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Rest in peace, Popeye. And thank you for the memories of 1989.
Graphs for Game 56 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 56:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
H Rondon |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.27 |
0.158 |
W Wright |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4.81 |
0.120 |
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.57 |
0.118 |
J Russell |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.49 |
0.074 |
J Grimm |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
0.020 |
C Villanueva |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2.11 |
-0.041 |
E Jackson |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
1.04 |
-0.187 |
Total |
9 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
1.43 |
0.263 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.97 |
0.349 |
A Rizzo |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1.88 |
0.228 |
J Ruggiano |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0.94 |
0.085 |
C Coghlan |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1.58 |
0.073 |
L Valbuena |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.38 |
0.014 |
E Jackson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.46 |
-0.011 |
J Lake |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.6 |
-0.015 |
D Barney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.24 |
-0.031 |
E Bonifacio |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.77 |
-0.039 |
M Olt |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.71 |
-0.104 |
N Schierholtz |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.72 |
-0.116 |
J Baker |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.11 |
-0.196 |
Total |
30 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
1.35 |
0.237 |
THE THREE HEROES:
- Superhero - Starlin Castro (.349). Made up for his error in the first with a big night at the plate.
- Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.228). One of the wonderful quirks of WPA: Rizzo makes the second step on the podium thanks in large part to scoring on the Jeurys Familia wild pitch.
- Sidekick - Hector Rondon (.158). Capped a great night by the bullpen with his seventh save of the year.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Big Goat - John Baker (-.196). The double play off of the leg of Daisuke Matsuzaka was the critical blow on his 0-for-4 night.
- Goat - Edwin Jackson (-.187). Ten baserunners in five innings, and still managed to get the win.
- Kid - Nate Schierholtz (-.116). Three RISP opportunities and walked away with only an RBI groundout.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 56 (Changes in Bold):
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
6.5 |
4.5 |
5.5 |
34 |
Anthony Rizzo |
6 |
4 |
6 |
32 |
Luis Valbuena |
5 |
4 |
2 |
25 |
Welington Castillo |
5 |
3 |
2 |
23 |
Jason Hammel |
4 |
3 |
2 |
20 |
Jeff Samardzija |
5 |
1 |
2 |
19 |
Nate Schierholtz |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
Mike Olt |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
6 |
1 |
16 |
Travis Wood |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Justin Ruggiano |
0.5 |
4.5 |
1 |
11.5 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
2.5 |
3 |
11 |
Darwin Barney |
2.5 |
1.5 |
0 |
10.5 |
Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
0 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
James Russell |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
5 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Jake Arrieta |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
John Baker |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Chris Coghlan |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
7 |
3 |
29 |
Starlin Castro |
4 |
3.5 |
10 |
29 |
Mike Olt |
4 |
2 |
4 |
20 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
7 |
3 |
20 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
Welington Castillo |
2 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
Justin Grimm |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
Edwin Jackson |
3 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
Travis Wood |
3 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
Anthony Rizzo |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
Jason Hammel |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
Carlos Villanueva |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
James Russell |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
Luis Valbuena |
0 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
11.5 |
Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Jeff Samardzija |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
John Baker |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Wesley Wright |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
Justin Ruggiano |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Darwin Barney |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Ryan Sweeney |
1 |
0 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
32 |
15 |
17 |
Luis Valbuena |
25 |
11.5 |
13.5 |
Jeff Samardzija |
19 |
9 |
10 |
Welington Castillo |
23 |
17 |
6 |
Jason Hammel |
20 |
14 |
6 |
Brian Schlitter |
11 |
5 |
6 |
Darwin Barney |
10.5 |
5 |
5.5 |
Starlin Castro |
34 |
29 |
5 |
Justin Ruggiano |
11.5 |
7 |
4.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
Hector Rondon |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
Pedro Strop |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Ryan Sweeney |
4 |
4.5 |
-0.5 |
Travis Wood |
14 |
15 |
-1 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
Wesley Wright |
5 |
8 |
-3 |
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
7 |
-3 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
16 |
20 |
-4 |
Mike Olt |
16 |
20 |
-4 |
Edwin Jackson |
12 |
16 |
-4 |
John Baker |
4 |
9 |
-5 |
Junior Lake |
13 |
19 |
-6 |
James Russell |
6 |
13 |
-7 |
Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
Justin Grimm |
6 |
16 |
-10 |
Nate Schierholtz |
18 |
29 |
-11 |
Carlos Villanueva |
2 |
13 |
-11 |
Castro and Rizzo lead the way in the Heroes, while Schierholtz returns to the plus/minus basement after a brief escape.