2018 Chicago Cubs

95-68 • .583 Win% • 2nd in NL C

The 2018 Chicago Cubs went 95-68 (.583) finishing 2nd in the NL C division. The club scored 761 runs, allowed 645, and played home games at Wrigley Field. Team leaders included Javier Baez (34 HR, 111 RBI) and Jon Lester (18-6, 3.32 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

95 Wins
68 Losses
.583 Win %
2nd Rank
761 R 645 RA
Diff +116

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⚡ Quick Stats

761 Runs Scored
645 Runs Allowed
+116 Run Diff
3,181K Attendance

📈 vs. 2018 NL Average

Batting Avg .258 5% above the 2018 league average (.246)
OBP .333 5% above the 2018 league average (.318)
SLG .410 2% above the 2018 league average (.403)
Team ERA 3.65 9% better than the 2018 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 761 7% above the 2018 league average (709 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 3,181,089
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Avg per Game 38,793

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2018

Batting Avg

1 Ben Zobrist 0.305 2 Daniel Murphy 0.297 3 Javier Baez 0.290 4 Albert Almora 0.286 5 Anthony Rizzo 0.283

Home Runs

1 Javier Baez 34 2 Kyle Schwarber 26 3 Anthony Rizzo 25 4 Ian Happ 15 5 Kris Bryant 13

RBI

1 Javier Baez 111 2 Anthony Rizzo 101 3 Kyle Schwarber 61 4 Ben Zobrist 58 5 Jason Heyward 57
2018 Chicago Cubs — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Javier Baez 160 606 101 176 40 9 34 111 29 167 21 0.290
Anthony Rizzo 153 566 74 160 29 1 25 101 70 80 6 0.283
Willson Contreras 138 474 50 118 27 5 10 54 53 121 4 0.249
Ben Zobrist 139 455 67 139 28 3 9 58 55 60 3 0.305
Albert Almora 152 444 62 127 24 1 5 41 24 83 1 0.286
Jason Heyward 127 440 67 119 23 4 8 57 42 60 1 0.270
Kyle Schwarber 137 428 64 102 14 3 26 61 78 140 4 0.238
Addison Russell 130 420 52 105 21 1 5 38 40 99 4 0.250
Kris Bryant 102 389 59 106 28 3 13 52 48 107 2 0.272
Ian Happ 142 387 56 90 19 2 15 44 70 167 8 0.233
David Bote 74 184 23 44 9 2 6 33 19 60 3 0.239
Victor Caratini 76 181 21 42 7 0 2 21 12 42 0 0.232
Tommy La Stella 123 169 23 45 8 0 1 19 17 27 0 0.266
Daniel Murphy 35 138 23 41 6 0 6 13 7 23 2 0.297
Kyle Hendricks 33 60 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 31 0 0.067
Jon Lester 34 59 4 7 0 0 1 9 0 22 0 0.119
Jose Quintana 32 52 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0.077
Mike Montgomery 39 33 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 20 0 0.091
Chris Gimenez 12 28 1 4 0 0 0 1 3 7 1 0.143
Tyler Chatwood 25 25 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.160
Cole Hamels 12 23 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 12 0 0.130
Yu Darvish 8 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.083
Steve Cishek 80 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Efren Navarro 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.167
Taylor Davis 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.400
Terrance Gore 14 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.200
Alec Mills 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Mark Zagunis 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.400
Luke Farrell 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
James Norwood 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Eddie Butler 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Justin Hancock 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Pedro Strop 60 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Duensing 48 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Brandon Kintzler 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brandon Morrow 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Randy Rosario 44 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
Duane Underwood 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Wilson 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Anthony Bass 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Chavez 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jorge De La Rosa 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carl Edwards 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Freeman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jaime Garcia 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dillon Maples 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cory Mazzoni 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jen-Ho Tseng 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Allen Webster 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rob Zastryzny 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2018

