Fred Hornkohl

Ya know.... Brennemann & Grace look just as ugly, and they weren't even trying !!

Gonzalez doubled to left center field

Easley grounded out to second, 4-3

Byrnes popped out to first base

What? When did that happen? Fred's stats for the last 14 games show him still sucking, though I guess it could be a more short term streak. It is what it is. 07/27 - 07/31 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Cedeno 15 2 7 0 0 1 10 2 0 2 0.467 0.467 0.667 1.133

12 mph out to left.

Yikes, calling Needles beautiful!? Heading any further west? Yes, bound for beautiful Fontana, CA. The question, at this point in time, is when ?? We call it Fontucky out here. :P I better run and hide, Fred will be 25 miles from me!! Instead of running and hiding..... why don't you come down to the truck stop in Ontario and buy me breakfast in the morning, eh?

That's funny because I could probably explain it to him in 100 words or less. Have you ever explained anything in less than 100 words ??? :wink:

Yikes, calling Needles beautiful!? Heading any further west? Yes, bound for beautiful Fontana, CA. The question, at this point in time, is when ??

Greetings one and all from beautiful Needles, CA. Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday..... CUBS are 5-10 on Tuesdays CUBS are 0-3 vs. Arizona CUBS are 4-15 vs. the NLW Division CUBS are 14-13 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 26-36 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 24-27 at night CUBS are 21-29 at home CUBS are 25-17 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 24-40 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 3-1 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 40-61 when he doesn't CUBS are 18-13 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 25-49 when he doesn't CUBS are 16-13 when Pierre steals a base.... 27-49 when he dosen't CUBS are 33-32 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 10-30 when they do CUBS are 31-21 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 12-41 when they don't CUBS are 13-32 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 19-13 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 11-17 when the pitch counts are even. CUBS are 14-15 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 29-47 when they don't CUBS are 33-22 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 10-41 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 66 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 674 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 153 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 407 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.16 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.70 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.1% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.353 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 31.7% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 5 GIDP's in their last 12 games.... 14 GIDP's in their last 30 games CUBS have 18 SB in their last 19 games CUBS have 12 sac bunts in their last 17 games...... 18 sac bunts in their last 39 games CUBS have 55 home runs in their last 49 games..... 22 home runs in their last 15 games CUBS have drawn 63 BBs in their last 20 games CUBS have 10 sac flies in their last 40 games CUBS have 1 error in their last 8 games CUBS have allowed 23 HR in their last 23 games CUBS have hit 17 batters in their last 29 games CUBS have 2 quality starts in theie last 11 games.... 11 quality starts in their last 23 games CUBS are 1-4 when Hill starts Hill is 0 of 5 in quality starts Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 9.16 ... pitching to Blanco it's 11.25 CUBS score 4.16 R/G overall.... 1.20 R/G when Hill pitches CUBS hit 0.94 HR/G overall.... 0.60 HR/G when Hill pitches CUBS' offensive support of Hill..... 04/03 - 07/31 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hill 162 6 36 5 1 3 52 5 7 27 0.222 0.259 0.321 0.580 CUBS overall 3573 437 952 174 29 99 1481 413 264 568 0.266 0.319 0.414 0.733 Hill's pitching lines (0-4)..... Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/04 vs. Ariz 4.0 6 5 5 2 1 2 67 4.50 2.25 4.50 2.00 11.25 05/09 vs. S.F. 6.0 8 5 5 3 4 1 100 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.83 7.50 05/14 vs. S.D. 5.3 4 3 3 5 4 0 90 8.44 6.75 0.00 1.69 5.06 05/20 vs. CWS 4.0 5 7 7 5 2 2 87 11.25 4.50 4.50 2.50 15.75 07/27 vs. St. L 3.3 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 8.10 2.70 2.70 2.70 10.80 Home 8.7 10 7 7 8 5 1 173 8.31 5.19 1.04 2.08 7.27 Road 14.0 19 17 17 10 7 5 254 6.43 4.50 3.21 2.07 10.93 Day 9.3 9 10 10 10 6 2 177 9.64 5.79 1.93 2.04 9.64 Nite 13.3 20 14 14 8 6 4 250 5.40 4.05 2.70 2.10 9.45 totals vs. Ariz 4.0 6 5 5 2 1 2 67 4.50 2.25 4.50 2.00 11.25 season totals 22.7 29 24 24 18 12 6 427 7.15 4.76 2.38 2.07 9.53 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Mon Sun Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tue Totals 31 Jul 30 Jul 29 Jul 28 Jul 27 Jul 26 Jul 25 Jul vs Ariz vs St. L vs St. L vs St. L vs St. L at N.Y. at N.Y. pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 15 1.0 30 1.0 9 0.7 29 1.0 9 4.7 92 Eyre 1.0 17 0.3 5 1.0 16 0.7 5 0.3 8 3.3 51 Howry 1.0 12 1.0 12 0.3 7 1.3 21 3.7 52 Ohman 1.0 31 0.3 8 0.3 3 1.7 42 Novoa 0.7 13 1.3 27 1.0 21 3.0 61 Rusch 2.0 44 1.0 33 3.0 77 Wuertz 1.0 16 1.0 10 0.7 15 0.3 2 3.0 43 Aardsma 0.3 2 0.3 2 Totals 4.0 91 3.0 48 3.0 57 3.7 53 4.0 88 2.0 43 3.0 40 22.7 420 CUBS' season series vs. Arizona (0-3) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 26 Wed 05/03 @ Arizona N 1- 5 Maddux 27 Thu 05/04 @ Arizona N 0- 6 Hill 105 Mon 07/31 Arizona N 4-15 Prior 106 Tue 08/01 Arizona N - Hill 107 Wed 08/02 Arizona N - Marmol 108 Thu 08/03 Arizona - ?? CUBS hitters vs. Arizona this year..... vs. Ariz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Nevin 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Pagan 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.750 1.250 Theriot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Pierre 12 0 4 0 1 0 6 0 3 1 0.333 0.467 0.500 0.967 Barrett 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 Ramirez 12 2 3 1 0 1 7 2 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.583 0.833 Jones 10 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.300 0.417 0.300 0.717 Cedeno 14 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 0.357 0.357 0.357 0.714 Mabry 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Perez 9 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Murton 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.286 0.375 0.286 0.661 Bynum 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 Blanco 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 Restovich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hairston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Walker 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Ariz 102 5 28 2 1 1 35 5 12 20 0.275 0.351 0.343 0.694 season totals 3573 437 951 169 29 99 1475 403 263 566 0.266 0.319 0.413 0.731 CUBS pitchers vs. Arizona this year...... vs. Ariz IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 0.00 27.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Maddux 5.0 10 5 5 0 5 1 85 0.00 9.00 1.80 2.00 9.00 Rusch 4.0 4 4 4 1 3 3 70 2.25 6.75 6.75 1.25 9.00 Prior 5.0 6 6 6 3 5 3 106 5.40 9.00 5.40 1.80 10.80 Hill 4.0 6 5 5 2 1 2 67 4.50 2.25 4.50 2.00 11.25 Ohman 3.0 6 6 6 3 4 0 65 9.00 12.00 0.00 3.00 18.00 totals vs. Ariz 25.0 33 26 26 9 22 9 456 3.24 7.92 3.24 1.68 9.36 season totals 923.3 904 544 501 442 785 139 15767 4.31 7.65 1.35 1.46 4.88 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 07/18 - 07/31 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Ramirez 50 11 18 1 1 8 45 14 5 4 0.360 0.421 0.900 1.321 Blanco 9 1 4 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0.444 0.500 0.667 1.167 Mabry 20 4 6 0 0 2 12 6 4 5 0.300 0.400 0.600 1.000 Barrett 45 7 15 4 0 3 28 7 1 6 0.333 0.362 0.622 0.984 Pagan 25 4 8 2 0 0 10 1 4 3 0.320 0.414 0.400 0.814 Murton 21 1 7 1 0 0 8 1 3 0 0.333 0.417 0.381 0.798 Nevin 30 6 7 2 0 2 15 7 3 9 0.233 0.294 0.500 0.794 Pierre 58 7 16 4 3 0 26 7 5 0 0.276 0.328 0.448 0.776 Walker 27 4 5 1 0 2 12 5 5 1 0.185 0.313 0.444 0.757 Cedeno 43 4 11 1 0 1 15 3 1 13 0.256 0.273 0.349 0.622 Jones 54 5 11 4 0 1 18 3 2 11 0.204 0.232 0.333 0.565 Perez 32 4 8 2 0 0 10 2 0 3 0.250 0.242 0.313 0.555 Theriot 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 Lee 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.077 0.077 0.077 0.154 14 game totals 458 61 122 25 4 20 215 60 35 71 0.266 0.318 0.469 0.787 season totals 3573 437 951 169 29 99 1475 403 263 566 0.266 0.319 0.413 0.731 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 07/18 - 07/31 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 6.7 2 2 0 3 10 0 98 4.05 13.50 0.00 0.75 0.00 Eyre 5.3 3 0 0 2 6 0 91 3.38 10.13 0.00 0.94 0.00 Aardsma 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 9.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Dempster 8.7 9 3 3 5 5 0 144 5.19 5.19 0.00 1.62 3.12 Zambrano 21.0 15 8 8 10 21 2 334 4.29 9.00 0.86 1.19 3.43 Marshall 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 65 0.00 4.50 2.25 1.50 4.50 Marmol 15.0 13 9 8 17 13 2 291 10.20 7.80 1.20 2.00 4.80 Novoa 5.3 10 3 3 3 2 0 114 5.06 3.38 0.00 2.44 5.06 Maddux 19.0 22 11 11 1 13 1 274 0.47 6.16 0.47 1.21 5.21 Prior 14.0 10 10 10 11 10 3 285 7.07 6.43 1.93 1.50 6.43 Rusch 6.3 10 5 5 3 4 3 122 4.26 5.68 4.26 2.05 7.11 Ohman 5.7 7 6 6 3 9 1 111 4.76 14.29 1.59 1.76 9.53 Hill 3.3 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 8.10 2.70 2.70 2.70 10.80 Howry 6.7 14 8 8 5 10 0 108 6.75 13.50 0.00 2.85 10.80 Williamson 1.7 4 4 4 2 1 1 42 10.80 5.40 5.40 3.60 21.60 14 game totals 123.7 131 75 72 69 107 15 2178 5.02 7.79 1.09 1.62 5.24 season total 923.3 904 544 501 442 785 139 15767 4.31 7.65 1.35 1.46 4.88 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/31 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Blanco 18 47 0.277 Walker 34 105 0.245 Perez 22 73 0.232 Barrett 29 101 0.223 Ramirez 43 155 0.217 Jones 35 134 0.207 Mabry 10 40 0.200 Murton 24 108 0.182 Nevin 12 62 0.162 Lee 10 58 0.147 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Pierre 19 120 0.137 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Cedeno 22 150 0.128 Pagan 3 25 0.107 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 304 1335 0.185 Go CUBS !!

