Thursday, August 04, 2011

It Pays To Stick Around

This is proof that if you just keep showing up good things will happen to you.

The Bombers have been scheduled for 333 games over the course of their 17-year history. Of those, 319 have actually been played. There were 14 that ended in forfeits, either for or against. Of those 319 games played, I was there for 327.

Huh? How could I have been there for more games than were actually played? Simple. I was there for all of the forfeits, too. I've missed exactly SIX scheduled games during my time with the team. I've been there, uniform on and ready to go, for 327 of a scheduled 333 games. And that's the main reason why you'll find my name in the #1 position in some of the all-time stats that follow. If you keep showing up, that's what happens.

(Just so you know, I've actually played in 285 of those games. Some of those I didn't play in were due to physically being unable to play [12 missed in 1997, when I had arthroscopic on my knee] or because I had "retired" and was just keeping the book and coaching third [11 missed in 2008]. For every one of those, as well as the other 11 games I didn't end up playing in because of a managerial decision, I was still at the field. If you've been one of my players when I was a manager, either of the Bombers or at M Street, that's why I get pissed when someone doesn't show.)

Anyway, here are the all-time leaders in various batting and pitching categories.

AB

Sullivan   - 728
Johnson    - 622
Goodman    - 583
S. Stone   - 532
Jack Atton - 461

H

Sullivan   - 300
Johnson    - 283
Goodman    - 243
M. Stone   - 212
Jay Atton  - 205

2B

Sullivan   - 40
Jay Atton  - 34
Goodman    - 29
Jack Atton - 26
M. Stone   - 24

3B

Jay Atton  - 19
Jack Atton - 16
M. Stone   - 14
Johnson    - 13
Goodman    -  9
Sullivan   -  9 (In a tie, first person to reach the mark is listed first)

HR

Johnson    - 29
Jay Atton  - 29
M. Stone   - 17
White      - 13
Gabriel    - 12

RBI

Johnson    - 214
Jay Atton  - 189
M. Stone   - 151
Goodman    - 144
Sullivan   - 142

AVG. (This and other % categories require 125 minimum AB)

Jay Atton  - .545
Stav Jr.   - .513
Stav Sr.   - .496
M. Stone   - .491
Cooper     - .474

BB

Sullivan   - 162
Goodman    - 114
Johnson    -  93
Jack Atton -  63
Jackson    -  52

K

Jackson    - 38
Johnson    - 34
Sullivan   - 32
Goodman    - 31
Benoit     - 18

OB%

Jay Atton  - .591
White      - .560
Sarro      - .557
Stav, Sr.  - .557
Stav, Jr.  - .540

SLG%

Jay Atton  - .968
White      - .949
Stav, Jr.  - .840
M. Stone   - .729
Sarro      - .728

OPS

Jay Atton  - 1.559
White      - 1.509
Stav, Jr.  - 1.380
Sarro      - 1.285
M. Stone   - 1.259

R

Sullivan   - 224
Johnson    - 209
Goodman    - 200
M. Stone   - 150
Jay Atton  - 147

W

Jackson    - 30
Jay Atton  - 23
Jack Atton - 23
S. Stone   - 15
Vargas     -  4

And that's about it. I could dig up some more stats, but I wouldn't want you to think I'm obsessed or anything...

Sully



5 comments:

Jackie said...

A dedicated team member and player you are, Jim. I admire you for that...

IT (aka Ivan Toblog) said...

When I was a kid we called people like you, "Glory Hogs."
We were jealous.

Anonymous said...

"If you keep showing up, that's what happens." Words of wisdom - wish my kids would believe me on this one! Congratulations on the stats - you earned them! (read my latest post on Tenacity - I think this proves you have it, too!)

messymimi said...

Wow. Real dedication is sometimes hard to find, but not in your house. Congratulations.

Jeni said...

Jim, I can tell you this I too would be really pissed if I showed up at a game, in full uniform, ready to play and others didn't do likewise! And no, I didn't come here because I was bored but I did have to find out what in blazes you were writing about that obviously was -again -about ballgames, teams and such! (In other words, because I am a nosy old broad, ya know!)