Mosconi Cup -- Career Records of Everyone Who Has Ever Played on Either Team

Update of Post #11 to include results through the 2019 Cup

8 players have never lost a singles match:

Melling 5-0, 2011-2012

Pierce 4-0, 1997-1998

Ouschan 3-0, 2015-2016

Villarreal 3-0, 1994

Lee 2-0, 1994

Owen 2-0, 2004

Hall 1-0, 2014

Hundal 1-0, 2005​

No one who has played in 3 or more events is undefeated in singles.
 
Last edited:
Update of Post #12 to include results through the 2019 Cup

In doubles, 10 players have never lost a match. But 3 of the 10 (Tucker, Richardson, Griffis) never played in a doubles match, so they don't really count.

The 7 players who played in at least 1 doubles match and are undefeated are:

Lee 3-0, 1994

Villarreal 2-0, 1994

West 3-0, 1994-1995

Butera 2-0, 1994-1995

Wilson 2-0, 1994-1995

Wiley 1-0, 1996

Facquet 1-0, 1996​
 
Last edited:
Interesting that Bergman has only won 1 out of his 7 career singles matches. Also, even though Styer has only won 1 of his 4 career singles matches over the past 2 years, he has won 4 of his 5 doubles matches he’s played in, which is impressive.

Now that Johan, whose been such a strong supporter of Styer is stepping aside, it will be interesting to see if Jeremy Jones might choose to go with another deserving player other than Styer to fill out the team, or decide to stick with the exact same team that won this year?
 
Last edited:
ChrisinNC said:
No question that for the European team, Filler and Ouschan should both have been no-brainer captain's picks the past 2 years, even if they didn't qualify through their point system. They have proven themselves as virtually automatic locks to be on their team just as Shane and Skylar are for the US team. However, Filler was not on the 2018 team and Ouschan was not on this year's team - very strange.
Click to expand...

I agree. Albin is my favorite player that side of the ouschan. I didn't know the exact stats until this thread, but I immediately went to his name because I assumed he had a high winning percentage based on me watching the last few cups.
 
Last edited:
ChrisinNC said:
Interesting that Bergman has only won 1 out of his 7 career singles matches.
Click to expand...
Watching Bergman in the international 9-ball us open, of which he played extremely well, I thought he would have a stronger performance at the mosconi cup this year.
 
Update of Post #40 to include results through the 2020 Cup:

Lee and Villarreal, both with 5-0 records, are the only players with perfect career records in the Mosconi Cup. (Of course, they only played one year).

An undefeated record in a single event has been achieved 15 other times:

Strickland in 1997 (5-0), 2001 (3-0), and 2005 (4-0)

Jones in 2001 (3-0)

Williams in 2001 (3-0)

Deuel in 2001 (3-0)

Morris in 2004 (5-0) and 2005 (4-0)

Archer in 2012 (6-0)

Souquet in 2008 (6-0) and 2013 (4-0)

Feijen in 2013 (5-0) and 2016 (4-0)

Ouschan in 2016 (5-0)

Filler in 2017 ((5-0)​

So, in total, a player has gone without a loss in a year's event just 17 times out of a total of 304 player appearances (5.6%).
 
Update of Post #41 to include results through the 2020 Cup

8 players have never lost a singles match:

Melling 5-0, 2011-2012

Pierce 4-0, 1997-1998

Villarreal 3-0, 1994

Lee 2-0, 1994

Owen 2-0, 2004​
​
Gorst 1-0, 2020

Hall 1-0, 2014

Hundal 1-0, 2005​

No one who has played in 3 or more events is undefeated in singles.
 
Souquet's 56 match wins at the Mosconi Cup is one of the safest records in all of sports.
 
sjm said:
Souquet's 56 match wins at the Mosconi Cup is one of the safest records in all of sports.
Click to expand...
There is certainly no one in sight on the USA side that could threaten it (unless Archer is rejuvenated somehow). But how about Feijen, Shaw, Ouschan or Filler? Souquet played in an average of about 3.3 winning matches per year (56 in total) in his 17 appearances from age 26 through age 49.

Feijen (age 43) has averaged 3.2 wins per year in his 14 appearances, and he would need 3 or 4 more good appearances to surpass Souquet. I wouldn't totally rule that out despite his poor showing last year and the number of young guns he must contest with just to get on the team.​
​
Shaw (age 32) has played in an average of 3.8 winning matches for his 5 appearances. He would need 10 more years at that level to overtake Souquet.​
​
Ouschan (age 30) has played in an average of 4.0 winning matches for his 4 appearances. He would need 10 more appearances at that level to equal Souquet.​
​
Filler (age 23) has averaged 4.0 in his first 3 appearances. 11 more appearances at that rate would put him at Souquet's total.​

So, it's a long shot for all 4 of those guys, but who knows. And will the Cup even remain in something resembling its current form for 10 more years?
 
