Sometimes it doesn't pay to be a rookie.
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— David Ross (@D_Ross3) September 30, 2016
Graphs for Game 159 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 159:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
T Wood |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.9 |
.090 |
R Zastryzny |
3.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1.19 |
.044 |
Total |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1.13 |
.134 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
W Contreras |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.097 |
M Szczur |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.4 |
.020 |
M Kawasaki |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.97 |
.004 |
A Russell |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.39 |
-.019 |
T Wood |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.84 |
-.020 |
T Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.81 |
-.022 |
R Zastryzny |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.87 |
-.053 |
T La Stella |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.75 |
-.055 |
J Baez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.73 |
-.058 |
A Almora |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.85 |
-.061 |
Total |
18 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1.1 |
-.166 |
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 - Willson Contreras (.097). Managed to get the top spot of the Hero podium without hitting the ball out of the infield. It's hard to send a fruit basket to Ivan Nova for his wild pitch in the fourth, mainly because it never got that far away from Eric Fryer behind the plate and it was more of a hustle play than a true wild pitch. Maybe Nova can get a piece or two of fruit with a "thank you" card.
- Hero - Travis Wood (.090 / .070). The side-effect of a bullpen game: Four outs in the fourth and fifth inning can end up being sufficient for a space in the top three, as was the case here.
- Sidekick - Rob Zastryzny (.044 / -.009). A nice job for his first major-league start, with only a couple of singles and a couple of walks allowed.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Albert Almora Jr. (-.061). There were a couple of 0-for-3 performances on the night; his was magnified a bit by one appearance coming with a runner on and another being the final out of the game in the sixth.
- Goat - Javier Baez (-.058). He did have a sac bunt, but the WPA overlords have never been fans of sac bunts.
- Kid - Tommy La Stella (-.055). Here's the other 0-for-3 from Thursday's game, a somewhat uneventful one with two leadoff outs and a third appearance with nobody on base.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 159: The top of the chart gets the game off while Wood moves his way back to even ground with three games remaining in the regular season.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
15 |
21.5 |
12 |
100 |
Kris Bryant |
9.5 |
16.5 |
15 |
76.5 |
Addison Russell |
12 |
11 |
15 |
73 |
Jon Lester |
19 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
66.5 |
Ben Zobrist |
9 |
8 |
14 |
57 |
Kyle Hendricks |
12 |
6 |
3 |
51 |
Dexter Fowler |
4 |
11.5 |
14.5 |
49.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
13.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
46.5 |
Javier Baez |
5 |
7 |
8 |
37 |
Jason Heyward |
4 |
9 |
7 |
37 |
Jason Hammel |
9 |
2 |
5 |
36 |
Miguel Montero |
6.5 |
5 |
3.5 |
33 |
John Lackey |
8 |
2 |
2 |
30 |
Jorge Soler |
4 |
4 |
8 |
28 |
Willson Contreras |
5 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
Travis Wood |
4 |
4 |
2 |
22 |
Tommy La Stella |
3 |
4 |
4.5 |
21.5 |
David Ross |
2 |
6 |
3.5 |
21.5 |
Hector Rondon |
2.5 |
3.5 |
6 |
20.5 |
Matt Szczur |
2 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
Adam Warren |
1 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
11.5 |
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
3 |
2.5 |
11.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
8.5 |
Albert Almora Jr. |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Carl Edwards Jr. |
0 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
Rob Zastryzny |
2 |
0 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
Aroldis Chapman |
0 |
2 |
2.5 |
6.5 |
Mike Montgomery |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Joe Smith |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
Clayton Richard |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Felix Pena |
0 |
1 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
Jeimer Candelario |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Joel Peralta |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Munenori Kawasaki |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Ryan Kalish |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Tim Federowicz |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Gerardo Concepcion |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Addison Russell |
15 |
15 |
17.5 |
92.5 |
Kris Bryant |
15.5 |
15.5 |
11 |
88.5 |
Jason Heyward |
16 |
15 |
9.5 |
87.5 |
Ben Zobrist |
9.5 |
14.5 |
13 |
70.5 |
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
18 |
7.5 |
64.5 |
Dexter Fowler |
12 |
8 |
7 |
59 |
Javier Baez |
8 |
9 |
14.5 |
56.5 |
Jorge Soler |
6 |
5 |
11 |
39 |
Willson Contreras |
4.5 |
6.5 |
6 |
32.5 |
Miguel Montero |
3 |
8 |
4 |
29 |
Matt Szczur |
1.5 |
5.5 |
9 |
24.5 |
Jason Hammel |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
David Ross |
3 |
4 |
6.5 |
23.5 |
Travis Wood |
5 |
1 |
5 |
22 |
Pedro Strop |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
John Lackey |
5 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
1 |
2 |
19 |
Adam Warren |
4 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
Justin Grimm |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
Albert Almora Jr. |
2 |
2 |
5 |
15 |
Hector Rondon |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
1 |
6 |
14 |
Trevor Cahill |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
Jon Lester |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
2 |
3.5 |
10.5 |
Mike Montgomery |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Carl Edwards Jr. |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
Joe Smith |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Aroldis Chapman |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Tim Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Jeimer Candelario |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Brian Matusz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Joel Peralta |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Gerardo Concepcion |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Rob Zastryzny |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Munenori Kawasaki |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Jon Lester |
66.5 |
12 |
54.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
51 |
11 |
40 |
Anthony Rizzo |
100 |
64.5 |
35.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
46.5 |
19 |
27.5 |
Jason Hammel |
36 |
24 |
12 |
John Lackey |
30 |
20 |
10 |
Tommy La Stella |
21.5 |
14 |
7.5 |
Hector Rondon |
20.5 |
14 |
6.5 |
Rob Zastryzny |
7.5 |
2 |
5.5 |
Miguel Montero |
33 |
29 |
4 |
Felix Pena |
2.5 |
0 |
2.5 |
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Munenori Kawasaki |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Chris Coghlan |
11 |
10.5 |
0.5 |
Aroldis Chapman |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
Travis Wood |
22 |
22 |
0 |
Carl Edwards Jr. |
8 |
8 |
0 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Spencer Patton |
1.5 |
2 |
-0.5 |
Joel Peralta |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
Gerardo Concepcion |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
Trevor Cahill |
11.5 |
13 |
-1.5 |
David Ross |
21.5 |
23.5 |
-2 |
Joe Smith |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
Jeimer Candelario |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
Mike Montgomery |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
Clayton Richard |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
Brian Matusz |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Adam Warren |
11.5 |
16 |
-4.5 |
Albert Almora Jr. |
8 |
15 |
-7 |
Justin Grimm |
8.5 |
16 |
-7.5 |
Willson Contreras |
24 |
32.5 |
-8.5 |
Dexter Fowler |
49.5 |
59 |
-9.5 |
Jorge Soler |
28 |
39 |
-11 |
Kris Bryant |
76.5 |
88.5 |
-12 |
Pedro Strop |
9 |
21 |
-12 |
Matt Szczur |
12 |
24.5 |
-12.5 |
Ben Zobrist |
57 |
70.5 |
-13.5 |
Addison Russell |
73 |
92.5 |
-19.5 |
Javier Baez |
37 |
56.5 |
-19.5 |
Jason Heyward |
37 |
87.5 |
-50.5 |