Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-06

Not so very long ago Arthur Devlin,
who achieved fame as one of the great
est third basemen Of his day while with
the New York Giants and who is spend
ing his declining years with the Boston
Braves, made the statement that cham
pionships are won by good pitchers.
To a. certain extent, Devlin Is right in
this contention, but there is abundant
evidence to prove that it takes something
more than clever hurting to land the gon-
Talon. Figures on the total of runs scored
by the first four teams in the American
League from 1904 to 1911 inclusive show
that in five seasons the championship
club led the league in amassing tallies.
that it was a very close second two sea-
sons. and that in only one year was there
a conspicuous exception to the rule
Most talltes, most victories.
The statistics also show that in the
great majority of cases the first four
clubs in the percentage column were also
the first four in run-making. There were
1907. when the fifth place outfit got more
men around the bases than some OF those
which headed it.
Beginning with the year 1904 1t is
found that the Boston club. which won
the pennant was second in number of
runs scored with COS Cleveland, which
landed fourth money. led in plllng up
the scores, negotiating 647 trips around
the circuit. New York was third in rum
making and second in the standing, and
Chicago was fourth and third, respective
ly, in these departments.
In 1905 the Mackmen captured the lag
and also made the most runs, getting
ST. while Chicago, which nailed second
place. made 6O1. Boston. which hnisned
fourth in the race, was third in run
making. Cleveland was fifth and fourth,
respectively, while the Tigers. who took
third had such good pitching that they
needed only 500 tallies for third place in
the percentage column.
The year 1906 was the most conspicu-
GUS exception to the general rule that
the winning club in the race was the big
scorer. The White Sox got their name
Of the "hitless wonders in that season.
while the Maps. who finished third. made
ffs3, and the Yanks, who were second.
compiled 643. The Athletics were fourth
in both departments.
Making Counts.
1t was the run-making that won the
1907 pennant for the Tigers. They
scored 693 TALES. almost 100 more than
anybody else could get. Chicago. which
finished third in the race, got JSS men
around the paths. and the Athletics, who
we're second. were six tallies short Of the
Sox Cleveland brought up in fourth
place with 80. The New York club
which was in fifth position when the bell
rang, was strong on getting runs, but
had poor pitching, as is shown by the
record of 6O5 markers scored by the
Yanks.
The Tigers continued to ring up tallies
in 1903, scoring GAG. This was large
margin over the second place Maps. who
had only ,6S four runs more than Boston.
which came fifth in the struggle for the
pennant could show. St. Louis was
fourth in both percentage table and tally
making. Chicago got an excellent third
in the standings, with only o31 tallies.
Again in 1909 the Tigers continued to
hit the leather and send men around the
bases. They showed 667 tallies. through.
which was 81 better than Boston and GA