06/23 CUBS (Zambrano) @ Detroit (Jackson) 6:05 CDT, WGN TV

Fred Hornkohl · June 23, 2009

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407296.jpg Carlos Zambrano (4-2) ERA=3.44, WHIP=1.30

vs.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/429719.jpg Edwin Jackson (6-4) ERA=2.39, WHIP=1.06

Go CUBS !!!

Win, lose, or draw... erik316wttn will be up to bat for Wednesday's game.

Fred Hornkohl · June 23, 2009

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday.......

CUBS are 5-4 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 9-8 in June

CUBS are 0-0 vs. Detroit

CUBS are 5-3 vs. Amer League

CUBS are 7-7 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 14-17 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 9-13 in games that start a series

CUBS are 4-6-1 in road series

CUBS have won 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 3-2 in series sweeps

CUBS are 15-19 at night

CUBS are 13-19 on the road

CUBS are 27-25 against right handers

CUBS are 25-18 when they get a quality start.... 9-14 when they don't

CUBS are 13-23 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 21-9 when they don't

CUBS are 21-8 when they score first in the game.... 13-24 when they don't

CUBS are 15-4 when they score in the first inning.... 19-28 when they don't

CUBS are 26-18 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 8-14 when they do

CUBS are 30-6 when they score 4 runs or more.... 4-26 when they don't

CUBS are 21-12 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 13-20 when they don't

CUBS are 25-7 when they outhit the opponent.... 6-21 when they get outhit.... 2-4 when the hits are even

CUBS are 13-6 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 21-26 when he doesn't

CUBS are 10-11 in one run games .... 7-5 in two runs games

CUBS are 18-16 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 16-16 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 21-15 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 13-17 when they don't

CUBS are 11-8 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 23-24 when they don't

CUBS are 18-14 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 16-18 when he doesn't

CUBS are 25-13 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 9-17 when he doesn't

CUBS are 17-21 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 17-11 when they wear alternate blues

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
..83 wins                            97    85    66    79
.687 runs                           857   752   716   703
.177 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.596 walks                          638   500   395   419
1240 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
..71 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.128 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
.101 errors                          97    94   104   100
..59 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
4.24 runs per game                 5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.88 pitches per plate appearance  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
16.5 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.339 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
34.1 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

CUBS are 13-12 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 30-11 when they get at least 8 hits .... 4-21 when they don't

CUBS are 32-22 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 2-10 when they don't

CUBS are 15-5 when they steal a base.... 19-27 when they don't

CUBS are 11-7 when they execute a sac bunt.... 23-25 when they don't

CUBS are 8-21 when they commit one or more errors.... 26-11 when they don't

CUBS are 31-22 when they hit at least one double.... 3-10 when they don't

CUBS are 7-1 when they hit at least one triple.... 27-31 when they don't

CUBS are 14-6 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 20-26 when they don't

CUBS are 11-4 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 23-28 when they don't

CUBS are 11-8 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 23-24 when they don't

CUBS are 7-19 when the opponent steals a base.... 27-13 when they don't

CUBS are 9-17 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 25-15 when they don't

CUBS are 15-21 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 19-11 when they don't

CUBS are 23-10 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 11-22 when they don't

CUBS are 5-5 when the opponent triples.... 29-27 when they don't

CUBS are 8-7 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 26-25 when they don't

CUBS are 7-10 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 27-22 when they don't

CUBS are 9-10 when they hit an opposing batter.... 25-22 when they don't

CUBS have not scored a first inning run in any of thet last 11 games

CUBS have hit 8 triples this season.... all against the starting pitchers

CUBS are batting 19 for 88 (.216/.330/.307/.637) in extra innings

CUBS have not scored double digit runs in their last 32 games

CUBS are 11-6 when K Hill catches.... 23-26 when Soto catches

CUBS are 34-27 when Soriano leads off.... 0-5 when he doesn't

CUBS are 18-12 when Fontenot bats sixth.... 16-20 when he doesn't.

CUBS have not been caught stealing in their last 12 games

CUBS have cught the opponents stealing 8 times in their last 11 games

CUBS have allowed 3 triples in their last 6 games

CUBS offense compared to the rest of the league..........

