14.1 Stats -- 2022 Am. Straight Pool Championship, Single-Elimination Matches, Oct. 2022

[AtLarge]

Here are some stats from the single-elimination portion of the 2022 American Straight Pool Championship played October 24-29 at Q-Master Billiards in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Free streaming was provided on the Facebook page "American 14.1 Straightpool Championship" and on YouTube. Dmitri Jungo won the event, defeating Wiktor Zielinski in the final match.

Seven men's matches were streamed on the feature table for this portion of the event, representing 30% of the 23 matches played in this portion of the event. The first of those 7 matches was played on Thursday, October 27, the next three on Friday, Oct. 28, and the last three on Saturday, Oct. 29. All matches through the quarterfinals were to 150 points; the semifinal and final matches were to 175 points.

This portion of the event was preceded by a group stage (8 groups of 7), with round-robin play in each group. Twenty-four players, the top 3 in each group, advanced to the single-elimination stage. The top player from each group received a bye in the first single-elimination round.

For similar information on the matches streamed on the feature table in the round-robin portion of the event, see this thread: https://forums.azbilliards.com/thre...pionship-round-robin-matches-oct-2022.547714/

The conditions for this event included:

- Diamond 9-foot table with blue Simonis 860 cloth installed during the second week prior to the event;​

- Predator Arcos II balls, including a black-triangles cue ball;​

- triangle rack;​

- rack for your opponent (with a few exceptions for the opening break shot);​

- foul on all balls;​

- no shot clock;​

- lag for opening break;​

- a player who reaches game points on a run of at least 100 may continue the run to try for bonus money.​

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 = total points scored in the game divided by 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 = total points scored in the game divided by 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 -- Moritz Neuhausen defeated Albin Ouschan 150 - 110
3 Highest Runs: (68 • 25 • 19&out), (67 • 15 • 14)
Total Innings: 19, 19
PPI (Points Per Inning): 7.9, 5.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 10, 8
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 15.0, 13.8
Safeties: 10, 11
Fouls, intentional: 3 (consecutive), 2
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 1
Missed shots: 5, 5
Match Length: 165 min.
Points per Minute: 1.6

Match #2 -- David Alcaide d. Francesco Candela 150 - 22
3 Highest Runs: (116&out • 34 • -), (21 • 2 • -)
Total Innings: 3, 3
PPI (Points Per Inning): 50.0, 7.3
Attempted Scoring Innings: 3, 2
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 50.0, 11.0
Safeties: 0, 0
Fouls, intentional: 0, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 1
Missed shots: 2, 2
Match Length: 86 min.
Points per Minute: 2.0

Match #3 (QUARTERFINAL) -- Dimitri Jungo d. John Morra 150 - 77
3 Highest Runs: (113 • 30 • 7&out), (56 • 15 • 11)
Total Innings: 7, 7
PPI (Points Per Inning): 21.4, 11.0
Attempted Scoring Innings: 4, 4
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 37.5, 19.3
Safeties: 2, 3
Fouls, intentional: 1, 1
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 1
Missed shots: 3, 2
Match Length: 163 min.
Points per Minute: 1.4

Match #4 (QUARTERFINAL) -- Wiktor Zielinski d. Joshua Filler 150 - 38
3 Highest Runs: (136&out • 14 • -), (38 • - • -)
Total Innings: 2, 2
PPI (Points Per Inning): 75.0, 19.0
Attempted Scoring Innings: 2, 1
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 75.0, 38.0
Safeties: 0, 1
Fouls, intentional: 0, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 1, 1
Match Length: 74 min.
Points per Minute: 2.5

Match #5 (SEMIFINAL) -- Dmitri Jungo d. Mario He 175 - 86
3 Highest Runs: (62 • 41&out • 28), (48 • 29 • 16)
Total Innings: 22, 22
PPI (Points Per Inning): 8.0, 3.9
Attempted Scoring Innings: 11, 8
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 15.9, 10.8
Safeties: 9, 8
Fouls, intentional: 6, 6 (incl. 3 consecutive)
Fouls, unintentional: 1, 4
Missed shots: 5, 6
Match Length: 196 min.
Points per Minute: 1.3

