The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-07-27
STANDING Of THE
BIG LEAGUE TEAMS
tBy Associated Press. J

| 4NC" iOi n, July - -lhItl ltolll :
| insight relative to the work of the
big league baseball clubs is furnished
by the figures compiled for the first
half of the present pennant season.
The data, while not official, is col
lected from the daily box scores and
for the purpose of comparison is
sufficient to show the strength and
weakness of the sixteen clubs COM
posing the National and American
league circuits. Eliminating the
games won and lost, as shown in the
daily standing of the leagues, the
total number of runs, hits, errors and
left on bases are indicated for the
first three months of the season and
| the resultant averages give clear
idea of the reason for the respective
standing of the teams.
In the National League the New
York Giants have scored 800 runs
in 70 games, the average of hits be-
ing trifle under two per run, Whlle
the error column shows percentage
of about ! "a per game. with the
exception of Cincinnati, the Giants
have had fewer players left on base
than any other club in the senior
association. The Chicago club, play
ing eight more games than New
York, has scored but one more run,
eight hits less and made fly more err
rors. in addition to having almost
100 more players left stranded on
the bases. The st. Louis Cardinals
figures indicate that while winning
close to so per cent of their games
they failer to score within fifty runs
of the leaders, although created
with an equal number OF hits. Next
to pittsburg the club is charged with
the least errors in the league ranks
while but two other teams have feW-
er base runnrs left. Cincinnati
scored runs at the rate OF one lor
every 1893 hits in addition to aver
aging but 1872 errors per game IN
men left on bases the club mas the
best record in the league, the figures
being 42S in 76 games,
In the second division Philadel-
phia scored 312 runs and 6l2 hits IN
70 games, made 1G1 errors and had
40 players stranded Brooklyn IN
an equal number of games made o-'
hits. 2S4 runs, 123 errors and 46Z
players got on the paths to be lelI
there. The Pittsburg record Tor Ii
games is 237 runs, 55S hits, lo4 er-
rors and 491 base unners left, while
Roston in an equal number OF con-
tests made 263 runs, 591 hits, 100
errors and had 5O3 players left be-
tween first base and the home plate
The American League figures
which include the games in the same
manner as in the National organi-
zation records, furnished some sur
nrising information. The world S
champion Philadelphia Athletics
while leading the league in number
of rms and hits, have had more base
runners left on the bags than any
other club in the circuit except the
notroit Tigers. Three other CLUBS
bora made fewer errors, but none
can equal the record of runs and hl'S
tota1led by Connie Mack's men at
the midway mark of the season
In 50 games the Athletics scored
oso rms s96 hits, 129 errors, and
had 53g layers left on base. Detroit
i one game less fell Il hits and
Ie runs short of the philadelphia
record while making II more errors
and leaving IL more men on vase
Wasbington's figues for IS games
were IS runs, 6s7 hits, 12o errors
and S4S runners stranded. The Cnl-
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