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Cubs Team Leaders 2008 Regular Season

This required zero work on my part...all stats brought to you from baseball-reference.com

Batting Average Theriot .307  
On-base % Theriot .387 
Slugging % Soriano .532
OPS Ramirez .898 
Games Lee 155 
At Bats Lee 623 
Plate Appearances (approx.) Lee 698 
Runs DeRosa 103 
Hits Lee 181 
Total Bases Lee 288 
Doubles Ramirez 44
Triples Theriot 4 
Home Runs
Soriano 29 
RBI Ramirez 111
Bases on Balls Fukudome 81 
Strikeouts Soto 121 
Stolen Bases Theriot 22 
Singles Theriot 154 
Adjusted OPS+ Ramirez 130 
Runs Created Ramirez 111 
Adjusted Batting Runs Ramirez 26 
Batting Wins Ramirez 2.5  
Extra-Base Hits Ramirez 72 
Times on Base Theriot 254  
 Offensive Win% Ramirez .667 
Hit By Pitch Johnson 12 
Sac. Hits Dempster 19  
Sac. Flies DeRosa 8 
Intentional Walks Soriano 11  
Grounded into Double Plays Lee 27 
Caught Stealing Theriot 13  
Power/Speed Number Soriano 23.0 
At Bats per Strikeout Theriot 10.0
At Bats per Home Run Soriano 15.6
Outs Lee 475

ERA Dempster 2.96 
Wins Dempster and Lilly 17 
Won-Loss % Dempster .739
BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dempster 1.210 
Hits Allowed/9IP Dempster 7.58
Bases on Balls/9IP Lilly 2.81 
Strikeouts/9IP Dempster 8.14 
Games Marmol 82
Saves Wood 34 
Innings Dempster 206.7 
Strikeouts Dempster 187
Games Started Lilly 34 
Comp. Games Dempster and Zambrano 1  
Shutouts Zambrano 1 
Home Runs Allow. Lilly 32 
Bases On Balls Allow. Dempster 76 
Hits Allowed Lilly 187
 SO to Walk Lilly 2.88 
Losses Lilly and Marquis 9  
Earned Runs Allow. Lilly 93 
Wild Pitches Marquis 8 
Hit Batsmen Marquis 8
Batters Faced Lilly 861 
Games Finished Wood 56 
Adjusted ERA+ Dempster 152

Ok, so I dont understand a few things here and if anyone can answer my questions that would be great. What is the difference between something that is adjusted and its regular stat (adjusted batting runs? adjusted OPS? adjusted ERA?)? What exactly is the offensive win% for a hitter account for, how is the power/speed number calculated, and is runs created the same thing as runs scored.

Things I found interesting. At the beginning of the season people would have never predicted Theriot to lead in BA, OBP, Singles, Triples, Stolen Bases, Caught Stealing, Times on Base, and at bats per strikeout (just sayin'). It is also interesting that in the pitching categories Zambrano is scarce with an exception of Comp. Games and shutouts. Without that no-hitter, Zambrano would be absent from our team leaders. And for some reason, my favorite stat is Dempster leading the team in sacrafice hits... he really knows how to win a ballgame and in my opinion our main reason for being as good as we are this year. Soriano leading the team in HRs after his injuries deserves an honorable mention as well.. GO CUBS!! LETS WIN THIS NLDS!

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Any chance you could try to reformat this so it's easier to read?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 30, 2008 2:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

yea Im trying to do so

Give me a few minutes…. Ill have it edited

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

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 30, 2008 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 30, 2008 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Much better formatting.

Thanks for posting this.

Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.

by Schwa on Sep 30, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

DeRosa leads in Runs?

From the bottom half of the lineup? Wow.

Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB

by californiachicagoan on Sep 30, 2008 3:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

he didn't meet the minimum requirement to qualify for the league lead in ERA

which is usually a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game.

Which is why BR wouldn’t list him as the team leader.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Trey2317 on Sep 30, 2008 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hard to believe:

Lilly’s K:BB ratio, good job, Ted

Marmol appearing in HALF of our games

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Sep 30, 2008 8:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Marmol appeared in 82 games.

The team record is 84. It was set by Ted Abernathy in 1965, and tied by Dick Tidrow in 1980 and Bob Howry in 2006.

All three of those teams lost 90 or more games.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 1, 2008 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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