If the CUBS don't win tonight, we can always blame it on CT, no? Worthless stats of the day for Monday..... CUBS are 2-1 on Mondays CUBS are 2-1 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 13-8 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 2-5 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 7-5 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 5-6 in games that start a series CUBS are 8-6 at night CUBS are 7-7 on the road CUBS are 11-10 against right handers CUBS are 6-7 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 10-6 when they get a quality start.... 8-7 when they don't CUBS are 5-10 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 13-3 when they don't CUBS are 13-4 when they score first in the game.... 5-9 when they don't CUBS are 6-1 when they score in the first inning.... 12-12 when they don't CUBS are 14-8 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 4-5 when they do CUBS are 16-1 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-12 when they don't CUBS are 10-1 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 8-12 when they don't CUBS are 17-2 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-9 when they get outhit.... and 1-2 when the hits are even CUBS are 7-1 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 11-12 when he doesn't CUBS are 3-3 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 15-10 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are on a pace to win 94 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 988 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 172 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 784 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1103 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 120 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 89 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 110 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 89 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05 CUBS are scoring 6.10 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.92 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05 CUBS have 8 GIDP in their last 22 games CUBS have been HBP 10 times in their last 14 games CUBS have drawn at least 2 BB's in 21 straight games CUBS have 1 sac bunt in their last 8 games CUBS have not tripled in their last 10 games CUBS have not allowed a stolen base in their last 9 games CUBS opponents have GIDP'd at least once in 11 of their last 14 games CUBS have not allowed a sac fly in 18 of their last 19 games CUBS have outscored the opponents 29-7 in the 3rd inning CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to the last 2 years........ - - 2006 - - - - 2007 - - - - 2008 - -
CUBS Oppnt CUBS Oppnt CUBS Oppnt
ERA 4.781 3.901 4.041 4.232 3.987 5.585
IP 1430.7 1446.7 1447.7 1442.0 286.7 282.0
H 1396 1497 1340 1530 264 316
R 834 716 690 752 137 189
ER 760 627 650 678 127 175
BB 687 395 573 500 111 150
K 1250 928 1211 1054 208 211
HR 210 166 165 151 29 33
BB/9 4.32 2.46 3.56 3.12 3.48 4.79
K/9 7.86 5.77 7.53 6.58 6.53 6.73
HR/9 1.32 1.03 1.03 0.94 0.91 1.05
WHIP 1.46 1.31 1.32 1.41 1.31 1.65
# Pit 24619 22583 23515 23421 4710 5120
#P/IP 17.2 15.6 16.2 16.2 16.4 18.2 CUBS are 5-1 when Dempster starts Dempster is 4 of 6 in quality starts Dempster has 2 consecutive quality start(s) Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.16.... to Blanco it's N/A CUBS score 6.10 R/G overall.... 9.33 R/G when Dempster pitches CUBS hit 1.07 HR/G overall.... 1.33 HR/G when Dempster pitches CUBS' offensive support of Dempster..... 03/31 - 05/04 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
