With their losses the last 2 nights, the Cubs are 21-23 this season in 1-run games.

In all other games, they are 61-53, a winning percentage of .535, which is 58 points higher than their .477 in close games.

How big a difference is that?

It ranks 43rd among the Cubs' 123 seasons of the Modern Era.

The Cubs have been more successful in games decided by 2 or more runs than in 1-run games in 70 seasons.

They have been been less successful in games not decided by at least 2 runs in 53 seasons.

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AVERAGE DIFFERENCES

On average, they have been more successful in multi-run games by 15 percentage points.

In the 70 seasons with greater success, the average has been 79 points, much higher than this year's difference.

In the 51 seasons with less success, the average has been 73 points.

Last year, they were less successful by 51 points, .440 to .491.

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BETTER IN MULTIPLE-RUN GAMES

In 21 seasons, the Cubs have been more successful in games decided by 2 or more runs than in 1-run games by at least 100 points, topped by 6 of more than 150:

231: 2004 (.619 to .388)

208: 2016 (.697 to .489)

193: 1905 (.677 to .484)

187: 1935 (.708 to .521)

178: 1933 (.607 to .429)

175: 1929 (.687 to .512)

The next-best difference was 147 points, in 2019 (.687 to .413).

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WORSE IN MULTIPLE-RUN GAMES

In 12 seasons, they have been less successful in games decided by multiple runs than in 1-run games by at least 100 points, including 5 of at least 150:

201: 1947 (.394 to .595)

173: 1975 (.414 to .587)

172: 1953 (.376 to .548)

168: 1914 (.460 to .628)

154: 1999 (.366 to .520)

The next-worst difference was 138 points, in 1976 (.410 to .548).

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OVERALL PERCENTAGES

In all 123 seasons, the Cubs have a .494 winning percentage in 1-run games, with 65 fewer wins (2,897) than losses (2,962).

Their percentage is .509 in games decided by 2 or more runs, with 257 more wins (6,726) than losses (6,489) and 101 ties.