2014
13-7
Top Row: Coach Will Race, Coach Frank Barthel, Nathan Klein, Jacob Thibodeau, Jasper MacNaughton, Jack Withington, Julian Minne, Grant Ainsworth, Hunter Hickok, Bryce Swofford, Coach Mark Pusich, Coach Chris Dillon. Bottom Row: Quin Gist,Chase Barnum, Michael Dale, Alex Muir, Merik Haney, and Kellen Johansen.
2 Grant Ainsworth - 3B, SS, P
24 Chase Barnum - OF
8 Michael Dale - 2B/OF
6 Quin Gist - OF
9 Merik Haney - OF
Niko Hebert - INF
5 Hunter Hickok - OF
11 Kellen Johansen - OF
23 Nathan Klein - SS/P
10 Jasper MacNaughton - OF
1 Julian Minne - 2B
14 Alex Muir - C
4 Bryce Swofford - P, 1B, 3B
7 Jacob Thibodeau - 1B/P
3 Jack Withington - OF/P
Head Coach: Will Race. Assistant Coaches: Frank Barthel, Jamie Daniel, Chris Dillon, and Mark Pusich.
2 Grant Ainsworth - 3B, SS, P
24 Chase Barnum - OF
8 Michael Dale - 2B/OF
6 Quin Gist - OF
9 Merik Haney - OF
Niko Hebert - INF
5 Hunter Hickok - OF
11 Kellen Johansen - OF
23 Nathan Klein - SS/P
10 Jasper MacNaughton - OF
1 Julian Minne - 2B
14 Alex Muir - C
4 Bryce Swofford - P, 1B, 3B
7 Jacob Thibodeau - 1B/P
3 Jack Withington - OF/P
Head Coach: Will Race. Assistant Coaches: Frank Barthel, Jamie Daniel, Chris Dillon, and Mark Pusich.
Juneau Douglas High School Baseball Team's Senior Night at Adair Kennedy
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Seniors left to right: Kellen Johansen, Jack Withington, and Julian Minne
2014 Crimson Bears Results
JDHS 7 Petersburg 1
JDHS 17 Petersburg 4
JDHS 15 Petersburg 2
JDHS 11 TMHS 9
JDHS 10 Sitka 3
JDHS 5 Sitka 4
JDHS 8 TMHS 4
JDHS 2 Ketchikan 5
JDHS 4 Ketchikan 0
JDHS 8 Ketchikan 2*
JDHS 14 TMHS 0
JDHS 1 Sitka 11
JDHS 6 Ketchikan 8
*At this point of the season JDHS with a record of 9-1 had won the Southeast title and the number 1 seed in the RegionV tournament to be held in Sitka starting on May 29th.
One of the Ketchikan's games was a non-conference game and did not count to the Region V standings. (NOTE: I need to check to find out which game).
Southeast Region V Tournament in Sitka
May 29,2014 JDHS 8 Petersburg 1
May 30 JDHS 2 Sitka 6
May 31 JDHS 15 Petersburg 0
May 31 JDHS 8 Sitka 5
May 31 JDHS 2 Sitka 7
Juneau and Sitka are in the state tournament.
2014 Alaska State High School Baseball Tournament
Sitka, Alaska
June 5,2014 JDHS 6 South High of Anchorage 7
15 innings**
**An Anchorage announcer stated that the 15 inning game between Juneau and South was the greatest high school game he had announced.
In the first inning South scored a run. The Bears responding in the bottom of the first by scoring 2 runs. After 1 out Grant Ainsworth hit a triple to deep centerfield.Kellen Johansen hit a single to right scoring Grant, then stold second. Nathan Klein hit another triple to center scoring Kellen.
The score remained 2 to 1 Juneau until the top of the 7th inning. When with one out and a count of 1 ball, South's hitter, Valdez hit a home run to tie the game. Bryce Swofford, a resmen, pitched a fine game going 7 full innings, allowing only 2 runs and striking out 7 South batters.
