Evening journal., 1914-09-16
NARANVLLE best
ON Double PLAYS
Has Started More Dual Kill
ingS Than Any Other Play
er in Either League
HAD STARTED SO
UNTIL SATURDAY

both leagues in starting double plays
this season and probably will set a
rev record In this respect. The
agile inficlder, up to last Saturday,
has made the pioneer move in 80
two-ply killings, which was eight
more than any other National or
American Lacquer mad set under
way. The Rabbits" nearest rival
at taking the initiative in duplex
massacres is owen Bush Of the
Tigers He has 2S to his credit
This is the third season statistic
ians have kept track Of the number
Of double plays each major Lacquer
/ has started. The tOpnoch figure
previously was Al, Arthur Fletcher,
| Of the Giants. setting this number
OF run smothering stunts in motion
in 1912. Last year the National
League. leader was Bob Fisher of
Brooklyn. with 80 to his credit The
American Leagues pace-setters were
Jack Barry. Of Philadelphia, in 1912.
with "a, and Owen BusE of Detroit
and Ray Chapman Of Cleveland in
| 1918 with 30. Maranvlle will un-
! doubtedly smash all previous rec
Ords to infinitesimal smithereens. EX-
perts are Of the opinion that he will
be a Chalmers car winner this year,
as we'll.
Maranville has started about 80
per cent. of the double plays made
! by the Braves. Bush takes credit
for setting in motion 80 per cent of
the Tigers duplex killings the rec
ords of the other shortstops in start
| ing double PLAYS being as follows:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Wagner. Pirates. 80 per cent; Her
! zog. Reds. q per cent; Corriden.
Cubs, % per cent; Fletcher Giants.
! 2l per cent; OMara, Superbas i3
per cent; Martin, Phillies, 70 per
cent; Butler. Cardinals II per cent.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Mcbride. Senators, 30 per cent
! Barry, White Elephants, % per cent;
Scott, Red Sox, % per cent; Pcckin-
paugh, Yankees, 10 per cent; Wares.
Browns, II per cent; Weaver. White
SoX, l6 per cent; Chapman, Maps, Is
per cent.
The second baseman who has start
ed the most double plays this year is
Larry Doyle. OF the Giants. in the Ma
tional. and Derrin Pratt, OF the
Browns. in the American. Each ath-
leto has inaugurated 49, Miller Hug
gins. of the Cardinals. has started rs.
and Johnny Evers, Maranville's side
partner II. The Maranville- Evers-
Schmidt combination is destined TO
become as famous In manufacturing
double plays as the celebrated trio of
Tinker, Evers and Chance The last
year Johnny and Joe worked together
they started 40 duplex killings. while
this season Evers and Maranville
heretofore unacquainted with each
others style of play, have started So
while the season is not over by long
shot
The number Of double plays started
, by the second basemen and shortstops
, OF the l6 major league clubs is as fol
lows:
r BRAVES-55.
! Maranville, shortstop. &c: Evers
= second base. II; Dugey, second base
Y NAPS-49.
I Chapman, shortstop, IA: Lajoie
d second base. 12; Olson. shortstop. s
Olson, second base, 6; Wambganss
r. shortstop. 81 Bsland, shortstop, 2
y Chapman, second base. 2; Turner. sec
y ond base, /; Wambganss, second base
Is l.
v RED sOX-4s.
j. Scott, shortstop. 20; Yerkos. sec
# ond base, 16; Janvrin, second place
D; Janvrin. shortstop, 4; Engle. sec
lf ond base, /.
is GIANTS-4O.
n. Doyle, second base 10; Fletcher
g shortstop, IS; Grant. shortstop. 2
Is Grant, second base. I.
REDS-39
)f Herzog, shOrtstop. 20: Groh. sec
,e, ond base, 16; Berghammer. secon
v base, 2; Berghammer, shortstop. 1.
r, TIGERS-S9.
4 Bush, shortstop, 2S: Kavanagl
81 second base, 10; Heilmann. secon
8 base 1.
"a BROWNS-S9.
=, Pratt second base. 49,: Ware,
= shortstop, IA; Laven. shortstop. 6.
~ CARD1NALS-3S
Higgins, second base. Is: Butler
Il shortstop. 3; Miller, shortstop G
% Beck, shortstop, 4 Miller secon
:: base, l.
4. YANKEES
N Peckinpaugh. shortstop. 13; Boon,
r second base, 10; Truesdale. secon
base. IL.
WHITE ELEPHANTS-37
Barry. shortstop, %; Collins, sec
i ond base. 13: Orr. shortstop. /; Kop
b shOrtstop, 1.
T. SUPERBAS-35
n Cutshaw, second base, Is: OMarl
Z. shortstop, 10: Egan, shortstop, s
a. Elberfeld, shortstop. 2.
J. CUBS-33.
/. Corrinder, shortstop, 16 Sweene,
l. second base. 10; Zimmerman, short
a stop, 2; Phelan, shortstop. /; Derrick
shortstOp, i.
= SENATORS-32
Is Mcbride. shortstop, %; Morgan
D. second base, s.; Smith, second bas,
D. l.
): PHILLIES.
It, Byrne, second base, 8. Martin
y shortstop. 8; Magee. shortstop. 4
Z; lrelan, second base. 3; Reer. secon
a. base, q Paskert. shortstop. 2: Ma
B: gee, second base. 2
WHITE SOX-2S.
Blackburne second base, 12
u Weaver, shoristop. IL; Berger. shori
Sc stop. 3 f; Berger, second base. ..
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