2012 Chicago Cubs Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Ryan Dempster Apr 5 @WAS 7.2 29 1 1 2 10 3 0 108 73 35 .68
Matt Garza Apr 7 @WAS 6.0 23 2 2 5 5 1 1 91 58 33 .64
Jeff Samardzija Apr 8 @WAS 8.2 31 W 1 3 4 8 0 1 110 79 31 .72
Chris Volstad Apr 9 @MIL 5.0 22 3 3 5 6 2 1 87 49 38 .56
Paul Maholm Apr 10 @MIL 4.0 23 L 6 6 6 2 2 2 80 45 35 .56
Ryan Dempster Apr 11 @MIL 6.2 27 L 2 2 5 5 3 1 106 65 41 .61
Matt Garza Apr 12 @MIL 8.2 31 W 0 0 3 9 2 0 119 83 36 .70
Jeff Samardzija Apr 13 STL 5.0 26 W 5 5 10 5 1 0 103 64 39 .62
Chris Volstad Apr 14 STL 6.0 26 L 3 4 6 4 0 0 101 62 39 .61
Paul Maholm Apr 15 STL 4.0 20 L 6 6 6 2 1 1 70 42 28 .60
Ryan Dempster Apr 17 MIA 6.0 23 0 2 4 8 2 0 100 63 37 .63
Matt Garza Apr 18 MIA 5.0 24 L 6 6 7 7 3 2 92 55 37 .60
Jeff Samardzija Apr 19 MIA 3.2 23 L 5 5 8 3 5 0 88 50 38 .57
Chris Volstad Apr 20 @CIN 5.0 24 L 5 6 7 4 2 0 90 61 29 .68
Paul Maholm Apr 21 @CIN 6.0 26 W 1 1 4 5 3 0 92 55 37 .60
Randy Wells Apr 22 @CIN 5.0 25 2 2 6 2 5 0 93 52 41 .56
Matt Garza Apr 23 @STL 7.0 27 2 2 4 5 3 0 108 65 43 .60
Jeff Samardzija Apr 24 @STL 6.2 25 0 0 4 9 2 0 90 63 27 .70
Chris Volstad Apr 25 @STL 6.0 24 L 4 4 6 2 0 1 97 66 31 .68
Paul Maholm Apr 27 PHI 6.1 24 W 1 1 5 1 0 1 100 63 37 .63
Randy Wells Apr 28 PHI 3.2 19 L 4 4 3 3 4 0 78 44 34 .56
Matt Garza Apr 29 PHI 7.0 22 W 0 0 1 10 1 0 103 68 35 .66
Chris Volstad Apr 30 PHI 6.0 29 4 4 8 4 3 0 84 57 27 .68
Jeff Samardzija May 2 CIN 7.2 27 W 1 1 3 7 2 0 95 61 34 .64
Ryan Dempster May 3 CIN 8.0 28 0 0 3 6 1 0 101 67 34 .66
Paul Maholm May 4 @LAD 6.0 21 W 1 1 3 4 0 1 88 59 29 .67
Chris Volstad May 5 @LAD 5.0 23 L 5 5 4 1 3 0 78 46 32 .59
Travis Wood May 6 @LAD 6.0 24 3 3 3 4 3 1 100 65 35 .65
Jeff Samardzija May 7 @ATL 7.0 27 W 1 1 5 7 2 1 105 66 39 .63
Ryan Dempster May 8 @ATL 7.0 27 1 1 6 7 1 0 102 63 39 .62
Paul Maholm May 9 @ATL 7.0 26 W 0 0 3 3 3 0 95 64 31 .67
Matt Garza May 11 MIL 5.0 22 1 1 3 3 5 0 93 51 42 .55
Chris Volstad May 12 MIL 6.0 28 L 6 6 9 1 2 1 99 63 36 .64
Jeff Samardzija May 13 MIL 5.0 19 1 1 3 6 2 0 91 59 32 .65
Ryan Dempster May 14 STL 6.0 27 4 4 9 5 1 0 95 63 32 .66
Paul Maholm May 15 STL 6.0 27 4 4 7 5 3 1 106 69 37 .65
Matt Garza May 16 @PHI 6.2 28 2 2 8 2 1 0 107 70 37 .65
Chris Volstad May 17 @PHI 2.0 15 L 4 4 6 2 3 0 58 32 26 .55
Jeff Samardzija May 18 @CWS 7.1 30 L 3 3 6 8 2 2 113 78 35 .69
Ryan Dempster May 19 @CWS 6.0 26 L 4 4 7 3 3 2 90 54 36 .60
