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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 100

What better way to celebrate the 100th game of the season than by setting a franchise record.

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And on top of that, it's the first time that the Cubs have had meat loaf at Wrigley Field since the beginning of July.

Graphs for Game 100 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 100 Chart 2015

Stats for Game 100:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

J Lester

8

5

1

2

1

14

1.24

.306

H Rondon

1

0

0

0

1

2

2.17

.146

Total

9

5

1

2

2

16

1.34

.452

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

A Rizzo

4

1

1

1

2

0

1

0.69

.146

D Fowler

2

2

1

1

1

2

0

0.8

.101

A Russell

3

0

2

0

0

0

0

0.5

.048

K Schwarber

2

0

1

0

0

2

0

0.72

.033

D Ross

3

0

1

0

0

0

2

0.95

-.022

J Lester

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.95

-.031

C Coghlan

3

0

0

0

0

1

0

0.51

-.052

J Herrera

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.95

-.077

K Bryant

4

0

0

0

0

0

2

0.93

-.097

Total

24

3

6

2

3

5

6

0.76

.048

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 - Jon Lester (.306). No doubt about the Superhero in this game.
  • Hero / Sidekick #1 (tie) - Anthony Rizzo (.146). Snapped his season-long streak of games between Hero podium appearances at 11. His previous high -- or low, possibly -- was 10 games in the month of June.
  • Hero / Sidekick #2 (tie) - Hector Rondon (.146). Sent the fans home happy with a relatively uneventful save.

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Billy Goat - Kris Bryant (-.097). An interesting day for him, with all four of his plate appearances coming with a runner on first.
  • Goat - Jonathan Herrera (-.077). Even more interesting, all three of his came with a runner on second.
  • Kid - Chris Coghlan (-.052). None of his came with a runner on third, though. Way to kill a rally, Chris.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 100 ("x" indicates player not on active roster):
Rizzo puts positive points on the board for the first time since July 18, while Bryant falls into a tie for third place on the chart.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

11

18.5

4.5

74.5

Kris Bryant

10

8

6

52

Dexter Fowler

9

4

9

44

Jake Arrieta

9.5

3

0.5

35

Addison Russell

6

4.5

6.5

33.5

Chris Coghlan

7

2

7

32

Starlin Castro

3

7

9

32

x-Miguel Montero

6.5

5.5

0

30.5

Jorge Soler

3

9

3

30

Jon Lester

7

1

2

25

Hector Rondon

0

8

6.5

22.5

Jason Hammel

6

2

0

22

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

5.5

7.5

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

x-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

Kris Bryant

6

7

8

40

Addison Russell

2

13

6

38

Anthony Rizzo

5

9

4

37

Dexter Fowler

5

7.5

6.5

36.5

Chris Coghlan

2

7

13

33

x-Miguel Montero

3

6

6

27

Pedro Strop

7

2

0

25

Kyle Hendricks

6

1

1

21

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

Chris Denorfia

2

1

3

11

Jason Motte

1

4

0

11

Jonathan Herrera

1

2

4

11

x-Brian Schlitter

3

0

1

10

x-Edwin Jackson

2

1

0

8

x-Mike Baxter

2

1

0

8

x-Welington Castillo

1

1

2

7

Rafael Soriano

2

0

0

6

x-Dallas Beeler

2

0

0

6

James Russell

1

1

0

5

x-Junior Lake

1

0

2

5

Kyle Schwarber

0

2

1

5

x-Matt Szczur

0

1

3

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

x-Clayton Richard

0

1

0

2

x-Arismendy Alcantara

0

0

1

1

x-Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

Overall

Hero

Goat

+/-

Anthony Rizzo

74.5

37

37.5

Jake Arrieta

35

16

19

Kris Bryant

52

40

12

Kyle Schwarber

17

5

12

Dexter Fowler

44

36.5

7.5

Jon Lester

25

18

7

Hector Rondon

22.5

16

6.5

Travis Wood

16.5

11

5.5

Taylor Teagarden

5

0

5

Jason Hammel

22

18

4

Jonathan Herrera

15

11

4

x-Matt Szczur

9

5

4

x-Miguel Montero

30.5

27

3.5

James Russell

7.5

5

2.5

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

x-Neil Ramirez

1

1

0

Jason Motte

10.5

11

-0.5

Chris Coghlan

32

33

-1

x-Clayton Richard

1

2

-1

Chris Denorfia

8.5

11

-2.5

x-Zac Rosscup

9

12

-3

x-Donn Roach

0

3

-3

x-Gonzalez Germen

0

3

-3

Kyle Hendricks

17

21

-4

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-Dallas Beeler

0

6

-6

Rafael Soriano

0

6

-6

x-Mike Baxter

1.5

8

-6.5

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

5

12

-7

Justin Grimm

7.5

17

-9.5

Jorge Soler

30

42

-12

David Ross

2

14.5

-12.5

Pedro Strop

11.5

25

-13.5

Starlin Castro

32

51

-19