The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
FEW PLAYERS HIT
TWO HUNDRED PER
LajoIe, Stone and Cobb, Only Players
of American League to Reach
Double Century
Mark.
STONE TAILED ONCE
Players Who Have Made One Hun.
drcd Runs Are Fairly Plentiful,
In Ranks Of the Younger
League.

In the ten years that the American
league has been rival Of the National
league only three players-Napoleon
Lajoie, George Stone and Tyrus Ray
mond Ccbb-have turned the trick of
marking 200 or more hits in a season.
The Clevelander was double-century
plant in 1901, 1904, 1906 and 1910; (Lar-
ry was with the Athletics in 190t:)
the st. Lousian was in this highly
select class in 1906, while the thump.
ing Tiger entered the 20O-walloper-
season society In 1907 and renewed
his membership two years later
In the campaign of 1910 ,.ajoie
smashed all records for the American
league clouters by making 227 hits. He
took part in $50 of the 161 games
played by the Maps, not missing a con-
test until the last week of the season.
The average hits made per game by
the pride of the Forest City was / AS,
which did not come up to the 1907
record. when the American league
expansion movement was in its inran-
cy and when Baltimore and Milwaukee
We're the holders of the franchises
now owned by, New York and st.
Louis.
Larry was credited with 22o safeties
in 1901, the American leaguers then
being content with the 40 game
schedule. The king was in 131 battles
that year, and the average number
of hits he made game was 1.6s, the
sJohnsonites not having adopted the
foul strike rule and the spit ball be-
ing unknown. The Alerican leaguers
who have made 200 or more hits from
1901 to 1910, inclusive, are as follows:
Az. per
Year G. Hits a..
19o1-Lajoie, Philadelphia 131 220 LES
19of-Lajoie, Cleveland 149 I'll ISL
1906-Lajoie, Cleveland, 152 ga i Al
1906 Stone, st. Louis ..154 20S i .SS5
1907-Cobb, Detroit. ~. 150s212 51.42
1909-Cobb, Detroit, -. 1856 ZIG 1.SSS.
1910-Lajoie, Clevelan. 159 4227 AS
Lajoie, besides possessing the honor
of having made more hits IN a season
than any other player in the B. B.
Johnson organization. past or present,
enjoys another distinction. In 1901
he crossed the plate 145 times in 1S1
games, a record never equaled.
American leaguers besides Lajoie
who have scored one hundred or more
runs in a compaign are:
Av. Per.
Year. q Runs q.
19o1-Lajoie, Philadelphia 131 145 4 Ii
1901-Donlin, Baltimore 12s 10s O.S9
1901. Collins, Boston 13s s109 o. 10
1901-Jones. Chicago 81. 1873 119 $50
1901-Willianls Baltimore 131 ia O.S7
1901 stahl, Boston -. 100 LOG 0. 50
1901-Pickering, Cleve. 1873 I02 0.72
1901 Waldron, Milwaukee 141s 102 O.72
lSel-Barrett, Detroit -. 1876 Ill 0.S2
l90l-Hoy, Chicago -. 100 lis 087
l90l-Casey, Detroit -. 131 100 0S1
1901--Farrel, Washington 1876 1o1 O.S4H
1901--Dowd, Boston ~. 1873 1O2 OH
1902--Delehanty. Wash. :. 1923 103 O.S4
1902-Bradley, Cleveland 1856 LOG OTIS
1902-Fuitz, Philadelphia 129 Ito 0.S5
19o2-Hartsel, Philadel 1877 1os O.79
1902 trang, Chicago, 1871 10S 0. 10
1903-Dougherty, Boston 1S9 los 0.73
1905 Bradley, Cleveland 1877 103 0.75l
904-Dougherty. N. Y :. 1876 113 O.73d
19o7-D. Jones, Detroit !. 144 102 OFT
19o7--Crawford, Detroit >. IA 102 o. n
19os-Busf, Detroit -. 157 ia O.T3
1909-F Collins, Athletics So 1O4 o. 6S!
19o9-Cobb, Detroit -. 1856 lie O.74I
191O-Cobb, Detroit -. 14o LOG O76|
1901 was the real run getting year
of the Ban Johnson organization,
thirteen players crossing the plate
more than one hundred times in that
year. The next year, the pitchers
became little more effective and the
century runners became less and less.
until 1905 and 1906, not player made
the record. Last season, Cobb OF De.
troit was the only man of the company
to pass the plate the required number
Of times.
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