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Comprehensive Pitch Count Report 2006
Publication Date: August 1, 2006
Year Five
I apologize for the delay this week; this column was actually ready to go on Thursday, but a cable/internet outage at the house kept me from being able to publish it until tonight. That still leaves them above the 99% uptime rate for the year, so I won't mention names just yet.
For those of you who got here since this time last year, go read at least part of this. This report is an annual part of a long-term research project where I'm tracking pitcher usage numbers for, essentially, every Division I starter along with minor league statistics over a five-year period in order to check for correlations between high workload and future injury or ineffectiveness rates. There are, unavoidably, a ton of numbers here, but they matter, so let's slog on through.
The Hall of Shame
For starters, here are the worst single-game starts from NCAA pitchers last year, with the actual pitch count entries listed first and the estimated counts listed after:
Team Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO NP Southeast Missouri State Asif Shah 9.0 8 5 3 7 5 193 Norfolk State Joseph Seal 9.0 11 4 4 5 11 171 Texas State Scott Moore 9.0 2 0 0 4 12 169 Chicago State Jonathan Kohn 7.1 8 4 4 7 7 161 Louisiana-Monroe Ben Soignier 10.0 10 3 3 3 8 156 Texas-Arlington Chris Taylor 9.0 8 1 1 3 10 156 Indiana State Ryan Hayes 9.0 9 7 7 3 4 154 Siena Ken Grant 9.0 6 0 0 5 5 154 North Dakota State Tom Branca 8.0 15 10 8 6 2 153 North Dakota State Jake Laber 7.0 7 8 5 7 4 152 Cal State Sacramento Mick Joyce 9.0 4 0 0 3 8 152 Florida Atlantic Joel Schmal 9.0 6 3 3 3 7 152 Belmont Carlo Testa 9.0 3 1 1 6 7 151 South Alabama P. J. Walters 9.2 9 5 5 3 12 151 West Virginia Dan Leatherman 9.0 8 4 3 2 9 151 Texas State Scott Moore 8.1 5 2 1 6 13 150 Team Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO NP Yale Matt Fealey 9.0 22 14 9 1 10 177 Alabama State Dequaris Reed 8.0 15 13 9 5 8 172 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Sheldon Pratt 9.0 22 21 17 4 1 170 Alabama State Josh Froneberger 8.0 12 9 8 8 10 170 South Alabama P. J. Walters 9.2 10 5 5 5 14 170 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Bryant Garner 9.0 11 14 10 6 6 168 Chicago State Colin Marshall 8.2 11 9 9 7 5 163 Alabama A&M Kevin Collins 9.0 15 14 13 5 3 160 St. Francis Joe Romano 9.0 13 9 6 4 10 160 Old Dominion Jason Godin 9.0 7 2 2 6 12 160 Iona Williams 9.0 10 5 5 6 5 158 Samford Josh Ehmke 7.2 8 3 3 6 16 157 Stephen F. Austin State Brian Steinocher 9.0 8 5 3 7 6 157 Eastern Kentucky Dan Bachman 9.0 8 6 6 7 10 156 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Terrance Davis 8.0 26 16 16 2 2 156 Georgia State Clayton Shunick 9.0 10 3 3 6 5 152 Manhattan Chris Cody 9.0 10 0 0 4 10 151 Akron Tom Farmer 9.0 8 5 5 4 11 150 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Aaron Terry 7.0 12 11 9 9 3 150
As always, take the estimates with a grain of salt, both up or down.
Season Totals
Here are the 100 worst season totals. I'll include a link to the the full list at the bottom.
Team Pitcher G GE PAP V IV South Alabama P. J. Walters 19 14 984861 8 11 Southeast Missouri State Asif Shah 15 11 845721 2 2 Alabama State Josh Froneberger 19 19 664757 6 8 Norfolk State Joseph Seal 17 12 643978 4 4 Texas State Scott Moore 16 3 573876 3 6 Old Dominion Jason Godin 12 11 485917 4 8 Yale Matt Fealey 25 12 456533 1 1 Samford Josh Ehmke 16 15 415330 2 9 Stephen F. Austin State Brian Steinocher 17 13 379998 4 4 Chicago State Jonathan Kohn 15 12 376930 4 4 Alabama State Dequaris Reed 12 12 373248 1 1 Morehouse Brian Gray 2 2 357911 1 1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Sheldon Pratt 6 5 347913 1 1 Siena Ken Grant 12 4 347809 3 5 North Dakota State Jake Laber 17 9 333074 3 6 Washington Tim Lincecum 22 19 321533 2 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Bryant Garner 10 9 314432 1 1 Miles Jeffr W Burns 1 1 314432 1 1 Dartmouth Josh Faiola 9 4 308914 3 5 Chicago State Colin Marshall 14 12 293184 1 3 Morehouse Matt Smith 2 2 287496 1 1 Akron Tom Farmer 14 12 283175 3 8 Manhattan Chris Cody 14 10 267549 2 3 Winthrop Heath Rollins 22 19 245292 2 8 Savannah State Javier Fiallo 23 21 236168 2 5 Kentucky Craig Snipp 16 8 229069 2 4 Lipscomb Matt Schnelly 16 11 223677 3 6 North Carolina A&T Michael Hauff 22 17 221104 3 4 Alabama A&M Kevin Collins 12 12 218969 1 1 St. Francis Joe Romano 9 9 216000 1 1 Indiana State Ryan Hayes 15 5 210935 1 3 West Virginia Dan Leatherman 17 13 209205 1 4 Alabama-Birmingham Lyle Northington 13 6 202833 2 2 New York Tech Joe Esposito 14 10 198728 2 4 Arkansas Nick Schmidt 17 9 196407 2 7 Iona Williams 1 1 195112 1 1 Florida Atlantic Mickey Storey 17 6 191504 3 6 Cincinnati Steve Blevins 17 14 186805 1 5 Georgia State Clayton Shunick 14 11 186240 1 4 Louisiana-Monroe Ben Soignier 14 3 184885 1 2 Texas-Arlington Chris Taylor 26 1 184345 1 1 Winthrop Alex Wilson 20 17 181095 1 5 College of Charleston Nick Chigges 17 3 177966 1 3 Alabama Wade Leblanc 18 7 176491 1 7 Belmont Carlo Testa 13 8 176471 2 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Terrance Davis 14 11 175616 1 1 Eastern Kentucky Dan Bachman 12 7 175616 1 1 Northeastern Dave Pellegrine 13 12 175393 1 4 Savannah State Marcus Cortes 17 14 164324 2 3 Texas Tech Miles Morgan 17 4 163236 2 4 James Madison Ryan Reid 14 13 158931 1 4 North Carolina A&T John Primus 17 14 158461 1 4 North Dakota State Tom Branca 12 6 158038 1 1 East Tennessee State Jeremy Hall 15 9 155899 2 5 Oklahoma Daniel McCutchen 21 6 149958 1 5 Florida International Walker Whitley 19 15 149435 0 7 George Washington Derrik Lutz 14 12 148648 0 6 Florida Atlantic Joel Schmal 18 7 148608 1 1 Louisiana-Lafayette Jason Fernandez 16 3 145509 1 2 Cal State Sacramento Mick Joyce 10 6 144802 1 1 Pittsburgh Billy Muldowney 12 8 144587 2 5 Savannah State John Keene 14 11 143872 1 2 UCLA Dave Huff 16 2 143549 0 7 North Carolina-Wilmington Thomas Benton 18 13 141311 1 4 Arkansas-Little Rock Matt Bates 17 10 140686 1 2 Concordia (AL) Roe W 1 1 140608 1 1 Miles McGaughy 1 1 140608 1 1 LeMoyne Bobby Blevins 14 8 139912 2 2 Akron Ross Liersemann 13 11 139779 0 6 New Mexico Danny Ray Herrera 17 8 139091 0 7 Bradley Brandon Magee 13 9 138582 0 5 Texas Kyle McCulloch 18 6 133872 1 2 Ohio State Dan Delucia 15 12 131746 2 3 Louisiana-Lafayette Hunter Moody 15 4 131139 2 5 Houston Brad Lincoln 17 4 130737 0 7 Harvard Shawn Haviland 14 6 128306 1 2 Siena Trevor Reid 13 5 128297 1 2 Texas-Pan American Dane Mason 15 8 126368 1 