So was Carpenter, no?

Greetings to all from beautiful Terrell, TX. Worthless stats of the day for Monday...... CUBS are 8-4 on Mondays CUBS are 0-2 vs. Arizona CUBS are 4-14 vs. the NLW Division CUBS are 0-0 when they've won their last 4 game(s) in a row CUBS are 16-25 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 15-19 in games that start a series CUBS are 24-26 at night CUBS are 21-28 at home CUBS are 25-16 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 24-39 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 3-1 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 40-60 when he doesn't CUBS are 18-13 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 25-48 when he doesn't CUBS are 16-12 when Pierre steals a base.... 27-49 when he dosen't CUBS are 31-21 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 12-40 when they don't CUBS are 13-32 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 19-12 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 11-17 when the pitch counts are even. CUBS are 14-15 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 29-46 when they don't CUBS are 33-22 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 10-40 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 67 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 674 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 153 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 408 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.16 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.70 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.0% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.353 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS have 4 GIDP's in their last 11 games.... 13 GIDP's in their last 29 games CUBS have 17 SB in their last 18 games CUBS have 12 sac bunts in their last 16 games...... 18 sac bunts in their last 38 games CUBS have 54 home runs in their last 48 games..... 21 home runs in their last 14 games CUBS have drawn 61 BBs in their last 19 games CUBS have 10 sac flies in their last 39 games CUBS have 1 error in their last 7 games CUBS have allowed 17 HR in their last 22 games CUBS have hit 15 batters in their last 28 games CUBS have 2 quality starts in theie last 10 games.... 11 quality starts in their last 22 games CUBS are 0-6 when Prior starts Prior is 1 of 6 in quality starts Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.20 ... pitching to Blanco it's 9.00 CUBS score 4.16 R/G overall.... 2.50 R/G when Prior pitches CUBS hit 0.94 HR/G overall.... 1.17 HR/G when Prior pitches CUBS' offensive support of Prior..... 04/03 - 07/30 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Prior 195 15 42 6 0 7 69 14 18 32 0.215 0.290 0.354 0.644 CUBS overall 3538 433 942 173 29 98 1467 409 262 562 0.266 0.319 0.415 0.733 Prior's pitching lines (0-4)..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/18 vs. Detr 3.7 7 8 7 1 2 4 88 2.45 4.91 9.82 2.18 17.18 06/24 vs. Minn 5.7 8 3 3 1 4 0 91 1.59 6.35 0.00 1.59 4.76 06/29 vs. Milw 5.7 8 5 5 4 9 1 101 6.35 14.29 1.59 2.12 7.94 07/04 vs. Houst 6.0 4 4 3 4 7 0 109 6.00 10.50 0.00 1.33 4.50 07/21 vs. Wash 3.3 4 4 4 3 2 0 76 8.10 5.40 0.00 2.10 10.80 07/26 vs. Mets 5.7 0 0 0 5 3 0 103 7.94 4.76 0.00 0.88 0.00 season totals 30.0 31 24 22 18 27 5 568 5.40 8.10 1.50 1.63 6.60 Prior's starts against Arizona last year (ND)...... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/29 vs. Ariz 7.3 7 3 3 2 8 0 119 2.45 9.82 0.00 1.23 3.68 season totals 166.7 143 73 68 59 188 25 2825 3.19 10.15 1.35 1.21 3.67 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Sun Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tue Mon Totals 30 Jul 29 Jul 28 Jul 27 Jul 26 Jul 25 Jul 24 Jul vs St. L vs St. L vs St. L vs St. L at N.Y. at N.Y. at N.Y. pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 15 1.0 30 1.0 9 0.7 29 1.0 9 1.0 12 5.7 104 Eyre 1.0 17 0.3 5 1.0 16 0.7 5 0.3 8 3.3 51 Howry 1.0 12 1.0 12 0.3 7 1.3 21 3.7 52 Ohman 0.3 8 0.3 3 0.7 14 1.3 25 Novoa 0.7 13 1.3 27 1.0 21 3.0 61 Rusch 1.0 33 1.0 33 Wuertz 1.0 10 0.7 15 0.3 2 2.0 31 4.0 58 Aardsma 0.3 2 0.7 14 1.0 16 Totals 3.0 48 3.0 57 3.7 53 4.0 88 2.0 43 3.0 40 4.3 71 23.0 400 CUBS' season series vs. Arizona (0-2) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 26 Wed 05/03 @ Arizona N 1- 5 Maddux 27 Thu 05/04 @ Arizona N 0- 6 Hill 105 Mon 07/31 Arizona N - Prior 106 Tue 08/01 Arizona N - Hill 107 Wed 08/02 Arizona N - Marmol 108 Thu 08/03 Arizona - Maddux CUBS season series vs. Arizona last year (2-5) Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 1 Mon 04/04 @ Arizona 16- 6 Zambrano 2 Tue 04/05 @ Arizona N 4- 5 Maddux 3 Wed 04/06 @ Arizona N 3- 8 Dempster 102 Thu 07/28 Arizona 0- 6 Williams 103 Fri 07/29 Arizona 4- 3 Prior 104 Sat 07/30 Arizona 2- 3 Hill 105 Sun 07/31 Arizona 6-13 Maddux CUBS hitters vs. Arizona this year..... vs. Ariz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Pierre 7 0 4 0 1 0 6 0 3 1 0.571 0.700 0.857 1.557 Barrett 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.500 0.750 0.500 1.250 Jones 7 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.429 0.500 0.429 0.929 Perez 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 Murton 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.286 0.375 0.286 0.661 Bynum 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 Ramirez 8 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.375 0.625 Cedeno 10 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.600 Blanco 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 Walker 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Mabry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hairston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Restovich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Ariz 67 1 18 1 1 0 21 1 10 14 0.269 0.364 0.313 0.677 season totals 3538 433 941 168 29 98 1461 399 261 560 0.266 0.319 0.413 0.731 CUBS pitchers vs. Arizona this year...... vs. Ariz IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Rusch 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Eyre 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Ohman 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 34 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 4.50 Maddux 5.0 10 5 5 0 5 1 85 0.00 9.00 1.80 2.00 9.00 Hill 4.0 6 5 5 2 1 2 67 4.50 2.25 4.50 2.00 11.25 totals vs. Ariz 16.0 19 11 11 3 10 3 259 1.69 5.63 1.69 1.38 6.19 season totals 914.3 890 529 486 436 773 133 15570 4.29 7.61 1.31 1.45 4.78 CUBS' hitters during the last 30 games...... 06/23 - 07/30 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Womack 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Barrett 83 18 32 9 0 4 53 11 8 10 0.386 0.446 0.639 1.084 Ramirez 124 18 38 5 2 10 77 24 13 17 0.306 0.376 0.621 0.997 Mabry 26 4 6 2 0 2 14 9 9 8 0.231 0.432 0.538 0.971 Pierre 141 17 51 11 5 1 75 9 8 5 0.362 0.397 0.532 0.929 Theriot 9 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 2 0.222 0.300 0.556 0.856 Murton 61 11 21 2 1 0 25 7 6 7 0.344 0.397 0.410 0.807 Blanco 39 4 10 4 1 1 19 8 3 7 0.256 0.310 0.487 0.797 Pagan 48 7 12 1 0 3 22 4 5 7 0.250 0.321 0.458 0.779 Walker 85 9 21 5 0 3 35 8 10 6 0.247 0.326 0.412 0.738 Perez 71 7 22 5 0 1 30 8 1 10 0.310 0.315 0.423 0.738 Jones 121 13 33 12 0 3 54 15 3 24 0.273 0.290 0.446 0.737 Nevin 74 8 16 2 0 4 30 10 8 21 0.216 0.289 0.405 0.695 Bynum 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Lee 75 10 17 4 0 1 24 4 11 26 0.227 0.326 0.320 0.646 Cedeno 100 9 17 2 0 1 22 5 3 27 0.170 0.200 0.220 0.420 30 game totals 1123 143 312 66 10 38 512 128 90 203 0.278 0.333 0.456 0.788 season totals 3538 433 941 168 29 98 1461 399 261 560 0.266 0.319 0.413 0.731 CUBS' pitchers during the last 30 games...... 06/23 - 07/30 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 5.7 2 2 0 3 7 0 82 4.76 11.12 0.00 0.88 0.00 Aardsma 3.7 0 0 0 2 3 0 55 4.91 7.36 0.00 0.55 0.00 Eyre 13.0 11 2 2 3 17 2 246 2.08 11.77 1.38 1.08 1.38 Ohman 12.0 7 3 3 6 15 3 210 4.50 11.25 2.25 1.08 2.25 Zambrano 47.0 36 22 22 22 48 5 781 4.21 9.19 0.96 1.23 4.21 Dempster 17.0 17 12 8 9 17 3 296 4.76 9.00 1.59 1.53 4.24 Rusch 12.3 15 6 6 8 11 1 232 5.84 8.03 0.73 1.86 4.38 Marshall 27.0 33 18 15 10 17 4 450 3.33 5.67 1.33 1.59 5.00 Marmol 37.3 30 22 21 35 29 5 687 8.44 6.99 1.21 1.74 5.06 Prior 26.3 24 16 15 17 25 1 480 5.81 8.54 0.34 1.56 5.13 Novoa 15.0 27 16 9 5 9 4 286 3.00 5.40 2.40 2.13 5.40 Maddux 45.0 53 28 27 4 32 6 617 0.80 6.40 1.20 1.27 5.40 Howry 17.0 22 12 12 10 20 2 289 5.29 10.59 1.06 1.88 6.35 Williamson 7.0 10 6 6 2 5 2 112 2.57 6.43 2.57 1.71 7.71 Hill 3.3 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 8.10 2.70 2.70 2.70 10.80 30 game totals 288.7 293 169 150 139 256 39 4906 4.33 7.98 1.22 1.50 4.68 season totals 914.3 890 529 486 436 773 133 15570 4.29 7.61 1.31 1.45 4.78 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/30 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Blanco 18 47 0.277 Walker 34 105 0.245 Perez 22 71 0.237 Barrett 29 100 0.225 Ramirez 42 155 0.213 Jones 35 132 0.210 Mabry 10 40 0.200 Murton 24 108 0.182 Nevin 11 62 0.151 Lee 10 58 0.147 Pierre 19 117 0.140 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Cedeno 22 149 0.129 Pagan 2 24 0.077 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 301 1323 0.185 Go CUBS !!

