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Bill Murray approves this tweet.
#Cubs are 25 games over .500, a plateau we reached last year on Sept. 18. #LetsGo pic.twitter.com/uGT9fa7lvh
— #VoteCubs (@Cubs) June 12, 2016
Graphs for Game 61 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 61:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Lester |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0.98 |
.220 |
A Warren |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.01 |
.000 |
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
Total |
9 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
0.71 |
.220 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
D Ross |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0.89 |
.195 |
A Rizzo |
6 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.76 |
.146 |
J Heyward |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.53 |
.029 |
J Baez |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0.69 |
.009 |
K Bryant |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0.81 |
.001 |
A Almora |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
.001 |
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
T Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
A Russell |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
J Lester |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.76 |
-.004 |
D Fowler |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.62 |
-.015 |
B Zobrist |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0.66 |
-.034 |
C Coghlan |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.09 |
-.047 |
Total |
41 |
13 |
16 |
1 |
12 |
8 |
10 |
0.68 |
.280 |
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 (.220). Fun Fact: With his Game Score of 72 on Sunday, it's the first time in his career that he's had three consecutive starts with a Game Score of 72 or better.
- Hero - David Ross (.195). The hits don't always have to go far; they just have to find the right holes.
- Sidekick - Anthony Rizzo (.146). Claims the final spot by leading off the scoring in the first with his double down the right field line.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Chris Coghlan (-.047). Just like in Saturday's game, the culprit for both Coghlan and the next guy down...
- Goat - Ben Zobrist (-.034). ...was a missed opportunity with runners on second and third as both of them struck out in the first.
- Kid - Dexter Fowler (-.015). His single in the third had him in positive territory for a bit, but then his strikeout to end the fourth ended up being his downfall.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 61: The starting pitching continues their domination of the charts as they have now racked up 28 Superheroes in the first 61 games.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
5 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
34.5 |
Jon Lester |
8 |
2 |
1 |
29 |
Jake Arrieta |
8 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
Ben Zobrist |
5 |
2 |
5.5 |
24.5 |
Kris Bryant |
2.5 |
5.5 |
6 |
24.5 |
Addison Russell |
3 |
6 |
3 |
24 |
Dexter Fowler |
1 |
3 |
11 |
20 |
Miguel Montero |
3.5 |
3 |
1.5 |
18 |
Jason Hammel |
4 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
Jorge Soler |
2 |
3 |
5 |
17 |
John Lackey |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Travis Wood |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Kyle Hendricks |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
Tommy La Stella |
1 |
3 |
3.5 |
12.5 |
Javier Baez |
2 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
Jason Heyward |
0 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
David Ross |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Adam Warren |
0 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
Trevor Cahill |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
Albert Almora Jr. |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Ryan Kalish |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Tim Federowicz |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Clayton Richard |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Addison Russell |
9 |
7 |
4 |
45 |
Kris Bryant |
6.5 |
8.5 |
4 |
40.5 |
Dexter Fowler |
8 |
5 |
5 |
39 |
Jason Heyward |
7 |
8 |
1 |
38 |
Anthony Rizzo |
3 |
8 |
2.5 |
27.5 |
Jorge Soler |
4 |
3 |
9 |
27 |
Ben Zobrist |
3.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
23.5 |
Javier Baez |
2 |
2 |
6 |
16 |
David Ross |
1 |
2 |
3.5 |
10.5 |
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
Adam Warren |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Travis Wood |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
John Lackey |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
Jason Hammel |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Miguel Montero |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Jon Lester |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Tim Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Albert Almora Jr. |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Jake Arrieta |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Jon Lester |
29 |
4 |
25 |
Jake Arrieta |
26 |
1 |
25 |
Miguel Montero |
18 |
5 |
13 |
Jason Hammel |
17 |
5 |
12 |
John Lackey |
15 |
6 |
9 |
Travis Wood |
15 |
7 |
8 |
Kyle Hendricks |
14 |
6 |
8 |
Anthony Rizzo |
34.5 |
27.5 |
7 |
Hector Rondon |
9 |
3 |
6 |
Tommy La Stella |
12.5 |
10 |
2.5 |
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Ben Zobrist |
24.5 |
23.5 |
1 |
Albert Almora Jr. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Justin Grimm |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
Trevor Cahill |
6 |
6 |
0 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
Adam Warren |
6.5 |
8 |
-1.5 |
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
David Ross |
8 |
10.5 |
-2.5 |
Pedro Strop |
7 |
10 |
-3 |
Chris Coghlan |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Javier Baez |
12 |
16 |
-4 |
Matt Szczur |
2 |
6 |
-4 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
6 |
-5 |
Jorge Soler |
17 |
27 |
-10 |
Kris Bryant |
24.5 |
40.5 |
-16 |
Dexter Fowler |
20 |
39 |
-19 |
Addison Russell |
24 |
45 |
-21 |
Jason Heyward |
12 |
38 |
-26 |