Frame 1
25%
Spare 25%
Open 50%
Open 50%
league 32%
Eastern Shore Lanes · Individual Bowler Report · 2026–27 Fall Season
ELLEN SMITH
Guys & Dolls League (Tuesdays) · all scores scratch · September 8, 2026 – October 27, 2026
167
Average · 24 games
215
High game
560
High series
24 games for 4,019 pins; over 200 in 3 of 24 games. Rank 27 of 54 in Guys & Dolls League (14+ games).
The season so far
Guys & Dolls League
Tuesdays · team Splits & Giggles · bowled every night
Average (24 games)167
High game215
High series560
600+ series nights0 of 8
200+ games3 of 24 (12%)
League rank (14+ games)27 of 54
Next week to raise avg +1 Pin517 Series
Season arc (first 3 → last 3 nights)160 → 170 (+10)
Guys & Dolls League — series by week
Sep 8 → Oct 27. Red-capped bars are nights well above their own average; dotted gaps are nights not bowled. Averaged 502 a night.
How the season is going
Dots are your games; the solid line is your average each night, the dashed line is the Guys & Dolls League average that night, the maple line is your rolling last nine games.
Form
Season average (24 games)167
Last nine games170 +3
Last night (Oct 27)172
Consistency
Spread (std dev of games)23.9
Floor · ceiling (10th / 90th pct game)138 · 210
Games within 15 pins of average54%
Game by game
| You | League | Nights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 172 | 162 | 8 |
| Game 2 | 157 | 164 | 8 |
| Game 3 | 172 | 164 | 8 |
Ball by ball
Frame-level detail from the scoring system, frames 1–9 (the 10th is tracked separately). 24 of 24 games reconstruct to their exact score from the frames and are counted here. League column is Guys & Dolls League; house column is every adult league this season.
| You | League | House | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-ball average (pins) | 8.75 | 8.38 | 8.41 |
| Strike rate | 28.7% | 32.3% | 34.8% |
| Spare conversion | 53.2% | 48.3% | 49.1% |
| Open frames per game | 3.00 | 3.15 | 2.99 |
| 10th-frame first-ball strike | 29.2% | 31.5% | 34.9% |
| Single-pin spares (85 chances) | 67.1% | 66.7% | 67.3% |
| The 10-pin (37 chances) | 45.9% | 53.9% | 54.3% |
| The 7-pin (11 chances) | 81.8% | 61.0% | 62.7% |
| Multi-pin, no split (37 chances) | 54.1% | 44.2% | 44.4% |
| Splits (32 chances) | 15.6% | 11.8% | 13.3% |
| Longest strike run in a game | 5 | 9 | 10 |
What you leave most
10
37 times
4
18 times
7
11 times
4-7
9 times
3-6-10
9 times
5
7 times
6-10
6 times
4-6-7
5 times
Splits: left 32, converted 5 (15.6%). Most common: 4-6-7 (5), 4-6-7-10 (4), 4-10 (3), 3-10 (3).
The 10-pin: 37 chances, 46% made — house makes 54%.
If every single pin had fallen
Every single pin you left and missed, counted as made, with the whole game re-scored — a spare picks up the next ball as well. The 10th counts here too, so this can include a pin the frames 1–9 table above does not: a single pin left on the first ball of the 10th becomes a spare with the fill ball counted as a strike, the best it could have been, while a single pin left on the fill after a strike simply counts as knocked down.
| Night | Series | Would have been | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | 517 | 548 | +31 |
| Oct 20 | 502 | 522 | +20 |
| Oct 13 | 515 | 554 | +39 |
| Oct 6 | 560 | 603 | +43 |
| Sep 29 | 479 | 513 | +34 |
| Sep 22 | 492 | 519 | +27 |
| Sep 15 | 464 | 503 | +39 |
| Sep 8 | 490 | 550 | +60 |
| Season 24 games | 4019 | 4312 | +293 |
That is 29 single pins over 24 games: +293 pins, and a 179 average instead of 167.
Ball speed
Average first ball10.9 mph
Range10.3 – 11.5
House median13.7 mph
Average by pair
Lanes 1–2 (3 games)186
Lanes 3–4 (6 games)165
Lanes 5–6 (3 games)171
Lanes 7–8 (3 games)159
Lanes 9–10 (6 games)167
Lanes 13–14 (3 games)154
Frame by frame
Strike, spare and open rate in each frame, shaded by strike rate; the small figure is the league strike rate in that frame. Same 24 games as the ball-by-ball sheet; the 10th counts a strike on the first ball and a spare on the first two.
Frame 2
38%
Spare 38%
Open 25%
Open 25%
league 33%
Frame 3
38%
Spare 38%
Open 25%
Open 25%
league 32%
Frame 4
33%
Spare 33%
Open 33%
Open 33%
league 31%
Frame 5
33%
Spare 46%
Open 21%
Open 21%
league 32%
Frame 6
21%
Spare 29%
Open 50%
Open 50%
league 33%
Frame 7
17%
Spare 50%
Open 33%
Open 33%
league 32%
Frame 8
25%
Spare 42%
Open 33%
Open 33%
league 33%
Frame 9
29%
Spare 42%
Open 29%
Open 29%
league 33%
10th
29%
Spare 54%
Open 17%
Open 17%
league 32%
Big figure = strike rate in that frame (shaded by it)Spare / Open = share of the same frames that ended in a spare or an openSmall figure = league strike rate
Stringing them
| You | League | House | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double rate (strike after a strike, 71 chances) | 39.4% | 38.8% | 42.0% |
| Turkeys (three in a row) | 8 0.33/game | 0.31/game | 0.38/game |
| Four-baggers | 2 0.08/game | 0.13/game | 0.16/game |
| Clean games (no open frame) | 0 of 24 | 6% | 8% |
| Carry (strikes vs nine-counts: 62 strikes, 85 nines) | 42.2% | 53.9% | 56.6% |
Ball speed and strikes
| First-ball speed | Games | Your strike rate | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10–11 mph | 14 | 29.4% | 22.4% |
| 11–12 mph | 10 | 27.8% | 23.9% |
Speed is the scoring system’s first-ball average for the game; strike rate is frames 1–9 of that game.
