11U 2005

The 11U team played a total of 41 tournament games (9 tournaments) in 2005. There were two first places, two runner-up and one fourth place (out of 20 teams) finishes. They qualified for BPA, USSSA and Super Series World Series and National Tournaments. They won 24 games, lost 16 and tied one. Of the 16 that were lost, six were by only one run and five were by 3 runs or less. The average loss differential was by only 3.06 runs. Of the 24 that were won, 15 were by six or more runs. The average win differential was 7.08 runs.

Scoring for the season; The team outscored their opponents 291 runs to 170. They had 303 hits compared to the opponents 204. The Spikes team batted an average .318 compared to their opponents .234. The Spikes drove in 208 RBI’s compared to their opponents 131. The Spikes team went 1,169 times to the plate to have 3,977 pitches thrown to them of which 2,340 were strikes. Each Spikes batter averaged seeing 3.54 pitches while at bat. The Spikes team struck out 204 times at the plate compared to their opponents 217. Thirteen times during the season a Spikes player got hitch by the pitch.

Running the bases for the season; The Spikes took 394 bases compared to 263 of the opponents. The combined Spikes on base percentage was an outstanding .415 % compared to opponents .346 %, but the Spikes left 413 runners on base.

Pitching for the season; The Spikes faced 1,034 batters and pitched 219 innings. They threw 3,612 pitches of which 2,151 were strikes. The Spikes pitchers allowed 204 hits compared to the opponents pitchers allowing the Spikes 303 hits. The Spike pitchers struck out 217 and walked 130 opponents. There was 127 earned runs allowed compared to Spikes opponents allowing the Spikes 237. The Spikes team pitching ERA was 3.48.

When the Spikes were fielding, they had 659 team putouts compared to out opponents 454. The Spikes had 92 fielding errors and their opponents had 103. Stats are courtesy of Team Manager Scott Waninger and Digital Scout Software.