When it comes to baseball teams, the most famous matches which come to our minds are New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies etc. No Doubt that they are one of the greatest baseball teams ever. But are you missing something? Did you forget the legacy of Chicago cubs vs Dodgers match player stats, the most infamous rivalries between the twos? Let’s discuss the most recent match which held on 12 September 2024, and how the rivalry resulted without the expectations
Overview of Chicago cubs and Dodgers
The Chicago Cubs is basically an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The team competes in the Major League Basketball or Simply MLB as a member of the National League Central Division. It was previously named as Chicago White Stockings beginning in the year 1870 and was one of the founding members of the National League or NL.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, or simply Dodgers(alternatively Bridegrooms, Grooms, Superbas, Robins and Trolley Dodgers), is an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. It was established in Brooklyn in the year 1883, and joined the National League West Division in the year 1890 as Brooklyn Bridegrooms, which was finally renamed to Dodgers in the year 1932
Chicago cubs vs Dodgers match player stats: Box score
Dodgers Hitting
Let’s focus on the innings of hitting done by Dodgers
HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | FPTS |
I. Happ LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.243 | 0.341 | 0.452 | 0.793 | 1.5 |
D. Swanson SS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.234 | 0.306 | 0.377 | 0.683 | 3.5 |
S. Suzuki DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.274 | 0.352 | 0.481 | 0.832 | 8 |
C. Bellinger RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.266 | 0.33 | 0.431 | 0.761 | 11 |
I. Paredes 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.23 | 0.343 | 0.4 | 0.743 | 7 |
M. Busch 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.249 | 0.335 | 0.43 | 0.766 | 3.5 |
N. Hoerner 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.261 | 0.328 | 0.353 | 0.681 | -0.5 |
P. Crow-Armstrong CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.243 | 0.289 | 0.394 | 0.684 | 1.5 |
C. Bethancourt C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.213 | 0.25 | 0.393 | 0.643 | -0.5 |
a- M. Tauchman PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.245 | 0.348 | 0.358 | 0.706 | 0 |
M. Amaya C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.228 | 0.282 | 0.347 | 0.629 | 0 |
Total | 31 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
Where,
- AB stands for At-bats
- R stands for Runs
- H stands for Hits
- RBI stands for Runs batted in
- HR stands for Home runs
- BB stands for Bases on balls (walks)
- SO stands for Strikeouts
- LOB stands for Left on base
- AVG stands for Batting average
- OBP stands for On-base percentage
- SLG stands for Slugging percentage
- OPS stands for On-base plus slugging
Cubs Pitching
Let’s focus on the innings of pitching done by Cubs
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP | FPTS |
J. Wicks | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5.27 | 1.61 | -9 |
E. Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 | 1.45 | 4 |
K. Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.42 | 1.12 | 2 |
T. Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 0.87 | 3.5 |
S. Armstrong (L, 3-3) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.71 | 1.49 | -6 |
T. Wingenter | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.69 | 2.54 | -1 |
Total | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Cubs Hitting
Let’s focus on the innings of hitting done by Cubs
HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG |
S. Ohtani | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.292 | 0.375 | 0.617 |
M. Betts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.303 | 0.395 | 0.514 |
F. Freeman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.282 | 0.38 | 0.481 |
T. Hernandez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.267 | 0.333 | 0.488 |
E. Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.216 | 0.272 | 0.346 |
T. Edman | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.321 | 0.5 |
W. Smith | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.245 | 0.324 | 0.429 |
M. Muncy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.23 | 0.346 | 0.513 |
M. Rojas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.29 | 0.332 | 0.406 |
C. Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.176 | 0.279 | 0.264 |
a- G. Lux PH-2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.251 | 0.311 | 0.39 |
Dodgers Pitching
Let’s focus on the innings of pitching done by Dodgers
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP | FPTS |
B. Miller | 4.1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8.17 | 1.69 | -1 |
D. Hudson | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 | 0.98 | -1.5 |
B. Treinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.27 | 1.08 | 3.5 |
A. Vesia (W, 3-4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.82 | 0.99 | 9 |
E. Phillips (H, 7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.96 | 1.15 | 3.5 |
M. Kopech (S, 13) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.65 | 1.15 | 6.5 |
Chicago cubs vs Dodgers match player stats: Plays
Cubs (Bobby Miller Pitching):
- Ian Happ: Starts with a ball and swinging strike, lines out to left field.
- Dansby Swanson: Swings and misses, fouls one off, and grounds out to shortstop.