Speed drift in Guys & Dolls League: game 1 averages 10.7 mph, game 3 10.9 mph (+0.2 over 8 nights).
Spares and leaves
Single pins, by pin
| Pin | Chances | You | League | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 2-pin | 1 | 100% | 79% | 78% |
| The 3-pin | 4 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| The 4-pin | 18 | 72% | 78% | 79% |
| The 5-pin | 7 | 100% | 79% | 73% |
| The 6-pin | 4 | 75% | 68% | 68% |
| The 7-pin | 11 | 82% | 61% | 63% |
| The 9-pin | 3 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| The 10-pin | 37 | 46% | 54% | 54% |
Splits, by type
| Type | Left | Made | You | League | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby splits 2-7 / 3-10 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 32% | 36% |
| Big four 4-6-7-10 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Greek church 4-6-7-8-10 / 4-6-7-9-10 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Other splits | 22 | 3 | 14% | 9% | 10% |
Named types are tallied by their exact pin leave. “Other splits” is every remaining split under the connected-pins rule: the headpin is down and what is left standing comes in two or more separate groups.
What the first ball leaves
| Balls | You | League | House | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strike | 62 | 29% | 32% | 35% | |
| One pin | 85 | 39% | 28% | 27% | |
| Two pins | 19 | 9% | 11% | 10% | |
| Split | 32 | 15% | 11% | 10% | |
| Three or more | 18 | 8% | 17% | 17% | |
| Nothing hit | 0 | 0% | 2% | 2% |
First balls in frames 1–9. A split is classed before the pin count (a 7–10 is a split, not two pins); “nothing hit” is a gutter ball or a foul.
Lanes and company
Your pairs vs everyone else on them
| Lanes | Your games | You | Everyone else | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | 3 | 186 | 155 (186 games) | +31 |
| 3–4 | 6 | 165 | 166 (179 games) | -1 |
| 5–6 | 3 | 171 | 163 (186 games) | +8 |
| 7–8 | 3 | 159 | 162 (172 games) | -3 |
| 9–10 | 6 | 167 | 166 (183 games) | +1 |
| 13–14 | 3 | 154 | 167 (174 games) | -13 |
Best pair so far: 1–2 (186 over 3 games); toughest: 13–14 (154 over 3 games). Pairs with three or more games.
Head to head
Opponents are the bowlers on the other lane of your pair each night. Series compared when both sides bowled three games: beat 17, lost to 15 of 32 across 8 nights.
Oct 27
Oct 20
You 502 on lanes 3–4 · L David Carroll 558 L Aulbri Layfield 542 W Whitney Layfield 492 W Billy Layfield 453
Oct 13
You 515 on lanes 5–6 · L Jalani Wessells 654 W Brandon Perdue 391 W Sharline Taylor 336 W Oz Ozmar 328
Oct 6
Sep 29
You 479 on lanes 7–8 · W John Bishop 449 W Leah Cordrey 382 W Debbie Layfield 339 W Anita Harris 284
Sep 22
Sep 15
You 464 on lanes 13–14 · L Dale Grayson 623 L Mike Hanley 618 L LW Chatham Jr 516 L Maddie French 478
Sep 8
You 490 on lanes 9–10 · L Jason Bendick 619 L Shawn Ferguson 524 L Josh Huhn 515 W Renee Chatham 421
Where you stand
27 of 54
Guys & Dolls rank (14+ games)
79 of 145
House rank, all adult bowlers
9 of 40
Among the women
193
Top ten starts at this average
Up 4 pins on last season in Guys & Dolls League: 167 now vs 163 in 2025–26 (96 games).
Milestones
- Season high game: 215 on Oct 6.
- Season high series: 560 (215–134–211) on Oct 6.
- First 200 game: Oct 6.
Projections
On pace for a 167 average. To carry 170: 571 pins over the next 3 games (191 a game).
The moments
Oct 6
High series in Guys & Dolls: 215–134–211 = 560.
Oct 6
Best three-night run in Guys & Dolls: 560, 515, 502 — nine games at a 175 clip (Oct 6 to Oct 20).
Longest strike run in a single game in Guys & Dolls: 5 in a row.
Where 167 sits in Guys & Dolls League
Scratch averages, bowlers with 14+ games. Standings, points and handicaps live in the league secretary’s book.
| # | Bowler | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Perry | 21 | 217 |
| 2 | Mike Hanley | 15 | 213 |
| 3 | Dale Grayson | 24 | 207 |
| 4 | Jalani Wessells | 21 | 206 |
| 5 | Christian Walston | 24 | 204 |
| 6 | Bill Cummings Jr | 24 | 203 |
| 7 | Leo Cruz | 21 | 203 |
| 8 | James Lawrence | 24 | 201 |
| … | |||
| 26 | Randy Morrow Sr | 24 | 167 |
| 27 | Ellen Smith | 24 | 167 |
| 28 | Maddie French | 24 | 167 |