CUBS w/Dempster 235 56 78 20 0 8 122 53 39 49 0.332 0.438 0.519 0.957
CUBS overall 1116 189 316 74 5 33 499 179 150 211 0.283 0.373 0.447 0.820 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 7 4 5 8 10 6 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 56
Opponents 4 1 3 0 5 2 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 28 Dempster' starts this year (4-0) Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA
04/03 vs. Milw 6.0 3 2 1 2 5 0 91 3.00 7.50 0.00 0.83 1.50
04/09 vs. Pitts 7.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 98 2.57 6.43 0.00 0.43 0.00
04/15 vs. Cincy 6.0 5 4 4 5 3 1 106 7.50 4.50 1.50 1.67 6.00
04/20 vs. Pitts 5.0 5 3 3 2 3 0 95 3.60 5.40 0.00 1.40 5.40
04/25 vs. Wash 7.0 4 3 2 3 5 1 108 3.86 6.43 1.29 1.00 2.57
04/30 vs. Milw 6.0 4 3 3 5 1 0 106 7.50 1.50 0.00 1.50 4.50
Home 23.0 17 12 11 14 12 1 398 5.48 4.70 0.39 1.35 4.30
Road 14.0 5 3 2 5 10 1 206 3.21 6.43 0.64 0.71 1.29
Day 11.0 8 5 4 4 8 0 186 3.27 6.55 0.00 1.09 3.27
Nite 26.0 14 10 9 15 14 2 418 5.19 4.85 0.69 1.12 3.12
Road Nite 14.0 5 3 2 5 10 1 206 3.21 6.43 0.64 0.71 1.29
season totals 37.0 22 15 13 19 22 2 604 4.62 5.35 0.49 1.11 3.16 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Tue Mon Totals
04 May 03 May 02 May 01 May 30 Apr 29 Apr 28 Apr
@ St. L. @ St. L. @ St. L. vs. Milw vs. Milw vs. Milw no game
pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit
Hart 1.3 22 1.3 22
Howry 2.0 29 1.0 23 3.0 52
Lieber 3.7 51 2.0 34 5.7 85
Marmol 2.0 24 1.7 28 1.0 20 4.7 72
Pignatiello
Wood 1.0 9 1.0 20 2.0 29
Wuertz 1.3 19 1.0 12 0.7 13 3.0 44
Marshall 0.7 9 0.3 4 0.0 7 1.0 20
Fox 1.3 23 1.3 23
Gallagher 2.0 19 2.0 19
Totals 2.7 28 2.0 24 9.7 135 2.7 48 3.0 55 4.0 76 24.0 366 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati this year (2-1) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter
.13 Tue 04/15 Cincinnati N 9- 5 Dempster Volquez
.14 Wed 04/16 Cincinnati N 12- 3 Zambrano Fogg
.15 Thu 04/17 Cincinnati 2- 9 Lilly Harang
.32 Mon 05/05 @ Cincinnati N - Dempster Cueto
.33 Tue 05/06 @ Cincinnati N - Zambrano Harang
.34 Wed 05/07 @ Cincinnati - Lieber Volquez
.90 Tue 07/08 Cincinnati N - Lilly Volquez
.91 Wed 07/09 Cincinnati N - Marquis Harang
.92 Thu 07/10 Cincinnati - Dempster Arroyo
125 Tue 08/19 Cincinnati N - Lilly Volquez
126 Wed 08/20 Cincinnati N - Marquis Harang
127 Thu 08/21 Cincinnati - Dempster Arroyo
141 Fri 09/05 @ Cincinnati N - Marquis Harang
142 Sat 09/06 @ Cincinnati N - Dempster Arroyo
143 Sun 09/07 @ Cincinnati - Zambrano Cueto CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati last year (9-9)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter
..1 Mon 04/02 @ Cincinnati 1- 5 Zambrano Harang
..2 Wed 04/04 @ Cincinnati N 4- 1 Lilly Arroyo
..3 Thu 04/05 @ Cincinnati 2- 5 Marquis Lohse
..9 Fri 04/13 Cincinnati 5- 6 Zambrano Harang
.10 Sat 04/14 Cincinnati 7- 0 Hill Arroyo
.11 Sun 04/15 Cincinnati 0- 1 Lilly Lohse
101 Fri 07/27 @ Cincinnati N 4- 5 Hill Arroyo
102 Sat 07/28 @ Cincinnati N 8- 1 Marshall Harang
103 Sun 07/29 @ Cincinnati 6- 0 Zambrano Belisle
118 Tue 08/14 Cincinnati N 5- 6 Zambrano Harang
119 Wed 08/15 Cincinnati N 9-11 Lilly Dumatrait
120 Thu 08/16 Cincinnati 12- 4 Marquis Livingston
151 Mon 09/17 Cincinnati N 7- 6 Hill Arroyo
152 Tue 09/18 Cincinnati N 2- 5 Zambrano Harang
153 Wed 09/19 Cincinnati N 3- 2 Lilly Shearn
160 Fri 09/28 @ Cincinnati N 6- 0 Zambrano Arroyo
161 Sat 09/29 @ Cincinnati N 4- 0 Hill Harang
162 Sun 09/30 @ Cincinnati 4- 8 Lilly Bailey Composite scoring vs. Cincinnati..... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
