World Tournament Most Four Dead in 1 Game - Men's Championship              
  40 Point Game started 1982             Most      
  Mens   Shoes Winner Opponent Winner Opponent Total Four Dead Winner Opponent World
Year Winner Opponent Pitched Score Score Ringers Ringers Ringers Per Game %  % Location
2017 Alan Francis (OH) Tom Williams (WI) 90 45 12 86 75 161 29 95.56% 83.33% St. George, Utah (*)
2016 Alan Francis (OH) Dan Watson (AL) 98 42 11 90 80 170 31 91.84% 81.63% Montgomery, Alabama, (*)
2015 Alan Francis (OH) Jim Walters (OH) 94 40 21 84 77 161 25 89.36% 81.91% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2014 Brian Simmons (VT) Dan Watson (AL) 100 41 35 80 79 159 22 80.00% 79.00% Buffalo, New York (*)
2013 Alan Francis (OH) Walter Ray Williams Jr. (FL) 84 45 4 79 66 145 26 94.05% 78.57% St. George, Utah (*)
2012 Alan Francis (OH) Tom Williams (WI) 84 41 29 70 66 136 20 83.33% 78.57% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
2011 Brian Simmons (VT) Alan Francis (OH) 124 42 39 107 107 214 33 86.29% 86.29% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2010 Alan Francis (OH) Brian Simmons (VT) 144 42 29 133 128 261 47 92.36% 88.89% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
2009 Alan Francis (OH) Brian Simmons (VT) 140 40 37 126 125 251 44 90.00% 89.29% Springfield, Illinois (*)
2008 Alan Francis (OH) Mike Creek (PA) 82 41 14 72 63 135 22 87.80% 76.83% York, Pennsylvania (*)
2007 Mark Mauthe (WI) Rich Pintor (CO) 70 40 8 57 45 102 12 81.43% 64.29% Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
2006 Rich pintor (CO) Gale Greene (VT) 92 44 35 72 70 142 16 78.26% 76.09% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
2005 Gale Greene (VT) Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) 80 42 27 61 57 118 13 76.25% 71.25% Bakersfield, California (*)
2004 Joe McCrink (NJ) Andre Leclerc (PQ-CAN) 92 40 30 79 75 154 25 85.87% 81.52% Pocatello, Idaho (*)
2003 Alan Francis (OH) Kurt von Kleist (PA) 112 40 27 95 90 185 29 84.82% 80.36% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
2002 Brian Simmons (VT) Alan Francis (OH) 114 42 15 106 98 204 36 92.98% 85.96% Red Deer, Canada (*)
2001 Alan Francis (OH) Dale Lipovsky (MN) 114 42 16 104 96 200 37 91.23% 84.21% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
2000 Missing Score Sheets                     Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
1999 Brian Simmons (VT) Paul LaCrosse (CO) 108 42 36 88 86 174 26 81.48% 79.63% Greenville, Ohio
1998 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Stan Leis (ON-CAN) 84 40 15 73 65 138 21 86.90% 77.38% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1997 Alan Francis (OH) Paul LaCrosse (CO) 100 44 39 82 80 162 23 82.00% 80.00% Kitchener, Ontario (*)
1996 Art Tyson (NY) Alan Francis (OH) 110 42 34 92 89 181 26 83.64% 80.91% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
1995 N.A. Moore (NC) Alan Francis (OH) 100 42 32 81 79 160 20 81.00% 79.00% Perry, Georgia (*)
1994 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Kevin Cone (IA) 102 41 37 83 81 164 24 81.37% 79.41% Syracuse, New York (*)
1993 Kevin Cone (IA) Paul LaCrosse (CO) 92 41 37 69 70 139 28 75.00% 76.09% Spearfish, South Dakota
1992 Jim Kinsley (OH) Walter Ray Williams (CA) 114 40 18 102 93 195 33 89.47% 81.58% Columbus, Ohio
1991 Missing Score Sheets             0       Biloxi, Mississippi (*)
1990 Alan Francis (OH) Kevin Cone (IA) 104 40 39 84 84 168 23 80.77% 80.77% Stone Mtn, Georgia (*)
1989 Missing Score Sheets             0       Spearfish, South Dakota
1988 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Dale Lipovsky (MN) 128 41 26 114 108 222 38 89.06% 84.38% Pleasanton. California ( # )
1987 Dale Lipovsky (MN) Paul LaCrosse (CO) 102 40 18 90 84 174 28 88.24% 82.35% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
1987 Alvin Perry (VA) Karl Van Sant (IN) 118 40 39 94 96 190 28 79.66% 81.36% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
1986 Kevin Cone (IA) Jim Knisley (OH) 102 42 35 82 80 162 22 80.39% 78.43% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1985 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Dale Lipovsky (MN) 108 41 21 97 90 187 30 89.81% 83.33% Lafayette, Indiana ( + )
1984 Missing Score Sheets             0       Huntsville, Alabama
1983 Jim Kinsley (OH) Charles Kilgore (MO) 112 40 33 89 89 178 26 79.46% 79.46% Statesville, North Carolina
1982 Dale Lipovsky (MN) Glen Henton (IA) 112 42 36 98 95 193 29 87.50% 84.82% Huntsville, Alabama
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