Chicago Cubs: Insane Pete Crow-Armstrong stats are making history

The Chicago Cubs are giving platform to the making of a true superstar in Pete Crow-Armstrong.

While last year’s first-half performance was working at almost a legendary level, the young star’s second half showed some of the mental and technical hiccups that kept him as someone closer to a work in progress than an established elite.

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This year’s first half, however, is showcasing definite “finished product” vibes. Since May 30, he’s hitting .385 with a crazy on base percentage of .474.

The raw power and stolen base numbers aren’t as high as pre-All-Star break last year, but PCA’s plate discipline and ability to make meaningful contact with hittable pitches is much improved. The end result has been a level of excellence that is actually sustainable and not just the product of an extended hot streak or two.

So far this season, the 24-year-old is slashing .291/.386/.531 and is sporting an OPS of .917, with 21 home runs, 53 RBIs, and 24 stolen bases. He’s also playing his usual stellar defensive center field. His across the board numbers, per writer and analyst Matt Clapp, make him a FanGraphs Top 3 player in both offense and defense

PCA’s WAR is OMG

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Just as impressive is Crow-Armstrong’s 6.0 WAR according to FanGraphs.

Not only is the Cubs’ only 2026 All-Star Game representative putting up monstrous numbers, he’s also an indispensable asset to his team according this “Wins Above Replacement” metric.

Michael Cerami of Bleacher Nation recently put PCA’s WAR into perspective, shining a spotlight on just how special this 2026 run has been (and could further be):

“In the entire history of this franchise, there have been just 55 FULL SEASONS in which a Cubs player has earned at least 6.0 WAR, with only 28 different players accomplishing in a full season what PCA just did in half a year…

Indeed, even if PCA’s second half was as brutally awful/terrible/rotten/no good as 2025 (as in, the same performance from here on out), he’d finish with one of the top-30 seasons in Cubs franchise history by fWAR.

But here’s the thing … I already told you this was more sustainable. So I think there’s reason to believe he could finish with something close to the very best Cubs season ever (for a position player). I don’t think he’ll ultimately top Rogers Hornsby’s 1929 campaign (11.0 WAR), but Sammy Sosa’s 9.9 WAR in 2001 (second highest) certainly feels within reach.”

“Pretty Amazing”

Cubs first baseman Michael Busch echoes Cerami’s assertion that we’re watching something special.

“It puts into perspective what we’re watching,” Busch recently told reporters. “I feel like every time he’s at the plate, he’s getting on first base or hitting a home run or hitting for the cycle.

“You’re talking about every part of his game being at the top, which makes you one of the best players in the game. … It’s super meaningful to this team to have a guy go out there and be one of the best hitters, be one of the best defenders and base runners in the game. It’s all in one person. It’s pretty amazing.”

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