Team Records
- Best Record: River Cities, 113-49 (2005 Seattle, 112-50)
- Worst Record: Covington, 33-129 (2007 Houston, 43-119)
- Best Pythagorean Record: River Cities, 122-40 (2008 River Cities, 110-52)*
- Worst Pythagorean Record: Covington, 33-129 (2004 Butte, 41-121)
- Worst Home Record: Covington, 18-63 (2004 Austin and 2007 Houston, 21-60)
- Worst Road Record: Covington, 15-66 (2004 Butte and 2007 Danville, 21-60)
- Best Record in One Run Games: South Bay, 34-14, .708 (2005 Seattle, 35-16, .706)
- worst Record in One Run Games: Covington, 13-31, .295 (2007 Houston, 12-28, .300)
Team Offense
- Fewest Runs: Covington, 454 (2007 Danville, 504)
- Fewest Doubles: Denver, 178 (2004 Austin, 180)
- Most Strikeouts: Covington, 1,402 (2008 Covington, 1,324)
- Lowest On Base Percentage: Covington, .267 (2004 Austin, .270)
- Lowest Slugging Percentage: Covington, .316 (2007 Houston, .318)
- Lowest OPS: Covington, .583 (2004 Austin, .591)
- Most Stolen Bases: Denver, 267 (2008 Saskatoon, 262)
- Highest Runs Relative to League (R+): River Cities, 127 (2008 River Cities, 123)
- Lowest Runs Relative to League (R+): Covington, 65 (2004 Butte, 68)
- Highest OPS Relative to League (OPS+): River Cities, 113.1 (2004 Houston 112.50)
Team Pitching
- Lowest Team ERA: River Cities, 2.90 (2007 River Cities, 2.94)
- Fewest Saves: Covington, 19 (2007 Houston, 24)**
- Fewest Hits Allowed: River Cities, 1,195 (2007 Walla Walla, 1,214)
- Fewest Runs Allowed: River Cities, 508 (2007 River Cities, 526)
- Fewest Earned Runs Allowed: River Cities, 475 (2007 River Cities, 480)
- Most Home Runs Allowed: Covington, 204 (2003 Saskatoon, 202)
- Fewest Home Runs Allowed: Seattle, 73 (2007 River Cities, 82)
- Fewest Walks Allowed: Seattle, 344 (2008 Seattle, 379)
- Lowest Opponents' Batting Average: River Cities, .220 (2007 River Cities, .223)
- Lowest ERA Relative to League (ERA+): River Cities, 138 (2008 Seattle, 132)***
- Lowest Runs Allowed Average Relative to League (RAA+): River Cities, 140 (2007 River Cities, 130)****
- Highest Fielding Independent Projected ERA (FIP): Covington, 5.21 (2004 Hickory, 5.19)
- Lowest Fielding Independent Projected ERA (FIP): Seattle, 2.76 (2008 Seattle, 2.81)
Team Defense
- Fewest Unearned Runs Allowed: River Cities, 33 (2006 Seattle, 40)
Notes on Records
* Seattle's 111-51 Pythagorean record also would have broken the record.
** Hickory's 24 saves would have tied the record.
*** Seattle's ERA+ of 132 would have tied the record.
**** Seattle's RAA+ of 130 would have tied the record.
Other Miscellaneous Notes
- Brooklyn's pitching staff struck out 1,360 batters, behind only the 2008 Brooklyn mark of 1,395 and the 2007 Brooklyn mark of 1,382. I thought that it was interesting that the three highest strikeout teams of all time are the last three Brooklyn teams.
- This year featured the fewest extra inning games ever, 83.
- The Zotti League hit a collective 971 home runs, most ever, but only 1367 doubles and 141 triples, both the fewest ever.
- Perhaps unsurprisingly with Denver and Saskatoon, the Adams League collectively stole the most bases ever, 802.
- Runs scored declined 0.08 runs per game in both the Adams and Zotti leagues from last year.
- Despite this, the Adams League's ERA rose 0.03 because far fewer (69) unearned runs were given up.
- Adams League pitchers walked only 2,774 batters, fewest ever.
- The Adams League's BABIP was .298, tying last year's AL for the highest ever, and was .018 higher than this year's .280 mark in the Zotti League.
- The Zotti League gave up only 330 unearned runs, fewest ever.
Brooklyn's pitching staff struck out 1,360 batters, behind only the 2008 Brooklyn mark of 1,395 and the 2007 Brooklyn mark of 1,382. I thought that it was interesting that the three highest strikeout teams of all time are the last three Brooklyn teams.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's simply because I've had the same top 4 pitchers for the last three years (Midgett, Setliff, Siple and Delvalle) and all three of them are high-strikeout pitchers.
Oh, yeah, and Johnny Cowherd, my set up guy, who strikes out more batters than most starting pitchers (172 & 188 the last two years).
ReplyDelete... and my record in 1-run games can probably be attributed to my bullpen tandem of Carroll and Cuomo.
ReplyDeleteBTW, how did my fielding percentage do? I remember a post saying that my early-season stats pointed to an all-time worst team fielding percentage?
South Bay's .97889 fielding percentage this year ended up 71st of the 80 teams I have data for. Hickory's .97833 this year was 77th all time. The worst is .97628 by the 2005 Hickory squad.
ReplyDeleteHmm, thanks. How many unearned runs did I give up?
ReplyDeleteYou gave up 69 unearned runs, which was about 11.26% of the total runs South Bay gave up. That's a relatively high percentage, as the all-time league average is 9.09%.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it was pretty consistent with your recent past:
2003: 70 UER, 9.80%
2004: 63 UER, 10.45%
2005: 55 UER, 9.08%
2006: 72 UER, 11.59%
2007: 69 UER, 11.00%
2008: 65 UER, 9.88%
2009: 69 UER, 11.26%
I just like to think this reaffirms my 'Greatest team in history' label.
ReplyDeleteStatistically, I can't argue with you. Too bad you didn't finish off a sweep. That would have helped your claim. Michael's swept me before...
ReplyDeleteYeah, but really, beating you is sort of de rigeur these days, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI'm just saying that someone with the "Greatest Team of All Time" ought to be able to sweep the poor old Monarchs. If you can't do that, I don't see how you can be the greatest team ever.
ReplyDeleteMichael, what do you think?
I think my 2005 Stockholm team can lay claim to the Greatest Team Ever. Just two losses in September and October, and we laid waste to the Monarch( Butterflie)s in the Cup, who weren't a particularly weak team, either.
ReplyDeleteI don't care if it was the 1927 Yankees, there's no way I was going to lose that year.