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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, at Busch Stadium III, September 13, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Start Time:

7:15ct (local), 8:15et

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

74° (based on last ten years)

Cubs

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

147

On This Date:

63-60

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

146

On This Date:

57-63

Season Series
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 CHC  5 @STL  0     
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 CHC  2 @STL  1     
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 STL  5  CHC  3     
Mon, May 23, 2016 STL  4  CHC  3     
Tue, May 24, 2016 CHC 12 @STL  3     
Wed, May 25, 2016 CHC  9 @STL  8     
Mon, Jun 20, 2016 STL  3 @CHC  2     
Tue, Jun 21, 2016 STL  4 @CHC  3     
Wed, Jun 22, 2016 STL  7 @CHC  2     
Thu, Aug 11, 2016 CHC  4  STL  3 (11)
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 CHC 13  STL  2     
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 STL  8 @CHC  4     
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 STL  6 @CHC  4     
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 CHC  4 @STL  1     

Tue, Sep 13, 2016 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 CHC    @STL  1:45pm
Fri, Sep 23, 2016 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Sep 24, 2016 STL    @CHC  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 25, 2016 STL    @CHC  8:08pm

                         All times ET

Chicago Cubs

92-51, 1st, 17 up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   51-20   Road:   41-31   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  64-35   vsLHP:  28-16   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 19-14   vsCntrl:39-18   vsWest: 19-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Mon, Sep 12  @STL  W   4-1       92-51  1st 17.0 up
142 Sun, Sep 11  @HOU  W   9-5       91-51  1st 16.0 up
141 Sat, Sep 10  @HOU  L   1-2       90-51  1st 15.0 up
140 Fri, Sep  9  @HOU  W   2-0       90-50  1st 16.0 up
139 Wed, Sep  7  @MIL  L   1-2       89-50  1st 15.5 up
138 Tue, Sep  6  @MIL  L   5-12      89-49  1st 15.5 up
137 Mon, Sep  5  @MIL  W   7-2       89-48  1st 16.5 up
136 Sun, Sep  4   SFG  W   3-2 (13)  88-48  1st 16.5 up
135 Sat, Sep  3   SFG  L   2-3       87-48  1st 16.5 up
134 Fri, Sep  2   SFG  W   2-1       87-47  1st 16.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

St. Louis Cardinals

75-68, 2nd, 17 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   32-40   Road:   43-28   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  57-47   vsLHP:  18-21   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:35-29   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Mon, Sep 12   CHC  L   1-4       75-68  2nd 17.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 11   MIL  L   1-2       75-67  2nd 16.0 gb
141 Sat, Sep 10   MIL  W   5-1       75-66  2nd 15.0 gb
140 Fri, Sep  9   MIL  W   4-3       74-66  2nd 16.0 gb
139 Thu, Sep  8   MIL  L   5-12      73-66  2nd 16.0 gb
138 Wed, Sep  7  @PIT  L   3-4       73-65  2nd 15.5 gb
137 Tue, Sep  6  @PIT  W   9-7       73-64  2nd 15.5 gb
136 Mon, Sep  5  @PIT  W  12-6       72-64  2nd 16.5 gb
135 Sun, Sep  4  @CIN  W   5-2       71-64  2nd 16.5 gb
134 Sat, Sep  3  @CIN  L   1-9       70-64  2nd 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 CHC  4 @STL  1        W:Kyle Hendricks (15-7), L: Mike Leake (9-10), S: Aroldis Chapman (34)
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 STL  6 @CHC  4        W:Matthew Bowman (2-4), L: Hector Rondon (2-3), S: Seung-hwan Oh (11)
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 STL  8 @CHC  4        W:Alex Reyes (1-0), L: Carl Edwards (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 CHC 13  STL  2        W:Jake Arrieta (14-5), L: Adam Wainwright (9-7), S: none
Thu, Aug 11, 2016 CHC  4  STL  3 (11)   W:Mike Montgomery (4-5), L: Zach Duke (2-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 22, 2016 STL  7 @CHC  2        W:Michael Wacha (3-7), L: Jake Arrieta (11-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 21, 2016 STL  4 @CHC  3        W:Adam Wainwright (6-4), L: Jason Hammel (7-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (14)
Mon, Jun 20, 2016 STL  3 @CHC  2        W:Jaime Garcia (5-6), L: John Lackey (7-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (13)
Wed, May 25, 2016 CHC  9 @STL  8        W:Jake Arrieta (9-0), L: Carlos Martinez (4-5), S: Hector Rondon (8)
Tue, May 24, 2016 CHC 12 @STL  3        W:Jason Hammel (6-1), L: Michael Wacha (2-5), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 7-7; 2015 - STL won 11-8; 2014 - STL won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1204-1154

