The regular season has ended and I've updated my SDMB OOTP History chart. Here's a list of team records set during the 2010 campaign. The previous mark is in parentheses.
1. Total wins: 114, Seattle (113, 2009 River Cities)
2. Home wins: 60, Seattle (tied 2004 Houston)
3. Batting Avg.: .288, Seattle (.282, 2004 Houston)
4. Fewest Home Runs: 68, Houston (82, 2007 Danville)
5. At Bats: 5751, Seattle (5713, 2005 Stockholm)
6. Hits: 1655, Seattle (1611, 2008 River Cities)
7. Fewest Walks Received: 366, Denver (382, 2004 Butte)
8. Lowest Slugging %: .312, Houston (.316, 2009 Covington)
9. Stolen Bases: 284, Saskatoon (267, 2009 Denver)
10. Highest R+ (runs scored relative to league): 128, Saskatoon (127, 2009 River Cities)
11. Highest OPS+ (OPS relative to league): 113, Seattle and Saskatoon (tied 2009 River Cities and 2004 Houston)
12. Team ERA: 2.86, River Cities (2.90, 2009 River Cities)
13. Earned Runs Allowed: 465, River Cities (475, 2009 River Cities)
14. Fewest Home Runs Allowed: 73, Seattle (tied 2009 Seattle)
15. Fewest Walks Allowed: 335, Seattle (344, 2009 Seattle)
16. Fewest Unearned Runs Allowed: 32, Danville (33, 2009 River Cities)
17. Fewest Assists: 1504 New York (1529, 2005 Denver)
18. Fewest Total Chances: 5939, New York (5981, 2005 Denver)
19. Fewest Double Plays: 103, New York (115, 2004 California)
Saskatoon was an especially interesting team this year, so here are some notes about that squad:
i. Saskatoon had the best record for a non-playoff team at 108-54. The previous best was last year's 104-58 mark by South Bay. The only other team to win 100 games without qualifying for the playoffs was the 2007 Seattle squad, which went 100-62.
ii. Saskatoon posted a team batting average of .284, which would have broken the record but for Seattle's .288.
iii. Saskatoon became only the second team in league history to score 900 runs, with 905. The record is the 932 runs scored by the 2004 Houston squad.
iv. Saskatoon's last five years (2006-2010) are five of the six teams with the highest stolen base totals.
Other Miscellaneous Notes:
1. Offense was down dramatically overall for the second straight year. The overall batting average of .249 was the second lowest in the eight years of recorded history, behind only the .245 of 2007. The total number of home runs hit (1,704) was an all-time low for a 12-team league. The total number of walks issued was also a record low (5,803 - 287 less than the prior record). On base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS were all also all records. The average runs per game was 4.31, second lowest ever.
2. The Adams League's offenses remained more prolific than the Zotti league, 4.36 R/G compared to 4.26.
3. The Zotti League posted the highest league fielding percentage in history at .9830. Conversely, the Adams League almost set a record for the lowest, with its .9803 only being underpferormed by the 2005 Zotti which was .9799.
4. Seattle wrested the all-time regular season crown away from South Bay. Seattle stands at 887-571 (.608 Win%) against South Bay's 881-577 (.604) mark. Of course, South Bay's post-season wins more than make up the difference.
5. The race for lowest franchise ERA has also tightened, as River Cities 3.53 mark pulled close to South Bay's 3.52. Seattle is close behind at 3.54.
6. New York pulled its overall record back above .500 at 571-563.
7. South Bay won 90+ games again. South Bay has won 90 or more games every year (2002-2010) and is, obviously, the only team to do so.
8. Big improvements were posted by Saskatoon and Covington, who each improved by 16 games from 2009, and New York, who went up 15.
As always, feel free to post any questions in the comments section and I'll try to answer them.
Not only have I never won less than 90 games, I've also never finished lower than 2nd place. I have five first place finishes and four second place finishes.
ReplyDeleteI don't expect that to last through next season, though. My payroll is going to drop by at least $20m.
Hmmm.... was my defense that bad? Or was it my pitcher's high K rates? I'm guessing both.... Solomon and Diemer both have no range, and Raglin's below average. Guess it's good I have high K rate pitchers, for the most part.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad there's something wrong with you.
ReplyDeleteNew York is, without doubt, the single scariest climbing team in either league. That's a team that's coming together and is a main threat, replacing South Bay in my rear view mirror.
Michael: You're right that South Bay has never finished lower than second, which it is also the only team to do.
ReplyDeletePaul: Your team was fourth in the majors in strikeouts (behind Brooklyn, River Cities, and Seattle) and you only had about ten fewer innings pitched. I don't have any hard data to back it up, but I'd guess that the fielding records New York set this year were primarily a result of the brutally low range figures for your infield.
Nate: I agree that New York is climbing fast, although Zev is coming on too, as his recent post aptly demonstrated.