Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-13
COBB PREMIER BALL PLAYER
Tyrus Leads all Majors in Batting,
Base Stealing, Total Bases
and Runs Scored.
KRUGER LEADS WESTERN

CHICAGO, June l2.-New batting lead
ers have appeared in the National and
Federal leagues this week. but Cobb
still the only 100 hitted in the major
circuits. continues in front in the Amer
| lean. Averages published here today. in
GLIDING the games OF last Wednesday In
the big leagues and only those players
who have participated in ten or more
games. shows that Manager Tinker. de-
spite his illness, which has kept him
much on the side lines, is setting the
pace in the Federal and that Schneider.
the Cincinnati pitcher. is leading the Ma
tional. although Daubert of Brooklyn is
crowdinS him closely.
The Federal leagues 800 hitters. With
/ games played and averages are: Tinker,
Chicago. 10, .375; Magee, Brooklyn, Al, .374;
Watson, Buffalo, 10, 1854; Campbell, New
ark IS, 1858; II. Myers, Brooklyn. 49, .S4S;
/ Evans, Brooklyn, 40. .34s; Holman. Buff
falo, "a, 81; Mcdonald. Buffalo. 80. $40;
Quinn. Baltimore, u, 1888; Kauff, Brook
| lyn. 40. 1893; Mcconnell, Chicago, II. 1874;
Lafitte. Brooklyn. Il. 1923; Fiack, Chi
cago. IS. .321; Westerzil. Brooklyn, 80,
7 an; Strand, Newark, 10. 800; Easterly.
Kansas City. 2S. .S13; Lennox. Pittsburgh.
Is, .S12 Cooper, Brooklyn, -, .30s: Ford.
Buffalo, II, .3O4: Wilson. Chicago, 81. $685.
Tobin. st. Louis As, 1903; Borton, ST.
Louis, 45, .302. Magee leads in stolen bases
with 10; Evans in total bases. with 50.
and In runs scored, with 81. and zwilling,
Chicago. and Konetchy. Pittsburgh. in
home runs, with five each. Bonnie Kauff
It will be seen. has surrendered. tempo
rariIy, the honors he held. Brooklyn, with
| 2s2. and Newark with .262 lead in team
hitting.
/ The Federal pitchers credited with 700
averages, who have played in ten or more
games are Allen, Pittsburgh. won s and
lost 2; Cullop, Kansas City. 8 and ID;
Main. Kansas City, and 3: Lafitte,
Brooklyn, and 8.
Cobb AII-ROund Leader.
With thirty-one stolen bases to his
credit already. Cobb has a chance TO
break the base running records this year.
He leads the league in thefts and con-
ltinues In front also In total bases, with
ninety-eight and In runs scored, fifty
six. His batting average is .4l6 for fifty
lone games. American league 300 hitters
after Cobb are: DAILY. Chicago. eighteen,
SIC; Cicotte. Chicago. eleven, .364: Jack
son, Cleveland, thirty-nine, $50; Thomp-
son, Philadelphia, fourteen. .345; Four
nier, Chicago. forty-ftve, 343; Mais, Bos-
ton, eleven.> .SSS: Veach. Detroit, forty
nine, SO; Crawford. Detroit fifty-one,
.s21: Kavanaugh. Detroit. forty-seven. si7i
I.ajoie, Philadelphia, thirty-six, .3i6;
Turner. Cleveland, thirty. $40: Russell.
Chicago. twelve. sos; Connolly. Washing
ton. eleven, .30s; Chapman, Cleveland,
forty-three, S0l; strunk. Philadelphia.
thirty-three. 800. Detroit leads in club
batting with .s6I. and Chicago Is next
with .2si. oidring leads the home run
hitters with four.
, The leading American league pitchers
are; Faber. Chicago. won ten and lost
two: Benz. Chicago. five and one; Dauss,
Detroit, ten and three; Foster. Boston
six and two; covaleskie. Detroit, seven
and three.
The 800 batters Of the National league
are: Schneider Cincinnati. eleven. .SSl
Daubert Brooklyn. forty -one, .14; Zim-
norman. Brooklyn, fourteen. .ss4; Lu-
derus. Philadelphia. thirty-two. .S62i
Doyle. New York, thirty-nine. 80; Good.
Chicago, thirty-one, SAT; T. Clarke. Gin
cinnatl. thirty-one. SAP; Groh. Cincinnati.
torty-four. .Sl2: Merkle. New York.
twenty-five; .sSs; c. Adams. Pittsburgh.
ten, .Sss; Robertson. New York. thirty
eight. ssi; Hyatt, st. Louis. twenty-four.
.s27: Doom. Cincinnati. ten. .S23; Burns.
philadelphia, twelve. .S23. Fletcher. New
York, thirty-seven, .S2S; Safer. Chicago.
forty-four, BIT: J. Smith. Boston, forty
J four, s1l; Wade Killfer, Cincinnati.
forty-two, .s1l; C61nolly. Boston. thirty
four. .sS The Giants, through Their
hard hitting in chicago on Tuesday and
ST. Louis on Wednesday. have taken the
lead IN club batting. with 40 cincin-
natl IL next, with .262 tombstone. Pitts
burgh. has tied Safer for base stealing
honors, with thirteen. but the chicagoan
Is still the leading run getter, with
thirty-five. and the leading slusger with
total bases numbering 1ot. including nine
teen doubles. eight triples and five home
runs. cravath Philadelphia. leads in
home runs. however. with nine.
Compared on the same plan as the
American and Federal records National
league leading pitchers are Pierce, Chi
cago. won 5 and lost nonei Mamaux,
Pittsburgh. 5 and /: Meadows. ST. Louis
and 1; Mayer. Philadelphia, 10 and q
Schneider. Cincinnati. and 1; Ragan
} Boston. and l. Smith, Brooklyn.
and /: Alexander, Philadelphia. 10 and
s; Marquard. New York. and ?.
Beall OF Milwaukee leads the American
association batters with 81 for IS games
Kansas City with 81 and Indianapolis
with "a leads In team hitting.
/ In the international league Buffalo
with 81 leads the clubs
Bris Lord. Memphis. has attained fire,