Frame 1
46%
Spare 38%
Open 15%
Open 15%
house 34%
Eastern Shore Lanes · Individual Bowler Report · 2026–27 Fall Season
GEORGE RITCHEY
Guys & Dolls League (Tuesdays) · Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League (Mondays) · all scores scratch · September 8, 2026 – October 26, 2026
192
Average · 39 games
256
High game
730
High series
188
Guys & Dolls avg
195
Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point avg
39 games for 7,503 pins; over 200 in 14 of 39 games.
By league
Guys & Dolls League
Tuesdays · team Splits & Giggles · missed 2 nights
Average (18 games)188
High game248
High series620
600+ series nights1 of 6
200+ games5 of 18 (28%)
League rank (14+ games)14 of 54
Next week to raise avg +1 Pin577 Series
Season arc (first 3 → last 3 nights)191 → 185 (-6)
Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League
Mondays · team No Excuses · bowled every night
Average (21 games)195
High game256
High series730
600+ series nights1 of 7
200+ games9 of 21 (43%)
League rank (13+ games)25 of 77
Next week to raise avg +1 Pin593 Series
Season arc (first 3 → last 3 nights)194 → 181 (-13)
Guys & Dolls League — series by week
Sep 8 → Oct 20. Red-capped bars are nights well above their own average; dotted gaps are nights not bowled. Averaged 565 a night.
Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League — series by week
Sep 14 → Oct 26. Red-capped bars are nights well above their own average; dotted gaps are nights not bowled. Averaged 587 a night.
How the season is going — Guys & Dolls League
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 (18 games)188
Last nine games185 -3
Last night (Oct 20)185
Consistency
Spread (std dev of games)24.5
Floor · ceiling (10th / 90th pct game)154 · 231
Games within 15 pins of average39%
Game by game
| You | League | Nights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 180 | 162 | 6 |
| Game 2 | 197 | 164 | 6 |
| Game 3 | 187 | 164 | 6 |
Game 3 runs 7 pins above game 1 (three-game nights only).
How the season is going — Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League
Dots are your games; the solid line is your average each night, the dashed line is the Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League average that night, the maple line is your rolling last nine games.
Form
Season average (21 games)195
Last nine games181 -14
Last night (Oct 26)176
Consistency
Spread (std dev of games)25.2
Floor · ceiling (10th / 90th pct game)168 · 226
Games within 15 pins of average52%
Game by game
| You | League | Nights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 197 | 182 | 7 |
| Game 2 | 195 | 182 | 7 |
| Game 3 | 194 | 178 | 7 |
Ball by ball
Frame-level detail from the scoring system, frames 1–9 (the 10th is tracked separately). 39 of 39 games reconstruct to their exact score from the frames and are counted here. House column is every adult league this season.
| You | House | |
|---|---|---|
| First-ball average (pins) | 9.03 | 8.41 |
| Strike rate | 43.3% | 34.8% |
| Spare conversion | 73.9% | 49.1% |
| Open frames per game | 1.33 | 2.99 |
| 10th-frame first-ball strike | 43.6% | 34.9% |
| Single-pin spares (103 chances) | 94.2% | 67.3% |
| The 10-pin (48 chances) | 89.6% | 54.3% |
| The 7-pin (10 chances) | 100.0% | 62.7% |
| Multi-pin, no split (61 chances) | 78.7% | 44.4% |
| Splits (35 chances) | 5.7% | 13.3% |
| Longest strike run in a game | 5 | 10 |
What you leave most
10
48 times
4
24 times
6-10
17 times
4-7
16 times
6
12 times
7
10 times
4-6-7
6 times
3-6
5 times
Splits: left 35, converted 2 (5.7%). Most common: 4-6-7 (6), 6-7 (4), 4-7-10 (4), 6-7-10 (3).
The 10-pin: 48 chances, 90% 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 26 Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point | 529 | 529 | — |
| Oct 20 Guys & Dolls | 555 | 555 | — |
| Oct 19 Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point | 550 | 550 | — |
| Oct 13 Guys & Dolls | 546 | 591 | +45 |
| Oct 12 Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point | 555 | 564 | +9 |
| Oct 5 Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point | 730 | 730 | — |
| Sep 29 Guys & Dolls | 571 | 605 | +34 |
| Sep 28 Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point | 589 | 601 | +12 |
| Sep 22 Guys & Dolls | 511 | 511 | — |
| Sep 21 Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point | 566 | 567 | +1 |
| Sep 15 Guys & Dolls | 589 | 589 | — |
| Sep 14 Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point | 592 | 592 | — |
| Sep 8 Guys & Dolls | 620 | 620 | — |
| Season 39 games | 7503 | 7604 | +101 |
That is 10 single pins over 39 games: +101 pins, and a 194 average instead of 192.
