Thursday, July 24, 2014

VA Patriot: Inside the Numbers (7.24.2014)


Welcome to another week's edition of the wonkiest adult kickball blog, where we take a look at the league leaders in multiple statistical categories. We're 3 weeks into the season, so the sample size is starting to grow. The results are very interesting... Let's go inside the numbers!

(If this is your first time checking out Inside the Numbers, please be sure to read our week 1 post with a mission statement and full definitions for each stat category.)

Hits
Week 1 - 41 players had 1.000 kicking averages.
Week 2 - 20 players had 1.000 kicking averages
Week 3 - The number was once again cut in 1/2. Only 10 players remain with perfect kicking averages so far.

Player Team AB H Kicking Avg
Smith, Dominique Cinnamon Toast Crunk 8 8 1.000
Tyson, Kyle LSD 7 7 1.000
Wilcox, Jimmy Going Solange 6 6 1.000
Anderson, Nick Fight or Flight Flamingos 4 4 1.000
Council, Frank Going Solange 4 4 1.000
Rogers, Jesse Going Solange 4 4 1.000
Searfoss, Geno Big Green Buddies 3 3 1.000
Smith, Haley Mary Jane's Magic 3 3 1.000
Strickland, Lindsay Turn Down For Bunts 2 2 1.000
Ottman, Michael Cinnamon Toast Crunk 1 1 1.000
Devlin, Randy Boo Face 8 7 0.875
Schauf, Justin Boo Face 8 7 0.875
Anderson, Manny Big Green Buddies 7 6 0.857
Fitzgerald, Juice Mary Jane's Magic 7 6 0.857
Johnson, Nathaniel Big Green Buddies 7 6 0.857
Ramey, Mike Big Green Buddies 6 5 0.833
Tatem, Adam Fight or Flight Flamingos 6 5 0.833
Hartberger, Adam Sex Cannons 5 4 0.800
Morehart, Geoff Turn Down For Bunts 5 4 0.800

Runs

Player Team RUNS
Smith, Dominique Cinnamon Toast Crunk 5
LaNeave, John LSD 5
Wilcox, Jimmy Going Solange 4
Devlin, Randy Boo Face 4
Anderson, Manny Big Green Buddies 4
Fitzgerald, Juice Mary Jane's Magic 4
Ramey, Mike Big Green Buddies 4
Tatem, Adam Fight or Flight Flamingos 4
Edge, Jeremy E2 4
Tyson, Kyle LSD 3
Council, Frank Going Solange 3
Searfoss, Geno Big Green Buddies 3
Schauf, Justin Boo Face 3
Johnson, Nathaniel Big Green Buddies 3
Morehart, Geoff Turn Down For Bunts 3
Efird, Gene Sex Cannons 3
Lowell, Andrew Turn Down For Bunts 3
Neal, Brian Mamba 3
Booth, Tucker Big Green Buddies 3
Kalaikai, Blake E2 3
Bennett, Chris Big Green Buddies 3
Kroll, Rob Big Green Buddies 3

Cinnamon Toast Crunk's Andrew Schlichte and Sheri Lewis' decision to put Dom Smith at lead off was a little bit of a head scratcher before the season. Smith has one of the biggest legs in the league and historically has kicked in the middle of the order. What's Dom going to do up top? Nothing much, other than lead the league in hits, average, and runs. Can he keep it up?

Home Runs
They say that 'chicks dig the long ball', well this week, a chick kicked a long ball!* The Magic's Lenora Harper went yard for her first career home run.

*by 'long ball', I mean a nice bunt followed by a couple of over throws. But still.

A couple of other newcomers to the dinger club came in clutch fashion. Turn Down For Bunts' Geoff Morehart and LSD's Rick Henry each had late inning homers that propelled their teams to victory on Wednesday.


Player Team HR
Walker, Allen LSD 1
Morehart, Geoff Turn Down For Bunts 1
Harper, Lenora Mary Jane's Magic 1
Devlin, Randy Boo Face 1
Henry, Rick LSD 1
West, Johnnie Taste The Rainbow 1

RKIs
Boo Face's Troy Southall's 2 RKIs against Mamba pushed him up into a tie for the league lead with Crunk's Jon Lenard (6).

Player Team RKI
Southall, Troy Boo Face 6
Lenard, Jon Cinnamon Toast Crunk 6
Walker, Allen LSD 5
Morehart, Geoff Turn Down For Bunts 5
Merritts, David E2 4
Simmons, Trey Going Solange 4
Hartberger, Adam Sex Cannons 4
Harper, Lenora Mary Jane's Magic 3
Efird, Gene Sex Cannons 3
Council, Frank Going Solange 3
Stumpo, Joe Boo Face 3
Bennett, Chris Big Green Buddies 3
Anderson, Nick Fight or Flight Flamingos 3
Efird, Courtney E2 3
Leevy, Ant Mamba 3
Kroll, Rob Big Green Buddies 3
Gardner, Theo Mamba 3
Wentworth, Brent Big Green Buddies 3
Reddy, Will Big Green Buddies 3

SACRIFICES


Player Team SAC
Adkins, Lorraine Boo Face 3
Walker, Allen LSD 2
Simmons, Trey Going Solange 2
Soles, Jordan Mamba 2
Cook, Emily Fight or Flight Flamingos 2
Warner, Kecia Going Solange 2
Lenard, Holly Cinnamon Toast Crunk 2
Freed, Bryan LSD 2

WALKS
Walker walks often.

