The sun., 1909-02-07

lev Callahan. Ruse. Orth, Powell. K!llan
Gf.ffith and Kennedy. hamilton wa
"a remarkable judge of pitched ball ard
like Kecler and BurSott hal his spee
TO help him in beating out hits. IN tAt'
respect ho was better OF than Arson
Brouthors and several other great hiitors
who had 70 send tho rap; olt cleaner 20
insure getting 10 first bGS'.,
Wcgnor has done some OF his pheHom"-
raj batting age irst such inter dav stars
rs Mathew soN, Ruokrr, Brown, Yong,
Dineen. Griffith and Willis Whcn Dur
kctt was cloGting ont his ,t23 ana $40
ayarr ges IN 1906 and 1898 pitchers who
vcrr Gt their best I'D who f. ced him wcr'
i,rsitanstair. EutchjI5ou. Stivctts, EOf.
fer. ferry. Rhires. Nichols, husie, Dw{er,
Mcmahon. Frc ,er. Mc.Iame' and HGwlNY.
~ the American LeIguN when he b2tte,l
500 Burke,t went against Young. tTf.
Nth, McGinnity. joss, Mullin, Moorc arl
towel among others. His record oil 3S'
In tho National League in 1901 was ma ic
with tn" foul strlk, rulc in vogue. fhe
foul strike rule hrs rOt ho,hero1 Wagner
to anycxtent in tn" T. 't eight years. while
koelcr hit over ."n1 SIS timS after II
came into use aad Llioi conr limos,
The recent Development OF the S"i
hall has not affected We yne,. olt Doth
keeler and Lsjoie h"Ie Ia'ien below
800 in the last two years. While he wCs
alive and playing Delehanty continued
TO hit over 800 after the advent OF tue
fou' strike mca sure. Som eof the pitch
ciS he ia - 1 at al erent times were clark
son. Gumbert. Killen. Mee'Sin, Mullane,
SWEETS, Mercer, Young and Hawke.
The last six oi !ajoie'S 80 nve-a gcs
were made in IN" N'neri6fH League. IN
the National Lea que he bStte1 against
rCallahan, ChesNro. Breitenstejr, leever
Nichols, McGinntY, Philippe. Wai-
Ccll. Willis end Young among others
Contempurancou in the box with his
lvcraqe Of 1872 in the American Lee que
Ia 1901 wore Griffin, Young. Patton,
Howell. Gorvin PiGtt and other skiilu
hoVmen As a hitting TItrlc- JACK Stlv-
ctts ives one OF she best. end on account
of his ability with the ash he was Tlaye /
{ good deal in the ooutiield. In five
different years he bT TIED over 800. Inakin;
averages OF .3oS, sol. 800. 1913 and .S5S
The records OF several of the robust
batters may be cited to give en- idea OF
how many base hits they made while
doing their consecutive ye'rs OF .p"
hitting. In his ten yeGrs OF earnest en-
Goavor with the halberd Bnrkett mace
2,l79 hits. they being distributed over
the seasons as follows:
1893. l3a. 1894. lsi; 1895, 23j 1896. go,
1897, i0a. isCS ?i5. lSla, 2?N; 1000, 2o?; 800.
2?S 1870. american League, i8S
The as hits in 1885 and 2(0 IN 1896 were
the wears in which he bg-ted 1923 and
40 respectively
Wulic Koeler made 2.2jS hits from
1893 TO 1908 inclusive, the last four year ~
of these being in the American League.
He made only thirty hits in 1898, coming
into the National League late in the sea
son but hitting over 800. The hits for
his other years we're as follows:
1894. ?is: 1895, ?2l: 1898, ?ii, 1897, ?I3
-,
iss 1909, iOi. 1904. Is5, 1905 Ie9. 1903. $50.
Wagner has amassed grand total
Of 2,li5 hits for the last twelve years,
apportioned "a follows
1897. ~; Isas. $50, 1899. I97, 1890, 2Ol; 1901.
IGG 1902, III 1903. is? i0Oi, III, 1905, 1870
1909. I7j. INl7 isb, 1905. :0l
Laioie made total of .ToO hits in the
;cn wears IN which he fayed the ball
,orac,utively at n 300 clip. He has been
IN in the 200 mark four times in that
period Wagner got up there twice.
BUR-, II six times and Keeler eight times
Iaioie's hits were made IN the Following
order:
1897, lss 1898. go1; 1891. iI7, 1909. I5G, 1901.
go; 1907. i21 l9O3 l7S; 1904, 2Il, 1895, -:
1905. ?li
The 81 hits for 1905 are accounted for
by the fact that Lajoie was hurt that
season and out Of the game for a good
while
The average number Of hits year
made by these four players in the year.
referred to were, omitting the fractions.
as follows. Burkett, 2li: Keller, 18l;
Wagner, l7s; Lajoie, 10.