BUTLER TWP — Bowling three perfect games in the first three weeks of a season is a unique feat.

It happened in September for Charlie Kremer in the Tuesday night Strikes and Spares League at Family Bowlaway.

Two weeks ago, the 33-year-old Harmar Township resident rolled a fourth one.

“We’ve got a lot of good bowlers here and we usually get six or eight perfect games in a season,” league secretary Curt Dorcy said. “But one guy getting four in a season? I don’t recall seeing that.”

The Strikes and Spares League had four other bowlers — Steve Tuzikow Jr., Wayne Blank, Mike Dunkerly and Randy Stoops — roll perfect games this season. Shane Ozella rolled two 300-games last year.

The 14-team circuit features 20 bowlers with averages of 200 or higher.

Kremer’s 218 average is second in the league to Barry Barger’s 224.

Now in his second year in the Strikes and Spares League, Kremer has not bowled in another league this season.

He estimates he’s bowled more than 20 perfect games overall and has rolled four in one season before.

“That was six or seven years ago at Deer Lakes Bowl,” Kremer said. “Lane conditions change no matter where you bowl. You have to be able to adjust to them as you go and I’ve been able to do that.”

He’s done that at more than one place.

Kremer has also rolled perfect games at Mars Lanes, Harmarville and Rosedale Lanes in Penn Hills while bowling in leagues there.

“A shot’s a shot. They’re going to be different. It’s all about adjusting,” Kremer insisted. “I have my bad days like anybody else.”

Stoops rolled the first 300-game of his career this season.

He said he had a 299 about 10 years ago.

He also said the speed and rotation of Kremer’s ball adds to the likelihood of shots resulting in strikes.

“He and Steve Tuzikow probably throw the fastest balls in this league,” Stoops said. “When you get the kind of rotation Charlie gets, the pins are hit hard and he has them flying all over the place.

“When you’re doing that, you don’t need to directly hit the pocket. There’s a little more margin for error.”

It also creates further need of adjustment by other bowlers, Stoops added.

“I was bowling against Charlie’s team one night and my shot wasn’t hitting,” he said. “It took me until the end of the night to figure it out.

“I was bowling the same line he was and that rotation and ball movement was burning up that line. I had to adjust off of that.”

Dunkerly’s perfect game this season was his first sanctioned 300-game. He agreed that ball speed makes a difference in Kremer’s game.

“But you still have to put the ball in the right spot,” Dunkerly said. “Charlie uses a deeper line than most bowlers and he can adapt well to lane conditions.

“He has a chance to get lucky with pins bouncing off the deck, given the speed of his ball. But like anybody else, he still has to putt it in the right place.”

Kremer has not bowled an 800 series in league play this season.

Kevin Lamka rolled an 814, the lone 800 series thrown in the Strikes and Spares League this season.

The season ended Tuesday night, with Kremer’s team, Kremer Auto, involved in the roll-off for the league championship.

“It’s been a pretty good year all the way around,” Kremer said.