2015 Chicago Cubs

97-65 • .599 Win% • 3rd in NL C

The 2015 Chicago Cubs went 97-65 (.599) finishing 3rd in the NL C division. The club scored 689 runs, allowed 608, and played home games at Wrigley Field. Team leaders included Anthony Rizzo (31 HR, 101 RBI) and Jake Arrieta (22-6, 1.77 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

97 Wins
65 Losses
.599 Win %
3rd Rank
689 R 608 RA
Diff +81

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689 Runs Scored
608 Runs Allowed
+81 Run Diff
2,959K Attendance

📈 vs. 2015 NL Average

Batting Avg .244 4% below the 2015 league average (.253)
OBP .321 2% above the 2015 league average (.315)
SLG .398 equal to the 2015 league average (.396)
Team ERA 3.36 14% better than the 2015 league average (3.91)
Runs Scored 689 3% above the 2015 league average (666 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,959,812
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Avg per Game 36,540

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2015

Batting Avg

1 Javier Baez 0.289 2 Anthony Rizzo 0.278 3 Kris Bryant 0.275 4 Chris Denorfia 0.269 5 Tommy La Stella 0.269

Home Runs

1 Anthony Rizzo 31 2 Kris Bryant 26 3 Dexter Fowler 17 4 Chris Coghlan 16 5 Kyle Schwarber 16

RBI

1 Anthony Rizzo 101 2 Kris Bryant 99 3 Starlin Castro 69 4 Addison Russell 54 5 Miguel Montero 53
2015 Chicago Cubs — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dexter Fowler 156 596 102 149 29 8 17 46 84 154 20 0.250
Anthony Rizzo 160 586 94 163 38 3 31 101 78 105 17 0.278
Kris Bryant 151 559 87 154 31 5 26 99 77 199 13 0.275
Starlin Castro 151 547 52 145 23 2 11 69 21 91 5 0.265
Addison Russell 142 475 60 115 29 1 13 54 42 149 4 0.242
Chris Coghlan 148 440 64 110 25 6 16 41 58 94 11 0.250
Jorge Soler 101 366 39 96 18 1 10 47 32 121 3 0.262
Miguel Montero 113 347 36 86 11 0 15 53 49 103 1 0.248
Kyle Schwarber 69 232 52 57 6 1 16 43 36 77 3 0.246
Chris Denorfia 103 212 18 57 11 1 3 18 15 56 0 0.269
David Ross 72 159 6 28 9 0 1 9 20 61 1 0.176
Jonathan Herrera 73 126 14 29 5 1 2 14 2 23 3 0.230
Jake Arrieta 33 79 5 12 1 1 2 2 1 45 0 0.152
Javier Baez 28 76 4 22 6 0 1 4 4 24 1 0.289
Austin Jackson 29 72 10 17 7 0 1 10 5 19 2 0.236
Matt Szczur 47 72 5 16 5 0 1 8 6 15 2 0.222
Tommy La Stella 33 67 4 18 6 0 1 11 5 7 2 0.269
Jason Hammel 32 65 6 11 1 0 0 4 1 18 0 0.169
Jon Lester 32 62 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 30 0 0.065
Kyle Hendricks 32 60 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 24 0 0.050
Junior Lake 21 58 2 13 4 0 1 5 4 20 4 0.224
Mike Baxter 34 57 6 14 1 0 0 2 7 14 0 0.246
Welington Castillo 24 43 5 7 2 0 2 5 3 12 0 0.163
Travis Wood 60 30 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 16 0 0.100
Arismendy Alcantara 11 26 5 2 0 0 0 1 5 11 1 0.077
Dan Haren 11 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.059
Mike Olt 6 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0.133
Taylor Teagarden 8 15 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.200
Clayton Richard 23 14 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 0 0.143
Tsuyoshi Wada 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Dallas Beeler 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Trevor Cahill 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Quintin Berry 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000
Carl Edwards 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Justin Grimm 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Donn Roach 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
James Russell 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Phil Coke 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gonzalez Germen 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tommy Hunter 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Edwin Jackson 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Yoervis Medina 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Motte 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Neil Ramirez 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fernando Rodney 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hector Rondon 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Zac Rosscup 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Schlitter 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rafael Soriano 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pedro Strop 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2015