Ball speed
Average first ball12.9 mph
Range12.3 – 13.7
House median13.7 mph
Average by pair
Lanes 1–2 (3 games)185
Lanes 3–4 (9 games)183
Lanes 5–6 (6 games)185
Lanes 7–8 (6 games)193
Lanes 9–10 (6 games)191
Lanes 11–12 (3 games)183
Lanes 13–14 (3 games)196
Lanes 15–16 (3 games)243
Frame by frame
Strike, spare and open rate in each frame, shaded by strike rate; the small figure is the house strike rate in that frame. Same 39 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
54%
Spare 36%
Open 10%
Open 10%
house 34%
Frame 3
33%
Spare 46%
Open 20%
Open 20%
house 35%
Frame 4
31%
Spare 54%
Open 15%
Open 15%
house 35%
Frame 5
44%
Spare 36%
Open 20%
Open 20%
house 35%
Frame 6
36%
Spare 49%
Open 15%
Open 15%
house 35%
Frame 7
56%
Spare 36%
Open 8%
Open 8%
house 35%
Frame 8
49%
Spare 38%
Open 13%
Open 13%
house 36%
Frame 9
41%
Spare 44%
Open 15%
Open 15%
house 35%
10th
44%
Spare 31%
Open 26%
Open 26%
house 35%
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 = house strike rate
Stringing them
| You | House | |
|---|---|---|
| Double rate (strike after a strike, 176 chances) | 38.1% | 42.0% |
| Turkeys (three in a row) | 15 0.38/game | 0.38/game |
| Four-baggers | 4 0.10/game | 0.16/game |
| Clean games (no open frame) | 8 of 39 | 8% |
| Carry (strikes vs nine-counts: 152 strikes, 103 nines) | 59.6% | 56.6% |
Ball speed and strikes
| First-ball speed | Games | Your strike rate | House |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12–13 mph | 17 | 39.2% | 28.1% |
| 13–14 mph | 22 | 46.5% | 35.6% |
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 13.0 mph, game 3 13.1 mph (+0.1 over 6 nights).
Speed drift in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League: game 1 averages 12.9 mph, game 3 12.8 mph (-0.1 over 7 nights).
Spares and leaves
Single pins, by pin
| Pin | Chances | You | House |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 2-pin | 1 | 100% | 78% |
| The 3-pin | 1 | 100% | 76% |
| The 4-pin | 24 | 96% | 79% |
| The 5-pin | 1 | 100% | 73% |
| The 6-pin | 12 | 100% | 68% |
| The 7-pin | 10 | 100% | 63% |
| The 8-pin | 3 | 100% | 73% |
| The 9-pin | 3 | 100% | 79% |
| The 10-pin | 48 | 90% | 54% |
Splits, by type
| Type | Left | Made | You | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby splits 2-7 / 3-10 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 36% |
| Big four 4-6-7-10 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| Other splits | 32 | 2 | 6% | 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.
Washouts
| Type | Left | Made | You | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washouts 1-2-4-10 / 1-2-8-10 / 1-3-6-7 / 1-2-10 / 1-3-7 | 5 | 3 | 60% | 21% |
A washout leaves the headpin standing, so it is not a split. It never appears in any splits figure on this page; on the ball-by-ball sheet it counts under “Multi-pin, no split”.
What the first ball leaves
| Balls | You | House | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strike | 152 | 43% | 35% | |
| One pin | 103 | 29% | 27% | |
| Two pins | 41 | 12% | 10% | |
| Split | 35 | 10% | 10% | |
| Three or more | 20 | 6% | 17% | |
| Nothing hit | 0 | 0% | 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 — Guys & Dolls League
Your pairs vs everyone else on them
| Lanes | Your games | You | Everyone else | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–4 | 6 | 177 | 166 (179 games) | +11 |
| 5–6 | 3 | 182 | 163 (186 games) | +19 |
| 7–8 | 3 | 190 | 161 (172 games) | +29 |
| 9–10 | 3 | 206 | 166 (186 games) | +40 |
| 13–14 | 3 | 196 | 166 (174 games) | +30 |
Best pair so far: 9–10 (206 over 3 games); toughest: 3–4 (177 over 6 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 7 of 24 across 6 nights.
Oct 20
You 555 on lanes 3–4 · L David Carroll 558 W Aulbri Layfield 542 W Whitney Layfield 492 W Billy Layfield 453
Oct 13
You 546 on lanes 5–6 · L Jalani Wessells 654 W Brandon Perdue 391 W Sharline Taylor 336 W Oz Ozmar 328
Sep 29
You 571 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 589 on lanes 13–14 · L Dale Grayson 623 L Mike Hanley 618 W LW Chatham Jr 516 W Maddie French 478
Sep 8
You 620 on lanes 9–10 · W Jason Bendick 619 W Shawn Ferguson 524 W Josh Huhn 515 W Renee Chatham 421
Lanes and company — Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League
Your pairs vs everyone else on them
| Lanes | Your games | You | Everyone else | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | 3 | 185 | 179 (195 games) | +6 |
| 3–4 | 3 | 196 | 180 (198 games) | +16 |
| 5–6 | 3 | 188 | 179 (203 games) | +9 |
| 7–8 | 3 | 197 | 179 (204 games) | +18 |
| 9–10 | 3 | 176 | 179 (189 games) | -3 |
| 11–12 | 3 | 183 | 183 (197 games) | +0 |
| 15–16 | 3 | 243 | 180 (185 games) | +63 |
Best pair so far: 15–16 (243 over 3 games); toughest: 9–10 (176 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 19, lost to 13 of 32 across 7 nights.
