- Team WAR
- 24.2 17.7 bat / 6.5 pitch
- Win %
- .457 pyth .451
- Run diff
- -74 4.06 / 4.51 per g
- wRC+
- 100
- ERA
- 3.99 FIP 4.28
- Home runs
- 155
The Chicago Cubs went 74-88 in 2022, a .457 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 657 runs and allowed 731, a run differential of -74. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.99 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% below league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Willson Contreras led the position players at 3.8 WAR, and Justin Steele the rotation at a 3.18 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,258 team hits
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Willson Contreras | C | 113 | 487 | 101 | 22 | 55 | 4 | .243 | .349 | .466 | .360 | 137 | 3.8 |
| Nico Hoerner | SS | 133 | 517 | 135 | 10 | 55 | 20 | .281 | .327 | .410 | .320 | 109 | 3.1 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 158 | 641 | 155 | 17 | 72 | 9 | .271 | .342 | .440 | .341 | 124 | 2.9 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 133 | 534 | 97 | 25 | 66 | 8 | .207 | .298 | .426 | .319 | 108 | 2.1 |
| Christopher Morel | CF | 110 | 425 | 89 | 16 | 47 | 10 | .235 | .308 | .433 | .324 | 111 | 2.0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 110 | 446 | 104 | 14 | 46 | 9 | .262 | .336 | .433 | .336 | 120 | 1.8 |
| Rafael Ortega | CF | 114 | 371 | 76 | 7 | 35 | 12 | .241 | .331 | .358 | .307 | 99 | 0.8 |
| P.J. Higgins | C | 70 | 229 | 46 | 6 | 30 | 0 | .229 | .310 | .383 | .309 | 100 | 0.7 |
| David Bote | 3B | 39 | 127 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 1 | .259 | .315 | .431 | .327 | 113 | 0.6 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 85 | 293 | 65 | 8 | 31 | 2 | .235 | .260 | .365 | .272 | 74 | 0.5 |
| Zach McKinstry | 2B | 54 | 185 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 7 | .199 | .273 | .361 | .282 | 81 | 0.4 |
| Nelson Velázquez | CF | 74 | 206 | 38 | 6 | 26 | 5 | .205 | .286 | .373 | .293 | 89 | 0.3 |
| Esteban Quiroz | 2B | 14 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .275 | .370 | .275 | .305 | 97 | 0.1 |
| Jared Young | DH | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 | .364 | .368 | .333 | 118 | 0.1 |
| Nick Madrigal | 2B | 59 | 228 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .249 | .305 | .282 | .269 | 71 | 0.1 |
| Clint Frazier | DH | 17 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .216 | .356 | .297 | .310 | 101 | 0.1 |
| David Robertson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Narciso Crook | RF | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .222 | .375 | .240 | 51 | -0.0 |
| Jonathan Villar | 3B | 57 | 220 | 42 | 3 | 18 | 7 | .208 | .260 | .302 | .251 | 58 | -0.1 |
| Alfonso Rivas III | 1B | 92 | 287 | 59 | 3 | 25 | 6 | .235 | .322 | .307 | .287 | 84 | -0.2 |
| Jason Heyward | CF | 45 | 151 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .204 | .278 | .277 | .255 | 62 | -0.2 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 28 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .173 | .244 | .187 | .205 | 25 | -0.3 |
| Michael Hermosillo | CF | 27 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .115 | .250 | .148 | .207 | 27 | -0.4 |
| Frank Schwindel | 1B | 75 | 292 | 62 | 8 | 36 | 0 | .229 | .277 | .358 | .279 | 79 | -0.5 |
Pitching
40 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Steele | 24 | 24 | 119.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 126 | 3.18 | 3.20 | 1.35 | 9.5 | 2.3 |
| Marcus Stroman | 25 | 25 | 138.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 119 | 3.50 | 3.76 | 1.15 | 7.7 | 1.8 |
| Chris Martin | 60 | 0 | 56.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 3.05 | 2.18 | 0.98 | 11.9 | 1.5 |
| Scott Effross | 60 | 1 | 56.2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 2.54 | 2.46 | 1.06 | 9.8 | 1.3 |
| Adrian Sampson | 21 | 19 | 104.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 3.11 | 3.79 | 1.23 | 6.3 | 1.3 |
| Drew Smyly | 22 | 22 | 106.1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 3.47 | 4.23 | 1.19 | 7.7 | 0.8 |
| David Robertson | 58 | 0 | 63.2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 81 | 2.40 | 3.58 | 1.16 | 11.5 | 0.6 |
