Tip of the Cap 2010: By the Numbers

10 The number of tickets left in my baseball game-day satchel, representing the largest number of home games I've missed since 1995.

It was a busy and distracted Spring for me, but the games I did make it to were my respite from work, my home away from home while I was in the process of looking for a new home.

Anyway, we continue our Tip of the Cap Awards with a look at the 2010 season By the Numbers . . .


.400 Season Batting Average for Aaron Senne

291 Career Hits for Aaron Senne, #1 all-time for Mizzou

69 Career Doubles for Aaron Senne, #1 all-time for Mizzou

42 Career Home Runs for Aaron Senne, #1 all-time for Mizzou

213 Career RBI for Aaron Senne, #3 all-time for Mizzou

.095 increase in Aaron Senne's batting average between 2009 and 2010

36 Appearances by Phil McCormick for the Tigers in 2010, setting a new single season record for Mizzou

69 Career appearances by Phil McCormick, tied for #9 all time for Mizzou

3 Doubles in one game, by Dane Opel

50 Runs scored by the Tigers over the span of 2 consecutive home games in March:

28-2 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff on 3/24

22-14 vs. Purdue on 3/30

3 Runs scored by the Tigers in the next day's game vs. Purdue.

27 & 5 Numbers worn by J.C. Field and Kurt Calvert when they played for Mizzou. Both former Tigers were in uniform on Simmons Field again this season, as assistant coaches for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux and the Souther Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars.

27 - 6 Cumulative scores in the Tigers' 3-game victory vs. UND and
SIU-E

7.45 Runs per game scored by the Tigers

6.13 Runs per game given up by the Tigers

6.92 Runs per game scored by the Tigers in Big 12 games

7.77 Runs per game given up by the Tigers in Big 12 games

5 Preseason ranking of the Tigers by Big 12 Coaches

8 MU's final ranking in the Big 12

5 Longest MU winning streak, against North Dakota and Pine Bluff-Arkansas, March 18-24

7 straight NCAA Regional appearances prior to 2010

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

3 Major League Stadiums the Tigers played in during the 2010 season: Minute Maid Park, Busch Stadium, Kauffman Stadium


2,316 Empty Seats

Total 2010 Attendance: 19,310
Average 2010 Attendance: 715 (27 dates)

Past Years' Regular Season Attendance
2009: Toal: 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

Largest Attendance @ Simmons Field in 2010: 2182 (Saturday, April 17 vs. Oklahoma State)

Smallest Attendance @ Simmons Field in 2010: 214 (Sunday, April 25, DH vs. Kansas State)

One of the best times I personally had at Simmons Field in 2010: Sunday, April 25, DH vs. Kansas State)

Largest crowd the Tigers played in front of in 2010: 5,018 (Saturday, May 29, Big 12 Tournament vs. Texas Tech)

Top 10 All-Time 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


Day 3 of the 2010 Tip of the Cap Awards tomorrow: Quotes & Notes