SP: Jason Hammel (33, RHP, 14-8, 3.50)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (14-8)			151.2	132	65	59	49	127	21	3.50
2015 (10-7)			170.2	158	79	71	40	172	23	3.74
2014 (10-11)			176.1	154	70	68	44	158	23	3.47

Last 7 GS		4-3	37.1	41	23	18	14	30	5	4.34	48
2016-09-06	@MIL	L	5.2	13	9	8	2	5	2	97	12
2016-08-31	PIT	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	104	65
2016-08-27	@LAD	L	2.1	5	3	3	0	1	1	39	36
2016-08-21	@COL	L	3.1	10	10	6	2	2	2	97	8
2016-08-16	MIL	W	7.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	110	77
2016-08-10	LAA	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	101	73
2016-08-02	MIA	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	80	65

Last 5 v.STL		3-1	26.0	19	9	9	8	20	3	3.12	56
2016-06-21	STL	L	5.2	6	4	4	1	3	2	90	43
2016-05-24	@STL	W	7.1	4	1	1	3	4	0	103	67
2016-04-19	@STL	W	6.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	84	64
2015-09-08	@STL	W	6.0	4	3	3	4	6	1	101	54
2015-07-08	STL	ND	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	54

SP: Jaime Garcia (29, LHP, 10-12, 4.58)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (10-12)			163.0	170	88	83	53	139	22	4.58
2015 (10-6)			129.2	106	37	35	30	97	6	2.43
2014 (3-1)			43.2	39	20	20	7	39	6	4.12

Last 7 GS		3-4	41.2	44	25	25	12	40	10	5.40	49
2016-09-08	MIL	L	3.2	8	5	5	1	3	2	68	27
2016-09-03	@CIN	L	6.0	6	2	2	4	8	0	93	56
2016-08-28	OAK	L	7.0	7	5	5	1	6	2	95	48
2016-08-23	NYM	L	4.0	7	6	6	1	6	2	64	29
2016-08-16	@HOU	W	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	3	97	32
2016-08-10	CIN	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	85	65
2016-08-05	ATL	W	8.0	3	0	0	1	11	0	89	86

Last 5 v.CHC		2-1	33.2	29	9	9	10	26	1	2.41	59
2016-06-20	@CHC	W	6.2	6	2	2	2	6	0	100	58
2016-04-19	CHC	L	5.0	4	2	2	4	7	0	98	54
2012-04-23	@CHC	ND	7.2	6	1	1	1	4	0	85	66
2011-08-19	@CHC	ND	6.1	9	3	3	2	1	1	92	42
2011-06-03	CHC	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	94	77

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cubs Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 67.Bowman
G/S/vB 30.Broxton
G/S/vB 29.Duke*
G/S/vB 60.Kiekhefer*
G/S/vB 59.Mayers
G/S/vB 26.Oh
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB 63.Socolovich
G/S/vB 64.Tuivailala
G/S/vB 38.Williams
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

5.Almora G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/54 .261/.286/.409/.695 .743/.661 .913 5/.400 0/0 2/0

9.Baez G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.000 5/.000 2/no AB ··· 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 399/271 .271/.308/.426/.734 .841/.685 .640 78/.574 12/3 13/12

17.Bryant G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 5/.400 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 4/1.750 10/.422 4/1.417 1/.000 5/1.400 629/449 .298/.393/.569/.961 1.049/.927 1.012 112/1.102 8/5 37/13

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 11/.273 12/.166 ··· ··· ··· 4/.666 ··· ··· 4/3.500 258/235 .167/.260/.285/.545 .367/.562 .565 17/.485 1/1 5/2

40.Contreras G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 244/171 .263/.340/.447/.787 .856/.756 .712 52/.747 2/2 9/5

19.Federowicz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/17 .192/.222/.269/.491 1.056/.176 1.071 / 0/0 0/0

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 15/.333 2/.000 11/.664 9/.873 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.733 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 485/347 .270/.384/.439/.824 .849/.813 .903 107/.729 9/4 11/4

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 19/.316 2/.000 6/.666 10/1.635 3/.333 ··· 4/.250 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 532/380 .225/.296/.312/.608 .597/.612 .637 78/.559 8/4 6/2

66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/4 .500/.500/.750/1.250 /1.250 1.667 1/3.000 2/0 0/0

2.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 139/123 .275/.370/.425/.795 .683/.808 .813 17/.435 0/0 2/4

