Not only was Jason Hammel's outing on Sunday the worst that he's had as a Cub by WPA standards, it's the second-worst he's had in his entire career. The only game worse was while he was still with the Orioles on July 2, 2012.
Graphs for Game 97 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 97:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
D Ross |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
Y Medina |
3 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
0.04 |
-.008 |
T Wood |
1.1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.27 |
-.044 |
J Hammel |
3.2 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
0.8 |
-.447 |
Total |
9 |
17 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
8 |
0.4 |
-.499 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
D Fowler |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.44 |
.149 |
K Schwarber |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.59 |
.080 |
D Ross |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.02 |
.001 |
C Denorfia |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.01 |
.000 |
T Teagarden |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.03 |
-.001 |
J Herrera |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.04 |
-.002 |
S Castro |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.29 |
-.014 |
A Russell |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.28 |
-.019 |
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.25 |
-.025 |
J Hammel |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.04 |
-.025 |
J Soler |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.32 |
-.030 |
K Bryant |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0.69 |
-.055 |
A Rizzo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.57 |
-.062 |
Total |
30 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
0.39 |
-.001 |
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 - Dexter Fowler (.149). Takes the top step for the second day in a row, in large part due to his homer while the game was still close in the third.
- Hero - Kyle Schwarber (.080). Just keeps on charging up the chart.
- Sidekick - David Ross (.001). This step's getting dangerously close to being named the "Zero Step" as three of the past four games have featured players with a WPA of .003 or less to take it.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Jason Hammel (-.447). There was still somewhat of a chance after the three runs he gave up in the first inning. The next set of three runs in the fourth somewhat changed that.
- Goat - Anthony Rizzo (-.062). The podium funk continues as his last four appearances have all been on the Goat side.
- Kid - Kris Bryant (-.055). He and Rizzo are somewhat in sync here, as his last four appearances have also been with the Goats.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
11 |
18 |
4 |
73 |
Kris Bryant |
9 |
8 |
6 |
49 |
Dexter Fowler |
8 |
4 |
9 |
41 |
Jake Arrieta |
9.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
35 |
Addison Russell |
6 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
33.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
2 |
6 |
31 |
x-Miguel Montero |
6.5 |
5.5 |
0 |
30.5 |
Starlin Castro |
3 |
6 |
9 |
30 |
Jorge Soler |
3 |
8 |
3 |
28 |
Jason Hammel |
6 |
2 |
0 |
22 |
Jon Lester |
6 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
7.5 |
6 |
21 |
Kyle Schwarber |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
Travis Wood |
1 |
5 |
3.5 |
16.5 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
0 |
8.5 |
11.5 |
Jason Motte |
0 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
10.5 |
x-Matt Szczur |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
Chris Denorfia |
1 |
1 |
3.5 |
8.5 |
James Russell |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Taylor Teagarden |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
x-Phil Coke |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
David Ross |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
x-Mike Baxter |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
x-Clayton Richard |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
8 |
7 |
13 |
51 |
Jorge Soler |
5 |
9 |
9 |
42 |
Addison Russell |
2 |
13 |
6 |
38 |
Anthony Rizzo |
5 |
9 |
4 |
37 |
Kris Bryant |
5 |
7 |
8 |
37 |
Dexter Fowler |
5 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
36.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
7 |
12 |
32 |
x-Miguel Montero |
3 |
6 |
6 |
27 |
Pedro Strop |
7 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
Kyle Hendricks |
6 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
Jon Lester |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
Jason Hammel |
4 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
Justin Grimm |
2 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
Hector Rondon |
4 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
David Ross |
1 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
14.5 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
Travis Wood |
2 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Chris Denorfia |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
Jason Motte |
1 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
x-Mike Baxter |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
x-Welington Castillo |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
James Russell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
x-Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
x-Mike Olt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Rafael Soriano |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Donn Roach |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Phil Coke |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Clayton Richard |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
73 |
37 |
36 |
Jake Arrieta |
35 |
16 |
19 |
Kyle Schwarber |
17 |
3 |
14 |
Kris Bryant |
49 |
37 |
12 |
Jonathan Herrera |
15 |
9 |
6 |
Travis Wood |
16.5 |
11 |
5.5 |
Hector Rondon |
21 |
16 |
5 |
Taylor Teagarden |
5 |
0 |
5 |
Dexter Fowler |
41 |
36.5 |
4.5 |
Jason Hammel |
22 |
18 |
4 |
Jon Lester |
22 |
18 |
4 |
x-Matt Szczur |
9 |
5 |
4 |
x-Miguel Montero |
30.5 |
27 |
3.5 |
James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
Jason Motte |
10.5 |
9 |
1.5 |
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
5 |
1 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Yoervis Medina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
x-Phil Coke |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Chris Coghlan |
31 |
32 |
-1 |
x-Clayton Richard |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
Chris Denorfia |
8.5 |
10 |
-1.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
17 |
20 |
-3 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
9 |
12 |
-3 |
Dallas Beeler |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Rafael Soriano |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
Addison Russell |
33.5 |
38 |
-4.5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
x-Welington Castillo |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
x-Mike Baxter |
1.5 |
8 |
-6.5 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
Justin Grimm |
6.5 |
17 |
-10.5 |
David Ross |
2 |
14.5 |
-12.5 |
Pedro Strop |
11.5 |
25 |
-13.5 |
Jorge Soler |
28 |
42 |
-14 |
Starlin Castro |
30 |
51 |
-21 |