Ballhawk League : Week 26
Week 26 was extended by the tiebreaker game in Minnesota earlier this week.
The winner this week was Zack Hample, who won for eighth time in 26 weeks.
A few notes:
- As expected, Zack Hample finishes the regular season in first place with 525 balls. Rounding out the Top Five were Erik Jabs (412),
- Happy Youngster, on a trip to Denver, snagged a Prince Fielder home run on 9/30/09. To see the catch, click HERE.
- Zack Hample won 7 out of 11 categories. He failed to capture the top spot in these categories: Games Attended (Erik Jabs 81), Hit Balls Snagged (Erik Jabs 217), Thrown Balls per Game (Joe Faraguna 5.63), and Device Balls per Game (Donny Haltom 1.83). Still, Zack’s 2009 was very impressive.
- Chris P had a strong week to propel himself back into the top 5.
- Alex became the fourth member of the ballhawk league to pass the 300 balls in one year barrier. Welcome to the club
Here’s how week 26 turned out:![]()
Week 26 Leaders:
Total Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 43
2) Chris P 26
3) Alex 21
Games:
1) Mike In Detroit 5
2) Matt Jackson, Chris P 4
Average Balls per Game:
1) Zack Hample 14.33
2) Greg Barasch 9.00
3) Gary Kowal 8.00
Hit Balls Snagged:
1) Greg Barasch 13
2) Zack Hample 9
3) Chris P 7
Thrown Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 31
2) Alex 19
3) Chris P 18
Device Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 3
2) Alex 1
Competition Factor:
1) Zack Hample
2) Puck Collector
3) Gary Kowal
Here’s a look at the final 2009 regular season standings:![]()
2009 Season COMPLETE Leader Board:
Total Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 525
2) Erik Jabs 412
3) Happy Youngster 372
4) Alex 316
5) Chris P 287
6) Greg Barasch 278
7) Nick Pelescak 273
8) District Boy 221
9) Shawn 189
10) Donny Haltom 178
11) Mike In Detroit 132
12) Joe Faraguna 124
13) Matt Jackson 120
14) John Witt 83
15) Bob Fox 82
15) Gary Kowal 82
17) Leigh Barratt 76
18) Puck Collector 59
19) Andrew McDonald 35
20) Donnie Ankudovich 28
21) Connor 13
21) Jeremy Evans 13
Games Attended:
1) Erik Jabs 81
2) Nick Pelescak 75
3) Chris P 68
4) Happy Youngster 61
5) Zack Hample 58
6) Alex 49
7) Bob Fox 44
8) Mike In Detroit 41
9) Leigh Barratt 40
10) Matt Jackson 38
11) Greg Barasch 37
12) District Boy 36
13) John Witt 31
14) Shawn 30
15) Donny Haltom 24
16) Gary Kowal 23
17) Andrew McDonald 21
18) Donnie Ankudovich 20
19) Joe Faraguna 19
20) Puck Collector 10
21) Jeremy Evans 9
22) Connor 5
Average Balls per Game:
1) Zack Hample 9.05
2) Greg Barasch 7.51
3) Donny Haltom 7.42
4) Joe Faraguna 6.53
5) Alex 6.45
6) Shawn 6.30
7) District Boy 6.14
8) Happy Youngster 6.10
9) Puck Collector 5.90
10) Erik Jabs 5.09
11) Chris P 4.22
12) Nick Pelescak 3.64
13) Gary Kowal 3.57
14) Mike In Detroit 3.22
15) Matt Jackson 3.16
16) John Witt 2.68
17) Connor 2.60
18) Leigh Barratt 1.90
19) Bob Fox 1.86
20) Andrew McDonald 1.67
21) Jeremy Evans 1.44
22) Donnie Ankudovich 1.40
Hit Balls Snagged:
1) Erik Jabs 217
2) Nick Pelescak 184
3) Zack Hample 170
4) Happy Youngster 143
5) Chris P 95
6) Greg Barasch 85
7) District Boy 60
8) John Witt 58
9) Donny Haltom
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10) Leigh Barratt 43
