Ben Brown or Walker Buehler
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Walker Buehler SP - SD  | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 11 | 16 |
| Games Started | 11 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 51.2 | 44.2 |
| Wins | 3 | 1 |
| Losses | 3 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 2 |
| Hits Allowed | 50 | 30 |
| Earned Runs | 28 | 10 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 43 | 47 |
| Walks | 18 | 14 |
| ERA | 4.88 | 2.01 |
| WHIP | 1.32 | 0.99 |
| Walker Buehler SP - SD | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 40 |
| Games Started | 11 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 70.1 | 68.3 |
| Wins | 4 | 4 |
| Losses | 4 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 1 | 4 |
| Hits Allowed | 74 | 63 |
| Earned Runs | 38 | 29 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 12 | 9 |
| Strikeouts | 56 | 73 |
| Walks | 29 | 22 |
| ERA | 4.87 | 3.79 |
| WHIP | 1.46 | 1.24 |
| Walker Buehler SP - SD | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Walker Buehler allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th | 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 | |
| Walker Buehler allowed three runs on five hits over five innings with four strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | 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 | |
| Walker Buehler allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | 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 | |
| Walker Buehler allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with two strikeouts in a no-decision on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th | Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell confirmed that Ben Brown will start Friday’s series opener against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th | |
| Walker Buehler allowed four runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings with five strikeouts in a win on Tuesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th | 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 | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Walker Buehler SP - SD | Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #69 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #246 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #38 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #96 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #425 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #114 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #420 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #362 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #92 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #38 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #133 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #369 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #181 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #265 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #425 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #420 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #130 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #91 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #42 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #305 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #91 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #179 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #94 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #187 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #417 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #142 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #223 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #105 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #77 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #161 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #92 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #347 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #129 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #178 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs ATH | Luis Medina (1-1) | #248 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #186 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #114 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (1-0) | #173 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #161 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #86 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #139 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #177 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #155 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #8 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #117 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #107 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #85 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs NYM | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs CIN | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs CIN | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ STL | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ STL | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ STL | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ATL | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ATL | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ATL | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs LAD | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs LAD | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs LAD | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ LAD | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ LAD | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ LAD | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ ATL | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ ATL | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ ATL | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ MIA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ MIA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ MIA | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs COL | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs COL | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SF | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs SF | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs SF | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs SF | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ ARI | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ARI | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ARI | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs HOU | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs HOU | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs HOU | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs MIL | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs MIL | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ NYM | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ NYM | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ NYM | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PIT | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs PIT | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs PIT | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ CIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ CIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ CIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ SF | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ SF | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ SF | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ COL | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ COL | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ COL | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ LAD | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ LAD | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ LAD | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ARI | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ARI | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ARI | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #100 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #265 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs CIN | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ LAD | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ARI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ COL | |||||
