Ben Brown or Riley O'Brien

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Ben Brown or Riley O'Brien Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	16

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	24.1	44.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	13	1

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	20	30

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	27	47

Walks	4	14

ERA	2.96	2.01

WHIP	0.99	0.99

Ben Brown or Riley O'Brien Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	59	40

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	60.2	68.3

Wins	3	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	14	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	11	4

Hits Allowed	52	63

Earned Runs	26	29

Home Runs Allowed	5	9

Strikeouts	63	73

Walks	27	22

ERA	3.92	3.79

WHIP	1.31	1.24

Ben Brown or Riley O'Brien Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
News
	Riley O'Brien tossed 1.1 innings, allowing only the Manfred man to score, with two strikeouts and one walk in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Reds. Chase Davis Sun, May 24th	Ben Brown allowed a run on four hits in six innings on Monday, but settled for a no-decision in the Cubs' 2-1 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	Riley O'Brien struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Thursday's 5-4 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Fri, May 15th	Ben Brown pitched five innings on Tuesday and allowed three runs on seven hits, walked two, and struck out six as the Cubs suffered a 5-2 loss to the Brewers. David Leisering Wed, May 20th
	Riley O'Brien earned the save in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Athletics, working a scoreless frame while allowing one walk on 13 pitches. Jesse Garcia Wed, May 13th	Ben Brown started for the Cubs on Thursday and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over four scoreless innings. Chicago defeated Atlanta, 2-0. David Leisering Thu, May 14th
	Riley O'Brien struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Fri, May 8th	Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell confirmed that Ben Brown will start Friday’s series opener against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Riley O'Brien needed just three pitches to record the save in Monday's 6-3 win over the Brewers. Chase Davis Tue, May 5th	Ben Brown retired all six batters he faced in the eighth and ninth innings on Saturday for his first save of the season as the Cubs blanked the Diamondbacks, 2-0. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd
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Ben Brown or Riley O'Brien Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL			Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#166	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#90	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#198
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#170	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#133	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#150
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (4-4)	#177	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#89	@ TB	Mason Englert
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#246	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#166
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#100	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#143	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#186	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#208	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#126	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#322	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#121	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#130
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#92	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#152	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#49	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#125	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#305
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#130	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#154	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#417
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#136	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (4-3)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#223
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#191	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#77
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#212	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#118	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#129	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#247
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#190	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#95	@ CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#167	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#347
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#136
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#97	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#114	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#58
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#417	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#178
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#186
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#114
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#58	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#49
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#154	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#125
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#161
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (1-2)	#56	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#139
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-1)	#226	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-5)	#21	vs ATH	Gage Jump (0-1)	#155
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (3-4)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#118
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#142	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN			vs SF
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN			vs SF
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM			@ COL
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM			@ COL
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD			vs COL
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD			vs COL
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD			vs COL
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC			vs TOR
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL			vs SD
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL			vs SD
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC			vs STL
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC			vs STL
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA			vs DET
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN			@ PIT
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC			@ STL
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#7
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL