National League Central · 2021
Chicago Cubs 2021
- Team WAR
- 27.2 21.4 bat / 5.8 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. Kris Bryant 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.
Batting
53 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 144 | 586 | 136 | 25 | 73 | 10 | .265 | .353 | .481 | .359 | 127 | 3.7 |
| Javier Báez | SS | 138 | 547 | 133 | 31 | 87 | 18 | .265 | .319 | .494 | .345 | 117 | 3.6 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 127 | 483 | 98 | 21 | 57 | 5 | .237 | .340 | .438 | .341 | 114 | 3.1 |
| Frank Schwindel | 1B | 64 | 259 | 79 | 14 | 43 | 2 | .326 | .371 | .591 | .404 | 157 | 2.3 |
| Rafael Ortega | CF | 100 | 330 | 86 | 11 | 33 | 12 | .291 | .360 | .463 | .357 | 125 | 2.1 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 147 | 535 | 105 | 25 | 66 | 9 | .226 | .323 | .434 | .332 | 108 | 2.0 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 141 | 576 | 123 | 22 | 61 | 6 | .248 | .344 | .440 | .342 | 115 | 2.0 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 106 | 375 | 78 | 28 | 61 | 4 | .231 | .305 | .518 | .348 | 119 | 2.0 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 97 | 322 | 83 | 5 | 30 | 8 | .287 | .357 | .381 | .330 | 107 | 1.1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 44 | 170 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 5 | .302 | .382 | .369 | .333 | 109 | 0.8 |
| Joc Pederson | LF | 136 | 481 | 102 | 18 | 61 | 2 | .238 | .310 | .422 | .318 | 99 | 0.8 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 44 | 112 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .227 | .324 | .454 | .340 | 114 | 0.6 |
| 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 | 1B | 18 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .318 | .388 | .409 | .355 | 124 | 0.2 |
| Trevor Williams | P | 17 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .231 | .200 | .196 | 16 | 0.2 |
| Jake Arrieta | P | 22 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .231 | .130 | .186 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Zach Davies | P | 28 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .155 | -12 | 0.1 |
| Erick Castillo | C | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .275 | 70 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 87 | 198 | 38 | 5 | 24 | 4 | .216 | .286 | .375 | .290 | 80 | 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 |
| Craig Kimbrel | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Dan Winkler | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -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 |
| Keegan Thompson | P | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -18 | -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 |
| Tommy Nance | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Hendricks | P | 30 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .115 | .148 | .135 | .131 | -28 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Ladendorf | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Justin Steele | P | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .135 | -26 | -0.0 |
| Michael Hermosillo | RF | 15 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .194 | .237 | .500 | .308 | 92 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Payne | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Johneshwy Fargas | CF | 21 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .250 | .264 | .385 | .277 | 71 | -0.1 |
| Nick Martini | RF | 24 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .270 | .356 | .297 | .290 | 80 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Gushue | C | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Trent Giambrone | 2B | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .135 | -26 | -0.1 |
| Adrian Sampson | P | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Adbert Alzolay | P | 23 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .094 | .097 | .089 | -57 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
| Eric Sogard | 2B | 77 | 180 | 42 | 1 | 12 | 3 | .249 | .283 | .314 | .261 | 60 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Romine | SS | 26 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .183 | .234 | .267 | .225 | 35 | -0.3 |
| Austin Romine | C | 26 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .217 | .242 | .300 | .237 | 44 | -0.3 |
| Alec Mills | P | 21 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .031 | .031 | .063 | .039 | -91 | -0.3 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 100 | 353 | 69 | 8 | 30 | 5 | .214 | .280 | .347 | .277 | 71 | -0.4 |
| Greg Deichmann | RF | 14 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .161 | .133 | .136 | -25 | -0.4 |
| P.J. Higgins | C | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .120 | .043 | .093 | -54 | -0.5 |
| David Bote | 2B | 97 | 327 | 58 | 8 | 35 | 0 | .199 | .276 | .330 | .271 | 67 | -0.5 |
