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Chicago Cubs
Chicago · National League · NL Central
Current standings, schedule, team quality, and the stories shaping the season.
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At a glance
2026 Regular season
- Record
- 80-62
- Division position
- 2nd in NL Central
- Wild Card
- WC1 · +6.0
- Run differential
- +138
No. 3 MLB
Standing
2nd in NL Central
Division: 8.0 GB · Wild Card: WC1 · +6.0
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Schedule
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Analytics
How this team has performed
Reliable team context, rankings, strengths, and weaknesses using the data available for MLB.
Team Quality
Record, run balance, and expected record from runs scored and allowed.
- Record
- 80-62
- Run differential
- +138
- Runs/game
- 5.3
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.4
- Expected record
- 85-57
- Actual vs expected
- -5.1 wins
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Based on runs scored and allowed.
Offense
Team hitting rates and production from verified season totals.
- Runs/game
- 5.3
- OPS
- .770
- OBP
- .339
- SLG
- .431
- AVG
- .251
- Home runs
- 199
- BB%
- 10.7%
- K%
- 21.4%
- Hits/game
- 8.7
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Pitching and Run Prevention
Pitching staff results and opponent production.
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.4
- ERA
- 4.16
- WHIP
- 1.26
- Strikeouts
- 1099
- Walks
- 425
- K/9
- 7.8
- BB/9
- 3.0
- HR allowed
- 213
- Opp AVG
- .244
- Opp OPS
- .729
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Basic Defense
Only basic fielding totals that are available reliably.
- Errors
- 52
- Fielding %
- .990
- Double plays
- 107
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Only audited basic fielding totals are shown; unsupported defensive metrics are intentionally omitted.
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