The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-13
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OUTF|ELDERS
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Athletic Gardeners Better on ,
Hitting Than Glants, But
Slower on Bases
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Special to the Daily Leader. I,4's
New York Oct 13-If the figures
are to be believed the Athletics ha
IA stronger outfield than the Giants.
1t would be hard to convince II
New York fan-I don't believe 1t
myself, for that matter-that the
Athletics has more valuable man
lin the outfield than either Devore,
Murray or Snodgrass, but the plain
figures give the verdict
to Murphy, Oldring and Lord. Figures
have never won series, but they
sometimes furnish very palatable
fool for the fans. fs,ga, \.
While the pitchers, the catchers
land the infiefd nave undergone a
thorough thrashing out at the hands
of the expert statisticians, very few
of the mathematical snarps have ex-
tended their endeavors as far as the
outfield
Here we find a very interesting set
of individuals for comparison. 1t is
we'll known that the Giants have one
of the fastest outfields in the bust
ness, and all three Of these athletes
are gumshoe merchants of the first
water on the base paths. For speed
the Athletics cannot compare with
them, but wnen it comes to the old
fashioned question of getting the
most hits and the most runs the
Quakertown guardians of the outet
garden have the edge. M
Murphy Leads Them In A@ ~ ffs
Bringing ii right down to, records
Danny Murphy leads ali THE hit erss
of the two sets of outfielders, with a
percentage OF 334 He has y, also
made 10f runs. Lord has aibattinss'
average OF 1912 and he has scored
93 runs, Oldring has batted at a rltea
of 295 and has crossed tne plate
SO times. M ss
10 sum this up it will be seen thai
the Athletic outiielfers have mt on
an average Of 313 y rney nave made
a grand total of 4S6 hits and 27I
runs.
In comparison with those figures
the Giants appear little weak.
Murray and Deyore are tied Tor
outfeid hitting honors, each having
an average of .2S1. Snodgrass IS
right on their heels with an average
of $50 From this ii will be seen
that the average of the Giants out
field is more than 30 points less than
that of the Athletics batting
average of 2S1 does not look Wen
alongside one of .313.
Devore has made 154 hits and has
scored ninety-four times. Snodgrass
has las hits and has crossed the
plate eighty-thre times Murray, VINO
has not been in so many games, mas
made 131 hits and has cored sixty
six runs. s
Here's The Twist
Now nere comes the peculiar twlstf
chat makes the figures look freaklsh:
The Giant outfeiders have stolen AL
most twice as many bases as the
Athletic outgardeners and stu ihey
have not scored more runs In proper
tion. The only answer to that is tnat
the batters behind the fleetfooted
Giants did not come through with
The cleanup wallop. On the other
hand, long hits must have been
made behind Lord, Oldring and Muir
ply before they had chance 70
steal.
The Giant outfielders are among
the leading base stea1ers Of the ma
tional league, but Murphy, Oldring
and Lord so far down in thel lst OF
crack base runners that tney are not
even counted Deyore has stolenS oA~
bases, Snodgrass 80 and Murray AZ.
MOI one of the Athletics outfeld has
stolen as many as thirty bases ali
season. ,A