Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time Record

NL Central rivalry
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates lead Cubs1,324to1,294·17 tiessince 1887

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

2026 season series: Cubs lead 7-6

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At a glance

All-time since 1887 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates insights

Current-feed record
+59wins for Cubs
57% Cubs · 43% Pirates · 0% ties

Cubs have pulled further ahead since 2023: 34-18.

Recent form
13-7last 20

Pirates won 4-3 on Sep 13, 2026

Where it matters
1Postseason game

1 postseason game across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Cubs built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 202 of 361 decided meetings (56%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 34-18, or 65% to Cubs.

Cubs vs Pirates postseason head-to-head record

Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates have met 2,635 times since 1887, 1 time in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Cubs 1-0
1 postseason game since 1887
Playoff share
0.0%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
2,634
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
236W
1T
177W
CHC
PIT
57%0.2%43%
Chicago CubsTiesPittsburgh Pirates

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 13
CHC 3-4 PIT
PIT
Sep 12
CHC 4-3 PIT
CHC
Sep 11
CHC 12-2 PIT
CHC
Jul 26
PIT 8-7 CHC
PIT
Jul 25
PIT 0-11 CHC
CHC
Jul 24
PIT 2-3 CHC
CHC
May 28
PIT 2-7 CHC
CHC
May 27
PIT 4-10 CHC
CHC
May 26
PIT 12-1 CHC
PIT
May 25
PIT 2-1 CHC
PIT
Last Meeting
Sep 13, 2026Final
CHC
3
HOME
PIT
4
AWAY
Pirateswon by1run
Snapped Cubs' streak·Game 414 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Pittsburgh Pirates won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.7 runs on average
3.7runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CHC-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200257.1%
PIT-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200242.9%
Last 10 Results
CHC / PIT

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season413 games · 1 ties
235
177
Postseason1 games
1
0
Chicago Cubs Biggest Win
21–0+21 runs
Apr 23, 2022
Pittsburgh Pirates Biggest Win
18–5+13 runs
Jul 1, 2019
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CHC ↕PIT ↕T ↕Games ↕
202676–13
2025103–13
202476–13
2023103–13
2022109–19
2021145–19
202064–10
2019118–19
2018109–19
2017109–19
2016144119
2015128–20
2014514–19
2013712–19
201288–16
201188–16
2010510–15
2009104–14
2008144–18
200787–15
200669–15
2005115–16
2004135–18
2003108–18
2002109–19

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
117-87CHC HOME90-119PIT HOME
AWAY
119-90
CHC
AWAY
87-117
PIT
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates all-time record, 1887 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
2,622
Peak inning
1
Record game
33 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 414 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,622 Retrosheet games from 1887 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
33.4%

Share of the 413 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
66.6%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.7.

Average total
8.9runs

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

Home side wins
50.1%

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
7.5223191
53.9%
8.5Closest to even195219
47.1%
9.5159255
38.4%

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
236 W · 57.1%1.75
Pittsburgh Pirates
177 W · 42.9%2.33

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 33.4% full archive
+16.6% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
50%vs 66.6% full archive
-16.6% in the last 20
Average total
8.1 runsvs 8.9 runs full archive
-0.8 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 Cubs and Pirates in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates

How is the Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1887 through 2026 contains 2,635 recorded meetings. 2,618 meetings have a winner; 17 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

What is the Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 1 game: Chicago Cubs has 1 win and Pittsburgh Pirates have 0 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1887 through 2026.

How do recent Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates results compare with the complete record?

Chicago Cubs have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Pittsburgh Pirates lead the decided record 1324-1294. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1887 through 2026, so the page reports the two 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 Pittsburgh Pirates have met 414 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.