Vance.... if I weren't a guest here, I'd slap you !! :wink:

This phenomenon didn't just start in the 80's. Here's a post from my "oldies but goodies" file............. The manager of the Chicago CUBS is pretty much a dead end job. Take a look at this illustrious list of baseball expertise and make your own judgement.......... avg Maqnager From To W L pct fin Stan Hack 54 56 196 265 0.489 7.0 Bob Scheffing 57 59 208 254 0.450 6.7 Charlie Grimm 60 60 6 11 0.353 7.0 Lou Boudreau 60 60 54 83 0.394 7.0 Vedie Himsl 61 61 10 21 0.323 7.0 Harry Craft 61 61 7 9 0.438 7.0 El Tappe 61 62 46 70 0.397 8.0 Lou Klein 61 62 17 24 0.415 8.0 Charlie Metro 62 62 43 69 0.384 9.0 Bob Kennedy 63 65 182 198 0.479 7.7 Lou Klein 65 65 48 58 0.453 8.0 Leo Durocher 66 72 535 526 0.504 3.7 Whitey Lockman 72 74 157 162 0.492 4.3 Jim Marshall 74 76 175 218 0.445 5.3 Herman Franks 77 79 238 241 0.497 4.0 Joey Amalfitano 79 80 28 51 0.354 5.5 Preston Gomez 80 80 38 52 0.422 6.0 Joey Amalfitano 81 81 38 65 0.369 5.5 Lee Elia 82 83 127 158 0.446 5.0 Charley Fox 83 83 17 22 0.436 5.0 Jim Frey 84 86 196 182 0.519 3.3 John Vukovich 86 86 1 1 0.500 5.0 Gene Michael 86 87 114 124 0.479 5.5 Frank Lucchesi 87 87 8 17 0.320 6.0 Don Zimmer 88 91 265 258 0.507 3.5 Joe Altobelli 91 91 0 1 0.000 4.0 Jim Essian 91 91 59 63 0.484 4.0 Jim Lefebvre 92 93 162 162 0.500 4.0 Tom Trebelhorn 94 94 49 64 0.434 5.0 Jim Riggleman 95 99 374 419 0.472 4.0 Sixteen of the above skippers, more than half, took the CUBS field leadership position with no previous major league experience. Another six came to the CUBS with less than four years experience. Of the remaining managers with experience, you have...... Durocher 16 Boudreau 15 Grimm 14+ Zimmer 7+ Altobelli 5+ Trebelhorn 5 Fox 4+ Franks 4 Subsequent experience after leaving the CUBS is even more bleak. 21 of the 30 managers listed above, fully 70%, never managed in the major leagues again. Four more managed in the bigs again, but didn't last one full year. Another 3 lasted for one full year, but didn't make it to two years. Only Harry Craft (3) and Bob Scheffing (2+) had any significant time managing after the CUBS. My choice of time frame here (1954-1998) is not random. A wonderful comparison can be drawn here. While the CUBS were busy shuffling 30 managers in and out during this 45 year span.... consider the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers. During that same 45 years, the Dodgers' managers were: Walter Alston Tommy Lasorda Bill Russell That's right. Three managers in 45 years, while the CUBS used 30. It might be argued that Russell might still be the Dodger's manager today were it not for a change in ownership of the franchise, but that's only speculation. Here's the real bottom line....... 1954 thru 1998 World Series team W L pct PA W L Los Angeles Dodgers 3866 3235 0.544 15 6 5 Cincinnati Reds 3777 3315 0.533 9 3 3 Atlanta Braves 3649 3438 0.515 11 2 4 San Francisco Giants 3653 3454 0.514 6 1 2 St. Louis Cardinals 3638 3451 0.513 8 3 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 3603 3484 0.508 10 3 0 Philadelphia Phillies 3412 3653 0.483 7 1 2 Chicago Cubs 3331 3753 0.470 3 0 0 ..... the CUBS may have 10 times as many managers, but the Dodgers have 5 times as many playoff appearanes, and 555 more regular season wins (12.3 per year) than the CUBS. Baseball is, indeed, a business. I wish the Tribune Co. would get with the program and put together the best management team available, down to the field manager level, and quit recycling second rate people who have to be replaced every few years. Hell, they don't run the newspaper this way !!

