The Chicago Cubs went 83-79 in 2023, a .512 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 819 runs and allowed 723, a run differential of +96. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.12 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Cody Bellinger led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Justin Steele the rotation at a 3.06 ERA.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 9 games back. They spent 3 of 186 days in first place and were as far as 9 games back on September 29. Their best month was August at 18-9, their worst May at 10-18. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 21 to July 29 and a 5-game losing streak from May 13 to May 17. They were 45-36 at home and 38-43 on the road, 21-24 in one-run games and 38-51 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-3 against the Nationals on July 18; the heaviest defeat, 16-3 at the Twins on May 14.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
13
.519
146
103
+43
May
10
18
.357
102
140
-38
June
14
11
.560
121
94
+27
July
15
11
.577
150
126
+24
August
18
9
.667
149
128
+21
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
151
132
+19
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
21-24
.467
Extra innings
3-6
.333
Within the division
30-22
.577
Against .500+ clubs
38-51
.427
Decided by 5+ runs
32-18
.640
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2023. 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
34,261
34,202
26,588
40,869
Night
38
33,061
33,373
26,766
40,869
Day
43
35,322
36,418
26,588
40,605
Weekend
38
36,089
37,005
28,807
40,605
Weekday
43
32,646
32,817
26,588
40,869
On the road
81
32,723
34,816
4,714
55,565
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
36,054
Apr
15
30,344
May
15
34,602
Jun
10
35,247
Jul
13
35,461
Aug
14
36,738
Sep
13
33,624
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 162 completed games, 2023.
Regulation
2:41
153 games
All games
2:43
Extra innings
3:13
9 of them
Longest
3:49
2023-05-07, 14 inn
Shortest
1:59
2023-09-04
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
162
2:43
2:44
1:55
4:24
Regulation
153
2:41
2:43
1:55
3:18
Extra innings
9
3:13
3:03
2:38
4:24
Home
81
2:42
2:43
1:59
3:49
Road
81
2:44
2:45
1:55
4:24
Day
72
2:41
2:41
1:55
3:49
Night
90
2:45
2:45
2:11
4:24
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:21
Apr
15
2:41
May
15
2:45
Jun
10
2:39
Jul
13
2:50
Aug
14
2:36
Sep
13
2:39
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 161 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 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +96 run differential implies .557. That is about 7 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
