6/22 Cubs(Dempster) @ Mariners(Vargas) 9:10 CDT, CLTV

[Little Slide Rooter]

Ryan Dempster, 5-5 with a 3.67 ERA will take on the fairly hot Seattle Mariners and Jason Vargas, who I thought dissapeared sometime between 2005-2007 but is sporting a very solid 5-2 record with a 2.88 ERA. Good for him. More importantly, maybe we'll get to see Milton Bradley exchange dirty looks with Ryan Dempster, Ryan Theriot, Lou Pinealla and whoever else he feels was responsible for his failure as a Cub, a list that includes everybody in Chicago but Milton Bradley. That could be the most intersting part of this interlag series between 2 very dissapointing teams. Either way, the Cubs would be wise to win this game, because Cliff Lee and Felix Hernandez come next, 2 guys who are sure to make the Cubs look very, very silly even with 2009 and 2010s respective pleasant surprises, Randy Wells and Carlos Silva on the mound for us. Watching Marniners fans react to Silva Thursday should be just as interesting as Cubs fans would react to Bradley if it were on our turf.

 

Fun fact: Talk about bad offenses, Milton Bradleys 6 home runs tie him for the team lead with former Kansas City Royals perenial pity all stat Mike Sweeney, who many experts believed retired 5 years ago.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Albuquerque, NM !!!

 

 

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

 

 

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CUBS are 2-7 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 7-10 in June

CUBS are 0-0 vs. Seattle

CUBS are 6-6 vs. Amer League

CUBS are 6-12 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 12-18 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 8-14 in games that start a series

CUBS are 2-4 in games that open a road trip

CUBS are 2-7-1 in road series

CUBS have lost 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 2-2 in series sweeps

CUBS are 15-18 at night

CUBS are 13-20 on the road

CUBS are 12-10 against lefties

CUBS are 24-19 when they get a quality start.... 7-19 when they don't

CUBS are 14-27 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 17-11 when they don't

CUBS are 24-10 when they score first in the game.... 7-28 when they don't

CUBS are 9-5 when they score in the first inning.... 22-33 when they don't

CUBS are 28-18 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 3-20 when they do

CUBS are 26-11 when they score 4 runs or more.... 5-27 when they don't

CUBS are 21-13 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-25 when they don't

CUBS are 19-16 when they outhit the opponent.... 9-17 when they get outhit.... 3-4 when the hits are even

CUBS are 7-7 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 24-31 when he doesn't

CUBS are 10-16 in one run games .... 3-7 in two runs games

CUBS are 15-20 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 16-18 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 27-20 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 4-18 when they don't

CUBS are 13-12 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 18-26 when they don't

CUBS are 22-14 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 9-24 when he doesn't

CUBS are 24-17 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 7-21 when he doesn't

CUBS are 25-32 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 6-6 when they wear alternate blues

CUBS are 2-6 when CLTV broadcasts the game

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..73 wins                            84    97    85    66    79
.688 runs                           711   857   752   716   703
.155 home runs                      162   185   151   166   194
.521 walks                          597   638   500   395   419
1160 strike outs                   1192  1193  1054   928   920
..70 stolen bases                    55    87    87   121    64
.129 GIDPs                          135   136   128   135   129
.127 errors                         103    97    94   104   100
..52 hit batsmen                     58    50    37    41    50
4.25 runs per game                 4.39  5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.83 pitches per plate appearance  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
17.6 % of baserunners driven in    17.3  19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.346 runs per baserunner          0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
32.5 % of extra base hits          34.6  34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8
.259 batting average              0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270
.326 on base percentage           0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324
.405 slugging percentage          0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.731 on base plus slugging (OPS)  0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764

 

CUBS are 22-20 when they get at least 8 hits .... 9-18 when they don't

CUBS are 29-28 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 2-10 when they don't

CUBS are 15-7 when they steal a base.... 16-31 when they don't

CUBS are 11-12 when they execute a sac bunt.... 20-26 when they don't

CUBS are 19-17 when they GIDP.... 12-21 when they don't

CUBS are 13-20 when they commit one or more errors.... 18-18 when they don't

CUBS are 27-31 when they hit at least one double.... 4-7 when they don't

CUBS are 7-4 when they hit at least one triple.... 24-34 when they don't

CUBS are 11-5 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 20-33 when they don't

