The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-27
By ERNEST !. I1ANIGAN.

By ERNEST j. LANIGAN.
Detroit. for the sixth time in eight
seasons. lays claim to having had on
ats team the player who drove In the
areatest number OF runs. The real
american League batting king Of 1914
wa not Tyrus Raymond Cobb, but his
associate In the suburbs--Samuei
Crawford. The man who put Wanoo,
N1b.. on the baseball map led all the
Johnsonites when It came to hituns
n the pinches ana driving in TALES
ana prevented John Franklin Baker
q the Athletics, from equalling Coops
record OF setting the pace In oppor-
tune clubbing for three consecutive
neeoons, The Giants Nemesis had leo
the runs-batted- brigade OF the
American League in 1919 ana 1919:
but this year Crawford. who pore OIL
the blue ribbon in 1910, came BACK
into his own and made the Mackiah
MAuler surrender his Iaurels. Craw-
ford batted in lI2 runs but by 30 do
tnx neither beat his own nor the
league mark. Baker, runner-up, add
"a the finishing touches to ninety
seven tallies, this being the first time
eince 1910 that the hard hitting
Quaker failed to make the century
class.
This Ia the eighth season the runs
hated In data has been collected and
r. ade public. Showing that there Is
nukhing new under the sun. scrap
books in the possession OF Jacob }.
Etein, president of the Buffalo Inter
rational League Club. prove that as
Ionx aro as 1879 the National League
scorers, or at least some of them, used
70 keep track of the number OF runs
each PLAYER hatted in. and incorporate
this Information in their box scores
Detroit and Philadelphia have had
tight monopoly on the leaders IN
hAmmerins home counters from 1907
to 1914, inclusive. Tyrus RAYMOND
Cobb showed the way in 1907. 1905 an
1903. his figures for these three cam
paigns being 116. lo1 and llb. sam
Crawford ranked at the top. with llS.
The next year Ty Cobb, going grandly.
knocked in !44 runs and established
Z mark that is likery to stand for
long, long time. Crawford. that year,
bAtted in 1877. In 1919, and again In
1913. Baker was IL. The first season
he stood at the top the White Ele-
plant drove In 1873 markers; the Sec
ond season ne hit In l26.
Crawford had no com panions In the
century class last season. Baker fall
ing TO get in the three-igure society
bv three tallies J. Franklin led in
driving in runs until September !,
and then Crawford shot to the front
ana STAYED there. Sam has hatted
in sll runs In the last eight seasons
Cobb 7T6. There has been seven men,
from 1907 to 1914. inclusive, who have
succeeded in passing the century marx
In driving in counters. Crawford ana
Cobb. each got by the hundred notch
four times. Baker passed 1t thrice.
and these men Skipped by II once.
uss DAla hAnfy. ll1YfS
Lewis and Jack McInnis.
The ten best "pinchmen" in the
American League last season were
crawford. Baker. McInnis. Speaker,
Clarence Walker Lewis, Eddie Col
Inns, veach. Candil and John Collins
The previous year they were Baker,
Pratt, McInnis, Barry. Crawford,
Lewis. Jackson. Speaker. Eddie Col
lina and IAjuie. McTnnts and Lewis
had the same ranking in 1914 as in
l1sls, Detroit's abiest ciuhber at op-
perfume times was Crawford, who
ranked first Philadelphia's. Baker.
ranking second: Boston's, Speaker.
ranking fourth: St Louis. Clarence
walker. ranking fifth; Washington's
CAndil. ranking ninth: Chicago's, Col
Inns. ranking tenth, Cleveland &. JACK
son. ranking eleventh: New YORK :,
peckinpaugh, ranking fourteenth. In
the White Elephants: Pratt, for the
Browns: Crawford, for the Tigers:
Lewis, for the Red Sox Jackson, for
the Maps: Cree. for the Yanks: Can
all. for the Senators. and Bodie. for
the White Sex. The followers num-
bered four and were Crawford. Baker.
Candil and jackson.
The best ly-hitt,ng team in the
American League last season would
have on II four White Elephants. one
Senator, one Brown, one Red Sox. one
Yankee, and one Tiger. Its battery
would consist OF Walter johnson and
Waffle Echarg: Its infield would be
made IN Of Jack McInnis. Eddie Col
Inns, Frank Baker and Roger Peckin-
pauEh, and its outfield would be COM
posed of Sam Crawford. iris Speaker
and Clarence Walker. The previous
season, on the Johnsonites' most pow
arfui clubbing team, McInnis, Baker,
johnson and Crawford won places.
the other members of this SUPPOSE
tlous combination being Derriil Pratt.
Jack Barry Duffy Lewis, Joe jackson
ana RAY Schalk. Pratt failed to nit
In thlTtyswo as many runs last sea-
son ~ Ne did in 1918: Barry: ~;
Lewis, s.: jackson, Is; and Schalk, 8.
OF the liz runs batted in by Craw-
ford. IS were put on the RECORDS
through safe hits. 10 through sacri-
ficeS. ana 10 through infield outs. Sam
Knocked home more tallies on sacrs-
ices than anyone else and tied with
bringing mon over through the me-
dium 81 aerial sacrificed McInnis.
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