Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds All-Time Record

NL Central rivalry
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Cubs lead Reds1,222to1,198·22 tiessince 1890

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 13 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Cubs lead 9-4

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At a glance

All-time since 1890 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds insights

Current-feed record
+8wins for Reds
51% Reds · 49% Cubs

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 27-25 since 2023.

Recent form
10-10last 20
Cubs on a 2-game streak

Cubs won 9-1 on Sep 20, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Reds built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 185 of 364 decided meetings (51%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 27-25, or 52% to Reds.

Cubs vs Reds complete all-time series record

Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds have met 2,442 times since 1890, never in the postseason. 2,026 meetings predate the current feed, which adds game-level detail from 2002.

History span
1890 to 2026
First and latest meeting
Before 2002
2,026
Meetings from the Retrosheet game logs
Since 2002
416
Meetings with game-level detail below
Win Percentage
204W
212W
CHC
CIN
49%51%
Chicago CubsCincinnati Reds

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 20
CIN 1-9 CHC
CHC
Sep 19
CIN 2-5 CHC
CHC
Sep 18
CIN 6-4 CHC
CIN
Aug 30
CHC 5-7 CIN
CIN
Aug 29
CHC 17-5 CIN
CHC
Aug 28
CHC 8-10 CIN
CIN
Jul 12
CIN 4-8 CHC
CHC
Jul 11
CIN 3-5 CHC
CHC
Jul 10
CIN 4-0 CHC
CIN
May 7
CHC 8-3 CIN
CHC
Last Meeting
Sep 20, 2026Final
CIN
1
HOME
CHC
9
AWAY
Cubswon by8runs
Cubs' 2nd straight in this series·Game 416 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Chicago Cubs: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.6 runs on average
3.6runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CHC↑Trending Up
Last 1060%
Archive since 200249%
CIN↓Trending Down
Last 1040%
Archive since 200251%
Last 10 Results
CHC / CIN

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season416 games
204
212
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Chicago Cubs Biggest Win
16–0+16 runs
Apr 21, 2016
Cincinnati Reds Biggest Win
20–5+15 runs
May 26, 2022
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CHC ↕CIN ↕Games ↕
20269413
20255813
20245813
20236713
202211819
202181119
20206410
201981119
201811819
201712719
201615419
201513619
201481119
201351419
201241216
201171118
201041216
200910515
20088715
20079918
200610919
20056915
20049817
200310717
200251217

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
109-104CHC HOME108-95CIN HOME
AWAY
95-108
CHC
AWAY
104-109
CIN
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds all-time record, 1890 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
2,429
Peak inning
1
Record game
33 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 416 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,429 Retrosheet games from 1890 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
28.4%

Share of the 416 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
71.6%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.6.

Average total
9.6runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
52.2%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.5261155
62.7%
8.5232184
55.8%
9.5Closest to even186230
44.7%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Cincinnati Reds
212 W · 51%1.96
Chicago Cubs
204 W · 49%2.04

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
30%vs 28.4% full archive
+1.6% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
70%vs 71.6% full archive
-1.6% in the last 20
Average total
9.1 runsvs 9.6 runs full archive
-0.5 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2025 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Reds and Cubs in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds

How is the Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1890 through 2026 contains 2,442 recorded meetings. 2,420 meetings have a winner; 22 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

When did the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Apr 19, 1890, when Chicago Cubs won 5-4 away to Cincinnati Reds. The archive covers 2,429 meetings from 1890 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

Read the full H2H data methodology →

Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds have met 416 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.