The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-09
COBB. ALL
BATTING HONORS
ARE AMERICANS
NEAREST COMPETITOR TO THE
LEADER is JACKSON, WHO is
MORE THAN SIXTY POINTS TO
THE BAD AT PRESENT.
RY Assoc1ArEp PREss-

Chicago, Aug. 8.-American league
veterans led by Ty Cobb, hold big
majority of the batting honors, ac-
ccrding to averages published here.
The leaders are Cobb, Detroit, .401;
Jackson, Cleveland, .339; E. Collins,
Chicago, .331; Speaker, Boston, 800;
Crawford, Detroit, .316; Strunk, Phil
adelphia, .816; Maisel, New York,
-312; Fourier, Chicago, BOB; Lewis,
Boston, .3o5; McInnis, Philadelphia,
300.
Cobb has made the greatest num-
Der of runs, SO, and also leads in
stolen bases with 81. He is tied with
Crawford for total bases with 1873.
Hartselle, New York, with five home
runs, leads in circuit drives. Detroit
leads in club batting with 1868, and
Boston is next with .266.
Leading American league pitchers
are: Foster, Boston, ID won, 4 lost;
Scott, Chicago, Is and 6; Faber, Chi
cago, II and z; Ayres, Washington,
and 4; Shore, Boston, 10 and 5; John
son, Washington, is and g; Dauss,
Detroit, II and 8; Fisher, New York,
IL and 4; Covaleski, Detroit, Is and
9; and Caldwell, New York, Is and g.
Larry Doyle, captain of the Giants,
has hammered his way to the front
in the National, whose leaders are:
Doyle, New York, $50; Snyder, St
Louis, .327; Daubert, Brooklyn, .322;
Wade Killifer, Cincinnati, .312; Col
Inns, Pittsburg, .309; Lederus, Phila-
delphia, BOT; Merkle, New York, .305;
Groh, Cincinnati, .304; j. Smith, Bos.
ton, .S04; Savier, Chicago, 1902.
The leading run getter is Cravath
Philadelphia, who has scored 81 times
Safer, Chicago, who leads in tota
bases with 164, also leads in stoler
bases with %. Cravath also leads
league with Is homers.
Cincinnati leads in club batting
with .254, while st. Louis and New
York with .253 are tied for second.
The leading pitchers are: Pierce
Chicago, won 9, lost q; Mamaux
Pittsburg, 16 and 5; Alexander, Phil
adelphia, 10 and 6; Raglan, Boston
10 and 6; and Mayer, Philadelphia, Il
and 8.
Federal league batting leaders ar,
Magee, Brooklyn, .344; Flack, Chi
cago, .343; Kaufman, Brooklyn, .339
Fischer, Chicago, .337; Easterly, Kan
sas City, 1888; Campbell, Newark
| 1926; Rousch, Newark, ,.319; Yerkes
Pittsburg, .31S; Deal, st. Louis, .314
Cooper, Brooklyn, .312. In club bat
ting Brooklyn with .267 is in the lea,
and Pittsburg, second, with .262.
Magee and Kauff score 81 runs
piece. Konetchy, Pittsburg, has tn
greatest number of total bases-186
Kauf with 80 stolen bases, leads
while Hal Chase, Buffalo, is the slug
ging king with II homers.
The leading pitchers are: F. Al
len, Pittsburg, with 16 won and
lost; Cullop, Kansas City, Is and Z
Crandall, ST. Louis, IL and 6; N
Brown, Chicago, 10 and z; McCon
nell, Chicago, 10 and 8.
Southern league batters who ar
leading the league, are: Hendry1
New Orleans, and Lee, Atlanta, tie
with .318; P. Allison, Memphis, $40
Sloan, Birmingham, .308; Paulette
Nashville, .3o5; Cruthers, Memphis
.303; Lord, Memphis, ..29s; Manning
Atlanta, .297; Miller, Mobile, .299
Elberfeld, Chattanooga, .293.
New Orleans leads in club batting
with .260, and Nashville is next wit
j .254.
Stark, Nashville, leads in tots
runs scored with II. Paulette lead
in total bases with 168 and McDel
mott, Memphis, leads in home run