| Hayden Wesneski | 6 | 4 | 33.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2.18 | 3.20 | 0.94 | 9.0 | 0.6 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 6 | 0 | 13.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3.38 | 1.91 | 0.82 | 12.8 | 0.4 |
| Keegan Thompson | 29 | 17 | 115.0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 108 | 3.76 | 4.40 | 1.27 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Wade Miley | 9 | 8 | 37.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3.16 | 3.95 | 1.22 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Mychal Givens | 59 | 1 | 61.1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 3.38 | 3.96 | 1.32 | 10.4 | 0.3 |
| Rowan Wick | 64 | 0 | 64.0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 69 | 4.22 | 4.19 | 1.69 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Javier Assad | 9 | 8 | 37.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3.11 | 4.49 | 1.46 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 35 | 4 | 67.2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 3.99 | 4.29 | 1.14 | 9.7 | 0.1 |
| Steven Brault | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.00 | 3.33 | 1.44 | 8.0 | 0.1 |
| Michael Rucker | 41 | 0 | 54.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 3.95 | 4.28 | 1.28 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 16 | 16 | 84.1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 4.80 | 4.82 | 1.29 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Robert Gsellman | 8 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.70 | 4.22 | 1.30 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| Jeremiah Estrada | 5 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.18 | 4.17 | 1.59 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| Conner Menez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.11 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Franmil Reyes | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.11 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Caleb Kilian | 3 | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10.32 | 4.97 | 2.03 | 7.1 | -0.0 |
| Andrelton Simmons | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 6.11 | 6.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Nicholas Padilla | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 5.51 | 2.40 | 5.4 | -0.0 |
| Matt Dermody | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 7.11 | 4.00 | 9.0 | -0.0 |
| Manuel Rodríguez | 14 | 0 | 13.2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3.29 | 4.87 | 1.39 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
| Luke Farrell | 6 | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5.40 | 5.25 | 1.67 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Hughes | 57 | 0 | 57.2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 3.12 | 4.64 | 1.09 | 10.6 | -0.1 |
| Locke St. John | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13.50 | 12.11 | 1.50 | 18.0 | -0.2 |
| Erich Uelmen | 25 | 0 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4.67 | 5.00 | 1.37 | 7.0 | -0.2 |
| Brendon Little | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 31.61 | 4.50 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Kervin Castro | 10 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10.22 | 6.19 | 1.78 | 8.0 | -0.3 |
| Ethan Roberts | 9 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8.22 | 8.59 | 2.09 | 10.6 | -0.4 |
| Daniel Norris | 41 | 3 | 58.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 5.22 | 5.14 | 1.26 | 10.1 | -0.5 |
| Anderson Espinoza | 7 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5.40 | 7.15 | 1.64 | 9.3 | -0.6 |
| Frank Schwindel | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 21.45 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.6 |
| Alec Mills | 7 | 2 | 17.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9.68 | 8.04 | 1.75 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| Sean Newcomb | 20 | 1 | 27.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8.78 | 6.91 | 1.88 | 9.1 | -0.8 |
| Matt Swarmer | 11 | 5 | 34.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 5.03 | 7.35 | 1.56 | 9.5 | -1.1 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago Cubs are 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -74 run differential implies .451. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.