06/22           AB   R    H  2B  3B  HR   TB RBI  BB   SO  SB  CS     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Philadelphia  2340 356  606 138  12  98 1062 342 256  463  49  12  0.259  0.338  0.454  0.791
Colorado      2298 352  600 135  16  82 1013 339 277  504  46  24  0.261  0.341  0.441  0.782
LA Dodgers    2409 348  672 135  12  51  984 330 287  458  61  20  0.279  0.358  0.408  0.766
NY Mets       2282 310  633 133  16  43  927 289 274  375  70  20  0.277  0.356  0.406  0.762
Milwaukee     2305 329  580 111  17  81  968 324 278  552  23  13  0.252  0.337  0.420  0.757
St. Louis     2336 326  608 130  11  76  988 310 225  421  35  13  0.260  0.329  0.423  0.752
Washington    2347 297  607 118  15  67  956 286 284  537  23  16  0.259  0.343  0.407  0.751
Houston       2307 282  618 120  17  57  943 269 214  391  46  27  0.268  0.331  0.409  0.740
Pittsburgh    2347 303  625 142  19  42  931 294 216  479  38  11  0.266  0.333  0.397  0.729
CUBS          2227 280  548 110   8  72  890 266 239  496  29  15  0.246  0.324  0.400  0.723
Arizona       2422 306  590 147  15  70  977 288 254  571  59  16  0.244  0.318  0.403  0.721
Florida       2438 321  615 114   9  71  960 303 245  573  38  16  0.252  0.324  0.394  0.718
Atlanta       2323 288  598 127   9  52  899 274 237  412  21   9  0.257  0.329  0.387  0.716
Cincinnati    2299 286  562 107  12  68  897 272 236  447  43  19  0.244  0.320  0.390  0.710
San Francisco 2293 270  596 125  15  42  877 251 160  488  42  16  0.260  0.312  0.382  0.695
San Diego     2277 260  533 102  13  66  859 251 253  483  27  12  0.234  0.316  0.377  0.693

Average       2328 307  599 125  14  65  946 293 246  478  41  16  0.257  0.332  0.406  0.738
Maximum       2438 356  672 147  19  98 1062 342 287  573  70  27  0.279  0.358  0.454  0.791
Minimum       2227 260  533 102   8  42  859 251 160  375  21   9  0.234  0.312  0.377  0.693

                                             - current -    - - 2008 - -   - - 2007 - -   - - 2006 - -   - - 2005 - -
06/22     Avg    Max    Min  St Dev   CUBS   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore
AB       2328   2438   2227   54.37   2227     16   -1.86      5    0.79      4    0.68      4    0.90      1    1.55
R         307    356    260   28.51    280     14   -0.95      1    2.03      8   -0.19     16   -1.43      9   -0.34
H         599    672    533   32.35    548     15   -1.59      2    1.67      6    0.65      5    0.79      1    1.53
2B        125    147    102   12.99    110     14   -1.13      1    1.55      1    1.53     16   -1.68      3    1.38
3B         14     19      8    3.14      8     16   -1.75     16   -1.27     12   -0.51      4    0.63     13   -0.91
HR         65     98     42   15.51     72      5    0.46      4    0.67     11   -0.59     12   -0.64      2    1.17
TB        946   1062    859   52.18    890     14   -1.07      1    1.64      8    0.11     10   -0.35      2    1.64
RBI       293    342    251   28.46    266     14   -0.95      1    1.97      8   -0.32     16   -1.46      8   -0.26
BB        246    287    160   31.72    239     10   -0.22      1    1.56     15   -0.85     16   -2.39     16   -1.71
SO        478    573    375   58.70    496     10    0.30     11    0.53      6   -0.30      3   -1.36      3   -1.34
SB         41     70     21   13.97     29     12   -0.83      8   -0.18     10   -0.32      6    0.82     13   -0.74
CS         16     27      9    4.68     15      7   -0.25      7   -0.02     10    0.18     14    0.96     12    0.63
BA      0.257  0.279  0.234    0.01  0.246     13   -0.98      2    1.83      7    0.55      5    0.62      2    1.29
OBP     0.332  0.358  0.312    0.01  0.324     11   -0.61      1    2.12      9   -0.08     16   -2.11     11   -0.78
SLG     0.406  0.454  0.377    0.02  0.400     10   -0.31      1    1.54      8   -0.02     12   -0.72      2    1.51
OPS     0.738  0.791  0.693    0.03  0.723     10   -0.52      1    1.94      8   -0.08     15   -1.32      4    1.85

CUBS' starting rotation......

