The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-03
ROUSH LEADS
THE NATIONAL
FOR BAT TING

! Two hundred and fortyfour players
were engaged in the 1871 championship
! campaign Of the National League. ~
this number 10 participated in the min
imum oC fifteen games required Tor
rating in the official averages. with tw"
Young StarS--HouSh CAD and iornSnJ
t"li--hcadiug the lisI.
Six players reached the 800 class. as
! against nine in 1916. The decrease. how
ever. WAS more than offset by tho gain
In .He hittcrs, thereo being seven the
past season. rs against one in 1915.
Tho new champion. Edd. J. Ieoush. was
! born in Oakland City. Ind. May S. 1879.
and is one Of the youngest players to win
the championship title. He started his
professional career in 1912 with the
Evansville. Ind. club. Tho following
year he graduated to the Chicago Amer
leans. but was sent to the Lincoln club
and WAS trnnSfcr red to tho Newark Fed
erals in 1915. In 1916 New York secured
his services, and later turned him over 10
Cincinnati in an exchange ;aut also In
Guided Mathewson and Hcrzog. ltouSh
throws and bats left-handed; Is Sill in
height and weighs lis pounds. In win
, ming the title Eoush faced opposing
pitchers 567 times. He reached first ~
times on bases on balls; times on being
hit by pitched balls. and times rs re-
suit Of fielding errors. He made III
single base hits 10 doubles, Il triples
and 4 home runs His sacrifice hits were
10, and he struck out but "a times In JAG
games
The leading run-Score was George
Burns. with 1903 Max Carey led the base
runners with &c stolen bases: Geo. Burns
| being next with 40, and kauff third with
| 80. Charles Deal had most sacrifice hits
Roush and kauff tied for greatest
| number Of single safe hits, each having
Ill. Groh led In two-bssc hits with
20: Hornsby in threc-base hits with H.,
and Cravath and Robertson had IL home
runs apiece. The hard-hitting Crarath
| led all others in extra bases made on
long hits with the substantial total Of
| 81.
In team aggregates the Champion New
Yorks led In runs scored with S35. and
! also led in base-stealing with t6c steals
| The Champions also made most single
hits-l.oS0. Philadelphia led in doubles
with 2c5; Cincinnati in triples with 100
and New York N home runs with 80. of
| which 81 were made at home and 1S on
foreign grounds Cincinnati. with 4fi
extra bases scored on long hits. led the
league in this respect Chicago n1adu
| most sacrifice hits namely. 202.
Luderus was the only player 10 parttc-
ipate in all 154 games played by his club
! Groh played in 15S Of the ISL games;
! played by Cincinnati. and Carey in 1s5
! OF Isl played by Pittsburgh
Based socy on the seasons averages
! the strongest batting club would consist
Of Packard, pitcher: Thos. Clarke. catch
| err; Chase or Hoike. first base; Cutshaw
second; Groh. third: Hornsby. short;
Roush. Wheat and Kautf In the outneld.
The team average would be -ao1-this
despite the fact that the leading hitter
| Of the second basenaen Is forty-sinth on
| the list with .25a
An added feature OF the 1917 averages
! Is the mating of right and lett-handcd
ontsmen. Il & r. denotes that the bats
man turns to night when facing left
handed pitchers. Tho standing follows:
Eoush Edd.. Cine L. 522 81 ITS .341
lHornsby. Rogers, St
!, l.. R ......-..... SIS Sc III .3z7
Wheat Zach, Brook
| l. .............-. 362 81 1lS 81!
Kauff. Bennia n. 7.
l. .......... $50 80 IT, sos
Groh. Henry. Cine. r 500 81 Is: .So4
r ............. SGT 1o3 $50 500
Zimmerman. a. n 7.
r. ............. 5s5 81 l74 .3e7
Smith. Jack, St l.
L. ................. 4s, 81 1s7 -zeT
Carey. Max. Pitts.
L. & r. .-.--..... 6SS 81 TIA .2sb
Cruise Walton, St L
L. .. $50 70 l56 .2?5
Smith. J. c. Bost. r sos 50 $40 .,o5
1. &: r ......... sS5 40 lls .294
Clarke. Thos-, Cine
r ............... 10 II So POI
Packard Eugene
Chic. :; St L. IS
l. ..--...-.-.... 81 ID .-sS
Fischer. VIM Pitts.
l., ................ s4s IS 10 .:s6
wilhoit Jos. Bos. 81;
Pitts. 9: N. z. 81 L. 246 IS TO ESQ
whitted Geo. Phil. R. $50 50 155 $50
T. ............... sos 70 al ESQ
Cine. As ......... sss Al 1o7 .,7s
Mite ell, Clarence,
Cine L. .... 90 IS IS ITS
Holke. Walter. N 7.
L. & r. -......... ST. 80 lte .2Lt
Chase. Hal. Cine. r 6o2 II 167 ar
Killefer. VIM. Phil.
r. ........-..... 400 2S liz ia
R. ............... H So III .273
Konctchy Ed Bost
r. .............. AZ 5s 1c9 ..72
Powell. Ray. Bost
l.. ............... s57 AZ 81 ..7c
Rariden VIM, y. Y.
r. ............. :ss 20 ~ I'll
Griffith. Thos.. Cine.
l.. ...........i.... 363 As sS .27O
Johnston. James,
Brook. l.. & r. 80. $50 So 50 .27o
r. ............... SAL As 50 40
Olson. Ivan. Brook.
R............ $50 "a 156 .z69
Myers. Harry. Brook.
r. ............... All 81 1:6 .s6s
l. .............. 500 81 1O6 .zss
Paulette. Eugene st.
|. l. R ............ 333 s. " .265
Wagner. John, Pitts.
r. .............. 2SO 10 bl .-hJ
Boeckel. Norman.
Pitts. r. ....-... Zl9 10 b8 .2ba
R. ........:...... 5s4 IS $40 .ec4
Mcrkle, T.. Brook. ?:
Chic. LAG r ....- 557 Sc III .254
Gonzalez. NJ. St. L.
r: .....-.-....... 2?0 ~ ~ ~
Luderus. Fred. Phil.
l.. ............... go 81 1S6 eel
Daubert Jake. Brook.
Cadore. Leon, Brook.
..,....... % q .cGl
Fletcher. Arthur. \.
y. r. ............ 557 10 las Co
Meanwhile. w. Bost.
r. 0oi o. n" ~"
Robertson. Davis N.
Y. l.. ............ $50 CT l3S 80