | 1.38 | 8.6 | 0.7 |
| Brad Brach | 58 | 0 | 54.1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 5.47 | 3.73 | 1.62 | 9.9 | 0.7 |
| Tyler Chatwood | 38 | 5 | 76.2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 3.76 | 4.28 | 1.33 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Alec Mills | 9 | 4 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.75 | 4.19 | 1.17 | 10.5 | 0.4 |
| Steve Cishek | 70 | 0 | 64.0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 2.95 | 4.54 | 1.20 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| Pedro Strop | 50 | 0 | 41.2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 4.97 | 4.53 | 1.27 | 10.6 | 0.2 |
| David Phelps | 41 | 1 | 34.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 3.41 | 4.58 | 1.40 | 9.4 | 0.1 |
| Randy Rosario | 19 | 0 | 14.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.40 | 4.26 | 1.40 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | 12 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5.40 | 4.24 | 1.37 | 10.0 | 0.1 |
| Danny Hultzen | 6 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 2.91 | 1.80 | 13.5 | 0.1 |
| Taylor Davis | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.21 | 3.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| James Norwood | 9 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2.89 | 4.82 | 1.82 | 10.6 | 0.0 |
| Tim Collins | 9 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.12 | 4.83 | 1.38 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Ben Zobrist | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 7.21 | 2.00 | 9.0 | -0.0 |
| Xavier Cedeño | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 6.71 | 3.50 | 4.5 | -0.0 |
| Allen Webster | 12 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4.91 | 5.58 | 1.73 | 7.4 | -0.1 |
| Tony Barnette | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 12.96 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Descalso | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 16.21 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Dillon Maples | 14 | 0 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.40 | 5.96 | 1.37 | 13.9 | -0.1 |
| Victor Caratini | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 11.21 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 22 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8.47 | 5.74 | 1.47 | 10.1 | -0.1 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 4 | 2 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.30 | 7.75 | 1.78 | 9.5 | -0.3 |
| Mike Montgomery | 33 | 13 | 91.0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 69 | 4.95 | 5.52 | 1.62 | 6.8 | -0.4 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 23 | 0 | 20.2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 6.53 | 8.00 | 1.60 | 13.1 | -0.7 |
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.