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.
The 2022 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 19 games back. They spent 7 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 14 and were as far as 24.5 games back on September 11. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-13, their worst June at 10-17. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 25 to October 2 and a 10-game losing streak from June 4 to June 16. They were 37-44 at home and 37-44 on the road, 26-27 in one-run games and 37-58 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 21-0 against the Pirates on April 23; the heaviest defeat, 20-5 at the Reds on May 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
13
.381
94
96
-2
May
12
16
.429
122
127
-5
June
10
17
.370
120
179
-59
July
11
14
.440
92
96
-4
August
15
15
.500
115
132
-17
Sept/Oct
18
13
.581
114
101
+13
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
26-27
.491
Extra innings
7-12
.368
Within the division
37-39
.487
Against .500+ clubs
37-58
.389
Decided by 5+ runs
19-26
.422
Last 10
8-2
.800
National League Central standings, 2022
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2022. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
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.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
