Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-06
TY COBB ONLY 400 HITTER
Detroit Star is Sole Batter in Three
Big Leagues Above High Stand
ard Mark.
LLOYD LEADS WESTERN LEAGUE

CHICAGO. June sly Cobb is the only
-four hundred hitter" left in the three
big leagues, according to averages pre-
pared here today. which includes batters
who have taken part in ten or more
games up to Thursday last The percent
age OF the Detroit star fell away during
the week from .427 to 400, but he ran his
stolen base total up To twenty-five and
his runs scored to forty-seven in forty
five games. leading all rivals. The three
hundred hitters'' of the American league
following Cobb with the number OF games
they have played in are:
Daily. Chicago sixteen, 354; Thompson.
Philadelphia, thirteen, .s5z; Fourier
Chicago thirty-eight .s65; Jackson, C1eve-
land. thirty-seven, .954; Russell, Chicago
eleven. 34S. IIavanaugh, Detroit forty
one, .S26; Lajoie, Philadelphia. thirty-slx.
.Sl6; Maisel, New York, thirty-six, .S16;
Connolly. Washington, ten. .3r3; Craw-
ford, Detroit, forty-five. .312: Strunk,
Philadelphia, thirty-ohe, .so5; McInnis.
Philadelphia. twenty-five. sos: Chapman,
Cleveland, thirty-eight. 300; veach, De
troit, forty-three, 800. Cobb also leads in
total bases with eighty, his long hits.
home run. Chicago, with 1853, and Cieve-
land, with .26o, arc ahead in team hit
ting. .-'
American league pitchers who have won
20 per cent Of their games or more are:
Faber Chicago won ten and lost one;
Fisher. New York. seven and one: Benz,
Chicago, five and one; Dauss, Detroit.
eight and three; Foster. Boston. five and
two; Merton, Cleveland. seven and three.
Luderus Leads Nationals.
Fred Luereus OF Philadelphia continues
in front among tho national league bats
men with $50 for twcnty-six games. Then
comes Clarke, Cincinnati. twenty-eight
1882; Good Chicago. twenty-seven, 3S4;
Zimmerman. Brooklyn. fourteen. .364
Deubert. Brooklyn. thirty-five, 1852; Con-
molly, Boston, thirty. 337 Broh. cincin-
natl thirty-eieht, 1916; j. Smith, Boston
thirty. 1928; Merkle. New York. twenty,
1888: Robertson. New York, thirty-three.
.Ss5; Fletcher. New York, thirty-five. .s2l !;
Safer. Chicago. forty. $40; Doyle, New
York, thirty-four, .3l3; -Hinchman, Pitts
burgh, forty, .2N; Miller. st. Louis, forty
two, 500. Killifer. Cincinnati thirty-six.
.SOl. The batting streak which has brought
Fournie for New York batters among the
300 men has raised the Giants 70 second
place in club batting with .261, Cincinnati
leading with .2es. Safer leads in stolen
bases. with twelve: in runs scored. thirty
two. and in total bases. with ninety-three.
His long nits include fifteen doubles, eight
triples and five home runs. In homers,
however, he IL behind Cavath. Phila-
delphia. who Is credited with nine.
pffNhosra In
division are: Pierce. chicago, won five
and lost none; Meadows. st. Louis, and
10: cambridge. Chicago. and o; Ritter,
New York and o.: Mamaux, Pittsburgh,
and II Meyer. Philadelphia, s and q;
Coombs, Brooklyn. 4 and 1; Ragan. Bos-
ton, Schneider. Cincinnati. and Smith.
Brooklyn, and each; Alexander
Philadelphia. s and 3; Dell. Brooklyn. !
and 5.
BrOOkfeds in Front.
Again Manager Lee Magee Of Brooklyn
leads the Federal league batters and
Benny Kauff. one Of his privates, is
second. Magees average for thirty-two
games is $50 and Kauff's 1863 for thirty
one games They are tied for the stolen
base honors OF the league with fifteen
each. other 800 hitters of the Federal
league are: Campbell Newark. 81. 1857 /:
Tinker. Chicago. y. 49, Myers. Brook
lyn. "a. .s45: Blair, Buffalo. %. .s4l: Evans,
Brooklyn. %. .SSe; Easteriy. Kansas City,
2sI 1886; Flaek. Chicago 30. 1888; Quinn,
Baltimore. 1c. .3SS; Borton. St Louis. 81,
$50: Hoffman, Buffalo "a. 329: Jones.
Pittsburgh, 10, .sN; Mcconnell. Chicago.
Is. 81; suggs. Baltimore. II. 81; La
fitte. Brooklyn. 10. $40; Cooper. Brook
Ign. IS. $50: Toban. ST. Louis. 81. .3ls,
Rariden, Newark. "A. .S1s. Yerkes. Pitts
burgh 20. sis; Mcdonald. Buffalo 81.
.si0: Duncan. baltimore. 90. BOT. Brook
lyn leads in team hitting with ,2S7 and
Newark is next with .266 Evans leads
In runs scored with % In total bases
Campbell 10 ahead. his figure being 90.
with ndao doubles ana three triples
Konetchy. Pittsburgh. with five Is the
leading home-run knocker.
Leading pitchers OF the Federal league
are: Herbert. St. Louis. won one and
lost none; Prendergast. Chicago. and
/; Allen. Pittsburgh. and 2. Plank. St
Louis. and 2; Lafitte. Brooklyn, 6 and
2: Dickson. Pittsburgh. and /; Moran.
Newark. and 2; cullop Kansas city, 7
and 3
AmerIcan Association.
Paddock. ST. Paul. leads the American
association batters with .tl for thirty
one games. In team batting Kansas City
leads with ri and Indianapolis is next
with .fTs.
Manager Jack Dunn OF Richmond leads
the international league better with $50,
acquired In ten games. Buffalo IL at the
top IN club hitting with ~.
Briscce Lord OF Memphis has gained
first place IN the Southern association
batting with .sss for forty games. New