USATT ratings

earned for "mostly hardbat" vs. sponge play

10/10/11  =================

1.  2290  Jones Baldonado
2.  2232  Franz-Josef Huermann
3.  2230  Steve Berger
4.  2120  Noel Huermann
5.  2110  Ty Hoff
6.  2104  Boris Rabinovich
7.  2101  Don Brazzell
8.  2083  Timothy Kelly
9.  2033  Jeff Johnston
10. 1994  Norman Bass
11. 1991  George T. Cooper 
12. 1956  Jay Turberville
13. 1949  Marty Reisman
14. 1947  Dmitri Moundous
15. 1933  Alan Millett
16. 1930  M. M. Pete May
17. 1913  Rod Cowles
18. 1912  Scott Gordon
19. 1881  Adoni Maropis
20. 1877  Janadri, Bchara
21. 1861  Steven Hitchner
22. 1849  Allen McDermott
23. 1847  Jayant R. Geete
24. 1843  Carl C. Miller II
25. 1840  Lorin Benedict
26.*1819  Scott Andrew Baker
27. 1817  Robert Palgon
28. 1812  Scott Kressner
29. 1810  Ralph Stadelman
30. 1785  Tony Ettinger
31. 1783  Bob Weich
32. 1779  Gordon Beehler
33. 1772  Bill Dorsch
34. 1760  Harry Deschamps
35. 1743  Ed Ball
36. 1737  Peter Zombori
37. 1732  Ivan Slade
38. 1723  Papp, Albert
39. 1709  Houshang Bozorgzadeh 
40. 1694  Evangelos Fondas
41. 1687  Andrew Hutzel
42. 1653  John Starr
43. 1649  Newton, Curt
44. 1638  Francis Kristofic
45. 1637  Matt Faccini
46.*1622  Tisler, James
47. 1598  John Pratt
48. 1594  Tim Boggan
49. 1574  Haskard, Donald
50. 1570  Dean Johnson
51. 1548  Dean Norman
52. 1544  Martin J. Theil, III
53. 1542  Don Varian
54. 1532  Joe Gusky
55. 1498  Wayne Johnson
56. 1497  Thomas J. Huff
57. 1497  Conlee, George
58. 1495  Harvey Gotliffe
59. 1486  Bob Reising
60. 1466  Tim Wright
61. 1464  Paul Loscavio
62. 1455  Tom Kueneman
63. 1415  Friedman, James
64. 1402  Berndt Mann
65. 1386  Matthew Von Voght
66. 1374  Frank Herbst
67. 1370  Gerald Ladd
68. 1367  Hermann Luechinger
69. 1361  Dan Marinas
70.*1352  Fred Kurtz
71. 1345  Jeff Louie
72. 1203  Temitope Isibor
73.*1157  Lawrence Bone
74. 1115  Peter Markus
75.  982  John Grinnell
76 * 889  Jim Carlson
77.  686  Howard Blum
78.* 474  Augustin Crawford

AVERAGE = 1659

  

   2292  John Tannehill rating before returning to sponge play
   2183  Larry Hodges rating before returning to sponge play
   2112  Danny Hill   rating before returning to sponge play
   1996  Roy Schlabach, Jr. rating before returning to sponge play
   1932  James Rautis rating before returning to sponge play
   1899  Jonathon Adams rating before returning to sponge play
   1849  Sonny Bradley rating before returning to sponge play
   1834  Lobo Lin rating before returning to sponge play
   1793  Thanh Nguyen rating before returning to sponge play
   1553  Jose Bulatao rating before returning to sponge play
   1536  John Franicevich rating before returning to sponge play
    548  Ji Li rating before switching to sponge


NOTE:  It is a generally-held opinion that hardbat play versus sponge
       is a very different game than hardbat vs. hardbat.

       This list is included to show that you don't need sponge to
       play a competitive game.  As you can see, the average ratings
       of hardbat players, even against sponge, is actually slightly
       higher than the average sponge rating!