2009 Ballpark Trip - Statistical Evaluation

Statistical Evaluation

Length of trip: 54 days

States seen: 36 (+1 province, +1 district)

What states?   

Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada*, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware.
      + Ontario, Canada (province)
      + District of Columbia

      * While at Lake Tahoe, CA, we drove over the Nevada state line, turned around, and came back.  It still counts.

Total miles traveled: 14,524
Gallons of gas used: 387.415
Number of fillups: 65
Average fillup: 5.960 gallons

Innings of baseball watched: 262

Interleague games: 7
American League games: 8
National League games: 15

Repeat Teams:
Two-Timers
      Boston Red Sox
      Tampa Bay Rays
      Baltimore Orioles
      Chicago White Sox
      Minnesota Twins
      Kansas City Royals
      Cleveland Indians
      Texas Rangers
      Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
      Oakland Athletics
      New York Mets
      Washington Nationals
      Pittsburgh Pirates
      Milwaukee Brewers
      Colorado Rockies
      Los Angeles Dodgers
      San Diego Padres

Three-Timers
      Detroit Tigers
      Atlanta Braves
      Chicago Cubs
      San Francisco Giants
      Arizona Diamondbacks

Four-Timer
      Cincinnati Reds

Games in…
      Eastern Daylight Time: 12
      Central Daylight Time: 10
      Mountain Daylight Time: 1
      Mountain Standard Time: 1 (silly Arizona)
      Pacific Daylight Time: 6

Win/Loss Ratio: 20-10 (66.7% wins)

Total runs scored: 286
Average per game: 9.53

Total pitches thrown: 8930
Average per game: 297.67

I can say for myself that it was not until crunching the numbers that the enormity of this trip really hit me.  I am proud of us for this tremendous (and trouble-free!) accomplishment.  The trip of a lifetime.



June 20th, 2009 by Karyn