CUBS are 13-11 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 18-27 when they don't

CUBS are 16-11 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 15-27 when they don't

CUBS are 13-12 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 18-26 when they don't

CUBS are 10-23 when the opponent steals a base.... 21-15 when they don't

CUBS are 7-17 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 24-21 when they don't

CUBS are 19-19 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 12-19 when they don't

CUBS are 20-17 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 11-21 when they don't

CUBS are 6-7 when the opponent triples.... 25-31 when they don't

CUBS are 3-13 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 28-25 when they don't

CUBS are 4-7 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 27-31 when they don't

CUBS are 8-11 when they hit an opposing batter.... 23-27 when they don't

CUBS have drawn at least 2 BBs in 47 of their last 56 games

CUBS have drawn 20 BBs in their last 5 games

CUBS have Kd more than 9 times 6 times in their last 57 games

CUBS have not stolen a base in their last 8 games

CUBS have been caught stealing 8 times in their last 21 games

CUBS have committed 11 errors in their last 6 games

CUBS opponents have committed 28 errors in their last 34 games

CUBS have scored first in 17 of their last 30 games

CUBS pitchers have hit 8 batters in their last 12 games

CUBS have used 55 lineups in 69 games

CUBS have used identical lineups in consecutive games 5 times

CUBS most frequent lineup has been used 6 times

CUBS are 1-5 with their most frequent lineup.....

 

CUBS' starting rotation......

 

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

Zambrano       8     3- 5     4    0.500     41.7      788    18.9    5.2     98.5    5.40    5.25
Dempster      14     5- 9     9    0.643     95.7     1502    15.7    6.8    107.3    3.67    4.07
Wells         14     7- 7     7    0.500     78.7     1272    16.2    5.6     90.9    4.92    4.14
Silva         13    10- 3    10    0.769     80.7     1180    14.6    6.2     90.8    2.90    6.00
Gorzelanny     9     2- 7     5    0.556     51.7      876    17.0    5.7     97.3    3.66    3.78
Lilly         11     4- 7     8    0.727     73.7     1086    14.7    6.7     98.7    3.30    2.18

CUBS          69    31-38    43    0.623    422.0     6704    15.9    6.1     97.2    3.86    4.25

 

CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to the last 4 years........

 

         2006    2007    2008    2009    2010

ERA     4.781   4.041   3.919   3.854   3.948
IP     1430.7  1447.7  1460.7  1445.3   611.0
H        1396    1340    1337    1331     582
R         834     690     678     672     308
ER        760     650     636     619     268
BB        687     573     556     586     221
K        1250    1211    1271    1272     527
HR        210     165     162     156      63
BB/9     4.32    3.56    3.43    3.65    3.26
K/9      7.86    7.53    7.83    7.92    7.76
HR/9     1.32    1.03    1.00    0.97    0.93
WHIP     1.46    1.32    1.30    1.33    1.31
# Pit   24619   23515   24105   24097    9968
#P/IP    17.2    16.2    16.5    16.7    16.3

 

 

 

CUBS are 5-9 when Dempster starts

Dempster is 9 of 14 (0.643) in quality starts

Dempster has 1 consecutive quality start(s)

CUBS score 4.25 R/G overall.... 4.07 R/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS hit 0.96 HR/G overall.... 1.14 HR/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS have scored first in 4 of Dempster's 14 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 2 of Dempster's 14 starts

Dempster has given up run(s) in the first inning of 7 (9 runs total) of his 14 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Dempster.....

 

04/05 - 06/20      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Dempster   467   57  121   23    2   16  196   54   43   94  0.259  0.322  0.420  0.741
CUBS overall     2330  293  603  117   13   66  944  285  222  494  0.259  0.326  0.405  0.731

 

Composite scoring in games started by Dempster.........