ERA

1 Hector Rondon 1.67 2 Jake Arrieta 1.77 3 Justin Grimm 1.99 4 Pedro Strop 2.91 5 Edwin Jackson 3.19

Wins

1 Jake Arrieta 22 2 Jon Lester 11 3 Jason Hammel 10 4 Kyle Hendricks 8 5 Jason Motte 8

Strikeouts

1 Jake Arrieta 236 2 Jon Lester 207 3 Jason Hammel 172 4 Kyle Hendricks 167 5 Travis Wood 118
2015 Chicago Cubs — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jake Arrieta 22 6 1.77 33 33 0 229.0 150 45 48 236
Jon Lester 11 12 3.34 32 32 0 205.0 183 76 47 207
Kyle Hendricks 8 7 3.95 32 32 0 180.0 166 79 43 167
Jason Hammel 10 7 3.74 31 31 0 170.2 158 71 40 172
Travis Wood 5 4 3.84 54 9 4 100.2 86 43 39 118
Hector Rondon 6 4 1.67 72 0 30 70.0 55 13 15 69
Pedro Strop 2 6 2.91 76 0 3 68.0 39 22 29 81
Dan Haren 4 2 4.01 11 11 0 58.1 58 26 13 44
Justin Grimm 3 5 1.99 62 0 3 49.2 31 11 26 67
Jason Motte 8 1 3.91 57 0 6 48.1 48 21 11 34
Clayton Richard 4 2 3.83 23 3 0 42.1 47 18 7 22
James Russell 0 2 5.29 49 0 1 34.0 42 20 9 20
Tsuyoshi Wada 1 1 3.62 8 7 0 32.1 30 13 11 31
Edwin Jackson 2 1 3.19 23 0 0 31.0 30 11 12 23
Zac Rosscup 2 1 4.39 33 0 0 26.2 26 13 13 29
Trevor Cahill 1 0 2.12 11 0 0 17.0 8 4 5 22
Tommy Hunter 2 0 5.74 19 0 1 15.2 20 10 3 15
Neil Ramirez 1 0 3.21 19 0 0 14.0 12 5 6 15
Fernando Rodney 2 0 0.75 14 0 0 12.0 8 1 4 15
Phil Coke 0 0 6.30 16 0 0 10.0 14 7 3 9
Yoervis Medina 0 0 7.00 5 0 0 9.0 12 7 4 7
Dallas Beeler 0 1 9.72 3 3 0 8.1 14 9 7 7
Brian Schlitter 1 2 7.36 10 0 0 7.1 12 6 2 4
Gonzalez Germen 0 0 7.50 6 0 0 6.0 8 5 5 8
Rafael Soriano 2 0 6.35 6 0 0 5.2 8 4 1 4
Carl Edwards 0 0 3.86 5 0 0 4.2 3 2 3 4
Donn Roach 0 1 10.80 1 1 0 3.1 8 4 1 1
David Ross 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0
Chris Denorfia 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
Lost to NYN 4-0
NL Division Series
CHN def. SLN 3-1
NL Wild Card
CHN def. PIT 1-0

👥 Roster (50)

Arismendy Alcantara Jake Arrieta Javier Baez Mike Baxter Dallas Beeler Quintin Berry Kris Bryant Trevor Cahill Welington Castillo Starlin Castro Chris Coghlan Phil Coke +38 more

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The 2015 Chicago Cubs in brief

In 2015 the Chicago Cubs posted a 97-65 mark (.599) and finished 3rd in the NL Central. This was a year in which the Chicago Cubs earned a wild-card berth. Runs came in at 689 scored against 608 allowed (+81). At the plate the Chicago Cubs hit .244, 4% worse than the league's .253. The Chicago Cubs staff finished with a 3.36 ERA; the league as a whole was at 3.91.

The home run leader was Anthony Rizzo, who hit 31. Jake Arrieta was the top winner, with 22 victories. In the NL Championship Series, the Chicago Cubs lost to NYN 4-0. The NL Division Series ended in a win against SLN 3-1. In the NL Wild Card round, the Chicago Cubs beat PIT 1-0.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2015 Chicago Cubs

What was the 2015 Chicago Cubs record?
The 2015 Chicago Cubs finished 97-65 (.599 win pct).
Who led the 2015 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Anthony Rizzo led the 2015 Chicago Cubs with 31 home runs.
What was the 2015 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 2015 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 3.36.
Did the 2015 Chicago Cubs win the World Series?
No. The 2015 Chicago Cubs did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2015 Chicago Cubs play?
The 2015 Chicago Cubs played home games at Wrigley Field.
Who led the 2015 Chicago Cubs in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Anthony Rizzo (31 HR, 101 RBI) and Jake Arrieta (22-6, 1.77 ERA).
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