Numerical Nonsense

By Pitt News Staff

.01…Seconds by which Jamaica’s Asafa Powell broke the world record in the men’s… .01…Seconds by which Jamaica’s Asafa Powell broke the world record in the men’s 100-meters on Tuesday morning with a time of 9.77 seconds.

18…Number of runs scored by the Pirates in an 18-2 rout of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on June 11th. The 18 runs were the most since the Pirates scored 19 on September 26, 1992, the last year Pittsburgh recorded a winning season.

132…Number pick used by the San Francisco Giants to draft Pitt outfielder Ben Copeland in the fourth round of last week’s MLB amateur draft. Copeland was a first-team All-Big East selection for the Panthers this season.

5…Teams in the five-team NL East with winning records through Tuesday, the only such division in baseball to have all of its occupants at or above the .500 mark.

Numerical Nonsense is a weekly compilation of statistical oddities in the wide world of sports. It will appear in The Pitt News every Wednesday. Assistant sports editor Brian Weaver and sports editor Geoff Dutelle contributed to this week’s edition.