Frame 1
50%
Spare 29%
Open 21%
Open 21%
league 32%
Eastern Shore Lanes · Individual Bowler Report · 2026–27 Fall Season
SHAWN FERGUSON
Guys & Dolls League (Tuesdays) · all scores scratch · September 8, 2026 – October 27, 2026
189
Average · 24 games
247
High game
611
High series
24 games for 4,540 pins; over 200 in 7 of 24 games. Rank 13 of 54 in Guys & Dolls League (14+ games).
The season so far
Guys & Dolls League
Tuesdays · team Back Alley Bangers · bowled every night
Average (24 games)189
High game247
High series611
600+ series nights3 of 8
200+ games7 of 24 (29%)
League rank (14+ games)13 of 54
Next week to raise avg +1 Pin590 Series
Season arc (first 3 → last 3 nights)190 → 187 (-3)
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 567 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)189
Last nine games187 -2
Last night (Oct 27)192
Consistency
Spread (std dev of games)27.8
Floor · ceiling (10th / 90th pct game)154 · 240
Games within 15 pins of average54%
Game by game
| You | League | Nights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 188 | 162 | 8 |
| Game 2 | 188 | 164 | 8 |
| Game 3 | 190 | 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) | 8.94 | 8.38 | 8.41 |
| Strike rate | 45.8% | 32.3% | 34.8% |
| Spare conversion | 65.8% | 48.3% | 49.1% |
| Open frames per game | 1.67 | 3.15 | 2.99 |
| 10th-frame first-ball strike | 37.5% | 31.5% | 34.9% |
| Single-pin spares (51 chances) | 82.4% | 66.7% | 67.3% |
| The 10-pin (17 chances) | 64.7% | 53.9% | 54.3% |
| The 7-pin (8 chances) | 87.5% | 61.0% | 62.7% |
| Multi-pin, no split (49 chances) | 63.3% | 44.2% | 44.4% |
| Splits (17 chances) | 23.5% | 11.8% | 13.3% |
| Longest strike run in a game | 7 | 9 | 10 |
What you leave most
10
17 times
4-7
12 times
4
9 times
7
8 times
3-6
6 times
5
6 times
6-10
6 times
6
5 times
Splits: left 17, converted 4 (23.5%). Most common: 3-10 (3), 4-7-10 (3), 4-6-7-10 (2), 2-8 (2).
The 10-pin: 17 chances, 65% 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 | 576 | 576 | — |
| Oct 20 | 611 | 611 | — |
| Oct 13 | 502 | 502 | — |
| Oct 6 | 609 | 621 | +12 |
| Sep 29 | 531 | 537 | +6 |
| Sep 22 | 578 | 602 | +24 |
| Sep 15 | 609 | 632 | +23 |
| Sep 8 | 524 | 565 | +41 |
| Season 24 games | 4540 | 4646 | +106 |
That is 11 single pins over 24 games: +106 pins, and a 193 average instead of 189.
Ball speed
Average first ball12.2 mph
Range11.2 – 12.7
House median13.7 mph
Average by pair
Lanes 1–2 (3 games)167
Lanes 3–4 (6 games)197
Lanes 5–6 (3 games)203
Lanes 7–8 (3 games)203
Lanes 9–10 (3 games)174
Lanes 11–12 (3 games)177
Lanes 13–14 (3 games)192
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
46%
Spare 33%
Open 21%
Open 21%
league 33%
Frame 3
33%
Spare 42%
Open 25%
Open 25%
league 32%
Frame 4
54%
Spare 33%
Open 12%
Open 12%
league 31%
Frame 5
33%
Spare 50%
Open 17%
Open 17%
league 32%
Frame 6
54%
Spare 33%
Open 12%
Open 12%
league 33%
Frame 7
38%
Spare 33%
Open 29%
Open 29%
league 32%
Frame 8
50%
Spare 38%
Open 12%
Open 12%
league 33%
Frame 9
54%
Spare 29%
Open 17%
Open 17%
league 33%
10th
38%
Spare 42%
Open 21%
Open 21%
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, 110 chances) | 40.9% | 38.8% | 42.0% |
| Turkeys (three in a row) | 9 0.38/game | 0.31/game | 0.38/game |
| Four-baggers | 3 0.12/game | 0.13/game | 0.16/game |
| Clean games (no open frame) | 3 of 24 | 6% | 8% |
| Carry (strikes vs nine-counts: 99 strikes, 51 nines) | 66.0% | 53.9% | 56.6% |
Ball speed and strikes
| First-ball speed | Games | Your strike rate | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11–12 mph | 7 | 39.7% | 23.9% |
| 12–13 mph | 17 | 48.4% | 30.7% |
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 12.2 mph, game 3 12.1 mph (-0.1 over 8 nights).