ERA

1 Jesse Chavez 1.15 2 Brandon Morrow 1.47 3 Steve Cishek 2.18 4 Pedro Strop 2.26 5 Cole Hamels 2.36

Wins

1 Jon Lester 18 2 Kyle Hendricks 14 3 Jose Quintana 13 4 Pedro Strop 6 5 Mike Montgomery 5

Strikeouts

1 Kyle Hendricks 161 2 Jose Quintana 158 3 Jon Lester 149 4 Mike Montgomery 86 5 Tyler Chatwood 85
2018 Chicago Cubs — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kyle Hendricks 14 11 3.44 33 33 0 199.0 184 76 44 161
Jon Lester 18 6 3.32 32 32 0 181.2 174 67 64 149
Jose Quintana 13 11 4.03 32 32 0 174.1 162 78 68 158
Mike Montgomery 5 6 3.99 38 19 0 124.0 131 55 39 86
Tyler Chatwood 4 6 5.30 24 20 0 103.2 92 61 95 85
Cole Hamels 4 3 2.36 12 12 0 76.1 61 20 23 74
Steve Cishek 4 3 2.18 80 0 4 70.1 45 17 28 78
Pedro Strop 6 1 2.26 60 0 13 59.2 38 15 21 57
Justin Wilson 4 5 3.46 71 0 0 54.2 45 21 33 69
Carl Edwards 3 2 2.60 58 0 0 52.0 36 15 32 67
Randy Rosario 4 0 3.66 44 0 1 46.2 47 19 22 30
Yu Darvish 1 3 4.95 8 8 0 40.0 36 22 21 49
Jesse Chavez 2 1 1.15 32 0 4 39.0 26 5 5 42
Brian Duensing 3 0 7.65 48 0 1 37.2 42 32 29 24
Luke Farrell 3 4 5.17 20 2 0 31.1 30 18 16 39
Brandon Morrow 0 0 1.47 35 0 22 30.2 24 5 9 31
Jorge De La Rosa 0 0 1.29 17 0 1 21.0 14 3 8 20
Brandon Kintzler 2 1 7.00 25 0 0 18.0 27 14 9 12
Alec Mills 0 1 4.00 7 2 0 18.0 11 8 7 23
Eddie Butler 1 1 4.08 8 0 0 17.2 16 8 7 11
Anthony Bass 0 0 2.93 16 0 0 15.1 18 5 3 14
Justin Hancock 0 0 1.46 10 0 0 12.1 5 2 9 11
James Norwood 0 1 4.09 11 0 0 11.0 14 5 5 10
Cory Mazzoni 1 0 1.04 8 0 0 8.2 5 1 5 7
Jaime Garcia 0 1 4.70 8 1 0 7.2 6 4 6 4
Rob Zastryzny 1 0 4.76 6 0 0 5.2 6 3 4 3
Dillon Maples 1 0 11.81 9 0 0 5.1 7 7 5 9
Duane Underwood 0 1 2.25 1 1 0 4.0 2 1 3 3
Allen Webster 1 0 6.00 3 0 0 3.0 2 2 1 3
Victor Caratini 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 0
Jen-Ho Tseng 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 2.0 4 3 0 3
Tommy La Stella 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 1.1 3 1 0 0
Chris Gimenez 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 3 1 1
Ian Happ 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0
Anthony Rizzo 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Wild Card
Lost to COL 1-0

👥 Roster (50)

Albert Almora Javier Baez Anthony Bass David Bote Kris Bryant Eddie Butler Victor Caratini Tyler Chatwood Jesse Chavez Steve Cishek Willson Contreras Yu Darvish +38 more

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The 2018 Chicago Cubs in brief

A 95-68 record (.583) put the 2018 Chicago Cubs 2nd in the NL Central. This was a year in which the Chicago Cubs earned a wild-card berth. The Chicago Cubs scored 761 runs and allowed 645, a run differential of +116. At the plate the Chicago Cubs hit .258, 5% better than the league's .246. The staff ERA of 3.65 was 9% better than the league average of 4.03.

Home games were played at Wrigley Field, where 3,181,089 fans came through the gates. For power, Javier Baez led the way with 34 homers. On the mound, Jon Lester won 18 games to lead the staff. The strikeout leader was Kyle Hendricks with 161. Brandon Morrow saved 22 games. In the NL Wild Card round, the Chicago Cubs lost to COL 1-0.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2018 Chicago Cubs

What was the 2018 Chicago Cubs record?
The 2018 Chicago Cubs finished 95-68 (.583 win pct).
Who led the 2018 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Javier Baez led the 2018 Chicago Cubs with 34 home runs.
What was the 2018 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 2018 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 3.65.
Did the 2018 Chicago Cubs win the World Series?
No. The 2018 Chicago Cubs did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2018 Chicago Cubs play?
The 2018 Chicago Cubs played home games at Wrigley Field.
Who led the 2018 Chicago Cubs in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Javier Baez (34 HR, 111 RBI) and Jon Lester (18-6, 3.32 ERA).
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