                     Team                                                                      Run
Pitcher       GS   Record   Q/S    Q/S %       IP    # Pit    P/IP  IP/GS     P/GS     ERA   Suppt

Zambrano      11     8- 3     8    0.727     70.7     1163    16.5    6.4    105.7    3.44    4.55
Dempster      15     5-10    10    0.667     94.0     1517    16.1    6.3    101.1    3.83    4.13
Lilly         14    10- 4    11    0.786     91.7     1368    14.9    6.5     97.7    3.04    4.29
Harden        10     6- 4     6    0.600     54.7      964    17.6    5.5     96.4    5.27    5.50
Marshall       8     2- 6     2    0.250     44.3      715    16.1    5.5     89.4    4.87    2.88
Wells          8     3- 5     6    0.750     49.0      737    15.0    6.1     92.1    2.57    3.75

CUBS          66    34-32    43    0.652    404.3     6464    16.0    6.1     97.9    3.74    4.24

CUBS starters have 19 quality starts in their last 22 games (12-10)

05/27 - 06/22        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Zambrano           28.0   18    6    5   13   19    1   444   276  0.62  15.9   31   32  0.49  4.18  6.11  0.32  1.11  1.61
Dempster           32.7   28    9    6   13   26    2   507   310  0.61  15.5   38   30  0.56  3.58  7.16  0.55  1.26  1.65
Lilly              34.3   28    8    7    6   28    4   522   358  0.69  15.2   32   40  0.44  1.57  7.34  1.05  0.99  1.83
Wells              31.0   29   12   11    5   19    2   461   294  0.64  14.9   33   39  0.46  1.45  5.52  0.58  1.10  3.19
Harden             11.0   12    9    9    5   11    3   179   114  0.64  16.3   11   10  0.52  4.09  9.00  2.45  1.55  7.36
Marshall            4.3    8    8    7    1    2    1    72    47  0.65  16.6    6    5  0.55  2.08  4.15  2.08  2.08 14.54

Totals            141.3  123   52   45   43  105   13  2185  1399  0.64  15.5  151  156  0.49  2.74  6.69  0.83  1.17  2.87

CUBS' bullpen since 27 May.....

05/27 - 06/22        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Hart                1.0    0    0    0    1    0    0    16     8  0.50  16.0    1    2  0.33    0    0  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Marshall            7.7    5    2    1    5    4    1   118    75  0.64  15.4   15    4  0.79    8    1  0.13  5.87  4.70  1.17  1.30  1.17
Gregg              13.7    9    2    2    4   11    1   259   165  0.64  19.0   18   11  0.62    2    0  0.00  2.63  7.24  0.66  0.95  1.32
Guzman             12.0    9    2    2    5    7    0   184   112  0.61  15.3   17   11  0.61    7    2  0.29  3.75  5.25  0.00  1.17  1.50
Heilman            11.3    9    2    2    6    8    0   205   121  0.59  18.1   17   10  0.63    6    2  0.33  4.76  6.35  0.00  1.32  1.59
Ascanio             8.3    7    2    2    8   10    0   175   100  0.57  21.0    7    8  0.47    1    1  1.00  8.64 10.80  0.00  1.80  2.16
Patton              6.0    4    2    2    3    7    2    95    63  0.66  15.8    8    3  0.73    0    0  0.00  4.50 10.50  3.00  1.17  3.00
Marmol             12.7    5    5    5   15   12    0   263   139  0.53  20.8   10   16  0.38    6    2  0.33 10.66  8.53  0.00  1.58  3.55
Waddell             1.7    3    1    1    0    2    0    31    21  0.68  18.6    2    1  0.67    0    0  0.00  0.00 10.80  0.00  1.80  5.40

Totals             74.3   51   18   17   47   61    4  1346   804  0.60  18.1   95   66  0.59   30    8  0.27  5.69  7.39  0.48  1.32  2.06

CUBS are 8-3 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 8 of 11 (.727) in quality starts

Zambrano has 4 consecutive quality start(s)

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.50.... to K Hill it's 3.33

CUBS score 4.24 R/G overall.... 4.55 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.09 HR/G overall.... 1.46 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS have scored first in 6 of Zambrano's 11 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 4 of Zambrano's 11 starts

Zambrano has given up run(s) in the first inning in 2 (2 runs total) of his 11 starts

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

04/06 - 06/22      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   376   50  101   14    1   16  165   50   34   81  0.269  0.329  0.439  0.768
CUBS overall     2262  280  558  110    8   72  900  267  243  505  0.247  0.324  0.398  0.722

Composite scoring in games started by Zambrano.........