Greetings once again from beautiful Monroe, LA. Worthless stats of the day for Sunday..... CUBS are 7-9 on Sundays CUBS are 9-3 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 28-24 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 0-4 when they've won their last 3 game(s) in a row CUBS are 15-25 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 11-22 in games that end a series CUBS are 18-35 in day games CUBS are 20-28 at home CUBS are 23-39 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 11-32 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 3-1 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 39-60 when he doesn't CUBS are 17-13 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 25-48 when he doesn't CUBS are 16-12 when Pierre steals a base.... 26-49 when he dosen't CUBS are 37-13 when they score at least 4 runs.... 5-48 when they don't CUBS are 26-11 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 15-49 when they don't CUBS are 32-31 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 10-30 when they do CUBS are 31-16 when they score first in the game.... 11-45 when they don't CUBS are 19-14 when they score in the first inning.... 23-47 when they don't CUBS are on a pace to win 66 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 672 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 153 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 407 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.15 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.69 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.0% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.352 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 32.0% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 2 GIDP's in their last 10 games.... 11 GIDP's in their last 28 games CUBS have 17 SB in their last 17 games CUBS have 9 sac bunts in their last 15 games...... 15 sac bunts in their last 37 games CUBS have 53 home runs in their last 47 games..... 20 home runs in their last 13 games CUBS have drawn 58 BBs in their last 18 games CUBS have 9 sac flies in their last 38 games CUBS have allowed 17 HR in their last 21 games CUBS have hit 15 batters in their last 27 games CUBS have 1 quality starts in theie last 9 games.... 10 quality starts in their last 21 games CUBS are 14-8 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 15 of 23 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.18 ... pitching to Blanco it's 3.45 CUBS score 4.15 R/G overall.... 5.73 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.94 HR/G overall.... 1.32 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/03 - 07/29 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 761 126 206 42 5 29 345 122 65 125 0.271 0.327 0.453 0.781 CUBS overall 3508 427 931 172 29 97 1452 403 259 557 0.265 0.318 0.414 0.732 Zambrano's pitching lines (11-3)..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/03 vs. Cincy 4.7 7 5 5 5 5 2 105 9.64 9.64 3.86 2.57 9.64 04/08 vs. St. L 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 6.00 7.50 0.00 1.33 0.00 04/13 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 5 4 3 8 2 103 4.50 12.00 3.00 1.17 6.00 04/18 vs. L.A. 6.0 4 1 1 5 3 0 112 7.50 4.50 0.00 1.50 1.50 04/24 vs. Flor 7.0 6 3 3 3 12 1 114 3.86 15.43 1.29 1.29 3.86 04/30 vs. Milw 4.0 8 7 7 5 5 1 103 11.25 11.25 2.25 3.25 15.75 05/05 vs. S.D. 7.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 107 3.86 12.86 0.00 1.00 0.00 05/10 vs. S.F. 8.0 5 1 1 5 6 0 110 5.63 6.75 0.00 1.25 1.13 05/16 vs. Wash 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 122 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 05/21 vs. CWS 7.0 4 4 4 3 9 3 113 3.86 11.57 3.86 1.00 5.14 05/26 vs. Atla 6.7 2 2 2 6 8 0 124 8.10 10.80 0.00 1.20 2.70 05/31 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 2 2 3 6 1 101 4.50 9.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 06/05 vs. Houst 8.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 126 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.38 0.00 06/10 vs. Cincy 7.7 4 1 1 6 4 1 126 7.04 4.70 1.17 1.30 1.17 06/15 vs. Houst 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 107 2.57 6.43 0.00 1.00 1.29 06/21 vs. Clev 6.0 6 2 2 3 2 0 101 4.50 3.00 0.00 1.50 3.00 06/27 vs. Milw 8.0 6 4 4 2 8 1 120 2.25 9.00 1.13 1.00 4.50 07/02 vs. CWS 6.0 7 7 7 3 6 2 112 4.50 9.00 3.00 1.67 10.50 07/07 vs. Milw 6.0 5 1 1 3 6 0 112 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.33 1.50 07/15 vs. Mets 6.0 3 2 2 4 7 0 103 6.00 10.50 0.00 1.17 3.00 07/20 vs. Houst 8.0 2 1 1 4 10 0 123 4.50 11.25 0.00 0.75 1.13 07/25 vs. Mets 7.0 8 5 5 1 6 2 101 1.29 7.71 2.57 1.29 6.43 Home 78.7 55 36 33 41 88 8 1343 4.69 10.07 0.92 1.22 3.78 Road 67.3 48 20 20 36 59 8 1113 4.81 7.89 1.07 1.25 2.67 Day 69.3 50 36 33 41 76 10 1226 5.32 9.87 1.30 1.31 4.28 Nite 76.7 53 20 20 36 71 6 1230 4.23 8.33 0.70 1.16 2.35 totals vs. St. L 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 6.00 7.50 0.00 1.33 0.00 season totals 146.0 103 56 53 77 147 16 2456 4.75 9.06 0.99 1.23 3.27 Zambrano's starts against St. Louis last year (3-0)...... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/20 vs. St. L 8.7 5 1 1 1 3 1 118 1.04 3.12 1.04 0.69 1.04 07/22 vs. St. L 9.0 3 1 1 0 12 1 118 0.00 12.00 1.00 0.33 1.00 08/12 vs. St. L 6.0 6 0 0 1 5 0 96 1.50 7.50 0.00 1.17 0.00 09/18 vs. St. L 9.0 10 4 2 1 1 1 125 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.22 2.00 totals vs. St. L 32.7 24 6 4 3 21 3 457 0.83 5.79 0.83 0.83 1.10 season totals 223.3 170 88 81 86 202 21 3564 3.47 8.14 0.85 1.15 3.26 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tue Mon Sun Totals 29 Jul 28 Jul 27 Jul 26 Jul 25 Jul 24 Jul 23 Jul vs St. L vs St. L vs St. L at N.Y. at N.Y. at N.Y. at Wash pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 30 1.0 9 0.7 29 1.0 9 1.0 12 4.7 89 Eyre 1.0 17 0.3 5 1.0 16 0.7 5 0.3 8 3.3 51 Howry 1.0 12 0.3 7 1.3 21 2.7 40 Ohman 0.3 3 0.7 14 1.3 21 2.3 38 Novoa 1.3 27 1.0 21 1.7 34 4.0 82 Rusch 1.0 33 1.0 33 Wuertz 1.0 10 0.7 15 0.3 2 2.0 31 4.0 58 Aardsma 0.3 2 0.7 14 1.0 16 Totals 3.0 57 3.7 53 4.0 88 2.0 43 3.0 40 4.3 71 3.0 55 23.0 