Paul Maholm May 20 @CWS 6.1 28 L 5 5 9 5 0 3 97 67 30 .69
Matt Garza May 21 HOU 3.0 16 L 7 7 5 2 2 2 72 42 30 .58
Travis Wood May 22 HOU 5.2 21 L 2 2 2 3 2 1 97 54 43 .56
Jeff Samardzija May 23 HOU 6.0 26 L 2 2 6 4 2 0 90 58 32 .64
Ryan Dempster May 25 PIT 7.1 32 L 1 1 7 6 1 0 106 75 31 .71
Paul Maholm May 26 PIT 5.0 25 2 2 4 2 5 0 94 51 43 .54
Matt Garza May 27 PIT 5.0 24 L 5 6 7 6 1 3 91 66 25 .73
Travis Wood May 28 @SDP 5.0 25 6 6 7 4 3 4 85 51 34 .60
Jeff Samardzija May 29 @SDP 7.0 28 W 3 3 8 8 1 1 93 60 33 .65
Ryan Dempster May 30 @SDP 4.1 23 6 6 6 4 4 3 98 57 41 .58
Paul Maholm Jun 1 SFG 5.1 24 L 4 4 8 4 2 0 89 59 30 .66
Matt Garza Jun 2 SFG 6.0 26 L 2 2 5 6 1 0 103 63 40 .61
Travis Wood Jun 3 SFG 7.0 26 L 1 1 3 7 2 0 101 67 34 .66
Jeff Samardzija Jun 4 SFG 5.0 27 2 2 7 6 5 0 110 66 44 .60
Ryan Dempster Jun 5 MIL 7.0 24 W 0 0 3 3 0 0 101 68 33 .67
Paul Maholm Jun 6 MIL 4.0 18 L 4 4 6 3 1 0 81 49 32 .60
Matt Garza Jun 7 MIL 6.0 24 2 2 4 6 1 1 98 61 37 .62
Travis Wood Jun 8 MIN 5.0 22 3 3 6 3 3 1 88 50 38 .57
Jeff Samardzija Jun 9 MIN 3.2 20 L 8 8 9 1 1 0 78 52 26 .67
Ryan Dempster Jun 10 MIN 8.0 30 W 0 0 4 6 1 0 117 80 37 .68
Paul Maholm Jun 12 @DET 6.0 24 2 2 6 7 1 0 88 58 30 .66
Matt Garza Jun 13 @DET 6.0 27 L 3 5 7 5 0 0 94 70 24 .74
Travis Wood Jun 14 @DET 6.2 29 L 3 3 8 3 2 0 99 62 37 .63
Ryan Dempster Jun 15 @BOS 7.0 29 W 0 0 5 3 2 0 106 69 37 .65
Jeff Samardzija Jun 16 @BOS 5.1 22 L 3 3 4 6 3 1 108 67 41 .62
Paul Maholm Jun 17 @BOS 6.0 23 3 3 6 6 1 1 95 60 35 .63
Matt Garza Jun 18 CWS 6.0 24 W 3 3 5 6 1 2 87 59 28 .68
Travis Wood Jun 19 CWS 6.0 24 W 1 1 4 5 4 0 89 49 40 .55
Randy Wells Jun 20 CWS 3.2 20 L 3 3 5 0 4 0 69 41 28 .59
Jeff Samardzija Jun 22 ARI 5.0 24 L 5 5 7 6 2 1 88 59 29 .67
Paul Maholm Jun 23 ARI 3.1 24 L 6 7 9 0 3 1 89 53 36 .60
Matt Garza Jun 24 ARI 7.0 26 L 3 3 5 7 1 1 102 71 31 .70
Travis Wood Jun 25 @NYM 7.0 27 W 0 0 5 6 1 0 93 70 23 .75
Randy Wells Jun 26 @NYM 3.0 18 3 3 6 3 4 0 79 43 36 .54
Jeff Samardzija Jun 27 @NYM 4.1 23 L 9 9 6 1 4 2 72 39 33 .54
Paul Maholm Jun 29 @HOU 8.1 30 W 0 0 4 6 1 0 98 67 31 .68
Matt Garza Jun 30 @HOU 5.1 23 W 2 2 9 1 3 0 104 69 35 .66
Travis Wood Jul 1 @HOU 7.2 26 W 0 0 3 4 0 0 104 71 33 .68
Jeff Samardzija Jul 2 ATL 7.0 25 W 1 1 4 11 1 0 101 67 34 .66
Chris Volstad Jul 3 ATL 4.1 21 L 6 6 7 3 2 1 77 48 29 .62
Paul Maholm Jul 4 ATL 6.0 25 W 1 1 8 5 1 0 97 64 33 .66
