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The Chicago Cubs’ 2015 season came to an abrupt end after a sweep by the Mets in the National League Championship Series. The defeat was in stark contrast to the previous series, in which the Cubs beat their division rival St. Louis Cardinals in four games.

A look at the statistics shows that the Cubs suffered from the first series’ four games to the second, especially in hitting. The team’s overall batting average fell from .242 in the NLDS to just .164 in the NLCS. The Mets also were a tougher opponent than the Cardinals in many of the key metrics.


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Batting

RUNS

(17.0 per four games in regular season)

HITS

(33.1)

Mets:

35

Cubs: 20

Mets:

21

Cubs: 30

Cards: 17

Cards: 28

21

8

NLDS

NLCS

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

STRIKEOUTS (37.5)

HOME RUNS (4.2)

Cubs: 10

Cards: 48

Cubs

and

Mets:

37

Mets:

7

Cards: 8

Cubs: 38

4

NLDS

NLCS

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

BATTING AVERAGE (.244)

ON-BASE +SLUGGING (OPS) (.719)

Cubs: .856

Mets:

.833

Mets:

.269

Cubs: .242

Cards: .684

Cards: .211

.522

.164

NLDS

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE (OBP) (.321)

STOLEN BASES (2.3)

Mets:

.333

Cubs:

.324

Mets:

7

Cards:

.255

Cubs: 3

.225

1

Cards: 0

NLDS

NLCS

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

Pitching

WALKS PLUS HITS PER

INNING PITCHED (WHIP) (1.152)

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

(3.363 season total)

Cards: 1.324

5.56

1.353

Cubs: 4.37

Cubs: 1.000

Cards: 3.97

Mets:

.833

Mets:

2.00

NLDS

NLCS

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

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Batting

RUNS

(17.0 per four regular season games)

Cubs: 20

Mets:

21

Cards: 17

8

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

HITS (33.1)

Mets:

35

Cubs: 30

Cards: 28

21

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

HOME RUNS (4.2)

Cubs: 10

Mets:

7

Cards: 8

4

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

STRIKEOUTS (37.5)

Cards: 48

Cubs

and

Mets:

37

Cubs: 38

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

BATTING AVERAGE (.244)

Mets:

.269

Cubs: .242

Cards: .211

.164

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

ON-BASE +SLUGGING (OPS) (.719)

Cubs: .856

Mets:

.833

Cards: .684

.522

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE (OBP) (.321)

Mets:

.333

Cubs: .324

Cards:

.255

.225

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

STOLEN BASES (2.3)

Mets:

7

Cubs: 3

1

Cards: 0

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

Pitching

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

(3.363 season total)

5.56

Cubs: 4.37

Cards: 3.97

Mets:

2.00

NLDS

NLCS

WALKS PLUS HITS PER

INNING PITCHED (WHIP) (1.152)

Cards: 1.324

1.353

Cubs: 1.000

Mets:

.833

NLDS

NLCS

CHC vs STL

CHC vs NYM

Sources: baseball-reference.com

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