Carlos Zambrano Wins NL Player of the Week!

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 15, 2008 7:07 PM CDT Comment 13 comments

Big Carlos Alberto Zambrano wins player of the week after his more then stellar performance in Milwaukee against Houston last night. This comes after a 12 days hiatus from the pitching rubber due to tendinitis in his throwing arm. In case you didn't know the stat line from the game, it is easy enough to remember. He put together a complete game no hit shut out with 1 walk and 10 stikeouts, passing his apparent 90 pitch pitch count. This was enough to solidify Big Z's name in the history books as well as on the MLB Player of the Week award for September 8-September 14.

The only other Cub to earn the player of the week award this year was Alfonso Soriano for the week of May12-May18. During this phenominal week, Soriano put together 16 hits with 6 multi hit games, raising his batting average from a dismal .223 to .296. He cleared the fences 7 times helping him gather 14 RBI's. 3 of those HR's were leading off the game. Altogether in May, Soriano hit .345 with 10 HR, 28 RBI's, an OBP of .386, OPS of 1.058 and SLG of .672.

The only player of the month award the Cubs have is for Rookie of the Month of April from no other then Geovanny Soto. Soto hit .341 with 5 HR, 8 doubles and 20 RBI's while posting a OPS of 1.059 during that span. Maybe Z can put together another insane start or 2 and earn a player of the month award as well! Thanks to conversation in the game thread it was pointed out that Geovanny Soto was also the rookie of the month for August. During that span he hit 355 (27-for-76) with three homers, 21 RBI, five doubles and a triple, including 7 multi-hit games. The game that Soto performed best in during the month of August was on the 26th where he knocked in 7 runs. (Thanks, sorry I overlooked that one!)

Genius baseball stat of the day courtesy of MLB.com (note sarcasm): Zambrano was the first player to have their last name start with "Z" to throw a no-hitter!

If there are any other notable awards from this year, please discuss for the purpose of happy memories!

reference: mlb.com and baseball-reference.com

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I find it funny

He only pitched one game. Don’t get me wrong, it was a stellar performance.

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on Sep 15, 2008 7:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought that was funny myself

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 15, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Snark necessary?

Genious baseball stat of the day courtesy of MLB.com (note sarcasm): Zambrano was the first player to have their last name start with “Z” to throw a no-hitter!

I actually think thats interesting. But… to each their own I guess.

Now, where'd I put that button....

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 15, 2008 7:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs