The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

ter Club Scored Most Runs Against |
New York-Interesting 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 53I against Washington, as
against 554 against Detroit
Philadelphia was almost on a par
with the Tigers in defensive work
holding its 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 90 runs, Boston to SO.
Washington to So and ST. Louis to 81.
while the Tigers found the Maps a
big stumbling block, scoring only 73
runs against Lajoie's crowd
Like Detroit, Cleveland found New
York easy when it came to scoring
runs. 1t ran up a 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. IS 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, SO against Detroit, so
against ST. Louis. 70 against New
York. IS against Chicago. IS 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. 50 against Cleve-
land. 81 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. SO against Boston. 70
against Detroit and st. Louis. Y
against Washington and only -
against Cleveland, this latter being
the smallest total runs scored by any
one team against another in which
two teams played % games instead of
%. the scheduled number. Philadel.
phia, sixth in the list. scored 80 runs
against New York. rs against Detroit
and Washington. IS against Cleveland
so against Chicago, and 81 against St
Louis
Washlngton's 4S1 runs were scored
as follows: New York, ia; Boston
IS; Cleveland, II; St. Louis. 81; Phil
adelphia, So; 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 agains
Washington, SO against Philadelphia
SO against Chicago, and Al agains
Boston. All the teams except Boston
scored most runs against New York
the Red Sox scoring its highest mum
Der against Philadelphia.
In runs scored against or on of
fensive play Washington set the pac,
against Cleveland, leaders In this de
partment, with 20 runs, followed b!
Detroit and Boston, 70; st. Louis. SO
Philadelphia, So; New York, So, ant
Chicago, 40.
Chicago, next in line. had Detroi
mark up 90 runs against her, fol
lowed by Boston. IS; Cleveland. 70
St Louis, 81; Philadelphia. so; Wash
ington, SO, and New York, so.
Detroit led against st. Louis witt
81, followed by Boston, 80; Chicago
70; Cleveland and Washington, g.
New York, 50, and Philadelphia, 81
Detroit led against Boston with SO
against Washington with SS, Philadel
phia, SO, and New York, 119. Chicag
| tied Detroit against Boston. Clevelan,
counted 81 times against the Re-
] Sox, Washington. IS; Philadelphia
6S; St Louis, 81; New York, Al. Ney
York was only one run behind De
troit against Washington. St. Loui
scored "a runs, Philadelphia rs. Bos
. ton IS, Chicago ~ and Cleveland 81
Against Detroit Cleveland led wit
101, followed by New York, 80; Bos
ton, SO; Chicago, 70; ST. Louis. II
: Philadelphia. rs, and Washington, 4;
Cleveland followed Detroit agains
. the Athletics with 80, Boston score
81, Chicago 70. ST. Louis n, Ne,
York 50 and Washington 55.
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