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Statistics and records

Statistics and records

Introduction

The JSC maintains computerized records of every game played. Each game record includes the date, season, session, opponents’ names and their scores.

Although computers were not used in the early days, Sam Orbaum Z”L computerized every game record retroactively, and triple-checked the results!

Thanks to these records, it is possible to derive certain statistics. However, this data analysis cannot (yet) performed on demand. Therefore, the validity (freshness) of these statistics depends largely on how easy it is to derive them from the computerized data.
In the best case, these statistics are valid as of the end of the previous season.

If you would like to other statistics published here, please let the Club Director, Content Editor or Webmaster know (click here to see contact information). We will see if we can make that happen!

Conventions for the last two columns of the tables that follow

  • Valid as of season …
    • Number (e.g., 78): The statistic is valid as of the end of the season indicated.
      An asterisk is used to indicate an atypical value
    • blank: The validity of the statistic has not been confirmed.
      It may be possible to do so later.
  • Confirmed (Conf)?
    • YES: The statistic has been confirmed as the Club record.
    • no: The statistic has not been confirmed as the Club record.
      It may be possible to do so later.

CLUB-WIDE STATISTICS: ALL-TIME

WhatStatWhoWhenValid as of
season ...		Conf?
Number of seasons7878YES
Number of sessions1,95078YES
Number of games140,167
78YES
Number of points99,463,15178YES
Number of individuals who have played2,06278YES
Average game score: all scores combined354.878YES
Average game score: winner392.778YES
Average game score: loser317.078YES
Average game score: tie349.478YES
500+ point games (winning score) 3,995170 different players1,689 different sessions78YES
500+ point games (losing score)1David Litke (500) vs
David Spolter (528)		August 28, 201278YES
Proportion of scores that are 500+ points1 in 70.278YES
600+ point games (winning score)10637 different players104 different sessions78YES
Proportion of games with 600+ point score1 in 2,64578YES
Tie games783271 different players661 different sessions78YES
Proportion of games that end in a tie1 in 179.078YES

CLUB-WIDE STATISTICS: SEASON

WhatStatWhenValid as of
season ...		Conf?
Most individuals playing in a season191Season 178YES
Fewest individuals playing in a season49Season 7878YES
Most 500+ games in a season76Season 2078YES
Most 600+ games in a season6Season 2678YES
Most ties in a season19Season 378YES
Fewest ties in a season3Season 7778YES

CLUB-WIDE STATISTICS: SESSION

WhatStatWhenValid as of
season ...		Conf?
Most 500+ games in a single session8Season 23, Session 11 (Session 561 -- March 1, 1994)
Season 24, Session 9 (Session 584 -- August 9, 1994)		78YES

CLUB-WIDE STATISTICS: GAME

WhatStatWhoWhenValid as of
season ...		Conf?
Most points in a game1062David Spolter - Madeline Wetherhorn 638-424Mar 3, 202078YES
Games with
1000+
total pts		9Sam Orbaum - Jonathan Freed, 540-480
JJ Jonah - Joan Tsitsianov, 672-382
David Cohen - Rena Schwartz, 522-481
David Litke - Etta Margalit, 574-435
Dahlia Friedman - Esther Gerber, 516-485
David Spolter - David L, 528-500
Pini Stimler - Sara Rosenbaum, 623-399
Joel Elkins - David Litke, 612-403
David Spolter - Madeline Wetherhorn 638-424


Oct 7, 1986
Aug 16, 1994
Mar 12, 1996
May 11, 2000
Aug 20, 2002
Aug 28, 2012
Jul 4, 2017
Mar 19, 2019
Mar 3, 2020		78YES
Fewest points in a game159Dennis Spitzer - Jerome Seltzer, 112-47Aug 6, 200278YES
No. of games with
<400 total points		24378YES

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS: ALL-TIME

WhatRecordWhoWhenValid as of
season ...		Conf?
Most club championships23David Spolter77YES
Longest winning streak (games)29Rafi SternOctober 25, 2011 (game 3) through January 3, 2012 (game 1)* 60no
Longest undefeated streak (games)29Rafi SternOctober 25, 2011 (game 3) through January 3, 2012 (game 1)* 60no
Average points per game >= 400 (at least 100 games played)456.7Rafi Stern (115 games)78YES
428.9David Spolter (2245 games)78YES
413.0Sam Orbaum (2990 games)78YES
412.0Abba Hydara (108 games)78YES
411.0Shmuel Sussman (387 games)78YES
405.1JJ Jonah (1856 games)78YES
400.6Brenda Cohen (1496 games)78YES
Winning percentage >= 70% (at least 100 games played)88.7%Rafi Stern (115 games)78YES
77.1%David Spolter (2245 games)78YES
72.4%Sam Orbaum (2990 games)78YES
70.9%David Elkins (246 games)78YES
Most wins3,291Zev Kesselman78YES
2,997
Aryeh Wetherhorn78YES
2,933Hazel Haberer78YES
2,655Rena Schwartz78YES
2,507Alice Jonah
78YES
Most losses2,540Alice Jonah78YES
2,435Queene Parnes78YES
2,430Madeline Wetherhorn78YES
2,407Ruth Ogdan78YES
2,348Rena Schwartz78YES
Most ties31Alice Jonah78YES
28Hadassah Brown78YES
27Cilla Meroz, Ruth Ogdan, Zev Kesselman78YES
26Rena Schwartz78YES
25Hilda Ben Nun78YES
Most 500+ point games309Sam Orbaum78YES
268David Spolter78YES
247Zev Kesselman78YES
199Zelig Leader78YES
179Hazel Haberer78YES
Most 600+ point games16David Spolter78YES
13Sam Orbaum78YES
10JJ Jonah78YES
9Zev Kesselman78YES
6Zelig Leader78YES

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS: SEASON

WhatRecordWhoWhenValid as of
season ...		Conf?
Longest winning streak from start of a season15Yaakov HomnickSeason 17: session 1 game 1 - session 9 game 1. (Yaakov also won 17 of the 19 games following his streak.)* 65no
Most points scored in a season33,791David Spolter* 65no
Winningest season63-12Sam Orbaumno
Highest average score in a season (at least nn games played)462.02Rafi Stern* 65no
450.5David Spolter* 65no
Number of seasons with 60+ wins3Sam Orbaumno
2David Spolterno
1Zelig Leaderno
1JJ Jonahno
Most 500+ games in a season18Sam Orbaumno

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS: SESSION

WhatRecordWhoWhenValid as of
season ...		Conf?
Highest triple score1703Rafi Stern (666-477-560)December 9, 2007* 66no
Most wins in a session8Roz Grossmanno

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS: GAME

WhatRecordWhoWhenValid as of
season ...		Conf?
Highest score in a single game692Hazel HabererApril 1, 199778YES
Highest margin of victory in a game446Sam Orbaum - JJ Jonah, 653-207January 12, 199378YES
Highest-scoring tie466-466David Litke - Pamela LovalAugust 14, 200378YES
Lowest-scoring tie183-183Ruth Moyal - Esther WagnerNovember 7, 200678YES
Highest losing score500David Litke (lost to David Spolter, 528)August 28, 201278YES
Highest first game score554Marganit Weinberger-RotmanJune 16, 1991* 60no

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS: MISCELLANEOUS

WhatRecordWhoWhenValid as of
season ...		Conf?
Most consecutive ties by one player2Etta MargalitMay 17, 1994* 60no