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              6   4   3   7   9   4   3  10   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      50
Opponents         2   0   6   4   4   4  13   5   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      42

Zambrano's starts this year (4-2)

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/06  vs. Houst       6.0    5    1    1    3    6    0    97    59  0.61  16.2    5    5  0.50  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
04/11  vs. Milw        6.0    7    3    3    3    7    1   118    77  0.65  19.7    6    5  0.55  4.50 10.50  1.50  1.67  4.50
04/17  vs. St. L       7.0    9    7    7    3    7    3   109    73  0.67  15.6    6    8  0.43  3.86  9.00  3.86  1.71  9.00
04/23  vs. Cincy       7.0    7    4    3    2    7    0   109    64  0.59  15.6   12    2  0.86  2.57  9.00  0.00  1.29  3.86
04/28  vs. Ariz        7.0    8    3    3    3    3    0   111    70  0.63  15.9    9    9  0.50  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.57  3.86
05/03  vs. Flor        5.0    4    2    2    1    3    0    78    51  0.65  15.6    5    6  0.45  1.80  5.40  0.00  1.00  3.60
05/22  vs. S.D.        4.7    3    3    3    4    7    0    97    57  0.59  20.8    2    5  0.29  7.71 13.50  0.00  1.50  5.79
05/27  vs. Pitts       6.3    7    2    1    3    6    0   114    70  0.61  18.0    6    7  0.46  4.26  8.53  0.00  1.58  1.42
06/05  vs. Cincy       6.7    2    0    0    5    7    0   109    68  0.62  16.4    4    8  0.33  6.75  9.45  0.00  1.05  0.00
06/10  vs. Houst       8.0    3    1    1    2    3    0   104    64  0.62  13.0   12    9  0.57  2.25  3.38  0.00  0.63  1.13
06/18  vs. CWS         7.0    6    3    3    3    3    1   117    74  0.63  16.7    9    8  0.53  3.86  3.86  1.29  1.29  3.86

Home                  32.3   33   18   16   12   26    4   527   332  0.63  16.3   38   31  0.55  3.34  7.24  1.11  1.39  4.45
Road                  38.3   28   11   11   20   33    1   636   395  0.62  16.6   38   41  0.48  4.70  7.75  0.23  1.25  2.58

Day                   32.3   33   18   16   12   26    4   527   332  0.63  16.3   38   31  0.55  3.34  7.24  1.11  1.39  4.45
Nite                  38.3   28   11   11   20   33    1   636   395  0.62  16.6   38   41  0.48  4.70  7.75  0.23  1.25  2.58

Road  Nite            38.3   28   11   11   20   33    1   636   395  0.62  16.6   38   41  0.48  4.70  7.75  0.23  1.25  2.58

April                 33.0   36   18   17   14   30    4   544   343  0.63  16.5   38   29  0.57  3.82  8.18  1.09  1.52  4.64
May                   16.0   14    7    6    8   16    0   289   178  0.62  18.1   13   18  0.42  4.50  9.00  0.00  1.38  3.38
June                  21.7   11    4    4   10   13    1   330   206  0.62  15.2   25   25  0.50  4.15  5.40  0.42  0.97  1.66

Season total          70.7   61   29   27   32   59    5  1163   727  0.63  16.5   76   72  0.51  4.08  7.51  0.64  1.32  3.44

CUBS' bullpen load during the last week.....

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue           Totals
             22 Jun     21 Jun     20 Jun     19 Jun     18 Jun     17 Jun     16 Jun
             @ Atla     vs. Clev   vs. Clev   vs. Clev   vs w.sox   vs w.sox   no game
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Ascanio                  0.3  15    0.3  18                          1.0  24                  1.7  57
Gregg                    0.7  12    1.0  16    1.0  33    1.0  11                             3.7  72
Guzman                              2.0  23                          2.0  34                  4.0  57
Heilman                             2.0  52    1.0  11                                        3.0  63
Marmol                              0.7  18    1.0  25    0.7  18                             2.3  61
Patton                              1.0  13    2.0  29                                        3.0  42
Marshall      0.3  16    1.3  22    0.0   4               0.3   6                             2.0  48
Hart          1.0  16                                                                         1.0  16

Totals        1.3  32    2.3  49    7.0 144    5.0  98    2.0  35    3.0  58                 20.7 416

CUBS' season series vs. Detroit this year (0-0) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.67  Tue 06/23  @ Detroit       N    -    Zambrano        Jackson       
.68  Wed 06/24  @ Detroit       N    -    Harden          Porcello      
.69  Thu 06/25  @ Detroit            -    Lilly           Galarraga

CUBS' last 21 games (11-10)..............

