National League Central · 2022
Chicago Cubs 2022
- Team WAR
- 26.5 19.1 bat / 7.5 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.
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 | 3.4 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 158 | 641 | 155 | 17 | 72 | 9 | .271 | .342 | .440 | .341 | 124 | 3.3 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 133 | 534 | 97 | 25 | 66 | 8 | .207 | .298 | .426 | .319 | 108 | 2.2 |
| Christopher Morel | CF | 110 | 425 | 89 | 16 | 47 | 10 | .235 | .308 | .433 | .324 | 111 | 2.1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 110 | 446 | 104 | 14 | 46 | 9 | .262 | .336 | .433 | .336 | 120 | 2.0 |
| 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 | 0.8 |
| David Bote | 3B | 39 | 127 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 1 | .259 | .315 | .431 | .327 | 113 | 0.6 |
| Zach McKinstry | 2B | 54 | 185 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 7 | .199 | .273 | .361 | .282 | 81 | 0.6 |
| Nelson Velázquez | CF | 74 | 206 | 38 | 6 | 26 | 5 | .205 | .286 | .373 | .293 | 89 | 0.3 |
| Nick Madrigal | 2B | 59 | 228 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .249 | .305 | .282 | .269 | 71 | 0.2 |
| Alfonso Rivas III | 1B | 92 | 287 | 59 | 3 | 25 | 6 | .235 | .322 | .307 | .287 | 84 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 85 | 293 | 65 | 8 | 31 | 2 | .235 | .260 | .365 | .272 | 74 | 0.1 |
| Clint Frazier | DH | 17 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .216 | .356 | .297 | .310 | 101 | 0.1 |
| Jonathan Villar | 3B | 57 | 220 | 42 | 3 | 18 | 7 | .208 | .260 | .302 | .251 | 58 | 0.0 |
| 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 | -0.1 |
| Jason Heyward | CF | 45 | 151 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .204 | .278 | .277 | .255 | 62 | -0.2 |
| Michael Hermosillo | CF | 27 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .115 | .250 | .148 | .207 | 27 | -0.3 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 28 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .173 | .244 | .187 | .205 | 25 | -0.4 |
| Frank Schwindel | 1B | 75 | 292 | 62 | 8 | 36 | 0 | .229 | .277 | .358 | .279 | 79 | -0.4 |
Pitching
40 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Steele | 24 | 24 | 119.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 126 | 3.18 | 3.20 | 1.35 | 9.5 | 2.5 |
| Marcus Stroman | 25 | 25 | 138.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 119 | 3.50 | 3.76 | 1.15 | 7.7 | 2.0 |
| Chris Martin | 60 | 0 | 56.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 3.05 | 2.18 | 0.98 | 11.9 | 1.5 |
| Adrian Sampson | 21 | 19 | 104.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 3.11 | 3.79 | 1.23 | 6.3 | 1.4 |
| Scott Effross | 60 | 1 | 56.2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 2.54 | 2.46 | 1.06 | 9.8 | 1.3 |
| Drew Smyly | 22 | 22 | 106.1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 3.47 | 4.23 | 1.19 | 7.7 | 0.9 |
| 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 |
| Keegan Thompson | 29 | 17 | 115.0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 108 | 3.76 | 4.40 | 1.27 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| Wade Miley | 9 | 8 | 37.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3.16 | 3.95 | 1.22 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 6 | 0 | 13.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3.38 | 1.91 | 0.82 | 12.8 | 0.4 |
| Mychal Givens | 59 | 1 | 61.1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 3.38 | 3.96 | 1.32 | 10.4 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 35 | 4 | 67.2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 3.99 | 4.29 | 1.14 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 16 | 16 | 84.1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 4.80 | 4.82 | 1.29 | 7.0 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Franmil Reyes | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.11 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Conner Menez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.11 | 1.00 | 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 |
| Erich Uelmen | 25 | 0 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4.67 | 5.00 | 1.37 | 7.0 | -0.2 |
| Locke St. John | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13.50 | 12.11 | 1.50 | 18.0 | -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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2022.
- Average
- 32,306 81 home dates
- Median
- 31,631
- Total
- 2,616,780
- Best
- 40,755 2022-06-18
- Quietest
- 23,425 2022-09-29
- On the road
- 29,044 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 32,306 | 31,631 | 23,425 | 40,755 |
| Night | 41 | 31,238 | 31,424 | 25,005 | 40,298 |
| Day | 40 | 33,401 | 32,825 | 23,425 | 40,755 |
| Weekend | 39 | 33,944 | 32,858 | 24,297 | 40,755 |
| Weekday | 42 | 30,785 | 30,750 | 23,425 | 39,305 |
| On the road | 81 | 29,044 | 30,376 | 7,823 | 52,072 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 30,334 |
| May | 15 | 32,799 |
| Jun | 16 | 32,850 |
| Jul | 11 | 35,127 |
| Aug | 14 | 32,587 |
| Sep | 13 | 30,150 |
| Oct | 2 | 30,643 |
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, 2022.
- Regulation
- 3:01 142 games
- All games
- 3:06
- Extra innings
- 3:43 19 of them
- Longest
- 4:25 2022-07-03, 11 inn
- Shortest
- 2:10 2022-09-16
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:06 | 3:04 | 2:10 | 4:25 |
| Regulation | 142 | 3:01 | 3:03 | 2:10 | 3:59 |
| Extra innings | 19 | 3:43 | 3:44 | 3:01 | 4:25 |
| Home | 80 | 3:04 | 3:03 | 2:10 | 4:25 |
| Road | 81 | 3:08 | 3:05 | 2:22 | 4:16 |
| Day | 66 | 3:07 | 3:05 | 2:10 | 4:25 |
| Night | 95 | 3:06 | 3:04 | 2:15 | 4:16 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 9 | 3:12 |
| May | 15 | 3:02 |
| Jun | 16 | 3:13 |
| Jul | 11 | 3:15 |
| Aug | 14 | 2:59 |
| Sep | 13 | 2:50 |
| Oct | 2 | 2:43 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -74 run differential implies .451. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.