Match #6 (SEMIFINAL) -- Wiktor Zielinski d. Mieszko Fortunski 175 - 55
3 Highest Runs: (71 • 55 • 29), (42 • 14 • 1)
Total Innings: 8, 7
PPI (Points Per Inning): 21.9, 7.9
Attempted Scoring Innings: 5, 5
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 35.0, 11.0
Safeties: 1, 1
Fouls, intentional: 2,1
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 1
Missed shots: 3, 4
Match Length: 121 min.
Points per Minute: 1.9

Match #7 (FINAL) -- Dmitri Jungo d. Wiktor Zielinski 175 - 136
3 Highest Runs: (58 • 56 • 47&out), (56 • 41 • 28)
Total Innings: 32, 31
PPI (Points Per Inning): 5.5, 4.4
Attempted Scoring Innings: 7, 5
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 25.0, 27.2
Safeties: 15, 18
Fouls, intentional: 12, 10
Fouls, unintentional: 1, 2
Missed shots: 4, 1
Match Length: 229 min.
Points per Minute: 1.4

[Note: These stats are based on the "official" score for each match, which differed from my scoring in some cases.]

 

[AtLarge]

Here are some aggregate stats for the 7 matches (listed in Post #1) streamed on the feature table in single-elimination play (4 matches to 150 points, 3 matches to 175 points):

Points per Inning

For match winners: 12.1​

For match losers: 5.8​

For both: 9.0​

Points per Attempted Scoring Inning

For match winners: 26.8​

For match losers: 15.9​

For both: 22.0​

Points per Miss or Unintentional Foul

For match winners: 43.3​

For match losers: 16.9​

For both: 28.9​

Average (mean) High Run

For match winners: 89​

For match losers: 47​

For both: 68​

Average (median) High Run

For match winners: 71​

For match losers: 48​

For both: 60​

For the 4 matches to 150 points:

Average number of innings per match​

Total innings: 7.8 for match winners, 7.8 for match losers​

Attempted scoring innings: 4.8 for match winners, 4.0 for match losers​

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Average (mean) match score: 150 - 62 (losers' scores ranged from 22 to 136)​

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Average (mean) match length: 122 min. (range 74 min. - 165 min.)​

For the 3 matches to 175 points:

Average number of innings per match​

Total innings: 20.7 for match winners, 20.0 for match losers​

Attempted scoring innings: 7.7 for match winners, 6.0 for match losers​

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Average (mean) match score: 175 - 92 (losers' scores ranged from 55 to 136)​

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Average (mean) match length: 182 min. (range 121 min. - 229 min.)​

Average (mean) points per minute for all 7 matches: 1.6 (range 1.3 - 2.5)

 

[AtLarge]

Dimitri Jungo defeated Wiktor Zielinski 175 - 136 in the final match of the 2022 American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship. Here is how the scoring went, inning by inning.

Scores in brackets are for Jungo (J) first (since he shot the opening break), then Zielinski (Z). References to "left" and "right" sides of the table are as the player looks from the head of the table to the foot.

J1 (Jungo inning #1) -- opening safety break from right side, leaving the 7-ball out on the right side of the rack.
Z1 -- started with the long 7-ball and ran 56, then scratched in the left side pocket on a 2-ball break shot that was high to the left side of the rack. [0 - 55]

J2 -- ran 56, but had poor position for a break shot and played safe. [56-55]
Z2 -- safe

safety battle:

J3-J10 -- 5 safes and 3 intentional fouls (not consecutive)​

Z3-Z10 -- 6 safes and 2 intentional fouls, ending with a poor safety that opened the rack and left a shot [53-53]​

J11 -- ran 58, but had no shot after the break shot in the 5th rack of the run, then fouled by failing to get a rail on a safety [110-53]
Z11 -- intentional foul. [110-52]

