Welcome to the Fridley Factor Official Wiffleball website. For the most up to date statistics, standings, and images www.fridleyfactors.com is the place to be.

   

   Factor Field was established in 1992 by Tom Thompson and Luke Thompson. Luke (me, a freshman at Saint John's University) now maintains the field along with the help of hundreds of neighbors, friends and family. On any given summer day dozens of kids will congregate on Factor Field for a friendly game of wiffleball. The Factors (originally the X-Factors) have stayed loyal to their field and team throughout the years. This league is a slow pitch wiffleball league and it involves baserunning.

            This website is designed to show statistics, standings, and memories from the Fridley Factors and their fans. 
     I have created a discussion board that will enable you to post your thoughts on the website, wiffleball, or something completely random. You can reach the discussion board at http://chat.fridleyfactors.com You may need to create a login ID.
          

Homeruns 2008 (July 7th)
Matt Duehn	122
Tyler Flakne	116
Dan Duehn	109
Luke Thompson	106
Mike Kapala	85
Casey Urbach	70
Jared Urbach	67
Tommy Seaberg	45
Adam Phenow	39
Charlie Sawyer	39
Maggie Thompson	39
Josh Groth	35
Zach Green	31
Joe Schwartz	29
Shane Trentor	20
Jeff Lind	19
Austin Warner	16
Bobby Anderson	16
Anne Thompson	13
Ben Nergard	11
Danny Zych	10
Brian Jones	10
Jake Litecky	9
Sam Moore	9
Brandon Hodson	7
Tom Thompson	6
Max Fite	6
Taylor Whiteoak	5
Kyle Kapala	5
Kyle Sampson	5
Scottie Black	5
Taylor Groth	5
Leon Cherry	5
Pat Lauinger	4
Jason Reum	4
Jack Fite	4
Pat Whalen	3
Ben Poidinger	3
Mike Cepress	3
Nick Gillette	3
Kevin Price	3
Jesse Lind	3
Marcus O'Neal	3
Riley Becker	3
Xavier Fust	3
Joe Ikier	3
Tyler Ritchie	3
Joey Kanan	3
Alex Peck	3
Joey Johnson	2
Kyle Schwerdfegger	2
Joe Johnston	2
Jesse Tyge	2
Luke Prosser	2
Brian Dillon	2
Olivia Fredrickson	2
Ryan Severson	2
Mickey	2
Tim Neuman	1
Evan Wilberg	1
Matt Norris	1
Jared Sundstrom	1
Matthew Mraz	1
Dan Zych	1
Paul Urbach	1
John Delwiche	1
Johnny Murlowski	1
Nick Bullerman	1
Jacob Schwint	1
Niel Eukle	1
Gabe Mazzenga	1
Luke Palkert	1
Chad Zimmerman	1
Brian Schlagel	1
Justus Gamble	1
Tom Leighton	1
Riley West	1
Greg Weber	1
Billy Heck	1
Regina Quandt	1
Chris Cobar	1
Micheal Larson	1

Zach Green watches a drive down the left field line.
  
News and Notes

SUITE SHOTS 46

Dan Duehn remains ranked #1 in the Week 7 Top 25 Rankings.

 Down 8-0, Olivia Fredrickson hit her first two career homeruns to lead her team to the 2nd largest comeback in Factor History.

 Tyler Flakne hit his 100th homerun of the year on June 17. He is the first player to reach the century mark in 2008. 

 Dan Duehn hit Factor Field's 10,000th homerun in its history on a 3-0 pitch off Luke Thompson.

 Down 8-6 in the bottom of the 8th, Mike Kapala hit 2 homeruns, and Zach Green a lefty homer, as the Factors escaped with a 9-8 victory over the Skaters.

Joe Ikier was the 100th player to play in the 2008 season.

Luke Thompson won his first game since losing 17 straight. That is the longest losing streak in Factor history.

Charlie Sawyer pitched a no-hitter on May 26.

The Flo-Rida Marlins beat Dan in the championship game of the 4 on 4 tournament 3-1. The Factor Four also consisted of the Coolio Julios and the High Flying Homies.

 The Factors knocked off Team X in the Opening Day Game 18-16 in 11 innings on a walk-off homerun by Pat Whalen. Team X leads the all-time series 3-2.

The kids beat the grown-ups in the annual game, and now lead the all-time series 4 games to 1.

 Congratulations to Maggie Thompson and Tom Thompson for being the 8th and 9th members to be inducted into the Fridley Factor Hall of Fame. Maggie was the leading vote getter, making her the first ballot entry this year. Jared Urbach and Josh Groth were both 1 vote away from getting into the Hall of Fame.

  Dan Duehn broke Matt Duehn's single season homerun record in the 7th inning on an 0-2 pitch, October 11th off Casey Urbach. Matt's record of 316 was broken was Dan hit a right handed homerun over the garden in left-center field..

   The Fridley Factors made it to the quarterfinals in the Wifflin' for Wishes tournament in Hopkins, losing 3-2 in extra innings to the #1 seed.

 Former Minnesota Twin Frank Quilici attended games on August 7th, and played in an exhibition game, tying 5-5 in extra innings. Dan Duehn struck Mr. Quilici out in his first career at bat.

 Jared Urbach, Brian Jones, Alex Peck, Adam Phenow, Casey Urbach, Charlie Sawyer, Zach Green, Luke Thompson, Mike Kapala, Josh Groth, and Danny Zych completed the 101 Inning Day on August 7th. 

  A special thanks to Mary Lynn Smith and Jim G. from the Star Tribune for their hours of time covering a day of wiffleball on May 19th.
    
The Fridley Factors took two out of three in the annual battle against St. Paul's Tangletown Tigers. The Factors now lead the series 4-1.