11) Alex 41
12) Matt Jackson 36
13) Shawn 34
14) Mike In Detroit 29
15) Joe Faraguna 17
15) Puck Collector 17
17) Gary Kowal 14
18) Donnie Ankudovich 10
19) Andrew McDonald 9
20) Bob Fox 8
21) Connor 4
22) Jeremy Evans 0
Thrown Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 274
2) Alex 260
3) Chris P 192
4) Happy Youngster 164
5) District Boy 161
6) Greg Barasch 155
7) Shawn 153
8) Erik Jabs 125
9) Joe Faraguna 107
10) Mike In Detroit 102
11) Nick Pelescak 89
12) Donny Haltom 84
12) Matt Jackson 84
14) Bob Fox 74
15) Gary Kowal 62
16) Puck Collector 38
17) Leigh Barratt 33
18) Andrew McDonald 26
19) John Witt 25
20) Donnie Ankudovich 16
21) Jeremy Evans 13
22) Connor 8
Device Balls Snagged:
1) Zack Hample 81
2) Erik Jabs 70
3) Happy Youngster 65
4) Donny Haltom 44
5) Greg Barasch 38
6) Alex 17
7) Gary Kowal 6
8) Puck Collector 4
9) Shawn 2
10) Donnie Ankudovich 2
11) Mike In Detroit 1
12) Connor 1
13) Chris P 0
13) District Boy 0
13) Joe Faraguna 0
13) Nick Pelescak 0
13) Matt Jackson 0
13) Bob Fox 0
13) Leigh Barratt 0
13) Andrew McDonald 0
13) John Witt 0
13) Jeremy Evans 0
Competition Factor:
1) Zack Hample 275,975
2) Alex 258,384
3) Greg Barasch 244,755
4) Donny Haltom 238,254
5) Joe Faraguna 231,691
6) Puck Collector 222,898
7) Happy Youngster 213,481
8) Shawn 210,126
9) Chris P 163,289
10) District Boy 135,987
11) Gary Kowal 132,879
12) Matt Jackson 122,475
13) Connor 111,153
14) John Witt 110,517
15) Erik Jabs 103,444
16) Mike In Detroit 99,919
17) Nick Pelescak 71,999
18) Jeremy Evans 56,494
19) Donnie Ankudovich 55,230
20) Bob Fox 53,834
21) Leigh Barratt 48,108
22) Andrew McDonald 32,034
Game Balls
1) Zack Hample 11
2) Shawn 8
2) Chris P 8
4) Happy Youngster 6
5) Nick Pelescak 4
6) Leigh Barratt 3
7) Alex 2
7) Donny Haltom 2
7) Greg Barasch 2
7) District Boy 2
7) Mike In Detroit 2
12) Puck Collector 1
12) Matt Jackson 1
12) Connor 1
12) John Witt 1
12) Erik Jabs 1
17) Joe Faraguna 0
17) Gary Kowal 0
17) Jeremy Evans 0
17) Donnie Ankudovich 0
17) Bob Fox 0
17) Andrew McDonald 0
Now, a look at how many balls per game per category each ballhawk averages
Hit Balls PER GAME
1) Zack Hample 2.93
2) Erik Jabs 2.68
3) Nick Pelescak 2.45
4) Happy Youngster 2.34
5) Greg Barasch 2.30
6) Donny Haltom 2.08
7) John Witt 1.87
8) Puck Collector 1.70
9) District Boy 1.67
10) Chris P 1.40
11) Shawn 1.13
12) Leigh Barratt 1.08
13) Matt Jackson 0.95
14) Joe Faraguna 0.89
15) Alex 0.84
16) Connor 0.80
17) Mike In Detroit 0.71
18) Gary Kowal 0.61
19) Donnie Ankudovich 0.50
20) Andrew McDonald 0.43
21) Bob Fox 0.18
22) Jeremy Evans 0.00
Thrown Balls PER GAME
1) Joe Faraguna 5.63
2) Alex 5.31
3) Shawn 5.10
4) Zack Hample 4.72
5) District Boy 4.47
6) Greg Barasch 4.19
7) Puck Collector 3.80
8) Donny Haltom 3.50
9) Chris P 2.82
10) Gary Kowal 2.70
11) Happy Youngster 2.69
12) Mike In Detroit 2.49
13) Matt Jackson 2.21
14) Bob Fox 1.68
15) Connor 1.60
16) Er
ik Jabs 1.54
17) Jeremy Evans 1.44
18) Andrew McDonald 1.24
19) Nick Pelescak 1.19
20) Leigh Barratt 0.83
21) John Witt 0.81
22) Donnie Ankudovich 0.80
Device Balls PER GAME
1) Donny Haltom 1.83
2) Zack Hample 1.40
3) Happy Youngster 1.07