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.46  Thu 05/28    Los Angeles   N   1- 2  Wells           Wolf          
.47  Fri 05/29    Los Angeles       2- 1  Lilly           Billingsley   
.48  Sat 05/30    Los Angeles       7- 0  Dempster        Stults        
.49  Sun 05/31    Los Angeles   N   2- 8  Marshall        Milton        
.50  Tue 06/02  @ Atlanta       N   5- 6  Wells           Kawakami      
.51  Wed 06/03  @ Atlanta       N   3- 2  Lilly           Lowe          
.52  Fri 06/05  @ Cincinnati    N   2- 1  Zambrano        Owings        
.53  Sat 06/06  @ Cincinnati    N   3- 4  Dempster        Volquez       
.54  Sun 06/07  @ Cincinnati        6- 3  Wells           Arroyo        
.55  Tue 06/09  @ Houston       N   7- 1  Lilly           Moehler       
.56  Wed 06/10  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Zambrano        Rodriguez     
.57  Thu 06/11  @ Houston           1- 2  Dempster        Ortiz         
.58  Fri 06/12    Minnesota         4- 7  Wells           Slowey        
.59  Sat 06/13    Minnesota         0- 2  Harden          Swarzak       
.60  Sun 06/14    Minnesota         3- 2  Lilly           Baker         
.61  Wed 06/17    Chicago (AL)      1- 4  Dempster        Danks         
.62  Thu 06/18    Chicago (AL)      6- 5  Zambrano        Floyd         
.63  Fri 06/19    Cleveland         8- 7  Harden          Lee          
.64  Sat 06/20    Cleveland         6- 5  Lilly           Ohka          
.65  Sun 06/21    Cleveland         6- 2  Wells           Sowers        
.66  Mon 06/22  @ Atlanta       N   0- 2  Dempster        Vazquez

Composite scoring during the last 21 games.........

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              6   6   4   7  10  13   4  13   4   1   1   0   2   3   0   0      74
Opponents        12   7   9   3   3   5  11   9   5   0   1   1   2   0   0   0      68

CUBS' hitters during the last 21 games......

05/28 - 06/22      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
D Lee              85   14   30    5    0    6   17   11   16  0.353  0.433  0.624  1.057  0.381  4.11  0.080  0.224
Johnson            45    5   14    5    0    2    6    3    5  0.311  0.367  0.556  0.923  0.316  3.35  0.056  0.138
Soto               57    6   14    3    0    4    8   11   12  0.246  0.368  0.509  0.876  0.244  3.87  0.122  0.121
Bradley            57    5   19    4    0    0    2    5   11  0.333  0.397  0.404  0.800  0.413  4.03  0.063  0.077
Scales             23    4    5    0    0    2    2    1    4  0.217  0.250  0.478  0.728  0.176  3.54  0.033  0.000
Fontenot           64    4   16    3    1    1    8   10   15  0.250  0.347  0.375  0.722  0.313  4.04  0.097  0.292
Fox                25    1    7    2    0    0    4    1    6  0.280  0.310  0.360  0.670  0.368  3.59  0.030  0.222
Theriot            86   10   24    2    0    1    5    4   16  0.279  0.330  0.337  0.667  0.333  3.73  0.051  0.100
Blanco             49    3   12    2    0    0    5    5    6  0.245  0.315  0.286  0.601  0.279  3.47  0.070  0.147
Hoffpauir          29    2    6    1    0    1    3    0    7  0.207  0.207  0.345  0.552  0.238  3.90  0.000  0.111
Fukudome           60    6   10    4    0    0    3   11   17  0.167  0.292  0.233  0.525  0.233  3.85  0.125  0.111
Soriano            90    7   15    4    0    2    5    9   22  0.167  0.242  0.278  0.520  0.197  3.83  0.076  0.130
K. Hill            21    1    2    0    0    1    1    3   11  0.095  0.208  0.238  0.446  0.111  4.56  0.113  0.000
Miles              25    2    5    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.240  0.440  0.208  2.72  0.000  0.000

Last 21 games     762   74  186   36    2   21   71   75  172  0.244  0.316  0.379  0.695  0.290  3.80  0.072  0.128
Season totals    2262  280  558  110    8   72  266  242  505  0.247  0.324  0.398  0.722  0.288  3.88  0.077  0.163

CUBS' pitchers during the last 21 games......