Matt Garza Jul 5 ATL 4.0 19 L 5 5 5 6 3 3 94 65 29 .69
Travis Wood Jul 6 NYM 6.0 27 W 2 3 5 3 4 1 100 61 39 .61
Jeff Samardzija Jul 7 NYM 7.0 29 L 3 3 7 4 2 2 99 64 35 .65
Ryan Dempster Jul 8 NYM 5.0 19 W 0 0 4 4 0 0 63 45 18 .71
Paul Maholm Jul 13 @ARI 7.0 26 W 1 1 6 5 1 0 101 65 36 .64
Ryan Dempster Jul 14 @ARI 6.0 23 W 0 0 4 5 3 0 89 56 33 .63
Matt Garza Jul 15 @ARI 7.0 26 W 0 0 5 7 1 0 108 67 41 .62
Travis Wood Jul 17 @MIA 4.2 24 L 8 8 8 6 2 2 93 58 35 .62
Jeff Samardzija Jul 18 @MIA 5.0 24 1 1 6 9 3 1 97 66 31 .68
Paul Maholm Jul 19 @MIA 8.0 29 W 1 1 5 4 1 0 106 68 38 .64
Ryan Dempster Jul 20 STL 6.0 27 L 4 4 7 2 2 1 94 64 30 .68
Matt Garza Jul 21 STL 3.0 12 0 0 2 3 2 0 33 22 11 .67
Travis Wood Jul 22 STL 6.0 29 L 6 7 9 4 2 2 103 66 37 .64
Jeff Samardzija Jul 23 PIT 8.0 25 W 0 0 1 5 1 0 99 71 28 .72
Paul Maholm Jul 24 PIT 8.0 28 W 1 1 4 7 1 1 110 70 40 .64
Ryan Dempster Jul 25 PIT 6.0 23 L 3 3 5 6 0 2 93 64 29 .69
Travis Wood Jul 27 @STL 5.0 24 L 8 8 7 2 2 5 84 51 33 .61
Jeff Samardzija Jul 28 @STL 6.0 27 2 2 3 7 6 0 104 58 46 .56
Paul Maholm Jul 29 @STL 6.2 28 1 1 4 5 4 0 116 62 54 .53
Justin Germano Jul 30 @PIT 5.0 20 W 2 2 4 3 2 0 65 45 20 .69
Casey Coleman Jul 31 @PIT 4.2 24 L 4 4 7 5 4 1 104 58 46 .56
Travis Wood Aug 1 @PIT 5.0 21 L 2 2 3 6 3 1 98 58 40 .59
Jeff Samardzija Aug 3 LAD 5.1 23 L 5 5 8 3 0 1 96 64 32 .67
Chris Volstad Aug 4 LAD 7.0 27 L 2 2 6 3 1 1 100 67 33 .67
Justin Germano Aug 5 LAD 5.1 20 2 2 3 3 0 0 77 48 29 .62
Travis Wood Aug 6 SDP 6.0 25 L 2 2 5 3 3 0 96 52 44 .54
Brooks Raley Aug 7 SDP 4.0 23 L 7 7 8 4 3 1 89 54 35 .61
Jeff Samardzija Aug 8 SDP 7.0 25 L 1 1 4 6 2 0 112 66 46 .59
Chris Volstad Aug 9 @CIN 6.0 27 3 3 6 4 2 2 99 62 37 .63
Justin Germano Aug 10 @CIN 5.2 29 L 4 6 7 2 2 1 91 58 33 .64
Travis Wood Aug 11 @CIN 7.0 28 1 1 5 8 1 0 99 69 30 .70
Brooks Raley Aug 12 @CIN 6.0 24 L 3 3 5 2 1 2 83 51 32 .61
Jeff Samardzija Aug 13 @HOU 7.0 26 W 1 1 4 11 3 1 108 68 40 .63
Chris Volstad Aug 14 @HOU 5.0 21 L 4 4 8 3 0 1 70 47 23 .67
Justin Germano Aug 15 @HOU 6.1 24 W 2 2 5 6 1 1 93 60 33 .65
Travis Wood Aug 17 CIN 5.0 25 L 6 7 9 3 0 3 97 69 28 .71
Jeff Samardzija Aug 18 CIN 5.0 22 L 4 4 6 5 0 3 86 61 25 .71
Brooks Raley Aug 18 (2) CIN 5.1 24 W 3 4 5 4 2 1 77 50 27 .65
Chris Volstad Aug 19 CIN 6.0 26 4 4 7 4 1 0 98 62 36 .63
Justin Germano Aug 20 MIL 4.2 23 L 7 7 8 3 1 1 91 54 37 .59
