Chicago Cubs vs Cleveland Guardians All-Time Record

World Series meeting
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Guardians
Guardians lead Cubs25to24since 1997

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 3 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Guardians lead 2-1

Met in the World Series in 2016

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At a glance

All-time since 1997 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Chicago Cubs vs Cleveland Guardians insights

Current-feed record
+3wins for Cubs
54% Cubs · 46% Guardians

Guardians have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 7-5.

Recent form
10-10last 20

Guardians won 6-5 on Apr 5, 2026

Where it matters
7Postseason games

7 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Cubs built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 17 of 29 decided meetings (59%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 5-7, or 42% to Cubs.

Cubs vs Guardians postseason head-to-head record

Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Guardians have met 49 times since 1997, 7 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Cubs 4-3
7 postseason games since 1997
Playoff share
14.3%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
42
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
22W
19W
CHC
CLE
54%46%
Chicago CubsCleveland Guardians

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Apr 5
CLE 0-1 CHC
CHC
Apr 5
CLE 6-5 CHC
CLE
Apr 3
CLE 4-1 CHC
CLE
Jul 3
CHC 1-0 CLE
CHC
Jul 2
CHC 5-4 CLE
CHC
Jul 1
CHC 5-2 CLE
CHC
Aug 14
CLE 6-1 CHC
CLE
Aug 13
CLE 2-1 CHC
CLE
Aug 12
CLE 9-8 CHC
CLE
Jul 2
CHC 6-8 CLE
CLE
Last Meeting
Apr 5, 2026Final
CLE
0
HOME
CHC
1
AWAY
Cubswon by1run
Snapped Guardians' streak·Game 41 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Guardians won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.6 runs on average
3.6runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CHC↓Trending Down
Last 1040%
Archive since 200253.7%
CLE↑Trending Up
Last 1060%
Archive since 200246.3%
Last 10 Results
CHC / CLE

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season34 games
18
16
Postseason7 games
4
3
Chicago Cubs Biggest Win
17–0+17 runs
Jun 17, 2015
Cleveland Guardians Biggest Win
10–1+9 runs
May 22, 2018
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CHC ↕CLE ↕Games ↕
2026123
2025303
2024033
2023123
2021134
2020404
2018134
2016437
2015224
2009303
2006213

All 11 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
12-8CHC HOME11-10CLE HOME
AWAY
10-11
CHC
AWAY
8-12
CLE
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Chicago Cubs vs Cleveland Guardians all-time record, 1997 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
46
Peak inning
5
Record game
20 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 41 games from 2006 to 2026. History Lab: 46 Retrosheet games from 1997 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.Small historical sample: 46 games. Era and inning rates describe these meetings, but should not be treated as a forecast.

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.

Small sample: 41 decided meetings, under the 50 we treat as the floor for a stable rate. Read the figures below as description, not a forecast. Interleague pairs meet in short bursts, so a single series can move any percentage here by several points.

One-run games
43.9%

Share of the 41 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
56.1%

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

Average total
8.1runs

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

Home side wins
56.1%

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
7.5Closest to even2021
48.8%
8.51724
41.5%
9.51427
34.1%

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.

Chicago Cubs
22 W · 53.7%1.86
Cleveland Guardians
19 W · 46.3%2.16

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
50%vs 43.9% full archive
+6.1% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
50%vs 56.1% full archive
-6.1% in the last 20
Average total
7.3 runsvs 8.1 runs full archive
-0.8 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2020 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 Cubs and Guardians in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Chicago Cubs vs Cleveland Guardians

What is the Chicago Cubs vs Cleveland Guardians postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 7 games: Chicago Cubs have 4 wins and Cleveland Guardians have 3 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1997 through 2026.

When did the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Guardians first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Aug 29, 1997, when Cleveland Guardians beat Chicago Cubs 7-6 at home. The archive covers 46 meetings from 1997 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.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Guardians have met 41 times in this archive, which covers the 2006 season onward.