Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-07
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DOPE ON THE
BIG LEAGUES

With the major league baseball
clubs about to enter upon the second
half of their 1914 campaign, a ccmpari
son with the records CT the past two
years develops sornc interesting data
regarding the strength and weakness
es of5tthe teams in the National and
American circuits. In the senior or
ganization the New York Giants led
their league on July | in both 1872
and 1913. Two years ago the Me-
GRANTEES were making runaway race
of the pennant contest, having won
so and lost II games for an average
of $50 Pittsburg was second with
81 games won and % lost, giving the
Pirates a percentage of .597. Chicago
with .567 was third, having lost 26
games and won "a. Cincinnati COM
pleted the first division with 50 vic
tories and 80 defeats. the Reds per-
centage being .522. Philadelphia.
Brooklyn, st. Louis and Boston fol.
lowed In the order name6 with PER
centages of .433, ACT, .391, and 1903,
respectively. ns..
Last seasons standing showed sew.
eral marked chaylss over this order,
for while the Giants were showing
the way. their lead was Of the mar
rowest margin, for Philadelphia was
in second place and Brooklyn follow
ing the Quakers closely In fact. hut
100 points separated the first four
teams against approximately 800 in
1912 The New York club, ultimate
winners of the nennant. had a percent.
age of .635 to Philadelphia 500. The
Giants had won 40 games and lost %.
while the Quakers' score stood IS
games won and % lost Brooklyn.
which held sixth place IN 1912. was
but 7ti points behind the second place
club, having won "a games and lost q.
Chicago completed the list OF first di-
vision teams with a percentage OF SD.
The second half Of the league standing
was occupied by Pittsburg. st. Louis,
Boston and Cincinnati. with respective
percentages OF 461, .424. .413. and .379.
In the American league the Phila-
delphia Athletics were not playing at
top speed In 1912 and held second
place with the Boston Red Sox. show
ing the way. Chicago was third and
Washington fourth. The race was
much closer, however, than that in
the National organization. For Boston
had but 1873 points separating the first
and fourth teams, the standing being:
Boston. won :46. lost q, percentage
6S7; Philadelphia won 3S, lost %,
percentage COZ; Chicago. won 3S, lost
%, percentage .576; Washington. won
IS, lost 30. percentage .559.i Cleye-
land, Detroit New York and ST. Louis
formed the rear guard in the order
named. sa.: u. .*st' -. .:ts,s. az.
last season the Athletics held a
lead of such proportions that the fans
were already beginning TO coneede
the pennant TO Connie Mack,s players.
With as games won and II lost, the
Philadelphia club showed percentage
of, 1913 against Cleveland's 600 for AZ
games won and IS lost. Chicago was
again in third place with 80 victories
and g32 defeats. giving the White SoG
.!49 Washington. while not going as
strong as in 1912, still managed TO
hold fourth Mace, 13 points behind
Chicago and five points ahead of Bos-
ton, which in one year had dropped
from first to fifth place. Detroit, St.
Louis and New York brought up in
the rear as they did In .1912s = ...E...-..E