Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-08
COBB STILL PREMIER BATTER
Georgia Peach is the Only Big
League Player with Average
Above Four Hundred.
LEJEUNE LEADS WESTERN LOOP
By Tad


CHICAGO. Aug. 7.--American league
veterans, led by Cobb, hold big ma
tority of the batting honors. according
to averages published here today. The
first ten, counting only those who have
played in at least half of the games.
consists mostly of well known batters
and is as follows: Cobb, Detroit, .40l;
jackson. Cleveland. .sS0; z. Collins. Chi
cago. .SS1; Speaker. Boston, 800: Craw-
ford, Detroit .s16; Strunk, Philadelphia,
.31e; Maisel. New York, .M3; Fourier.
Chicago sos; Lewis. Boston. .So6; Nc
Innis Philadelphia. 800.
Cobb has made the greatest number Of
runs-ss, and also leads in stolen bases
with g.. He ia tied with his team mate.
Crawford, for total bases with 1sa Hart
sell, New York. with five home runs
leads In circuit drives
Detroit leads In club batting with .s6s.
and Boston is next with .26s
American league pitchers who have at
tanned the go mark In 20 or more games
are: Foster. Boston, IA won. lost;
Scott, Chicago. 10 and 8; F'aber, Chicago,
II and z; Ayres, Washington. and (;
Shore, Boston, 10 and 5; johnson. Wash
ington. 1e and 9; Dauss. Detroit. II and s;
Fisher, New York. 10 and z; Coveleskie.
Detroit, 10 and 8; Caldwell. New York.
Is and 0; Gallia. Washington. 10 and 6;
Boland. Detroit. 8 and &
Doyle Leads Nationals.
, Larry Doyle, captain OF the New York
Giants, has hammered his way to the
front In the National league, whose lead
ers are: Doyle, New York, $50; Snyder,
st. Louis, .3S1; Daubert, Brooklyn, .322;
Wade Killlfer. Cincinnati, .312, Collins,
Pittsburg, .309; Luderus, philadelphia.
.S01; Merkle. New York. .S06. Groh, Gin
cinnad, 1904; j. Smith. Boston, .3o4; Safer.
Chicago. 1902.
The leading run getter is Cravath,
Philadelphia who has scored 81 times;
SAFER, Chicago, who leads in total bases
with l64, also leads the league in stolen
bases with %. Cravath, In addition TO
being run getter, leads the league in
circuit drives, with Is homers.
Cincinnati leads the league in club bat
ting with .254; st. Louis. .253 and New
York with .20S, are tied for second place.
The leading pitchers are: Pierce. Chi
cago. won and lost 2: Mamaux, Pitts
burgh, 16 and S. Alexander, PHILADELPHIA.
10 and 6; Ragan. Boston, IS and 6; MAYER.
Philadelphia, 16 and s; Dale, Cincinnati,
II and s; Dell. Brooklyn. 10 and 6.
Federal League Figures.
Federal league batters are: Masee,
Brooklyn, .3A; F1ack. Chicago, $40;
Kauff Brooklyn, $50: Fischer, Chicago.
SS1; Basterly. Kansas City, .sss; Camp
bell, Newark. .3e5; Rousch, Newark, .S1g:
Yerkes. Pittsburgh, .s1s: Deal. St Louis,
.Sl4; Cooper, Brooklyn. .s1a
In cltth hattfo. r1-aal.I..-
the lead and Pittsburgh Is second with
a61
Magee and Kauhf hold the lead in num-
Der OF runs scored with 81 apiece.
konetehey. Pittsburgh, has the greatest
number OF total bases-1S6. Kauff with 80
stolen bases leads in that department.
while Hal Chase. Buffalo. Is the smuggling
king with IL homers.
The leading pitchers are: r. Allen.
Pittsburgh. with 1s wilma and losses;
Nick cullop. Kansas City, Is and :;
Crandall, st. Louis. u and 6; NJ. Brown.
Chicago. 10 and 5; Mcconnell. Chicago.
10 and s; Packard. Kansas City, u and 7.
LeJeune Leads westerns.
Western league batting leaders are: LIE
jeune. Sioux City. $50. Galloway. Den
YER .S55; Forsythe. Omaha. ass; Spencer,
Denver. .S25; spahr, Denver. a.; Fox.
Wichita. .s16; Jones. Des Moines. .sl6;
Krug. Omaha. .s15; Kruger. Omaha.
.sl5; Mccormick, Denver. ma
Denver leads i'm club batting with .gT
and Des Moines is next with 80.
Galloway leads In total bases with 1871;
Jones leads In total runs scored with 70;
Kruger made the most home runs-l4,
and the stolen base honors go 20 coffey,
Denver. who has 80
The leading pitchers are; Mitchell.
Denver. won IS and lost s; MoEridge
Des Moines. IL ana 8; CLARK, Sioux CITY.
II and S; Gilligan. Des Moines. II and g.
GasDar. Sioux City. IA and 8: Musser, Des
Moines. Il and Z; Thomas. Des NIoines.
Is and .; Clunn. Topeka, 10 and 6: Can't
well. Denver. . and G.