The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
SHOWED STRONG
ON THE DEFENSE
BOSTON AND WASHINGTON LED
AMERICAN LEAGUE IN HOLD
ING DOWN OPPONENTS.
FIGURES FROM LAST SEASON

Fewer Runs Scored Against Tail-End
Teams Than Against Detroit-Lat-
ter Club Scored Most Runs Against
New Mountaineering Statistics
for Baseball "Fans."
Both Boston and Washington sur
passed the pennant-winning Tigers in
defensive work last season in the
American league, only SIG runs being
scored against the Boston Red Sox
and SGT against Washington, as
against 554 against Detroit.
Philadelphia was almost on a par
with the Tigers in defensive work,
holding it's opponents to 562 runs, or
eight more than Detroit. Against New
York opposing teams scored 713 runs,
an average of almost 102 for each
team, and more than five to each game.
Detroit scored most runs against
New York. 119. 1t fell 20 below this
total with Philadelphia, Chicago held
the Tigers to 80 runs, Boston to 80,
Washington to SO and st. Louis to 81,
while the Tigers found the Maps a
big stumbling block, scoring only 70
runs against Lajoie's crowd.
Like Detroit, Cleveland found New
York easy when it came to scoring
runs. 1t ran up total of ITO against
the Highlanders, and almost equaled
the number against Detroit, scoring
101. 1t counted 80 times against Phil
adelphia, "a against Boston, 70 against
Chicago, 81 against st. Louis, while
Cantillon's Washington crowd lived up
to its reputation as Nap hoodoos by
holding Larry's boys to 81 runs.
Boston counted 81 times against
Philadelphia, 80 against Detroit, 80
against st. Louis, 70 against New
York, rs against Chicago, 70 against
Washington and Cleveland.
st. Louis also found New York easy,
scoring 100 runs, following with "a
against Washington, n against Phila-
delphia and Detroit, So against Cleve-
land, 67 against Chicago, and 81
against Boston, the latter club being
almost as big hoodoo to the Browns
as was Washington to the Maps.
Chicago scored 80 runs against
New York, 80 against Boston, 70
against Detroit and st. Louis, u
against Washington and only 40
against Cleveland, this latter being
one team against another in which
two teams played % games instead of
%, the scheduled number. Philadel-
phia, sixth in the list, scored go runs
against New York, 76 against Detroit
and Washington, 6S against Cleveland,
60 against Chicago, and 81 against St.
Louis.
Washington's 481 runs were scored
as follows: New York, ia: Boston.
78; Cleveland, II; st. Louis, 62; Phil
adelphia, 55; Chicago, So, and Detroit,
AZ. Washington, however, played only
81 games against Detroit, compared
to the % played by Chicago against
Cleveland.
Strangely enough, the tail-end High
landers scored more runs against
Detroit than against any other team,
80 in number. They scored 81 against
Washington, So against Philadelphia,
SO against Chicago, and Al against
Boston. All the teams except Boston
scored most runs against New York,
the Red Sox scoring its highest num-
Der against Philadelphia.
In runs scored against or on of.
fensive play Washington set the pace
against Cleveland, leaders in this de-
partment, with 70 runs, followed by
Detroit and Boston, 70; st. Louis, SO;
Philadelphia, So; New York, So, and
Chicago, 40.
Chicago, next in line, had Detroit
mark up 90 runs against her, fol.
lowed by Boston, rs; Cleveland, 70;
st. Louis, 81; Philadelphia, go; Wash
ington, SO, and New York, so.
Detroit led against st. Louis with
81, followed by Boston, 80; Chicago,
70; Cleveland and Washington, 81;
New York, SO, and Philadelphia, 81.
Detroit led against Boston with 80,
against Washington with SO, Philadel-
phia, 80, and New York, 119. Chicago
tied Detroit against Boston. Cleveland
counted "a times against the Red
Sox, Washington, IS; Philadelphia.
68; st. Louis, 81; New York, AZ. New
York was only one run behind De-
troit against Washington. st. Louis
scored "a runs, Philadelphia rs, Bos-
ton 70, Chicago II and Cleveland 81.
Against Detroit Cleveland led with
101, followed by New York, 90; Bos-
ton, 80; Chicago. 70; st. Louis, II;
Philadelphia, 76, and Washington, AZ.
Cleveland followed Detroit against
the Athletics with 80, Boston scored
81, Chicago 70, St. Louis n. New
York So and Washington So.