 

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

CUBS              3   4  10   9  10   5   8   5   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      57
Opponents         9   5   1   3   7   6   9   4   7   2   0   0   0   0   0   0      53

 

Dempster's starts this year (5-5)

 

Dempster                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/07  vs. Atla        6.0    3    1    1    2    9    0    95    57  0.60  15.8    7    2  0.78  3.00 13.50  0.00  0.83  1.50
04/12  vs. Milw        6.3    7    5    5    4    5    1   114    61  0.54  18.0    8    5  0.62  5.68  7.11  1.42  1.74  7.11
04/18  vs. Houst       7.7    4    1    1    2    8    0   120    75  0.63  15.7    8    6  0.57  2.35  9.39  0.00  0.78  1.17
04/23  vs. Milw        7.7    7    1    1    1    4    0   111    69  0.62  14.5   13    5  0.72  1.17  4.70  0.00  1.04  1.17
04/28  vs. Wash        8.0    4    3    3    1    6    2    98    62  0.63  12.3   10    8  0.56  1.13  6.75  2.25  0.63  3.38
05/04  vs. Pitts       7.0    8    3    3    1    7    2   107    73  0.68  15.3    7    6  0.54  1.29  9.00  2.57  1.29  3.86
05/09  vs. Cincy       7.0    6    5    5    3    7    1   113    72  0.64  16.1    8    6  0.57  3.86  9.00  1.29  1.29  6.43
05/15  vs. Pitts       7.0    4    3    3    5    9    0   123    73  0.59  17.6    6    6  0.50  6.43 11.57  0.00  1.29  3.86
05/20  vs. Phila       6.0    5    4    4    2    3    2    89    58  0.65  14.8    6    9  0.40  3.00  4.50  3.00  1.17  6.00
05/25  vs. L.A.        8.0    3    0    0    1    7    0   104    64  0.62  13.0    7   10  0.41  1.13  7.88  0.00  0.50  0.00
05/30  vs. St. L       6.7    9    6    6    3    7    2   125    76  0.61  18.8    7    6  0.54  4.05  9.45  2.70  1.80  8.10
06/05  vs. Houst       6.3    6    3    3    2    7    2   101    65  0.64  15.9    7    5  0.58  2.84  9.95  2.84  1.26  4.26
06/10  vs. Milw        5.3    5    3    2    5    3    1   104    56  0.54  19.5    6    7  0.46  8.44  5.06  1.69  1.88  3.38
06/16  vs. Oakl        6.7    8    2    2    2    7    0   120    72  0.60  18.0    9    4  0.69  2.70  9.45  0.00  1.50  2.70

Dempster                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home                  50.3   39   20   20   18   49    5   804   483  0.60  16.0   55   45  0.55  3.22  8.76  0.89  1.13  3.58
Road                  45.3   40   20   19   16   40    8   720   450  0.63  15.9   54   40  0.57  3.18  7.94  1.59  1.24  3.77

Day                   54.0   44   30   29   25   48    9   886   533  0.60  16.4   59   53  0.53  4.17  8.00  1.50  1.28  4.83
Nite                  41.7   35   10   10    9   41    4   638   400  0.63  15.3   50   32  0.61  1.94  8.86  0.86  1.06  2.16

Road  Nite            27.0   24    8    8    6   27    4   414   264  0.64  15.3   34   18  0.65  2.00  9.00  1.33  1.11  2.67

April                 35.7   25   11   11   10   32    3   538   324  0.60  15.1   46   26  0.64  2.52  8.07  0.76  0.98  2.78
May                   41.7   35   21   21   15   40    7   661   416  0.63  15.9   41   43  0.49  3.24  8.64  1.51  1.20  4.54
June                  18.3   19    8    7    9   17    3   325   193  0.59  17.7   22   16  0.58  4.42  8.35  1.47  1.53  3.44

Season total          95.7   79   40   39   34   89   13  1524   933  0.61  15.9  109   85  0.56  3.20  8.37  1.22  1.18  3.67

 

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

 

              Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon           Totals
             19 Jun     19 Jun     18 Jun     17 Jun     16 Jun     15 Jun     14 Jun
             vs LAA     vs LAA     vs LAA     vs Oakl   vs Oakl   vs Oakl   no game 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cashner       1.0  14                          1.3  14                                        2.3  28
Gorzelanny                          1.0  10                                                   1.0  10
Grabow                   1.3  16    1.0  19                          1.0  10                  3.3  45
Howry                    1.0  30    1.0  17                                                   2.0  47
Marmol        1.0  19                          0.7   8    1.0   8                             2.7  35
Marshall                                                  1.3  14    1.0  12                  2.3  26
Russell                  1.3  45                                                              1.3  45
Stevens                                                              1.0  22                  1.0  22