Player Team BB
Walker, Allen LSD 3
Efird, Gene Sex Cannons 2
LeBlanc, Chris E2 2
Riley, Jason Boo Face 2
Thompson, Mark Sex Cannons 2
Sumrell, Guy Cinnamon Toast Crunk 2
Henry, Adam Boo Face 2
Noctor, Alex Mamba 2
Monroe, Will Cinnamon Toast Crunk 2
Silver, Brandon Turn Down For Bunts 2
Tortolini, David Mary Jane's Magic 2

OPS
On Base Plus Slugging % is a metric that not only measures a players consistency at the plate, but also their power. The top players not only get on base often, but when they do, they're going for extra bases.

No surprises here, at least not with the top spot. Gene Efird was the #1 overall pick for a reason, and so far he's living up to the honor by getting on base 83% of the time he's up and kicking a double and 2 triples.

Player Team On Base Slugging OPS
Efird, Gene Sex Cannons 0.833 2.000 2.833
Walker, Allen LSD 0.571 2.000 2.571
Council, Frank Going Solange 1.000 1.500 2.500
Strickland, Lindsay Turn Down For Bunts 1.000 1.500 2.500
Morehart, Geoff Turn Down For Bunts 0.833 1.600 2.433
Searfoss, Geno Big Green Buddies 1.000 1.333 2.333
Anderson, Manny Big Green Buddies 0.857 1.429 2.286
Wilcox, Jimmy Going Solange 1.000 1.167 2.167
Devlin, Randy Boo Face 0.875 1.250 2.125
Smith, Dominique Cinnamon Toast Crunk 1.000 1.125 2.125
Anderson, Nick Fight or Flight Flamingos 0.800 1.250 2.050
Rogers, Jesse Going Solange 0.800 1.250 2.050
Tyson, Kyle LSD 0.875 1.143 2.018
Ottman, Michael Cinnamon Toast Crunk 1.000 1.000 2.000
Edge, Jeremy E2 0.750 1.125 1.875
Schauf, Justin Boo Face 0.875 1.000 1.875
Johnson, Nathaniel Big Green Buddies 0.857 1.000 1.857
Ramey, Mike Big Green Buddies 0.833 1.000 1.833
Motley, Daniel Going Solange 0.500 1.250 1.750
Smith, Haley Mary Jane's Magic 0.750 1.000 1.750
Lowry, Kyle Fight or Flight Flamingos 0.750 1.000 1.750
LaNeave, John LSD 0.750 1.000 1.750
Fitzgerald, Juice Mary Jane's Magic 0.875 0.857 1.732
Tatem, Adam Fight or Flight Flamingos 0.833 0.833 1.667
Hartberger, Adam Sex Cannons 0.667 1.000 1.667
Cooper, Joe Fight or Flight Flamingos 0.667 1.000 1.667
Ottman, Ben Turn Down For Bunts 0.667 1.000 1.667
Smith, Pat Mary Jane's Magic 0.625 1.000 1.625
Fabila, Jose E2 0.600 1.000 1.600





Team Stats


AB H HR RUNS SAC BB
Big Green Buddies 90 42 0 25 3 1
Boo Face 81 34 1 15 8 8
Cinnamon Toast Crunk 81 29 0 11 4 4
E2 74 30 0 14 6 4
Fight or Flight Flamingos 61 25 0 10 5 1
Going Solange 62 25 0 12 5 2
LSD 75 33 2 13 10 4
Mamba 62 25 0 9 4 5
Mary Jane's Magic 92 40 1 11 3 6
Sex Cannons 78 28 0 15 3 6
Taste The Rainbow 79 20 1 4 0 3
The Schmidtuation 78 21 0 6 1 2
Turn Down For Bunts 61 24 1 12 1 4


Kicking Avg On Base Slugging % OPS
Big Green Buddies 0.467 0.457 0.622 1.080
Boo Face 0.420 0.433 0.469 0.902
Cinnamon Toast Crunk 0.358 0.371 0.395 0.766
E2 0.405 0.405 0.486 0.891
Fight or Flight Flamingos 0.410 0.388 0.492 0.880
Going Solange 0.403 0.391 0.548 0.940
LSD 0.440 0.416 0.560 0.976
Mamba 0.403 0.423 0.452 0.874
Mary Jane's Magic 0.435 0.455 0.511 0.966
Sex Cannons 0.359 0.391 0.487 0.878
Taste The Rainbow 0.253 0.280 0.304 0.584
The Schmidtuation 0.269 0.284 0.333 0.617
Turn Down For Bunts 0.393 0.424 0.525 0.949


So there you have it, kickball fans. What do you think so far? Surprises? What stats would you like to see explored a little bit deeper?

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