Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
BATTING AND FIELDING
AVERAGES OF THE MATT ONALS

The complete records Of all the local
players who have taken part in the games
pla yed by the Nationals in the champion
ship race of the American League from the
commencement of the season up to yester-
day will be found III the several tables
which follow. compiled from the official
scores as they appear in The Star from day
to day.
The Nationals have played eighty-three
games in the period mentioned. winning
twenty-six and losing tifty-fve. and they
have played two tie games. one each with
New York and Cleveland. With the teams
Boston, New York and Philadelphia Gath
letics)-comprsing the eastern division of
the American League they have played
thirtyseven games. winning ten and losing
twenty-six. and tying one game with New
York, and with the teams-Chicago. Cleve-
land. Detroit and St. Louis-comprising the
western division of the league they have
contested forty-six games. of which they
have won sixteen and lost twenty nine. and
had one tie game of twelve innings.
They wound up their second western trip
Tuesday at Cleveland. dropping three
straight games, and arrived home Wednes-
day and met the St. Louis Browns in the
afternoon. defeating them by a score of
6 to ).
terday) they played six games, with Cleve-
land and St Louis, winning one and losing
five. In the six games played the players
have been at the bat 1S9 times and made
3S hits-a batting average of POI, while
their opponents were at the bat 1875 times
and made % hits-an average Of .265. They
made five sacrifice hits and pilfered six
bases, while their opponents made six sac
rifice hits and purloined six bases. They
made thrty-eight singles. six doubles and
four triples-a total OF flftytwo bases.
while their opponents made ffty-two sim
giles. ten doubles, five triples and three
home runs-a total of eighty-one bases.
The team as now constituted. with Dele
hanty at second, and who. by the way. is
doing excellent work in that position. Is
the strongest. both In batting and fielding.
that has been placed in the field this sea-
son. and should win majority of their
games. All the new players have been
gwen the glad hand by the patrons of the
team. Shipke. the new third baseman. is a
fine fielder but Is rather weak at the bat.
but may improve in time:
Clymer is still the leader of the team In
batting, having played in sixteen gaines
and been at the bat sixty-six times and
made twenty eight base hits, which gives
him an average of .42i, and he has made
two doubles. four triples and one home
run. which gives him fortyone total bases
and grand batting average of .621. An
derson leads the team in total bases, hav-
ing H. to his credit, closely followed by
Ganley with 104. Alter, Jones and Hickman
well up In the race for long bits and
total bases, with 81, "a and &c, respectively.
Ganey leads the team in base stealing
with u. followed by Altizer with 10; An
derson and Jones, 10 each. Altizer leads in
sacrifice hits with IA. while Jones and Can
ley are next with L and TO-
Patten is the only pitcher who has won
as many games as he has lost. and Is now
pitching winning ball. Charley Smith is
also doing good work, but luck seems to be
against him, and the same may be said of
Falkenberg. Johnson has reported to Man
ager Cantilon and will probably be given
a try-out during the coming week.