Spares and leaves
Single pins, by pin
| Pin | Chances | You | League | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 3-pin | 3 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| The 4-pin | 9 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| The 5-pin | 6 | 83% | 79% | 73% |
| The 6-pin | 5 | 100% | 68% | 68% |
| The 7-pin | 8 | 88% | 61% | 63% |
| The 8-pin | 2 | 50% | 59% | 73% |
| The 9-pin | 1 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| The 10-pin | 17 | 65% | 54% | 54% |
Splits, by type
| Type | Left | Made | You | League | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby splits 2-7 / 3-10 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 32% | 36% |
| Big four 4-6-7-10 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Other splits | 11 | 1 | 9% | 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.
Washouts
| Type | Left | Made | You | League | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washouts 1-2-4-10 / 1-2-8-10 / 1-3-6-7 / 1-2-10 / 1-3-7 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 25% | 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 | League | House | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strike | 99 | 46% | 32% | 35% | |
| One pin | 51 | 24% | 28% | 27% | |
| Two pins | 30 | 14% | 11% | 10% | |
| Split | 17 | 8% | 11% | 10% | |
| Three or more | 19 | 9% | 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 | 167 | 155 (186 games) | +12 |
| 3–4 | 6 | 197 | 165 (179 games) | +32 |
| 5–6 | 3 | 203 | 162 (186 games) | +41 |
| 7–8 | 3 | 203 | 161 (172 games) | +42 |
| 9–10 | 3 | 174 | 166 (186 games) | +8 |
| 11–12 | 3 | 177 | 164 (180 games) | +13 |
| 13–14 | 3 | 192 | 166 (174 games) | +26 |
Best pair so far: 5–6 (203 over 3 games); toughest: 1–2 (167 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 24, lost to 5 of 29 across 8 nights.
Oct 27
You 576 on lanes 3–4 · W John Bishop 433 W Leah Cordrey 402 W Anita Harris 331 W Debbie Layfield 326
Oct 20
You 611 on lanes 5–6 · W James Lawrence 588 W Art Pitts Sr 582 W Amanda Lawrence 443 W Netti Hall 414
Oct 13
You 502 on lanes 1–2 · L Bob Guile 585 L Jennifer Marshall 546 L Randy Morrow Sr 545 W Sue Wisk-Guile 476
Oct 6
Sep 29
Sep 22
You 578 on lanes 13–14 · W Frank Naylor 519 W Amanda Tomlinson 410 W Chuck Card 385 W Shanell Cook 333
Sep 15
You 609 on lanes 3–4 · W Aulbri Layfield 571 W David Carroll 514 W Billy Layfield 513 Whitney Layfield 280 (2 games)
Sep 8
You 524 on lanes 9–10 · L George Ritchey 620 L Bill Cummings Jr 588 W Ellen Smith 490 W Jennifer Ritchey 466
Where you stand
13 of 54
Guys & Dolls rank (14+ games)
45 of 145
House rank, all adult bowlers
45 of 105
Among the men
193
Top ten starts at this average
Up 3 pins on last season in Guys & Dolls League: 189 now vs 186 in 2025–26 (93 games).
Milestones
- Season high game: 247 on Sep 15.
- First 200 game: Sep 15.
- First 600 series: Sep 15.
- Season high series: 611 (196–171–244) on Oct 20.
Projections
On pace for a 189 average. To carry 190: 590 pins over the next 3 games (197 a game).
The moments
Oct 6
Best three-night run in Guys & Dolls: 609, 502, 611 — nine games at a 191 clip (Oct 6 to Oct 20).
Oct 20
High series in Guys & Dolls: 196–171–244 = 611.
Longest strike run in a single game in Guys & Dolls: 7 in a row.
Where 189 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 |
| … | |||
| 12 | Art Pitts Sr | 24 | 189 |
| 13 | Shawn Ferguson | 24 | 189 |
| 14 | George Ritchey | 18 | 188 |