Storm’s name was appropriate this season as their biggest obstacle was not another team, but Mother Nature herself. When the weather decided to cooperate, Storm had a fantastic season, finishing in first place and leading the league in runs for and against.
The other story was five forfeits. Storm led the league with 709 runs. If they had the opportunity to play those five other games, they might have broken the league single season record of 799. Storm only needed 90 runs, and was averaging 21.5 runs per game throughout the season, so it is within reason that they would have broken that record.
Storm also allowed the fewest runs against. In this category, the forfeits might have helped. Storm allowed only 341runs for an average of 10.3 runs per game. With 54 runs fewer than Hanet, had Storm played all five games and only allowed their average, they still would have ended up with fewer runs allowed than Hanet, but you can never know for sure how those five games would have played out.
This was also a season with the potential to break Storm season records. In the end, only one record fell. Duran broke Joey’s single season triples record. On the final day of the season, Duran hit a triple in each game of a double-header to break the record.
Joey, himself, had the chance to break some records but fell short. He fell one double short of tying Bob’s single-season doubles record (Joey 26, Bob 27), two hits short of tying his own single-season hits record (115 this year, record 117).
Individual records broken:
Lance – AVG. - .669, OBP - .664
Dave – Walks – 10
Duran – Triples – 13, HR – 9, RBI – 89,
Al – Hits – 92
It was another great regular season for Storm, and the hope is that the quality and consistency of play will translate into another successful playoff tournament!
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