The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-31
BY ERNEST J. LANIGAN.

Base-runnIng averages could De
awarded Major League players were
tho two big organizations TO foiloW
the lead OF some Of the smaller BODIES,
and make the official scorers report
the names Of the men who were
caught trying TO pilfer. Had Byron
Bancroft johnson gotten this inforyna-
ton last season, Offfcial Statistican lr-
win NJ. Howe would have been ebie
to tell the fans that the number or
successful steals was greater ~ z!s
than the total of unsuccessful steah.
making the base-runalng average Tor
the whole American League In 1919
t.546. The total OF iarcenies thwarted
By the hackstop was 1870. the YAM
White Sox most frequently. The NUM-
Der of unsuccessful steals charged
against each club was as follows:
New York, ss1; 81. Louis. 1879; Phil
Indelphia. 1873; Boston. TO; Washing
ton, 1868: Cleveland, 1877; Detroit, lisa:
Chicago. 1872,
Maisei Had Good Average.
Fritz Maisel, OF the Yanks, who
stole more sacks than any of his Amer
lean League rivals, had baso-ron :
Mag average OF .al2. being turned
back seventeen times By the catchers.
Rodger Peckinpaugh stole only thirty
Z
eight, yet the New y Yorker was tagged
only ons seventeen occasions and tine
White Elephant, now a White SOCK.
was shot down on thirty. Peck's base
running average, under this way OF
figuring. would be .6S1. Coiltns's $50.
Tyrus Cobb's figures would be STA,
ne getting away with thirty-five sue
cessful steals CUT OF fifty-two attempts.
iris Speaker, last season. was & $50
3 ~ irAn Milan a ES4
and Eddie Murphy, Lead man OF
the Athletics, g. 500 individual
/ Murphy AMI Luther Cooke had the
misfortune to be thrown out trying
TO steal ofteLer than any other ath-
lletes In the American League last year.
Each pastimer was killed OF on 81
occasions. Duffy Lewis was caught
trying to pilfer 81 times. Eddie Col
iline, so; Bert Shotten, 80: iris Speak
| or. 20: Derrir Pratt. IS: Owen Bush.
i26; Roy Hartzell. IS; Dan Moelier.
s5; John Collins, "a; Jimmy Austin.
c3; Larry Gardner. IS: Amos Strunk.
I22: Clyde Milan. 81; Ray Damitt, 20;
George Weaver. 20: Bobby FeAch, 20:
Gus Williams. 90; Frank Baker. 20;
Harold Janvrin. 20, and t. Cobb, II.
Below will be found tho names OF the
American Ieaguers who were cut
down stealing last season:
Yankees. 1sl--Cook. TX So; Hart
zell. Is, Boone. Is. Maissi, IT; Null
len. II: Peck.npaugh, It; Iruesdale.
IL; Cree, o; Nvnamaker, 8; Walsh, ?;
Daley. 8: Williams, 8; Sweeney. g.:
Holden, 4: Caldwell. !; Fisher, i
Mears. /.
Browns. lss--shotten. 20: Pratt,
IS. Austin, IS. Williams. 20. G. Walk
err, 1t: Leery. Is: Iavan. IL: Howard.
n. r Wolkar
4: Miller. 3; Rumier, 2: James. 2:
Clemens. 2 Hamilton, !; Walsh Il;
Enzenroth. /: Wallace. !.
White Elephants. lss--Murphy, 80.
Collins, so. strunk. q: Baker. ao;
McInnis. ~: Oidring, Is: Barry. 49,.
Walsh, H.: Daley, Z; Schang, 2; LApp,
4: Davies, >; Plank. /: Orr, /: Cruth-
ers. /, Combs, l.
Red sox, l7s-Lewis. 81: Speaker.
20; Gardner. 20; Janvrin, 20: Scott,
IA; Hooper, IA: Hobiitzel, IL: Engte.
9: Rehg, S; Yerkcs, 8; Henriksen. A:
Gamer. q carrigan, 2; cady, l; swan
Senators. ies--Moelier. .5; Milan.
81; Ganiil. 10; Foster. Is. Morgan,
III. Shanks, 16; Mcbride. IA; Mitchell,
IA: Ainsmith. 8: Acosta. 1: Johnson.
/. Boehitng, /: Harper. /; Griffith.
Maps. 157--Craney, IS: Lajoie. Is:
Jackson. Is; Leibold, ii. Turner. ID:
Kirks. 10; Johnson. 9: Chapman. 3;
Wood, g. Olson, 3; Wamganas. Z; Bis
land, 5; Barbara. 4; o'Nein. 8: Leli-
welt, 5: Pezold. 3: Bassier, 2; Carish,
3; Gregg. /: Birmingham. I Coumbe.
l.; Egans /: Stcen, / Smith, ! Nit
chell. I.
Tigers, i6s--Bush, &c: veach. 20.
Cobb. II; Crawford, i6. Moriarty. Is.
kavanaugh, IA. Burns ID. Wit. 5:
Holman. s; High, s.. Coveleskie. 3.
I Mckee, 2 Baker. 3: Purtell, 2 stan
lage. /; Main. L..