Totals        2.0  33    3.7  91    3.0  46    2.0  22    2.3  22    3.0  44                 16.0 258

 

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

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.70  Tue 06/22  @ Seattle       N    -    Dempster        Vargas        
.71  Wed 06/23  @ Seattle       N    -    Wells           Lee          
.72  Thu 06/24  @ Seattle            -    Silva           Hernandez     

 

CUBS' season series vs. Seattle in 2007 (2-1).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.63  Tue 06/12    Seattle       N   3- 5  Hill            Washburn      
.64  Wed 06/13    Seattle       N   3- 2  Marshall        Batista       
.65  Thu 06/14    Seattle           5- 4  Marquis         Weaver        

 

CUBS hitters vs. Seattle in 2007.....

 

vs. Seatt          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Pagan               5    1    2    1    0    0    3    1    1    0  0.400  0.500  0.600  1.100  0.400
K Hill              7    0    3    1    0    0    4    0    1    0  0.429  0.500  0.571  1.071  0.429
Floyd               8    1    4    0    0    0    4    2    1    1  0.500  0.556  0.500  1.056  0.571
DeRosa             12    2    5    1    0    0    6    0    2    3  0.417  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.556
Fontenot           11    1    4    0    1    0    6    3    1    2  0.364  0.417  0.545  0.962  0.444
Lee                11    2    4    1    0    0    5    1    3    2  0.364  0.500  0.455  0.955  0.444
Pie                10    2    3    0    1    0    5    1    2    1  0.300  0.417  0.500  0.917  0.333
Izturis             7    0    2    2    0    0    4    2    0    0  0.286  0.286  0.571  0.857  0.286
Jones               3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.500
Barrett             7    0    2    0    0    0    2    1    0    1  0.286  0.286  0.286  0.571  0.333
Soriano            15    2    2    1    0    0    3    0    2    2  0.133  0.235  0.200  0.435  0.154
Theriot             8    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    2    0  0.125  0.300  0.125  0.425  0.125
Murton              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

tot vs Seattle    114   11   33    7    2    0   44   11   16   19  0.289  0.377  0.386  0.763  0.347
season totals    5644  750 1531  338   28  150 2375  710  499 1044  0.271  0.332  0.421  0.753  0.310

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Seattle in 2007......

 

vs. Seatt            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Dempster            2.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    27  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Wuertz              0.7    0    0    0    0    0    0     4  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Gallagher           0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     4  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marmol              2.7    3    0    0    2    5    0    49  6.75 16.88  0.00  1.88  0.00
Rapada              0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     7  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Howry               3.3    0    0    0    0    2    0    31  0.00  5.40  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marshall            8.0    6    2    2    0    1    1    94  0.00  1.13  1.13  0.75  2.25
R Hill              6.7    8    3    3    1    4    1    83  1.35  5.40  1.35  1.35  4.05
Marquis             5.3    2    4    3    2    5    0    77  3.38  8.44  0.00  0.75  5.06
Ohman               1.7    3    2    2    2    2    0    40 10.80 10.80  0.00  3.00 10.80

tot vs Seattle     31.0   23   11   10    7   21    2   416  2.03  6.10  0.58  0.97  2.90
season totals    1446.7 1338  691  650  570 1209  165 23493  3.55  7.52  1.03  1.32  4.04

 

CUBS' last 14 games (6-8)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.56  Sun 06/06  @ Houston           3- 6  Wells           Myers         
.57  Mon 06/07  @ Pittsburgh        6- 1  Silva           Eveland       
.58  Tue 06/08  @ Milwaukee     N   1- 2  Lilly           Gallardo      
.59  Wed 06/09  @ Milwaukee     N   9- 4  Zambrano        Wolf          
.60  Thu 06/10  @ Milwaukee         4- 5  Dempster        Bush          
.61  Fri 06/11    Chicago (AL)      5-10  Wells           Peavey        
.62  Sat 06/12    Chicago (AL)      1- 2  Silva           Beuhrle       
.63  Sun 06/13    Chicago (AL)  N   1- 0  Lilly           Floyd         
.64  Tue 06/15    Oakland       N   5- 9  Zambrano        Cahill        
.65  Wed 06/16    Oakland       N   6- 2  Dempster        Gonzalez      
.66  Thu 06/17    Oakland           3- 2  Wells           Braden        
.67  Fri 06/18    LA Angels         6- 7  Silva           Kazmir        
.68  Sat 06/19    LA Angels         0-12  Lilly           Weaver        
.69  Sun 06/20    LA Angels        12- 1  Zambrano        Saunders      

 

Composite scoring during the last 14 games.........

