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San Francisco Giants vs. Information © 2016 Chicago Cubs Media Relations Office October 6, 2016 … Division Series … Wrigley Field *** Workout Day Notes ***

LONG DIVISION: The Chicago Cubs, who at 103-58 compiled the best regular CUBS VS. GIANTS season in the majors, tomorrow play game one of the National League Division CUBS RECORD IN 2016 REGULAR SEASON Series against the … Chicago’s 103 regular season victories The Cubs and Giants meet in the postseason were its most since going 104-50 in 1910. 2016 Overall: ...... 103-58 after Chicago went 4-3 against them this © Chicago, who last season advanced to the NLCS, will make consecutive post- At Wrigley Field: ...... 57-24 regular season … the final five games were season appearances for just the second time since 1909 … the Cubs made On the Road: ...... 46-34 each decided by one run, including each of a consecutive NLDS appearances in 2007-08. April: ...... 17-5 four-game set at Wrigley, Sept. 1-4, in which © This is the second time the Cubs and Giants have met in the postseason … May:...... 18-10 the Cubs took three of four … Chicago had Chicago fell to San Francisco in the 1989 NLCS, four-games-to-one … in 1998, June ...... 16-12 dropped two of three in San Francisco, May both teams finished 89-73 and played a game No. 163 to determine who would July ...... 12-14 20-22. August ...... 22-6 advance to the postseason … the Cubs won the game at Wrigley Field, 5-3. September/October...... 18-11 2016 Overall: ...... 4-3 FLY THE W: With 103 wins, the 2016 Cubs are one of just three major league teams At Wrigley Field: ...... 3-1 to win 100 regular season games within four seasons of losing 100 contests … the All-Time Since 1876: ...... 10,711-10,189 At AT&T Park: ...... 1-2 Cubs, who went 61-101 in 2012, join only the 1969 Mets (100-62 after going 50-112 At Wrigley Field (since 1916): ...... 4,218-3,710 in 1965 and 61-101 in 1967) and the 1995 Indians (100-44 after going 57-105 in 2015 Overall: ...... 5-2 1991) … thanks to STATS, Inc. Leading Entering 6th: ...... 79-11 At Wrigley Field: ...... 4-0 © The Cubs have now reached 100 regular season wins six times in their 141 Tied Entering 6th: ...... 9-10 At AT&T Park: ...... 1-2 seasons dating to 1876 … they’ve done so in 1906 (116-36), 1907 (107-45), 1909 Trailing Entering 6th: ...... 15-37

All-Time Since 1883: ...... 1,068-1,139 (104-49), 1910 (104-50), 1935 (100-54) and now in 2016. Leading Entering 7th: ...... 86-8 At Wrigley Field: ...... 419-394 © Chicago has increased its win total every season since going 61-101 in 2012 … Tied Entering 7th: ...... 6-9 At AT&T Park (since 2000): ...... 28-31 the team’s records following that 2012 campaign: 66-96 in 2013, 73-89 in 2014, 97-65 in 2015 and now 103-58. Trailing Entering 7th: ...... 11-41

LOWEST ERA, MLB © The Northsiders have won 200 games over the last two seasons, the most wins in a two-year stretch since the 2004-05 St. Louis Cardinals won 205. Leading Entering 8th: ...... 90-4 1. , CHI ...... 2.13 Tied Entering 8th: ...... 4-7 O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: Manager Joe Maddon is only the second skipper in club Trailing Entering 8th: ...... 9-47 2. , CHI ...... 2.44 history to reach the postseason in his first two seasons ... he joins Lou Piniella, who 3. Noah Syndergaard, NYM ...... 2.60 led the 2007-08 Cubs to the playoffs … this is his sixth postseason appearance as a Leading Entering 9th: ...... 92-1 4. , SF ...... 2.74 manager, having taken Tampa Bay to the playoffs in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013. Tied Entering 9th: ...... 3-4 5. Johnny Cueto, SF ...... 2.79 START ME UP: Jon Lester, the Cubs game one starter, is making his fourth-straight Trailing Entering 9th: ...... 8-53

