The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
MATHEWSON TOPS
ALL PITCHERS IN
NATIONAL LEAGUE
OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW HIM
TO BE BEST--OTHER n. Y.
HURLERS DO WE'LL.

That good pitching was the chief
reason for the Giants winning the
champ ionship of the National league
Is shown by the records, of the pitch
ers of that league, which were released
for publication last night. Tho
records show that of the first ten most
valuable hurlers In the older organiZa-
ton. four are wearers Of the McGraW
uniform, and these figures are based
on the new method of determining the
worth of the player, namely by the
least number of earned runs scored on
the pitcher per nine-inning game. The
secretary, to determine this percentage
divided the total number OF earned
runs by the mum Der Of innings pitched
and then multi piled this number by
nine to find the pitchers average eT-
fectiveness for complete game.
"Old Marster" Mathewson stands at
the top of the list with the small aver
age of 2.06 runs earned against him
game Babe Adams. of Pittsburg, Is
next with ais, while Tesrau and
Demaree follow in order with 2.17 and
221 respectively. Vanguard, the low
est standing regular pitcher OF the
Giants, Is in eighth place with an aver
age of 2.50.
The records of the players contain
the number Of games in which the
man pitched, the number OF complete
games he pitched, the total number of
| innings, his games won, lost, shutouts,
the batsmen facing him. base hits
against him, the number OF men hit
by him, bases on balls. striheouts, wild
| pitches, the total runs scored by OPP
| posing teams the runs earned off the
| pitcher and the average runs earned in
full game.
Hurled Most Games.
Mathewson besides being the most
effective pitcher In the National league
divided honors with Cheney, of Gin
| cinnati, for second place in the num-
| Der of complete games hurled. Tyler.
| of Boston, with total OF twenty
| eight stood at the top Of the league.
while Matty and Cheney each toiled
through twenty-five contests of nine
| innings each.
Robinson, Of Pittshurg. who ranks
sixth as the best hurler seems to be
| hardly worthy of that honor. AL
/ though he worked In forty-three
| games, he pitched but eight complete
ones and finished with an average of
239. There is q possibility, however,
| that he may have been sent in to finish
games for other hurlers rather than
having started them, and then being
hoisted Fromme is another whose
real worth Is hard TO determine from
the records given by the secretary as
/ this hurler worked in thirty five
/ games, but completed only five. He
ranks forty-third IN the standing with
an average of 4.0T.
Virginia Players Averages.
Eppa Rixey. the former University
of Virginia pitcher now with the
tPhillies. finished the season in thirtletH
place, having an average Of S.11 runs
earned off him in each full game. He
appears to have been rather wild, for
in nine full games he walked fifty
men. He struckout seventy-tve. Tho
runs earned against him amounted 10
hfty-four.
! Jimmy Lavender. who was formerly
with Danville, Of the Virginia league.
/ is credited with an average of 3.66. He
worked In ten full games during which
eight-three runs were earned OF him.
4 ninety-one players were struckout,
ninety were walked, and thirteen
Z hit.
( Marty O'Toole has an average OF
329, Nap Rucker one Of 1871,
{ In the individual hase-on- balls and
strikeout records Of players partict-
pating in forty or more games, 1t Is
shown that Bob Bescher. of Cincingat.
secured ninety-four bases on balls In
< TAI games. while Higgins. of s..
Louis. had ninety-two in III games.
Johnny Evers is credited with the
j least number Of strikeouts, having the
small total OF fourteen in 1856 games