- Team WAR
- 23.0 20.3 bat / 2.7 pitch
- Win %
- .438 pyth .421
- Run diff
- -134 4.35 / 5.18 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 4.77 FIP 4.77
- Home runs
- 242
The Chicago Cubs went 71-91 in 2021, a .438 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 705 runs and allowed 839, a run differential of -134. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.77 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Javier Báez led the position players at 3.7 WAR, and Craig Kimbrel the rotation at a 2.26 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,444 team hits
Batting
53 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Javier Báez | SS | 138 | 547 | 133 | 31 | 87 | 18 | .265 | .319 | .494 | .345 | 117 | 3.7 |
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 144 | 586 | 136 | 25 | 73 | 10 | .265 | .353 | .481 | .359 | 127 | 3.7 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 127 | 483 | 98 | 21 | 57 | 5 | .237 | .340 | .438 | .341 | 114 | 3.4 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 106 | 375 | 78 | 28 | 61 | 4 | .231 | .305 | .518 | .348 | 119 | 2.2 |
| Rafael Ortega | CF | 100 | 330 | 86 | 11 | 33 | 12 | .291 | .360 | .463 | .357 | 125 | 2.2 |
| Frank Schwindel | 1B | 64 | 259 | 79 | 14 | 43 | 2 | .326 | .371 | .591 | .404 | 157 | 2.2 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 147 | 535 | 105 | 25 | 66 | 9 | .226 | .323 | .434 | .332 | 108 | 2.1 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 141 | 576 | 123 | 22 | 61 | 6 | .248 | .344 | .440 | .342 | 115 | 1.9 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 97 | 322 | 83 | 5 | 30 | 8 | .287 | .357 | .381 | .330 | 107 | 1.6 |
| Joc Pederson | LF | 136 | 481 | 102 | 18 | 61 | 2 | .238 | .310 | .422 | .318 | 99 | 1.0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 44 | 170 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 5 | .302 | .382 | .369 | .333 | 109 | 0.8 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 44 | 112 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .227 | .324 | .454 | .340 | 114 | 0.7 |
| Trayce Thompson | RF | 12 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .714 | .458 | 194 | 0.5 |
| Sergio Alcántara | SS | 86 | 255 | 45 | 5 | 17 | 3 | .205 | .303 | .327 | .283 | 75 | 0.4 |
| Alfonso Rivas III | LF | 18 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .318 | .388 | .409 | .355 | 124 | 0.2 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 87 | 198 | 38 | 5 | 24 | 4 | .216 | .286 | .375 | .290 | 80 | 0.2 |
| Michael Hermosillo | RF | 15 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .194 | .237 | .500 | .308 | 92 | 0.1 |
| Erick Castillo | C | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .275 | 70 | 0.0 |
| Kohl Stewart | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Cory Abbott | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Michael Rucker | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Manuel Rodríguez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Jake Jewell | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Scott Effross | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | .000 | — | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Dan Winkler | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Craig Kimbrel | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Ladendorf | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Payne | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Tommy Nance | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Rex Brothers | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Ryan | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Nick Martini | RF | 24 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .270 | .356 | .297 | .290 | 80 | -0.1 |
| Johneshwy Fargas | CF | 21 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .250 | .264 | .385 | .277 | 71 | -0.1 |
| Keegan Thompson | P | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -18 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Gushue | C | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Austin Romine | C | 26 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .217 | .242 | .300 | .237 | 44 | -0.1 |
| Trent Giambrone | 2B | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .135 | -26 | -0.2 |
| Justin Steele | P | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .135 | -26 | -0.2 |
| Jose Lobatón | C | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .111 | -42 | -0.2 |
| Tony Wolters | C | 13 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .276 | .125 | .216 | 29 | -0.2 |
| Trevor Williams | P | 17 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .231 | .200 | .196 | 16 | -0.2 |
| David Bote | 2B | 97 | 327 | 58 | 8 | 35 | 0 | .199 | .276 | .330 | .271 | 67 | -0.2 |
| Jake Arrieta | P | 22 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .231 | .130 | .186 | 9 | -0.2 |
| Adrian Sampson | P | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.3 |
| Eric Sogard | 2B | 77 | 180 | 42 | 1 | 12 | 3 | .249 | .283 | .314 | .261 | 60 | -0.3 |
| Andrew Romine | SS | 26 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .183 | .234 | .267 | .225 | 35 | -0.3 |
| P.J. Higgins | C | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .120 | .043 | .093 | -54 | -0.4 |
