Evening star., 1915-12-05
CRAWFORD IS BEST
At DRIVING IN RUNS
Veteran Who Set Pace Last
Year in American League
Repeats.
GANDIL LEADS NATIONALS
IN PRODUCTIVE HITTING
"Rarber SAM Batted Home 1l6
Runs-Veach Second With lis,
and Cobb Third With 95.
BY ERNHT J. LANIGAN.

BY ERNEET j. LANIGAN.
There were few repeaters IN
the 'ase ball world last season,
but Sam Crawford of the Tigers
was one of them. The veteran
outhelder set the.pace in batting
in runs in the American League
in 1914, and he showed the way
in this respect again in 1915, gain
ing the timely hitting crown by
the scantest of margins. This
made the third time in nine CAM
paigns Barber Sam has ranked
first among the timely thumpers,
the other seasons he was in the
king row having been 1910 and
1914. J. Franklin Baker, who
may or who may not. play in the
junior organization next season
after a year spent in county
leagues, headed the men who
batted in the tallies in 1912 and
1913. while Tyrus Raymond Cobb
outranked all in 1907, 1908, 1909
and 1911.
In nine seasons, therefore. three
players have monopolized the timeiy
hitting laurels in the younger ieague. e,.
Crawford, this year, equaied tne Pan Pm :
performances of twice successiveiy being
the Johnsonites' ablest driver IN OF
runs. and next year he Will nave
chance to tie CobD's feat OF ieaoIns
the opportune clubbers three seasons
in succession.
Cobb holds the American League (ano
ma Tor league, too, for that matter) rec
ord for batting in the greatest numoer
of runs in a season. having driven IN
IA in 1911, the year he went at his
crawford fell twenty-eight shy Of the
red letter achievement of Cobb this
year and annexed the leadership oy
inst one run, as Runner-up Bob Veach,
his teammate. was responsible for 115
counters The other member OF De-
troit's celebrated wrecking crew-Ty
Cobb-stood third among the timely
hitters. having hit in ninety-hve
markers.
Other Timely Filters.
Besides Cobb, six other players drove
In seventy-fve or more tallies. these
half dozen being John Collins. Jacques
Fournier, Eddie Collins and Joe jack
son of the White Sox: Duffy Lewis of
the Rex Sox and Derrill Pratt OF the
opportune hitter in the ranks OF the
Rowlandites. his rank in the league
being fourth. Lewis, excelling for Bos-
ton. and Pratt. doing the tidiest work
Smith. the Indians leader. ranked
tenth: Arnold GaRdil, who set the pace
for the Nationals, ranked twelfth: Ma
poIeon La5oie. showing the way for the
Mackmen, ranked thirteenth. and Wal
lie Pipp. the ablest 'pincher" the Yam
KEGS possessed. ranked seventeenth.
Twenty-Five pastimers hit in fifty or
more runs. thirteen Of these players
being westernsrs ssar a9d .a nine ,h being least east
strength in the American League laid
more with tie teams the far side of the
Afleghenses. Chicago had five men in
this list, Boston four. Detroit four.
ington two. Philadelphia one and st.
Louis one.
The west had eight representatives
on the American Leagues timeliest hit
ting team to the casts one. George
sisler of the Browns and Ray Schaik
Df the White Sox would form the bat
terry Of this suppositional team. while
It's infeld would be made up of John
roltins of the White Sox, Derrill Pratt
= the Browns. Larry Gardner OF the
Red Soy and Ray Chapman OF the In
Gans. The outfeid would. of course, be
recruited entirely from Hugh Jennings
Tigers. II fans consider that the pitch
er on this suDposftional team should be
lust a pitcher aud not anything else,
feorge Archibald Sisler being jack-of
tn-trades. then Ray Caldwell OF the
anks gets the place However. assun-
N,.- Nl-.N 4.
fed one finds the American Leagues g
linelies hitting team drove in SOS runs.
That was 46 more than Detroit the most
powerful clubbing organization in the
to- st. Louis had the weakest attack,
the Browns hitting In only 40 count
ers. The Mackmen batted in $50. the
Yankees 46i. the Nationals aga, the In
White Sox 5s7. The Tigers total was
$50. Crawford. yeach and Cobb putting
over more than half OF the scores-32S
Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Os-
bourne must have had Sam. Bob and Ty
In mind when. years ago. they named
bne of their novels The Wreckers."
Lewis Best saerihcer.
No player batted in 100 runs on actual
safeties. Crawford being just one shy
Of this total. On sacrifice flies the mer
who batted in the most runs were
Lewis OF Boston. j. Collins of Chicago
and La ioie of Philadelphia, each witt
thirteen. Joe Jackson, who started the
season an Indian and finished IL q
White Sox. put over the most counter.
or infeid outs-viz-. II.
IT was Chicago player-Jacques
Fournier--who turned in the best ex.
hibition in the timely hitting line ir
one game. July 6, facing Perryman
Koob and Cook OF the Browns, the
Frenchman knocked in six of the Row.
iandites' twelve runs. He drove oul
three hits--a single. double and homer
lin this controversy, his four-baggeI
breaking 1t up In the opening frame. !,
-Four pastimers pestIed the ball II
such vigorous fashion in games thai
they knocked in five runs. These mer
were Maisel and Bauman of the Yam.
KEGS. Felsch OF the White Sox and Con
molly of the Nationals. Maisei was thu
first TO turn the trick, doing so in 6
game against st. Louis June Is which
the Donovanites won by a score OF t.
Z. Three days later Felsch of thu
White Sox duplicated Maiseis stunt II
contest with Philadelphia, the White
Elephants being downed II to 4. Hap
tcontinued on second Pase.J