Did you realize......

[Fred Hornkohl]

.... on Mon 28 July the CUBS invaded Milwaukee for a 4 game series owning a dismal road record of 22-30 (.423). Since that night, the CUBS have gone 17-4 (.810) on the road. That brings us up to today, where the CUBS' overall road record is now 39-34 (.534); good for best in the National League, and second in MLB only to the Angels.

 

Team               W     L      Pct     GB
LA Angels         43    28    0.606    ---
CUBS              39    34    0.534    5.0
Philadelphia      39    36    0.520    6.0
Milwaukee         39    36    0.520    6.0
NY Mets           38    37    0.507    7.0
St. Louis         38    37    0.507    7.0
NY Yankees        37    38    0.493    8.0
Houston           37    38    0.493    8.0
Boston            37    39    0.487    8.5
Florida           36    38    0.486    8.5
Tampa Bay         35    38    0.479    9.0
Toronto           37    41    0.474    9.5
Texas             37    41    0.474    9.5
Cleveland         33    41    0.446   11.5
white sox         32    40    0.444   11.5
Minnesota         33    42    0.440   12.0
Detroit           33    42    0.440   12.0
San Francisco     33    42    0.440   12.0
LA Dodgers        33    42    0.440   12.0
Kansas City       32    43    0.427   13.0
Oakland           31    43    0.419   13.5
Arizona           31    43    0.419   13.5
Baltimore         30    45    0.400   15.0
Cincinnati        30    45    0.400   15.0
Colorado          28    47    0.373   17.0
Seattle           26    49    0.347   19.0
Pittsburgh        26    49    0.347   19.0
Atlanta           26    49    0.347   19.0
San Diego         24    49    0.329   20.0
Washington        25    53    0.321   21.5

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Rob]

Those were funny times... all the pundits talking about how we were going to struggle the rest of the season on the road-heavy schedule.

[Old Style]

Those 4 games shouldn't count since they were played so close to Chicago.

[Peoriaman]

Those 4 games shouldn't count since they were played so close to Chicago.

 

=D>

[Gmoney08]

Peoriaman are you the Peoriaman from the illiniboard? I think its insideillini now or whatever?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Not only that, but since labor day, and in the midst of the nightmare that was early September, the magic number has dropped from 21-6 in that 2 week period.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

17-4 on the road is a very sexy statistic

[Marco4]

It never feels like that when you're going through it. I guess you worry they're gonna lose every game whereas in reality they've been doing alright.

[Cynosure]

Fred where do you get all of your sortable stats from?

[UMFan83]

Did you also realize that with 14 games remaining, the Cubs have scored 790 runs, which would be their most in a full season since 1998 (831 runs) Before 1998, the last time the Cubs scored more than 790 runs was 1970!

 

They are on pace to finish the season with 865 runs, which would be their most runs in a season since 1930! (Where we scored 998 runs in 154 games in a completely different era)

[Rob]

Fred where do you get all of your sortable stats from?

 

That's all him. Guy works his butt off for our entertainment.

[chuckywang]

Did you also realize that with 14 games remaining, the Cubs have scored 790 runs, which would be their most in a full season since 1998 (831 runs) Before 1998, the last time the Cubs scored more than 790 runs was 1970!

 

They are on pace to finish the season with 865 runs, which would be their most runs in a season since 1930! (Where we scored 998 runs in 154 games in a completely different era)

 

Most likely we'll play one fewer game as well.

[Peoriaman]

Peoriaman are you the Peoriaman from the illiniboard? I think its insideillini now or whatever?

 

 

Yes. Now that I told you that, don't yell at me!

[cubscausestress]

Fred where do you get all of your sortable stats from?

 

That's all him. Guy works his butt off for our entertainment.

 

or you can download a database of stats in mysql format from here: http://baseball-databank.org

or access format here: http://baseball1.com/

 

there's also a good o'reilly book that is entitled Baseball Hacks.

get it here: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009427/

[Gmoney08]

Peoriaman are you the Peoriaman from the illiniboard? I think its insideillini now or whatever?

 

 

Yes. Now that I told you that, don't yell at me!

 

huh, why would I yell at you? lol am i unaware about something..

[Peoriaman]

Peoriaman are you the Peoriaman from the illiniboard? I think its insideillini now or whatever?

 

 

Yes. Now that I told you that, don't yell at me!

