The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
PLAYERS AIM TO
BETTER MARKS
Each Season Records Go by
the Boards in Major
Leagues.
SOME FREAK FEATS
Five Catehers Are Tied for High
I Fielding Average During a
Campaign.
SOME FREAK FEATS

Each season bah players individually
and as a team start out with the deterrni-
nation OF smashing some of the old rec
| ords and establishing new ones for them
selves. Here are few OF the records
taken from Spaldings' 1914 Guide-which
show the rather husky task that con-
fronts the players Of this era who have
record breaking ambitions.
In 1909 George Gibson. the Pirate catch
er. worked IN 40 consecutive games. In
Judy. Isos. Roger Bresnahan. then with
the Giants. did not have an assist or put
out in q ten-inning game An average of
$50 for the season was turned in in 1904
by Joe Sugden, Of the Browns, in 1906 BY
Jack O'Connor. of the Browns. In 1907
by Frank Bowerman, Of New York, in
1903 by Forrest Cady, Of the Red Sox. and
also by George Gibson. OF Pittsburgh.
In the pitching line. Charles Rad
bourne. with Providence in lsS3 worked
in thirty-seven consecutive games and
won twenty-eight. In 1ss4 he pitched
seventy-two games in one seasons
record that was duplicated in 1883 by John
Clarkson, then with Boston. Keere,
pitching for the Giants in 1883. and
Marquard. pitching for the same team in
1872 are tied, with nineteen consecutive
victories in one season
Charles Sweeney. pitching for Provi-
twenty-one batsmen- Amos Rusfe. in IS92.
gave 81 bases on balls in one season. In
ls75 Al q. Spalding pitched sixty-three
games and got an average. of 500 for
the season In 1904 "Rube'' waddeIl, then
with the Athletics. struck out 3i3 bats
men in one season
Has Great Average.
Frank Chance in 1910. while first basing
for the Cubs, took unto himself the re-
markable average of .9es for the season.
Jiggs Donahue, former first baseman OF
the White Sox, holds the other three
records in the first basing line. In 1907
he accepted the highest number Of
chances-I.9s6: In 1906 he had twenty-three
chances in one game. while in 1896 he
has but one chance in the game-an as
sist
In 1906 Lajoie. of the Maps, turned in
the record fielding Percentage for second
basemen, $50 Lobert, Of the PhiIues,
holds the third basing record, having ac-
quired .gs in 1872 Turner. OF the Maps,
grabbed .973 while shortstopping in 1910
Lajoie. in Is0S, accepted sSs chances; Col
Inns. of the Red Sox, accepted COL chances
at third in 1899, and Allen, the Phillies
shortstop, accepted $50 chances in 1882
In the outfelding line. Frank Schultz.
of the Cubs. hung up a record Of .sse in
1908 in right Patsy Dousherty. of the
ates paC0, are tied with .ss7 at left field
ing. while Harry Bay. Cleveland 0SoD,
Amos Strunk, Athletics dSl2). and Tom
my Leach, Cubs Q910, are tied with $50
at center fielding.
Record for Assists.
Clarke. Of the Pirates made four as
sists from the outield in one game in
1910 and had ten put-outs in one nine
inning game in 1911, both being record
performances. George Mcbride. the
Washington shortstop, enjoys the distinc-
went through game without having had
one chance to clutch the ball.
In the clubbing line, Hugh Duffy's rec
ord OF .43s for one season made in 1894,
Is the mark the star batters must shoot
at. Ty Cobb OF the Tigers made 24s hits
in 1911 Brown, playing with Louisville
in 1882, was at bat SIS times in one sea-
son. The Phillies, back of the late SOS,
made thirty-six hits in one nine-innins
game of John Wadsworth. of Louisville
Clarence Beaumont. of the Pirates, got
six hits in six times up in 1880. while Ed
Delehanty, OF the Phiiiies. got four home
runs and a single in five times up off
Terry, the Chicago pitcher, in 1895
Buck Freeman, the old Washington
player. hammered out twenty-five home
runs in one season, the next best
Frank Schultz, OF the Cubs. who annexed
twenty-one circuit swats in 1911
In 1907 Hal Chase. then with the
Yankees, batted safely in twenty-sevcn
consecutive games In 1911 Fred Merkle,
of the Giants, made a home run and a
two-base hit in one inning against the
Cardinal pitchers. In 1872 the Giants
made thirteen two-base hits against q
trio Of Brooklyn pitchers
Long Battle fn Hub.
The Athletics and Red Sox battled in
a twenty-four-innins game in 1906 that
ended to l in favor of the Athletics .
Barrett. Of Detroit. played in 1s2 games
in 1904 The Providence team in 1854 won
twenty consecutive games The White
SON in 1906 won nineteen In row. Chi
cago scored eighteen runs in one inning
AGAINST Detroit in lSS3 Ty Cobb scored
lE runs in one season-191L Harry
Stovey. OF the Athletics. stole l5s bases
In 1855
Perry Lipe, of the Richmond. Va.
team. played every game in 1905 with
Greenviile, Miss; every game in 1894.
1906. 1905. and 1877 with Macon, Ga, and
every game with Richmond. Va, in 1906
and 1899, with the exception Of the last
inning of a game in June, 1919. when he .
was chased by the umpire
In 1872 the Red SOx, by winning 1G
games and finishing with an average of
sg1, hung up the best team in the
American League. The Boston club of
1876 which won seventy-one games and
lost only eight. finished the season with
an .see average. the best ever complied
The Chicago Cubs in 1906 won 1is games
-the most ever won by any club In one
only thirty-six. and finished
with ..7Ss.
Bill Eillifer is closely watched al