The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
Red S0x Finger Tops Amer
lean League in Individual
Performances
SCOTT HOLDS RECORD
FOR A SINGLE GAME
s'Death Valley Jim" Fans Fifteen
Brown in Single Contest-JOhnson
Narrowly Misses Sharing
HonOrs With Wood
BN ERNEST j. LARNIGAN

Joe NOOu oil the ked BOX ulu not nave
rs good a season last year as he had in
1912. but nevertheless Smoky Joe" ended
the campaign with more individual strike
out feats to his credit than any other
hurler in the younger organization, Wal
ter johnson, winner of the Chalmers car,
not even excepted. On "a occasions last
season American league pitchers famed
nine or more men in games, Wood hay
ing six such performances TO his credit,
Johnson five, Plank four, Falkenberg
four, Gregg three, Scott three, Bedient
three, Groom two, Boehling two. Bender
two. Hall of Detroit two, Mitchell of
Cleveland two, OBrien two, and a num-
ber of others, too numerous to men, one.
Had Walter Johnson not been such
wonderful relief artist he would have
claimed Just as many strlke-outs feats
as Wood. On July IS, going to Tom
Hughes relief, the Idaho. Phenom, In
eleven and a third innings famed 16
of the Browns. Before johnson entered
the game which lasted is innings, Engel
and Hughes had returned four men on
strikes. making total for the combat of
90 This was the greatest number OF men
struck out in an American league contest
last season, but it should be remembered
this game lasted IS innings.
Scott Holds Record
The 1918 strike-out record for a nine
inning game was made by Death Valley
Jim" Scott of the White Sox against the
st. Louis Browns on June %. Then 15
of the Missourians took the strike-out
count, but they won the game neverthe-
less, the score being to 0.
Scott not only was the lone American
Lacquer last year to breeze is men-he also
was the only person who wriffed IA ath-
letes. The Browns were Scotts victims
when he set down IA men on strikes. the
date being September q. This time Scott
landed his game.
Pitchers credited with tanning 12 men in
games last season were Groom of Wash
ington, on June g. against st. Louis; Plank
of Philadelphia, on April 30 against
Washington; O'Brlen of Boston, on April
25. against Washington, and Mitchell of
Cleveland, on July 20. against New York,
O'Brien and Plank lost the games in
which they struck out a dozen men
Groom and Mitchell won theirs.
Pitchers who struck out II men where
johnson and Ayres OF Washington, Plar11
of Philadelphia, Comstock of Detroit,
Mitchell of Cleveland and Wood, Hall,
Foster and Bedient of Boston.
The American league games of 1918 in
which II or more men were retired on
strikes are enumerated below:
Twenty Strikeouts
July 25-Engel, Hughes and johnson of
Washington, against st. Louis Q5 in
nings).
Fifteen StrikeOuts
June 22-Scott Of Chicago, against st.
Louis.
Fourteen Strikeouts
September 27-Scott of Chicago, against
St. Louis.
Twelve Strike0uts
April go Brien of Boston, against
Washington.
April 3O-Plank of Philadelphia. against
Washington.
June S-Groom nf Washington, against
St. Louis
July 25-Mitchell OF Cleveland, against
New York qS innings)
Eleven Strikeouts
April 10-Wood, Hall and Foster of Bos-
ton, against Philadelphia.
June 2-Wood And Bedent of Boston,
against New York
July 2--Mitchell of Cleveland, against
st. Louis I'll innings)
August 25-Piank of Philadelphia
against st. Louis
September 1-Comstock of Detroit
against st. Louis.
September 16-Johnson on Washington
against Chicago.
September 30-Ayres of Washington
against Philadelphia.