 

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

CUBS              6   8   5   5  13   4   2  10  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      63
Opponents        12   1   0  10   7   8  13   6   6   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      64

 

CUBS hitters during the last 14 games......

 

06/06 - 06/20      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Soto               29    5   10    2    0    3    6    5    8  0.345  0.429  0.724  1.153  0.389  3.74    9.0  0.084  0.231
Byrd               55   10   20    4    0    2    5    3    6  0.364  0.426  0.545  0.972  0.383  3.44   12.8  0.063  0.111
Baker              30    5   11    3    0    1    6    1    9  0.367  0.394  0.567  0.961  0.500  3.48    6.7  0.027  0.278
Colvin             33    3   11    2    0    2    7    2    9  0.333  0.371  0.576  0.947  0.409  3.43    7.1  0.038  0.385
D Lee              46    8   10    1    0    4   10    8   11  0.217  0.327  0.500  0.827  0.194  4.35    7.5  0.110  0.214
Nady               26    4    8    1    0    1    6    3    8  0.308  0.355  0.462  0.816  0.412  4.61    4.3  0.047  0.294
Theriot            54   11   17    2    0    0    3    6    6  0.315  0.383  0.352  0.735  0.354  3.93    7.3  0.069  0.150
Castro             46    3   10    3    0    0    4    6    8  0.217  0.296  0.283  0.579  0.263  4.04    3.9  0.079  0.174
Tracy              18    3    4    1    0    0    2    2    8  0.222  0.300  0.278  0.578  0.400  3.70    1.5  0.078  0.143
Soriano            38    6    6    2    0    1    7    5   11  0.158  0.256  0.289  0.545  0.192  3.98    2.8  0.098  0.182
Fukudome           27    2    7    0    0    0    1    1    1  0.259  0.286  0.259  0.545  0.269  3.82    2.0  0.026  0.167
K Hill             22    1    4    1    0    0    2    1    5  0.182  0.217  0.227  0.445  0.235  3.26    1.1  0.036  0.167
Fontenot           13    0    2    0    0    0    0    1    5  0.154  0.214  0.154  0.368  0.250  4.43    0.4  0.060  0.000
Ramirez             4    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.000  0.200  0.000  0.200  0.000  4.60    0.0  0.200  0.000

last 14 games     474   63  127   22    0   14   61   46  106  0.268  0.333  0.403  0.736  0.319  3.84   63.7  0.065  0.190
season totals    2330  294  606  117   13   66  285  225  493  0.260  0.328  0.406  0.734  0.305  3.83  310.6  0.068  0.176

 

CUBS pitchers during the last 14 games......

 

06/06 - 06/20        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
Gorzelanny          2.3    1    1    0    3    1    0    48    25  0.52  20.6    3    3  0.50    0    0  0.00 11.57  3.86  0.00  1.71  0.00
Grabow              3.3    1    1    0    2    3    0    45    27  0.60  13.5    4    3  0.57    0    0  0.00  5.40  8.10  0.00  0.90  0.00
Cashner             7.0    5    0    0    1    4    0    90    56  0.62  12.9   10    7  0.59    5    1  0.20  1.29  5.14  0.00  0.86  0.00
Marshall            6.0    5    1    1    1    6    0    74    54  0.73  12.3   12    0  1.00    2    0  0.00  1.50  9.00  0.00  1.00  1.50
Howry               5.3    5    7    1    3    2    1   102    54  0.53  19.1    6    8  0.43    3    0  0.00  5.06  3.38  1.69  1.50  1.69
Silva              20.0   17    6    6    3   15    1   295   206  0.70  14.8   29   16  0.64    0    0  0.00  1.35  6.75  0.45  1.00  2.70
Lilly              21.3   14    9    7    4   18    3   302   212  0.70  14.2   14   32  0.30    0    0  0.00  1.69  7.59  1.27  0.84  2.95
Dempster           12.0   13    5    4    7   10    1   224   128  0.57  18.7   15   11  0.58    0    0  0.00  5.25  7.50  0.75  1.67  3.00
Zambrano           18.0   17    9    6    9   13    0   305   184  0.60  16.9   16   23  0.41    0    0  0.00  4.50  6.50  0.00  1.44  3.00
Marmol              5.3    2    2    2    4    7    0    89    49  0.55  16.7    3    6  0.33    2    0  0.00  6.75 11.81  0.00  1.13  3.38
Stevens             6.0    9    5    4    5    5    1   122    63  0.52  20.3    6    7  0.46    5    2  0.40  7.50  7.50  1.50  2.33  6.00
Wells              17.3   26   13   13    6   14    2   310   183  0.59  17.9   15   20  0.43    0    0  0.00  3.12  7.27  1.04  1.85  6.75
Russell             1.0    7    5    5    1    0    2    42    26  0.62  42.0    0    3  0.00    0    0  0.00  9.00  0.00 18.00  8.00 45.00