| Greg Deichmann | RF | 14 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .161 | .133 | .136 | -25 | -0.4 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 100 | 353 | 69 | 8 | 30 | 5 | .214 | .280 | .347 | .277 | 71 | -0.4 |
| Zach Davies | P | 28 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .155 | -12 | -0.5 |
| Adbert Alzolay | P | 23 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .094 | .097 | .089 | -57 | -0.5 |
| Alec Mills | P | 21 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .031 | .031 | .063 | .039 | -91 | -0.7 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 30 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .115 | .148 | .135 | .131 | -28 | -0.7 |
Pitching
36 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Craig Kimbrel | 63 | 0 | 59.2 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 100 | 2.26 | 2.43 | 0.91 | 15.1 | 1.5 |
| Ryan Tepera | 65 | 0 | 61.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 2.79 | 2.73 | 0.88 | 10.9 | 1.3 |
| Andrew Chafin | 71 | 0 | 68.2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 64 | 1.83 | 2.98 | 0.93 | 8.4 | 1.3 |
| Trevor Williams | 23 | 15 | 91.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 4.35 | 3.88 | 1.49 | 8.9 | 1.1 |
| Alec Mills | 32 | 20 | 119.0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 87 | 5.07 | 4.49 | 1.44 | 6.6 | 0.7 |
| Brad Wieck | 15 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.00 | 1.64 | 1.18 | 14.8 | 0.6 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 32 | 32 | 181.0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 131 | 4.77 | 4.89 | 1.35 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 29 | 21 | 125.2 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 128 | 4.58 | 4.65 | 1.16 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| Rowan Wick | 22 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 4.30 | 3.17 | 1.35 | 11.3 | 0.4 |
| Scott Effross | 14 | 0 | 14.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.68 | 3.31 | 0.95 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
| Jason Adam | 12 | 0 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.91 | 3.36 | 1.50 | 16.0 | 0.2 |
| Dillon Maples | 28 | 0 | 31.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.59 | 4.61 | 1.28 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| Pedro Strop | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 2.00 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| Joe Biagini | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 3.84 | 1.00 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Sergio Alcántara | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Duffy | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.67 | 1.50 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| Michael Rucker | 20 | 0 | 28.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6.99 | 4.72 | 1.52 | 9.5 | -0.0 |
| Kohl Stewart | 4 | 3 | 13.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5.27 | 5.22 | 1.68 | 7.2 | -0.0 |
| Rex Brothers | 57 | 0 | 53.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 5.26 | 4.87 | 1.43 | 12.7 | -0.1 |
| Tommy Nance | 27 | 0 | 28.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7.22 | 5.02 | 1.33 | 9.4 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Romine | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 14.17 | 2.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Meisinger | 7 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12.27 | 7.12 | 2.18 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| Manuel Rodríguez | 20 | 0 | 17.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6.11 | 5.77 | 1.70 | 8.2 | -0.2 |
| Keegan Thompson | 32 | 6 | 53.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 3.38 | 5.16 | 1.48 | 9.3 | -0.2 |
| Eric Sogard | 5 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 9.40 | 1.62 | 2.1 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Ryan | 13 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6.75 | 6.25 | 1.72 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Trevor Megill | 28 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8.37 | 5.62 | 1.86 | 11.4 | -0.2 |
| Adam Morgan | 34 | 0 | 25.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 4.26 | 5.58 | 1.34 | 9.9 | -0.2 |
| Adrian Sampson | 10 | 5 | 35.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2.80 | 5.72 | 1.08 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Justin Steele | 20 | 9 | 57.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 4.26 | 5.52 | 1.35 | 9.3 | -0.4 |
| Dan Winkler | 47 | 0 | 39.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 5.22 | 5.74 | 1.56 | 9.1 | -0.4 |
| Zach Davies | 32 | 32 | 148.0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 114 | 5.78 | 5.45 | 1.60 | 6.9 | -0.5 |
| Jake Jewell | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9.90 | 9.17 | 2.30 | 9.0 | -0.5 |
| Cory Abbott | 7 | 1 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6.75 | 8.94 | 1.79 | 6.2 | -0.8 |
| Jake Arrieta | 24 | 24 | 98.2 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 83 | 7.39 | 6.17 | 1.77 | 7.6 | -1.1 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago Cubs are 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -134 run differential implies .421. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.