LOWEST WHIP, NATIONAL LEAGUE trip to the playoffs … during the regular season, he went 19-5 with a 2.44 ERA (55 ER/202.IP), the second-best mark in … he is 2-2 with a 2.06 ERA (8 ER/35.0 Scoring First: ...... 73-20 1. Max Scherzer, WAS ...... 0.97 IP) in five Division Series starts in his career, four of which came in the series- One-Run Games: ...... 22-23 2. Kyle Hendricks, CHI ...... 0.98 opening contest. Two-Run Games: ...... 15-10 3. Jon Lester, CHI ...... 1.02 © Lester recorded a quality start in all 15 of his home appearances, setting the Extra-Inning Games: ...... 9-4 4. Madison Bumgarner, SF ...... 1.02 franchise record (since at least 1913) for the most home starts in a season Scoring Four or More: ...... 89-17 5. Julio Teheran, ATL ...... 1.05 without throwing a non-quality start. Scoring Fewer Than Four: ...... 14-41 6. John Lackey, CHI ...... 1.06 © Kyle Hendricks, the owner of an MLB-best 2.13 ERA (45 ER/190.0 IP) and Out-Hitting Opponents: ...... 87-17 7. , CHI ...... 1.08 Chicago’s game two starter, and Lester combined to notch baseball’s top two Hit Totals Equal: ...... 7-6 8. Johnny Cueto, SF ...... 1.09 ERAs, becoming the first teammate pair to do so since Roger Clemens (1.87) and Out-Hit by Opponents: ...... 9-35 Andy Pettitte (2.39) did so with the 2005 Astros. Hit at Least One HR: ...... 75-32 BEST OPS, NATIONAL LEAGUE © The Cubs have two of the most experienced post-season hurlers in baseball … Hit Two or More HR: ...... 47-11 John Lackey leads all active with 20 starts and Lester ranks fifth with 14. Playing Errorless Ball: ...... 66-26 1. , WAS ...... 985 Committing at Least One Error: ...... 37-32 2. Joey Votto, CIN ...... 985 ROUSING ROTATION: Cubs starters combined to allow only 6.91 hits per nine 3. Freddie Freeman, ATL ...... 968 innings, the third-lowest mark all-time and the lowest mark since 1968 … the Cubs 4. Kris Bryant, CHI ...... 939 are the first team to have four or more starters win 15 or more games in one season since the 2004 Cardinals (, Jason 5. Charlie Blackmon, COL ...... 933 Marquis, Matt Morris and Jeff Suppan) … Elias notes the Cubs have five pitchers with more than 10 wins for the first time since 1945 6. Nolan Arenado, COL ...... 932 when Hank Wyse (22 wins), (17), (16), Ray Prim (13) and (11) turned the trick. 7. Anthony Rizzo, CHI ...... 928 © The Chicago rotation had a 1.07 WHIP, the second-best mark since at least 1913 and the best since the 1917 New York Giants had a 1.06 WHIP … opposing batters managed a .279 on-base percentage off Cubs starters, the lowest clip since the 1975 Dodgers (.276). BEST RUN DIFFERENTIAL, 2016 CUBS AND THE DIVISION SERIES: This is the sixth time the Cubs will appear in the National League Division Series … the team’s 1. Chicago Cubs ...... +252 previous appearances in the NLDS: 1998 vs. Atlanta (L, 3-0), 2003 vs. Atlanta (W, 3-2), 2007 vs. Arizona (L, 3-0), 2008 vs. Los Angeles 2. ...... +184 (L, 3-0) and 2015 vs. St. Louis (W, 3-1). 3. Washington Nationals ...... +151 THIS IS OFFENSIVE: The Cubs, with 808 runs scored in the regular season, have surpassed 800 runs for only the fourth time since 1938 4. Cleveland Indians ...... +101 (855 runs in 2008, 831 in 1998, 806 in 1970) … overall, the Cubs have reached 800 runs only nine times in modern franchise history 5. Toronto Blue Jays ...... +93 starting in 1900. © The Cubs finished the regular season with a +252 run differential, by far the best mark in the MLB (Boston, +184) … the Cubs have MOST HOME RUNS IN N.L. SINCE 2013 finished a season with a better run differential only once in modern franchise history (since 1900): a +324 in 1906.