4) Greg Barasch 1.03
5) Erik Jabs 0.86
6) Puck Collector 0.40
7) Alex 0.35
8) Gary Kowal 0.26
9) Connor 0.20
10) Donnie Ankudovich 0.10
11) Shawn 0.07
12) Mike In Detroit 0.02
13) Joe Faraguna 0.00
13) District Boy 0.00
13) Chris P 0.00
13) Matt Jackson 0.00
13) Bob Fox 0.00
13) Jeremy Evans 0.00
13) Andrew McDonald 0.00
13) Nick Pelescak 0.00
13) Leigh Barratt 0.00
13) John Witt 0.00
Week 26 Photos
Ballhawks were given the option to submit a photo for this and future
ballhawk league updates. The photos could be of them making a catch,
posing with a ball, a picture of a ball snagged, or something strange
or interesting that they saw at a game.
Submitted by District Boy:
District Boy’s first goal for 2009 was to snag 200 balls. He finally reached the mark on September 25th (courtesy of Reid Gorecki)![]()
Submitted by Zack Hample:
Zack Hample holding Robinson Cano’s grand slam ball on September 28 at Yankee Stadium.![]()
2009 Ballhawk League Archive:
TOP BALLHAWK:
Week 1: Happy Youngster 38 (Runner Up: Zack Hample 31)
Week 2: Zack Hample 27 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Week 3: Zack Hample 30 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 21)
Week 4: Zack Hample 40 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 39)
Week 5: Zack Hample 31 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 22)
Week 6: Erik Jabs 31 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 26)
Week 7: District Boy 40 (Runner Up: Greg Barasch 20)
Week 8: Erik Jabs 18 (Runner Up: Donny Haltom 17)
Week 9: Donny Haltom 16 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 13)
Week 10: Zack Hample 27 (Runner Up: Shawn 26)
Week 11: Zack Hample 59 (Runner Up: Donny Haltom 23)
Week 12: Greg Barasch 36 (Runner Up: Nick Pelescak 22)
Week 13: Chris P 24 (Runner Up: Alex 17)
Week 14: Greg Barasch 22 (Runner Up: Chris P 19)
Week 15: Nick Pelescak 17 (Runner Up: District Boy 10)
Week 16: Alex 21 (Runner Up: District Boy 19)
Week 17: Joe Faraguna 18 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 11)
Week 18: Erik Jabs 22 (Runner Up: Zack Hample 14)
Week 19: Alex 38 (Runner Up: Joe Faraguna 31)
Week 20: Alex 41 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 36)
Week 21: Chris P 35 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 34)
Week 22: Nick Pelescak 24 (Runner Up: Greg Barasch)
Week 23: Donny Haltom 30 (Runner Up: Chris P 22)
Week 24: Zack Hample 54 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 14)
Week 25: Erik Jabs 44 (Runner Up: District Boy 37)
Week 26: Zack Hample 43 (Runner Up: Chris P 25)
I love it how not even 25 of you guys got almost 3900 baseballs in 1 regular season. Congrats to all of you on a great job. This year…i only got 4.
HOWIE
http://howie.mlblogs.com/
Well howie, if you had been in the league we would’ve reached 3900!
Kyle Farnsworth: i hate you.
Well I definitely enjoyed participating in the Ballhawk League this year. It really added something to my season. Thanks for putting this all together Erik, and congrats to everybody for a great 2009!
-Greg
Are you gonna have the ballhawk league next year?
Because if you are, I would like to join.
http://isaosblog.blogspot.com/