14.1 Stats -- 2019 Am. Straight Pool Championship, Round-Robin Matches, Oct. 2019

[AtLarge]

Here are some stats from the round-robin portion (group stage) of the 2019 American Straight Pool Championship played October 22-26 at Q-Master Billiards in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Free streaming was provided on the YouTube channel of Billiard Sports Network.

This is a 42-player event, with a 3-day round-robin portion (6 groups of 7 players each) reducing the field to 24 -- the top 4 players from each group. That will be followed by a 2-day single elimination stage to the end, with 8 players (based on round-robin results) having a bye in the first single-elimination round.

These stats are for all 11 matches streamed in the round-robin portion of the event, and they represented 8.7% of the total of 126 matches played in this portion of the event. These matches were to 125 points, with the first 3 matches on Tues. Oct. 22, the next 4 on Wed. Oct. 23, and the last 4 on Thurs. Oct. 24.

The conditions for this event included:

- Diamond 9-foot table with blue Simonis cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with a measles cue ball;
- triangle rack;
- racker determined by the players (most racked their own);
- foul on all balls;
- lag for opening break.​

Attempted Scoring Innings means the player's total number of innings for the game minus the number of innings that he played only a safety or an intentional foul (no attempt to score a point).

PPI is Points per Inning based on the total number of innings in the game for that player. [Note: I call this measure Points per Inning rather than Balls per Inning to be a bit more precise in the definition, since the number of points a player is credited with in a game can be quite different from the number of balls he pocketed.]

PPASI is Points per Attempted Scoring Inning, i.e., points per inning based on the number of Attempted Scoring Innings in the game for that player.

All information is given first for the match winner and then for the match loser (separated by a comma).

Match #1 -- Marco Teutscher defeated Darren Appleton 125 - 105
3 Highest Runs: (40&out • 33 • 28), (34 • 28 • 15)
Total Innings: 14, 14
PPI (Points per Inning): 8.9, 7.5
Attempted Scoring Innings: 7, 6
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 17.9, 17.5
Missed Shots: 4, 4
Unintentional Fouls: 2, 0
Match Length: 166 min.
Points per Minute: 1.4

Match #2 -- Jani Siekkinen d. Thorsten Hohmann 125 - 43
3 Highest Runs: (56&out • 21 • 21), (17 • 14 • 11)
Total Innings: 10, 10
PPI (Points per Inning): 12.5, 4.3
Attempted Scoring Innings: 7, 5
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 17.9, 8.6
Missed Shots: 3, 3
Unintentional Fouls: 0, 1
Match Length: 99 min.
Points per Minute: 1.7

Match #3 -- Ruslan Chinakhov d. Albin Ouschan 125 - 41
3 Highest Runs: (65 • 36&out • 25), (30 • 8 • 3)
Total Innings: 4, 4
PPI (Points per Inning): 31.3, 10.3
Attempted Scoring Innings: 4, 3
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 31.3, 13.7
Missed Shots: 2, 3
Unintentional Fouls: 1, 0
Match Length: 73 min.
Points per Minute: 2.3

Match #4 -- Thorsten Hohmann d. Lee Vann Corteza 125 - 11
3 Highest Runs: (86 • 40&out • -), (13 • - • - )
Total Innings: 2, 2
PPI (Points per Inning): 62.5, 5.5
Attempted Scoring Innings: 2, 1
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 62.5, 11.0
Missed Shots: 0, 1
Unintentional Fouls: 1, 1
Match Length: 64 min.
Points per Minute: 2.1

Match #5 -- Darren Appleton d. Dennis Orcollo 125 - 116
3 Highest Runs: (64 • 19 • 19&out), (42 • 34 • 33)
Total Innings: 15, 15
PPI (Points per Inning): 8.3, 7.7
Attempted Scoring Innings: 7, 6
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 17.9, 19.3
Missed Shots: 2, 6
Unintentional Fouls: 1, 0
Match Length: approx. 168 min.
Points per Minute: 1.4

Match #6 -- Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. John Schmidt 125 - 66
3 Highest Runs: (89&out • 26 • 9), (44 • 39 • 4)
Total Innings: 9, 9
PPI (Points per Inning): 13.9, 7.3
Attempted Scoring Innings: 5, 4
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 25.0, 16.5
Missed Shots: 3, 2
Unintentional Fouls: 0, 3
Match Length: 108 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8

