| Season: | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| MLB | ||
| American | ||
| East | ||
| 23 | Red Sox | |
| 18 | Devil Rays | |
| 18 | Yankees | |
| 17 | Orioles | |
| 17 | Blue Jays | |
| Central | ||
| 17 | Twins | |
| 16 | White Sox | |
| 16 | Indians | |
| 15 | Royals | |
| 15 | Tigers | |
| West | ||
| 22 | Athletics | |
| 22 | Angels | |
| 16 | Rangers | |
| 14 | Mariners | |
| National | ||
| East | ||
| 20 | Marlins | |
| 20 | Phillies | |
| 18 | Braves | |
| 17 | Mets | |
| 15 | Nationals | |
| Central | ||
| 22 | Cardinals | |
| 19 | Cubs | |
| 18 | Astros | |
| 16 | Brewers | |
| 15 | Pirates | |
| 14 | Reds | |
| West | ||
| 23 | D-Backs | |
| 19 | Dodgers | |
| 14 | Giants | |
| 14 | Rockies | |
| 12 | Padres | |
| (-2.22) | ||
Chicago Cubs Playoff Race
| Chance of making the playoffs: | 32.4 | % | Change: | 0.9 |
| Average final seed: | 7.1 | -0.03 | ||
Record: 19 - 15 .559
How are these numbers calculated? (show)
Big Games
How we did yesterday and who we should root for today.
Each game can have 2 kinds of impact on the Cubs:
1. How many percentage points it changed their chance of making the playoffs.
2. (If in parenthesis,) how many positions it changed their average finishing position.
The day’s total impact on the Cubs is shown between the best and worst case outcomes. Future games show separate impacts for each outcome. Hover your mouse over a game to hightlight it in the standings.
How do I know a games impact? (show)
| Thursday | Impact | |||||||||||||
| Rockies | 9 | Cardinals | 3 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
| Astros | 3 | Nationals | 8 | 0.3 | ||||||||||
| Marlins | 7 | Brewers | 2 | 0.2 | ||||||||||
| Pirates | 5 | Giants | 4 | -0.1 | ||||||||||
| Worst | -1.21 | (0.04) | 0.88 | (-0.03) | (-0.03) | 1.19 | Best | |||||||
| Friday | ||||||||||||||
| Win | Win | |||||||||||||
| Cubs | 2.9 | (-0.34) | D-Backs | -2.9 | (0.34) | 2:20 PM | ||||||||
| Dodgers | 0.2 | Astros | -0.3 | 10:40 PM | ||||||||||
| Brewers | 0.2 | Cardinals | -0.3 | 8:05 PM | ||||||||||
| -3.54 | (0.36) | (-0.35) | 3.26 | |||||||||||
What If
Chances based on how well the Cubs finish out the season. Explain (show)
| 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||||||
| If finish: | Chance in | Chance team will finish the regular season at position | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TW | W | - | L | PCT | playoffs | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Count | |
| 147 | 128 | - | 0 | 1.000 | In | 100 | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 113 | 94 | - | 34 | .734 | In | 100 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 111 | 92 | - | 36 | .719 | In | 100 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 110 | 91 | - | 37 | .711 | In | 94 | 6 | 34 | |||||||||||||||
| 108 | 89 | - | 39 | .695 | In | 94 | 5 | 1 | 122 | ||||||||||||||
| 106 | 87 | - | 41 | .680 | In | 91 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 512 | |||||||||||||
| 104 | 85 | - | 43 | .664 | In | 93 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1,896 | |||||||||||||
| 102 | 83 | - | 45 | .648 | In | 91 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6,638 | |||||||||||||
| 100 | 81 | - | 47 | .633 | In | 88 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20,371 | |||||||||||||
| 98 | 79 | - | 49 | .617 | In | 85 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 54,085 | |||||||||||||
| 96 | 77 | - | 51 | .602 | 100.0 | 77 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 125,488 | ||||||||||||
| 94 | 75 | - | 53 | .586 | 99.9 | 64 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 256,430 | |||||||||||
| 92 | 73 | - | 55 | .570 | 99.3 | 45 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 459,800 | ||||||||||
| 90 | 71 | - | 57 | .555 | 95.4 | 23 | 33 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 732,777 | ||||||||
| 88 | 69 | - | 59 | .539 | 79.8 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,028,603 | |||||||
| 86 | 67 | - | 61 | .523 | 45.5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,271,671 | |||||
| 84 | 65 | - | 63 | .508 | 13.6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,394,942 | |||||
| 82 | 63 | - | 65 | .492 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,352,274 | |||
| 80 | 61 | - | 67 | .477 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,160,752 | |
| 78 | 59 | - | 69 | .461 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 879,047 | ||
| 76 | 57 | - | 71 | .445 | Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 588,319 | ||||||
| 74 | 55 | - | 73 | .430 | Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 347,951 | ||||||||
| 72 | 53 | - | 75 | .414 | Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 43 | 34 | 182,181 | ||||||||||
| 70 | 51 | - | 77 | .398 | Out | 0 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 59 | 83,586 | ||||||||||||
| 68 | 49 | - | 79 | .383 | Out | 0 | 1 | 19 | 80 | 33,546 | |||||||||||||
| 66 | 47 | - | 81 | .367 | Out | 0 | 8 | 91 | 11,995 | ||||||||||||||
| 64 | 45 | - | 83 | .352 | Out | 3 | 97 | 3,684 | |||||||||||||||
| 62 | 43 | - | 85 | .336 | Out | 0 | 1 | 99 | 994 | ||||||||||||||
| 60 | 41 | - | 87 | .320 | Out | 1 | 99 | 243 | |||||||||||||||
| 58 | 39 | - | 89 | .305 | Out | 100 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
| 56 | 37 | - | 91 | .289 | Out | 100 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 54 | 35 | - | 93 | .273 | Out | 100 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 0 | - | 128 | .000 | Out | 100 | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total: | 32.4% | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10,000,000 | |||||