The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-05
Nab0rs Proves
Leading Hard
Luck Pitcher
Works Forty Games During
1916 Season and Wins Only
One - Against Champion
Red Sox,
ny Frank q. MenNs.

NEW YORK. Jan. b--And now let's
shift the discussion TO Nabors-"the
worst pitcher In baacban7" or should one
call him tho unluckiestf
Nabors. inboring under the standard Of
ty-two decision Gamss-and host twenty
one. He finished the season with an
average Of .09l--certainly ono OF the most
fearful ever turned In by regular ma
jor league twirler.
The Philadelphia youhAGer probably
established a worlds record>,by losing
twenty straight games. Ths schedul.
alone stopped him from adding to that
total II the season had been longer.
there 10 no telling how much farther he
would have skidded. But that boy sure
ly' was going strong when
the October barrier was reached.
Ono Of tho freak features OF Majors
record 10 that his solo victory OF 1916
was scored over tho world champion Red
sOx. Just how he did II In Something
for Sherlock Holmes TO solve. IT'S be-
yond the limitations OF an ordinary NOR
tai.
Everybody damned Him.
Majors started tho season by losing to
wv lhUNVVb w uir ortOUn 'bfbht Vt
tried conclusions with the Red Sox.-and
he soaked them for his Ions victory Of
tho year Apparently satisfied by this
conquest, he proceeded TO compile a
straight losing record that probably has
no parable IN major ieasue-.or any 9th
Tho red-hosed folks from Boston
avenged themselves for that defeat by
Nabors by walloping him the next three
times they grappled The Tigers floored
Tho Senators were especially ,hesE,iess
They mixed II In five b9nF with Ma
b6rAJand Nabors went down for thu
COUNT on each and every occasion. The
Yankees won two games from him dur
Ing his long streak (making three vic.
him into submission twice. The White
Box won from him but once-becauss
they faced him but once.
That showing seems TO stamp Nabor,
as the worst eve--but pause. Maybe
his abb is lack Of horseshoes and quar-
tet cipxers, II he can point to his recort
and that Of Elmer Myers to substantial,
him.
In Rsbuttai--
Myers was something Of n sensation
In 1SIS--ranked NJ one OF the creates
young pitchers uncovered In many years
didn't he, Yet this very same Mycr
n. Inn.ss notch Sf .sS, cws, .s.a tina. SS
W 'uv ss"tihihe W Rssshpss ssSuNt W wv
American league. Strange. YOU Say. Yes
But the Johnsonlan outfit lists It's pitch
ers not by rlmse,.x4n bnd lost. II o0p
siders that an VnJust, method. They ~
placed accordluy to their yield OF run
per game, And 20. startling a. II ma
seem. Nabors with ono victory In twen
ty-two starts. 10 placed beyond Myer
,Eho won fifteen out OF thirty eight con
tests for the MAckmen.
iisre are the comparative records O
Nabors and Myers: ono dub. accord
ing to his won and lost showing; th
other phenom. Buff you didn't kno,
how many games each won and los
wouldn't you-after n full study OF rec
ords-acclaim Nabors the Grsater heav
Wf
Nsbors: Games 40; innings pitche
Si2 2-3, at bat, 773: runs. 10; hits, 20f
base on balls ss: scored on. n; averas
runs per game, 3<7
Myes: Games. ~: innings pitched. Stt
at bat, i.i2s; runs. lss, hits, $50 has
On balls. ieS, scored on, is7; averas
runs pcr game. ISL.
tlncluds relief games)
10 Majors the worst pitcher--or the ur
luckiestf