Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-22
Speaker, who have played over 100

SPEAKER, VINO nave piayeu over lou
| games 40 rs
Whether L.ajoie or Cobb is the bat
ting champion will not be known until
| tomorrow, but the figures as compiled
| by George Moreland give Lajoie Il lead
| of three points over the Detroiter. The
| other regulars to- hit 800 are Speaker,
Eddie Collins. Knight, Oldring and Ea s.
tcrly. Murphy, karger and McInncs
| are just outside. the first two with
| ,2a9 while NIcInnes has hit 1907.
Nap I,ajoIc Is the only batter in either
big league to make more than 200 hts,
| his unofficial record being 22s Cobb
is second with 1874, Collins third with
100 and Speaker fourth with Isl. Forty
two players have made leo hits or more.
That the Athletics supported their
splendid pitching staff AT the bat Is
shown by the fact that Connie Mack 5
team took down a team batting aver
age OF .2So. twelve points better than
Detroit, which was second With .26s.
Boston was third with 263. New York
fourth With .2in Cleveland nth with
Louis seventh with .2la and Chicago
last with .2o7.
New York led on the paths with 2I3
stolen bases and Boston in sacrificing
with 2a5 sacrifice hits Cleveland was
fourth In base running. third in sacrifice
hitting and third III the making Of dou-
Bile plays. lnlong hits Boston led with
II home runs. philadelphia. with 100
triples and Detroit with .Ua two-bag-
gers.
cobb carried Off the extra base hon
ors with 81. Crawford being second
with SO and Lajole third with 81.
Cleveland and philadelphia were tied
in fielding with 1868.
Wilbur Goode. now With the Boston
Doves, seems to be the same sensation
al batter that he was when he Joined
the Maps toward the close Of the season
of 1908. His stickwork then put the
Maps in the running for the pennant,
rs the youngster simply hit about
every thing that the pitchers would
send across for him. He has played
25 games for Boston and batted $40 be-
ing exceled' only by Burg of the Doves
and Crandall of the Giants.
NIagee. of philadelphia, however. IL
tho real, batting premier of the National
league, as he has hatted .329 in 1bi
games. Campbell, the extra outtielder
of the Pirates, Is next with 1926, with
Wagner and Snodgrass tied at BIS. The
other 300 batters are Hoffman. Wilhelm,
Paskert and Keller. These figures show
that really the National league has but
six 800 hitters who have played in
enough games to entitlc them to such
record.
Not n single National Lacquer has
come anywhere near Lajoic's record
for hits. for while Larry has made KS
safetics. Bryne Of the Pirates leads the
old circuit with 179. Wagner has made
III.
Forty-three games We're pitched by
Philadelphia's pitching big four. BEN
der. Coombs, Plank and Morgan, in
which tho opposing teams failed to
make more than five hits. Coombs was
the star with II games, Bender and
Morgan next with nine apiece, while
Plank pitched eight. Coon,bs had seven
fivc-hit games alone, four four-hit, three
three hit, two two-hit and one one-hit
games to his credit. The combined ef-
forts OF the four Athletic pitchers were
one no-hit game one one-hit game, four
two-hit games, seven three-ht games,
IA four-hit games and Is fire-htt games.
TO Walter Johnson. however went
the real pitching honors. for the big
Washington HEAVIER mystified his nd
yersaries more than any Of his rivals
He pitched eight shut-outs, famed
313 batters and pitched 10 games
in which his opponents failed to make
over five hits. His small hit games
were divided as follows: Two one-hit,
Two =sIWO-IIty lNO go
hit and seven nve-hlt games.
Mitchell is Cleveland's only repre-
sentative among the leading eight
pitchers, who rank rs follows: Ben
der. Ford, Coombs. Donovan, Plank.
Mullin, Knrgcr and Mitchell
Aside from Johnson, the strike-out
pitchers were Walsh, with 25l;
Coombs, with 900. and Ford, with
2l2. Coombs and Morgan have been the
widest, giving 119 and III.
Although Deacon Phillip Is expected
to carry off the pitching honors, his
margin over tho Chicago phenom'
King Cole. will be small. Phillip has
won IA games and lost two. His aver
n.ye Is .S75, while Cole has Won q ana
lost four, and his average Is .sio.
Crandall Of New York is third on the
lost with is victories and four de-
feats. while Mathewson ranks fourth
with 26 Victories and nine defeats.
Brennan of the Pirates has q pc
culIar record. He has participated IN
% games. still he is only credited with Win
winning four. His percentage Is looo.
Mathewson leads the pitchers OF the
old league In strike-outs. having ls4 10
his credit. Walter Johnson of the
American league has famed S13 bats
men the past season. which Is II new
record for the big leagues. Harmon
Of st. Louis holds tho record FOR lack
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