1. Anthony Rizzo ...... 118 A SPECIAL CAMPAIGN: Kris Bryant became the fourth Cub in franchise history to amass at least 120 runs, 35 doubles, 39 homers and 2. Giancarlo Stanton ...... 115 100 RBI in a single season, and just the second to do so in the last 85 years. 3. Paul Goldschmidt ...... 112 © Bryant joins Rogers Hornsby in 1929 (156 R, 47 2B, 39 HR, 149 RBI), Hack Wilson in 1930 (146, 35, 56, 191) and Derrek Lee in 2005 4. Nolan Arenado ...... 111 (120, 50, 46, 107). 5. Jay Bruce ...... 107 © Bryant is just the fourth Cub in the last 100 years to reach 100 RBI in his age 24-or-younger season, joining Andy Pafko in 1945 (110

RBI, age 24), Ernie Banks in 1955 (117, 24) and Ron Santo in 1964 (114, 24). MOST WALKS DRAWN BY CUBS, © Bryant’s 39 homers this season were third most in the N.L. and are the most by a Cub since Derrek Lee belted 46 in 2005. SINGLE SEASON 40 x 30: Anthony Rizzo finished the season with a career-high 43 doubles and 32 homers, tying his career-high set in 2014 … he’s the 1. 2016 Cubs ...... 656 first left-handed hitter in Cubs history to record 40 doubles and 30 homers in a season, and just the fourth overall … he joins Rogers 2. 1975 Cubs ...... 650 Hornsby in 1929, Derrek Lee in 2005 and in 2007. 3. 2008 Cubs ...... 636 © Rizzo is just the second left-handed hitter to record multiple 30-homer, 100-RBI seasons in franchise history … Rizzo, who last 4. 2000 Cubs ...... 632 season had 31 homers and 101 RBI, joins Billy Williams, who turned the trick three times (1965, 1970 & 1972).

LOWEST OPP. BATTING AVERAGE, MLB EXTRA, EXTRA!: Anthony Rizzo had 79 extra-base hits while teammate Kris Bryant had 77 … they are the first Cubs duo with 75 extra- base hits in the same season since 1930 when Hack Wilson (97) and Kiki Cuyler (80) turned the trick … thanks to Chris Kamka. 1. Chicago Cubs ...... 212 COMFORTS OF HOME: The Cubs, who have home field advantage through the N.L. playoffs, went 57-24 at Wrigley Field, a franchise 2. Los Angeles Dodgers ...... 233 mark in the team’s 101 seasons at the Friendly Confines, surpassing 56 wins at the Friendly Confines in both 1933 and 1935. 3. Washington Nationals ...... 234 4. Toronto Blue Jays ...... 242 WHAT’S IN AN AGE?: With 21 homers and 95 RBI in the regular season, Addison Russell is just the second Cub to reach the 20-homer 5. Cleveland Indians ...... 243 mark in his age 22 season or younger – joining Ron Santo (23 homers in age 21 campaign in 1961). © Russell’s 95 RBI are second-most among all shortstops (Carlos Correa, 96) … Russell and Correa are the first shortstops to reach 95 MOST POSTSEASON STARTS, RBI in their age 22 or younger season since Troy Tulowitzki did so at age 22 in 2007 with Colorado (99 RBI). ACTIVE PITCHERS © Had an MLB-best nine hits with bases loaded this season and was tied for the league lead with 24 RBI with the bases juiced.

1. John Lackey ...... 20 CLOSING TIME: Since being acquired from New York (A.L.), July 25, Aroldis Chapman has recorded an N.L.-best 1.01 ERA (3 ER/26.2 IP) 2. CC Sabathia ...... 18 among pitchers with at least 20.0 innings … notched 16 saves with Chicago overall.