J12 -- safe
Z12 -- Intentional foul. [110-51]

J13 -- intentional foul. [109-51]
Z13 -- safe that left a shot

J14 -- ran 12, then missed the 13-ball to the left foot pocket from left of the rack. [121-51]
Z14 -- ran 28, then scratched in the left side pocket shooting a 3-ball break shot into the left foot pocket. [121-78]

J15 -- ran 15, then missed the 8-ball to the right foot pocket from the right side of the rack. [136-78]
Z15 -- ran 41, but got bad position for a break shot and played safe [136-119]

safety battle:

J16-J21--2 safeties and 4 intentional fouls (no 3 consecutive).​

Z16-Z21 -- 3 safeties and 3 intentional fouls (not consecutive), ending with a safety that left the 5-ball open but questionable as to its shootability. [132-116]​

J22 -- missed a long 5-ball to the right head pocket.
Z22 -- ran 16, but then had no good shot and played safe [132-132]

safety battle:

J23-J30 -- 4 safes and 4 intentional fouls (no 3 consecutive).​

Z23-Z30 -- 5 safeties and 3 intentional fouls (not consecutive), ending with an intentional foul that left a couple of balls open but quite difficult to pocket. [128-129]​

J31 -- missed a long 13-ball to the left head pocket.
Z31 -- ran 7, then missed the 5-ball to the left head pocket. [128-136]

J32 -- ran 47 and out [175-136]

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Summary data (repeated from Post #1) -- for winner Jungo first first, then Zielinski (separated by a comma):

Points Scored -- 175-136
3 Highest Runs: (58 • 56 • 47&out), (56 • 41 • 28)
Total Innings: 32, 31
PPI (Points Per Inning): 5.5, 4.4
Attempted Scoring Innings: 7, 5
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 25.0, 27.2
Safeties: 15, 18
Fouls, intentional: 12, 10
Fouls, unintentional: 1, 2
Missed shots: 4, 1
Match Length: 229 min.
Points per Minute: 1.4

 

[Island Drive]

Thanks for the stats:

I remember it 14.1's hey day, Mizerak's average per inning was around 14.6, so the above stats reflect a closeness. The board play, the pattern play and being in close to the break shot were at a higher level during that time period. Nowadays tho, these players ''all around'' have the skills/game to do even better, but anyone of em tho, would still have a Problem playing Luther, or Irving, or Ed Kelly or a few others betting their own money, which Then, becomes Quite a different game.

 

[lfigueroa]

Thanks for the stats:

I remember it 14.1's hey day, Mizerak's average per inning was around 14.6, so the above stats reflect a closeness. The board play, the pattern play and being in close to the break shot were at a higher level during that time period. Nowadays tho, these players ''all around'' have the skills/game to do even better, but anyone of em tho, would still have a Problem playing Luther, or Irving, or Ed Kelly or a few others betting their own money, which Then, becomes Quite a different game.

Question, because I really don't know: was gambling at 14.1 a thing back then?

Lou Figueroa

 

[jtompilot]

Question, because I really don't know: was gambling at 14.1 a thing back then?

Lou Figueroa

I'll let Bill answer that specifically.
However, when I first started flying in 1986, we had a trip to Long Island. No one wanted to gamble with me in 9 ball, they all wanted to gamble in straight pool. My guess is gambling in 14.1 started when the game was invented

 

[lfigueroa]

I'll let Bill answer that specifically.
However, when I first started flying in 1986, we had a trip to Long Island. No one wanted to gamble with me in 9 ball, they all wanted to gamble in straight pool. My guess is gambling in 14.1 started when the game was invented

Who knew.

I always kinda thought 14.1 players were like 3C players and were gentlemans.

Lou Figueroa

 

[Island Drive]

Tommy Spencer, Joey Gold, myself and many others in our youth, did gamble often in the late 60's early 70's in this game. Was hard not too when you average high runs were much better than your opponent.