The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-26
FOR BOTH SEASONS.
The Complete Batting and
Fielding Averages.
TACOMA TAKES THE HoNoRs.
stsnssl Leads In Batting and Run-Gst-
ting and Goodenough In Bsse-Kun.
ning-Yachting Gossip.

The complete batting and fielding ave-
rage of the clubs and players Of the Pacific
Northwest League for 1892. including both
the first and second seasons. are given be-
low. While the figures are not official,
they may be accepted as approximately
correct, as calculations have been carefully
made from scores furnished the Posr-Is-
rELLIeEScEE in all instances by the official
scorers in the different cities. No poyer
is gwen a record unless he has played in
ct least eight games.
Tacoma is first in batting with . per-
centage of .255, and also leads in run-get-
ting. Seattle is last in both respects.
Seattle and Portland are tied for the
lead in fielding with .9l9. while Portland
il but shade behind with .918
Tacoma has good lead in stolen bases,
Seattle being third. In sacrifice hitting
Seattle has small lead.
Stencil has kept up his record of 1891 of
being the star batsman OF the league, and
comes first again with q percentage of
$50 good lead over all competitors.
Work is second with .32S. Giililand is
third with 1903 and LANCE fifth with .SO4.
But five players in the league have an
average of 800 or better. Portland has
Stencil; Tacoma, Work; Spokane, Dali
rymple, and Seattle, LANCE. while Gilli-
land played with both Seattle and
Spokane.
Stencil also leads the league in rum
getting, with IS to his credit, while Cart
wright and Tebeau follow closely with "A
and 70 respectively. Hatfield leads the
Heattles with So.
Goodenough leads the league in stolen
bases with 90, Cartwright coming second
with 6a and Stencil third with Sc. In
sacrifice hits White leads with 81, Strauss
coming second with 80.
Speer leads the catchers in fielding with
1885, Earle is third with 1889, and Lange
sixth with 1903.
In the pitchers box Gilliland has per-
feet fielding average in sixteen games, and
Of course ranks first. Cunning is third
with 947, McGinnis fourth with 1888, Par
rott seventh with 1882 and Camp fourteenth
with .8s2.
Dummy" Ryn leads the first basemen
with .977. Minnehan il fourth with 1866.
Strauss is the leader Of the second base
men with .928. Parrot is second with .922,
Minnehan third with 1902 and Laroque
senenth with 1884.
Raymond comes first among the third
basemen with 1922. Irwin is third with
1915.
Beard leads the shortstops with .914,
Hatfield coming second with .906.
In the outfield MARI has an average of
LOCO in eight games. but Minnehan is tho
real leader with $50 in nineteen games.
Powell is third with $40 and Lange sixth
with 1888.
According to the figures the best batting
team would be: Gilliland. pitcher; Langc.
catcher; Cartwright, first base; Minnehan,
second base; Tebeau, third base; Patton,
shortstop; Stencil. Dalrymple and Work.
outfielders.
The best fielding team would be: Gill;
land. pitcher; Speer. catcher; Ryn, first
base: Strauss, second base; Raymond,
third base; Beard, shortstop; Minnehan,
Powell and Dalrymple, outfielders.
The best team of baserunners would be:
McNabb, pitcher; LANCE or Earle, Gather;
Cartwright, first base: Sippi. second base:
Tebeau, third base; Hatfield, shortstop;
Goodenough, Stencil and LANCE or George.
outfelders.
The figures are as follows: