The evening times., 1896-10-07
EsPER MANY POINTS AHEAD.
BaltimOre'S Southpaw
Leads the League Pitchers.
FANS ARE ALL SURPRISED
Washington Could Have Had Him at
One Time During the Past Season.
Record of the Twirlers, and Also
of Those Players who Gained NotO-
riety as Base Runners.

The record of the National Leagu pitchers
| for the year, computed according tothe per-
| ccntagc of victories won, shows some inter
esting figures 1t win surprise every en-
thusiast in the country, and not the least
those of Baltimore, to know that Esper
leads the whole League by splendid margin
in victories won TO games pitched. There
has been talk all year OF releasing Esper.
Nops has been signed with the understand
ing that he gets Esper's job if he proves fast
enough. Esper has, in short. been regarded
as the weak member of the Oriole pitching
staff. Yci there the figures are, and they
| Show that Esper, whose lazy ways are as
deceptive TO hostile batters us to the Balti
more cranks, lost only four games during
the year out of nineteen pitched, and carried
away victorious percentage of .790.
TWO other Baltimore pitchers, Hoffer and
HcmIning, are ncXtin rank. Iioffer was the
best of last years crop, and Hemmins had
good season. Pond, the newest of the
Baltimore pitchers, stands fifth, While the
former star, McMahon, is twentieth on the
list.
Cuppy, Wallace. and Young. the Cleveland
pitchers, are closely punched, with Wilson
some ways off, hut still showing excelieDtly.
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crs, and. another surprise to those who have
been bowling aboutreleases, Foreman comes
up with percentage of $50.
Stivctts has the best standing among the
Boston pitchers, with Nichols close behind
him. klobedanz ranked sixteenth. ard Sui
Ivan, the third pitcher OF the team, lost
more games than he won. Griffith, Us ever.
was Anson's best pitcher, and ranks tenth
To c.r riff mt IN
trnee years in succession has been almost
ideDtically the same. Briggs, Terry and
Friend, the other Chicago pitchers, are
punched, all slight yoverth the 800 mark, but
none of them good enough tomake running
mate for Griffith.
KILLEN IN MANY GAMES.
killen led Pittsburgs pitchers, ranked
thirteenth, and wasin more games than any
otaer pitcher fla wiley, the mighty, broke
just over. 500, and the experiments, lInghey
and Hastings, lost enough games 10 de-
moralize the team. 1t was n most credit
able year for MeekiD, the speedy. With 4
losing team, he yet pitched superbly. won
.65S per cent orhis games and ranked ninth
in the league. Dohcny, Clarke and Snlli-
van, his aides, did poorly. orth, as last
year, was the best man the Quakers could
produce, and ranked fourteenth. Taylor
broke even, Carsey was on the losing list,
Gumbert could do but weakly, and the ex-
pertinent, Kecner, was an wful fizzle. Not
a Brooklyn pitcher is over 800, although
Ddub and Abbey just touched that mark.
Tayne was close to the line. Harper and
Stein were unlucky.
Mercer was far the finest of the Washing
ton men. silver" King did well. McJamcs
w..s good only to the last, and had the
games Lester German lost been on the viii
ming side of the ledger, the Senators Would.
have been chasing Chicago for fifth posi-
ticn. st. Louis pitchers were all faIures
BreItenstein dill the best work, while Hart,
DoDahue and Kissinger grew well accus-
toned to defeat. The Louisville pitchers
were all toward the rear, with Cunning
ham rtaking the best sho wing The sta
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