Chris Rusin Aug 21 MIL 5.0 19 L 1 1 1 4 2 0 76 40 36 .53
Travis Wood Aug 22 MIL 7.0 27 L 3 3 6 6 1 1 99 69 30 .70
Jeff Samardzija Aug 24 @COL 7.0 29 2 3 6 7 2 2 99 64 35 .65
Brooks Raley Aug 25 @COL 5.0 22 2 2 5 4 3 1 80 43 37 .54
Chris Volstad Aug 26 @COL 6.2 25 W 0 0 3 3 3 0 101 60 41 .59
Justin Germano Aug 27 @MIL 5.0 25 L 5 5 10 4 0 1 92 59 33 .64
Travis Wood Aug 28 @MIL 7.0 26 L 3 3 5 4 0 1 95 58 37 .61
Jeff Samardzija Aug 29 @MIL 7.0 28 L 2 3 7 10 0 0 104 71 33 .68
Brooks Raley Aug 30 @MIL 4.0 23 7 7 10 2 2 2 86 48 38 .56
Chris Volstad Aug 31 @SFG 5.2 23 W 2 2 5 2 3 0 88 49 39 .56
Justin Germano Sep 1 @SFG 5.0 24 L 5 5 6 2 2 0 93 57 36 .61
Travis Wood Sep 2 @SFG 5.2 25 2 4 7 2 1 0 103 67 36 .65
Jeff Samardzija Sep 3 WAS 7.0 28 L 1 1 7 8 1 1 108 68 40 .63
Chris Rusin Sep 4 WAS 1.0 11 L 5 5 8 1 1 2 43 27 16 .63
Chris Volstad Sep 5 WAS 5.0 27 L 5 5 9 2 4 3 89 46 43 .52
Justin Germano Sep 6 WAS 4.0 22 L 6 7 7 2 2 1 80 47 33 .59
Travis Wood Sep 7 PIT 6.0 21 W 0 0 1 5 3 0 83 52 31 .63
Jeff Samardzija Sep 8 PIT 9.0 34 W 2 3 4 9 1 0 120 81 39 .68
Chris Rusin Sep 9 PIT 5.0 22 1 1 5 4 3 1 83 52 31 .63
Chris Volstad Sep 10 HOU 5.0 24 W 1 1 4 4 5 0 99 56 43 .57
Justin Germano Sep 11 HOU 5.0 21 L 0 1 3 8 2 0 81 51 30 .63
Travis Wood Sep 12 HOU 7.2 26 W 1 1 4 6 1 0 108 71 37 .66
Chris Rusin Sep 14 @PIT 5.0 20 W 2 2 4 6 0 0 78 56 22 .72
Jason Berken Sep 15 @PIT 4.0 23 L 2 6 8 2 1 1 77 46 31 .60
Chris Volstad Sep 16 @PIT 4.2 27 6 6 10 3 4 2 100 54 46 .54
Travis Wood Sep 17 @PIT 5.2 24 L 3 3 4 9 1 0 116 67 49 .58
Justin Germano Sep 18 @CIN 5.0 23 L 3 3 3 3 5 0 87 50 37 .57
Chris Rusin Sep 19 @CIN 5.0 25 5 5 10 2 2 0 87 54 33 .62
Jason Berken Sep 20 @CIN 6.0 22 0 0 2 5 2 0 86 54 32 .63
Chris Volstad Sep 21 @STL 5.0 25 3 3 6 0 3 0 116 68 48 .59
Travis Wood Sep 22 @STL 5.0 23 2 3 6 7 2 0 104 66 38 .63
Justin Germano Sep 23 @STL 5.2 27 L 4 4 10 3 1 1 97 63 34 .65
Chris Rusin Sep 25 COL 3.2 18 L 6 6 7 0 1 1 72 42 30 .58
Jason Berken Sep 26 COL 4.0 21 L 6 6 9 2 2 1 73 45 28 .62
Chris Volstad Sep 27 COL 3.0 17 L 7 7 10 0 0 2 65 42 23 .65
Travis Wood Sep 28 ARI 5.0 23 L 5 5 5 2 3 2 77 53 24 .69
Justin Germano Sep 29 ARI 4.1 25 L 7 7 10 5 1 1 80 55 25 .69
Chris Rusin Sep 30 ARI 5.0 20 W 1 2 3 4 2 0 68 39 29 .57
Jason Berken Oct 1 @HOU 4.2 19 L 2 2 4 2 1 1 61 40 21 .66
Chris Volstad Oct 2 @HOU 7.0 26 L 1 2 5 6 0 1 92 66 26 .72
Travis Wood Oct 3 @HOU 6.1 27 1 1 3 4 5 0 93 55 38 .59