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Statistic Definitions:

Games:  Total number of games bowled in the current season.

Handicap:  80% of the difference between 220 and the bowlers average.  This statistic is added to a bowlers score in a tournament to level the playing field for competitors of various averages.

Game 1, 2, 3:  The bowlers scores on the last BUBA bowling trip.  The highest game possible in tenpin bowling (as well as candlepin) is 300.  A 300 games is comprised of 12 strikes in a row.

Series:  The total of the bowlers scores for a bowing session.  Traditionally, a series is comprised of three games.  An official 900 series has been achieved only recently within the American Bowling Congress.

Total Wood:  The total of all the scores bowled for the current season, also called total pinfall.  Today, pins are not entirely wood, the wood is coated with with a type of plastic.

Average:  The mean score by a bowler computed by dividing the total wood by the number of games.

High Game/High Series:  The personal highs of each bowler for the current season.