A Tip of the Hat 2011: By the Numbers

15 Number of home games I missed this season, the most since 1994

13 Number of games I actually made it to

4.60 Cost per game I attended, based on $60 for the season ticket

5 Number of dollars I saved by getting a $60 season ticket for just 13 games

Priceless That Season ticket reserved Section E, Row 4, Seat 1 for another season

30 MU's Strength of Schedule ranking among D-1 teams (Boydsworld.com)

36 Appearances by Phil McCormick for the Tigers in 2011, tying the Mizzou single season record, set by Phil in 2010

72 Appearances by Phil McCormick over 2 seasons, 2010-11, a Mizzou record for appearances in consecutive seasons

105 Career appearances by Phil McCormick, good for 3rd all time for Mizzou

4 Hit-by-Pitch in one game, by Brannon Champagne

4 Stolen Bases in one game, by Conner Mach

1.083 Jonah Schmidt's Slugging Percentage in the 3-game series against Kansas State, to go with his .500 batting averge

5 Walk off wins by the Tigers in 2011, all against big 12 teams

2 Runs per game by MU in the first 11 Big 12 games

6.5 Runs per game by MU in the last 15 regular season Big 12 games

4.8 Runs per game by MU in the Big 12 Tournament

10 Preseason ranking of the Tigers by Big 12 Coaches

8 MU's final ranking in the Big 12

8 MU's final ranking in the Big 12 in 2010

6 Longest MU winning streak, against Le Moyne and Central Michigan, March 12-20

9 Longest MU losing streak, against Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma State, SIU-Edwardsville and Kansas (again), April 1-15

7 straight NCAA Regional appearances prior to 2010

8 Missouri's seeding in the Big 12 Tournament

0 Number of #8 seeds that have played in the Big 12 Tournament Championship game, until Mizzou did it in 2011

571 career wins by Tim Jamieson, putting him in 2nd place all time at MU, second only to Gene McArtor (733)

2:39 Average length of MU's regular season games in 2011

2:55 Average length of MU's regular season games in 2010

3:40 Longest game in MU's regular season, 2011 (May 8 vs. Kansas State)

1:49 Shortest game in MU's regular season, 2011 (April 9 @ Oklahoma State)

2,555 Empty Seats based on average home attendance

13,334 Total 2011 Home Attendance (28 dates)

476 Average 2010 Home Attendance (28 dates)

Past Years' Regular Season Home Attendance
2010: Total: 19,310; Average: 715

2009: Total: 23,848; Average: 852
2008: Total: 30,687; Average: 1,136
2007: Total: 14,190; Average: 645
2006:Total: 23,906; Average: 885
2005:Total: 16,965; Average: 707

1,176 Largest Attendance @ Simmons Field in 2011 (Saturday, April 30 vs. Texas A&M)

147 Smallest Attendance @ Simmons Field in 2011 (Tuesday and Wednesday, March 8 & 9 vs. Gonzaga)

7,035 Largest crowd the Tigers played in front of in 2011 (Saturday, April 2 at Texas)

2011 Home Attendance Detail

03/05 Sat 288 UI_Chi DH
03/06 Sun 336 UI-Chi
03/08 Tue 147 Gonzaga
03/09 Wed 147 Gonzaga
03/11 Fri 504 Lemoyne
03/12 Sat 726 Lemoyne DH
03/13 Sun 345 Lemoyne
03/18 Fri 345 UCMich
03/19 Sat 250 UCMich
03/20 Sun 500 UCMich DH
03/22 Tue 343 UCArk
03/23 Wed 393 UCArk
03/25 Fri 207 OU DH
04/13 Wed 408 SIU-E
04/15 Fri 702 KU
04/16 Sat 870 KU
04/17 Sun 1113 KU
04/27 Wed 312 MSU
04/29 Fri 648 A&M
04/30 Sat 1176 A&M
05/01 Sun 500 A&M
05/13 Fri 342 TT
05/14 Sat 755 TT
05/15 Sun 378 TT

Top 10 All-Time Home Attendance
6/2/07 Louisville (Regional) 3,630
6/1/07 Kent St (Regional) 3,481
6/3/07 Louisville (Regional) 3,457
5/17/08 Nebraska 3,126
5/18/08 Nebraska 2,418
4/25/98 Texas 2,347
4/24/98 Texas 2,372
4/5/08 Okla St 2,205
6/4/07 Louisville-MU (Regional)2,199
5/14/05 Kansas 2,143

Be sure check out the entire 2011 Tip of the Hat series:

• Monday: The Long Season
• Tuesday: By the Numbers
• Wednesday: Quotes & Quibbles
• Thursday: And the Winner is . . .