January 17, 2025

Area baseball stat leaders

By TYLER HETU
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NV’s Tyler Vandewater connects on a pitch. Vandewater was one of the best at the plate in the CNA coverage area, leading in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and RBIs. (CNA photo)

The area season leaders as of July 23 for the 2019 high school baseball season. Teams included in area stats leaders are: Creston, East Union, Lenox, Mount Ayr, Murray, Nodaway Valley, Orient-Macksburg and Southwest Valley.

Hitting

Batting average – Tyler Vandewater, Nodaway Valley, .506; Gavin Gillam, Creston, .420; Brycen Wookey, Murray, .414; Connor Eaton, Mount Ayr, .406; Jimmy Graham, Murray, .400; Mason Menefee, NV, .393; Wiley Ray, Orient-Macksburg, .389; Reece Held, Murray, .359; Evan Davis, Southwest Valley, .357; Eli Loudon, Creston, .342.

On-base percentage – Tyler Vandewater, NV, .570; Jimmy Graham, Murray, .550; Wiley Ray, O-M, .548; Colton Gordon, Lenox, .522; Isaac Grose, MA, .519; Gavin Gillam, Creston, .517; Connor Eaton, MA, .506; Cole Shike, NV, .465; Kolben Klommhaus, MA, .463; Reece Held, Murray, .461.

Slugging percentage – Tyler Vandewater, NV, .788; Brycen Wookey, Murray, .643; Gavin Gillam, Creston, .640; Eli Loudon, Creston, .577; Wiley Ray, O-M, .574; Keelan Klommhaus, MA, .571; Reece Held, Murray, .563; Isaac Grose, MA, .558; Brady Hilpipre, NV, .486; Connor Eaton, .485.

Runs scored – Jimmy Graham, Murray, 33; Eli Loudon, Creston, 32; Tyler Vandewater, NV, 30; Mason Menefee, NV, 30; Colton Gordon, Lenox, 26; Luke Latham, Creston, 25; Cole Shike, NV, 24; Connor Eaton, MA, 23; Keelan Klommhaus, MA, 23; Reece Held, Murray, 23.

Home runs – Gavin Gillam, Creston, 4; Keelan Klommhaus, MA, 4; Isaac Grose, MA, 3; Tyler Vandewater, NV, 3; Eli Loudon, Creston, 3; Brady Hilpipre, NV, 2; Scotty Adcock, SWV, 2; Brycen Wookey, Murray, 2; Wiley Ray, O-M, 2.

Doubles – Eli Loudon, Creston, 13; Tyler Vandewater, NV, 11; Bryce Fitzgerald, Creston, 8; Gavin Gillam, Creston, 8; Colton Gordon, Lenox, 6; Reece Held, Murray, 6; Brycen Wookey, Murray, 6; Kegan Johnson, Murray, 5; Briar Knapp, MA, 5; Keelan Klommhaus, MA, 5 Connor Eaton, MA, 5; Dylan Cook, EU, 5; Luke Latham, Creston, 5.

Runs batted in (RBI) – Tyler Vandewater, NV, 30; Brycen Wookey, Murray, 29; Gavin Gillam, Creston, 28; Eli Loudon, Creston, 25; Isaac Grose, MA, 22; Reece Held, Murray, 21; Luke Latham, Creston, 20; Bryce Fitzgerald, Creston, 20; Brady Hilipre, NV, 19; Mason Menefee, NV, 19.

Stolen bases – Colton Gordon, Lenox, 33; Connor Eaton, MA, 26; Tyler Vandewater, NV, 26; Cole Shike, NV, 18; Brycen Wookey, Murray, 18; Brad Larson, Lenox ,16; Zach Schmitz, Lenox, 15; Teagan Lundquist, SWV, 15; Brendan Knapp, SWV, 14; Ethan Mitchell, EU, 12; Eli Loudon, Creston, 12.

Pitching

Earned run average – Keelan Klommhaus, MA, 0.87; Mason Mather, NV, 1.47; Colby Harris, NV, 1.55; Dustin Lund, SWV, 1.75; Briar Knapp, MA, 1.83; Reece Held, Murray, 2.05; Dawson Swank, MA, 2.44; Brycen Wookey, Murray, 2.69; Caelen DeVault, NV, 2.81; Josh Hardy, EU, 3.04.

Innings pitched – Colby Harris, NV, 49 2/3; Blake Thompson, O-M, 49 1/3; Josh Hardy, EU, 48 1/3; Caelen DeVault, NV, 42 1/3; Wiley Ray, O-M, 42; Gavin Shawler, Creston, 42; Reece Held, Murray, 41; Dustin Lund, Keagan Smith, Creston, 40; Eli Loudon, Creston, 39 1/3.

Strikeouts – Reece Held, Murray, 75; Blake Thompson, O-M, 58; Keelan Klommhaus, MA, 53; Dustin Lund, SWV, 53; Josh Hardy, EU, 50; Wiley Ray, O-M, 49; Eli Loudon, Creston, 49; Briar Knapp, MA, 47; Caelen DeVault, NV, 47; Isaac Grose, MA, 44; Brycen Wookey, Murray, 44; Ethan Mitchell, EU, 41.

Opponents batting average – Keelan Klommhaus, MA, .125; Brycen Wookey, Murray, .148; Reece Held, Murray, .155; Brady Hilipire, NV, .152; Colton Gordon, Lenox, .154; Mason Mather, NV, .167; Aiden Gaule, SWV, .169; Isaac Grose, MA, .177; Briar Knapp, MA, .177; Ethan Mitchell, EU, .177.