Oct 26
Oct 19
You 550 on lanes 11–12 · L Caleb Perry 555 W McKinley Ritchey 544 W Jeremy Sestile 535 W JoAnn Hall 471 W Camren Worm 430
Oct 12
You 555 on lanes 1–2 · L Christian Walston 702 L Mike Whittington 573 W Tyler McCready 534 W Wally Whittington 441
Oct 5
You 730 on lanes 15–16 · L Pep White 747 W Craig Glovier 707 W Pete Mariner 590 W Keith Aydelotte 504
Sep 28
You 589 on lanes 3–4 · L Billy Northam 630 W Chase Fisher 549 W Don Lilly 481 W Tyler Quick 469 W Skip Tyler IV 427
Sep 21
You 566 on lanes 5–6 · L AJ Pitts Jr 596 L Matt Broyles 587 W Shannon Colonna 514 W Art Pitts Sr 511 W Devin Quick 504
Sep 14
You 592 on lanes 7–8 · L Jaheim Burrell 717 L James Lawrence 604 W Nate Metzger 588 W Rochelle Brown 581 W Terri Boggs 433
Where you stand
14 of 54
Guys & Dolls rank (14+ games)
25 of 77
Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point rank (13+ games)
37 of 145
House rank, all adult bowlers
37 of 105
Among the men
193
Top ten starts at this average (Guys & Dolls)
211
Top ten starts at this average (Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point)
Down 17 pins on last season in Guys & Dolls League: 188 now vs 205 in 2025–26 (87 games).
Down 8 pins on last season in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League: 195 now vs 203 in 2025–26 (90 games).
Milestones
- Season high game in Guys & Dolls League: 248 on Sep 8.
- Season high series in Guys & Dolls League: 620 (204–168–248) on Sep 8.
- First 200 game in Guys & Dolls League: Sep 8.
- First 600 series in Guys & Dolls League: Sep 8.
- First 200 game in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League: Sep 14.
- Season high game in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League: 256 on Oct 5.
- Season high series in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League: 730 (256–248–226) on Oct 5.
- First 600 series in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League: Oct 5.
- First 700 series in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League: Oct 5.
Projections
On pace for a 188 average in Guys & Dolls League. To carry 190: 598 pins over the next 3 games (200 a game).
On pace for a 195 average in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League. To carry 200: 689 pins over the next 3 games (230 a game).
ESL Scratch Tour 2026-27
Week 8 of 1–16 · Qualifying · through Oct 27
A scratch competition across the house leagues — your league games count toward it, no handicap. Your games count for Guys & Dolls. The field is locked.
26
Seed
35 of 40
Qualifying position
3,392
Qualifying pins (18 games)
-208
Against 200 a game
188
Qualifying average
Top 16 after qualifying (weeks 1–16) advance.
The moments
Sep 8
High series in Guys & Dolls: 204–168–248 = 620.
Sep 8
Best three-night run in Guys & Dolls: 620, 589, 511 — nine games at a 191 clip (Sep 8 to Sep 22).
Sep 21
Best three-night run in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point: 566, 589, 730 — nine games at a 209 clip (Sep 21 to Oct 5).
Oct 5
High series in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point: 256–248–226 = 730.
Longest strike run in a single game in Guys & Dolls: 5 in a row.
Longest strike run in a single game in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point: 5 in a row.
Where 188 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 |
| … | |||
| 13 | Shawn Ferguson | 24 | 189 |
| 14 | George Ritchey | 18 | 188 |
| 15 | Dave Homa | 15 | 182 |
Where 195 sits in Hickman's HVAC Peterson Point League
Scratch averages, bowlers with 13+ games. Standings, points and handicaps live in the league secretary’s book.
| # | Bowler | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaheim Burrell | 21 | 234 |
| 2 | Pep White | 21 | 229 |
| 3 | Christian Walston | 18 | 222 |
| 4 | Craig Glovier | 21 | 220 |
| 5 | Mike Starling | 21 | 219 |
| 6 | BJ Thomas | 21 | 218 |
| 7 | Mike Whittington | 19 | 215 |
| 8 | Tiny Little | 21 | 214 |
| … | |||
| 24 | Lee Tyler | 21 | 195 |
| 25 | George Ritchey | 21 | 195 |
| 26 | Paul Brown Jr | 21 | 194 |