PBA National Tour Records - Schedules & Statistics - Illustration

Bowling Digest, August, 2003

PBA National Tour Records

Scoring Records

Six games                                                       1,635
Norm Duke (Peoria, Ill., 1994)
Dave Wodka (Wichita, 1998)

Eight games                                                     2,165
Billy Hardwick (Japan, 1968)

12 games                                                        3,083
Mike Aulby (Baltimore, 1996)

16 games                                                        4,095
John Mazza (Las Vegas, 1996)

18 games                                                        4,696
Norm Duke (Peoria, Ill., 1994)

24 games                                                        6,109
Pete Weber (Las Vegas, 1996)

26 games                                                        6,783
Mike Aulby (Peoria, Ill., 1995)

32 games                                                        7,940
Parker Bohn III (Tokyo, 1999)

34 games                                                        8,740
Mike Aulby (Peoria, Ill., 1995)

42 games                                                       10,544
Mike Aulby (Peoria, Ill., 1995)

42 games, with bonus pins                                      11,124
Mike Aulby (Peoria, Ill., 1995)

56 games                                                       13,540
Parker Bohn III (Las Vegas, 1999)

56 games, with bonus pins                                      13,990
Parker Bohn III (Las Vegas, 1999)

Consecutive 200 games                                              61
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (1993)

Consecutive 200s, tournament                                       56
John Denton (Sterling Heights, Mich., 1980)

Most 300s, six-game round                                           3
Charlie Standish (Peoria, Ill., 1995)

Most 300s, eight-game round                                         3
Dave D'Entremont (Peoria, Ill., 1995)

Most 300s, tournament                                               4
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (Mechanicsburg, Pa., 1993)
Dave D'Entremont (Peoria, Ill., 1995)
John Bauerle Jr. (Erie, Pa., 1999)

Most 300s, tournament (field)                                      24
(Peoria, Ill., 1995)

Highest match score                                           300-300
Tom Baker vs. Pete Weber (Denver, 1981)
Purvis Granger vs. Norm Duke (Las Vegas, 1987)
David Ozio vs. Mike Edwards (San Antonio, 1993)
Doug Wallace vs. Norm Duke (Kennewick,
Wash., 1995)

Biggest margin of victory                                         172
Larry Laub def. Mark Estes, 290-118
(Waukegan, Ill., 1975)

Lowest TV score
Steve Jaros (Lake Zurich, Ill., 1992)                             129

Three-game TV high
Bob Learn Jr. (Erie, Pa., 1996)

Four-game TV high                                               1,129
Bob Learn Jr. (Erie, Pa., 1996)

Highest TV aggregate average                                   276.50
Five players in eight games (Erie, Pa., 1996)

Highest TV match                                                  579
Mike Aulby def. David Ozio, 300-279 (Wichita, 1993)
Bob Learn Jr. def. Johnny Petraglia, 300-279
(Erie, Pa., 1996)

300 games on TV
Jack Biondolillo (Akron, 1967)
John Guenther (San Jose, 1969)
Jim Stefanich (Alameda, Calif., 1974)
Pete McCordic (Torrance, Calif., 1987)
Bob Benoit (Grand Prairie, Texas, 1988)
Mike Aulby (Wichita, 1993)
Johnny Petraglia (Toledo, 1994)
Butch Soper (Reno, 1994)
C.K. Moore (Austin, Texas, 1996)
Bob Learn Jr. (Erie, Pa., 1996)
Steve Hoskins (Rochester, N.Y., 1997)
Parker Bohn III (Reno, 1998)
Steve Jaros (Chattanooga, 1999)
Mike Miller (Reno, 1999)

Highest losing TV score
Norm Duke (Peoria, Ill., 1994)

Single-Season Records

Highest average                                                228.04
Parker Bohn III (1999)

Most games                                                      1,300
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (1993)
Official earnings                                            $419,700
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (2002-03)

Most cashes                                                        34
Tommy Hudson (1977)

Most top-24 finishes                                               28
Harry Smith (1963)
Dick Weber (1963)

Most top-five finishes                                             18
Don Carter (1962)

Highest cash percentage (15-plus events)                         100%
Dick Weber (1962, 1963); Carmen Salvino
(1963); Mark Roth (1978); Chris Barnes (2002-03)

Highest top-24 percentage                                       89.7%
Mark Roth (1977)

Highest top-five percentage                                     59.3%
Mark Roth (1978)

Most titles                                                         8
Mark Roth (1978)

Career Records

Most top-five finishes                                            144
Earl Anthony

Consecutive cashes                                                 72
Dick Weber (1960-1964)

Most consecutive top-24 finishes                                   23
Dick Weber (1963)

Most consecutive top-five finishes                                  7
Dick Weber (1961); Don Carter (1962); Roy
Buckley (1972); Mark Roth (1978)

Most consecutive tournament appearances                           239
Harry Sullins (1986-93)

Official earnings                                          $3,131,801
Walter Ray Williams Jr.

Most titles                                                        41
Earl Anthony