2007 County Champions!!!

2008 Whitfield County Early Bird Champions

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Cubs Batting Leaders:Logan Hilton .532, Jackson Bell .500, Drew Guffey .486, TRey Hasty .412

Cubs Pitching Leaders: Logan Hilton 34 Innings -71 K's, Jackson Bell -29 innings 44 K's, Drew Guffey 21 Innings -37 K's,

2008 Westside Cubs Stats

2007 Cubs Stats can be found here

2006 Cubs Stats can be found here

As with many sports, and perhaps even more so for baseball, statistics are very important . An intrinsic part of the game is the keeping of statistics on the achievements of the players. Statistics have been kept for the Major Leagues since their creation.

While keeping Batting and Pitching statistics on players with such a short season may seem silly. At some point, when that 9 year old is old enough to be playing for the Dawgs or Yellow Jackets, we might enjoy a look back in time at baseball, when baseball was played for fun, batting average and ERA meant nothing more than how many errors the fielders made, and regardless of whether we won or lost, we all still went out for ice cream or barbeque after the ballgame.

Coaches and baseball scouts study player statistics in order to make decisions on the abilities of players. Managers, catchers and pitchers study statistics of batters on opposing teams to figure out how best to pitch to them and position the players on the field. Managers and batters study opposing pitchers to figure out how best to hit against them. Managers often base their personnel decisions during the game on statistics, such as choosing who to put in the lineup, what order to bat them or which relief pitcher to bring in.

The Cubs coaches rely on statistics to tell us who is hitting the ball, who is striking out, who is walking (not swinging the bat) and it helps us teach. If we find a player has 8 walks, 8 strikeouts and only one hit, we know this player is probably not going to the plate with the proper enthusiasm.

Our Individual Player Statistics for regular season games/

2008 Batting

Player YR Joined	Avg.	At Bats	Hits	Runs	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	On base %
Logan Hilton 2003	.532	47	25	14	2	2	1	3	0	7	1
Drew Guffey 2006	.486	37	18	9	4	2	0	7	0	3	5
Jackson Bell 2003	.500	32	16	13	1	1	1	1	0	7	7
Paxton Bennett 2007	.295	44	13	6	1	0	0	6	0	8	20
Dakota Ware 2003	.125	16	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	14	11
Chip Brown 2003	.152	33	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	7	18
Trey Hasty 2007	.412	34	14	10	2	2	1	5	0	10	10
Garrett Kelly 2006	.417	12	5	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	3
Tucker Burns 2008	.167	30	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	16
Hunter Hewitt 2008	.259	27	7	3	0	0	1	2	0	6	8
Ryan Townsend 2008	.111	18	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	10	13
Robert Nichols 2008	.066	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15
Cody Ware 2008	.250	36	9	7	3	0	1	7	0	11	23
Henson Gibbs	1.000	2	2	1				1
Team 2008	.324	383	124	83	17	8	7	40	0	91	150
Player YR Joined	Avg.	At Bats	Hits	Runs	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	On base %
Team 2007	.516	192	99	119	2	7	9	62	2	73	65	.589
TEAM 2006	.455	189	86	109	5	5	8	25	18	76	84	.611
	Avg.	At Bats	Hits	Runs	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	On base %
2006 BB% of At Bats	.402					2007 BB% of At Bats			.380
2006 K% of At Bats	.444					2007 K % of At Bats			.339

2008 Pitching

Player YR Joined	Wins	Losses	K	H	BB	Earned Runs	Innings	ERA
Jackson Bell 2003	6	2	44	26	34	32	29	9.93
Drew Guffey 2006	1	1	37	17	15	12	21	5.14
Logan Hilton 2003	7	2	71	18	37	24	34	6.35
Trey Hasty 2006		1	4	3	3	6	3	18.00
Ryan Townsend 2008		1		2	3	4	1	36.00
Team 2008	13	7	140	41	72	78	88	7.97
Team 2007	17	2	90	28	65	45	57	7.11
Team 2006	11	2	104	33	60	67	57	10.58

How to figure Batting Average (BA)

Divide # of hits by # of at bats

We count all hit balls (as hits) in which the batter reaches base and does not create an out at this age. Next year it gets tougher, so enjoy these Ty Cobb-like averages this year.

How to figure On Base Percentage

We use walks (BB) and hits (and add the walks back to the at-bats) and divide by the number of at-bats to figure on-base percentage for our team. This formula shows how a player that gets on base through walks can help the team. Any hit ball that results in an out (fielder's choice) actually counts against the batter, since the team did not benefit from the hit. This statistic shows that every player on the Cubs contributes to every win we have. While most players like to look at their batting average, a player that reaches base on walks can provide just as much benefit as a player to the team that a high batting average provides. On-base percentage and runs scored help a team more than any other statistic.

Bases on Balls (walks)/Strikeouts (K's) as a Percent of At Bats

This statistic really shows how much better opponents pitching has gotten or how we are improving in making contact with the ball/being more selective with pitches. We have actually improved in strikeouts, even though it might not seem like it. Our Walk ratio has declined.