It’s funny the things you learn when you stare long enough at box scores…
.172 – Patrick Biondi’s batting average in the 2011 Cape League season
.419 – Patrick Biondi’s batting average in the 2012 Cape League season
0 – Errors made by Orleans shortstop Angelo La Bruna and Brewster second baseman Jeff McNeil
0 – Saves by the Hyannis Harbor Hawks
0 – Teams with an ERA over four two years ago in the 2010 Cape League season
1 – Number of times I said Sacred Heart’s John Murphy goes to Holy Cross
2 – Number of University of Washington players in the top 10 in RBI, the only school with two (Robert Pehl and Trevor Mitsui)
2 – Qualifying players with a .500 OBP (Cotuit’s Tony Kemp and Patrick Biondi)
3 – Games without a hit by Falmouth’s Jared King
3 – Y-D rising sophomores in the top 10 in batting average
4 – Players from Canada in the Cape League
5 – Players with six home runs or more, the same number as last year’s full season total
6 – Number of times Y-D’s Zak Blair has struck out, fewest among qualified hitters
7 – Number of times Bourne’s Aaron Payne has been hit by a pitch — in just 13 games
7 – Teams with an ERA over four in 2012
8 – Wins by Orleans — in nine tries — against Western Division teams
8 – Temp players signed to full contracts by Wareham
9 – Extra-base hits by Austin Wilson, of 16 total hits
11 – Runs batted in by Daniel Aldrich in six games since joining Cotuit
11 – Stolen bases for Falmouth’s Billy Ferriter — in 23 times on base
18 – Home runs hit by Harwich at relatively roomy Whitehouse Field
19 – Doubles by league home run leader Harwich, fewest in the league
21 – Home runs by Harwich’s Phillip Ervin, Eric Jagielo and Austin Wilson, more than seven entire teams
26 – Players in the league hitting .300 or higher
33 – Unearned runs allowed by Falmouth, most in the league
37 – Midseason home run total for Harwich, 15 more than any team in the league
57 – Number of balls thrown all season out of 223 pitches by Orleans reliever Dylan Clark, who still hasn’t walked a batter
5,150 – Miles between Orleans and the college town of Hawaii’s Pi’ikea Kitamura and Jarratt Arakawa
139,503 – Season attendance for the league