Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
LEADS
COAST TW|RLERS
FRlSK is CHAMPION HITTER
OF THE LEAGUE
official Standings and Averages, ss
Issued by Secretary Anderson.
Heine Spies Aesds the List
Of catchers

Frisk Of the Seattle baseball club
leads the coast batters with an aver
age Of sS7 according to the official av-
erages which have Just beer issued by
James II. Anderson, secretary OF the
Pacific Coast league. This great ST.
wash came to the bat sos times and
found the ball for 272 hits; and he
succeeded in finishing tho circuit and
scoring 1T9 times. This is indeed an
envlable record.
Frary and Marshall Of Portland fol-
low with 333 and 329 respectively. but
as they batted less than hundred
times the second place really belongs
to Mohlor of Seattle, who faced the
pitcher 100 times and hniAhcd with an
average of S1s. Likewise Eagan of Ta-
coma deserves third place for he batted
736 times averaging ali.
Bernard was the only Los Angeles
player to bat over SOO JIe finished
with an average OF 3O6 out If 755 tries.
Doc Newton leads the coast league
pitchers again this year winning 80
games out of 56, giving n percentage
of SOC. The big southpaw Is leading lit
tie Keefe OF the Tacoma club only by a
nose, however, for the little Tiger
sprinted and finished just Two points
behind the big Angel
Oscar Jones finished third and Bu-
chanan of Oakland forth while the
great and only Orvie Overall crossed
the line just behind Fitzgerald of the
Tigers. This is Overalrs first year in
the league and the veteran pitchers got
away ahead of him, Duf he came home
on the bit and made great record. The
only Seraoa pitcher to average less
than 500 was w. Hall, VINO finished
with 447.
The hard hitting club IN the league
was Seattle. The Slwashes hammered
out $50. Tacoma came next with 25S
and Los Angeles third wlth $50.
Keefe leads the regular pitchers in
the fielding averages with 962, while
Bones Baum pressed him hard with
$50. Heine Spies of the Selaphs has
the catchers all beaten with an aver
age of 97S. Graham o. Tacoma comes
second with 972.
Frank Chance is at the top of the
first basemen's column With 992, but the
honor really belongs to S.reib of Oak, /,
land who played through the entire
season and finished VITA ,9Si and second
should go to Nordyke of c'cooma, who
has 979 to his credit. Ilsl Chase held
his average up to $40.
Miller of San Francisco finished ahead
of the second basemen with 957, with
Casey of Tacoma neXt With 95S. Cap
tain Tim Flood of Los Angeles made
467 put outs and $40 assists, getting a3'.
Irwin of San Francisco deserves first
honors among the third hasemen will:
991. Sheehan of Tacoma ana Jud Smith
OF Los Angeles come next with 931 and
917 respectively.
Jimmy Toman OF Los Angeles leads
all the coast short stops who played
the position throughout Tire entire sea-
son and 920 is chalked up in his favor.
Russ Hall of Seattle and Buck Franks
of Oakland finished together with 906
apiece tr
Chase, Thielman and Gortcn each got
1000 for their work in TIE left field, but
as none of them played there regularly
the honor OF leading the league in that
department belongs to Hi.0ebrand of
San Francisco with 962. DLnleavy and
Ross finished second and th.rd.
Fruger of Oakland leads the BOYS who
Craze in the central pasture with 951.
while Waldron of San Frorcisco and
Van Haltern of Seattle rress him hard
with $40 and 947 respectively
Meany of the San Francisco won the
race for first honors among the right
iielders with 95S. Cravath of Los An
geles came second with 80.
Following are the official averages
and standings of tile players who bat
ter over $50 and the percentage of the
regular pitchers: