2011 Frontier League

2011 > Class Independent > League History
Overall: 574 games, 12 teams, approx. 95 games in season
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Other Years: 2010 / 2012
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2010 / 2012

League Standings

Regular Season

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Joliet Slammers	56	40	.583	--
Lake Erie Crushers	51	44	.537	4.5
Traverse City Beach Bums	51	45	.531	5
Windy City ThunderBolts	48	48	.500	8
Washington WildThings	42	53	.442	13.5
Rockford RiverHawks	37	59	.385	19

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
River City Rascals	68	27	.716	--
Southern Illinois Miners	58	38	.604	10.5
Normal CornBelters	46	50	.479	22.5
Gateway Grizzlies	39	56	.411	29
Evansville Otters	39	57	.406	29.5
Florence Freedom	39	57	.406	29.5

Finals

Tm	W	L
Joliet Slammers	3	1
River City Rascals	1	3

League Batting

Tm	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
River City Rascals	24.8	5.99	95	3711	3216	569	907	171	14	107	525	132	42	365	616	.282	.366	.444	.810	1427	79	22	29	10
Gateway Grizzlies	24.4	5.48	95	3774	3252	521	844	168	18	104	493	69	37	380	702	.260	.348	.418	.766	1360	70	51	21	8
Normal CornBelters	24.8	5.33	96	3795	3335	512	898	178	17	85	471	70	35	341	662	.269	.347	.409	.757	1365	70	26	23	15
Joliet Slammers	24.4	5.02	96	3664	3202	482	858	150	21	79	444	91	28	325	705	.268	.345	.402	.747	1287	68	43	26	12
Windy City ThunderBolts	24.5	4.90	96	3728	3166	470	848	151	17	32	408	146	42	358	531	.268	.349	.357	.706	1129	56	111	37	9
Southern Illinois Miners	24.9	4.85	96	3659	3146	466	832	164	34	88	428	105	56	374	650	.264	.350	.422	.772	1328	53	61	25	13
Traverse City Beach Bums	24.6	4.77	96	3638	3174	458	805	155	26	92	421	83	18	361	646	.254	.337	.406	.743	1288	49	30	24	4
Florence Freedom	23.9	4.71	96	3677	3180	452	780	145	20	74	412	124	39	354	720	.245	.331	.373	.704	1187	71	39	33	8
Rockford RiverHawks	24.5	4.69	96	3662	3170	450	829	151	18	63	398	127	43	330	630	.262	.340	.380	.720	1205	71	47	44	15
Evansville Otters	23.8	4.64	96	3677	3164	445	843	151	14	62	395	134	52	353	629	.266	.346	.382	.728	1208	54	68	38	10
Lake Erie Crushers	25.0	4.60	95	3675	3173	437	829	160	27	41	393	80	43	387	541	.261	.345	.367	.713	1166	38	45	32	14
Washington WildThings	24.5	4.09	95	3569	3135	389	749	143	21	66	357	110	33	311	668	.239	.317	.361	.678	1132	59	36	28	17
League Totals	24.5	4.92	1148	44229	38313	5651	10022	1887	247	893	5145	1271	468	4239	7700	.262	.344	.394	.737	15082	738	579	360	135

League Pitching

Tm	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Lake Erie Crushers	24.9	4.25	51	44	.537	3.76	95	95	91	4	6	32	842.2	787	404	352	67	257	9	598	70	1	35	3549	1.239	8.4	0.7	2.7	6.4	2.33
River City Rascals	24.0	4.27	68	27	.716	3.86	95	95	90	5	9	34	840.2	790	406	361	70	336	7	760	41	6	49	3625	1.339	8.5	0.7	3.6	8.1	2.26
Joliet Slammers	24.4	4.52	56	40	.583	4.06	96	96	91	5	4	34	836.2	783	434	377	72	362	16	648	87	4	41	3663	1.369	8.4	0.8	3.9	7.0	1.79
Washington WildThings	23.9	4.57	42	53	.442	3.62	95	95	83	12	8	17	840.2	791	434	338	50	335	6	650	61	6	47	3636	1.339	8.5	0.5	3.6	7.0	1.94
Southern Illinois Miners	24.1	4.65	58	38	.604	4.06	96	96	92	4	7	28	849.1	820	446	383	78	284	21	578	47	2	48	3632	1.300	8.7	0.8	3.0	6.1	2.04
Traverse City Beach Bums	24.0	4.74	51	45	.531	4.21	96	96	89	7	7	24	840.1	818	455	393	52	346	10	520	63	2	46	3657	1.385	8.8	0.6	3.7	5.6	1.50
Normal CornBelters	23.7	4.74	46	50	.479	3.92	96	96	88	8	5	19	854.1	840	455	372	68	366	5	700	51	4	59	3746	1.412	8.8	0.7	3.9	7.4	1.91
Windy City ThunderBolts	24.0	4.75	48	48	.500	4.34	96	96	86	10	3	20	841.2	863	456	406	52	336	10	754	62	6	74	3686	1.425	9.2	0.6	3.6	8.1	2.24
Florence Freedom	23.8	5.24	39	57	.406	4.55	96	96	91	5	4	17	834.2	857	503	422	94	343	6	581	59	5	41	3661	1.438	9.2	1.0	3.7	6.3	1.69
Gateway Grizzlies	23.8	5.72	39	56	.411	5.16	95	95	91	4	3	14	840.0	883	543	482	108	439	19	656	69	6	42	3822	1.574	9.5	1.2	4.7	7.0	1.49
Evansville Otters	23.4	5.76	39	57	.406	5.20	96	96	94	2	2	26	835.1	889	553	483	68	425	18	696	69	1	62	3827	1.573	9.6	0.7	4.6	7.5	1.64
Rockford RiverHawks	24.3	5.85	37	59	.385	5.34	96	96	94	2	4	20	825.2	903	562	490	114	410	8	560	59	5	68	3747	1.590	9.8	1.2	4.5	6.1	1.37
League Totals	24.0	4.92	574	574	.500	4.34	1148	1148	1080	68	62	285	10082.0	10024	5651	4859	893	4239	135	7701	738	48	612	44251	1.415	8.9	0.8	3.8	6.9	1.82

League Fielding

Tm	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Southern Illinois Miners	96	2538	1005	82	69	.977	18	117	24	17%	Mike Pinto
Traverse City Beach Bums	96	2515	1024	87	80	.976	20	172	25	13%	Gregg Langbehn
Windy City ThunderBolts	96	2513	926	87	71	.975	17	132	25	16%	Mike Kashirsky
Joliet Slammers	96	2505	992	91	91	.975	14	114	22	16%	Bart Zeller
Lake Erie Crushers	95	2510	994	89	73	.975	11	127	33	21%	John Massarelli
River City Rascals	95	2516	926	87	73	.975	13	107	15	12%	Steven Brook
Rockford RiverHawks	96	2471	1008	109	89	.970	28	143	32	18%	Richard Austin
Normal CornBelters	96	2534	918	106	73	.970	34	137	23	14%	Hal Lanier
Florence Freedom	96	2494	1034	110	94	.970	19	154	41	21%	Fran Riordan
Gateway Grizzlies	95	2516	992	112	88	.969	11	136	50	27%	Phil Warren
Washington WildThings	95	2513	1056	113	77	.969	20	99	28	22%	Darin Everson
Evansville Otters	96	2500	950	119	71	.967	17	183	32	15%	Andy McCauley
League Totals	1148	30125	11825	1192	949	.972	222	1621	350	18%

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