47.Montero* G/S/vP 5/2.300 ··· 20/.838 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 6/.334 250/213 .209/.324/.341/.665 .476/.701 .787 32/.958 1/0 6/7

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 11/.573 12/.444 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 27/.703 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 609/413 .291/.388/.546/.933 .844/.976 .933 106/.789 3/4 29/6

3.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 14/1.269 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.733 190/122 .230/.344/.428/.772 .963/.670 .623 31/.804 0/1 8/9

27.Russell G/S/vP 5/.000 1/3.000 6/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 540/385 .246/.330/.430/.760 .788/.749 .676 92/.840 5/1 20/11

68.Soler G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.850 246/164 .245/.337/.443/.781 .833/.754 .703 66/.789 0/0 11/1

20.Szczur G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 178/108 .268/.322/.421/.743 .712/.763 .616 35/.356 2/3 5/0

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 13/1.038 569/405 .270/.381/.435/.815 .837/.806 .893 95/.754 5/4 15/5

IP 163.0 58.2 54.0 54.0 15.2 3.1 72.1 54.2 12.0 7.1 15.1 TOTAL .254/.341/.426/.767 .805/.752 .774 .732 57/31 176/89

ERA-K/9

4.58/7.7

3.99/6.6

4.33/8.3

2.00/10.2

5.17/6.3

40.50/2.7

1.87/12.1

2.96/9.5

3.00/9.8

7.36/8.6

6.46/4.1

4.03/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Contreras (19-11-6)
Federowicz (3-0-0)
Montero (56-7-3)
Ross (44-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 703/.268 247/.231 234/.227 227/.221 71/.286 26/.619 283/.181 221/.193 44/.125 40/.353 73/.313 .255 Fowler
Heyward
Bryant
Almora
Coghlan
Soler
Contreras
Zobrist
Szczur
Patton
Wood
Baez 0/106/0/5
0/24/116/5
56/1/14/3
6/25/2/1
22/0/17/1
48/0/7/1
21/0/0/1
22/0/24/1
48/15/8/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .767 .644 .660 .620 .797 1.749 .492 .655 .507 .832 .977 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.734 90/.560 90/.716 96/.592 32/.583 12/1.402 129/.433 66/.739 16/1.005 19/.757 26/.497 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 573/.775 157/.689 144/.626 131/.639 39/.981 14/2.114 154/.540 155/.619 28/.255 21/.899 47/1.233 .717

Home 398/.692 142/.591 116/.832 124/.567 37/.785 23/2.017 140/.507 111/.574 24/.307 30/.890 21/.667

Last 28d days 94/1.034 37/.841 43/.654 39/.528 12/1.333 12/1.472 42/.617 39/.830 30/.488 25/.935 21/.976

HR/SB/CS 22/11/5 4/2/1 5/6/1 2/1/0 2/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/1 9/6/0 2/3/0 0/2/0 4/0/0 137/69/23

Usage ····X··· ··o···X· ·o·····X ·o····X· X···X··· ····X·o· ···X··X· ·X·o··X· X···o··X o···X··· ····X···

Cardinals Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Hammel
G/S/vB 43.Buchanan
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 6.Edwards
G/S/vB 52.Grimm
G/S/vB 45.Patton
G/S/vB 60.Pena
G/S/vB 56.Rondon
G/S/vB 30.Smith
G/S/vB 37.Wood*
G/S/vB 29.Zastryzny*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Adams* G/S/vP 12/1.227 ··· 7/.929 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 14/.786 ··· 298/252 .248/.302/.460/.762 .737/.766 .861 21/.762 0/1 14/7

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 20/.500 ··· 12/1.000 10/.311 1/2.000 6/1.334 1/.000 ··· 9/.873 ··· 47/.816 ··· 494/344 .278/.389/.525/.914 .829/.951 .929 99/.778 0/3 19/12

36.Diaz G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 402/288 .311/.375/.517/.892 .789/.934 .795 1/.000 4/3 14/16

35.Garcia* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 237/193 .269/.388/.371/.759 .558/.808 .715 50/1.020 1/1 3/6

15.Grichuk G/S/vP 11/1.273 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 2/2.500 15/1.186 ··· 404/290 .237/.287/.489/.776 .755/.785 .837 94/.913 4/3 22/1

3.Gyorko G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 9/.708 3/.333 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.167 2/3.500 9/.444 ··· 379/248 .243/.306/.494/.800 .689/.860 .773 100/.801 0/0 26/10

41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 212/171 .239/.303/.495/.798 .600/.848 .705 32/.933 5/2 12/4

71.Kelly G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .167/.167/.333/.500 1.500/.000 .000 6/.500 0/0 0/0

