Cubs pitchers, still buzzing over Travis Wood's grand slam, have hit 4 HRs and driven in 19 RBI. Starting left fielder Alfonso Soriano has hit 5 HR and driven in 20 RBI since the start of the season.
Modernists decry the National League for not having the designated hitter. The main reason they like the DH is because the 9th spot is usually a guaranteed out because that is where the pitcher's bat.
But the Cubs starters have made it clear that pitchers can also be hitters. It is sort of a backasswards Cub tradition: having good hitting pitchers like Carlos Zambrano or Jason Marquis.
| Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Wood | 26 | 14 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .292 | .320 | .583 | .903 | |||||||||
| Scott Feldman* | 30 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .167 | .167 | .375 | .542 | |||||||||
| Jeff Samardzija | 28 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .118 | .167 | .353 | .520 | |||||||||
| Carlos Villanueva | 29 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | |||||||||
| Edwin Jackson | 29 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .067 | .067 | .133 | .200 | |||||||||
| Matt Garza | 29 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 |