05/28 - 06/22        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Hart                1.0    0    0    0    1    0    0    16     8  0.50  16.0    1    2  0.33    0    0  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Gregg              12.7    9    2    2    2   10    1   237   152  0.64  18.7   18   10  0.64    2    0  0.00  1.42  7.11  0.71  0.87  1.42
Guzman             11.3    9    2    2    5    7    0   176   107  0.61  15.5   17    9  0.65    7    2  0.29  3.97  5.56  0.00  1.24  1.59
Heilman            11.3    9    2    2    6    8    0   205   121  0.59  18.1   17   10  0.63    6    2  0.33  4.76  6.35  0.00  1.32  1.59
Dempster           32.7   28    9    6   13   26    2   507   310  0.61  15.5   38   30  0.56    0    0  0.00  3.58  7.16  0.55  1.26  1.65
Zambrano           21.7   11    4    4   10   13    1   330   206  0.62  15.2   25   25  0.50    0    0  0.00  4.15  5.40  0.42  0.97  1.66
Lilly              34.3   28    8    7    6   28    4   522   358  0.69  15.2   32   40  0.44    0    0  0.00  1.57  7.34  1.05  0.99  1.83
Ascanio             8.3    7    2    2    8   10    0   175   100  0.57  21.0    7    8  0.47    1    1  1.00  8.64 10.80  0.00  1.80  2.16
Patton              6.0    4    2    2    3    7    2    95    63  0.66  15.8    8    3  0.73    0    0  0.00  4.50 10.50  3.00  1.17  3.00
Wells              31.0   29   12   11    5   19    2   461   294  0.64  14.9   33   39  0.46    0    0  0.00  1.45  5.52  0.58  1.10  3.19
Marmol             11.7    4    5    5   15   11    0   246   128  0.52  21.1   10   14  0.42    6    2  0.33 11.57  8.49  0.00  1.63  3.86
Waddell             1.7    3    1    1    0    2    0    31    21  0.68  18.6    2    1  0.67    0    0  0.00  0.00 10.80  0.00  1.80  5.40
Marshall           12.0   13   10    8    6    6    2   190   122  0.64  15.8   21    9  0.70    8    1  0.13  4.50  4.50  1.50  1.58  6.00
Harden             11.0   12    9    9    5   11    3   179   114  0.64  16.3   11   10  0.52    0    0  0.00  4.09  9.00  2.45  1.55  7.36

Last 21 games     206.7  166   68   61   85  158   17  3370  2104  0.62  16.3  240  210  0.53   30    8  0.27  3.70  6.88  0.74  1.21  2.66
Season totals     598.3  527  270  254  261  521   67 10042  6270  0.62  16.8  643  601  0.52   93   28  0.30  3.93  7.84  1.01  1.32  3.82

CUBS pitch counts at the plate.........

04/06 - 06/22        P   PA  P/PA
Fontenot           943  224  4.21
Ramirez            302   72  4.19
K. Hill            306   74  4.14
Fukudome           976  238  4.10
Scales             270   66  4.09
Bradley            760  188  4.04
Soto               827  205  4.03
D Lee              965  241  4.00
Soriano           1156  299  3.87
Gathright           57   15  3.80
Hoffpauir          482  128  3.77
Fox                112   30  3.73
Theriot           1052  286  3.68
Miles              476  131  3.63
Freel               71   20  3.55
Blanco             219   63  3.48
Johnson            433  125  3.46

CUBS              9971 2567  3.88

Percentage of baserunners driven in........

04/06 - 06/22      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ramirez             12   29  0.293
Fox                  5   14  0.263
Fukudome            17   56  0.233
D Lee               25   98  0.203
Fontenot            20   83  0.194
Theriot             20   93  0.177
Hoffpauir           14   66  0.175
Blanco               6   31  0.162
Soriano             16   89  0.152
Johnson             12   70  0.146
Bradley             11   67  0.141
Soto                14   88  0.137
Scales               4   29  0.121
K. Hill              5   38  0.116
Freel                1   10  0.091
Miles                4   57  0.066
Gathright            0    6  0.000

CUBS               194  998  0.163

CUBS' magic numbers:

St. Louis      97
Milwaukee      97
Cincinnati     95
Houston        94
Pittsburgh     91

Go CUBS !!!

Springfield_CUBBY · June 23, 2009

Edwin Jackson (6-4) ERA=2.39, WHIP=1.06

YIKES! :eek:

Fred Hornkohl · June 23, 2009

FWIW, the current wild card race looks like this........

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Milwaukee       37      32     0.536     ---
San Francisco   37      32     0.536     ---
Colorado        37      33     0.529     0.5
CUBS            34      32     0.515     1.5
NY Mets         35      33     0.515     1.5
Cincinnati      34      34     0.500     2.5
Florida         35      36     0.493     3.0
Atlanta         33      36     0.478     4.0
Houston         32      35     0.478     4.0

Keener98 · June 23, 2009

Tonight and tomorrows have some pretty intriguing pitching matchups.

