Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Cubs All Star recap

Total Batting: 0-4, 2Ks, 1 walk
Ramirez: 1PA, 1BB
Soto: 0-2, 1K
Fukudome 0-2 1K

Total Pitching: 4 IP, 0R, 6Ks, 0BB, 1H (who was picked off at 1st)
Zambrano: 2IP, 1K, 1H
Dempster: 1IP, 3K
Marmol: 1IP, 2K

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Fun Fact and Cubs leaders

Ryan Theriot's OBP is higher than his SLG, by 25 points. .396 to .371. That's a whole lot of on-base and laughably little power (Big Z is slugging .481, Fukudome is the next lowest everyday player at .409)

Great Hitter - Power = Ryan Theriot

Cubs leaders through Saturday's game (min 50 PA)
PA: Lee (423), Theriot (387), Fukudome (385)
R: Lee (63), Ramirez/Fukudome (59)
2B: Lee (26), Soto (24), Ramirez (22)
3B: Lee (3), Fukudome/DeRosa (2)
HR: Ramirez (17), Soto (16), Lee/Soriano (15)
BB: Fukudome (55), Ramirez (47), Lee/Fukudome/DeRosa (42)
SB: Theriot (15), Fukudome (8), Soriano (7)
SB % (min 5 attempts): Soriano (7 of 8, 88%), Lee (5 of 7, 71%), Fukudome (8 of 12, 67%)
BA: Zambrano (.352), Theriot (.322), Lee (.304)
OBP: Theriot (.396), Blanco (.393), Ramirez (.387)
SLG: Jim Edmonds (.550), Soriano (.547), Soto (.521)
OPS+: Edmonds (135), Ramirez (134), Soto (126)
VORP: Lee (27.8), Soto (27.1), Ramirez (26.3)

Cubs worsts (min 100 PA)
HR: Theriot/Cedeno (1), Reed Johnson (3)
BB: Johnson/Cedeno (13), Soriano (15)

SB % min 5 attempts: Johnson (50%)

Worst (min 50 PA)
BA: Felix Pie (.222), Mike Fontenot (.266), Edmonds/Johnson (.267)
OBP: Pie (.286), Soriano (.332), Johnson (.333)
SLG: Pie (.286), Blanco (.350), Cedeno (.354)
OPS+: Pie (50), Cedeno/Blanco (82), Johnson (85)
VORP: Pie (-2), Blanco (1.2), Johnson (1.8)

Pitching leaders (min 15 IP)
IP: Zambrano (120.3), Dempster (188), Lilly (115.3)
HitsPer9IP: Marmol (4.99), Hill (5.95), Wood (6.45)
BBper9: Lieber (1.01), Howery (1.17), Wood (2.62), Zambrano (2.84)
SO9: Cotts (12.64), Marmol (12.04), Wood (11.28)
HR9: Wood (0.20), Zambrano (0.60), Marquis (0.72)
ERA: Zambrano (2.84), Cotts (2.87), Wood (3.02)
ERA+: Zambrano (157), Cotts (155), Wood (148), Demptser (143)
VORP: Zambrano (36.8), Dempster (27.6), Wood (13.2)

Pitching worsts (min 15 IP)
H9: Lieber (11.28), Howery (10.57),
BB9: Hill (8.24), Hart (6.27), Cotts (5.17)
SO9: Marquis (4.80), Lieber (5.24), Zambrano (5.83)
HR9: Cotts (1.72), Lilly (1.64), Marshall (1.59)
ERA: Hart (7.23), Lilly (4.68), Howery (4.50)
ERA+: Hart (56), Lilly (95), Howry (99), Marquis (100)
VORP: Hart (-5), Hill (3.8), Wuertz (4.1), Howry (4.2), Marshall (6.1)