The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-16
Ty Cobb and Heinie Zirn-
norman Head List of Bat
tiers in the American and
National Leagues, Respec-
tively-Wood of Red Sox
and Hendrix of Pirates the
Leading Pitchers.

All the old war horses have their
names enrolled on the baseball roll Of
honor for the 1912 season. You'll
find the Cobbs, Speakers, Woods,
Doyles. Mathewsons. Bakers and Zim-
mermans-they're all there-heading
the big leagues.
Ty Cobb just simply murdered the
ball this year. The Detroit star had
227 hits for an average Of All. No
wonder they call him the greatest man
on the diamond today. Cobb didn't
restrict his energies to batting alone,
for in base stealing Inc run getting
the great Tyrus was right around the
leaders. j. Franklin Baker of worlds
series home run fame, was up to his
dc tricks again during the season.
The philadelphia slugger pummelled
opposing pitchers TOR ten circuit
We've been hearing Of a young man
lately by the name Of Joseph Wood Of
Boston. This yOungster' is only %
years old, but he steamed 'em over
during the year for an average Of
.s72. the best in the American league.
Fourteen Home Runs.
Heinie Zimmerman. the Chicago
terror. was the champion batsman in
the National league. The Cubs third
home run Wallops as we'll as leading
his league in batting.
1t Is peculiar that the pennant win
ming Giants and Redsox we're not the
best hitting and fielding clubs in their
leagues. The Pirates carried Oft these
honors in the National. while the Attn
letics did the same thing in the junior
organization.
At a time when the entire baseball
popu!ace Is singing the praises of
Red" Murray. .Herzog. Larry Doyle,
Rube Vanguard, iris Speaker, Joe
Wood and Duffy Lewis. heroes OF the
worlds series. study Of the final bat
ting and fielding records in both the
National and American leagues for the
1912 season shows that these stars arc
not. playing above their. normal. speed
in the big games.
Gotham fans feared that the great
Speaker would 'clout the ball almost
everyttme he comes to the plate, The
fine batting that This has done in the
world games to date isn't surprising
when 1t Is known that Speaker hit for
1882. per cent during. the season.. The
phenomenal Boston outfielder. made
22l' hits. only: six less than Ty Cobb,
VINO led the league in batting with a
percentage OF ..411:::.Speaker was also
tied for home,,run honors.
Gfants Have @Hitters.
Duffy Lewis. who made a peck of
trouble for the Giants, finished the
year with an average of PSI per cent.
Even Joe Wood, Victor in two games.
Swat Milliganed the ball for $50 per
cent, Sc 1t is readily e that the
Giant pitchers have. a mans job when
they try to fool the Red Sox sluggers.
A number Of fans, especially those
living In and around Boston. can't
seem to understand the reason for. the
Giants hitting power in the post Sc
ries. Just glance over the following
averages and you'll understand why
four Boston twirlers have been rough
Merkle. 29S; McMormick. sos: and
Wiltse.. 333. Murray and Herzog, the
Giant batting lemons against the Red
Sox. hit for 210 and 1852, respectively.
Murray touched off. an even $50 base
hits during the season. .Herzog made
127 wallops. $3.50.
In the National league Zimmerman
OF the Cubs led the league with a
was also a long distance batter. with
ten circuit clouts to his credit.
The National league had. thirty-two
hitting ver 800, the Giants SUPPLYING
four Of tina: number. The Pittsburg
club carried off the batting honors
with ten men hitting over 800.
The Pirates ranked first in club bat
ting, Giants second INT Chicago third,
while the Cincinnati Reds brought IN
the rear.
Zimmerman was the slugger-in-
chief. while q. Wilson was second.
Wagner fourth and Larry Doyle fifth.
Pittsburg was the best fielding club.
with an average of .97l. Fielding was
the main weakness Of the Giants
throughout the season., for the best
the New Workers. could do was to land
In next to last place with an average
Of .e54.
1t was on the bases that McGraw's
men stood II brilliantly. for of the
ten leading base stealers the Giants
were responsible for fNe-Merkle,
Murray. Doyle. Snodgrass and Her
zog.
Hendrix Of Pittsburg was the
leagues star pitcher. with .727. big
Jen" Tesreau closely pressed him for
the title with 100. Rube Marquard
finished fifth and Mathewson ninth.
jackson Close t Cobb.
The National league had more Swat
thhh NS llNdIp loT OILY
twenty-eight players hit over 300 per
cent in the American league against
thirty-two for the National. But two
Highlanders were able to break into
this select company. Birdie Cree and
Lelivelt. whom Wolverton secured late
in. the season.
Both Cobb and jackson were tied
for the greatest number of hits. Each
made 227. although jackson played In
fourteen more games than the Detroit
wonder. "Homerun" Baker finished
the year with 1859 per cent. and to
show that nc hadn't lost the knack Of
pounding out homers. he pulled off ten
cleanup wallops during the year.
The Athletics led in fielding with
.95S per cent. and the lowly Hilltops
were anked with .9SS.
The speedy Milan topped Cobb in
base stealing. Milan pilfered 1854.
while Cobb annexed 140.
Eddie Collins was the best run get
ter and was followed by Speaker.
Cobb. Jackson and Baker. all players
Of more or less ability.
Notwithstanding all our swatting.
the common house fly is finishing the
season by covering the usual amount
Of ground.