Fred Hornkohl · June 23, 2009

Edwin Jackson (6-4) ERA=2.39, WHIP=1.06
YIKES! :eek:

Cardinals beat this guy last week 4-3, even though he threw a quality start (6 IP, 3 ER) at them.

Cubbies2238 · June 23, 2009

I'll be at the game Wednesday and the Cubs record with me in attendance is 1-11 so hopefully the Cubs can get a W here.

apete6 · June 23, 2009

I'll be at the game Wednesday and the Cubs record with me in attendance is 1-11 so hopefully the Cubs can get a W here.

Dear Cubbies2238,

STOP GOING TO GAMES!

Sincerely,

All Cubs fans

Bryants Disco Ball · June 23, 2009

I'll be at the game Wednesday and the Cubs record with me in attendance is 1-11 so hopefully the Cubs can get a W here.

So, you're saying there's a chance!!!!!!!

Little Slide Rooter · June 23, 2009

Edwin Jacksons pretty tough, but at least were missing Verlander. The rest of the Tigers pitching staff doesnt seem to be much better than that of the Indians.

Friendly Confines · June 23, 2009

FWIW, the current wild card race looks like this........

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Milwaukee       37      32     0.536     ---
San Francisco   37      32     0.536     ---
Colorado        37      33     0.529     0.5
CUBS            34      32     0.515     1.5
NY Mets         35      33     0.515     1.5
Cincinnati      34      34     0.500     2.5
Florida         35      36     0.493     3.0
Atlanta         33      36     0.478     4.0
Houston         32      35     0.478     4.0

Wow I had absolutely no idea how well the Giants were doing.

Bryants Disco Ball · June 23, 2009

Edwin Jacksons pretty tough, but at least were missing Verlander. The rest of the Tigers pitching staff doesnt seem to be much better than that of the Indians.

I would have to disagree, WSR. I actually think the Tigers are where they are because of a bunch of power arms in both the rotation and the bullpen. Their pitching is WAY better than the Indians. The bullpen has several guys who throw some heavy gas.

I haven't looked to see who the starters will be the next two days, but Rick Porcello is a highly touted 20-year-old prospect who has done well so far this season, and while Armando Galarraga's stats aren't great, he certainly will be better than anybody the Cubs saw in the Indians series except for Cliff Lee.

We are an underdog heading into this series, because I'm not sure we can score enough runs against this overall pitching staff. While I don't think the Tigers have a GREAT offense, they probably don't need to be to take at least two of three from us.

Hope I'm wrong.

June 23, 2009

Edwin Jacksons pretty tough, but at least were missing Verlander. The rest of the Tigers pitching staff doesnt seem to be much better than that of the Indians.

Porcello?

dew1679666265 · June 23, 2009

Edwin Jacksons pretty tough, but at least were missing Verlander. The rest of the Tigers pitching staff doesnt seem to be much better than that of the Indians.

I would have to disagree, WSR. I actually think the Tigers are where they are because of a bunch of power arms in both the rotation and the bullpen. Their pitching is WAY better than the Indians. The bullpen has several guys who throw some heavy gas.

I haven't looked to see who the starters will be the next two days, but Rick Porcello is a highly touted 20-year-old prospect who has done well so far this season, and while Armando Galarraga's stats aren't great, he certainly will be better than anybody the Cubs saw in the Indians series except for Cliff Lee.

We are an underdog heading into this series, because I'm not sure we can score enough runs against this overall pitching staff. While I don't think the Tigers have a GREAT offense, they probably don't need to be to take at least two of three from us.

Hope I'm wrong.

Galarraga and Willis have both been terrible this season. Rodney, Lyon and Seay are good bullpen arms, but the rest have had their struggles.

This is definitely a better staff than the Indians, but it's top heavy in the rotation (Verlander, Jackson, Porcello) and in the back end of the pen without much else.

jersey cubs fan · June 23, 2009

Edwin Jacksons pretty tough, but at least were missing Verlander. The rest of the Tigers pitching staff doesnt seem to be much better than that of the Indians.

Detroit has the 3rd best ERA and 4th best OPS against in the AL, Cleveland as the worst ERA and second worst OPS against.

Little Slide Rooter · June 23, 2009

Edwin Jacksons pretty tough, but at least were missing Verlander. The rest of the Tigers pitching staff doesnt seem to be much better than that of the Indians.

I would have to disagree, WSR. I actually think the Tigers are where they are because of a bunch of power arms in both the rotation and the bullpen. Their pitching is WAY better than the Indians. The bullpen has several guys who throw some heavy gas.

I haven't looked to see who the starters will be the next two days, but Rick Porcello is a highly touted 20-year-old prospect who has done well so far this season, and while Armando Galarraga's stats aren't great, he certainly will be better than anybody the Cubs saw in the Indians series except for Cliff Lee.