Last edited:
Prior to this year's Cup two players were tied for appearing on the losing team the most times -- Immonen and Van Boening with 10 each. Now Van Boening is the leader with 11.

SVB also leads in appearances in losing matches, with 50. Second is Archer with 41.
 
Appearances in the most winning matches in the Mosconi Cup:
1. 56 Souquet​
2. 50 Archer​
3. 45 Feijen​
4. 43 Strickland​
5. 42 Immonen​
​
Appearances in the most losing matches in the Mosconi Cup:
1. 50 Van Boening​
2. 41 Archer​
3. 38 Immonen​
4. 36 Souquet​
5. 30 Morris and Davis​
 
Last edited:
Appearances on the most winning teams in the Mosconi Cup:
1. 9 Archer​
1. 9 Strickland​
3. 8 Feijen​
4. 7 Appleton​
4. 7 Souquet​
​
Appearances on the most losing teams in the Mosconi Cup:
1. 11 Van Boening​
2. 10 Immonen​
3. 9 Davis​
3. 9 Souquet​
5. 7 Archer​
 
AtLarge said:
There is certainly no one in sight on the USA side that could threaten it (unless Archer is rejuvenated somehow). But how about Feijen, Shaw, Ouschan or Filler? Souquet played in an average of about 3.3 winning matches per year (56 in total) in his 17 appearances from age 26 through age 49.

Feijen (age 43) has averaged 3.2 wins per year in his 14 appearances, and he would need 3 or 4 more good appearances to surpass Souquet. I wouldn't totally rule that out despite his poor showing last year and the number of young guns he must contest with just to get on the team.​
​
Shaw (age 32) has played in an average of 3.8 winning matches for his 5 appearances. He would need 10 more years at that level to overtake Souquet.​
​
Ouschan (age 30) has played in an average of 4.0 winning matches for his 4 appearances. He would need 10 more appearances at that level to equal Souquet.​
​
Filler (age 23) has averaged 4.0 in his first 3 appearances. 11 more appearances at that rate would put him at Souquet's total.​

So, it's a long shot for all 4 of those guys, but who knows. And will the Cup even remain in something resembling its current form for 10 more years?
Click to expand...
Actually, my nominee for the safest record in sports is for games lost by a manager in baseball. Connie Mack lost 3,948 games. For somebody to top this record, they would have to lose about 100 games a year for forty years without being fired. Very hard to imagine. When Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics, he was also the owner of the team. That is not allowed anymore.
 
sjm said:
Actually, my nominee for the safest record in sports is for games lost by a manager in baseball. Connie Mack lost 3,948 games. For somebody to top this record, they would have to lose about 100 games a year for forty years without being fired. Very hard to imagine. When Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics, he was also the owner of the team. That is not allowed anymore.
Click to expand...
Did you see that Tony La Russa recently came back to managing by taking the Chicago White Sox job? He's in second place to Connie Mack for most losses. He's only about 1,600 losses behind if the list I looked at is correct. :) But La Russa, now 3rd for most wins, will probably move into second place for that (also behind Mack).
 
Last edited:
AtLarge said:
Did you see that Tony La Russa recently came back to managing by taking the Chicago White Sox job? He's in second place to Connie Mack for most losses. He's only about 1,600 losses behind if the list I looked at is correct. :) But La Russa, now 3rd for most wins, will probably move into second place for that (also behind Mack).
Click to expand...
Yeah, gotta love LaRussa's return to baseball at age 76. He's an all-time great manager for sure.
 
QCVBVVa.png


Using AtLarge's great data, I graphed each player's total (adjusted) games using method B versus their point contribution. Only players with more than 8 points on the x-axis have their names included for ease of viewing.

Some observations...
- The USA depended on Archer and Strickland for a huge number of their wins and have had no one else come close to filling the gap. Van Boening is almost the mirror image of Archer and Strickland in his futility vs. their success.
- Some people complain about Dechaine not being on the team but he contributed more negative points more quickly than any other player in Cup history. Bergman hasn't done much better.
- In contrast, recent European players like Filler, Boyes, Ouschan and Shaw have produced a ton of positive points in a short period of time.
- Ralf Souquet is the man.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top