Cubs relievers have accumulated 13 losses so far this year, tied with the woeful Athletics for the most among all 30 teams.

Only 2 other National League teams, the Giants and Reds, have even 11. So do the Angels and White Sox.

The Twins have 12.

The Red Sox have only 3 such losses; the Brewers, 4; and the Dodgers, Mets and Pirates, 5.

The average of the 29 other teams is 7.8.

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At their current pace, Cubs relievers would finish the season with 47 losses.

That would demolish their previous high of 36, set just last year.

They lost 35 games in 2000, 33 in 1997 and 31 in 4 seasons: 1986, 2013, 2019 and 2021. They had 30 losses in 1983.

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The 2021 Nationals own the record for most losses by relievers, 42.

The Diamondbacks had 41 the same year, and again last season.

They Rangers had 41 last year; the Astros, 40, in 2013.

9 different teams have had more than 36 at least once.

The Cubs' high of 36 is tied with 8 other teams for the 13th most in any season.

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From 1962, when the National League first played 162 games, through 2022, excluding the 60-game season in 2020, Cubs relievers have averaged 23 losses.

Since 2000, excluding 2020, they have averaged 26.

Their fewest losses since 1962 were 10, in 1971. In this century, their low is 18, in 2018.

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WINS BY RELIEVERS

Cubs relievers have only 5 wins this year, which projects to 18 by season's end.

The last time they had fewer than 18 in a full season was in 2010, when they finished with 15. They also had 15 in 1995.

They had just 12 in 1997, 10 in 1971 and 7 in 1964.

The 7 in 1964 are tied with the 1968 Mets and 1975 Tigers for the second fewest by any team since 1962.

The Athletics had just 4 in 1980.

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Cubs relievers won 37 games last season, tying the team record, set in 1978 and previously matched in 2015.

They had 36 wins in 2018 and at least 30 in 4 other seasons, including 33 in 209 and 30 in 2021.

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They Rays, with their "opener" strategy, have the top 3 seasons in reliever wins: 58, in 2021; 56, in 2019; and 55, in 2018.

The Giants had 49 in 2021. The Yankees had 48 that year. No other team has had more than 45. A total of 29 have had at least 40.

The Cubs' high of 37 is tied with 10 other teams for, appropriately, 37th most.

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In 1962-2022, excluding 2020, Cubs relievers have averaged 23 wins.

Since 2000, excluding 2020, they have averaged 25.

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WINNING PERCENTAGE

This year's .278 winning percentage by relievers is the Cubs' second worst since 1901.

In 1997, they won 12 and lost 33, for a percentage of .267.

They have had 6 other seasons below .400:

.304: 1964 (7-16)

.341: 1962 (14-27)

.355: 1981 (11-20)

.357: 2010 (15-27)

.361: 1936 (13-23)

.382: 1954 (13-21)

They were exactly .400 in 1983 (20-30) and 2006 (18-27).

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The Cubs' .267 in 1997 is the fourth worst of the Expansion Era, ahead only of the 2003 Mets (.231, 9-30), 2013 Astros (.259, 14-40) and 2014 Reds (.262, 11-31).

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In 1937, Cubs relievers finished at .742 (23-8), their highest percentage in the Live Ball Era.

Other top seasons in the era (minimum 25 decisions):

.697: 1951 (23-10)

.683: 1946 (28-13)

.680: 1927 (17-8)

.667: 2018 (36-18)

.649: 1955 (24-13)

.633: 1938 (19-11)

.632: 1969 (24-14)

That .667 in 2018 is 80 percentage points higher than the Cubs' second-best performance this century: .587 (37-26), in 2015.

They were .560 (28-22) in 2004, .549 in 2017 (28-23), .538 (28-24) in 2008 and .537 (22-19) in 2016.

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Among teams that had at least 25 decisions, the best percentage ever was .903 (28-3) by the 1909 Pirates.

The 1950 Tigers were .828 (24-45) and the 1939 Red Sox were .795 (31-8).

The best performance in the Expansion Era was .786 (33-9) by the 1976 Twins.

Since 2000, it is .744 (32-11) by the 2012 Orioles, followed by the 2018 Athletics (.726, 45-17) and 2006 Twins (.722, 26-10).

The best by a National League team was .719 (41-16), by the Cardinals last season.

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WINNING, LOSING RECORDS

Since 2000, Cubs relievers have won more games than they have lost in 11 of 24 seasons.

Since 1962, they have been above .500 in 27 seasons, exactly .500 in 3, and below .500 in 31.

Since 1901, they have finished 76 seasons with a winning record, 5 at .500 and 41 with a losing record.