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Spoiler Alert: A shout-out goes out to Starlin Castro for his 4-for-5 night... which unfortunately didn't get him to the Hero podium because his first at-bat was a groundout and his last two hits came when the score was 5-1 or more. Regardless, a 4-for-5 night is still awesome and is always worthy of recognition.
Graphs for Game 158 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 158:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Lester |
8 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
0.66 |
.170 |
N Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0.01 |
.000 |
Total |
9 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
0.52 |
.171 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
A Jackson |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0.81 |
.302 |
A Russell |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.54 |
.089 |
J Lester |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.58 |
.070 |
S Castro |
5 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.47 |
.062 |
A Rizzo |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.52 |
.020 |
C Denorfia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.15 |
.013 |
J Baez |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.07 |
.011 |
T La Stella |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
K Schwarber |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.7 |
-.029 |
D Ross |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.41 |
-.054 |
K Bryant |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.48 |
-.056 |
J Soler |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.83 |
-.098 |
Total |
42 |
10 |
16 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
14 |
0.53 |
.329 |
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 - Austin Jackson (.302). Congratulations to him on the first game in his career in which he drove in five runs. His previous best was four which he had done five times, most recently on July 7 when he was still with the Mariners.
- Hero - Jon Lester (.170). All that pitching, and he got on base! Twice!
- Sidekick - Addison Russell (.089). His run-scoring single in the second got him the final spot; everything else was just gravy after that.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Jorge Soler (-.098). Once again, the double play claims another Billy Goat.
- Goat - Kris Bryant (-.056). Lots of hard-hit balls (and one sawed-off bat), but none of them found a gap.
- Kid - David Ross (-.054). But hey, he singled in the ninth! Sure, it was 10-1 at that point, but it counts for something, right? (WPA for single: .000. Guess not.)
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
17 |
26.5 |
11.5 |
115.5 |
Kris Bryant |
17 |
19 |
9 |
98 |
Jake Arrieta |
18.5 |
4 |
0.5 |
64 |
Dexter Fowler |
11 |
6 |
17 |
62 |
Starlin Castro |
7 |
9 |
13 |
52 |
Addison Russell |
9 |
6.5 |
9.5 |
49.5 |
Miguel Montero |
10.5 |
6.5 |
4 |
48.5 |
Jorge Soler |
7 |
11 |
3 |
46 |
Chris Coghlan |
8 |
5 |
10 |
44 |
Jon Lester |
9 |
6 |
2 |
41 |
Kyle Schwarber |
9 |
2 |
8 |
39 |
Jason Hammel |
7 |
4 |
1 |
30 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
9 |
8.5 |
29.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
Travis Wood |
2 |
6 |
3.5 |
21.5 |
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
9 |
19 |
Chris Denorfia |
2 |
3 |
5.5 |
17.5 |
Tommy La Stella |
3 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
Matt Szczur |
2 |
2 |
2.5 |
12.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
4.5 |
10.5 |
x-Jason Motte |
0 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
10.5 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
2 |
6.5 |
10.5 |
x-James Russell |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
Dan Haren |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Austin Jackson |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Taylor Teagarden |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
David Ross |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
x-Phil Coke |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Tommy Hunter |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
x-Mike Baxter |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Fernando Rodney |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
11 |
12 |
14 |
71 |
Addison Russell |
6 |
18 |
13 |
67 |
Jorge Soler |
9 |
12 |
10 |
61 |
Dexter Fowler |
9 |
11.5 |
10.5 |
60.5 |
Kris Bryant |
9 |
11 |
9 |
58 |
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
12 |
15.5 |
51.5 |
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
10 |
10 |
51 |
Miguel Montero |
3 |
11 |
10 |
41 |
Kyle Hendricks |
10 |
3 |
1 |
37 |
Jason Hammel |
8 |
5 |
0 |
34 |
Pedro Strop |
9 |
2 |
0.5 |
31.5 |
Kyle Schwarber |
3 |
7 |
8 |
31 |
Justin Grimm |
4 |
5 |
5 |
27 |
David Ross |
3 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
25.5 |
Jon Lester |
7 |
1 |
2 |
25 |
Hector Rondon |
6 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
Chris Denorfia |
3 |
3 |
8 |
23 |
Zac Rosscup |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
Travis Wood |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
2.5 |
6.5 |
14.5 |
Dan Haren |
3 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Austin Jackson |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
x-Jason Motte |
1 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Javier Baez |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
x-Mike Baxter |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Fernando Rodney |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Tommy La Stella |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
x-Welington Castillo |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
x-Rafael Soriano |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Tommy Hunter |
1 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
x-James Russell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
x-Mike Olt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
x-Donn Roach |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Phil Coke |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Quintin Berry |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
115.5 |
51 |
64.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
64 |
16 |
48 |
Kris Bryant |
98 |
58 |
40 |
Jon Lester |
41 |
25 |
16 |
Kyle Schwarber |
39 |
31 |
8 |
Tommy La Stella |
15 |
7 |
8 |
Miguel Montero |
48.5 |
41 |
7.5 |
Trevor Cahill |
7 |
0 |
7 |
Matt Szczur |
12.5 |
6 |
6.5 |
Hector Rondon |
29.5 |
24 |
5.5 |
Travis Wood |
21.5 |
16 |
5.5 |
x-Taylor Teagarden |
5 |
0 |
5 |
x-James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
Dexter Fowler |
62 |
60.5 |
1.5 |
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
5 |
1 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Yoervis Medina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Jonathan Herrera |
15 |
14.5 |
0.5 |
x-Phil Coke |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
x-Jason Motte |
10.5 |
11 |
-0.5 |
Quintin Berry |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Tommy Hunter |
2 |
5.5 |
-3.5 |
Jason Hammel |
30 |
34 |
-4 |
Clayton Richard |
6 |
10 |
-4 |
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
Austin Jackson |
6 |
11 |
-5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
x-Welington Castillo |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
Chris Denorfia |
17.5 |
23 |
-5.5 |
Dan Haren |
7 |
13 |
-6 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
x-Rafael Soriano |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
x-Mike Baxter |
1.5 |
8 |
-6.5 |
Fernando Rodney |
0.5 |
7 |
-6.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
Chris Coghlan |
44 |
51.5 |
-7.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
10.5 |
18 |
-7.5 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
10 |
-10 |
Pedro Strop |
19 |
31.5 |
-12.5 |
Jorge Soler |
46 |
61 |
-15 |
Kyle Hendricks |
22 |
37 |
-15 |
Justin Grimm |
10.5 |
27 |
-16.5 |
Addison Russell |
49.5 |
67 |
-17.5 |
Starlin Castro |
52 |
71 |
-19 |
David Ross |
4 |
25.5 |
-21.5 |