We are an underdog heading into this series, because I'm not sure we can score enough runs against this overall pitching staff. While I don't think the Tigers have a GREAT offense, they probably don't need to be to take at least two of three from us.

Hope I'm wrong.

Galarraga and Willis have both been terrible this season. Rodney, Lyon and Seay are good bullpen arms, but the rest have had their struggles.

This is definitely a better staff than the Indians, but it's top heavy in the rotation (Verlander, Jackson, Porcello) and in the back end of the pen without much else.

The point is we should be ableto hit these guys, even Jackson. It seems that every time we run into a decent pitcher like Lowe or Vazquez people seem to think were doomed, when we have better pitchers, and on paper, just as good of an offense. I understand the attitude of fearing guys like Cliff Lee and Chris Carpenter to be afraid, but not every time we face a decent pitcher.

erik316wttn · June 23, 2009

I sincerely apologize about the lateness of the game thread. Thank you, Fred, for pinch hitting.

I have to work till 1230 in the morning, so I'll post tomorrow's game thread before noon. Please be patient, folks, as I WILL get it up.

Edited June 23, 2009 by erik316wttn

jersey cubs fan · June 23, 2009

This is definitely a better staff than the Indians, but it's top heavy in the rotation (Verlander, Jackson, Porcello) and in the back end of the pen without much else.

Three guys does not equal a top heavy rotation. And just about every bullpen is top heavy in the back end. But Detroit has 7 guys with 20+ IP and an ERA over 100. How is this a particularly top heavy staff in comparison to other AL pitching staffs?

dew1679666265 · June 23, 2009

The point is we should be ableto hit these guys, even Jackson. It seems that every time we run into a decent pitcher like Lowe or Vazquez people seem to think were doomed, when we have better pitchers, and on paper, just as good of an offense. I understand the attitude of fearing guys like Cliff Lee and Chris Carpenter to be afraid, but not every time we face a decent pitcher.

Jackson's been far better than decent, though. I could see us hitting any of their pitchers, but those three certainly can shut us (or anybody) down as well.

apete6 · June 23, 2009

I'm guessing it lines up this way:

Soriano LF

Fukudome CF

Bradley RF

Lee 1B

Hoffpauir DH

Soto C

Fontenot 3B

Theriot SS

Blanco 2B

dew1679666265 · June 23, 2009

This is definitely a better staff than the Indians, but it's top heavy in the rotation (Verlander, Jackson, Porcello) and in the back end of the pen without much else.

Three guys does not equal a top heavy rotation. And just about every bullpen is top heavy in the back end. But Detroit has 7 guys with 20+ IP and an ERA over 100. How is this a particularly top heavy staff in comparison to other AL pitching staffs?

They've got three starters who have been excellent (or at least very good) and two others who have been fairly awful in the rotation. Top heavy might be the wrong term for the rotation, but the point still stands.

As for the pen, I only count 6 with 20+ IP and an ERA+ over 100 - Rodney, Perry, Zumaya, Lyon, Seay and Miner. Of those, Perry, Zumaya and Miner have WHIPs over 1.5 and Perry's is 1.6. Those are some bad WHIPs. The Indians' pen actually has guys with better K:BB ratios than the Tigers pen does (Wood, Lewis, Betancourt and Herges all have roughly 2:1 ratios, while none of the Tigers relievers have that).

coldsteel · June 23, 2009

i would guess tigers are #1 in overall pitching staff MPH. As long as the ball goes out as fast as it comes in, no problemo for the Cubs. Are you listening Sori? Anyone? Jake?

Keener98 · June 23, 2009

I sincerely apologize about the lateness of the game thread. Thank you, Fred, for pinch hitting.

I have to work till 1230 in the morning, so I'll post tomorrow's game thread before noon. Please be patient, folks, as I WILL get it up.

Yes I laughed.....

Schwarber Fan · June 23, 2009

Right now, the best possible lineup we could put together would be:

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Bradley RF

Lee 1B

Hoffpauir DH

Soto C

Fox 3B

Fukudome CF

Fontenot 2B

me likey

laurens · June 23, 2009

Right now, the best possible lineup we could put together would be:

Soriano LF
Theriot SS
Bradley RF
Lee 1B
Hoffpauir DH
Soto C
Fox 3B
Fukudome CF
Fontenot 2B

me likey

I think Z will want to DH for himself :D

06/23 CUBS (Zambrano) @ Detroit (Jackson) 6:05 CDT, WGN TV

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