- Seiya Suzuki: After seeing a few balls and fouls, draws a walk.
- Cody Bellinger: Works through a 3-ball count, takes a strike, then walks, moving Suzuki to second.
- Isaac Paredes: After working the count, singles deep to right, scoring Suzuki and advancing Bellinger to third.
- Michael Busch: After several fouls, Busch doubles to right, bringing home Bellinger and advancing Paredes to third.
- Nico Hoerner: Flies out to shallow second base to end the inning.
Middle of the 1st Inning: Cubs score 2 runs on 2 hits, no errors.
Dodgers (Jordan Wicks Pitching):
- Shohei Ohtani: Homers to center field on the third pitch.
- Mookie Betts: Flies out to center field on the second pitch.
- Freddie Freeman: Battles through a full count but strikes out looking.
- Teoscar Hernández: Hits a single to right field.
- Tommy Edman: Blasts a two-run homer to left, scoring Hernández.
- Will Smith: Adds a home run to left-center.
- Max Muncy: Homers to right-center.
- Miguel Rojas: Singles to left field.
- Chris Taylor: Lines out to left field, ending the inning.
End of the 1st Inning: Dodgers score 5 runs on 6 hits, no errors.
2nd Inning:
Cubs (Bobby Miller Pitching):
- Pete Crow-Armstrong: Flies out to left field after a couple of balls and fouls.
- Christian Bethancourt: Grounds out to shortstop after taking a strike.
- Ian Happ: Fouls off a pitch and grounds out to shortstop.
Middle of the 2nd Inning: Cubs score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
Dodgers (Jordan Wicks Pitching):
- Shohei Ohtani: Draws a walk after a long at-bat.
- Mookie Betts: Flies out to right field on a pickoff attempt.
- Freddie Freeman: Ohtani steals second before Freeman lines out to center, moving Ohtani to third.
- Teoscar Hernández: Draws a walk after working the count.
- Tommy Edman: Strikes out swinging after fouling off several pitches.
End of the 2nd Inning: Dodgers score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
3rd Inning:
Cubs (Bobby Miller Pitching):
- Dansby Swanson: Takes two strikes, fouls one off, and grounds out to the catcher.
- Seiya Suzuki: Homers to right field, scoring the Cubs’ first run of the game.
- Cody Bellinger: After a strike and ball, pops out to shortstop.
- Isaac Paredes: Draws a walk after battling through a few fouls.
- Michael Busch: Flies out to deep left field, ending the inning.
Middle of the 3rd Inning: Cubs score 1 run on 1 hit, no errors.
Dodgers (Jordan Wicks Pitching):
- Will Smith: Flies out to deep center field.
- Max Muncy: Draws a walk after working the count.
- Miguel Rojas: Singles to center, moving Muncy to second.
- Chris Taylor: Grounds out to second base, advancing Muncy to third and Rojas to second.
- Shohei Ohtani: Singles to center, bringing home Muncy and Rojas.
- Mookie Betts: Draws a walk after a long at-bat, advancing Ohtani to second.
- Freddie Freeman: Flies out to left field, ending the inning.
End of the 3rd Inning: Dodgers score 2 runs on 2 hits, no errors.
4th Inning:
Cubs (Bobby Miller Pitching):
- Nico Hoerner: Strikes out swinging after fouling off several pitches.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong: Strikes out swinging after fouling off a couple of balls.
- Christian Bethancourt: Grounds out to shortstop.
Middle of the 4th Inning: Cubs score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
Dodgers (Ethan Roberts relieved Jordan Wicks):
- Teoscar Hernández: Strikes out swinging after working through several fouls and balls.
- Tommy Edman: Grounds out to shortstop.
- Will Smith: Strikes out on a foul tip after working through the count.
End of the 4th Inning: Dodgers score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
5th Inning:
Cubs (Bobby Miller Pitching):
- Ian Happ: Singles to left field.
- Dansby Swanson: Draws a walk, advancing Happ to second.
- Seiya Suzuki: Flies out to shallow second base.
- Cody Bellinger: Homers to center field, bringing home Swanson and Happ.
Daniel Hudson relieved Bobby Miller.
- Isaac Paredes: Draws a walk after several fouls.
- Michael Busch: Walks after working the count, advancing Paredes to second.
- Nico Hoerner: Reaches on a fielder’s choice to second. Paredes advances to third, and Busch moves to second after a fielding error by second baseman Taylor.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong: Singles to deep right, scoring Paredes. Busch is thrown out at home to end the inning.
