National League Central · 2026

Chicago Cubs

69-50Wrigley FieldNational League

Team WAR: 23.7
Win %: .580
Run diff: +107
wRC+: 112
ERA: 3.97
Home runs: 148

The Chicago Cubs went 69-50 in 2026, a .580 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 614 runs and allowed 507, a run differential of +107. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.97 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 112 team wRC+ is 12% above league average — the second best in MLB. Pete Crow-Armstrong leads the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Ben Brown the rotation at a 1.85 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,023 team hits

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.

Batting

18 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Pete Crow-Armstrong	CF	119	527	128	26	71	30	.286	.388	.544	.401	158	5.8
Seiya Suzuki	RF	101	443	103	19	66	2	.269	.361	.470	.362	131	2.3
Alex Bregman	3B	116	532	115	12	53	3	.249	.338	.381	.323	103	2.0
Carson Kelly	C	84	311	73	7	42	0	.265	.350	.382	.331	109	1.8
Dansby Swanson	SS	114	443	84	17	63	16	.214	.292	.397	.304	90	1.7
Nico Hoerner	2B	117	515	121	7	55	18	.260	.320	.363	.306	92	1.6
Michael Busch	1B	118	531	111	14	63	2	.248	.358	.395	.340	115	1.5
Ian Happ	LF	114	490	91	20	51	4	.216	.324	.420	.329	108	1.4
Miguel Amaya	C	59	194	40	4	21	0	.242	.349	.370	.329	108	1.1
Michael Conforto	RF	78	204	42	9	26	1	.237	.328	.458	.340	115	0.7
Pedro Ramírez	DH	43	124	33	2	15	5	.295	.350	.438	.343	118	0.6
Matt Shaw	RF	51	147	32	4	20	4	.246	.322	.415	.327	106	0.5
Justin Dean	CF	10	10	3	0	3	1	.375	.500	.625	.490	220	0.2
Scott Kingery	2B	5	4	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.223	33	0.0
Kevin Alcántara	DH	16	23	5	1	5	0	.238	.304	.381	.305	91	-0.0
James Triantos	2B	4	5	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.178	2	-0.0
Dylan Carlson	LF	3	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123	-0.1
Moisés Ballesteros	DH	65	198	40	6	23	1	.225	.293	.360	.291	81	-0.2

Pitching

28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Ben Brown	20	8	68.0	4	2	1	65	1.85	2.48	0.94	8.6	1.8
Shota Imanaga	23	23	132.2	8	9	0	125	3.60	4.38	1.09	8.5	1.0
Matthew Boyd	14	14	79.2	8	1	0	66	3.50	3.95	1.22	7.5	1.0
Jacob Webb	52	0	51.2	4	2	7	58	2.44	3.34	1.18	10.1	0.7
Ryan Rolison	41	2	46.0	6	1	1	46	2.35	3.52	1.22	9.0	0.6
Daniel Palencia	19	0	16.2	2	1	3	19	2.70	3.45	1.38	10.3	0.2
Riley Martin	8	1	8.1	0	0	0	10	2.16	2.97	0.84	10.8	0.2
Colin Rea	24	19	121.2	8	8	1	90	4.59	4.87	1.36	6.7	0.2
Jordan Wicks	4	2	10.1	0	2	2	8	10.45	3.67	1.94	7.0	0.1
Ty Blach	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1.75	0.33	6.0	0.1
Vince Velasquez	2	0	3.1	0	0	0	1	0.00	2.49	0.30	2.7	0.1
Yacksel Ríos	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.69	0.00	10.8	0.1
Cade Horton	2	2	7.1	1	0	0	4	2.45	4.59	0.82	4.9	0.0
Hoby Milner	38	0	35.2	1	0	1	18	3.53	4.54	1.21	4.5	0.0
Edward Cabrera	14	14	72.1	5	4	0	65	5.10	5.05	1.40	8.1	0.0
Javier Assad	20	10	76.1	6	1	1	51	3.54	4.83	1.14	6.0	0.0
Antoine Kelly	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.00	3.84	0.75	6.8	0.0
Gavin Hollowell	14	0	14.1	0	0	1	13	2.51	4.97	1.33	8.2	-0.1
Luke Little	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	9.00	14.09	2.00	9.0	-0.1
Trent Thornton	34	0	36.1	5	4	3	17	2.72	4.90	1.13	4.2	-0.1
Tyler Ferguson	17	0	17.0	0	1	0	20	5.29	5.44	0.94	10.6	-0.2
Hunter Harvey	4	0	4.0	0	1	0	4	6.75	8.34	1.50	9.0	-0.2
Ethan Roberts	23	0	25.2	0	2	0	17	4.21	5.27	1.40	6.0	-0.2
Phil Maton	31	0	27.2	0	1	0	31	6.18	5.47	1.81	10.1	-0.3
Carson Kelly	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	18.00	29.09	2.00	0.0	-0.3
Corbin Martin	7	0	5.0	0	0	1	4	10.80	9.69	2.00	7.2	-0.3
Caleb Thielbar	42	0	35.2	3	2	3	44	5.30	5.36	1.35	11.1	-0.3
Jameson Taillon	16	16	80.0	2	6	0	72	5.96	6.67	1.39	8.1	-1.4

Record versus run differential

Chicago Cubs are 69-50, a .580 win rate, while their +107 run differential implies .587. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.