3. Justin Verlander ...... 16 LOFTY HEIGHTS: The Cubs secured baseball’s best record for the first time since 1945, and for the 12th time in club history … the Cubs 4. ...... 15 this year reached 45 games over .500 for the first time since ending the 1935 season 100-54, 46 over. 5. Jon Lester ...... 14 6. Madison Bumgarner ...... 13 GREAT WITH THE GLOVE: Javier Baez ranked third among major league second basemen with 11 defensive runs saved, despite accumulating about 900 fewer innings than the leaders ... ranked fifth in the N.L. with a 2.0 defensive WAR.

OCTOBER 6, 2016 — PAGE 2

Friday’s Cubs Starter — #34 LHP Jon Lester (19-5, 2.44)

W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 — CUBS 11-12 3.34 32 32 1 0 205.0 183 83 76 16 47 207 2016 — CUBS 19-5 2.44 32 32 2 0 202.2 154 57 55 21 52 197 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 146-84 3.44 317 316 14 4 2003.2 1829 819 766 182 644 1861 POSTSEASON TOTALS 6-6 2.85 16 14 0 0 98.0 80 33 31 11 25 87

Last Time Out Career vs. San Francisco Jon made his last regular season start last Saturday at the Reds, allowing five runs on Jon has made six-career regular season starts vs. the Giants, going 4-1 with a 2.25 ERA six hits in 5.0 innings as he was denied his bid for a 20th win … allowed runs in four of (9 ER/36.0 IP) … he earned a complete game victory, September 2 of this season at five innings. Wrigley Field, after taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning in the Cubs 2-1 triumph.

Date Opp. Dec. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 10/1 @CIN L L, 7-4 5.0 6 5 5 3 6 111-67 3-5 2016 1-1 4.63 2 2 11.2 9 6 6 2 5 5 Career 4-1 2.25 5 5 36.0 26 9 9 2 10 20

2016 Season vs. Giants Batters (AVG-AB-H-HR-RBI): Jon set a career-best mark with a 2.44 ERA and tied his career-high with 19 wins … Adrianza (.000-1-0-0-0) Crawford (.273-11-3-0-1) Posey (.313-16-5-1-2) both those marks ranked second in the N.L. … went 10-2 with a 1.74 ERA (20 ER/103.1 Belt (.000-6-0-0-0) Pagan (.000-7-0-0-0) Span (.286-28-8-0-3) IP) in 15 home starts, all quality efforts … went 9-3 with a 3.17 ERA (35 ER/99.1 IP) in Blanco (--0-0-0-0) Panik (.200-5-1-0-0) Tomlinson (.000-5-0-0-0) 17 road starts. Brown (.400-5-2-0-1) Pence (.200-15-3-1-2)  Allowed one or zero runs in a career-high and Cubs franchise record eight-straight starts, August 17-September 25 … led the majors with a 1.46 ERA (13 ER/80.1 IP) Career Notes from July 29 through season’s end. Jon has gone 30-16 with three complete games and a 2.89 ERA (131 ER/407.1 IP) in 64  Went 10-0 with a 1.34 ERA (13 ER/87.0 IP) in his first 13 starts following the All- starts with the Cubs … has struck out 404 and walked just 99… signed a six-year deal Star Break … the 10-straight wins marked a career-high. with Chicago in December of 2014.  Collected 26 quality starts, the most by a Cubs southpaw since Dick Ellsworth  A four-time All-Star (including 2016) and two-time Champion, he has notched 29 in 1963. twice finished fourth in A.L. Cy Young Award voting, doing so in 2010 and 2014.  Ranked among N.L. leaders in wins (19, 2nd), ERA (2.44, 2nd), opposing average  Ranks fifth among active pitchers with 14 postseason starts … his six wins and 2.85 (.211, 4th), OPS (.602, 3rd), WHIP (1.02, 3rd) and quality starts (26, t-1st). ERA both rank sixth while his 98.0 ranks fourth.  The Cubs won 12 of his last 14 starts, including seven-straight from July 18-August  Is 2-2 with a 2.06 ERA (8 ER/35.0 IP) in five starts in the Division Series round. 22 … the seven-straight team wins tied a career-high for Jon.  Has surpassed the 200.0 inning mark five-straight seasons and in eight of the last  Finished September with a 5-0 record and a 0.48 ERA (2 ER/37.2 IP) in five starts, nine ... has reached 31 starts in a season nine times, including this season. earning him his second of the Month honor of the season.  Fanned 207 batters in 2015, setting a Cubs single-season franchise record for most  Finished June with a 4-0 record and a 1.41 ERA (7 ER/44.2 IP) in six starts, his best- by a left-handed pitcher. career ERA in the month of June … was named N.L. Pitcher of the Month.  Ranks second among active left-handed pitchers in wins (146) and fourth in  Limited righties to a .214 average (120-for-560) and lefties to a .200 mark (34-for- strikeouts (1,861) ... is one of only 12 active pitchers with at least 2,000 innings 170) … overall, opponents hit just .211 against the lefty. pitched.  Led the majors with 21 starts with one or fewer earned runs allowed, tied for the  Was named National League Player of the Week for June 6-12, 2016 after going most by any pitcher in the last 40 seasons. 2-0 without yielding a run in 15.0 innings pitched.  Led the majors with a left on base percentage of 84.9 percent according to Fangraphs … the Royals’ Ian Kennedy ranked second at 83.1 percent.  Took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against Pittsburgh on May 15 and again against San Francisco on September 2.  Tossed two complete games, giving him 14 in his career and three with the Cubs … allowed four hits and one run June 1 vs. the Dodgers … allowed three hits and one run September 2 vs. the Giants.