Middle of the 5th Inning: Cubs score 4 runs on 3 hits, no errors.
Dodgers (Keegan Thompson relieved Ethan Roberts):
- Max Muncy: Draws a walk after working the count.
- Miguel Rojas: Flies out to shallow center field.
- Gavin Lux hits for Chris Taylor: Grounds out to second base, advancing Muncy to second.
- Shohei Ohtani: Flies out to center field, ending the inning.
End of the 5th Inning: Dodgers score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
6th Inning:
Cubs (Blake Treinen relieved Daniel Hudson):
- Ian Happ: Grounds out to first base after taking a strike and two balls.
- Dansby Swanson: Strikes out swinging after seeing three strikes.
- Seiya Suzuki: Grounds out to third base after a lengthy at-bat.
Middle of the 6th Inning: Cubs score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
Dodgers (Tyson Miller relieved Keegan Thompson):
- Mookie Betts: Grounds out to third base.
- Freddie Freeman: Grounds out to second base after taking a strike and ball.
- Teoscar Hernández: Strikes out swinging after working the count.
End of the 6th Inning: Dodgers score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
7th Inning:
Cubs (Alex Vesia relieved Blake Treinen):
- Cody Bellinger: Fouls out to third base after taking two strikes.
- Isaac Paredes: Draws a walk after a few balls.
- Michael Busch: Pops out to shortstop after working the count.
- Nico Hoerner: Flies out to center field, ending the inning.
Middle of the 7th Inning: Cubs score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
Dodgers (Shawn Armstrong relieved Tyson Miller):
- Tommy Edman: Pops out to first base after fouling off several pitches.
- Will Smith: Doubles to deep right-center.
- Max Muncy: Grounds out to first, advancing Smith to third.
- Miguel Rojas: Draws a walk after working the count.
- Gavin Lux: Singles to center, scoring Smith, moving Rojas to second.
- Shohei Ohtani: Flies out to deep right field, ending the inning.
End of the 7th Inning: Dodgers score 1 run on 2 hits, no errors.
8th Inning:
Cubs (Evan Phillips relieved Alex Vesia):
- Pete Crow-Armstrong: Flies out to deep center field after striking out swinging.
- Mike Tauchman hits for Christian Bethancourt: Flies out to deep right field after fouling off a pitch.
- Ian Happ: Strikes out swinging after working the count.
Middle of the 8th Inning: Cubs score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
Dodgers (Trey Wingenter relieved Shawn Armstrong):
- Mookie Betts: Grounds out to third base.
- Freddie Freeman: Grounds out to shortstop after taking a ball and strikes.
- Teoscar Hernández: Strikes out swinging.
End of the 8th Inning: Dodgers score 0 runs on 0 hits, no errors.
9th Inning:
Cubs (Ryan Brasier relieved Evan Phillips):
- Dansby Swanson: Strikes out swinging after fouling off a pitch.
- Seiya Suzuki: Flies out to deep center field after seeing a couple of strikes.
- Cody Bellinger: Draws a walk after several fouls and balls.
- Isaac Paredes: Strikes out looking to end the game.
Final Score: Dodgers 8, Cubs 7.
Chicago cubs vs Dodgers match player stats: Head to Head Overall
Lets now focus on what is the previous performance of both the teams overall. This consist of all the rivalries that were held between them:
Total | Dodgers | Chicago Cubs | |
Total Matches | 169 | 101 | 66 |
Total Runs | 1365 | 739 | 626 |
Major League Baseball | 169 | 101 | 66 |
We also have the intention to discuss each match held between them, but to be honest it may be considered irrelevant and lengthy.
Chicago cubs vs Dodgers match player stats: Head to Head Stats
Here, we are discussing the overall head to head stats held between them. Here, we will discuss the win percentage, the home win and away win percentage and much more
Dodgers | Cubs | |
Win% | 59.80% | 39.10% |
Home Win% | 58.80% | 38.10% |
Away Win% | 60.70% | 40% |
Points Per Game | 4.4 | 3.7 |
Home Points Per Game | 3.8 | 3.9 |
Away Points Per Game | 4.9 | 3.6 |
Conclusion
In the end, although both the teams, Chicago cubs vs Dodgers match player stats, have played best through their side, it’s crucial to know that there are other underrated teams such as Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds etc. The Dodgers, since they are older than the Cubs, it’s obvious to know that they have a high winning record. Although, there is no information of the upcoming matches held between them, but the rivalry will be full of excitement and nervousness.