Pitching
36 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Craig Kimbrel | 63 | 0 | 59.2 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 100 | 2.26 | 2.43 | 0.91 | 15.1 | 1.7 |
| Ryan Tepera | 65 | 0 | 61.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 2.79 | 2.73 | 0.88 | 10.9 | 1.5 |
| Andrew Chafin | 71 | 0 | 68.2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 64 | 1.83 | 2.98 | 0.93 | 8.4 | 1.5 |
| Trevor Williams | 23 | 15 | 91.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 4.35 | 3.88 | 1.49 | 8.9 | 1.4 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 32 | 32 | 181.0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 131 | 4.77 | 4.89 | 1.35 | 6.5 | 1.0 |
| Alec Mills | 32 | 20 | 119.0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 87 | 5.07 | 4.49 | 1.44 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 29 | 21 | 125.2 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 128 | 4.58 | 4.65 | 1.16 | 9.2 | 0.9 |
| Brad Wieck | 15 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.00 | 1.64 | 1.18 | 14.8 | 0.6 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| Michael Rucker | 20 | 0 | 28.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6.99 | 4.72 | 1.52 | 9.5 | 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 |
| Kohl Stewart | 4 | 3 | 13.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5.27 | 5.22 | 1.68 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.67 | 1.50 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| Rex Brothers | 57 | 0 | 53.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 5.26 | 4.87 | 1.43 | 12.7 | -0.0 |
| Tommy Nance | 27 | 0 | 28.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7.22 | 5.02 | 1.33 | 9.4 | -0.1 |
| Zach Davies | 32 | 32 | 148.0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 114 | 5.78 | 5.45 | 1.60 | 6.9 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Romine | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 14.17 | 2.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Keegan Thompson | 32 | 6 | 53.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 3.38 | 5.16 | 1.48 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Manuel Rodríguez | 20 | 0 | 17.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6.11 | 5.77 | 1.70 | 8.2 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Meisinger | 7 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12.27 | 7.12 | 2.18 | 7.4 | -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 |
| Kyle Ryan | 13 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6.75 | 6.25 | 1.72 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Eric Sogard | 5 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 9.40 | 1.62 | 2.1 | -0.2 |
| Adrian Sampson | 10 | 5 | 35.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2.80 | 5.72 | 1.08 | 7.1 | -0.2 |
| Justin Steele | 20 | 9 | 57.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 4.26 | 5.52 | 1.35 | 9.3 | -0.3 |
| Dan Winkler | 47 | 0 | 39.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 5.22 | 5.74 | 1.56 | 9.1 | -0.4 |
| 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 | -0.9 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 24,431 81 home dates
- Median
- 26,963
- Total
- 1,978,934
- Best
- 40,077 2021-08-07
- Quietest
- 10,137 2021-04-20
- On the road
- 22,637 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 24,431 | 26,963 | 10,137 | 40,077 |
| Night | 36 | 24,461 | 26,412 | 10,137 | 39,412 |
| Day | 45 | 24,407 | 27,289 | 10,295 | 40,077 |
| Weekend | 41 | 26,696 | 30,155 | 10,343 | 40,077 |
| Weekday | 40 | 22,110 | 24,931 | 10,137 | 37,165 |
| On the road | 81 | 22,637 | 18,709 | 5,660 | 52,175 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 15 | 10,319 |
| May | 14 | 14,213 |
| Jun | 10 | 33,025 |
| Jul | 13 | 32,812 |
| Aug | 13 | 31,462 |
| Sep | 16 | 28,709 |
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 161 completed games, 2021.
- Regulation
- 3:13 148 games
- All games
- 3:16
- Extra innings
- 3:53 13 of them
- Longest
- 4:27 2021-08-06, 10 inn
- Shortest
- 2:09 2021-08-25
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:16 | 3:12 | 2:09 | 4:27 |
| Regulation | 148 | 3:13 | 3:09 | 2:09 | 4:14 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 3:53 | 3:55 | 2:49 | 4:27 |
| Home | 81 | 3:17 | 3:12 | 2:09 | 4:27 |
| Road | 80 | 3:15 | 3:10 | 2:28 | 4:14 |
| Day | 70 | 3:15 | 3:10 | 2:09 | 4:27 |
| Night | 91 | 3:17 | 3:12 | 2:28 | 4:23 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 15 | 3:25 |
| May | 14 | 3:15 |
| Jun | 10 | 3:03 |
| Jul | 13 | 3:26 |
| Aug | 13 | 3:14 |
| Sep | 16 | 3:17 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 193 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 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -134 run differential implies .421. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.