Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-03
TIGERS THIRD IN FIELDING AVERAGES
But TWO POINTS BEHIND THE LEADERS
McGinnity Real Leader of the
Pitchers-KeIley Honor
Man in Fielding.
THAT the fielding of the Newark

IT HAT the fielding of the Newark
players as a team was instru-
mental in landing the second
place position for the Tiger. crew is
shown by the official fielding averages
Of the Eastern League sent out by
President p. T. Powers today, While
Newark Is third on. the list of club
fielding averages, the McGinnityites
are only W points behind the Buffalo
aggregation, which has the honor of
leading the league in this department
of the game with AN average of $3.50.
Rochester Is second on the list, with
1853. and Newark follows with 1858. Two
OF the Newark regulars were leaders
in their respective positions as regu-
lars, while Blair, who caught in thirty
eight games, has a better average than
~Starnagle, who caught in more games
and is given the position for this
reason. though he has not as good an
average as the Newark backstop.
Bud Sharpe, the old reliable, has a
grand average of 1884 for the 1856 games
In which he a played, and he has the
distinction of having the highest field
Ing average of any regular infielder in
the league. During the course Of the
oSaSOh PiaipS i1due l,Oo5 put outs and
had 1856 assists. He made a total of
ten errors during the entire season, a
record which would make many of the
major league initial sackers sit up
and take notice.
Larry Schlafy ranks fifth as a reg
ular Keystone sack guardian, having
an average of 1855 for $50 games.
Ritchey, of Providence. is the leader in
this position. The ,ex-Beaneater field
ed for 1888 in sixty-two games and
showed the way to Smith, Of Buffalo,
h was second with 1903; Pattee. of
Rochester, who had 1862 for 155 con-
tests, and Earl Gardner, who had the
same average for ninety-fve
Schlafy handled 2S5 put-outs, made 333
assists and slipped up on twenty-nine
occasions, for an average of .955.
In the third base positicl thinner
man was the real leader. The New
arker had q good average of $40 for
forty six games at the dificult cor
ner. which was sixteen points better
than the average of Frick, the Toronto
third baseman, who had an average Of
.954 for 103 games. Jimmy had sjxtv-
three put-outs and ninety-eight assists.
He made only five errors and was the
classiest third-sacker in the league.
While with the local club WoIyerton
played in 10S games and has an aver
age OF 1886.
As a shortstop the phenomenal
of Providence, excelIed. his
mark of .935 for 121 games giving him
the position. Louden was sixth on the
with an average of 1902 for 147
games. The Tiger shortstop got 314
put-outs and handled S31 chances In
the nature OF assists. His seventy err
rors pulled down his average.
Joe Kelley, Toronto's veteran leader,
the classiest outielder, getting a
percentage of .995 for ninety-five
games.
Second on the list was Schirm. with a
mark of 1884, and Anderson, of Roches-
ter, handled the ball with sufficient ac-]
clracy and skill to secure a mark Of
1882. The first Newark gardener to have
his name on the list is Kelley, with $50
for 156 games, in which he handled 286
.put-outs, had is assists and IA errors.
Gertman has the same average, but
in a few less games and handled
more chances. while Myers had an
average Of .s44 for 1856 games.
As a pitcher Joe McGinnity. who |
about a third Of the games
by the Newark team, was the
cal leader. Iron Man Joe won twenty
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