Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-05
BASE HALL FIGURES,
How the Irousides stood Ia the Ea.tsrn
League for Last Season

The official batting and fielding averages
Of the players of the Eastern League were |
given out some time ago by Secretary
Diddlebock, and they contain some very
interesting figures. These figures will
prove very valuable TO players as we'll as II
others, and they should be preserved.
Many OF the men, who figured In that
league, left it before the season was over
on account Of breaks In clubs, aud the
majority Of them went into other associa
tions; many went into the American Asso-
citation, a number into the Union and
some to the National League. Nearly all
made fine records, which are given in those
associations, and the majority of them
have been reserved for the coming season.
The Ironsides made fine record in the
League, and it Is likely that they will be
awarded the pennant. The Wilmington
was the heaviest batting team with an
average OF .291, with the Actives second,
Virginias third and Trenton and Irousides
tie sor fourth place with an average of
$40. Iu fielding the lronsides and Viii
mington were tie for first place with an
average Of .SS2.
Of the individual players, the Wilmington
men show up well at the bat. Kenzle, Of
Trenton, leads the league, however, with
| an average Of ,407. He played but 10
games, making 20 hits /; Coogan, OF the
Domestics, second, with an everage Of .3S0
and Den Casey, Of Wilmington, now of
the Baltimore team, Is third, with .375.
OF the Ironsides, Goodman leads in bat
ting, he is o tie with Cain, OF York, for
seventh place in the league, and has an
average OF 1888, having made 10 hits In SO
games, in which he was at the bat 225
times. He is the heaviest batting frat
baseman in the league. McTamany
is tie with Johnston, of the VirRin.
las, and Herfert OF the Actives. for
twenty-first place, with an average Of .29l
Tomney is 24.h with .2Sl, Oldhsld S5th
with ESQ, Higgins 36th with .2J4, Derby
45th with 1888, Iugraham 50th with .222
Donald SD with air, Bradley Goth with
.2oe, Geuhrer 61st with 200, Foreman
70.h with .175, and Hamilton 76.h will
J, JAS. Pyle was the lightest batter in the
Ironsides, and stands s0th in the league
with an average Of .14S.
In the field the Ironsides did we'll
! Among the pitchers Pyle ranked fourth
Burns, who pitched but few games, belns
first, Nolan second and Dugau third
, Pyle pitched more games than either o
these men and but for his wild pitches hi
score would have been much better hi
average is 500. McCIoskey, Cusick anc
Lynoh, Of the Wilmingto lead the catcher
, 10 the order named with Oldheld fourth
averaging 1886.
Goodman is tie with Shetzlne ant
Boyle for fourth place among first base
men, with an average Of .966. Weigand, O
the Domestics, took fret place, but onlI
played in the position seven times.
Higgins takes fourth place among seoonc
basemen with .9l2, Bastian being first
Donald is fifth among third bassmen Will
$50, and Cusick is the best short stop
Tomney ranking fifth with .SI7. In lei
3 fold Nick Bradley Is head and shoulder
! above all of them. After leaving righ
field and third base he played "a games IL
3 LETT Held, having but three errors. Hi
. average is 1928 and John Green, also of tn,
. lronsldes early in the season, is second II
left field with .9l6. In fifteen games b,
+, had but two errors. McTamany 10 sixth
: among centre fielders. In forty two Rame
he had IL errors aud his average is .S5l
Reccius is first and had but one error Il
= twenty tive games. Hamilton is the onl,
: one OF the Ironsides who is credited Will
+ playing right field, although BRADLEY
a played there for com, time aud would rani
high il his score was given. Hamilton
10 eighth with an average OF 1888.
In order that our readers may under
stand these figures 1t should be stated tha
,, the highest batting average player cal
have is 500 while the highest In fieldinJ
4 il 200.
The Pittsburg Base Ball League for mex
season represents cost Of over s3l, 600
which includes f6, 900 paid for the reIeas
OF the Columbus players. This is said +
be more money than was ever before pai,
for base ball nine in the United States.