CUBS 4 3 6 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
Opponents 0 2 2 3 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati this year..... vs. Cincy AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC RBI%
DeRosa 8 3 4 1 0 1 5 3 4 0.500 0.667 1.000 1.667 1.000 4.25 5.3 0.571
D Lee 14 4 7 0 0 2 4 1 4 0.500 0.533 0.929 1.462 0.625 5.13 6.9 0.400
Johnson 8 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.625 0.556 0.750 1.306 0.625 3.89 3.3 0.500
Theriot 14 3 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 0.357 0.400 0.714 1.114 0.400 3.67 4.0 0.333
Fukudome 12 3 4 1 0 0 2 3 3 0.333 0.467 0.417 0.883 0.444 5.47 2.3 0.286
Soto 8 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 3 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 0.400 3.78 1.0 0.300
Ramirez 11 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 0.182 0.357 0.273 0.630 0.286 4.43 1.1 0.167
Blanco 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.500 4.25 0.3 0.125
Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 6.00 0.0 0.000
Fontenot 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.133 0.133 0.200 0.333 0.182 4.40 0.4 0.077
Pie 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 0.000 3.80 0.0 0.000
E Patterson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.0 0.000
totals vs. Cincy 108 23 36 9 0 4 22 14 32 0.333 0.416 0.528 0.944 0.444 4.28 23.7 0.240
season totals 1086 186 311 71 5 33 174 144 204 0.286 0.375 0.452 0.827 0.327 3.91 184.3 0.204 CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati this year...... vs. Cincy IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA
Marmol 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 27 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Howry 0.7 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00
Marshall 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Zambrano 7.0 8 2 2 1 5 0 102 1.29 6.43 0.00 1.29 2.57
Hart 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 36 4.50 4.50 4.50 1.50 4.50
Dempster 6.0 5 4 4 5 3 1 106 7.50 4.50 1.50 1.67 6.00
Lilly 6.0 6 5 5 3 6 1 94 4.50 9.00 1.50 1.50 7.50
Wuertz 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 17 9.00 0.00 9.00 2.00 9.00
Lieber 1.0 3 3 2 0 0 1 23 0.00 0.00 9.00 3.00 18.00
totals vs. Cincy 27.0 27 17 15 11 19 5 436 3.67 6.33 1.67 1.41 5.00
seson totals 279.3 255 132 121 105 204 29 4585 3.38 6.57 0.93 1.29 3.90 CUBS' last 14 games (7-7).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter
.18 Sun 04/20 Pittsburgh 13- 6 Dempster Duke
.19 Mon 04/21 New York N 7- 1 Zambrano Maine
.20 Tue 04/22 New York 8- 1 Lilly Figueroa
.21 Wed 04/23 @ Colorado N 7- 6 Hill Morales
.22 Thu 04/24 @ Colorado 2- 4 Marquis Cook
.23 Fri 04/25 @ Washington N 3- 5 Dempster Perez
.24 Sat 04/26 @ Washington N 7- 0 Zambrano Chico
.25 Sun 04/27 @ Washington 0- 2 Lilly Lannan
.26 Tue 04/29 Milwaukee N 7-10 Marquis Sheets
.27 Wed 04/30 Milwaukee N 19- 5 Dempster Suppan
.28 Thu 05/01 Milwaukee 3- 4 Zambrano Gallardo
.29 Fri 05/02 @ St. Louis N 3- 5 Hill Wainright
.30 Sat 05/03 @ St. Louis 9- 3 Lilly Lohse
.31 Sun 05/04 @ St. Louis N 3- 5 Marquis Wellemeyer 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 10 9 8 18 7 6 9 19 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 91
Opponents 5 5 4 3 7 13 7 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 57 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 04/20 - 05/04 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC RBI%
Ramirez 41 9 14 5 0 3 14 9 8 0.341 0.491 0.683 1.173 0.367 3.79 13.7 0.393