407 CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis (9-3) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 3 Fri 04/07 St. Louis 5- 1 Maddux 4 Sat 04/08 St. Louis 3- 2 Zambrano 5 Sun 04/09 St. Louis N 8- 4 Marshall 15 Fri 04/21 @ St. Louis N 3- 9 Williams 16 Sat 04/22 @ St. Louis 1- 4 Rusch 17 Sun 04/23 @ St. Louis 7- 3 Maddux 53 Fri 06/02 @ St. Louis N 5- 4 Marshall 54 Sat 06/03 @ St. Louis N 8- 5 Rusch 55 Sun 06/04 @ St. Louis 6- 9 Maddux 101 Thu 07/27 St. Louis N 5- 4 Hill 102 Fri 07/28 St. Louis 6- 5 Marmol 103 Sat 07/29 St. Louis 4- 2 Maddux 104 Sun 07/30 St. Louis - Zambrano 121 Fri 08/18 St. Louis - 122 Sat 08/19 St. Louis - 123 Sun 08/20 St. Louis - 128 Fri 08/25 @ St. Louis N - 129 Sat 08/26 @ St. Louis N - 130 Sun 08/27 @ St. Louis - CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year..... vs. St. L AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 10 4 4 0 0 2 10 2 2 2 0.400 0.500 1.000 1.500 Barrett 43 9 20 4 0 4 36 12 4 4 0.465 0.521 0.837 1.358 Womack 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.500 0.625 0.500 1.125 Cedeno 42 4 18 4 2 0 26 5 1 3 0.429 0.442 0.619 1.061 Jones 45 5 14 1 0 3 24 6 5 9 0.311 0.380 0.533 0.913 Pagan 10 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0.400 0.455 0.400 0.855 Walker 33 3 9 1 0 1 13 6 8 1 0.273 0.415 0.394 0.809 Ramirez 44 7 10 1 1 2 19 10 8 4 0.227 0.358 0.432 0.790 Pierre 53 7 16 3 2 0 23 6 3 2 0.302 0.351 0.434 0.785 Mabry 14 2 3 0 0 1 6 4 3 2 0.214 0.333 0.429 0.762 Bynum 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Murton 38 3 8 1 0 0 9 0 3 9 0.211 0.268 0.237 0.505 Nevin 12 3 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 3 0.083 0.154 0.333 0.487 Perez 23 4 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.217 0.217 0.261 0.478 Hairston 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 Blanco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 Restovich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. St. L 418 61 123 18 5 14 193 55 42 55 0.294 0.362 0.462 0.824 season totals 3508 427 930 167 29 97 1446 393 258 555 0.265 0.318 0.412 0.730 CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year...... vs. St. L IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 6.00 7.50 0.00 1.33 0.00 Eyre 5.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 84 3.60 12.60 0.00 1.20 0.00 Ohman 4.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 65 2.25 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wuertz 3.3 2 0 0 1 5 0 56 2.70 13.50 0.00 0.90 0.00 Howry 6.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 107 1.50 9.00 0.00 0.83 1.50 Marmol 7.3 4 3 2 7 8 0 139 8.59 9.82 0.00 1.50 2.45 Dempster 9.3 9 3 3 3 5 0 139 2.89 4.82 0.00 1.29 2.89 Maddux 24.3 23 8 8 5 11 1 340 1.85 4.07 0.37 1.15 2.96 Novoa 8.7 7 3 3 2 5 0 114 2.08 5.19 0.00 1.04 3.12 Marshall 10.7 12 6 6 2 6 1 160 1.69 5.06 0.84 1.31 5.06 Rusch 10.3 8 6 6 6 8 0 192 5.23 6.97 0.00 1.35 5.23 Aardsma 4.3 7 5 4 2 2 1 88 4.15 4.15 2.08 2.08 8.31 Williamson 4.0 7 4 4 2 7 0 75 4.50 15.75 0.00 2.25 9.00 Hill 3.3 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 8.10 2.70 2.70 2.70 10.80 Willliams 3.3 8 7 7 3 1 1 76 8.10 2.70 2.70 3.30 18.90 totals vs. St. L. 110.0 108 52 48 44 81 5 1829 3.60 6.63 0.41 1.38 3.93 season totals 905.3 882 526 483 430 766 133 15412 4.27 7.61 1.32 1.45 4.80 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 07/15 - 07/29 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Ramirez 50 10 18 2 1 7 43 14 7 4 0.360 0.441 0.860 1.301 Blanco 10 0 4 3 0 0 7 5 1 2 0.400 0.455 0.700 1.155 Barrett 46 9 17 6 0 3 32 9 1 6 0.370 0.396 0.696 1.091 Mabry 18 4 4 1 0 2 11 6 6 5 0.222 0.423 0.611 1.034 Nevin 29 7 7 2 0 3 18 7 3 8 0.241 0.313 0.621 0.933 Pierre 60 8 21 5 3 0 32 7 4 0 0.350 0.385 0.533 0.918 Theriot 9 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 2 0.222 0.300 0.556 0.856 Murton 27 3 9 1 0 0 10 3 3 2 0.333 0.400 0.370 0.770 Pagan 21 3 6 1 0 0 7 0 4 3 0.286 0.400 0.333 0.733 Walker 28 3 4 1 0 2 11 4 5 1 0.143 0.273 0.393 0.666 Perez 32 4 9 2 0 0 11 4 0 3 0.281 0.273 0.344 0.616 Jones 55 5 11 3 0 1 17 3 1 9 0.200 0.214 0.309 0.523 Cedeno 39 4 8 1 0 0 9 2 2 14 0.205 0.244 0.231 0.475 Lee 16 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0.125 0.222 0.125 0.347 14 game totals 468 67 129 30 5 20 229 66 40 74 0.276 0.334 0.489 0.823 season totals 3508 427 930 167 29 97 1446 393 258 555 0.265 0.318 0.412 0.730 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 07/15 - 07/29 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 6.3 4 0 0 2 6 0 113 2.84 8.53 0.00 0.95 0.00 Wuertz 5.7 2 2 0 3 7 0 82 4.76 11.12 0.00 0.88 0.00 Aardsma 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 9.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Rusch 6.3 8 1 1 3 4 0 111 4.26 5.68 0.00 1.74 1.42 Ohman 5.7 3 1 1 2 6 1 96 3.18 9.53 1.59 0.88 1.59 Dempster 8.7 7 2 2 5 6 0 141 5.19 6.23 0.00 1.38 2.08 Zambrano 21.0 13 8 8 9 23 2 327 3.86 9.86 0.86 1.05 3.43 Prior 9.0 4 4 4 8 5 0 179 8.00 5.00 0.00 1.33 4.00 Marmol 15.0 13 9 8 17 13 2 291 10.20 7.80 1.20 2.00 4.80 Maddux 19.0 22 11 11 1 13 1 274 0.47 6.16 0.47 1.21 5.21 Novoa 5.0 14 9 3 3 2 2 130 5.40 3.60 3.60 3.40 5.40 Marshall 9.3 13 9 7 1 6 4 153 0.96 5.79 3.86 1.50 6.75 Howry 6.7 15 8 8 5 9 0 109 6.75 12.15 0.00 3.00 10.80 Hill 3.3 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 8.10 2.70 2.70 2.70 10.80 Williamson 1.7 4 4 4 2 1 1 42 10.80 5.40 5.40 3.60 21.60 14 game totals 123.7 128 72 61 65 102 14 2147 4.73 7.42 1.02 1.56 4.44 season totals 905.3 882 526 483 430 766 133 15412 4.27 7.61 1.32 1.45 4.80 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/29 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Blanco 18 47 0.277 Walker 33 103 0.243 Perez 22 71 0.237 Barrett 29 100 0.225 Ramirez 41 155 0.209 Jones 34 130 0.207 Mabry 9 40 0.184 Murton 24 107 0.183 Nevin 10 57 0.149 Lee 10 58 0.147 Pierre 19 113 0.144 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Cedeno 22 147 0.130 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 2 22 0.083 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 296 1305 0.185 http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg Go CUBS !!

