The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-21
BY WILLIAM PEET.

The official batting averages or the
American League. as compiled by Secre-
tary McRoy in Ban Johnson's office, are
made public to-day, and while slightly
different from the figures printed in The
Washington Herald few days after the
season closed yet the difference is not
marked.
Clyde Milan is the leading hitter OF the
Washington club. with .27s. although the
averages place him below Cunningham
The latter only played in % games.
against 142 for Milan.
Germany Schaefer in "A games banged
out So hits and finished with the excel
lent mark OF .275 Next comes Lelivelt.
.265; Gessler. 80. and down the line.
Milan's work shows a wonderful in
crease over his hitting one year ago.
when he finished with a percentage OF
200 for $50 games. Kid Eiberfeld gained
is points over his mark in 1903. and Nc
Bride dropped points. Unglaub and
Gessler fell down badly, and Jack Lell-
welt. who was the virtual leader in 1909.
with .2s2 for 81 games, only hit for .265
this year.
The averages show that while Jackson
OF the Clevelands. in twenty games tops
the list with % hits and a percentage of
1857. the real leaders are Cobb. OF De-
troit. and Lajoie. of Cleveland. separated
by a single point. Cobb in 10 games
made 196 hits for an average Of $50. while
Lajoie in i59 games knocked out 2Z7
bingles for 1854. Speaker. of Boston. fol-
lows. with lS3 hits in IA games with $40
I
Holmhurst, of Cleveland, in II games
have better averages than Eddie Collins.
Of the worlds champions. but the latter
took part in 153 games. scoring 1SS hits
for .322
Jack knight. OF the Highlanders, stands
ninth in the list with S12 for 1T games.
in which he hit safely 129 times. Oldring
and Murphy. of the Athletics, are not
far behind him with SOS and 800 re-
speetively. Thirteen men. therefore, hit
800 or better, which is further evidence
that the grip OF the pitchers has been
greatly increased. Chase and Cree, Of
the Hillmen, have percentages of go and
.27 respectively. the former making 152
hits in 80 games and the latter 1874 In
1874 games. Wedged between them Is
Crawford. of Detroit. with .2S9 and 10
hits in 154 games WolteT, Of the New
Yorks. has .267 and 12S hits in 1876 games.
with Laporte having .264 and ia hits in
124 games. Daniels in 50 games made 80
hits for .253, and Gardner in Sc games
lined out &c safeties for PA. Hemphin
played in 102 games, making 81 hits for
.2S9. while Austin and Roach, both weak
stickers. averaged .2lS and PA respect
lively
In team batting the Athletics lead with
an average OF .265 for 155 games. in which
they made a total of 1884 hits. The
Highlanders are fourth I'm this respect
with an average OF PAT. Detroit tops the
list in scoring with go runs, the Athletics
being second with SO. Boston third with
$40. and New York fourth with GO Bos-
ton leads in sacrifice hits with 227 The
Athletics are first with two-base hits,
POS. also with three-base hits. les. But
the BostOrs lead in home runs with a.
Individual work shows that Cobb leads
in run-getting with lO6. Collins is first
in base stealing with 81. In sacrifice hits
Hooper, of Boston. ranks ahead of every
body with 81
Says Elmer Bates. Of the Cleveland
Leader:
"One of the curious characteristics of
the average ball player is his absolute
belief that-no matter what is his sue
cess In the particular position he is play
ing-he would have done better had he
taken up some other department of the
game" said "Hughey" Jennings to the
Little Old Man. not long ago.
I speak for myself as well as for other
players. I used to stand down there at
short for the old orioles and sigh be-
cause ! wasn't behind the bat or in the
pitchers box or out in the field when on