A Tip of the Cap 2012: By the Numbers

Two big numbers in 2012: 18 and 39

3 Number of home games I missed this season, compared to 15 in 2011

73 Mizzou's final official NCAA RPI ranking (5/29/12)

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

33-28  Final W-L record

18  Games in 27 days during the long March home stand.  It would have been 19, but the final game of the Charlotte series was cancelled due to weather.  The March home stand will be shorter in 2012, because of the longer SEC conference schedule.

59.7   Average temperature in March 2012 in Columbia, highest in 122 years

10  Longest MU winning streak, 3/3-3/17 vs. Ball State, Nebraska-Omaha, Charlotte, North Dakota, High Point

5 Longest MU losing streak, 4/28-5/4, against Texas Tech, Arkansas and Texas

7   Number of games MU lost by just 1 run

8   Number of games MU lost by just 2 runs

40-21   MU's record if they had won just 7 of those 15 close games

32 Consecutive games reaching base safely by Brannon Champagne, tying Aaron Senne for longest streak all-time at MU

6 Blake Brown's ranking in all-time career steals at MU (40)

8 Eric Garcia's ranking in all-time career steals at MU (38, tied with Phil Bradley)

4 Jeff Emen's ranking in all-time career pitching appearance at MU (103)

93 Percentage of innings Ben Turner caught in 2012 (495.2 of 534.1)

24  Mizzou's 2012 D-1 ranking in Hit-by-Pitch, with 86 total.  The #1 school, Delaware State collected an all-time record 152 HBPs

215-132-2   Mizzou's all-time record against Kansas

XII   Number at the end of the the Big 12's name

IX  Number of Big 12 teams actually playing baseball in 2012 (and 2013)

XIV  Number of SEC teams that will play baseball in 2013

6  MU's final regular season ranking in the Big 12

5  Tigers named to the All Big 12 Team (Dusty Ross 2nd Team; Blake Brown, Dane Opel, Ben Turner, Rob Zastryzny Honorable Mention)

1.91  Mizzou Bullpen ERA in 22 games from from April 21through May 27 19 earned runs in 89.1 innings)

2.68 MU's regular season batting average

4.16  MU's regular season ERA

.359  MU's batting average in the Big 12 Tournament

2.83  MU's ERA in the Big 12 Tournament

.265  MU's batting average in the Tucson Regional

9.96  MU's ERA in the Tucson Regional

.500  Eric Garcia's MVP batting average in the Big 12 Tournament

15-6   The score of Louisville's win over MU in the Tucson Regional


16-6   The score of Louisville's win over MU in the 2007 Columbia Regional

8   NCAA Regional appearances in the past decade

603  Career wins by Tim Jamieson, second only to Gene McArtor (733)

4   Big 12's Conference RPI ranking, 2012 (1-ACC, 2-SEC, 3-PAC 12)

7,718  The difference between Mizzou's home opener crowd of 524 and South Carolina's 8,242

2,210   Taylor Stadium attendance on Saturday, May 5th, vs. Texas; 5th largest all-time regular season crowd

26,357   2012 Total Attendance

824   2012 Average Attendance

Past Years' Regular Season Home Attendance

2011: Total: 13,334; Average: 476
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

2012 Home Attendance Detail

ATT - DAY DATE  OPP
2210 - SAT 5/5/12  TEX
2049 - SAT 4/21/12  K ST
1387 - FRI 5/4/12 TEX
1314 - SAT 3/3/12  BALL ST
1249 - SUN 3/4/12    BALL ST
1140 - SUN 5/6/12  TEX
1072 - SUN 3/25/12  OK ST
1032 - SAT 3/24/12  OK ST
1032 - SAT 3/24/12    OK ST
1004 - WED 5/9/12  MIS ST
1003 - FRI 4/6/12 BAY
886 - FRI 5/11/12  MEM
880 - SUN 5/13/12  MEM
779 - SAT 5/12/12  MEM
752 - SUN 4/22/12  K ST
744 - SAT 3/10/12  CHAR
744 - SAT 3/10/12  CHAR
677 - SAT 4/7/12  BAY
586 - SUN 3/18/12  HIGH PT
584 - FRI 4/20/12    K ST
543 - TUE 3/6/12  NEB-O
539 - FRI 3/9/12  CHAR
524 - FRI 3/2/12  BALL ST
502 - TUE 3/13/12  N DAK
486 - THU 4/5/12  BAY
482 - WED 3/14/12  N DAK
451 - FRI 3/16/12  HIGH PT
434 - SAT 3/17/12  HIGH PT
383 - TUE 3/27/12  C ARK
370 - WED 3/28/12    C ARK
360 - TUE 4/10/12  UALR
159 - WED 3/21/12  IND ST

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
5/5/12 Texas 2,2104/5/08 Okla St 2,205
6/4/07 Louisville-MU (Regional) 2,199

5/14/05 Kansas 2,143 dropped out of the top 10