National League Central · 2020

Chicago Cubs

34-26Wrigley FieldNational League Central National League

Team WAR: 10.3
Win %: .567
Run diff: +25
wRC+: 98
ERA: 3.98
Home runs: 73

The Chicago Cubs went 34-26 in 2020, a .567 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 265 runs and allowed 240, a run differential of +25. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.98 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Ian Happ led the position players at 1.4 WAR, and Yu Darvish the rotation at a 2.01 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

427 team hits

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.

Batting

18 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Ian Happ	LF	56	231	51	12	28	1	.258	.361	.505	.371	138	1.4
Jason Heyward	RF	50	181	39	6	22	2	.265	.392	.456	.372	139	1.1
Willson Contreras	C	57	225	46	7	26	1	.243	.356	.407	.339	116	1.1
Jason Kipnis	2B	43	135	27	3	16	1	.237	.341	.404	.329	108	0.5
Anthony Rizzo	1B	58	243	45	11	24	3	.222	.342	.414	.329	108	0.4
David Bote	3B	42	145	25	7	29	2	.200	.303	.408	.311	96	0.4
Kyle Schwarber	LF	59	224	36	11	24	1	.188	.308	.393	.309	95	0.2
Victor Caratini	C	43	132	28	1	16	0	.241	.333	.328	.300	88	0.2
Cameron Maybin	RF	32	101	23	1	7	3	.247	.307	.387	.305	92	0.1
Kris Bryant	3B	34	147	27	4	11	0	.206	.293	.351	.288	80	0.0
Alec Mills	PH	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123	-0.0
Patrick Wisdom	1B	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123	-0.1
Steven Souza Jr.	RF	11	31	4	1	5	1	.148	.258	.333	.265	63	-0.1
Hernán Pérez	LF	3	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.148	-19	-0.1
Nico Hoerner	2B	45	126	24	0	13	3	.222	.312	.259	.268	66	-0.1
Albert Almora Jr.	CF	19	34	5	0	1	0	.167	.265	.200	.226	36	-0.1
Josh Phegley	DH	11	18	1	1	2	0	.063	.167	.250	.191	11	-0.2
Javier Báez	SS	58	235	45	8	24	3	.203	.238	.360	.257	58	-0.2

Pitching

24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Yu Darvish	12	12	76.0	8	3	0	93	2.01	2.23	0.96	11.0	2.6
Kyle Hendricks	12	12	81.1	6	5	0	64	2.88	3.55	1.00	7.1	1.6
Adbert Alzolay	6	4	21.1	1	1	0	29	2.95	3.05	1.17	12.2	0.5
Rowan Wick	19	0	17.1	0	1	4	20	3.12	2.67	1.38	10.4	0.4
Tyler Chatwood	5	5	18.2	2	2	0	25	5.30	3.35	1.66	12.1	0.4
Ryan Tepera	21	0	20.2	0	1	0	31	3.92	3.34	1.40	13.5	0.3
Jose Quintana	4	1	10.0	0	0	0	12	4.50	2.99	1.30	10.8	0.2
Jeremy Jeffress	22	0	23.1	4	1	8	17	1.54	4.09	0.94	6.6	0.2
Jason Adam	13	0	13.2	2	1	0	21	3.29	3.78	1.24	13.8	0.2
Craig Kimbrel	18	0	15.1	0	1	2	28	5.28	3.97	1.43	16.4	0.2
Jon Lester	12	12	61.0	3	3	0	42	5.16	5.14	1.33	6.2	0.1
Matt Dermody	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.19	0.00	9.0	0.0
Duane Underwood Jr.	17	0	20.2	1	0	0	27	5.66	4.74	1.50	11.8	0.0
Colin Rea	9	2	14.0	1	1	0	10	5.79	4.98	1.21	6.4	0.0
Casey Sadler	17	0	19.1	1	2	0	21	5.12	4.90	1.40	9.8	0.0
James Norwood	3	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	16.20	4.99	3.00	0.0	-0.0
Alec Mills	11	11	62.1	5	5	0	46	4.48	5.44	1.16	6.6	-0.1
Brailyn Marquez	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	67.50	13.69	7.50	13.5	-0.1
Dan Winkler	18	0	18.1	0	0	0	18	2.95	5.32	1.20	8.8	-0.1
Dillon Maples	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	18.00	13.19	5.00	9.0	-0.1
Brad Wieck	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	18.00	15.19	2.00	18.0	-0.1
Tyson Miller	2	1	5.0	0	0	0	0	5.40	7.59	1.00	0.0	-0.1
Rex Brothers	3	0	3.1	0	0	0	8	8.10	8.89	1.50	21.6	-0.1
Kyle Ryan	18	0	15.2	1	0	1	11	5.17	7.09	1.40	6.3	-0.4

Record versus run differential

Chicago Cubs are 34-26, a .567 win rate, while their +25 run differential implies .545. That is about 1 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.