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Friday, April 19, 2024

Division Four News

-Joe Sanchez reporting

FALL ’14 SEASON DATES:

        Signups end on July 30

        Draft: August 12

        August 25 and 28: team practices

        Thursday, September 4:   Opening Day

        October 16: no games

        November 27: no games (Thanksgiving)

        December 11: post-season tournament ends

 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (through games of July 17)

BATTING AVERAGE(minimum 80% of team’s games)

(division record: .857, Jerry Saltness, winter ’11)

.750           Oar (Suns)

.743           Salvatore (Kings)

.700           Morningstar (Knicks)

.699           Miner (Bobcats)

.677           Finch (Bulls)

.672           Hines (Warriors)

.6714         Ratajczak (Cavaliers)

.6712         Irlam (Mavericks)

.662           Dorman (Pistons)

.661           Cilento (T-Wolves)

RUNS SCORED

(division record: 61, Mike Ratajczak, winter ’13)

40             Oar (Suns)

39             Salvatore (Kings)

35             Dorman (Pistons)

34             Ilchisin (Bulls)

34             Roth (Bulls)

RUNS BATTED IN

(division record: 79, Gene Llafit, winter ’05)

45             Spalla (Knicks)

41             Cilento (T-Wolves)

38             Finch (Bulls)

37             Oar (Suns)

36             Irlam (Mavericks)

DOUBLES

(division record: 28, Randy Morningstar, winter ’12)

15             Oar (Suns)

11             Ratajczak (Cavaliers)

9               Salvatore (Kings)

9               Fritts (Bulls)

8               Six tied with 8

TRIPLES

(division record: 15, Bill Morgan, fall ’08)

6               Kittrell (Suns)

6               Hines (Warriors)

6               Hellwege (Rockets)

5               Schwarzwalder (Sixers)

5               Jasinski (Knicks)

HOME RUNS

(division record: 18, Tom Zelent, winter ’06)

7               Finch (Bulls)

6               S. Lefebvre (Celtics)

6               Albert (T-Wolves)

5               Spalla (Knicks)

5               Oar (Suns)

5               Dorman (Pistons)

EXTRA BASE HITS

(division record: 43, Randy Morningstar, winter ’12)

23             Oar (Suns)

18              Albert (T-Wolves)

17             Ratajczak (Cavaliers)

14             S. Lefebvre (Celtics)

14             Spalla (Pistons)

14             Irlam (Mavericks)

WALKS

(division record: 26, Jack Rose, winter ’05)

21             Oar (Suns)

10             East (Bulls)

9               S. Lefebvre (Celtics)

8               Albert (T-Wolves)

7               Bonk (Bulls)

SACRIFICE FLIES

(division record: 6, held by four players)

5               Humphries (Warriors)

4               Spalla (Knicks)

3               Eight tied with 3

FEWEST WALKS PER GAME (Pitchers)

0.2            Bigelow (Pistons)

0.4            Lewis (Suns)

0.5            Franzwa (Knicks)

0.6            Blodgett (Bobcats)

0.7            McConville (Wizards)

MOST STRIKEOUTS (Pitchers)

         15             Cooper (T-Wolves)

12             Hebert (Celtics)

9               Lewis (Suns)

9               Sherring (Mavericks)

8               Sanford (Kings)

 

 

TEAM STATS (through games of July1 7)

RUNS SCORED

Team RF
BULLS 281
TRAILBLAZERS 242
TIMBERWOLVES 242
WARRIORS 239
CAVALIERS 238
KNICKS 236
KINGS 235
SUNS 232
MAVERICKS 230
CELTICS 227
PACERS 219
BOBCATS 219
PISTONS 217
SIXERS 210
ROCKETS 190
WIZARDS 189

 

RUNS ALLOWED

Team RA
KNICKS 157
WARRIORS 165
MAVERICKS 200
PISTONS 200
TRAILBLAZERS 202
CELTICS 203
PACERS 207
BULLS 220
CAVALIERS 226
SUNS 239
WIZARDS 243
TIMBERWOLVES 249
SIXERS 249
ROCKETS 257
BOBCATS 308
KINGS 321

 

BATTING AVERAGE

 

TEAMS Average
Bulls .547
Knicks .546
Blazers .535
T-Wolves .534
Cavaliers .528
Mavericks .524
Kings .513
Warriors .511
Celtics .506
Suns .505
Sixers .503
Pacers .502
Pistons .501
Bobcats .500
Wizards .480
Rockets .467

 

EXTRA BASE HITS

 

TEAMS XBH
Bulls 70
T-Wolves 69
Suns 67
Knicks 65
Cavaliers 62
Celtics 57
Bobcats 56
Mavericks 54
Sixers 50
Kings 49
Warriors 48
Blazers 47
Pistons 46
Wizards 42
Pacers 41
Rockets 37
   

 

WALKS RECEIVED

TEAMS BB
Bulls 51
Suns 43
T-Wolves 41
Pacers 39
Warriors 34
Cavaliers 31
Celtics 29
Knicks 27
Rockets 27
Blazers 24
Bobcats 23
Wizards 22
Sixers 21
Pistons 20
Mavericks 17
Kings 17

 

SACRIFICE FLIES

TEAMS SF
T-Wolves 14
Sixers 13
Kings 13
Cavaliers 12
Mavericks 12
Pistons 12
Celtics 11
Warriors 11
Knicks 10
Blazers 10
Bobcats 9
Wizards 8
Pacers 8
Rockets 8
Suns 7
Bulls 5

 

ERRORS COMMITTED

TEAMS
Cavaliers 24
Bulls 26
Warriors 26
Pacers 26
Knicks 27
Mavericks 28
Pistons 28
Celtics 29
Blazers 29
Sixers 32
T-Wolves 34
Kings 35
Wizards 35
Suns 36
Bobcats 37
Rockets 40

 

DEFENSIVE DOUBLE PLAYS

TEAMS DPs
Warriors 26
T-Wolves 20
Blazers 15
Knicks 14
Rockets 13
Suns 11
Wizards 11
Celtics 10
Bobcats 10
Pistons 10
Sixers 8
Pacers 8
Cavaliers 7
Bulls 5
Kings 4
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