Greetings from beautiful downtown Monroe, LA !! Worthless stats of the day for Saturday........ CUBS are 5-11 on Saturdays CUBS are 8-3 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 27-24 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 5-6 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 14-25 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 17-35 in day games CUBS are 19-28 at home CUBS are 1-4 when FOX broadcasts the game CUBS are 6-0 when son David is driving CUBS are 1-0 when Dusty Baker gets ejected from the game CUBS are 22-39 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 29-31 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start CUBS are on a pace to win 65 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 672 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 154 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 402 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.15 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.70 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.0% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.353 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 32.0% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 1 GIDP's in their last 9 games.... 10 GIDP's in their last 27 games CUBS have 15 SB in their last 16 games CUBS have 8 sac bunts in their last 14 games...... 14 sac bunts in their last 36 games CUBS have 53 home runs in their last 46 games..... 20 home runs in their last 12 games CUBS have drawn 52 BBs in their last 17 games CUBS have 8 sac flies in their last 37 games CUBS have allowed 17 HR in their last 20 games CUBS have hit 15 batters in their last 26 games CUBS have 0 quality starts in their last 8 games.... 9 quality starts in their last 20 games CUBS are 9-13 when Maddux starts Maddux is 8 of 21 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.76 ... pitching to Blanco it's 4.29 CUBS score 4.15 R/G overall.... 3.73 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 0.95 HR/G overall.... 0.71 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/03 - 07/28 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 698 82 188 39 6 15 284 75 53 105 0.269 0.320 0.407 0.727 CUBS overall 3480 423 923 170 28 97 1440 400 253 557 0.265 0.317 0.414 0.731 Maddux's pitching lines (8-11)..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/07 vs. St. L 6.3 4 1 1 2 1 1 87 2.84 1.42 1.42 0.95 1.42 04/12 vs. Cincy 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 86 3.00 10.50 0.00 0.83 1.50 04/17 vs. L.A. 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 87 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.38 1.13 04/23 vs. St. L 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 93 1.29 5.14 0.00 0.86 0.00 04/28 vs. Milw 6.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 89 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 3.00 05/03 vs. Ariz 5.0 10 5 5 0 5 1 85 0.00 9.00 1.80 2.00 9.00 05/08 vs. S.D. 3.7 9 7 7 2 4 1 70 4.91 9.82 2.45 3.00 17.18 05/13 vs. S.D. 7.3 4 1 0 1 3 0 73 1.23 3.68 0.00 0.68 0.00 05/19 vs. CWS 5.7 9 6 6 5 1 1 96 7.94 1.59 1.59 2.47 9.53 05/24 vs. Flor 6.0 8 6 6 2 4 1 97 3.00 6.00 1.50 1.67 9.00 05/30 vs. Cincy 5.7 7 3 3 0 1 0 64 0.00 1.59 0.00 1.24 4.76 06/04 vs. St. L 5.0 9 6 6 2 0 0 76 3.60 0.00 0.00 2.20 10.80 06/09 vs. Cincy 5.3 4 2 2 0 2 2 66 0.00 3.38 3.38 0.75 3.38 06/14 vs. Houst 7.0 11 5 5 0 1 0 90 0.00 1.29 0.00 1.57 6.43 06/20 vs. Clev 7.3 7 4 4 1 4 1 107 1.23 4.91 1.23 1.09 4.91 06/26 vs. Milw 7.0 7 5 5 0 7 3 89 0.00 9.00 3.86 1.00 6.43 07/01 vs. CWS 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 2 78 0.00 4.50 3.00 1.67 6.00 07/06 vs. Milw 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 78 1.50 4.50 0.00 1.17 3.00 07/14 vs. Mets 7.0 8 6 5 2 6 0 98 2.57 7.71 0.00 1.43 6.43 07/19 vs. Houst 7.0 7 3 3 0 3 1 102 0.00 3.86 1.29 1.00 3.86 07/24 vs. Mets 6.0 10 7 7 1 4 0 88 1.50 6.00 0.00 1.83 10.50 Home 65.3 69 31 29 8 38 7 856 1.10 5.23 0.96 1.18 3.99 Road 65.0 80 46 46 15 37 7 943 2.08 5.12 0.97 1.46 6.37 Day 62.3 68 33 31 18 35 5 873 2.60 5.05 0.72 1.38 4.48 Nite 68.0 81 44 44 5 40 9 926 0.66 5.29 1.19 1.26 5.82 totals vs. St. L 18.3 18 7 7 5 5 1 256 2.45 2.45 0.49 1.25 3.44 season totals 130.3 149 77 75 23 75 14 1799 1.59 5.18 0.97 1.32 5.18 Maddux's starts against St. Louis last year (2-1)...... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/11 vs. St. L 9.0 12 4 4 0 5 1 114 0.00 5.00 1.00 1.33 4.00 09/07 vs. St. L 5.7 7 0 0 2 4 0 92 3.18 6.35 0.00 1.59 0.00 09/17 vs. St. L 6.3 10 5 5 1 3 0 102 1.42 4.26 0.00 1.74 7.11 totals vs. St. L 21.0 29 9 9 3 12 1 308 1.29 5.14 0.43 1.52 3.86 season totals 225.0 239 112 106 36 136 29 3098 1.44 5.44 1.16 1.22 4.24 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Fri Thurs Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Totals 28 Jul 27 Jul 26 Jul 25 Jul 24 Jul 23 Jul 22 Jul vs St. L vs St. L at N.Y. at N.Y. at N.Y. at Wash at Wash pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 9 0.7 29 1.0 9 1.0 12 3.7 59 Eyre 0.3 5 1.0 16 0.7 5 0.3 8 0.3 3 2.7 37 Howry 1.0 12 0.3 7 1.3 21 0.7 23 3.3 63 Ohman 0.3 3 0.7 14 1.3 21 0.7 10 3.0 48 Novoa 1.3 27 1.0 21 1.7 34 0.3 10 4.3 92 Rusch 1.0 33 2.7 38 3.7 71 Wuertz 0.7 15 0.3 2 2.0 31 3.0 48 Aardsma 0.3 2 0.7 14 1.0 16 Totals 3.7 53 4.0 88 2.0 43 3.0 40 4.3 71 3.0 55 4.7 84 24.7 434 CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis (6-3) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 3 Fri 04/07 St. Louis 5- 1 Maddux 4 Sat 04/08 St. Louis 3- 2 Zambrano 5 Sun 04/09 St. Louis N 8- 4 Marshall 15 Fri 04/21 @ St. Louis N 3- 9 Williams 16 Sat 04/22 @ St. Louis 1- 4 Rusch 17 Sun 04/23 @ St. Louis 7- 3 Maddux 53 Fri 06/02 @ St. Louis N 5- 4 Marshall 54 Sat 06/03 @ St. Louis N 8- 5 Rusch 55 Sun 06/04 @ St. Louis 6- 9 Maddux 101 Thu 07/27 St. Louis N 5- 4 Hill 102 Fri 07/28 St. Louis 6- 5 Marmol 103 Sat 07/29 St. Louis - Maddux 104 Sun 07/30 St. Louis - Zambrano 121 Fri 08/18 St. Louis - 122 Sat 08/19 St. Louis - 123 Sun 08/20 St. Louis - 128 Fri 08/25 @ St. Louis N - 129 Sat 08/26 @ St. Louis N - 130 Sun 08/27 @ St. Louis - CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year..... vs. St. L AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 10 4 4 0 0 2 10 2 2 2 0.400 0.500 1.000 1.500 Barrett 40 8 18 3 0 4 33 11 4 4 0.450 0.500 0.825 1.325 Womack 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.500 0.625 0.500 1.125 Pagan 6 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.500 0.571 0.500 1.071 Cedeno 38 4 16 4 2 0 24 4 1 3 0.421 0.436 0.632 1.067 Jones 42 5 14 1 0 3 24 6 4 9 0.333 0.391 0.571 0.963 Walker 32 3 9 1 0 1 13 6 8 1 0.281 0.425 0.406 0.831 Mabry 13 1 3 0 0 1 6 3 1 2 0.231 0.286 0.462 0.747 Pierre 48 6 14 3 1 0 19 6 3 2 0.292 0.346 0.396 0.742 Ramirez 43 7 9 0 1 2 17 10 5 4 0.209 0.306 0.395 0.701 Bynum 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Perez 19 4 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.263 0.263 0.316 0.579 Murton 38 3 8 1 0 0 9 0 3 9 0.211 0.268 0.237 0.505 Nevin 12 3 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 3 0.083 0.154 0.333 0.487 Hairston 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 Blanco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 Restovich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. St. L 390 57 115 16 4 14 181 52 36 55 0.295 0.357 0.464 0.822 season totals 3480 423 922 165 28 97 1434 390 252 555 0.265 0.317 0.412 0.729 CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year...... vs. St. L IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 8.3 7 2 2 1 4 0 109 1.08 4.32 0.00 0.96 2.16 Eyre 4.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 67 4.50 13.50 0.00 1.25 0.00 Howry 6.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 107 1.50 9.00 0.00 0.83 1.50 Maddux 18.3 18 7 7 5 5 1 256 2.45 2.45 0.49 1.25 3.44 Marshall 10.7 12 6 6 2 6 1 160 1.69 5.06 0.84 1.31 5.06 Ohman 4.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 65 2.25 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Rusch 10.3 8 6 6 6 8 0 192 5.23 6.97 0.00 1.35 5.23 Williamson 4.0 7 4 4 2 7 0 75 4.50 15.75 0.00 2.25 9.00 Willliams 3.3 8 7 7 3 1 1 76 8.10 2.70 2.70 3.30 18.90 Wuertz 2.3 2 0 0 1 3 0 46 3.86 11.57 0.00 1.29 0.00 Zambrano 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 6.00 7.50 0.00 1.33 0.00 Novoa 8.7 7 3 3 2 5 0 114 2.08 5.19 0.00 1.04 3.12 Aardsma 4.3 7 5 4 2 2 1 88 4.15 4.15 2.08 2.08 8.31 Hill 3.3 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 8.10 2.70 2.70 2.70 10.80 Marmol 7.3 4 3 2 7 8 0 139 8.59 9.82 0.00 1.50 2.45 totals vs. St. L 101.0 100 50 46 42 71 5 1688 3.74 6.33 0.45 1.41 4.10 season totals 896.3 874 524 481 428 756 133 15271 4.30 7.59 1.34 1.45 4.83 CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 07/22 - 07/28 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Ramirez 26 6 10 0 1 4 24 7 2 1 0.385 0.433 0.923 1.356 Blanco 7 0 3 2 0 0 5 3 0 1 0.429 0.429 0.714 1.143 Pierre 30 3 10 3 2 0 17 6 4 0 0.333 0.412 0.567 0.978 Murton 12 1 5 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0.417 0.462 0.500 0.962 Mabry 10 2 2 0 0 1 5 3 2 4 0.200 0.333 0.500 0.833 Barrett 23 3 5 2 0 2 13 3 0 3 0.217 0.217 0.565 0.783 Pagan 10 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.300 0.462 0.300 0.762 Nevin 20 4 5 2 0 1 10 2 0 5 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750 Jones 29 3 8 2 0 1 13 2 0 2 0.276 0.276 0.448 0.724 Walker 17 2 3 1 0 1 7 1 3 0 0.176 0.300 0.412 0.712 Perez 17 2 5 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 0.294 0.278 0.353 0.631 Cedeno 21 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 0.095 0.136 0.095 0.232 Lee 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 7 game totals 241 31 64 15 3 11 118 31 16 34 0.266 0.312 0.490 0.801 season totals 3480 423 922 165 28 97 1434 390 252 555 0.265 0.317 0.412 0.729 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 07/22 - 07/28 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Prior 5.7 0 0 0 5 3 0 103 7.94 4.76 0.00 0.88 0.00 Wuertz 4.7 2 2 0 3 5 0 72 5.79 9.64 0.00 1.07 0.00 Howry 3.3 2 0 0 0 2 0 53 0.00 5.40 0.00 0.60 0.00 Eyre 2.3 2 0 0 1 3 0 34 3.86 11.57 0.00 1.29 0.00 Aardsma 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 9.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Dempster 4.7 4 1 1 2 3 0 67 3.86 5.79 0.00 1.29 1.93 Ohman 3.7 3 1 1 0 6 1 62 0.00 14.73 2.45 0.82 2.45 Marshall 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 65 0.00 4.50 2.25 1.50 4.50 Rusch 1.7 5 1 1 1 0 0 40 5.40 0.00 0.00 3.60 5.40 Novoa 4.3 7 3 3 2 2 0 87 4.15 4.15 0.00 2.08 6.23 Zambrano 7.0 8 5 5 1 6 2 101 1.29 7.71 2.57 1.29 6.43 Marmol 9.0 9 8 7 11 7 2 181 11.00 7.00 2.00 2.22 7.00 Maddux 6.0 10 7 7 1 4 0 88 1.50 6.00 0.00 1.83 10.50 Hill 3.3 6 4 4 3 1 1 83 8.10 2.70 2.70 2.70 10.80 Williamson 1.0 3 3 3 2 0 0 32 18.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 27.00 7 game totals 61.7 67 37 34 33 44 7 1084 4.82 6.42 1.02 1.62 4.96 season totals 896.3 874 524 481 428 756 133 15271 4.30 7.59 1.34 1.45 4.83 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/28 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Blanco 18 47 0.277 Walker 33 103 0.243 Perez 22 70 0.239 Barrett 28 100 0.219 Jones 34 127 0.211 Ramirez 41 155 0.209 Murton 24 107 0.183 Mabry 8 38 0.174 Nevin 10 57 0.149 Lee 10 58 0.147 Pierre 19 111 0.146 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Cedeno 21 146 0.126 Pagan 2 18 0.100 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 293 1290 0.185 Go CUBS !!

