Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-11-20
MORTON SEASONS
STRKEOUI KING
Cleveland Pitcher, by Fan
ming Is Athletics, Earned
HonorS in Major
Leagues
NEW YORK TWIRLERS
SOMEWHAT SHY


strike-out feats-games in which
pitchers struck out large number OF
batsmen. No ancient or modern
str keout record was approached.
and only one pitcher struck out more
than ten men in single game. Guy
Morton, the unfortunate pitcher OF
the Cleveland Indians, struck out thir-
teen members of the Athletics on
June II This was quite an achieve
ment. despite the fact that the hap
less Mackmen were the victims. Bad
as the Athletics were last season
they took part in only three games
in which opposing pitchers struck out
more than seven of Macks army.
There were fifteen games in the
American League in which pitchers
struck out more than seven men, and
only eleven such contests in the Ma
tional League. When It is recalled that
there are sixteen major league teams,
each of VIII oh played through approx
imately 154 games, il seems almost
remarkable that there were only
twenty-six games in which a pitcher
registered more than seven strikeOuts.
During the season 2,464 pitchers
started major league games, showing
there was only one fairly high str ke-
out game for every hundred contests.
of hand. most any fan would say he
could remember at least a dozen
games where the pitchers on his ia
vorlte team had struck out more than
seven men.
johnson Picked on Yanks.
Take the Giants for instance. Dur
ing their big drives OF first seventeen
straight and later twenty-sx in a
row. there was not a single game in
which the winning pitcher struck cut
as many as eight men Nor during
the poorest days Of the Giants play,
when they were the football Of
the league. did any OF the opposing
p tchers strike out eight OF the Har-
lemites. The name of the Giants does
not appear in the 1916 strikeout feats.
The Yankee pitching stan at one
time looked like the best in the coun-
try. and some OF its supporters insist
ed they would not trade it for the
crack Red Sox staff. yet not Yankee
pitcher could record eight strikeouts
which hardly could be called a high
figure to go by. The Yankees, how
ever, did more fancy striking out than
any other club in the big leagues. II
was the only club which figured in
four games in which opposing pitch
ers set down more than seven men
on str kes.
Walter johnson. the pet oppressor
OF the Yankees, struck out ten OF
Donovan's men during the opening
game at the Polo Grounds on April
10, and struck out eight more in
game played in Washington on Sep
TENDER 5. Eddie Cicotte Of the Chi
cago White Sox. who gave the Yam
KEGS more trouble last season thar
johnson. struck out ten Yanks or
September %. while Elmer Myers. the
Athletes young phenom, struck ou
eight New York Americans on Sep
TENDER 8.
Cheney Led Robins.
Larry Cheney was the only pitcher
on the Brooklyn National League
champions who could nut over more
than seven whiffs in a single game
Larry had a run Of strikeouts in the
season, Just before he Cracked under
the strain" in the Philly series. Lar
~ picked off eight Braves on strikes
I'm n game played IN Boston on Sep
tember 9, and duplicated this elgh
strikeout game five days later, whei
the Pittsburgh Pirates were his vic
Tins.
Al Mamaux, Of Pittsburgh, strucl
out ten Dodgers on August 4, and Of
May 27 Grover Alexander Of the Phil
lies struck out nine OF Robby's boys
This was the only high strikeou
game the great Alexander pitches
during the season.
National League in Front
Strangely enough the Nationa
League pitcher. who showed up tn
best in the big strikeout games. wa
rookie pitcher on the St Loui
Cardinals. whose pitching on tn
whole was far from being first-clas'
or the four ten strikeout games pitch
cd in Teners circuit this youth pitch
ed two. one each against Boston an
Chicago Red Ames. former Clan
and a teammate OF Steele's in s.
Louis, also pitched a ten strikeou
game against the Braves, while Ma
maux pitched the fourth agains
Brooklyn, which already has bee
mentioned.
In the Amer can League there wer
nine ten strikeout games. These wer
the best performances, next to MOI
toms thirteen strikeouts game. Wal
ter Johnson figured in two of theI
and the other pitchers in this elias
we're Scott. Benz, Cicotte and Wi
liams OF Chicago. Myers OF the Att
letics, Boland OF Detroit. and Bah
Ruth of the worlds. champion Bo'
tons. The Red Sox figured almost a
little in the high strikeout records a
the Giants. Ruth was the only men
Der OF Carrigan's crack staff who's
name appears in big strikeout game
and no other American League pitcl
err succeeded in tanning more tina