To paraphrase from a famous movie, the one constant through all the years has been baseball.  With the start of the 2026 season coming next week, we start to wind down our look at the all-time leaders in both offensive and defensive categories for all 30 teams. Today, we take a deeper dive into the Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs, dating back to 1870, were charter members of the National League in 1876.  I’ve seen 544 players wearing a Cub uniform in the 463 of their games that I’ve attended live at nine different stadiums across seven cities, with the earliest identified game at Wrigley Field on August 4, 1984 against the Mets, through their NLDS appearance against the Brewers last fall.

Home Runs

Name	Total
Sammy Sosa	42
Aramis Ramirez	41
Derrek Lee	38

Hits

Name	Total
Derrek Lee	245
Aramis Ramirez	216
Sammy Sosa	136

Runs

Name	Total
Derrek Lee	136
Aramis Ramirez	114
Sammy Sosa	102

RBI

Name	Total
Aramis Ramirez	151
Derrek Lee	128
Sammy Sosa	97

Doubles

Name	Total
Derrek Lee	51
Aramis Ramirez	48
Michael Barrett	29

Triples

Name	Total
Aramis Ramirez	4
Michael Barrett	4
Ryan Theriot	4
Todd Walker	4

Batting Average (> 20 AB)

Name	Total
Rondell White	0.424
Willie Greene	0.387
Ryne Sandberg	0.379

Stolen Bases

Name	Total
Ryan Theriot	18
Corey Patterson	14
Derrek Lee	12

Games

Name	Total
Aramis Ramirez	220
Derrek Lee	212
Sammy Sosa	145

And, on the defensive side of the ball:

Wins

Name	Total
Carlos Zambrano	21
Ryan Dempster	13
Matt Clement	13

Losses

Name	Total
Carlos Zambrano	14
Kerry Wood	13
Matt Clement	11
Sean Marshall	11
Greg Maddux	11

ERA (> 25 IP)

Name	Total
LaTroy Hawkins	1.64
Kyle Farnsworth	2.67
Jon Lester	2.78

Strikeouts

Name	Total
Carlos Zambrano	292
Kerry Wood	215
Matt Clement	186

Appearances

Name	Total
Carlos Marmol	75
Ryan Dempster	69
Michael Wuertz	62
Carlos Zambrano	62

Saves

Name	Total
Ryan Dempster	14
Joe Borowski	14
Kerry Wood	10