58.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .333/.333/.333/.667 .000/2.000 1.000 3/.667 0/0 0/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 21/1.061 ··· 13/1.238 10/.300 2/.000 9/.583 1/.000 ··· 9/1.223 3/1.334 46/.948 ··· 510/379 .290/.345/.409/.754 .773/.748 .697 86/.843 3/2 7/1

37.Moss* G/S/vP 15/.900 2/1.000 4/.833 3/.333 2/.500 8/1.643 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 13/.585 3/.000 ··· 400/298 .239/.315/.513/.828 .754/.854 .761 88/.520 1/0 25/4

33.Pena# G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 9/.944 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/1.167 6/1.167 7/.286 ··· 11/9 .200/.273/.300/.573 1.000/.472 .311 2/1.500 0/0 0/1

27.Peralta G/S/vP 28/1.047 ··· 16/.438 5/.000 2/.500 15/1.267 1/.000 ··· 9/.444 12/.349 27/.931 ··· 250/185 .247/.292/.403/.695 .596/.729 .695 82/.713 0/0 7/3

28.Pham G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 173/105 .221/.326/.450/.775 .750/.792 .740 29/.249 1/2 9/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP 9/1.194 ··· 5/.650 3/.333 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 576/425 .278/.348/.472/.820 1.007/.756 .851 98/.883 7/5 21/4

68.Rosario G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 39/29 .194/.237/.250/.487 .222/.552 .387 12/.417 0/0 0/0

16.Wong* G/S/vP 10/.686 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 12/.886 ··· 333/268 .242/.333/.353/.686 .654/.694 .629 56/.818 6/0 5/6

IP 151.2 1.0 59.2 52.0 30.0 49.0 18.1 4.1 45.2 46.1 56.2 11.1 TOTAL .255/.326/.446/.771 .743/.782 .747 .769 32/23 205/98

ERA-K/9

3.50/7.5

9.00/9.0

2.87/9.3

1.73/13.5

2.70/12.3

3.49/10.7

4.42/8.4

6.23/16.7

2.56/10.4

3.88/6.4

3.18/6.8

0.79/10.4

3.08/8.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kelly (0-0-0)
Molina (51-15-7)
Pena (4-0-1)
Rosario (12-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 625/.236 4/.250 263/.208 200/.168 111/.102 204/.219 86/.243 18/.188 171/.193 197/.256 238/.211 46/.195 .210 Grichuk
Piscotty
Moss
Pham
Hazelbaker
Wong
Martinez 4/96/3/8
0/10/128/4
43/0/21/3
22/33/2/2
50/21/4/0
5/8/3/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .716 1.250 .638 .475 .342 .643 .714 .465 .534 .755 .700 .456 .629

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.802 1/.000 110/.693 40/.481 43/.311 87/.702 36/.637 4/.250 70/.650 89/.762 114/.472 29/.355 .655

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 352/.651 3/1.667 153/.599 160/.472 68/.364 117/.599 50/.762 14/.516 101/.456 108/.749 124/.912 17/.639 .611

Road 328/.871 4/1.250 148/.629 82/.593 54/.192 98/.636 53/.717 11/.473 78/.452 103/.859 113/.528 29/.427

Last 28d days 90/1.137 4/1.250 60/.675 47/.523 37/.282 39/.568 29/.796 18/.465 7/.571 17/.489 36/.546 46/.456

HR/SB/CS 21/15/1 1/0/0 7/11/1 2/1/1 1/1/1 5/4/5 2/2/1 0/0/0 6/5/0 8/1/4 8/2/1 0/0/0 145/122/34

Usage ······X· ·······X ·X···X·· X··o···· ··o··X·· ·oo··o·· ······X· ······oo ···o··o· ·····o·o ·o···o·· ········

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below
Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.
PA - Plate Appearances (`AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI`) BF - Batters Faced BA - Batting Average OBP - On-Base Percentage SLG - Slugging Percentage Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days. SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP Total - Team totals for those categories. Usage - See the note below the grid.	OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so) RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game. PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed. G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2016 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games. OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.61

LAA 4.45

PHI 3.65

RA/G

CHC 3.38

SEA 4.47

ARI 5.70

D. Murphy .347

J. Schoop .271

T. Frazier .215

OBP

M. Trout .437

M. Napoli .340

F. Galvis .270

SLG

D. Ortiz .629

W. Myers .456

J. Heyward .312

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.034

K. Morales .791

A. Hechavarria .599

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.03

T. Bauer 3.86

J. Shields 6.01

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.80

J. Garcia 7.67

M. Perez 4.75

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.