The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-05
~ BAT AND IN FIELD.
averages of Players Of Pacific
Northwest League.
s1fnzEL is THE BEST BATTER.
rsags Leads the Seattle Team-Hernon
Has Base-stealing Honors-work
of tho Fielders.

ReIow are given the batting and fielding aver
- fnuoficial) OF the clubs and players OF the
1.rifc Northwest League for the entire season
.sfsol. The game between Seattle and Spokane
4 spokane on May %, the one between Tacoma
"A Portland at Portland on August 8, and the
- between Tacoma and Portland at Tacoma on
sneu,t %, all three of which were protested and
srcwn out OF the legue record, are not used in
s~uring the averages. The figures in al in
~suecs were sent TO the PosT-IsTgLLIeENcER
e fae official scorer in each city, and with due
.dawance for errors in telegraphic communica-
sou. ought to be approximately correct No
hfse7s player is given a record unless he has
lived in at least five games and no player in
Il other position unless he has played in at
Ut eight games.
spokane is first in batting with the fine per-
.,usaqe of 270, and also leads in run-getting.
ssattle is third in batting with .244.
seattle has small lead in sacrifice hitting and
: oig one I'm stolen bases.
In felding Portland leads, with .92S, while Sc
as3e il good second, with 1913.
For 3 second year Frank Ward leads the
lsrue in batting. This season his average is
al but be has played in but twelve games, and
feusel is the real leader, with 1851 in 100 games
polhemus IL next, with 1868. Willie LANCE is
SEVENTH in the list, with .305, and leads the Seat
fes Eleven players in the league have
4 average Oh oUU OF DeLteF. cpOkau6
A. Ward, Stencil, Polhemus, Baldwin and
Haves: Tacoma has Sunday, Work and Patton;
portland has George and Motz. and Seattle has
Iauge. Ward or stencil leads the spokanes,
eeorrc the Portlands. sunday the Tacomas aud
lapre the Seattles Newman is twelfth with
~
STENCIL also leads the league in run-getting
With ISL to his credit, while Lyle is second with
10
Young Hernon has the double distinction of
leading in base running and sacrifice hitting.
ne has eighty three stolen bases, while Stencil,
the next man, has seventy-fye. Most of the
Seattle palyers are well mp in this respect. New
nan d third with fiIty-four, and Powell fourth,
win fifty. Hernon has thirty-three sacrifice
hits Powell coming second with thir y-one.
sienze is the real leader in fielding among
she esathers, with .970 Lange is fifth, with
.9s and zimmer ninth, with .924.
Bets and MeNabb each have perfect fielding
neords In the pitchers box, but Petty really
bss the best record, with $50 in twenty -one
nmea
fne average of 1854. Lew Schoeneck is fourth,
With .966
Dick Phelan and Glenalvin are tied for honors
tsecond base with .92l, although the Seattle
man has the biggest average of accepted chances
per game.
Irwin Is fourth among the third basemen
With $50, and Shea second among the shortstops
With $685.
Charlie Newman, Is he ought to be, leads all
Of the outfelders with 94s, Berger being second
With $3.50. Tommy Hernon is sixth with .90l
and Powell eighth with .s96 Following are the
figures:
1t will be at least two months before the Of
fcal scores are compiled. The PosT-INTELLr-
eENcER can claim the honor of being the first
paper in the world to publish complete records
Of the players of the entire league on the day
after the close of the championship season.
Here are the figures:
INDIVIDUAL BATTING.