Stats Week 8

The Beer Cup

Hey!  The Beer cup finally got out of the Joints hands!

They dropped their game to the Dodge City Rounders who briefly (2 days) held the cup before getting spanked by the Red Dogs.  Now Candy's Crew of Cantankerous Curmudgeons have not only claimed stake to the trophy that the Grisslies donated; but they've also left us alone in last place.

I used to like Bob.  

Next week the Red Dogs will try to defend against the Brew Jays who get their second crack at the cup / shirt!

Teams that have held the Beer Cup(5)

• Beer Bros.
• Hot Tub Woody's
• Dislocated Joints
• Dodge City Rounders
• Red Dogs

Teams that have defended the Beer Cup(1)

• Dislocated Joints (4)

Teams that have yet to play for the Cup(6)

• Blues Brothers
• Dog Catchers
• Dusty Cleats
• Draft Kings
• Rusty Rebels
• Tap Masters

League Notes

• No Rain!!!  
• We lost 12 more hitters this week. There are only 43 players remaining who have hit safely in every game of the season.    
• And this week Jim Rouleau, and Chris Larkin missed out on scoring runs in a game for the first time this year.  Nice run fellas!  Our list of people who have scored in every game has dwindled to 6.  Here are the 6 players, club and number of games.

• Brad Young, Dog Catchers (11)
• Chuck Cragg, Draft Kings (10)
• Scott Barton, Hot Tub Woody's (10)
• Will Goodin, Hot Tub Woody's (10)
• Anicete Goncalves, Rusty Rebels (10)
• Terry Doucet, Dislocated Joints (9)

STATS
TEAM STATS

In the team sections we have a couple of things this week.  First the non traditional and traditional standings.

Not much difference between the two.  However, the Rusty Rebels have recovered from a horrid start.  After starting 0-5 they have won 4 of 5.  Nice turnaround!

Yeah, I've decided to keep tracking this.  The Rebels and Cleats are the only two teams left that have scored all their runs with their team draft picks.  The Grisslies are getting worse. 

We have 5 teams that score runs with fewer than two hits.  Which means that multiple runs are scoring on single hits which translates to a lot of speed and/or a lot of home runs.  When you look at the top 5 teams I think you'll agree with that assessment.  When you look at the bottom 2 you might also agree.  The odd duck in the whole thing are the Dog Catchers who seem to score buckets of runs but I they take more than the average number of hits to do it.

I don't usually introduce this one until way after the HTKP tournament.  The Grisslies are typically middle of the pack and some other poor team is languishing at the bottom gasping for breath.  This year we're the flailing fish on the dock so I don't feel quite so about it.  The tragic number!

This tells you what combination of your team loses and Draft King wins, will eliminate you from 1st place contention.  Only one team is in single digits.  You guessed it.  So, perspective.  If the Grisslies finish 14-0, the Draft Kings would need to go 9-5 to keep us out of 1st place.  I don't like the odds.

And the last team stat is something that the Grisslies can finally be proud of.  We lead in on stat that isn't negative!

Individual Stats

The top 10 is a pared down version of the top 25 found on the league site (link at the bottom of this page)

Scotty continues to dominate but we now have 6 players over .800!!!  No room for slipping up with this group. 

Total hits is a somewhat different flavour than average.  While there are a lot of repeats, you see guys that are hitting really well AND never miss games; like everyone from Mark Kolsen down.  Mark, Bo, Steve, Anicete, Peter (R) and Mr. Lahey are all having excellent years and would be recognized more glowingly if not for the freaks hitting .800.

I happen to think attendance in this league is pretty important.  Many of the usual suspects are already in this list.  I think the last three years have been Jens, Jerry and me at the top.  Not this year for me, but neither of them seem quite ready to give up their title.  Brad ..... FYI, you don't have to lead EVERY CATEGORY!

Yeah, Brad.  Holy crap.  Brad is on pace for 57 runs.  Scotty Barton for 60.  Mr Lahey for 58.  Doucet for 61, Brian Richards 53, Chuck, Yoke and Neil are all on pace for 48.  Eight guys with last years leaders in their sights.  I can't see them all going cold. 

Last year's leader in average for the 2nd quarter was Kevin Moon.  This years leader in average in the 1st quarter (6 games) of the season was Brad Young.  Remember, this tracks only your team's 7th thru 12th games and you need to be on pace for 18 at bats minimum in that stretch to be considered. So don't look now, but this is starting to look a little like last year and Mason is heating up.  The Beechey better build a good lead or he won't be able to keep the squirrel down!

Much the same as above with no requirement for at bats.  I see that a few of the Hot Tub Woody's are still dining out on the 35 runs they scored against the Grisslies in week 7.  Look out for Mr. Lahey!

3 guys ahead of Roger's pace from last year but its a tough run to maintain.

Fear the Gere!  Wow, top 5 are all stars.  That's gotta bode well!

Well Kevin Clouthier; AKA, K.C.; AKA, K.C. and the Sunshine Band; AKA, Get Down Tonight, has certainly announced his presence with authority!  Could this be the first rookie to hit .800?

Well Micheal....I hope the knee feels better today.  Your ridiculous season will hopefully continue. Al Hayward, +207.  Thank the sweet baby Jesus!

 Things you may have missed this week. 

For the Grisslies Game four BLOG, rehab!, click HERE
For the All Star BLOG, click HERE
For the Hurtin' Units BLOG, click HERE
For the Donini 3 stars, click HERE
For the League Website, click HERE