Nathan Klein stared the 8th inning. The score, 2 to 2, remain until the 13th inning. Juneau did have runners on 1st and 2nd with one out in the 10th inning but stranded a runner on 3rd. In the 13th South scored only 1 run on 2 hits and 2 BBs. The score is now 3 to 2 South. Leading off in the bottom of the 13rd is Grant Ainsworth, who on the first pitch hits a home run. Tie game again. Nathan Klein also pitched a fine game, giving up 1 earned run on 2 hits while striking out 6 South hitters in 6 innings.
In the top of the 14th Jacob Thibodeau goes from first base to the mound. For the first time in the game Juneau's defense weakens. In the 14th South's lead off batter singles. The next reaches first base on an error and the next batter is hit by a pitch. Now South has the bases loaded with no outs. Thibodeau is now outstanding. He strikes out the next batter on 3 pitches and thenthe second batter on 5 pitches. Two outs bases loaded the next batter hits the first pitch to deep center where Johansen gets ball on glove for the final out. Juneau is retired 1,2, 3 in the bottom of the inning. Score still 3 to 3.
We now entered what will be the final inning the 15th. South will score 4 runs on only 2 hits but 2 costly errors and 1 BBs.Thibodeau also pitched a fine game giving up 2 runs on only 3 hits in 2 full innings. Errors and walks the hazards of baseball harms Juneau.
Botom of the 15th first 2 batters are out. Up comes Ainsworth, the General, on the first pitch he singles (his 4th hit of the game, 4 for6,an RBI and he scores 3 runs) to left. What happens next? Kellen singles, Nathan singles, Thibedeau singles, and Swofford singles. Score now is 7 to 6 in favor of South. There are now Crimson Bears on first and third. Alas this most exiting game, the greatest Alaska high school game ever played ends, 7 to 6.
Both teams played hard and played together. Some games you win when you should have lost, other games you lose when you should have won. Both teams won in this game. The final score was not in our favor unfortunately.The Juneau Crimson Bears played the baseball game of their young life.The Bears lead for 6 1/3 innings; tied for most of the remaining innings.
Final Stats:
Juneau: 59 At Bats, 6 Runs, 14 Hits
South 62 At Bats 7 Runs, 12 Hits
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JDHS 2 Lathrop High of Fairbanks 5; final tournament game.
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Nine seniors graduated from the 2013 baseball team. So Coach Race and the remaining teammates were facing a rebuilding year in 2014.
Let the baseball season begin.
On May 1,2014 the Crimson Bears win the, first game of the season a 7 to 1 victory against Petersburg. Nathan Klein pitched for 5 innings allowing 2 hits and no earned runs. Grant Ainsworth relieved for 2 innings allowing 1 hit and no earned runs.
The Bears won their next 6 games, beating their arch rival, Sitka, twice and their cross town rival, TMHS, once. On May 16th against Ketchikan JDHS loses its first game by a score of 5-2.T he Bears would go on to beat Ketchikan in the next 2 games and in the process win the regular Southeast conference with a record of 13-3.
In the Region V Tournament JDHS won three games and lost two. On the final day of the tournament the Bears had to play 3 games in order to win the tournament, they won two. However JDHS was off to their 12th state championship tournament out of the 15 that have been held since 2000 and were to play what many felt was the most exiting high school baseball game ever played in Alaska.
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As a team the Crimson Bears had a batting average of .302, their opponents .243. The Bears scored an average of 7.6 per game while their oppenents scored 4.2 runs. The leading hitter for the Bears was Grant Ainsworth, .444. Grant had the most hits (32), the most stolen bases (18 attemps 18 steals), and the fewest strike-outs (6). The next leading hitter was Nathan Klein,.389 and who drove in the most runs (25). The 3rd leading hitter was Kellen Johansen, .371 and who was walked seven times.
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Team and Individual Statistics
The 2014 Crimson Bears' Baseball season records are:
Batting Average = H / AB (H=Hits) / (divided by) (AB= At Bats)
TEAM Batting Average =573 / 173 = .302
Leaders:
Grant Ainsworth .444
Nathan Klein .389
Kellen Johansen .371
The better hitters have batting average of .300 or higher. However some hitters may hit lower than .300 but hit more timely hits than hitters with higher batting averages, for example hit when runners are on base or in scoring position (a runner on 2nd or 3rd) or hit to keep a rally going.