2016 Game-by-Game Starts No. Date Opp. Result IP H R ER BB SO PC-S Left Notes 1. 4/5 @LAA W, 6-1 7.0 4 1 1 0 4 93-63 1-0 Did not allow a run through the first five innings 2. 4/11 CIN ND, 5-3 W 6.0 5 3 3 2 5 102-66 0-3 Tossed his second quality start in as many games 3. 4/17 COL L, 2-0 7.1 4 1 1 2 10 99-64 0-1, 1 on Fifth double-digit game with Cubs 4. 4/22 @CIN W, 8-1 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 100-66 4-1 Allowed just a solo in 7.0 IP 5. 4/29 ATL ND, 6-1 W 7.0 7 1 1 2 10 106-71 1-1 Escaped bases loaded, no-out jam in seventh inning APRIL: 2-1, 1.83 ERA (5 GS) 34.1 25 7 7 7 33 6. 5/4 @PIT W, 6-2 5.2 8 0 0 2 5 103-62 4-0, 2 on First scoreless outing of the season 7. 5/10 SD W, 8-7 6.0 4 3 3 1 4 105-67 6-3 Allowed a then season-low tying four hits 8. 5/15 PIT L, 2-1 6.2 2 1 1 2 9 109-68 0-1, 1 on Took a no-hitter into the seventh inning 9. 5/21 @SF L, 5-3 2.2 6 5 5 3 1 75-45 1-5, 1 on Shortest outing of the season 10. 5/27 PHI W, 6-2 6.1 6 2 1 2 7 105-69 6-1, 1 on Snapped a two-game losing streak MAY: 3-2, 3.29 ERA (5 GS) 27.1 26 11 10 10 26 11. 6/1 LAD W, 2-1 9.0 4 1 1 0 10 113-74 --- Retired final 15 batters; 2nd CG with Cubs, 13th overall 12. 6/6 @PHI W, 6-4 8.0 4 0 0 0 9 95-63 6-0 Allowed just four singles 13. 6/12 @ATL W, 13-2 7.0 5 1 0 0 7 109-73 13-1 Surrendered just an unearned run in the first inning 14. 6/18 PIT W, 4-3 6.0 7 3 3 3 7 104-67 4-3 Picked up his fifth-straight victory 15. 6/23 @MIA ND, 4-2 L 7.0 5 2 2 3 7 100-64 2-2 Allowed a season-high two homers 16. 6/28 @CIN ND, 7-2 W (15) 7.2 3 1 1 1 4 103-71 2-1, 1 on Lone run came on an eighth inning solo HR JUNE: 4-0, 1.41 ERA (6 GS) 44.2 28 8 7 7 44 17. 7/3 @NYM L, 14-3 1.1 9 8 8 1 2 56-36 1-8, 2 on Shortest career outing 18. 7/9 @PIT ND, 12-6 L 3.0 4 5 5 3 3 64-35 5-5 Second-straight start fewer than 65 pitches 19. 7/18 NYM W, 5-1 7.2 4 1 1 3 3 98-61 4-1, 1 on 10th win of season 20. 7/24 @MIL ND, 6-5 W 4.0+ 4 4 4 5 7 100-61 0-2, 3 on Walked a season-high five batters 21. 7/29 SEA W, 12-1 6.0 4 0 0 2 7 95-58 11-0 10th-straight quality start at home this season JULY: 2-1, 7.36 ERA (5 GS) 22.0 25 18 18 14 22 22. 8/5 @OAK W, 7-2 7.0 6 2 2 0 8 107-71 7-2 Allowed both runs in the sixth inning 23. 8/11 STL ND, 4-3 W (11) 6.0 5 2 2 1 6 91-62 3-2 Left with a 3-2 lead 24. 8/17 MIL W, 6-1 6.2 3 1 1 2 7 118-73 6-1, 1 on Season-high 118 pitches 25. 8/22 @SD W, 5-1 6.0+ 5 1 1 2 8 100-63 5-0, 2 on Left with two runners on base, one scored 26. 8/28 @LAD ND, 1-0 L 6.0 3 0 0 2 6 98-62 0-0 Left with game scoreless AUGUST: 3-0, 1.71 ERA (5 GS) 31.2 22 6 6 7 35 27. 9/2 SF W, 2-1 9.0 3 1 1 2 4 102-68 --- 14th CG, 2nd this season; lost no-hitter after 6.2 IP 28. 9/9 @HOU W, 2-0 7.0 7 0 0 0 7 103-66 2-0 Fifth-straight start allowing 1 or 0 R 29. 9/14 @STL W, 7-0 8.0 3 0 0 1 8 104-67 7-0 Career-high tying eighth-straight win 30. 9/20 CIN W, 6-1 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 97-63 6-1 Recorded game-winning RBI with 2B in second 31. 9/25 STL W, 3-1 6.2 3 0 0 1 7 96-61 2-0, 2 on 10th-straight win 32. 10/1 @CIN L, 7-4 5.0 6 5 5 3 6 111-67 3-5 Had allowed four runs in previous eight starts SEPT./OCT.: 5-1, 1.48 ERA (6 GS) 42.2 28 7 7 7 37