Match #7 -- Albin Ouschan d. Niels Feijen 125 - 44
3 Highest Runs: (74 • 49 • 1), (25 • 12 • 7)
Total Innings: 5, 5
PPI (Points per Inning): 25.0, 8.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 4, 3
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 31.3, 14.7
Missed Shots: 3, 3
Unintentional Fouls: 0, 0
Match Length: 102 min.
Points per Minute: 1.7

Match #8 -- John Schmidt d. Petri Makkonen 125 - 96
3 Highest Runs: (88 • 27 • 11&out), (66 • 15 •11)
Total Innings: 6, 5
PPI (Points per Inning): 20.8, 19.2
Attempted Scoring Innings: 3, 5
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 41.7, 19.2
Missed Shots: 1, 3
Unintentional Fouls: 0, 0
Match Length: 88 min.
Points per Minute: 2.5

Match #9 -- Ralf Souquet d. David Alcaide 125 - 114
3 Highest Runs: (71&out • 41 • 14), (69 • 32 • 14)
Total Innings: 9, 8
PPI (Points per Inning): 13.9, 14.3
Attempted Scoring Innings: 4, 4
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 31.3, 28.5
Missed Shots: 2, 3
Unintentional Fouls: 1, 1
Match Length: 131 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8

Match #10 -- Johnny Archer d. Thorsten Hohmann 125 - 85
3 Highest Runs: (61 • 26 • 21), (62 • 16 • 7)
Total Innings: 8, 8
PPI (Points per Inning): 15.6, 10.6
Attempted Scoring Innings: 6, 4
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 20.8, 21.3
Missed Shots: 2, 2
Unintentional Fouls: 2, 3
Match Length: 124 min.
Points per Minute: 1.7

Match #11 -- Alex Pagulayan d. Mika Immonen 125 - 119
3 Highest Runs: (54&out • 52 • 11), (62 • 36 • 18)
Total Innings: 8, 7
PPI (Points per Inning): 15.6, 17.0
Attempted Scoring Innings: 5, 5
PPASI (Points per Attempted Scoring Inning): 25.0, 23.8
Missed Shots: 1, 5
Unintentional Fouls: 1, 0
Match Length: 123 min.
Points per Minute: 2.0

 

[AtLarge]

Here are some aggregate stats for the 11 streamed matches from round-robin play (all games to 125 points):

Points per Inning
• For match winners: 15.3
• For match losers: 9.7
• For both: 12.5

Points per Attempted Scoring Inning
• For match winners: 25.5
• For match losers: 18.3
• For both: 22.2

Points per Miss or Unintentional Foul
• For match winners: 43.0
• For match losers: 19.1
• For both: 29.1

Average (mean) High Run
• For match winners: 68
• For match losers: 42
• For both: 55

Average (median) High Run
• For match winners: 65
• For match losers: 42
• For both: 61.5

Average number of innings per match
• Total innings: 8.2 for match winners, 7.9 for match losers
• Attempted scoring innings: 4.9 for match winners, 4.2 for match losers

Average (mean) match score: 125 - 76 (losers' scores ranged from 11 to 119)

Average (mean) match length: 113 min. (range 64 min. - 168 min.)

Average (mean) points per minute: 1.8 (range 1.4 - 2.5)​

 

[mikemosconi]

Thanks for the stats!!

 

[evergruven]

sweet stats, thanks AL
those unintentional fouls look to be a killer in some cases
do you know what the circumstances were for those?
if they were pocket scratches, bumping balls etc.

 

[Island Drive]

Good stuff....Seeing those stats take me back to when I thought about this allot during the collegiate 14.1 days of the 60's and Johnston City/Janscos.

I do vividly remember those 5 inning games to 125 when gambling. Good match up for an 80 ball runner to bet with a 50 ball runner. They could never win. I just happened to of cut my 14.1 teeth on two guys from Chicago 67-69 that would come vi$it me at SIU Carbondale IL. Joey Gold and Tommy Spencer.

 

[AtLarge]

sweet stats, thanks AL
those unintentional fouls look to be a killer in some cases
do you know what the circumstances were for those?
if they were pocket scratches, bumping balls etc.

Yes, unintentional fouls are of many types and are often a killer, particularly when they are pocket scratches giving up ball in hand. If you had any particular match in mind with your question, I might be able give a little more detail. Most of them in these matches were pocket scratches.