Greetings one and all from Laredo, TX. Worthless stats of the day for Thursday........ CUBS are 1-8 on Thursdays CUBS are 6-3 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 25-24 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 13-13 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 25-36 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 14-19 in games that start a series CUBS are 2-5 in games that open a home stand CUBS are 23-26 at night CUBS are 17-28 at home CUBS are 10-32 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 20-39 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 0-7 (2 runs scored) in games without an extra base hit CUBS are 16-13 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 23-48 when he doesn't CUBS are 16-12 when Pierre steals a base.... 23-49 when he dosen't CUBS are 30-21 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 9-40 when they don't CUBS are 12-32 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 17-12 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 10-17 when the pitch counts are even. CUBS are 12-15 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 27-46 when they don't CUBS are 29-22 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 10-40 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 63 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 667 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 152 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 403 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.12 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.70 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.1% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.352 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 31.7% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 0 GIDP's in their last 7 games.... 9 GIDP's in their last 25 games CUBS have 14 SB in their last 14 games CUBS have 6 sac bunts in their last 12 games...... 12 sac bunts in their last 34 games CUBS have 50 home runs in their last 44 games..... 17 home runs in their last 10 games CUBS have drawn 48 BBs in their last 15 games CUBS have 8 sac flies in their last 35 games CUBS have allowed 16 HR in their last 18 games CUBS have hit 13 batters in their last 24 games CUBS have 9 quality starts in their last 18 games CUBS are 0-4 when Hill starts Hill is 0 of 4 in quality starts Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 8.80 ... pitching to Blanco it's 11.25 CUBS score 4.12 R/G overall.... 0.25 R/G when Hill pitches CUBS hit 0.94 HR/G overall.... 0.25 HR/G when Hill pitches CUBS' offensive support of Hill..... 04/03 - 07/26 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hill 127 1 24 2 1 1 31 1 5 24 0.189 0.226 0.244 0.470 CUBS overall 3411 412 900 165 26 94 1399 390 249 550 0.264 0.316 0.410 0.726 Hill's pitching lines (0-4)..... Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/04 vs. Ariz 4.0 6 5 5 2 1 2 67 4.50 2.25 4.50 2.00 11.25 05/09 vs. S.F. 6.0 8 5 5 3 4 1 100 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.83 7.50 05/14 vs. S.D. 5.3 4 3 3 5 4 0 90 8.44 6.75 0.00 1.69 5.06 05/20 vs. CWS 4.0 5 7 7 5 2 2 87 11.25 4.50 4.50 2.50 15.75 season totals 19.3 23 20 20 15 11 5 344 6.98 5.12 2.33 1.97 9.31 CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek Tue Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Thurs Totals 25 Jul 25 Jul 24 Jul 23 Jul 22 Jul 21 Jul 20 Jul at N.Y. at N.Y. at N.Y. at Wash at Wash at Wash vs Houst pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 0.7 29 1.0 9 1.0 12 1.0 20 3.7 70 Eyre 1.0 16 0.7 5 0.3 8 0.3 3 2.3 32 Howry 0.3 7 1.3 21 0.7 23 2.3 51 Ohman 0.3 3 0.7 14 1.3 21 0.7 10 3.0 48 Novoa 1.0 21 1.7 34 0.3 10 3.0 65 Rusch 1.0 33 2.7 38 3.7 71 Wuertz 0.7 15 0.3 2 2.0 31 3.0 48 Aardsma 0.3 2 0.7 14 1.0 16 Totals 4.0 88 2.0 43 3.0 40 4.3 71 3.0 55 4.7 84 1.0 20 22.0 401 CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis (6-3) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 3 Fri 04/07 St. Louis 5- 1 Maddux 4 Sat 04/08 St. Louis 3- 2 Zambrano 5 Sun 04/09 St. Louis N 8- 4 Marshall 15 Fri 04/21 @ St. Louis N 3- 9 Williams 16 Sat 04/22 @ St. Louis 1- 4 Rusch 17 Sun 04/23 @ St. Louis 7- 3 Maddux 53 Fri 06/02 @ St. Louis N 5- 4 Marshall 54 Sat 06/03 @ St. Louis N 8- 5 Rusch 55 Sun 06/04 @ St. Louis 6- 9 Maddux 101 Thu 07/27 St. Louis N - Hill 102 Fri 07/28 St. Louis - Marmol 103 Sat 07/29 St. Louis - Maddux 104 Sun 07/30 St. Louis - Zambrano 121 Fri 08/18 St. Louis - 122 Sat 08/19 St. Louis - 123 Sun 08/20 St. Louis - 128 Fri 08/25 @ St. Louis N - 129 Sat 08/26 @ St. Louis N - 130 Sun 08/27 @ St. Louis - CUBS hitters vs. St. Louis this year..... vs. St. L AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 10 4 4 0 0 2 10 2 2 2 0.400 0.500 1.000 1.500 Barrett 32 7 16 2 0 3 27 10 4 3 0.500 0.556 0.844 1.399 Womack 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.500 0.625 0.500 1.125 Cedeno 35 3 15 4 2 0 23 4 1 2 0.429 0.444 0.657 1.102 Jones 34 5 10 1 0 3 20 6 4 9 0.294 0.368 0.588 0.957 Nevin 6 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 0.167 0.286 0.667 0.952 Walker 24 1 7 0 0 0 7 5 6 1 0.292 0.433 0.292 0.725 Ramirez 36 6 8 0 0 2 14 9 5 4 0.222 0.317 0.389 0.706 Bynum 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Pierre 39 6 10 2 0 0 12 2 2 2 0.256 0.310 0.308 0.617 Mabry 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.222 0.300 0.222 0.522 Perez 15 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.267 0.467 Murton 33 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 3 9 0.182 0.250 0.182 0.432 Hairston 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 Blanco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 Pagan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Restovich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. St. L. 321 46 92 11 2 11 140 41 32 48 0.287 0.353 0.436 0.789 season totals 3411 412 899 160 26 94 1393 379 248 548 0.264 0.316 0.408 0.724 CUBS pitchers vs. St. Louis this year...... vs. St. L IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 6.00 7.50 0.00 1.33 0.00 Ohman 2.7 2 0 0 1 2 0 41 3.38 6.75 0.00 1.13 0.00 Eyre 3.7 3 0 0 2 5 0 62 4.91 12.27 0.00 1.36 0.00 Marmol 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 28 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Wuertz 0.7 2 0 0 0 1 0 22 0.00 13.50 0.00 3.00 0.00 Novoa 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 0 82 1.29 3.86 0.00 0.71 1.29 Howry 4.3 3 1 1 1 5 0 82 2.08 10.38 0.00 0.92 2.08 Dempster 6.3 5 2 2 1 4 0 87 1.42 5.68 0.00 0.95 2.84 Maddux 18.3 18 7 7 5 5 1 256 2.45 2.45 0.49 1.25 3.44 Marshall 10.7 12 6 6 2 6 1 160 1.69 5.06 0.84 1.31 5.06 Rusch 9.7 6 6 6 6 8 0 185 5.59 7.45 0.00 1.24 5.59 Aardsma 4.3 7 5 4 2 2 1 88 4.15 4.15 2.08 2.08 8.31 Williamson 4.0 7 4 4 2 7 0 75 4.50 15.75 0.00 2.25 9.00 Willliams 3.3 8 7 7 3 1 1 76 8.10 2.70 2.70 3.30 18.90 totals vs. St. L. 83.0 82 41 38 30 57 4 1355 3.25 6.18 0.43 1.35 4.12 season totals 878.3 856 515 473 416 742 132 14938 4.26 7.60 1.35 1.45 4.85 CUBS' hitters during the last 10 games...... 07/16 - 07/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Ramirez 39 8 14 1 0 7 36 11 2 4 0.359 0.381 0.923 1.304 Nevin 21 6 7 2 0 3 18 7 3 5 0.333 0.417 0.857 1.274 Blanco 7 0 3 2 0 0 5 3 0 1 0.429 0.429 0.714 1.143 Barrett 35 7 13 4 0 2 23 7 1 5 0.371 0.389 0.657 1.046 Mabry 13 2 3 1 0 1 7 1 4 4 0.231 0.412 0.538 0.950 Pierre 41 7 14 4 1 0 20 3 3 0 0.341 0.378 0.488 0.866 Murton 18 1 5 0 0 0 5 1 3 2 0.278 0.381 0.278 0.659 Perez 20 2 5 2 0 0 7 1 0 3 0.250 0.238 0.350 0.588 Walker 19 1 2 0 0 1 5 3 3 1 0.105 0.227 0.263 0.490 Jones 41 4 7 3 0 1 13 3 0 8 0.171 0.171 0.317 0.488 Pagan 12 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 3 0.083 0.267 0.167 0.433 Cedeno 32 3 5 1 0 0 6 1 2 13 0.156 0.206 0.188 0.393 Lee 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.077 0.077 0.077 0.154 Theriot 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 10 game totals 337 43 85 21 1 17 159 43 24 63 0.252 0.299 0.472 0.771 season totals 3411 412 899 160 26 94 1393 379 248 548 0.264 0.316 0.408 0.724 CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games...... 07/16 - 07/26 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 4.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 69 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wuertz 3.0 2 2 0 2 3 0 48 6.00 9.00 0.00 1.33 0.00 Aardsma 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 9.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Rusch 5.7 6 1 1 3 4 0 104 4.76 6.35 0.00 1.59 1.59 Dempster 4.7 3 1 1 3 4 0 77 5.79 7.71 0.00 1.29 1.93 Ohman 4.3 2 1 1 2 4 1 72 4.15 8.31 2.08 0.92 2.08 Novoa 3.3 11 7 1 2 0 2 98 5.40 0.00 5.40 3.90 2.70 Zambrano 15.0 10 6 6 5 16 2 224 3.00 9.60 1.20 1.00 3.60 Prior 9.0 4 4 4 8 5 0 179 8.00 5.00 0.00 1.33 4.00 Marmol 9.7 10 6 6 10 8 2 180 9.31 7.45 1.86 2.07 5.59 Marshall 9.3 13 9 7 1 6 4 153 0.96 5.79 3.86 1.50 6.75 Maddux 13.0 17 10 10 1 7 1 190 0.69 4.85 0.69 1.38 6.92 Howry 4.0 13 8 8 5 8 0 71 11.25 18.00 0.00 4.50 18.00 Williamson 1.7 4 4 4 2 1 1 42 10.80 5.40 5.40 3.60 21.60 10 game totals 87.7 97 59 49 47 70 13 1523 4.83 7.19 1.33 1.64 5.03 season totals 878.3 856 515 473 416 742 132 14938 4.26 7.60 1.35 1.45 4.85 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/26 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Blanco 18 47 0.277 Walker 33 97 0.254 Perez 21 68 0.236 Barrett 28 94 0.230 Jones 34 125 0.214 Ramirez 40 150 0.211 Murton 24 105 0.186 Nevin 10 53 0.159 Lee 10 58 0.147 Mabry 6 37 0.140 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Cedeno 21 145 0.127 Pierre 15 107 0.123 Pagan 2 17 0.105 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 285 1254 0.185 Go CUBS !!