last 14 games     125.0  122   64   49   49   98   11  2048  1267  0.62  16.4  133  139  0.49   17    3  0.18  3.53  7.06  0.79  1.37  3.53
season totals     607.0  582  309  270  221  524   64  9947  6227  0.63  16.4  670  620  0.52   89   25  0.28  3.28  7.77  0.95  1.32  4.00

 

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

 

04/05 - 06/20        P   PA  P/PA
D Lee             1254  291  4.31
Ramirez            817  198  4.13
Soto               790  192  4.11
Nady               478  118  4.05
Soriano            961  238  4.04
Fukudome           831  209  3.98
Tracy              168   44  3.82
Baker              417  110  3.79
Colvin             479  127  3.77
Fontenot           507  137  3.70
Theriot           1046  288  3.63
Castro             575  159  3.62
K Hill             289   80  3.61
Byrd               967  280  3.45

CUBS             10068 2630  3.83

 

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

 

04/05 - 06/20      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Fukudome            18   51  0.261
Fontenot            14   45  0.237
Nady                15   54  0.217
Soriano             25   94  0.210
Colvin              14   57  0.197
Byrd                25  110  0.185
Castro              14   65  0.177
D Lee               23  115  0.167
Theriot             17   87  0.163
K Hill               7   37  0.159
Soto                10   57  0.149
Tracy                4   23  0.148
Ramirez             17  103  0.142
Baker                9   56  0.138

CUBS               219 1027  0.176

 

Fecal League Standings

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Baltimore       19      50     0.275     ---
Pittsburgh      25      44     0.362     6.0
Houston         26      44     0.371     6.5
Cleveland       26      42     0.382     7.5
Arizona         27      43     0.386     7.5
Seattle         28      41     0.406     9.0
Kansas City     29      41     0.414     9.5
Milwaukee       29      40     0.420    10.0
Washington      31      39     0.443    11.5
CUBS            31      38     0.449    12.0
Florida         33      36     0.478    14.0
Oakland         34      37     0.479    14.0
white sox       34      34     0.500    15.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2010, Fred W. Hornkohl

[J.R.]

I hate these late starts.

 

Time to [expletive] up the Mariners something fierce.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Here's an interesting little data set that I cherry picked...... sure hope it becomes a real trend !!!

 

Theriot              P   PA  P/PA
06/09               16    5  3.20
06/10               12    5  2.40
06/11               14    5  2.80
06/12               19    5  3.80
06/13               14    4  3.50
06/15               19    5  3.80
06/16                9    4  2.25
06/17               23    5  4.60
06/18               21    4  5.25
06/19                8    1  8.00
06/20               28    5  5.60

06/09 - 06/16      103   33  3.12
06/17 - 06/20       80   15  5.33

 

Theriot            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP     RC   IsoD   RBI%
06/09 - 06/16      33    3   10    0    0    0    2    0    3  0.303  0.303  0.303  0.606  0.333    3.0  0.000  0.200
06/17 - 06/20      11    4    3    1    0    0    1    4    2  0.273  0.467  0.364  0.830  0.333    1.9  0.194  0.200

[javy knows my name]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Albuquerque, NM !!!

Say hello to Walt White for me, k?

[Bote McBoteface]

West Coast trips annoy me.