Soto 46 9 17 6 0 3 10 8 14 0.370 0.463 0.696 1.159 0.483 3.76 14.8 0.206
Fontenot 21 4 8 2 0 1 8 7 4 0.381 0.536 0.619 1.155 0.438 4.10 7.0 0.350
Cedeno 32 9 13 5 0 1 11 4 7 0.406 0.486 0.656 1.143 0.500 4.00 10.2 0.303
Blanco 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.429 0.600 0.429 1.029 0.500 4.20 1.8 0.000
Fukudome 51 9 19 6 1 0 4 6 6 0.373 0.431 0.529 0.960 0.422 4.19 11.6 0.125
D Lee 54 14 17 3 1 1 8 11 5 0.315 0.431 0.463 0.894 0.333 4.11 10.8 0.259
Pie 22 3 7 1 0 1 5 2 7 0.318 0.385 0.500 0.885 0.429 3.27 4.2 0.182
Theriot 54 9 18 3 0 0 4 7 3 0.333 0.410 0.389 0.799 0.353 3.72 8.6 0.200
Ward 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 0.125 0.364 0.250 0.614 0.250 4.55 0.7 0.143
Soriano 18 2 3 1 0 1 5 1 5 0.167 0.200 0.389 0.589 0.167 3.40 1.4 0.333
Johnson 51 11 11 2 0 0 4 3 6 0.216 0.317 0.255 0.572 0.244 4.07 4.1 0.118
DeRosa 49 7 10 1 0 0 7 11 12 0.204 0.339 0.224 0.563 0.270 4.05 3.7 0.163
Murton 12 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 2 0.250 0.308 0.250 0.558 0.300 3.69 0.9 0.211
last 14 games 500 91 149 37 2 12 87 76 94 0.298 0.397 0.452 0.849 0.348 3.88 89.7 0.208
season totals 1116 189 316 74 5 33 177 150 211 0.283 0.373 0.447 0.820 0.325 3.92 186.3 0.201 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 04/20 - 05/04 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA
Marmol 8.7 2 0 0 2 11 0 141 2.08 11.42 0.00 0.46 0.00
Gallagher 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.00
Zambrano 20.3 17 2 2 8 12 1 326 3.54 5.31 0.44 1.23 0.89
Lieber 8.3 9 2 2 0 4 1 120 0.00 4.32 1.08 1.08 2.16
Lilly 19.0 14 6 6 7 15 2 327 3.32 7.11 0.95 1.11 2.84
Dempster 18.0 13 9 8 10 9 1 309 5.00 4.50 0.50 1.28 4.00
Hill 5.7 3 3 3 8 4 1 111 12.71 6.35 1.59 1.94 4.76
Marshall 3.3 2 2 2 4 3 0 57 10.80 8.10 0.00 1.80 5.40
Howry 7.3 8 6 5 0 10 3 108 0.00 12.27 3.68 1.09 6.14
Marquis 17.3 25 12 12 8 10 1 285 4.15 5.19 0.52 1.90 6.23
Wuertz 5.7 6 4 4 4 3 1 102 6.35 4.76 1.59 1.76 6.35
Wood 5.0 5 4 4 1 4 0 61 1.80 7.20 0.00 1.20 7.20
Hart 3.3 6 5 4 3 2 0 72 8.10 5.40 0.00 2.70 10.80
Fox 1.3 2 2 2 0 0 1 23 0.00 0.00 6.75 1.50 13.50
last 14 games 125.3 113 57 54 55 87 12 2061 3.95 6.25 0.86 1.34 3.88
seson totals 287.3 264 137 126 111 208 29 4702 3.48 6.52 0.91 1.31 3.95 Patience is a virtue......... 03/31 - 05/04 BA OBP SLG OPS P PA P/PA
Ward 0.100 0.333 0.300 0.633 130 27 4.81
Fukudome 0.342 0.437 0.491 0.928 594 135 4.40
Cedeno 0.383 0.473 0.574 1.047 238 56 4.25
D Lee 0.339 0.418 0.614 1.032 602 146 4.12
Fontenot 0.294 0.379 0.490 0.870 240 59 4.07
Johnson 0.277 0.358 0.319 0.677 442 109 4.06
Ramirez 0.276 0.412 0.533 0.946 527 131 4.02
DeRosa 0.267 0.385 0.410 0.794 507 131 3.87
Soto 0.333 0.430 0.618 1.047 468 121 3.87
Blanco 0.368 0.455 0.368 0.823 83 22 3.77
Theriot 0.316 0.389 0.410 0.800 490 132 3.71
E Patterson 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 22 6 3.67
Murton 0.214 0.267 0.214 0.481 54 15 3.60
Pie 0.224 0.291 0.306 0.597 193 55 3.51
Soriano 0.173 0.222 0.320 0.542 281 81 3.47
CUBS 0.283 0.373 0.447 0.820 5118 1307 3.92 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 05/04 BDI LOB RBI%
Cedeno 15 28 0.349
D Lee 15 40 0.273
Ramirez 15 45 0.250
Soto 18 58 0.237
Fontenot 9 30 0.231
Johnson 11 38 0.224
DeRosa 17 64 0.210
Fukudome 12 49 0.197
Murton 4 18 0.182
Soriano 7 32 0.179
Pie 6 38 0.136
E Patterson 1 7 0.125
Theriot 6 43 0.122
Ward 2 15 0.118
Blanco 1 14 0.067
CUBS 144 571 0.201 CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 133
Milwaukee 130
Houston 129
Pittsburgh 126
Cincinnati 125 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl