Midseason Report: By the Numbers

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