2012 Frontier League

2012 > Class Independent > League History
Overall: 669 games, 14 teams, approx. 95 games in season
Attendance: 1,541,502 (2,304/game)
Other Years: 2011 / 2013
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2011 / 2013

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2011 / 2013

League Standings

Regular Season

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Traverse City Beach Bums	64	32	.667	--
Florence Freedom	57	39	.594	7
Southern Illinois Miners	55	39	.585	8
Lake Erie Crushers	53	42	.558	10.5
Evansville Otters	45	50	.474	18.5
Washington WildThings	44	52	.458	20
London Rippers/Road Warriors	34	62	.354	30

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Gateway Grizzlies	57	39	.594	--
Schaumburg Boomers	54	42	.563	3
Windy City ThunderBolts	54	42	.563	3
River City Rascals	45	50	.474	11.5
Rockford RiverHawks	41	55	.427	16
Joliet Slammers	37	58	.389	19.5
Normal CornBelters	29	67	.302	28

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
Traverse City Beach Bums	24.4	5.95	96	3888	3287	571	876	168	22	118	532	59	20	455	780	.267	.367	.439	.806	1442	87	28	31	6
Gateway Grizzlies	24.1	5.52	96	3806	3246	530	848	166	11	98	479	74	22	400	624	.261	.355	.410	.764	1330	83	52	25	9
Florence Freedom	23.7	5.43	96	3688	3193	521	836	152	21	92	483	130	38	337	646	.262	.348	.409	.757	1306	99	37	22	6
Rockford RiverHawks	24.2	5.01	96	3715	3284	481	911	175	13	58	418	98	41	323	668	.277	.350	.392	.741	1286	55	30	23	5
River City Rascals	25.0	5.01	95	3671	3109	476	826	147	10	59	418	83	46	429	586	.266	.361	.376	.737	1170	55	39	39	7
Southern Illinois Miners	25.1	5.00	94	3607	3158	470	828	158	18	78	421	97	41	343	621	.262	.340	.398	.738	1256	41	45	20	9
Schaumburg Boomers	24.1	4.93	96	3734	3244	473	839	142	24	73	434	89	33	345	601	.259	.338	.385	.723	1248	63	50	32	10
Windy City ThunderBolts	24.5	4.64	96	3681	3262	445	837	159	13	75	404	125	44	291	630	.257	.328	.382	.711	1247	70	34	24	8
Lake Erie Crushers	24.4	4.62	95	3643	3171	439	811	153	18	61	391	89	27	365	585	.256	.339	.373	.712	1183	47	32	28	14
London Rippers/Road Warriors	23.7	4.57	96	3677	3173	439	791	147	25	51	380	111	48	373	651	.249	.338	.360	.697	1141	66	34	31	5
Washington WildThings	23.8	4.14	96	3560	3084	397	699	123	28	43	343	107	70	334	703	.227	.312	.327	.638	1007	62	45	35	9
Joliet Slammers	24.6	4.07	95	3573	3124	387	754	143	13	56	338	59	26	333	652	.241	.322	.349	.671	1091	50	43	23	5
Evansville Otters	23.7	4.02	95	3479	3087	382	755	143	15	60	340	105	33	287	666	.245	.316	.359	.675	1108	45	42	18	14
Normal CornBelters	23.8	3.40	96	3511	3109	326	738	132	15	47	287	97	45	294	708	.237	.310	.335	.645	1041	42	45	21	7
League Totals	24.2	4.74	1338	51233	44531	6337	11349	2108	246	969	5668	1323	534	4909	9121	.255	.338	.379	.716	16856	865	556	372	114

