It's been a while since the Cubs had one of these games. Hopefully it'll be a while before one happens again.
Graphs for Game 137 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 137:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Grimm |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.05 |
.094 |
W Wright |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.32 |
.033 |
T Wood |
4.2 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0.85 |
-.187 |
P Strop |
0.2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2.68 |
-.295 |
C Villanueva |
1 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2.64 |
-.370 |
Total |
8 |
13 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
1.57 |
-.725 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
L Valbuena |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.87 |
.150 |
T Wood |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.23 |
.135 |
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1.13 |
.129 |
C Valaika |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.88 |
.084 |
S Castro |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.62 |
.053 |
A Alcantara |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.9 |
.028 |
J Baker |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.43 |
.007 |
W Castillo |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.36 |
-.010 |
J Grimm |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.67 |
-.016 |
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.63 |
-.072 |
L Watkins |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.84 |
-.073 |
J Baez |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.37 |
-.189 |
Total |
36 |
6 |
11 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
1.02 |
.225 |
Writer's Note: The daily selections of the three Heroes and three Goats are based solely on the top three and bottom three WPA scores for the game. The selections are not based on my subjective opinion.
THE THREE HEROES:
- Superhero - Luis Valbuena (.150). He's found a bit of a power surge here with his third homer in his last six games.
- Hero - Travis Wood, the hitter (.135). Well, it certainly wasn't Travis Wood, the pitcher. And he has John Lackey entirely to thank for his podium spot.
- Sidekick - Chris Coghlan (.129). Runs his Hero podium streak to six.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Carlos Villanueva (-.370). Believe it or not, this is only the second time this season that Villanueva has been the Billy Goat as a reliever, and the other time was the season opener.
- Goat - Pedro Strop (-.295). His first podium appearance in 14 games. That appearance was also on the Goat side.
- Kid - Javier Baez (-.189). Well, hopefully he's getting all of the kinks worked out in time for Kris Bryant to join the club next year.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 137 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):
x - Player not on 25-man roster.
y - Player not on 40-man roster.
z - Player no longer with Cubs.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
15 |
11 |
10 |
77 |
Starlin Castro |
14.5 |
10 |
9 |
72.5 |
Luis Valbuena |
13 |
10 |
7 |
66 |
Welington Castillo |
9 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
42.5 |
x-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
8 |
3 |
40 |
Jake Arrieta |
8 |
4 |
1 |
33 |
Travis Wood |
6 |
5 |
1 |
29 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
x-Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
x-Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7 |
19 |
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
Kyle Hendricks |
4 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
15.5 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
12.5 |
14.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
Jorge Soler |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
Chris Valaika |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
Felix Doubront |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Jacob Turner |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
9.5 |
12.5 |
55.5 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
15 |
51 |
Welington Castillo |
4 |
11.5 |
9 |
44 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
Travis Wood |
10 |
5 |
2 |
42 |
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
Chris Coghlan |
5 |
5 |
6 |
31 |
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
x-Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
7 |
4 |
24 |
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
John Baker |
4 |
1 |
5 |
19 |
x-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
Pedro Strop |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
Wesley Wright |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
Javier Baez |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Neil Ramirez |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
x-Blake Parker |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
Chris Valaika |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Jacob Turner |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Dan Straily |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
77 |
36 |
41 |
Starlin Castro |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
33 |
15 |
18 |
x-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
Jorge Soler |
12 |
0 |
12 |
Luis Valbuena |
66 |
55.5 |
10.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
40 |
31 |
9 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
6 |
8 |
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
9 |
6.5 |
x-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Zac Rosscup |
4.5 |
0 |
4.5 |
Felix Doubront |
3 |
0 |
3 |
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
Logan Watkins |
2 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1.5 |
0 |
1.5 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
Chris Valaika |
6 |
5 |
1 |
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Matt Szczur |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
Wesley Wright |
13 |
14 |
-1 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
Jacob Turner |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
Welington Castillo |
42.5 |
44 |
-1.5 |
Pedro Strop |
16 |
18 |
-2 |
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
x-Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
24 |
-5 |
John Baker |
14 |
19 |
-5 |
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Javier Baez |
5 |
13 |
-8 |
Hector Rondon |
14.5 |
23 |
-8.5 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
Justin Grimm |
12 |
24.5 |
-12.5 |
Travis Wood |
29 |
42 |
-13 |
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
x-Junior Lake |
19 |
38 |
-19 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Wood climbs up the plus/minus chart thanks to a fielding error, and Villanueva drops down to meet him thanks in part to a ball that bounced off of him.