Evening journal., 1915-11-30
COBB BETTER With
BAT ON home Field
TyruS Hits AZ Points More
on Navin Field Than
on Road
INDIANS PITCHERS
ARE HIT HARD

ting leader OF lne American hedbuei
hit AZ points better on the home
grounds OF the Tigers last season
lhan he did on the road, his average
at Navin Field being S92. and at for
eign parks $50. The Dixie Demon
was most precise in the way he col
lectcd his safeties. for he got l04 of
them at home and the same number
abroad. The pitchers who troubled
him most were those employed by
Clark Calvin Griffith, OF Washington,
ry's stick credit against Walter John
son & Co. being 1903 Cobbs batting
lvcrago against ST. Louis boxmen
vas .342 against Bostons, 1858;
.jgainst Philadelphia's .374: against
New York's, .3S9: against Chicago's.
.403. and against Cleveland's. .420.
There was only one spot on the B.
3. Johnson circuit where Tyrus, the
Thumper. didn't turn In 300 batting
notch. This was Washington. In Will
sonville Cobb hit for a scant PA. His
percentage at the other stopping
points Of the Tigers ranged from 1906
IN Philadelphia to .463 in New York.
In ST. Louis he hit for $40. in Chi
cago for .341, in Boston for .357. and
N Cleveland for .s39.
Only ] of the ~ pitchers Cobb got
an opportunity TO bat against last sea
son lsome fingers he faced were cagy
and passed him) succeeded in preventing
him from tearing of hits. The II heroes
were Wood, of Boston: johnson. of Chi.
cago; Collamore, of Cleveland; Russell
and Cottrcll. Of New York; Morisettc of
lrLt rnI. "a
Louis, and Harper, Dimont and Rice. of
Washington. ly batted against Wood
once, against johnson once, against
Collamore once, against Russell once
against Cottrell once, against Morisette
once against Rice once, against Dumont
twice, against Harper twice. against
koob, three times, against Sisler five
times.
Fans can see for themselves that most
Of the hurlcrs who last season kept
Cobb from making hits were men with
whose deliveries he was absolutely un-
familiar. Harking back TO 1910. one
uncovers the fact that the first time
Tyrus faced Jim Vaughn, now with the
Cubs, then with the Yanks, he didn't
send the ball out of the infeld in FIVE
attempts. last season a man who had
tho Indian sign on Tyrus was Bert
Gallia. Of the Senators. Cobhs hattingI
average against him was Just OIL. de-
rived from one swat in IA times at hat.
And Cobb made this hit on Gallla
the fourteenth time he faced him. II
was a double, poled when the bases
were full. and Il left the sacks empty.
Cobb probably will even old accounts
with Messrs. Collamore. Russell
Kooh. Rice. Dumont, Morisette. Sisler
-and Harper In 1916. II he doesn't il
Will be because they are in the minor
leagues
Bats 1000 Against Seven.
Cobb batted 1000 against seven
pitchers. the best-known of whom is
Jim Shaw, OF Washington, lately in
Jured in a hunting accident near
Pittsburgh and he binglod .S33
against Fritz Coumbe. a Cleveland
southpaw. who distinguished himself
by stopping the White Sox last Spring
when they were having an extended
winning streak. II reflected no great
credit on Cobb TO hit 625 against Jack
Warhop and 600 against Jim Walker
and Leonard Cole, for the first two
men named were released by their
managers and the last mentioned
suspended. Cobb's average of .5S3
against Jim Scott. OF the White Sox.
the best curve ball pitcher In the
American League. and his record of
b56 against Eddie Cicotte, OF the
same team. knuckle-ball artist.
must have pleased him and peeved
Them. The only men who kent Cobb
from batting at a 300 clip we're, be-
sides the IL men earlier mentioned.
Ray Fisher, Weldon Wyckoff. Willie
Mitchell, Tom Sheehan. George Fos-
yer, chester Hon. Carl Weilman. Mel
aon Woligang, Sam Jones. Bill
donovan. Cy pieh, Guy Morton and
ber, Nallla. The average of Cobb
AGAINST each American League pitch
er last season will he found below:
~ooos Batting Average Against All
l.o00-Carter CleveaInd. Rro,,, N,o,,
YORK Pillion. Eccles and Nabors
hiiaoeipnla' Baumgardner, st
Louis; Shaw. Washington.
1888 -Coumbe. Cleveland.
Warhop. New York.
.60o-WallSer Cleveland: Cole. New
York.
.5Ss-Scott. Chicago.
.571-Pennock, Philadelphia Boston.
.556-C Cicotte. Chicago.
2S-Lowdermilk, st. Louis.
800 Mays. Gregg and Collins 30,
ton; Steen. Harstad and Klepfei
Cleveland; McHale and Keatin,
New York Shawkey. Philadelphi,
New York; Perryman, st. Louis
Hopper. Washington.
.455-Hamilton. ST. Louis.
.44l-Knowlson, Philadelphia; James
ST. Louis
.437-Hagerman. Cleveland.
42s-Ruth. Boston; Bressler. Phila
delphia
.409-Caldwell New York
.379-Johnson. Washington.
.370-Russell. Chicago.
.S64-Boehling, Washington: Bush
Philadelphia.
.353-Faber, Chicago.
.53S-Shore and Leonard. Boston
benz. Chicago; Brenton, Cleveland
Mogrldge, New York; Fillingim
and Davis, Philadelphia; Hoch. st
Louis.
.30S-Avres. Washington.
.2S6-Fisher. New York.
Wyckoff. Philadelphia.
-2ot-Mitchen, Cleveland: Sheehan
Philadelphia.
.250-Foster. Boston: Hon. ST Ionic
Weilman ST. Louis.
.1oO- Nolfgang, Chicago: JoI.es Chi
eaeo; Jones. Cleveland; Pieh an,
Donovan. New York.
.lz5-Morton, Cleveland.
-Gallia. Washington.
'OVo-Wood. Boston: johnson. Chi
cago; Collamore, Cleveland. Cot
trell and Russell New York. Nor
settle. Philadelphia: Sisler and Kool