By The Numbers: 2007

Every year is full of record breaking performances and 2007 was no different. With 5 single week records being either tied or broken and 4 single season records being broken or crushed, the EHCC had another historic regular season. How many records did Carl Crawford help the Green Monsters break?

By: Barry Larkin

Single Week Records:

Saves (11)
The expansion Arlington Warriors wasted no time getting their team into the EHCC record books by setting the new single week Saves record in Week 7. This was during a time that the Warriors fielded a healthy Chris Ray, now Tokyo closer Joakim Soria, Brian Fuentes, and Jose Valverde. They closed out the Peoria Cardinals that week, and ended up helping the Warriors to a 6-3-1 victory against the Cardinals.

Stolen Bases (t-14)
The Winston-Salem Green Monsters are flat out fast. The fastest team in the EHCC actually. They held the single week stolen base record since Week 8 of 2006. They tied the feet this season in Week 10 against the Arlington Warriors. This was a week when Carl Crawford stole 5 bases and Hanley Ramirez took 4 of his own. With four other Monsters helping out, the easily took the category over the Warriors, but weren't able to take the game, losing 3-5-2 to Arlington.

The second seeded Weasels, not known for their speed, jumped out of nowhere to put their team in the record books again. In Week 22 against team Shaddupu, the Weasels swiped 14 bags of their own. Weymouth pitchers weren't keeping a good eye on new Weasel Nate McLouth, who stole 5 bags of his own, or A-Rod and J-Rol, who combined for 6 stolen bases against Weymouth and Victor Martinez, who just couldn't seem to throw anyone out on the base paths. Derek Lee, Lance Berkman, and Gary Mathews Jr helped out with a stolen base each in Week 22. The Weasels went on toe win the category and the week 5-4-1.

Runs Batted In (57)
The bats were on fire in Weymouth with visiting Vegas in town during the Week 19 match up. The Doggs didn't stand a chance against team Shaddupu, as former Doggs' shortstop batted in 10 runs, and Bobby Abreu and Josh Willingham each had 8 ribbies for Weymouth. Every Weymouth batter that had at least 1 at bat against the Doggs had a part in setting the record, and 7 of the 11 hitters had 4 or more RBI's in Week 19. Weymouth ended up crushing the Doggs 57-25 in the category and won the week 7-3.

Average (.388)
Team single week average was the most surprising record to be broken this season. Many teams have come close on Saturday, but no teams have been able to hold on through Sunday. Until Week 21 of the 2007 season, when Quebec City stole the record while facing off against Tokyo in Canada. Tokyo pitchers just weren't up to par against the Piglets, allowing all but one Piglet batter (Vladimir Guerrero) to hit at least .300 in the week. Ichiro Suzuki and Mike Lowell both hit .500, while Hideki Matsui, Mark Teixiera, and Rafeal Furcal each hit above .400. The Piglets beat Tokyo obviously won the category, and took the contest 7-2-1, propelling them into the 2007 playoffs.

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Single Season Records:

Stolen Bases (173)
Winston-Salem showed at the end of the season why they're one of the fastest team in EHCC history. Not only did they tie their own single week record in the category, but crushed the former single season record with 173. The 2006 Las Vegas Doggs held the record with 135. The Monsters kept it up all season, winning stolen bases 18 of the 22 chances. Both the 2007 Doggs and 2007 Hispanics broke the previous record as well, but the Monsters were the one to hold on at the end to put their name in the record books.

Wins (124)
The Weasels weren't happy enough holding the single season record in wins in 2006. They had to one up themselves in 2007. They did so by 7 extra wins, upping the record from 117 to 124. They only lost the category four times in 2007, least int he EHCC.

Strikeouts (1580)
If you thought the Monsters crushed their record, you haven't seen anything yet. The Rockets, who held the single season strikeout record with 1398 in 2006, crushed the record in 2007 with 1580, over 110 more K's than the nearest competitor (QC - 1467).

Earned Run Average (3.81)
Though the Rockets barely missed out on setting a new single season WHIP record, they had little trouble breaking Las Vegas' ERA record from 2006 (3.87). With one of the best pitching staffs in EHCC history, Rakeville coasted in the category from week to week, winning 15 times, most in 2007.