 

 

Although when I lived in CA, waking up at 10am to watch the noon CT games at wrigley annoyed me more.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I hate these late starts.

 

Time to [expletive] up the Mariners something fierce.

 

The good thing about having crappy team is that I dont have to watch every game, and if I miss a few late start games, so be it.

[bcl412]

I'm looking forward to this series. It's fun to watch the Cubs play in some different parks.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Albuquerque, NM !!!

Say hello to Walt White for me, k?

 

butofcourse.com

[CubColtPacer]

Apparently lineups are actually in for both sides:

 

Cubs

 

Byrd CF

Baker 3B

Lee 1B

Nady DH

Soto C

Soriano LF

Colvin RF

Castro SS

Theriot 2B

(Dempster P)

 

Mariners

 

Ichiro RF

Figgins 2B

Bradley DH

Lopez 3B

Gutierrez CF

Carp 1B

Alfonzo C

Wilson SS

Saunders LF

(Vargas P)

[A-Cal]

remember when people thought the mariners were going to be tough nuts this season!?

 

lol

[Keener98]

Apparently lineups are actually in for both sides:

 

Cubs

 

Byrd CF

Baker 3B

Lee 1B

Nady DH

Soto C

Soriano LF

Colvin RF

Castro SS

Theriot 2B

(Dempster P)

 

Mariners

 

Ichiro RF .336avg

Figgins 2B .236

Bradley DH .215

Lopez 3B .239

Gutierrez CF .272

Carp 1B .154

Alfonzo C .242

Wilson SS .253

Saunders LF .217

(Vargas P)

 

 

Wow look at those batting averages on a ML team using the DH. That is 1 ugly ugly lineup

[JonJayCutler]

This series is worth watching for Bradley alone. Although there would be much more drama if this series was at Wrigley.

 

Try not allowing a first inning run tonight, Dempster.

[JonJayCutler]

Oh and I see Kosuke has been officially been relegated to a backup. $14 million this year for a 4th (or maybe even 5th at this point) outfielder.

 

Awesome.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Any question that Bradley hits multiple home runs tonight and drives in 10-15 RBI in the series?

[bleedingblue]

They need this one badly with Lee/Hernandez the next 2 days with Wells/TBD pitching for the Cubs.

 

Silva got thrown back to the weekend.

[CubColtPacer]

Oh and I see Kosuke has been officially been relegated to a backup. $14 million this year for a 4th (or maybe even 5th at this point) outfielder.

 

Awesome.

 

Kosuke was never going to play against left-handers this year. The only sign that he's been relegated to a backup role is the two games against right-handers that Colvin started a week ago. Since then the Cubs have only faced one right-hander and Fukudome started that game.

[J.R.]

And here he is.

[J.R.]

That was easy.

[UMFan83]

Whoops

[J.R.]

[expletive]

[JonJayCutler]

Oh and I see Kosuke has been officially been relegated to a backup. $14 million this year for a 4th (or maybe even 5th at this point) outfielder.

 

Awesome.

 

Kosuke was never going to play against left-handers this year. The only sign that he's been relegated to a backup role is the two games against right-handers that Colvin started a week ago. Since then the Cubs have only faced one right-hander and Fukudome started that game.

 

The fact that Colvin is getting these starts against lefties despite being the worse defender tells me that he has moved ahead of Kosuke on the depth chart.

[Sammy Sofa]

Oh and I see Kosuke has been officially been relegated to a backup. $14 million this year for a 4th (or maybe even 5th at this point) outfielder.

 

Awesome.

 

Kosuke was never going to play against left-handers this year. The only sign that he's been relegated to a backup role is the two games against right-handers that Colvin started a week ago. Since then the Cubs have only faced one right-hander and Fukudome started that game.

 

The fact that Colvin is getting these starts against lefties despite being the worse defender tells me that he has moved ahead of Kosuke on the depth chart.

 

Why? If Colvin wasn't starting in RF against lefties then Nady would be. Fukudome was relegated to a platoon long ago.

[Schwarber Fan]

so Geo drew ball 4 and ball 5 and still got rung up... disgusting

[cheapseats]

so Geo drew ball 4 and ball 5 and still got rung up... disgusting

 

Neither one of those pitches were really even close to being strikes.