The highest Major League batting average belongs to Ty Cobb who, over 24 seasons batted .366. Ty Cobb also won 11 batting titles.
(From Google)
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On Base % = (H+BB+HP) / (AB+BB+HP+SF)
(BB=Base on Balls) (HP=Hit by a pitch) (SF= Sacrifice Fly Out).
TEAM On Base % =173+53+23 / 573+53+23+6= .380
Leaders:
Grant Ainworth .466
Kellen Johansen .450
Nathan Klein .418
Alex Muir .418
The Major League career highest OB% belongs to Ted Williams at .482.
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Slugging % =(1B+2x2B+3x3B+4xHR) / AB (1B=singles) (2B=doubles) (3B=triples) (HR=Home Runs).
TEAM Slugging % = 000+ 00x0+ 0x0+ 0x0 / 573 = .000(I will compile later)
Leaders:
Grant Ainsworth .681
Nathan Klein .611
Kellen Johansen .429
At the major league level the slugging % is in the .500 to .700 range. The career highest Slugging % is held by Babe Ruth at .690.
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Contact Rate = (AB minus K) / AB (K=Strike Outs)
TEAM Contact Rate = 573-118 / 573 = .794
Leaders:
Grant Ainsworth: .913
Nathan Klein: .903
Jacob Thibodeau: .851
The major league contact rate level is at 80%. However batters who are hitting .300 or better are in the 90% range. (source: Ron Shandler USA Today 4/17/2008).
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NOTE: all the individual pitching stats listed below are based on pitchers who pitched at least 20 innings.
Pitching Statistics: W-L ERA WHIP Ratio K/BB Opp. BA
TEAM 13-7 2.75 1.429 2.6 .243
Leaders:
Nathan Klein 3-2 2.52 1.441 2.5 .220
Jack Withington 4-1 2.40 1.257 3.4 .232
Bryce Swofford 3-0 2.84 1.312 3.1 .250
Jacob Thibodeau* 1-3 2.33 1.583 1.2 .226
*Jacob Thibedeau appeared in 9 games as a relief pitcher and 2 games as a starter, winning one and losing one.
ERA= (ER x 7) / IP (Earned Runs x 7innings (in high school baseball) divided (/) by Innings Pitched).
A good ERA is under 4.00
WHIP= (BB+H) / IP
NOTE: WHIP is another way to measure the effectiveness of a pitcher. Two pitchers could have identical ERAs but one pitcher could have a lower WHIP incating that he is a more effective pitcher. For example Pitcher A could give up no runs 1 hit and issue 2 walks.His ERA is 0.00 and his WHIP is ( 2 BB + 1 H / 6 innings pitch) = .600. Pitcher B could give up no runs 7 hits and issue 3 walks. His ERA is 0.00 and his WHIP is (3 + 7 / 6) = 1.66.
A good WHIP is around 1.00 below that is excellant. A poor WHIP is 1.75 or higher.
In our example Pitcher B is allowing nearly 2 runners per inning. If a pitcher continues on that path, trouble ahead. Here Pitcher B most likely had solid defense behind him or he struck out batters thereby pitching a shtutout.
K / BB = Strikeouts / Base on Balls
Opp. BA = Opponent's Batting Average
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Fielding: = (PO + A) / (PO + A + E) = Fielding % (PO=Put Outs; A=Assists; E=Errors)
(395+112) / (395+112+35)=
TEAM Fielding %= .935
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Nathan,Jacob, Jasper,Jack,Julian,Grant, Hunter,Bryce. You look good and you are good but......
Quin,Chase,Michael,Alex,Merick and Kellen
Quin,Chase,Michael,Alex,Merick and Kellen
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Nathan Klein .389 Kellen Johansen .371 Grant Ainsworth .444
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