National League Central · 2024
Chicago Cubs
83-79Wrigley FieldNational League
- Team WAR
- 28.4 17.7 bat / 10.7 pitch
- Win %
- .512 pyth .544
- Run diff
- +67 4.54 / 4.13 per g
- wRC+
- 108
- ERA
- 3.91 FIP 4.12
- Home runs
- 165
The Chicago Cubs went 83-79 in 2024, a .512 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 736 runs and allowed 669, a run differential of +67. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.91 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 108 team wRC+ is 8% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Seiya Suzuki leads the position players at 3.5 WAR, and Justin Steele the rotation at a 3.07 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,279 team hits
Batting
19 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 132 | 585 | 145 | 21 | 73 | 16 | .283 | .366 | .482 | .367 | 150 | 3.5 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 153 | 657 | 138 | 25 | 86 | 13 | .243 | .341 | .441 | .343 | 132 | 3.1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 149 | 641 | 159 | 7 | 48 | 31 | .273 | .335 | .373 | .315 | 111 | 2.9 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 148 | 593 | 129 | 16 | 66 | 19 | .242 | .312 | .390 | .309 | 106 | 2.8 |
| Michael Busch | 1B | 149 | 567 | 123 | 21 | 65 | 2 | .248 | .335 | .440 | .339 | 129 | 1.9 |
| Cody Bellinger | CF | 130 | 569 | 137 | 18 | 78 | 9 | .266 | .325 | .426 | .324 | 117 | 1.8 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | CF | 119 | 410 | 88 | 10 | 47 | 27 | .237 | .286 | .384 | .291 | 92 | 1.2 |
| Miguel Amaya | C | 108 | 363 | 76 | 8 | 47 | 0 | .232 | .288 | .357 | .285 | 88 | 1.1 |
| Mike Tauchman | RF | 105 | 350 | 74 | 7 | 29 | 6 | .248 | .357 | .366 | .329 | 121 | 1.1 |
| David Bote | 3B | 23 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .304 | .333 | .391 | .318 | 113 | 0.2 |
| Alexander Canario | LF | 12 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .280 | .357 | .440 | .353 | 139 | 0.2 |
| Christopher Morel | 3B | 152 | 611 | 105 | 21 | 60 | 8 | .196 | .288 | .346 | .283 | 86 | -0.1 |
| Nick Madrigal | 3B | 36 | 94 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | .221 | .280 | .256 | .247 | 59 | -0.2 |
| Kevin Alcántara | RF | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .089 | -62 | -0.2 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 1B | 73 | 174 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 5 | .171 | .237 | .392 | .272 | 78 | -0.2 |
| Luis Vázquez | SS | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .083 | .143 | .083 | .116 | -41 | -0.2 |
| Matt Mervis | DH | 9 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .115 | .148 | .154 | .138 | -24 | -0.4 |
| Miles Mastrobuoni | 3B | 46 | 106 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .194 | .245 | .224 | .216 | 35 | -0.5 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 30 | 96 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .154 | .179 | .242 | .185 | 12 | -0.5 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Steele | 24 | 24 | 134.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 135 | 3.07 | 3.23 | 1.10 | 9.0 | 2.7 |
| Shota Imanaga | 29 | 29 | 173.1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 2.91 | 3.72 | 1.02 | 9.0 | 2.5 |
| Jameson Taillon | 28 | 28 | 165.1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 125 | 3.27 | 3.92 | 1.13 | 6.8 | 2.0 |
| Ben Brown | 15 | 8 | 55.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 3.58 | 3.11 | 1.08 | 10.4 | 1.0 |
| Porter Hodge | 39 | 0 | 43.0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 52 | 1.88 | 2.75 | 0.88 | 10.9 | 0.9 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 60 | 0 | 58.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 86 | 4.50 | 3.29 | 1.33 | 13.3 | 0.8 |
| Tyson Miller | 58 | 0 | 62.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 2.32 | 3.67 | 0.81 | 7.8 | 0.6 |
| Javier Assad | 29 | 29 | 147.0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 124 | 3.73 | 4.64 | 1.40 | 7.6 | 0.6 |
| Colten Brewer | 16 | 0 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5.66 | 3.12 | 1.60 | 9.6 | 0.3 |
| Keegan Thompson | 24 | 0 | 30.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 2.67 | 3.86 | 1.22 | 10.7 | 0.2 |
| Yency Almonte | 17 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3.45 | 3.36 | 1.09 | 11.5 | 0.2 |
| Ethan Roberts | 21 | 0 | 26.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.71 | 3.92 | 1.54 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Héctor Neris | 62 | 0 | 59.1 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 64 | 4.10 | 4.28 | 1.40 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Palencia | 10 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6.14 | 3.64 | 1.77 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Luke Little | 30 | 1 | 26.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3.46 | 4.05 | 1.27 | 9.7 | 0.1 |
| Julian Merryweather | 15 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6.60 | 3.70 | 1.80 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| Hayden Wesneski | 28 | 7 | 67.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 67 | 3.86 | 4.51 | 1.14 | 8.9 | 0.1 |
| Gavin Hollowell | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.67 | 1.50 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Matt Mervis | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 3.17 | 10.50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| David Bote | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.17 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.17 | 6.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Jack Neely | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9.00 | 6.17 | 1.67 | 10.5 | -0.1 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 29 | 24 | 130.2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 87 | 5.92 | 4.98 | 1.45 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Caleb Kilian | 2 | 1 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4.22 | 5.98 | 1.59 | 5.9 | -0.1 |
| Trey Wingenter | 7 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9.72 | 6.29 | 2.04 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Jordan Wicks | 11 | 10 | 46.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 5.48 | 5.32 | 1.63 | 8.2 | -0.2 |
| Drew Smyly | 50 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 3.84 | 4.91 | 1.40 | 8.6 | -0.3 |
| Jose Cuas | 13 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7.71 | 7.02 | 1.78 | 9.4 | -0.5 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 18 | 0 | 17.1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4.67 | 7.38 | 1.44 | 6.8 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago Cubs are 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +67 run differential implies .544. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.