The Chicago Cubs went 89-73 in 2026, a .549 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 850 runs and allowed 703, a run differential of +147. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.11 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 112 team wRC+ was 12% above league average — the second best in MLB. Pete Crow-Armstrong led the position players at 8.7 WAR, and Ben Brown the rotation at a 1.85 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 14 games back. They spent 20 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on May 6 and were as far as 14 games back on September 26. Their best month was June at 16-10, their worst May at 13-16. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from April 14 to April 24 and a 10-game losing streak from May 16 to May 26. They were 46-35 at home and 43-38 on the road, 23-21 in one-run games and 41-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 23-3 against the Padres on July 1; the heaviest defeat, 17-1 against the Cardinals on July 3.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
19
12
.613
169
134
+35
May
13
16
.448
115
131
-16
June
16
10
.615
141
117
+24
July
14
10
.583
139
95
+44
August
16
12
.571
178
124
+54
Sept/Oct
11
13
.458
108
102
+6
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
23-21
.523
Extra innings
11-9
.550
Within the division
26-26
.500
Against .500+ clubs
41-37
.526
Decided by 5+ runs
35-16
.686
Last 10
5-5
.500
2026 postseason
In October the Chicago Cubs lost the Wild Card Series to the Padres 2-0.
Wild Card Series vs Padres0-2 L
Game 1, September 29 L 0-8 at Padres
Game 2, September 30 L 1-4 at Padres
National League Central standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2026. 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
36,662
37,419
25,125
40,706
Night
40
36,211
36,476
26,288
40,584
Day
41
37,101
39,036
25,125
40,706
Weekend
37
37,697
39,060
28,811
40,706
Weekday
44
35,791
36,457
25,125
40,584
On the road
80
32,445
34,067
12,052
53,733
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
5
34,219
Apr
11
31,706
May
13
36,049
Jun
13
37,181
Jul
11
39,020
Aug
16
39,242
Sep
12
36,720
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:44
142 games
All games
2:48
Extra innings
3:10
20 of them
Longest
4:10
2026-09-22, 12 inn
Shortest
2:12
2026-09-03
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
2:48
2:45
2:10
4:10
Regulation
142
2:44
2:43
2:10
3:23
Extra innings
20
3:10
3:07
2:39
4:10
Home
81
2:49
2:46
2:12
4:10
Road
81
2:46
2:44
2:10
3:23
Day
70
2:46
2:44
2:10
3:40
Night
92
2:49
2:47
2:12
4:10
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
5
2:39
Apr
11
2:49
May
13
2:43
Jun
13
2:56
Jul
11
2:46
Aug
16
2:52
Sep
12
2:52
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 164 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 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their +147 run differential implies .586. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
