Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-04
FIELDING RECORDS
FOR NATIONAL
LEAGUE
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
Lead in Team Fielding;
Konetchy Was Best First
Bssenan.

The Official folding Averages OF
the National league for the season OF
1911 have Just been made public.
only those players who participated
In fifteen or more games during tho
season are included IN the list given
out.
koneichy. the Cardinal sirst-sack-
or leads Hoblitzcil of Cincinnati for
premier honors In guarding the int
tlal sack by the narrow margin Of
one point. Both men played In iss
games. and Konetchy finished with
the tidy average Of ,es1. while Hob
litzelfs figures were $50. Frank
Chance also had an average OF. ESQ.
but as the peerless leader was
Dreamed early In the season and
played only In twenty-eight games.
his average IN hardly 10 be compared
with the averages of Konetchy and
Hoblltzcll Daubert 81 Brooklyn.
Mcrkle Of New York and Luderus ~
Philadelphia follow In the order
named among the men who particle
pated IN ~ many as 100 games
EYers OF I'VE Cubs and Magee OF
the Cardinals are technically tho
leaders OF the second bassmen. each
with an average Of .975. but as John
ny only played In so eamen and Ma
gee In rs. the real honor goes to
Hummcl OF brooklyn. who IN i21
games made an average OF SIS.
Higgins of -. Louis. len i36 games.
was next with g6i. knabe nf Phil
adelphin. Zimmerman Of the Cubs.
Doyle of the Giants. Sweeny ~ the
lienneatcrs and Miller ~ the Pirates
follow In the order named.
Zimmerman Of Brooklyn leads ths
third basemsn with an average OF
$751; IN leg games. fobert. Grant
ana Mowrey are close behind him.
liyrne and J. Doyle Of the Cubs also
showed up handsome averages.
Joe Tinker h the real ieader of
the shorlasops with an average OF
$50 IN ii3 games. though Mccarthy
Of Pittsburg technically tops him
with ssi In 20 games. Doolan ~ the
Phillics II close behind Tinker with
936. with the old reliable Honns
Wagner at his heels with .9s2.
Coillns Of Boston aud Chicago. and
Willie OF 81 Louis. both had clean
slate In their records In the outfieid.
bat Collins played In only rs games
ana Willie In IS Temmy Leach OF
the Pirates. who played In 80 games,
N tho real leader OF the outficlders.
with record OF .aS7. Three Phiia-
dciphig llclacrs. Magcc. Paskert and
Titus. foilos closely In order with
Averages of .asf for Masee and .sIs
for raakerf and Titus.
Among the pitchers pfeffer OF Bos-
ton and Mclntlre OF Chicago both
had perfect fielding records. The
mighty Matsy came next with an av-
erage o. .sss. having only made two
errors In Is games played, Brown.
Hendrx. steele and Adams are next
In fielding IN the order named.
Rube Marquard easily ieadr the
pitching records. having made the
remarkable performance OF winning
"a games with bat seven defeats
chalked against him. hls pitching aNr
erase being ia. crandall Of New
York. king cole Of tho Cubs. Alex
auder the droat of the Phillies, and
chrssty Matthewnon follow In order.
IN club fielding rittsburg and PHIL
adelphla we're tied for first honors.
each having a score % .9es. Brook
iyn was next with .e02 -. Louis
and Chicago were tied with An aver
age Of SEQ and New York. though
winning tho pennant. came next With
.gbs, only Cincinnati with .s5s and
Boston with ,ss7 beig below her In
fieldlng.