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Some fun facts from Arrieta's one-hitter on Tuesday night: By game score standards, his score of 97 was the third best performance in the major leagues this season behind only the Madison Bumgarner one-hitter on August 26 and the Clayton Kershaw no-hitter on June 18. It was also Arrieta's first complete game in his career and blew away his previous high game score of 86 on June 30.
Graphs for Game 151 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 151:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Arrieta |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
0.58 |
.373 |
|
Total |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
0.58 |
.373 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
C Coghlan |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0.94 |
.116 |
|
J Soler |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1.32 |
.115 |
|
L Valbuena |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.06 |
.063 |
|
J Arrieta |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.64 |
.025 |
|
M Szczur |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.54 |
.023 |
|
C Valaika |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.81 |
.008 |
|
L Watkins |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.53 |
-.062 |
|
W Castillo |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.1 |
-.074 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.03 |
-.087 |
|
Total |
30 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
0.89 |
.127 |
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 - Jake Arrieta (.373). The only reason his WPA wasn't higher was because of the seven runs that the Cubs scored for him. Not that he needed them.
- Hero - Chris Coghlan (.116). I still find myself surprised on a regular basis at how good of a season he's having.
- Sidekick - Jorge Soler (.115). Another fun fact: Prior to 2014, there were only two times in Cubs history in the past 100 years that a player had hit five home runs in their first 14 games. This year it has happened twice. (The other guy's on top of the other podium.)
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Javier Baez (-.087). Hmm... this looks familiar...
- Goat - Welington Castillo (-.074). Wait a minute... Baez and Castillo were both here Monday night as well, in these exact same spots. But Soler was third and now he's over on the Hero podium...
- Kid - Logan Watkins (-.062). Whew. For a second I thought I was suffering déjà vu there.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 151 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):
x - Player not on active roster.
y - Player not on 40-man roster.
z - Player no longer with Cubs.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
16 |
11 |
10 |
80 |
|
Starlin Castro |
14.5 |
10 |
9 |
72.5 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
13 |
11 |
8 |
69 |
|
Welington Castillo |
10 |
8.5 |
5.5 |
52.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
9 |
4 |
43 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
11 |
4 |
1 |
42 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
6 |
6 |
1 |
31 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
|
Mike Olt |
4 |
3 |
8 |
26 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
|
Junior Lake |
4 |
3 |
4 |
22 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
19.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
|
Jorge Soler |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
14 |
16 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
4 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
15.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
|
Chris Valaika |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
Matt Szczur |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
3 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Jacob Turner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
1 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Dan Straily |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
10 |
13 |
57 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
|
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
15 |
51 |
|
Welington Castillo |
4 |
14.5 |
9 |
50 |
|
Travis Wood |
11 |
5 |
2 |
45 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
|
Junior Lake |
6 |
6.5 |
8.5 |
39.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
4 |
9.5 |
5.5 |
36.5 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
6 |
5 |
7 |
35 |
|
Mike Olt |
6 |
4 |
6 |
32 |
|
Justin Grimm |
7 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
26.5 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
|
Javier Baez |
5 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
23.5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
|
John Baker |
4 |
2 |
5 |
21 |
|
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
|
Wesley Wright |
4 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
|
Chris Valaika |
1 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
Jacob Turner |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
Dan Straily |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Jorge Soler |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Felix Doubront |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
80 |
36 |
44 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
42 |
15 |
27 |
|
Starlin Castro |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
18 |
3 |
15 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
69 |
57 |
12 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
43 |
35 |
8 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
19.5 |
13 |
6.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
6.5 |
0 |
6.5 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
9 |
5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
8 |
4 |
4 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
12 |
3.5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
13 |
9.5 |
3.5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
52.5 |
50 |
2.5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
12 |
10 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
Logan Watkins |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
9 |
-1.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
18 |
-2 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
Wesley Wright |
13 |
17 |
-4 |
|
Jacob Turner |
5 |
9 |
-4 |
|
Blake Parker |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
|
Dan Straily |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
|
Mike Olt |
26 |
32 |
-6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
Hector Rondon |
16 |
23 |
-7 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
21 |
-7 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
|
Justin Grimm |
15 |
26.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Javier Baez |
12 |
23.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
|
Travis Wood |
31 |
45 |
-14 |
|
Junior Lake |
22 |
39.5 |
-17.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
36.5 |
-17.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Arrieta extends his dominance of the plus/minus chart among starting pitchers, while Baez sinks back into double-digit negatives.