... and also no ...... uh...... er........ hit batsmen. Yeah, that's it..... No hit batsmen !!

The pitcher is walking guys, the leadoff man got caught stealing after that walk, the Cubs only have 1 hit, guys are putting it in play for easy weak outs. They're still here. goony.... sometimes you're about as much fun as root canal work ! :wink:

Well..... let me see here..... The leadoff man is taking walks, the catcher is throwing out base runners, the outfielders are making good plays, the pitcher isn't giving up any runs, the batters have seen 4.60 P/PA...... all right, who kidnapped my CUBS ????

To the best of my recollection, Pierre has now walked in 3 consecutive games. I wonder if that has ever happened before ??

Greetings one and all from London !! (that's in KY, you know) Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday....... CUBS are 4-10 on Tuesdays CUBS are 2-2 vs. New York CUBS are 6-13 vs. the NLE Division CUBS are 8-14 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 12-24 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 22-26 at night CUBS are 21-32 on the road CUBS are 9-32 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 19-38 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 3-1 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 35-59 when he doesn't CUBS are 15-13 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 23-47 when he doesn't CUBS are 16-12 when Pierre steals a base.... 22-48 when he dosen't CUBS are 29-21 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 9-39 when they don't CUBS are 12-15 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 26-45 when they don't CUBS are 27-39 when Barrett starts.... 9-20 when Blanco starts CUBS are 28-31 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start CUBS are on a pace to win 63 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 668 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 150 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 402 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are scoring 4.12 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.70 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 19.1% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.351 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 31.5% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 9 GIDP's in their last 23 games CUBS have 14 SB in their last 12 games CUBS have 4 sac bunts in their last 10 games...... 10 sac bunts in their last 32 games CUBS have 47 home runs in their last 42 games..... 14 home runs in their last 8 games CUBS have drawn 42 BBs in their last 13 games CUBS have 7 sac flies in their last 33 games CUBS have allowed 14 HR in their last 16 games CUBS have hit 13 batters in their last 22 games CUBS have allowed 7 runs in each of their last 4 games CUBS are 13-8 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 15 of 21 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.18 ... pitching to Blanco it's 2.93 CUBS score 4.08 R/G overall.... 5.62 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.91 HR/G overall.... 1.24 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/03 - 07/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 726 118 196 39 5 26 323 114 63 122 0.270 0.328 0.445 0.773 CUBS overall 3344 404 886 162 26 91 1373 382 243 539 0.265 0.316 0.411 0.727 Zambrano's pitching lines (10-3)..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/03 vs. Cincy 4.7 7 5 5 5 5 2 105 9.64 9.64 3.86 2.57 9.64 04/08 vs. St. L 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 6.00 7.50 0.00 1.33 0.00 04/13 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 5 4 3 8 2 103 4.50 12.00 3.00 1.17 6.00 04/18 vs. L.A. 6.0 4 1 1 5 3 0 112 7.50 4.50 0.00 1.50 1.50 04/24 vs. Flor 7.0 6 3 3 3 12 1 114 3.86 15.43 1.29 1.29 3.86 04/30 vs. Milw 4.0 8 7 7 5 5 1 103 11.25 11.25 2.25 3.25 15.75 05/05 vs. S.D. 7.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 107 3.86 12.86 0.00 1.00 0.00 05/10 vs. S.F. 8.0 5 1 1 5 6 0 110 5.63 6.75 0.00 1.25 1.13 05/16 vs. Wash 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 122 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 05/21 vs. CWS 7.0 4 4 4 3 9 3 113 3.86 11.57 3.86 1.00 5.14 05/26 vs. Atla 6.7 2 2 2 6 8 0 124 8.10 10.80 0.00 1.20 2.70 05/31 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 2 2 3 6 1 101 4.50 9.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 06/05 vs. Houst 8.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 126 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.38 0.00 06/10 vs. Cincy 7.7 4 1 1 6 4 1 126 7.04 4.70 1.17 1.30 1.17 06/15 vs. Houst 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 107 2.57 6.43 0.00 1.00 1.29 06/21 vs. Clev 6.0 6 2 2 3 2 0 101 4.50 3.00 0.00 1.50 3.00 06/27 vs. Milw 8.0 6 4 4 2 8 1 120 2.25 9.00 1.13 1.00 4.50 07/02 vs. CWS 6.0 7 7 7 3 6 2 112 4.50 9.00 3.00 1.67 10.50 07/07 vs. Milw 6.0 5 1 1 3 6 0 112 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.33 1.50 07/15 vs. Mets 6.0 3 2 2 4 7 0 103 6.00 10.50 0.00 1.17 3.00 07/20 vs. Houst 8.0 2 1 1 4 10 0 123 4.50 11.25 0.00 0.75 1.13 Home 78.7 55 36 33 41 88 8 1343 4.69 10.07 0.92 1.22 3.78 Road 60.3 40 15 15 35 53 6 1012 5.22 7.91 0.90 1.24 2.24 Day 69.3 50 36 33 41 76 10 1226 5.32 9.87 1.30 1.31 4.28 Nite 69.7 45 15 15 35 65 4 1129 4.52 8.40 0.52 1.15 1.94 totals vs. Mets 6.0 3 2 2 4 7 0 103 6.00 10.50 0.00 1.17 3.00 season totals 139.0 95 51 48 76 141 14 2355 4.92 9.13 0.91 1.23 3.11 Zambrano's starts against New York last year (0-1)...... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/07 vs. Mets 3.0 4 4 2 3 2 0 80 9.00 6.00 0.00 2.33 6.00 season totals 223.3 170 88 81 86 202 21 3564 3.47 8.14 0.85 1.15 3.26 CUBS bullpen use during the last week Mon Sun Sat Fri Thurs Wed Tue Totals 24 Jul 23 Jul 22 Jul 21 Jul 20 Jul 19 Jul 18 Jul at N.Y. at Wash at Wash at Wash vs Houst vs Houst vs Houst pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 9 1.0 12 1.0 20 1.0 12 4.0 53 Eyre 0.3 8 0.3 3 1.0 25 0.7 12 2.3 48 Howry 1.3 21 0.7 23 1.0 12 0.7 8 3.7 64 Ohman 0.7 14 1.3 21 0.7 10 2.7 45 Novoa 1.7 34 0.3 10 2.0 44 Rusch 2.7 38 2.7 38 Wuertz 0.3 2 2.0 31 2.3 33 Aardsma 0.7 14 0.7 14 Totals 3.0 40 4.3 71 3.0 55 4.7 84 1.0 20 2.0 37 2.3 32 20.3 339 CUBS' season series vs. New York (1-2) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 89 Fri 07/14 New York 3- 6 Maddux 90 Sat 07/15 New York 9- 2 Zambrano 91 Sun 07/16 New York 7-13 Marshall 98 Mon 07/24 @ New York N 8- 7 Maddux 99 Tue 07/25 @ New York N - Zambrano 100 Wed 07/26 @ New York - Prior CUBS hitters vs. New York this year..... vs. Mets AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Theriot 4 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0.500 0.600 1.250 1.850 Nevin 9 2 4 2 0 1 9 3 0 0 0.444 0.444 1.000 1.444 Barrett 14 5 7 3 0 1 13 4 0 2 0.500 0.500 0.929 1.429 Mabry 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0.333 0.667 0.667 1.333 Lee 5 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 4 1 0.400 0.667 0.600 1.267 Ramirez 14 4 5 1 0 1 9 4 5 2 0.357 0.526 0.643 1.169 Blanco 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0.333 0.500 0.667 1.167 Perez 10 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 Jones 17 3 4 2 0 1 9 5 0 1 0.235 0.235 0.529 0.765 Pierre 18 2 6 1 0 0 7 2 1 0 0.333 0.368 0.389 0.757 Murton 12 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 0.333 0.385 0.333 0.718 Pagan 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 Cedeno 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0.083 0.154 0.083 0.237 Walker 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.111 0.111 0.111 0.222 totals vs. Mets 146 27 46 13 1 5 76 27 16 24 0.315 0.387 0.521 0.907 season totals 3344 404 885 157 26 91 1367 371 242 537 0.265 0.316 0.409 0.725 CUBS pitchers vs. New York this year...... vs. Mets IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Howry 2.3 2 0 0 0 1 0 34 0.00 3.86 0.00 0.86 0.00 Dempster 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Rusch 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 33 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 Ohman 2.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 33 9.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Eyre 1.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 6.75 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 Novoa 1.3 7 6 0 1 0 2 43 6.75 0.00 13.50 6.00 0.00 Wuertz 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Williamson 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Zambrano 6.0 3 2 2 4 7 0 103 6.00 10.50 0.00 1.17 3.00 Maddux 13.0 18 13 12 3 10 0 186 2.08 6.92 0.00 1.62 8.31 Marshall 5.3 7 7 5 1 4 3 88 1.69 6.75 5.06 1.50 8.44 totals vs. Mets 36.0 40 28 19 13 28 5 577 3.25 7.00 1.25 1.47 4.75 season totals 859.7 839 508 466 406 730 130 14603 4.25 7.64 1.36 1.45 4.88 CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 07/18 - 07/24 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Ramirez 26 7 8 0 0 6 26 7 2 2 0.308 0.357 1.000 1.357 Nevin 15 3 5 2 0 1 10 4 3 4 0.333 0.444 0.667 1.111 Barrett 26 5 10 2 0 2 18 5 1 2 0.385 0.407 0.692 1.100 Mabry 7 2 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0.286 0.375 0.714 1.089 Blanco 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 Walker 7 1 1 0 0 1 4 3 2 0 0.143 0.333 0.571 0.905 Murton 11 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0.364 0.417 0.364 0.780 Pierre 28 3 8 2 1 0 12 3 1 0 0.286 0.300 0.429 0.729 Jones 28 3 6 3 0 1 12 2 0 8 0.214 0.214 0.429 0.643 Pagan 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0.125 0.300 0.250 0.550 Perez 18 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 0.222 0.211 0.278 0.488 Cedeno 21 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 9 0.143 0.182 0.190 0.372 Lee 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.077 0.077 0.077 0.154 Theriot 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 7 game totals 229 28 56 13 1 12 107 28 14 42 0.245 0.286 0.467 0.753 season totals 3344 404 885 157 26 91 1367 371 242 537 0.265 0.316 0.409 0.725 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 07/18 - 07/24 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 4.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 48 2.25 6.75 0.00 0.50 0.00 Rusch 2.7 1 0 0 1 2 0 38 3.38 6.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 Eyre 2.3 0 0 0 2 2 0 48 7.71 7.71 0.00 0.86 0.00 Wuertz 2.3 1 2 0 1 3 0 33 3.86 11.57 0.00 0.86 0.00 Aardsma 0.7 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 13.50 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 Zambrano 8.0 2 1 1 4 10 0 123 4.50 11.25 0.00 0.75 1.13 Ohman 2.7 2 1 1 0 4 1 45 0.00 13.50 3.38 0.75 3.38 Marshall 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 65 0.00 4.50 2.25 1.50 4.50 Novoa 2.0 5 1 1 2 0 0 48 9.00 0.00 0.00 3.50 4.50 Marmol 9.7 10 6 6 10 8 2 180 9.31 7.45 1.86 2.07 5.59 Maddux 13.0 17 10 10 1 7 1 190 0.69 4.85 0.69 1.38 6.92 Prior 3.3 4 4 4 3 2 0 76 8.10 5.40 0.00 2.10 10.80 Howry 3.7 13 8 8 5 8 0 64 12.27 19.64 0.00 4.91 19.64 Williamson 1.7 4 4 4 2 1 1 42 10.80 5.40 5.40 3.60 21.60 7 game totals 60.0 66 39 37 33 52 6 1014 4.95 7.80 0.90 1.65 5.55 season totals 859.7 839 508 466 406 730 130 14603 4.25 7.64 1.36 1.45 4.88 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/24 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Walker 33 97 0.254 Blanco 15 46 0.246 Perez 21 66 0.241 Barrett 28 93 0.231 Jones 34 120 0.221 Ramirez 38 146 0.207 Murton 24 105 0.186 Nevin 10 53 0.159 Lee 10 58 0.147 Mabry 6 37 0.140 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Cedeno 21 142 0.129 Pierre 15 105 0.125 Pagan 2 17 0.105 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 280 1235 0.185 Go CUBS !!

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

Dempster has been pretty effective the last 3 weeks or so. Let's hope he's got 1 good inning in him tonight !! Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/02 - 07/23 8.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 115 2.25 10.13 1.13 0.75 1.13

CUBS are 6-15 in one run games.... 4-8 in two run games Go CUBS !!