New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-08
WHAT THE PITCHERS DID
Official American League Rec
ordS Tell a Baseball Story.
ATHLETICS TO THE FRONT
Five of the First Eleven Twirlers
Wore Emblem of the
White Elephant.
ATHLETICS TO THE FRONT

No wonder the Philadelphia Athletics
won the American League pennant. the
world championship and all the baseball
honors OF the year. The official pitching
records of the league, announced last night.
show that among the first eleven twirlers
five were members of the Philadelphia
staff. Leaving out OF consideration Cow
ington, Of Detroit. and Falkenberg. OF
Cleveland, who pitched few games. the
Athletics had five Of the first nine pitchers,
who took their regular turns In the box.
Such staff, with a team OF 900 htters to
back It up. was bound to make It's pres
ence felt.
theoretically. Covington, OF Detroit. was
the leading pitcher OF the younger organi-
cation. with seven victories and one defeat,
but he was knocked out of the box six
times. While the youngstcr I'm the few
games he pitched maintained an average OF
.815, big Chief Bender, with seventeen
victories and five defeats. earned the pitch
ing laurels Of the league Second only to
the Indian came Vean Gregg. of the Cleve-
land Maps. with twenty-three victories and
only seven defeats. and then followed
closely Plank and Coombs. OF the Athletics,
with averages Of 100 or better. Morgan
won fifteen games and lost five, for an
average of $50. while Krause brought up
the rear for Philadelphia, with eleven vic
tories and seven defeats, for an average
OF Gil, which was better than many other
stars OF the league. Including Big Ed
Walsh. Of Chicago: Joe Wood. OF Boston,
and Walter Johnson. of Washington.
Russell Ford was the only member Of the
Va cto -~bn hrp1ra ha
even on the seasons work. Ford failed to
make a record equal to that OF 1910. but
he had an average Of .667. with twenty-five
Victories and eleven defeats. Caldwell was
the next best pitcher for the Yankees, with
fourteen games won and an equal number
lost. Warhop won twelve and lost thir-
teen. while Fisher Quinn and Vaughn
brought up the rear.
Jack Coombs. Of Philadelphia won the
most games OF any pitcher. with twenty
eight victories 10 his credit, but he had a
close rival IN Ed Walsh OF Chicago. who
won twenty seven. Powell. of st. Louis,
last the most gamea, nineteen defeats being
chalked up against him. hut Ed Walsh ran
second I'm this department as well, with
eighteen defeats. Joe Wood. OF Boston,
and Groome and Hughes, OF Washington.
lost seventeen each.
Ed Walsh did the most work OF any
twrler. as he pitched 3es % innings. while
Jack Coombs was second TO him. with
936 - innings Walter Johnson. Of Wash
ington. was the only other pitcher 10 work
more than three hundred innings. Walsh
faced $40 batsmen during the season.
Coombs l.2s7 Johnson l.22s. Ford 1853 and
Wood los. Coombs was batted the most
freely and had the most runs scored
against him The hits made of his curves
ran up 10 2eO, and the runs tailed while
he was in the boy equaled lG6. The hits
of Walsh were 5z7. and the runs l95.
Cv Morgan hit the most batsmen. as
twenty-one felt the sting OF his curves.
Krapp. Of cleveland. gave the most passes,
l76 batsrnen walking while Coomhs was
second I'm this respect, passing ll9. Morgan
was third. with 1l3 free tickets 10 first
base Ed Walsh struck out the greatest
number of men. tanning 30, while Joe
Wood struck out 23l. and Johnson 2Oo.
johnson led in wild pitches. with seventeen
while Knapp was second. with fourteen.
and Coombs third. with twelve.
or the men who pitched more imam TWO
hundred innings. Gregg allowed the fewest
hits. with I72. and Bender the iewest
passes. with hfty-eight
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