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Aaron Terry 11 9 125000 1 1 Iona Matt Costello 14 11 124975 2 3 Sam Houston State Timothy Gray 16 9 124579 1 4 High Point Eammon Portice 18 12 123487 2 2 Maryland-Eastern Shore Dustin Longchamps 14 11 123217 1 5 Rhode Island Steve Holmes 14 6 119530 2 2 New York Tech Chris Perez 14 11 118727 1 5 Jackson State Charles Stapleton 11 11 118717 1 1 Georgia Southern Everett Teaford 19 6 118593 0 7 Miles McGaughy W 1 1 117649 1 1 Tennessee James Adkins 16 14 117156 1 4 Central Michigan Ty Dunham 15 14 115549 2 2 Northeastern Adam Ottavino 14 11 114416 0 5 Stanford Greg Reynolds 18 15 110970 1 4 Fairleigh Dickinson John Meadus 15 13 110592 1 1 Southeastern Louisiana Jeremy Mizell 16 5 108959 1 3 Belmont Josh Moffitt 15 10 108843 1 5 Texas Christian Brad Furnish 20 3 107871 1 2 Seton Hall Dan Merklinger 14 12 107229 1 3 Georgia State Romas Hicks 11 8 106867 1 3 Norfolk State Frankie Caldeyro 18 12 106856 1 2 Florida Bryan Augenstein 15 3 105559 1 4 Legend: G -- games counted (appearance I have records for) GE -- games estimated PAP -- PAP score V -- category V starts (133+ pitches) IV -- category IV starts (121-132 pitches)
Team Listings
Here are the twenty highest staff PAP's I could find:
Team GC GE PAP V IV Alabama State 45 45 1058726 7 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 43 38 1033724 4 7 South Alabama 60 47 998646 8 11 Southeast Missouri State 56 45 950992 2 6 Norfolk State 51 38 938528 7 10 Old Dominion 47 42 678280 5 16 Chicago State 51 42 670529 5 7 Texas State 59 11 643647 3 8 Siena 53 17 568868 4 11 Savannah State 48 41 544364 5 10 North Dakota State 52 25 516706 4 8 Stephen F. Austin State 56 41 465371 5 7 North Carolina A&T 58 46 462131 5 11 Yale 45 22 461858 1 1 Samford 59 54 436509 2 10 Akron 47 40 436093 3 15 Georgia State 45 37 432080 3 11 Winthrop 64 51 430427 3 13 Lipscomb 54 41 410397 5 10 Northeastern 50 40 363709 2 11
In the interests of fairness to the coaching profession as a whole, here are a few PAP counts that I found admirable. It's not really a lowest list, since that would be too affected by the number of games I could find; it's just a few that I found impressive.
Team GC GE PAP V IV Mount St. Mary's 47 31 65 0 10 LaSalle 51 40 410 0 7 Marist 52 32 880 0 11 Furman 55 45 1049 0 6 Illinois 58 11 1729 0 10 Arizona State 58 5 2081 0 16 Creighton 52 37 2584 0 7 Oakland 58 41 3015 0 8 Kansas 68 57 3300 0 11 IUPU-Fort Wayne 49 40 4358 0 10 Nevada-Las Vegas 59 45 4493 0 8 Army 44 35 4860 0 7 Auburn 56 20 6682 0 11 Hartford 50 41 6698 0 1 Miami, Florida 66 20 7437 0 10 Centenary 53 40 8513 0 15 Wake Forest 43 11 9450 0 11 Towson 53 44 9780 0 13 Santa Clara 52 45 10545 0 10 Stetson 62 28 11056 0 11
Nobody managed a 0 this year, but most of these are in pretty good shape.
Comprehensive Lists
Finally, thorough lists for pitchers and teams:
The pitcher list has every pitcher that accumulated either 8 starts or 100,000 PAP; the team list has every team. Each list, of course, is subject to the limitations of the data that I have. Once again, on the comprehensive lists, I'm going to do something that's different from what I normally do, because I want it to be as accurate a record as possible when I come back to it in a few years -- I will update the records if I get data on additional starts. In response to a request I've had, a list sorted by PAP is linked in from the team report.
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