New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Bakers Perquisite Taken
Away by Tigers
Old Slugger.
TY COBB is WELL
DOWN ON LIST
Roger Peckinpaugh Proves Most
Able of Yankees for Max
ing Timely Wallops.
By ERNEST J. LANIGAN.

Detroit. for the sixth time In eight
seasons, lays claim to having had on its
t IN the player who drove in the
greatest number Of runs. The real
American League batting king OF 1919
WAS no. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, but his
teammate, Samuel Crawford.
The man who put Wahoo, Neb., on
the baseball map led all the john
sonites when it came 20 hitting IN the
pinches and driving in tallies, and pre-
vented John Franklin Baker, OF the
Athletics, from eouslling Cobb's rec
ord of setting sne pace in opportune
clubbing for three consecutive seasons.
The Giants Nemesis had led the
"r,,ns batted in brigade" Of the Ameri-
can League in 1912 and 1913, but tnis
year Crawford, who bore of the blue
ribbon in 1910, came back into MS own
and made the Mackian mauler surren-
der his laurels. Crawford batted IN
I12 runs, but by SO doing beat neitner
HIS own nor the league marx. baker,
runner-up, added the finishing touches
10 81 TALES, this being the. first time
since 1910 that the hard hitting QUAKER
failed to make the century CLASS:
The ten best pinch men IN tne
| American League last season Teie
| clarence Walker, Lewis, Eddie Collins,
! Veacb Gandil and John Collins. Inc
nrav;ons year they we're Baker, Pratt,
WcInnis Barry. Crawford, Lewis. Jack
SON Sneaker, Eddie Collins and LaJoie.
NcInnis and Lewis had the same rank
inc in 1914 and 1913. Detroits aoies.
clnbber at opportune times was CraW-
ford who ranked first; Philadelphia,
Rsker. ranking second; Boston's, SPEAK
err. ranking fourth; St. Loulss, Ciar-
ence Walker, ranking fifth; Washing
toms. Gandil, ranking ninth; Chicago,s,
Collins. ranking tenth; Cieveianas'
Jackson, ranking eleventh; New forks'
Peckinpaugh, ranking fourteenth
The best timely hitting team IN the
American League last season wouIu
have on it four White Elephants, one
Senator. one Brown, on Red Sock, one
Yankee and one Tiger. It's battery
would consist of Walter Johnson and
Wallie Schang; its infield would De
made up of Jack Mclnnis, Eddie Cor
Inns. Frank Baker and Roger feckln-
paugh, and it's outfield would be com
posed of Sam Crawford, IRIS speaker
and Clarence Walker.
OF the l12 runs batted in by Craw-
ford, SO were put Oh the RECORDS as
through safe hits, Is through sacrIhce
f,ies and 10 through infield outs. sam
knocked home more TALES on salelles
than anv one else and tied with Arnold
CandiI. of the Nationals, in bringing
men over through che medium OF aerial
sacrifices. McInnis, Of Philadelphia
showed the way in registering team
mates on inheld outs.
-Four runs were the greatest num-
Der hammered home by Leader Craw-
ford in any one game. Smuggling" Sam
had three such performances to his
credit-one against Washington, one
against New York and one against 81
Louis.
Alvah williams, OF the Gritfithites
claimed the banner performance for
batting in runs in one game.seven-
and by one of those oddities that crop
up so frequently in baseball he went
on his batting jamboree In game
against a team with which he formerly
played. Batting against Rankin John-
son and Guy Cooper, of the Red SoX,
on July 8. Williams in five trips to the
Mate poled double, a triple and a
home run. His two-bagger, CLEANED of
Johnson, scored Moeller and Foster;
his triple, garnered off Cooper, enabled
Foster and Milan to tally, and his
homer. harvested off the former ma
rine, found Harper and Milan on the
bases.
The next best performance was cred
tied to iris Speaker, of the Red SoX.
Sir Tristram welded his bludgeon with
such telling effect against Houck,
Wyckoff and Plank, of the White Eie-
plants. on April % that his team be,
came possessed of six runs. lie singled
Bedient home in the third and knocked
in Bedient and Hooper in the fourth
With a one-timer. In the eighth, with
the bases loaded, Boston three runs in