Historically, being a PBA Tour top seed offers no clear advantage in the title match of a stepladder finals. Although no complete records could be found, bowling historian Eric Hartman did find a record book with numbers of wins by position from 1968-94 and it was 327 from the top seed and 404 from other seeds (168-117-64-55 for seeds 2-5). And he later compiled 2012-13 through 2020, covering events that featured compatible formats (4-player and seeded shootouts included), and found 55 top...