At the Plate Last Time and Career Highs and Lows AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS Last Win: 9/25/16 vs. STL, 3-1 (6.2,3,0,0,1,7) 2016 .102 59 3 6 3 0 0 6 10 0 0 6 18 0 0 Last Loss: 10/1/16 @ CIN, 7-4 (5.0,6,5,5,3,6) Career .064 157 9 10 3 0 0 7 21 1 0 10 70 0 0 Last Complete Game: 9/2/16 vs. SF, 2-1 (9.0,3,1,1,2,4) LAST HIT: 10/1/16 @ Cincinnati (single off Tim Adleman) ... at-bats since then — 0 Last Shutout: 8/7/14 vs. MIN, 3-0 (9.0,3,0,0,2,8) HOME RUNS: N/A Last No-Hitter: 5/19/08 vs. KC, 7-0 (9.0,0,0,0,2,9) MOST HITS: 1 (10x) — last, 10/1/16 @ Cincinnati Most Strikeouts: 15 — 5/3/14 vs. OAK … also has one 14-K game, one 13-K game, five MOST RBI: 1 (7x) — last, 9/20/16 vs. Cincinnati 12-K games, six 11-K games and 13 10-K games (27 total double-digit strikeout games) Most Hits Allowed: 12 (2x) — last, 6/7/14 @ DET Most Runs Allowed: 11 — 7/22/12 vs. TOR Longest Winning Streak: 10 games — 7/18-9/25/16 Longest Losing Streak: 6 games — 5/27-7/11/15