The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-06

ItOIEt MCbIlNts lle ItIA6loHr - mt
ting at a rate - Tor Washington and
making many timely taps, at that.
George has been ms Urging against his
low batting average for 81" past month.
At first II was TIC sht a mere fash in
the pan. for he is rated as a -2S5 propo-
sition, but he is maintaining such
steady gait that & .,oks Ike he is In
for a good lon. long 81 Lrt with the stick.
Just at this time, WI 7n the remainder
Of the team has display ed evidences Of
slumping for awh-,s- the rush Of Nc
Bride is particularly welcome
Johnson is now leading the Washing
ton pitchers. with seven won and six
lost
It seems strange. In view Of the num-
Der Of hits THAI ne has made. that in
the averages up 20 last Friday Mcbride
should be credited with only six runs.
Being down in tho batting order and
followed by Stree and the pitcher nat
uraIIy has much TO do with this, for
Mcbride is a good and a fast base run
ner. He has made q hits, for an aver
age Of .252, and six runs, as aforesaid,
while Milan = batting but 80 and has
made 81 hits and - rams. Milan is no
more Of a brilliant thinking runner than
Mcbride. that IS a cinch: but he is fol-
lowed by Lelivelt, Browne. or Killifer.
whichever may be second in the lineup,
and then come such heavy sluggerS as
Gessler and Cnglaub, who have a habit
Of batting a man all the way home from
first or second with one mighty smack
IeliVelt Is another example OF how be
ing un In the batting order helps -un-
getting and TO a large extent makes run
getting records as deceptive and as use
less as those Of the pitcher. lie has
made y hits, Il runs and has a batting
average of only .&S, bit Lelivelt has
been batting second most of the time,
and has been driven around by the hit
tiers who follow.
Another striking instance Of the worth
lessness Of run-getting averages, Which
nished by Lajoie. The king Of them al
is batting 400. having made y hits, but
he has scored only II times. The reason
Is that Larry invariably bats fourth, and
after him the deluge-of punkness- He
gets on first in other ways than by
swatting. for he is often passed or our-
pose. and should have disproportionate
number Of runs in his account but he
has scored less times than Leliveit and
only three times more than Schsef r,
who has spent much time on the bench
and has a batting average Of -179. but is
ecOnd at the plate when in the game,
This dope is a good thing for excited
fans 10 remember when they read the
unofficial averages Of smaller ieaSues =
notice how many runs man has sc0E %
and proceed TO tip him TO some major
magnate.
Cobb made 81 hits for an average of
373 and 81 runs. but look at Crawford.
Delehanty, MOriarty, and such like who
follow him when he is third at the plate.
Speaker. Of Boston, has an even more
interesting record than Cobb. Speaker
has made 46 hits. II less than Cobb He
has made six two-baggers. and Cobb
fourteen, and each had made four
triples Speaker has stolen nine bases
! and Cobb - count 'em-tventy-tWo %
/ Cobb's batting average IS $40, and
Speakers BIZ, yet with all this adj
/ vantage in hitting. extra bases, and BE- Sc
running, Cobb is only runs ahead Of
/ Speaker who has made "a Cobb is follow
ed in the lineup and averages by Dee
/ hanty, who is batting .316. and Speak sr
/ is followed by Gardner, who is rapping
them out at the rate Of .3l5.
On this form. Speaker is. a real run