Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-11

In individual batting averages Piatt,
Of Dayton, leads, with percentage of
.439, but he played in but II games;
Hoffmeister second, with Alb; Myers,
of Toledo, third, with Ali; Flick, Day.
ton. fourth, 1856; McKevitt, Fort
Wayne, fifth, .381; Pop Lytle, sixth,
$50. Kihm is tied with Lyle, and fol-
lowed in the order named by KatZ,
Beck. Burke and Hartman. Home
Run" Robinson is twenty first, with a
percentage of 81. The Wheeling play
ers are all down the list, showing the
weak spot of the club. Singularly
enough. the pitchers have the best bat
ting records. Campbell batted .29S,
Riesling 800, Whaley .29S. Bullock .297,
Shay .27S. Ccyle .272, Bradley .261, DON
ahue and Messett .260, Lyons .25S, Vet
tiers .257, Hallowell .255. Miller .252,
McGinniss .228, DIESEL .222.
In fielding pitchers Bates and KIM
ball are tied for first place, with perfect
averages. Garvey is tenth, and Camp
bell eleventh.
ARTHUR leads the catchers with per-
centage Of 800; Messett sixth, 1852;
Toft at the bottom Of the list, 1856.
Royce leads the first basemen. .9S9;
C'Brien, of Wheeling, second, 1884. But
ten errors are charged to O'Brien
Werrick tops the list of second base
men, 939; Bradley, eleventh, 1893; Wha-
ley. thirteenth, .S79.
Werrick also leads the third base
men, .921; Lyons, fourth, Hoffmeister,
eighth, Shay eleventh, Taylor twelfth.
Kuhn is the champion short stop,
$50; Taylor, tenth, SIT; DIESEL, twelfth,
and last, $50.
Wheeling has two outfelders at the
top of the pile-Miller, first, 1865, and
Campbell, second, 1853. Vetters is sew
enth. 1923; Curtis thirteenth, 917; Rob-
inson, seventeenth, 900; Coyle, twenty
seventh, $40.
The first ten pitchers in their order,
are as follows: Alloway, Piatt, Emig,
Van Giesen, Hickman, Rosebrough,
Brown, Blue, Martin, Smith. Garvey is
nineteenth, Bates twentieth, Campbell
twenty-fifth. Hallowell and Easton
bring UP the rear. The standing of
pitchers is based not on the number of
games won and lost, but upon the av-
erage earned runs per game scored by
opposing clubs.
The official records also show other
Interesting facts. In total bases. Flick
ranks first, followed by Beck, .Katz, Rel
man, Myers, Hartman, Gilks and kim.
Lyons and Taylor lead the local play
ers, twenty-fifth and twenty-seventh re-
spectively. Cooper, of Youngstown,
leads in stolen bases, with II to his
credit, Hogan, of Dayton, having 76
Latham had "a, Farrell Sc, Torreyson
"A, Smith and Miller, as. Lynch leads
in sacrifice hits, with 20, Berry IS, Tin
ram II, Vetters 16. Flick made AZ two
base hits, Beck &c. Katz and Reiman
each Sc, Myers As, Gilks 81, Taylor 26,
Vetters and Lytle each "a. Flick
made 20 triples, McKevitt 10. Katz 10.
The players who made more than ten
home runs, were as follows: Flick,
Whistler and Robinson 10, Beck and
Hoffmeister IA, Katz Is, Reiman. kim
and Werrick II, Myers, Smith and Mil
Ter II, Ross 16. Graffius H.
The figures in the official statement
are probably as reliable as any which
will be given out, and as reliable as
Mr.. Moreland's facilities for getting at
official reports would enable him to
make them. Nevertheless. considering
the trouble experienced in getting this
data in the Interstate. they cannot be
considered absolutely accurate