- Team WAR
- 34.7 21.4 bat / 13.3 pitch
- Win %
- .512 pyth .557
- Run diff
- +96 5.06 / 4.46 per g
- wRC+
- 103
- ERA
- 4.12 FIP 4.16
- Home runs
- 187
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 3.8 WAR, and Justin Steele the rotation at a 3.06 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,362 team hits
Batting
22 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Cody Bellinger | CF | 130 | 556 | 153 | 26 | 97 | 20 | .307 | .356 | .525 | .372 | 133 | 3.8 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 150 | 688 | 175 | 9 | 68 | 43 | .283 | .346 | .383 | .324 | 101 | 3.2 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 147 | 638 | 138 | 22 | 80 | 9 | .244 | .328 | .416 | .326 | 103 | 3.2 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 158 | 691 | 144 | 21 | 84 | 14 | .248 | .360 | .431 | .348 | 117 | 3.0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 137 | 583 | 147 | 20 | 74 | 6 | .285 | .357 | .485 | .361 | 126 | 2.8 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 115 | 419 | 102 | 10 | 63 | 1 | .267 | .315 | .408 | .313 | 94 | 1.7 |
| Christopher Morel | DH | 107 | 429 | 96 | 26 | 70 | 6 | .247 | .313 | .508 | .348 | 118 | 1.7 |
| Mike Tauchman | CF | 107 | 401 | 85 | 8 | 48 | 7 | .252 | .362 | .377 | .332 | 107 | 1.6 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 96 | 302 | 55 | 23 | 46 | 4 | .205 | .289 | .500 | .334 | 108 | 1.2 |
| Miguel Amaya | C | 51 | 156 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 0 | .214 | .329 | .359 | .312 | 93 | 0.5 |
| Nick Madrigal | 3B | 90 | 294 | 71 | 2 | 28 | 10 | .263 | .311 | .352 | .296 | 82 | 0.5 |
| Miles Mastrobuoni | 3B | 57 | 149 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .241 | .308 | .301 | .277 | 69 | 0.1 |
| Alexander Canario | DH | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .647 | .391 | 147 | 0.1 |
| Jared Young | 1B | 16 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .186 | .255 | .465 | .306 | 89 | 0.0 |
| Luis Torrens | DH | 15 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .300 | .357 | .292 | 79 | -0.0 |
| Michael Fulmer | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Tucker Barnhart | C | 41 | 123 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .202 | .285 | .257 | .251 | 52 | -0.1 |
| Edwin Rios | DH | 17 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .071 | .235 | .214 | .221 | 31 | -0.3 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | CF | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .176 | .000 | .125 | -34 | -0.3 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 31 | 100 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .234 | .280 | .330 | .270 | 65 | -0.3 |
| Matt Mervis | 1B | 27 | 99 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .167 | .242 | .289 | .240 | 44 | -0.5 |
| Trey Mancini | 1B | 79 | 263 | 55 | 4 | 28 | 0 | .234 | .299 | .336 | .281 | 72 | -0.6 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Steele | 30 | 30 | 173.1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 176 | 3.06 | 3.02 | 1.17 | 9.1 | 4.2 |
| Marcus Stroman | 27 | 25 | 136.2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 119 | 3.95 | 3.58 | 1.26 | 7.8 | 2.4 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 24 | 24 | 137.0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 93 | 3.74 | 3.81 | 1.20 | 6.1 | 2.1 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 58 | 0 | 64.0 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 67 | 2.67 | 3.02 | 1.02 | 9.4 | 1.2 |
| Jameson Taillon | 30 | 29 | 154.1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 140 | 4.84 | 4.61 | 1.28 | 8.2 | 1.0 |
| Julian Merryweather | 69 | 0 | 72.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 3.38 | 3.52 | 1.31 | 12.3 | 1.0 |
| Javier Assad | 32 | 10 | 109.1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 3.05 | 4.29 | 1.23 | 7.7 | 0.8 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 69 | 0 | 64.1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 77 | 3.50 | 3.77 | 1.12 | 10.8 | 0.7 |
| Michael Fulmer | 58 | 1 | 57.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 4.42 | 4.15 | 1.33 | 10.3 | 0.4 |
| Daniel Palencia | 27 | 0 | 28.1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 4.45 | 4.00 | 1.27 | 10.5 | 0.2 |
| Luke Little | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.00 | 1.91 | 1.35 | 16.2 | 0.2 |
| Jordan Wicks | 7 | 7 | 34.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4.41 | 4.70 | 1.27 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Drew Smyly | 41 | 23 | 142.1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 141 | 5.00 | 4.96 | 1.43 | 8.9 | 0.1 |
| Keegan Thompson | 19 | 0 | 28.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 4.71 | 4.44 | 1.36 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Tucker Barnhart | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3.26 | 1.75 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Shane Greene | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 3.26 | 1.33 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Nick Burdi | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.00 | 3.59 | 2.00 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Hughes | 17 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7.24 | 4.65 | 1.61 | 11.2 | 0.0 |
| Caleb Kilian | 3 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16.88 | 4.76 | 2.81 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Michael Rucker | 35 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 4.91 | 4.84 | 1.44 | 8.9 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Duffey | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 6.76 | 0.50 | 13.5 | -0.0 |
| Brad Boxberger | 22 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4.95 | 5.31 | 1.30 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Miles Mastrobuoni | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108.00 | 42.26 | 12.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Kay | 16 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.14 | 5.78 | 1.50 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Jeremiah Estrada | 12 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.75 | 9.07 | 2.25 | 11.0 | -0.5 |
| Hayden Wesneski | 34 | 11 | 89.1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 83 | 4.63 | 5.48 | 1.28 | 8.4 | -0.5 |
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.