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
Traverse City Beach Bums	24.1	4.01	64	32	.667	3.52	96	96	92	4	4	37	857.2	727	385	335	53	296	4	614	60	10	62	3569	1.193	7.6	0.6	3.1	6.4	2.07
Southern Illinois Miners	24.0	4.04	55	39	.585	3.59	94	94	90	4	6	26	828.1	815	380	330	69	244	7	612	42	3	35	3509	1.278	8.9	0.7	2.7	6.6	2.51
Washington WildThings	24.3	4.10	44	52	.458	3.73	96	96	89	7	10	23	847.0	767	394	351	64	315	12	673	57	7	59	3612	1.277	8.1	0.7	3.3	7.2	2.14
Gateway Grizzlies	23.5	4.10	57	39	.594	3.57	96	96	90	6	10	25	855.2	761	394	339	98	351	7	598	37	9	36	3582	1.300	8.0	1.0	3.7	6.3	1.70
Lake Erie Crushers	24.5	4.22	53	42	.558	3.56	95	95	91	4	4	28	842.0	801	401	333	68	293	4	622	92	5	46	3610	1.299	8.6	0.7	3.1	6.6	2.12
Florence Freedom	23.5	4.39	57	39	.594	3.91	96	96	88	8	7	31	837.0	773	421	364	61	330	11	548	48	8	51	3551	1.318	8.3	0.7	3.5	5.9	1.66
Windy City ThunderBolts	24.0	4.43	54	42	.563	3.74	96	96	80	16	10	27	855.0	785	425	355	53	377	8	838	70	2	53	3732	1.359	8.3	0.6	4.0	8.8	2.22
Schaumburg Boomers	23.5	4.54	54	42	.563	4.00	96	96	92	4	10	28	856.0	851	436	380	57	347	10	630	68	8	60	3735	1.400	8.9	0.6	3.6	6.6	1.82
Evansville Otters	24.2	4.67	45	50	.474	3.96	95	95	90	5	4	26	816.1	784	444	359	56	379	8	674	71	4	46	3657	1.425	8.6	0.6	4.2	7.4	1.78
Joliet Slammers	23.7	5.06	37	58	.389	4.61	95	95	91	4	5	20	829.1	825	481	425	73	353	15	658	70	4	50	3641	1.420	9.0	0.8	3.8	7.1	1.86
River City Rascals	24.3	5.16	45	50	.474	4.54	95	95	91	4	4	18	821.1	845	490	414	83	353	14	736	60	6	67	3676	1.459	9.3	0.9	3.9	8.1	2.09
Normal CornBelters	23.3	5.58	29	67	.302	4.89	96	96	91	5	4	17	819.1	847	536	445	74	418	3	683	59	8	59	3750	1.544	9.3	0.8	4.6	7.5	1.63
London Rippers/Road Warriors	23.5	5.79	34	62	.354	5.09	96	96	92	4	4	18	810.1	864	556	458	80	393	6	551	54	9	53	3693	1.551	9.6	0.9	4.4	6.1	1.40
Rockford RiverHawks	23.3	6.19	41	55	.427	5.36	96	96	94	2	2	17	837.1	904	594	499	80	460	5	684	77	9	95	3927	1.629	9.7	0.9	4.9	7.4	1.49
League Totals	23.8	4.74	669	669	.500	4.14	1338	1338	1261	77	84	341	11712.2	11349	6337	5387	969	4909	114	9121	865	92	772	51244	1.388	8.7	0.7	3.8	7.0	1.86

League Fielding

Tm	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Southern Illinois Miners	94	2482	972	69	.980	13	77	20	21%	129,936	Mike Pinto
Lake Erie Crushers	95	2496	1005	83	.977	18	91	43	32%	127,124	John Massarelli
Traverse City Beach Bums	96	2571	1069	84	.977	11	66	29	31%	175,284	Gregg Langbehn
Gateway Grizzlies	96	2560	1070	90	.976	12	77	42	35%	150,745	Phil Warren
Washington WildThings	96	2534	960	88	.975	20	95	30	24%	76,829	Chris Bando
Florence Freedom	96	2475	1104	97	.974	17	67	34	34%	97,382	Fran Riordan
Windy City ThunderBolts	96	2558	901	93	.974	21	99	32	24%	86,178	Morgan Burkhart
Joliet Slammers	95	2483	931	90	.974	16	103	29	22%	104,019	Bart Zeller
Schaumburg Boomers	96	2564	1069	117	.969	14	89	35	28%	128,287	Jamie Bennett
London Rippers/Road Warriors	96	2408	911	113	.967	12	99	22	18%	21,985	David Martin and Frank DeSmit
Rockford RiverHawks	96	2510	925	128	.964	41	114	30	21%	97,453	Richard Austin
River City Rascals	95	2460	937	126	.964	16	86	26	23%	107,986	Steven Brook
Evansville Otters	95	2446	967	130	.963	22	126	28	18%	120,819	Andy McCauley
Normal CornBelters	96	2447	947	135	.962	19	128	34	21%	117,475	Chad Parker
League Totals	1338	34994	13768	1443	.971	252	1317	434	25%	1,541,502

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