NatStats: Calculating Ringer Averages
By Wayne Callicoatte, NATSTATS Director
Well I’m six months into being NHPA Natstats Director and boy have I learned a lot.
There are a lot of pitchers (new and old) that do not understand how their Ringer % is calculated. You can’t just add the percentage of your 3 highest tournaments over the last 12 months or last 10 tournaments and then divide them by 3 to get your average.
This is how your average is calculated.
Calculating Ringer Averages
A contestant's game and tournament ringer percentage shall be determined by dividing the total number of ringers by the total number of shoes pitched. Shoes pitched in playoff games and in extra innings pitched, because of tie games, shall be included in these totals.
The above method for calculating ringer averages applies to individual games as well as an individual's complete tournament average for all games pitched. Note: In the event a pitcher played in more than one class in the same tournament, as a contestant, a single tournament average must be based on the totals of all ringers and shoes pitched.
Tournament lineups seed pitchers according to their official "3-high" ringer average which is based on the three highest NHPA sanctioned tournaments pitched in the preceding 12 months or the last ten tournaments during the same period, whichever occurs first (See NHPA Rule 11, Sec. D).
NHPA national statistics center (NATSTATS) maintains the official records on all sanctioned tournament results and publishes NATSTATS 3-HIGH AVERAGES reports.
Tournament Directors: You need to get the results submitted to Natstats or your State statistician to submit to Natstats as soon as possible after your tournament is over in order for everyone’s percentage to be current as updates are run each Wed evening.
Tournament Directors: You need to download your state’s Natstats from the website before each tournament to ensure you have the most current information for the pitchers. Go to www.hsmaster.info, click on HSMaster then click on Downloads on left side of page to get instructions on how to do this. You need to update everything, averages and names as information is updated each Wed. By doing this you will have the most current information when submitting your results the errors will be cut down and save both of us time.
HSMaster is very good software to run your tournaments with. Rob Hagman has created a website call www.hsmaster.info that is excellent information for new users and current users alike. If you are still running your tournaments on paper and typing in the results to send to Natstats there is an option in HSMaster to enter from paper and it will create the file to be sent to Natstats in the correct format.
If you need help or would like to start using HSMaster contact myself or Rob Hagman and we will be glad to assist you.
Everyone be sure that when you change categories (men to elders, cadets to juniors or boys to men) that you notify the TDs and Charter Secretaries and Secretaries be sure to notify Natstats. This will ensure that all percentages are correct and save me time when stats are rejected because of this.
Secretaries, with the NHPA cards not having the NHPA# preprinted anymore not only saved the organization money it also means that you don’t have to reassign numbers. You can just take the largest and bump it by 1 for the next new number until you reach the max for your state. You can still reassign numbers but just remember that Natstats maintains data for 2 years plus current year, so right now we have 2015, 2016 and 2017.
I wish more ringers for all and great success at the World Tournament if you are going. But most of all just have fun and enjoy pitching.