Friday, October 20, 2017

Cubs & Dodgers in the second half & September

The first table below shows the team stats in the 2nd half. It sure looks like the Cubs had been playing better than the Dodgers, especially when you look at the OPS differential. The Cubs were ahead by .059 (.112 vs. .053). Run differential was a big edge for the Dodgers (127 vs. 27).


Stat Cubs Dodgers
W 49 43
L 25 29
Pct 0.662 0.597
Runs 423 307
Opp. Runs 296 280
Differential 127 27
OPS 0.811 0.749
Opp OPS 0.699 0.696
OPS Diff 0.112 0.053

The Cubs had an even bigger lead in Sept. They were 6.5 games better, 52 runs better and .068 better in OPS differential. Yet, the Dodgers easily beat the Cubs in the LCS. The Dodgers also swept their division series while it took the Cubs 5 games.


Stat Cubs Dodgers
W 19 13
L 10 17
Pct 0.655 0.433
Runs 147 114
Opp. Runs 114 133
Differential 33 -19
OPS 0.753 0.710
Opp OPS 0.705 0.730
OPS Diff 0.048 -0.020

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