National League Central · 2026
Chicago Cubs 2026
- Team WAR
- 35.0 30.6 bat / 4.5 pitch
- Win %
- .547 pyth .584
- Run diff
- +143 5.24 / 4.35 per g
- wRC+
- 111
- ERA
- 4.13 FIP 4.69
- Home runs
- 220
The Chicago Cubs are 88-73 through 161 games of 2026, a .547 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They have scored 844 runs and have allowed 701, a run differential of +143. The offence ranks the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.13 staff ERA is 16th of 30. Their 111 team wRC+ is 11% above league average — the second best in MLB. Pete Crow-Armstrong leads the position players at 8.7 WAR, and Ben Brown the rotation at a 1.85 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
19 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | CF | 161 | 725 | 174 | 45 | 107 | 41 | .278 | .372 | .570 | .401 | 157 | 8.7 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 154 | 697 | 157 | 26 | 89 | 3 | .260 | .350 | .449 | .352 | 123 | 4.2 |
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 143 | 634 | 147 | 26 | 86 | 3 | .270 | .368 | .473 | .369 | 134 | 3.9 |
| Michael Busch | 1B | 159 | 707 | 145 | 20 | 77 | 3 | .243 | .354 | .395 | .338 | 113 | 2.4 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 124 | 482 | 91 | 19 | 69 | 17 | .214 | .297 | .400 | .309 | 93 | 2.3 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 154 | 631 | 119 | 24 | 68 | 4 | .220 | .329 | .416 | .330 | 108 | 2.2 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 158 | 687 | 165 | 8 | 72 | 23 | .264 | .317 | .351 | .300 | 87 | 1.9 |
| Carson Kelly | C | 116 | 425 | 98 | 10 | 58 | 0 | .258 | .336 | .376 | .322 | 102 | 1.8 |
| Miguel Amaya | C | 76 | 250 | 49 | 6 | 28 | 0 | .232 | .337 | .370 | .323 | 102 | 1.0 |
| Michael Conforto | DH | 111 | 309 | 63 | 15 | 44 | 1 | .237 | .330 | .466 | .344 | 117 | 1.0 |
| Pedro Ramírez | 2B | 77 | 261 | 61 | 6 | 32 | 9 | .257 | .315 | .401 | .314 | 96 | 1.0 |
| Matt Shaw | RF | 70 | 199 | 41 | 5 | 24 | 4 | .240 | .327 | .415 | .329 | 107 | 0.8 |
| Justin Dean | CF | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .375 | .500 | .625 | .488 | 217 | 0.2 |
| Scott Kingery | 2B | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .223 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Alcántara | DH | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .240 | .286 | .360 | .284 | 75 | -0.1 |
| James Triantos | 2B | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .180 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Dylan Carlson | LF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| BJ Murray Jr. | 1B | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .081 | -65 | -0.2 |
| Moisés Ballesteros | DH | 103 | 348 | 68 | 9 | 35 | 1 | .217 | .282 | .334 | .277 | 70 | -0.4 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Ben Brown | 20 | 8 | 68.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 1.85 | 2.50 | 0.94 | 8.6 | 1.9 |
| Shota Imanaga | 31 | 31 | 173.1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 171 | 3.74 | 4.44 | 1.10 | 8.9 | 1.6 |
| Matthew Boyd | 22 | 22 | 126.2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 3.91 | 4.22 | 1.21 | 6.8 | 1.5 |
| Ryan Rolison | 60 | 2 | 63.0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 3.14 | 3.93 | 1.29 | 7.9 | 0.6 |
| Jacob Webb | 67 | 0 | 66.0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 3.41 | 4.07 | 1.27 | 9.8 | 0.5 |
| Aaron Civale | 34 | 15 | 111.1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 91 | 4.20 | 4.65 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 0.4 |
| Colin Rea | 33 | 19 | 135.0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100 | 4.40 | 4.84 | 1.35 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| Daniel Palencia | 32 | 0 | 29.2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 3.64 | 4.05 | 1.21 | 9.1 | 0.2 |
| Riley Martin | 8 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.16 | 2.98 | 0.84 | 10.8 | 0.2 |
| Jordan Wicks | 4 | 2 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10.45 | 3.68 | 1.94 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
| Ty Blach | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.77 | 0.33 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Hoby Milner | 43 | 0 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3.83 | 4.50 | 1.25 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Vince Velasquez | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 0.30 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| Yacksel Ríos | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 10.8 | 0.1 |
| Cade Horton | 2 | 2 | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.45 | 4.60 | 0.82 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| Antoine Kelly | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.85 | 0.75 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 58 | 0 | 50.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 4.86 | 4.70 | 1.30 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Javier Assad | 28 | 11 | 94.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 3.63 | 4.93 | 1.14 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Gavin Hollowell | 15 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.45 | 5.15 | 1.36 | 8.0 | -0.1 |
| Luke Little | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 14.10 | 2.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Ethan Roberts | 23 | 0 | 25.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4.21 | 5.28 | 1.40 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
| Hunter Harvey | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6.75 | 8.35 | 1.50 | 9.0 | -0.2 |
| Edward Cabrera | 18 | 15 | 80.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 5.96 | 5.35 | 1.49 | 8.0 | -0.2 |
| Carson Kelly | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 11.77 | 1.33 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Phil Maton | 31 | 0 | 27.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6.18 | 5.49 | 1.81 | 10.1 | -0.2 |
| Trent Thornton | 48 | 0 | 48.1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 3.35 | 5.21 | 1.20 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Corbin Martin | 7 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10.80 | 9.70 | 2.00 | 7.2 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Ferguson | 18 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5.30 | 6.16 | 1.02 | 10.1 | -0.3 |
| Jameson Taillon | 18 | 18 | 86.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 76 | 5.65 | 6.60 | 1.36 | 8.0 | -1.3 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2026.
- Average
- 36,662 81 home dates
- Median
- 37,419
- Total
- 2,969,583
- Best
- 40,706 2026-06-20
- Quietest
- 25,125 2026-04-01
- On the road
- 32,598 what they drew away
By situation
| 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 | 79 | 32,598 | 34,199 | 12,052 | 53,733 |
Through the season
| 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 161 completed games, 2026.
- Regulation
- 2:44 141 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
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 2:48 | 2:45 | 2:10 | 4:10 |
| Regulation | 141 | 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 | 80 | 2:46 | 2:44 | 2:10 | 3:23 |
| Day | 69 | 2:46 | 2:44 | 2:10 | 3:40 |
| Night | 92 | 2:49 | 2:47 | 2:12 | 4:10 |
Through the season
| 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.
Chicago Cubs are 88-73, a .547 win rate, while their +143 run differential implies .584. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.