Author Topic: Cubs in '15 (8/3 - 12/1)  (Read 31038 times)

davep

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Re: Cubs in '15 (8/3 - 12/1)
« Reply #1770 on: November 04, 2015, 10:40:45 am »
The Cubs had 331 plate appearances with a man at third and less than two outs.  If they drove in the runner at third 40 percent of the time, they scored the man at third 132.4 times, while the league average of 51 percent scored him 168.81 times, a difference of 36.41 runs.  Certainly not an insignificant number.

But it isn't the entire story.  In those 331 plate appearances with a man on third and two outs, a portion of them also had a man on second or first, or sometimes both.  Did the Cubs ever hit a three or even four run home run while the competition hit a single, only scoring one run?  Did they ever get a double scoring the guy from first as well as third, while the others got a single, scoring only one run?

It would be interesting to know how many total runs the Cubs scored after having a runner at third and less than two outs, as well as the merely the number of times they scored one run in that situation.