 

huh, why would I yell at you? lol am i unaware about something..

 

 

I am a mod there which means half the people love me, and half hate me. :)

[Gmoney08]

Peoriaman are you the Peoriaman from the illiniboard? I think its insideillini now or whatever?

 

 

Yes. Now that I told you that, don't yell at me!

 

huh, why would I yell at you? lol am i unaware about something..

 

 

I am a mod there which means half the people love me, and half hate me. :)

 

lol, oh wow I didnt even know you were a mod. Just have seen you posting there for awhile, Ive been around since like February of the year Scheyer committed to Duke. I think I led to a string of recruiting losses because right after that was Brandon Rush.. and well the list need not go on.

[Peoriaman]

Peoriaman are you the Peoriaman from the illiniboard? I think its insideillini now or whatever?

 

 

Yes. Now that I told you that, don't yell at me!

 

huh, why would I yell at you? lol am i unaware about something..

 

 

I am a mod there which means half the people love me, and half hate me. :)

 

lol, oh wow I didnt even know you were a mod. Just have seen you posting there for awhile, Ive been around since like February of the year Scheyer committed to Duke. I think I led to a string of recruiting losses because right after that was Brandon Rush.. and well the list need not go on.

 

 

I thought the problem was Weber, but it is really you! I will revoke your posting rights immediately!

[Mizzou]

Well this thread turned weird.

[erik316wttn]

Those were funny times... all the pundits talking about how we were going to struggle the rest of the season on the road-heavy schedule.

 

At the time it was a legitimate concern. The Cubs were horrible on the road until they rattled off that hot streak.

[bcl412]

In a game where home field advantage wouldn't seem to mean that much in terms of crowd noise, like football and basketball where it can make a difference, it doesn't really surprise me that the Cubs turned the road record around.

[bukie]

In a game where home field advantage wouldn't seem to mean that much in terms of crowd noise, like football and basketball where it can make a difference, it doesn't really surprise me that the Cubs turned the road record around.

 

Actually, baseball is a sport where home field advantage makes a noticeable difference in the game, stemming from the home team batting last. In football and basketball it's much more of a minimal difference.

 

So, for situations like the last Astro series, the games could've been played in Wrigley with the Astros batting last, and they'd have more of a home field advantage than the Cubs.

[jersey cubs fan]

In a game where home field advantage wouldn't seem to mean that much in terms of crowd noise, like football and basketball where it can make a difference, it doesn't really surprise me that the Cubs turned the road record around.

 

Actually, baseball is a sport where home field advantage makes a noticeable difference in the game, stemming from the home team batting last. In football and basketball it's much more of a minimal difference.

So, for situations like the last Astro series, the games could've been played in Wrigley with the Astros batting last, and they'd have more of a home field advantage than the Cubs.

 

What's the difference between home and road winning percentages in those leagues?

[UMFan83]

In a game where home field advantage wouldn't seem to mean that much in terms of crowd noise, like football and basketball where it can make a difference, it doesn't really surprise me that the Cubs turned the road record around.

 

Actually, baseball is a sport where home field advantage makes a noticeable difference in the game, stemming from the home team batting last. In football and basketball it's much more of a minimal difference.

 

So, for situations like the last Astro series, the games could've been played in Wrigley with the Astros batting last, and they'd have more of a home field advantage than the Cubs.

 

Without actually looking at statistics, I think it would be hard to guess which sport (between football, baseball and basketball) as a biggest HFA.

 

Baseball probably has the least variation, but I believe that to be because over the long grind of a baseball season, these things tend to even out at least a tiny bit.

[bukie]

In a game where home field advantage wouldn't seem to mean that much in terms of crowd noise, like football and basketball where it can make a difference, it doesn't really surprise me that the Cubs turned the road record around.

 

Actually, baseball is a sport where home field advantage makes a noticeable difference in the game, stemming from the home team batting last. In football and basketball it's much more of a minimal difference.

So, for situations like the last Astro series, the games could've been played in Wrigley with the Astros batting last, and they'd have more of a home field advantage than the Cubs.

 

What's the difference between home and road winning percentages in those leagues?

 

The biggest difference in winning percentage is in the NBA, where I'm of the opinion that the officiating makes the majority of the difference.

 

All I was saying is that baseball is the only major sport where home field advantage actually makes a difference in the way the game is played.