The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-13
BASEBALL
AVERAGES
Seasons Batting and Fielding
Honors In Both Leagues.
YOUNG THE STAR PITCHER
The Veterans Work Outshines that Of
All the Younger Wonders Of the
Pitchers Box-Heavy Hitters,
Fultz Premier Base Runner

Tho batting averages OF the National
and American Leagues Of baseball clubs
have been made up, and show that the
pitchers of both lcagtes have been more
effective than for many seasons. Indeed,
not since the man with the ball was very
close to the plate has the number OF
men with better average than 300 been
30 small.
In the National League Pitcher Ken
nedy. of Pittsburg. who only took part
in eighteen games, leads the procession
with the highest batting average OF 1852.
Hans Wagner. of the Smoky City aggre-
CATION. is the. real champion. however.
having an average of 1856 after playing
in 12J games. Catcher Farrell. of the
Boston American League team. tops the
smashers OF both leagues. with the re;
markable average Of 1856. but he played
in but seventeen games. Lajoie. Of the
Cleveland team. is the real premier batter
OF this league, having an average Of .554
for 115 games Just one point behind Wag-
ner. the National League champion.
In the National League there are TWEEN,
ty men whose batting averages exceed
800. while In the American thee are but
twelve men In this exclusive class. Six
ty-two National League bat.crs made
or up to wae
this average. or exceeded It.
In the National League, Donlin,5 OF Gin
c!nnati' comes 3e:,a next to WAGNER !, .g while
New York. are third and fourth. respec-
lively, their averages beng close to Wag-
ner's. In the American League. Craw-
OF Boston, third. and Young, of Boston,
THE LEADING FIELDERs.
averages are out. Howell. of New York.
leads the twirlers In fielding their posi-
tons. having an average OF Loo. which
with $3.50 average. and Jack. Chesaro
eighth. with .g75. Young, Of Boston,
pitched more games than any other Amer-
the batsmcn in Just thirty-nine games.
Chesbro. Waddell and Sudhoff each pl.ch-
ed thirty.seven games. Jack OConnor,
Ing; Lachance. q Boston. Is the premier ME-
Mccormick. OF Washington. leads the
the. star third baaeman. divides hono1s
with Lave Cross. OF the Athletes. Moran,
OF Washington. leads the short stops but
only played in ninety-six games. whereas
Parent OF Boston who played in 1s9. /:
second. Jones. OF Chicago: Ryan, OF.
Washington. and Heidrick. OF st. Louis.
ure the leading outfieldcrs OF those who
played in more than 100 games.
SLUGGING AND BASE RUNNING.
Boston led both in club batting and club
fielding, and also In long HITS. Free ,.
to his credit. Bradley and Hickman.
of Cleveland. are close behind him. how
runner Of the league last year. again
carries off the honors In base thefts with
games. Bay. Of Cleveland. his nearest
Competitor. has only forty-two steals to
his credit in lao games. Conroy. OF New
York. Is third among the base runners.
and Pickering IF the PHILADELPHIA Ath-
'''N'' RECoRDs OF PITCHERS.
The records of the pitchers are per-
haps the most Interesting figures to, the
baseball enthusiast. OF those who pitch
cd over twenty games during the season
of 1863 for twenty-six games. Bernhard,
OF Cleveland. who p tched in only eighteen
games, won seventy-seven per. cent. OF
these. while Hughes. who pitched In TWEEN.
ty.six games. has winning average Of
.769 and Young. of Boston. who pitched
thirty-ninc gains. won more than seventy
four per cent. of them Considering the
games than any other American League
twrler and finished with the remar kable
average Of IA. he is easily the star twiri-
q In the starry shine Of the diamond.
He is veteran, having been longer in
the pitchers box than any of his com-
psttors and nd is as good as me he eye5 YES
an average Of SOS. Waddell. Of Philads-
phia. pitched in thirty-seven games, and
has an average Of .56S. Chesbro's figures
for games played and average are he
same as Waddell's. Dinesn. Of Boston,
who pitched In only thirty-three games.
has an average of victories of Just $3.50,
not Including tie games. Mullin was
Detroit's best pitcher. twirling In thirty
three games with an average of sos.
Jesse Tannehill only won fifty per cent.
WORK" OF VIRGINIA .LEAGUERs
Here are some of the batting averages
of Virginia Leaguers now In he Amer
can League for the season: Ortiz Wash
Ington. .304; seybold. Athletics. .299; FL
berheld. Now York. 1856: Chick Stahl Bos-
ton. 293: Pickering, Athletics. .29l; Futz.
New York. 1886: Tannehill, New York.
.229. All of these players are we'll known
IN this city. being graduates Of Virginia
leagues.
The greatest number of Virginia
Leaguers now In the National League are
pitchers. but they are holding their own
veil. even with weak clubs. Among them