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Chelsea Thomas is NOT the National Player of the Week. Another pitcher is.
This is DISRESPECT complete ignorance on the part of the voters/selectors of this award.
Consider the performances of Pitcher A (who won the award this afternoon), who earned her statistics against the likes of Big Ten bottom-dwellers Ohio State and Wisconsin -- they're literally the two worst teams in the B1G -- and Pitcher B, who... did not. (Note: This does not include Pitcher A's save earned against the fastpitch juggernaut that is Indiana State from this week.)
| Pitcher A | Category | Pitcher B |
|---|---|---|
| .407 | Opponents' Winning Pct. | .622 |
| .219 | Opponents' Conf. Winning Pct. | .500 |
| .262 | Opponents' Season Batting Avg. | .289 |
| .151 | Opponents' Batting Avg. last week | .188 |
| ~5.60 | Opp. Hitters' Season K's/7IP | ~5.61 |
| 13.84 | Opp. Hitters' K's/7IP last week | 12.83 |
| 1.67 | Pitcher's ERA last weekend | 0.58 |
As you undoubtedly can figure out, Pitcher A is Indiana's Morgan Melloh - a fine pitcher, just not the nation's best from last week, considering the competition - and Pitcher B is someone with an intense staredown in the direction of the ASA national HQ in Oklahoma City.
UPDATE: The table has been corrected to fix mathematical errors on K/7IP, and also to add in both pitchers' non-conference performances (i.e. every pitch they threw) last week.
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