Prep baseball: Final updated regular season pitching leaders

Written by Andy Griffin
May 8, 2017

Region 9 Baseball – Individual Pitching Leaders

(Updated through May 5, region champ in bold)

Earned Run Average (minimum 10 innings pitched, 3.99 & below)
1. Drew Thorpe, DH,  0.95
2. Jed Jensen, SC,  1.44
3. Ajay Leavitt, DX,  1.50
4. Tyson Fisher, DX,  1.71
5. Blake Milne, DH,  2.10
6. Kayler Yates, DX,  2.17
7. Jagun Leavitt, PV,  2.20
8. Trey Winget, DH  2.50
9. Chad Nelson, DH,  2.62
10. Dallen Turner, DH,  2.76
11. Tanner Staheli, PV,  2.90
12. Makai Lee, SC,  2.92
13. Breck Eichelberger, SC,  3.16
14. Cody Riddle, PV,  3.23
15. Nick Horsley, HU,  3.39
16. Alex Ekins, DH,  3.69
17. Hobbs Nyberg, DX,  3.76
18. Stockton Sorden, DX,  3.86
19. Cannon Secrist, SC,  3.98

Wins
1t. Breck Eichelberger, SC,  6
1t. Tyson Fisher, DX,  6
3t. Alec Flemetakis, HU,  5
3t. Chad Nelson, DH,  5
3t. Jagun Leavitt, PV,  5
3t. Drew Thorpe, DH,  5
7. Hobbs Nyberg, DX,  4
8. Stockton Sorden, DX,  3
Several tied with 2 wins

Saves
1. Trey Winget, DH,  4
2t. Drake Lewis, CD,  1
2t. Mason Briggs, DH,  1
2t. Nick Horsley, HU,  1
2t. Kayler Yates, DX,  1

Strikeouts
1. Tyson Fisher, DX, 64
2. Breck Eichelberger, SC,  51
3. Drew Thorpe, DH,  50
4. Alec Flemetakis, HU, 46
5. Chad Nelson, DH,  40
6. Alex Ekins, DH,  38
7. Jagun Leavitt, PV,  34
8. Tobie Swenson, HU,  33
9. Cannon Secrist, SC,  30
10. Kayler Yates, DX,  28

Innings pitched
1. Breck Eichelberger, SC,  48.67
2. Tyson Fisher, DX,  45.0
3. Alec Flemetakis, HU,  41.67
4. Jagun Leavitt, PV,  41.33
5. Ben Hulet, CD,  40.67
6. Cannon Secrist, SC,  38.67
7. Drew Thorpe, DH,  37.0
8. Chad Nelson, DH,  34.67
9t. Tobie Swenson, HU,  33.67
9t. Michael Lacy, HU,  33.67

Opponent batting average (minimum 10 innings pitched, .299 and below)
1. Kayler Yates, DX,  .094
2. Trey Winget, DH,  .143
3. Tyson Fisher, DX,  .156
4. Dallen Turner, DH,  .174
5. Tanner Staheli, PV,  .194
6. Chad Nelson, DH,  .200
7. Cody Riddle, PV,  .204
8. Jed Jensen, SC,  .207
9. Stockton Sorden, DX,  .210
10. Blake Milne, DH,  .211
11. Matt Kitchen, SC,  .213
12t. Ajay Leavitt, DX,  .220
12t. Cooper Vest, DX,  .220
14. Drew Thorpe, DH,  .224
15. Jagun Leavitt, PV,  .225
16. Alec Flemetakis, HU,  .251
17. Brandon Johnson, CD,  .254
18. Cannon Secrist, SC,  .256
19. Alex Ekins, DH,  .272
20. Breck Eichelberger, SC,  .277
21. Cooper Madison, PV,  .283
22. Brock Bleak, CD,  .289
23. Tobie Swenson, HU,  .289
24t. Makai Lee, SC,  .294
24t. Makai Maclellan, PV,  .294

Strikeout/Walk ratio (minimum 10 innings pitched, 2.0 and up)
1. Makai Lee, SC,  11.0
2. Jed Jensen, SC,  9.0
3. Drew Thorpe, DH,  3.6
4t. Tanner Staheli, PV,  3.3
4t. Ajay Leavitt, DX,  3.3
4t. Hobbs Nyberg, DX,  3.3
7. Cody Riddle, PV,  3.0
8. Kayler Yates, DX,  2.8
9. Breck Eichelberger, SC,  2.7
10. Alex Ekins, DH,  2.5
11t. Blake Milne, DH,  2.4
11t. Tyson Fisher, DX,  2.4
13. Matt Kitchen, SC,  2.3

WHIP (walks/hits per innings pitched, minimum 10 innings, 1.5 and below)
1. Jed Jensen, SC,  0.86
2. Kayler Yates, DX,  0.88
3. Ajay Leavitt, DX,  1.00
4t. Tanner Staheli, PV,  1.14
4t. Trey Winget, DH, 1.14
6. Tyson Fisher, DX,  1.16
7. Cody Riddle, PV,  1.23
8. Drew Thorpe, DH,  1.24
9. Matt Kitchen, SC,  1.25
10. Makai Lee, SC,  1.33
11. Stockton Sorden, DX,  1.35
12. Chad Nelson, DH,  1.36
13. Jagun Leavitt, PV,  1.38

Region 9 Baseball – Team Pitching Leaders

Earned run average
1. Desert Hills  2.45
2. Dixie  2.84
3. Snow Canyon  3.71
4. Pine View  3.97
5. Hurricane  5.15
6. Cedar  6.39

Total runs allowed per game
1. Dixie  4.1
2. Desert Hills  4.2
3. Snow Canyon  4.5
4. Pine View  5.1
5. Hurricane  8.1
6. Cedar  8.3

Wins
1. Dixie  19
2. Desert Hills  17
3. Snow Canyon  14
4. Pine View  12
5. Hurricane  8
6. Cedar  6

Strikeouts
1. Desert Hills  191 (8.7 per game)
2. Dixie  169 (7.7 per game)
3. Snow Canyon  141 (6.1 per game)
4. Hurricane  121 (5.5 per game)
5. Pine View  109 (5.0 per game)
6. Cedar  85 (4.5 per game)

Hits allowed
1. Dixie  119 (5.4 pg)
2. Pine View  128 (5.8 pg.)
3. Desert Hills  129 (5.9 pg)
4. Hurricane  161 (7.3 pg)
5. Snow Canyon 170 (7.4 pg)
6. Cedar  176 (9.3 pg)

Opponent batting average
1. Dixie  .212
2. Desert Hills  .224
3. Pine View  .239
4. Snow Canyon  .266
5. Hurricane  .287
6. Cedar  .325

Walks allowed
1. Snow Canyon  65 (2.8 pg)
2. Dixie  80 (3.6 pg)
3. Desert Hills  91 (4.1 pg)
4. Cedar  85 (4.5 pg)
5. Pine View  116 (5.3 pg)
6. Hurricane  126 (5.7 pg)

Strikeout/walk ratio
1. Snow Canyon  2.17
2. Dixie  2.11
3. Desert Hills  2.10
4. Cedar  1.00
5. Hurricane  0.96
6. Pine View  0.94

WHIP (walks/hits per inning pitched)
1. Dixie  1.35
2. Desert Hills  1.48
3. Snow Canyon  1.50
4. Pine View  1.80
5. Hurricane  2.15
6. Cedar  2.14

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m. Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.

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