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Fun Fact, plus more David Ross goofiness:
.@Cubs (23-6) win 6th straight and become 1st NL team to win 23 of first 29 games since 1977 Dodgers. pic.twitter.com/eucnRUHUZ2
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) May 8, 2016
Graphs for Game 29 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 29:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
C Richard |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.97 |
.080 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.94 |
.070 |
|
A Warren |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2.53 |
.066 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.4 |
.030 |
|
J Hammel |
5 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
1.15 |
-.161 |
|
S Patton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.25 |
-.167 |
|
T Wood |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.73 |
-.184 |
|
Total |
9 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
1.23 |
-.265 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
A Russell |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2.03 |
.431 |
|
R Kalish |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5.19 |
.316 |
|
A Rizzo |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.03 |
.156 |
|
K Bryant |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.87 |
.117 |
|
D Fowler |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.17 |
.107 |
|
T La Stella |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1.94 |
.057 |
|
J Soler |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.81 |
.007 |
|
T Federowicz |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.52 |
-.021 |
|
J Baez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.19 |
-.029 |
|
B Zobrist |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.28 |
-.039 |
|
J Hammel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.64 |
-.049 |
|
D Ross |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.19 |
-.130 |
|
J Heyward |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.36 |
-.158 |
|
Total |
32 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
1.44 |
.765 |
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 - Addison Russell (.431). The double off of Bryce Harper's glove in the seventh was obviously pivotal, but he doesn't make the top step without his run-scoring single in the sixth and his walk in the fifth.
- Hero - Ryan Kalish (.316). It's all about location, and hitting a flare just out of the reach of Danny Espinosa at short will work just fine when it gives the Cubs the lead.
- Sidekick - Anthony Rizzo (.156). Gets the table-setter spot with his ground-rule double in the seventh.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Travis Wood (-.184). Only faced one batter and gave up a triple in a 5-4 game.
- Goat - Spencer Patton (-.167). I'm pretty sure that giving up a walk, a stolen base, and a double while retiring nobody wasn't the way that he wanted to make his Cubs' debut.
- Kid - Jason Hammel (-.161). Only had one inning where he wasn't fighting his way out of runners in scoring position, with his final inning of work pushing him to the final stair for the day.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 29: Russell works his way closer to the starting line while Rizzo moves into a tie for first on the charts.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
4 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
24.5 |
|
Addison Russell |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
|
Jon Lester |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
1 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
|
Jason Hammel |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
Kris Bryant |
0.5 |
2.5 |
3 |
9.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
1 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
|
Miguel Montero |
1.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
7 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Jason Heyward |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
Adam Warren |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
John Lackey |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
David Ross |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Jason Heyward |
4 |
7 |
1 |
27 |
|
Addison Russell |
5 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
|
Kris Bryant |
2.5 |
4.5 |
1 |
17.5 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
3 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
|
Jorge Soler |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
1 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
1.5 |
1.5 |
2 |
9.5 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
|
John Lackey |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
David Ross |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Miguel Montero |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Travis Wood |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Pedro Strop |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Hector Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Spencer Patton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Jason Hammel |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Jon Lester |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
24.5 |
9.5 |
15 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
15 |
0 |
15 |
|
Jon Lester |
14 |
1 |
13 |
|
Jason Hammel |
10 |
1 |
9 |
|
Adam Warren |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
14 |
10 |
4 |
|
Miguel Montero |
7 |
5 |
2 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
6 |
4 |
2 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Hector Rondon |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
13 |
13 |
0 |
|
Justin Grimm |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Matt Szczur |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
Pedro Strop |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
|
Spencer Patton |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
|
John Lackey |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
Addison Russell |
18 |
22 |
-4 |
|
Travis Wood |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
|
Jorge Soler |
8 |
13 |
-5 |
|
David Ross |
1 |
6 |
-5 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
9.5 |
17.5 |
-8 |
|
Jason Heyward |
6 |
27 |
-21 |