Frame 1
62%
Spare 29%
Open 10%
Open 10%
league 32%
Eastern Shore Lanes · Individual Bowler Report · 2026–27 Fall Season
WILLIAM FERGUSON
Guys & Dolls League (Tuesdays) · all scores scratch · September 8, 2026 – October 27, 2026
174
Average · 21 games
210
High game
594
High series
21 games for 3,654 pins; over 200 in 3 of 21 games. Rank 22 of 54 in Guys & Dolls League (14+ games).
The season so far
Guys & Dolls League
Tuesdays · team Misfit Toys · missed 1 night
Average (21 games)174
High game210
High series594
600+ series nights0 of 7
200+ games3 of 21 (14%)
League rank (14+ games)22 of 54
Next week to raise avg +1 Pin546 Series
Season arc (first 3 → last 3 nights)165 → 179 (+14)
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 522 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 (21 games)174
Last nine games179 +5
Last night (Oct 27)177
Consistency
Spread (std dev of games)22.2
Floor · ceiling (10th / 90th pct game)144 · 200
Games within 15 pins of average33%
Game by game
| You | League | Nights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 167 | 162 | 7 |
| Game 2 | 172 | 164 | 7 |
| Game 3 | 183 | 164 | 7 |
Game 3 runs 16 pins above game 1 (three-game nights only).
Ball by ball
Frame-level detail from the scoring system, frames 1–9 (the 10th is tracked separately). 21 of 21 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) | 8.74 | 8.38 | 8.41 |
| Strike rate | 43.4% | 32.3% | 34.8% |
| Spare conversion | 54.2% | 48.3% | 49.1% |
| Open frames per game | 2.33 | 3.15 | 2.99 |
| 10th-frame first-ball strike | 28.6% | 31.5% | 34.9% |
| Single-pin spares (49 chances) | 79.6% | 66.7% | 67.3% |
| The 10-pin (11 chances) | 45.5% | 53.9% | 54.3% |
| The 7-pin (5 chances) | 100.0% | 61.0% | 62.7% |
| Multi-pin, no split (43 chances) | 37.2% | 44.2% | 44.4% |
| Splits (15 chances) | 20.0% | 11.8% | 13.3% |
| Longest strike run in a game | 4 | 9 | 10 |
What you leave most
6-10
12 times
10
11 times
4
10 times
6
7 times
3-6
5 times
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
5 times
9
5 times
7
5 times
Splits: left 15, converted 3 (20.0%). Most common: 5-7 (4), 3-10 (3), 2-7 (1), 4-10 (1).
The 10-pin: 11 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 | 532 | 544 | +12 |
| Oct 20 | 488 | 529 | +41 |
| Oct 13 | 594 | 606 | +12 |
| Oct 6 | 552 | 562 | +10 |
| Sep 22 | 566 | 578 | +12 |
| Sep 15 | 468 | 500 | +32 |
| Sep 8 | 454 | 486 | +32 |
| Season 21 games | 3654 | 3805 | +151 |
That is 15 single pins over 21 games: +151 pins, and a 181 average instead of 174.
Ball speed
Average first ball16.6 mph
Range15.8 – 17.4
House median13.7 mph
Average by pair
Lanes 1–2 (6 games)164
Lanes 3–4 (3 games)184
Lanes 5–6 (3 games)188
Lanes 7–8 (6 games)159
Lanes 9–10 (3 games)198
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 21 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
43%
Spare 33%
Open 24%
Open 24%
league 33%
Frame 3
38%
Spare 33%
Open 29%
Open 29%
league 32%
Frame 4
48%
Spare 33%
Open 19%
Open 19%
league 31%
Frame 5
24%
Spare 24%
Open 52%
Open 52%
league 32%
Frame 6
38%
Spare 19%
Open 43%
Open 43%
league 33%
Frame 7
52%
Spare 29%
Open 19%
Open 19%
league 32%
Frame 8
48%
Spare 38%
Open 14%
Open 14%
league 33%
Frame 9
38%
Spare 38%
Open 24%
Open 24%
league 33%
10th
29%
Spare 43%
Open 29%
Open 29%
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, 90 chances) | 32.2% | 38.8% | 42.0% |
| Turkeys (three in a row) | 5 0.24/game | 0.31/game | 0.38/game |
| Four-baggers | 1 0.05/game | 0.13/game | 0.16/game |
| Clean games (no open frame) | 1 of 21 | 6% | 8% |
| Carry (strikes vs nine-counts: 82 strikes, 49 nines) | 62.6% | 53.9% | 56.6% |
Ball speed and strikes
| First-ball speed | Games | Your strike rate | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15–16 mph | 3 | 48.1% | 39.8% |
| 16–17 mph | 13 | 43.6% | 42.7% |
| 17–18 mph | 5 | 40.0% | 51.0% |
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 16.6 mph, game 3 16.4 mph (-0.2 over 7 nights).
Spares and leaves
Single pins, by pin
| Pin | Chances | You | League | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 2-pin | 4 | 100% | 79% | 78% |
| The 3-pin | 3 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| The 4-pin | 10 | 80% | 78% | 79% |
| The 5-pin | 3 | 100% | 79% | 73% |
| The 6-pin | 7 | 71% | 68% | 68% |
| The 7-pin | 5 | 100% | 61% | 63% |
| The 8-pin | 1 | 100% | 59% | 73% |
| The 9-pin | 5 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| The 10-pin | 11 | 46% | 54% | 54% |
Splits, by type
| Type | Left | Made | You | League | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby splits 2-7 / 3-10 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 32% | 36% |
| Other splits | 11 | 3 | 27% | 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 | 82 | 43% | 32% | 35% | |
| One pin | 49 | 26% | 28% | 27% | |
| Two pins | 21 | 11% | 11% | 10% | |
| Split | 15 | 8% | 11% | 10% | |
| Three or more | 17 | 9% | 17% | 17% | |
| Nothing hit | 5 | 3% | 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 | 6 | 164 | 155 (183 games) | +9 |
| 3–4 | 3 | 184 | 166 (182 games) | +18 |
| 5–6 | 3 | 188 | 163 (186 games) | +25 |
| 7–8 | 6 | 159 | 162 (169 games) | -3 |
| 9–10 | 3 | 198 | 166 (186 games) | +32 |
Best pair so far: 9–10 (198 over 3 games); toughest: 7–8 (159 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 15, lost to 11 of 26 across 7 nights.
Oct 27
Oct 20
Oct 13
Oct 6
Sep 22
Sep 15
Sep 8
Where you stand
22 of 54
Guys & Dolls rank (14+ games)
64 of 145
House rank, all adult bowlers
60 of 105
Among the men
193
Top ten starts at this average
Up 13 pins on last season in Guys & Dolls League: 174 now vs 161 in 2025–26 (63 games).
Milestones
- First 200 game: Sep 22.
- Season high game: 210 on Oct 13.
- Season high series: 594 (184–200–210) on Oct 13.
Projections
On pace for a 174 average. To carry 180: 666 pins over the next 3 games (222 a game).
The moments
Sep 22
Best three-night run in Guys & Dolls: 566, 552, 594 — nine games at a 190 clip (Sep 22 to Oct 13).
Oct 13
High series in Guys & Dolls: 184–200–210 = 594.
Where 174 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 |
| … | |||
| 21 | Josh Huhn | 24 | 175 |
| 22 | William Ferguson | 21 | 174 |
| 23 | Billy Cloyd | 24 | 170 |