2014 Season Notes
*** My stats span the last 9 years, there may be other records from back in the day, but I don't have those ***
TEAM
- We tied the 2013 squad for the most wins in a single season with 29.
- We made our 4th ever State Tourney appearance; we made it to the Sweet 16, it was the first time New Market had won a game at State (we won 2).
- We set a record for the most games played in a single season with 41 (Tyler Bergstrom & David Stewart were the only two players to play in every single game).
- We set a team record with 31 home runs (the previous high was 24 in '12).
- Our longest winning streak of the year was 8.
- We allowed only 3 earned runs in our first 5 games of the season; during that time we had 4 consecutive shutouts, one of which was the Nate Rost no-hitter against St. Benedict.
- Last year, in 39 games we scored 295 runs and hit .298, this year, in 41 games we scored 249 and hit .268; our run differential this year was +118 (last year it was +158).
HITTING
- Kyle Bergstrom set a new single season record for RBI with 38 (keep in mind he missed 6 games with an injury); he also came within one dinger (9) of his previous home run record of 10 ('12).
- Kyle Bergstrom had his 1,000th plate appearance, hit his 50th home run, drove in his 200th run, and walked for the 200th time.
- Kyle Bergstrom led the team in pitches seen per plate appearance with an even 4.00; Lyden followed with 3.81, then T. Bergstrom with 3.73 and Stewart with 3.52.
- David Stewart tied the single season record for runs with 46 (K. Bergstrom '13).
- David Stewart came within one hit (52) of Scotty Lyden's single season hit record of 53.
- David Stewart led the team with 17 multi-hit games; Nate Rost followed with 13, and Nick Rost followed him with 12; Lyden and Ballantyne both had 11; Mike Carpentier and T. Bergstrom had 10.
- Nick Rost played 100th game, had his 500th plate appearance, hit his 20th home run, and drove in his 100th run.
- Scotty Lyden got his 200th hit, and continued to add to his carrer HBP record (30).
- Tyler Bergstrom had a career high with 5 dingers; Nate Rost tied a career high with 5; Stewart had a career high with 4; and Harry Ballantyne hit his first ever Muskie home run.
- Harry Ballantyne, the 18 year old rookie, led the team in AVG (.342), SB (16), and coolness (a ridiculous amount).
- Harry Ballantyne also led the team in batting average with runners in scoring position at .457 (16/35); Stewart followed with .364 (16/44); Nate Rost followed at .356 (21/59) and then Mike Carpentier at .350 (14/40).
- Nick Rost set a single season record in K's with 39; but this also means he had a BABIP of .343 (59 points higher than his .284 AVG).
- Mike Carpentier led the team with a +70 differential between his BABIP (.333) and his AVG (.263).
- Neil "Lenny" Engler got his first hit as a Muskie this season.
- Al Weeman had a ridiculous +408 difference between his OBP (.467) and his AVG (.059). That is incredible.
PITCHING
- Nate Rost & Derek Bergstrom tied for the DRS in wins with 7 apiece.
- Nate Rost & Derek Bergstrom also set a single-season record with 11 wins apiece.
- Nate Rost set the single season record in strikeouts with 141.
- Derek Bergstrom set a personal record in strikeouts with 115.
- Nate Rost set the single season record in WHIP with .73.
- Nate Rost set the single season record for IP with 113.
- Derek Bergstrom was right behind him with 102.
- Nate Rost set the single season record for CG with 11 (he had 7 consecutive to end the season).
- Nate Rost had a scoreless innings streak of 34 (July 6 -- August 16).
- Nate Rost gave up only one HR in 113 innings.
- SUMMARY: Nate Rost set single season records in the following categories: W, K, WHIP, IP, CG.
- I guarantee we are the only team in Minnesota that had two pitchers with 100+ Ks; I'd also bet that Nate led the state.
MISC.
- Nate Novak was right: keeping the stats on the iPad is way better than the old school book.
