Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20
WINNING THIRTY BALL
GAMES IN YEAR is RARE
Feat Seldom Accomplished By
Even the Best Big Hurler.


thus equaling the record of Christy
Mathewson, has caused baseball sta
tistician to dig into the records, and he
finds that winning thirty games for
even one season lin a row" is feat
seldom recorded in the annals of base
ball.
The hurler who annexes that number
of victories certainly earns the coin.
The achievement is difficult and has
been accomplished only 25 times
in twenty-four years, or since the
heightened pitching distance, which
was changed in 1898, f ON fifty feet to
the present distance.
The honor has fallen to the lot of but
sixteen pitchers, Mathewson, for in
stance reached the mark four times
"Cy" Young really had "Matty" faded
in this respect, the record of that
grand old warrior, showing where he
reached that mark on five separate
occasions. although only four We're
made under the present pitching dis
lance. Grover Alexander has flashed
under the wire in three successive
years with runs of thirty or more vic
tories each season.
Frank Killen, the former great south
paw hur1er of Pittsburg Nationals
was the ii13t pitcher to win 80 games
in a season under the heightened
pitching distance. In the season of
1893, when the slaughter of star hurlers
was an everyday occurrence, Killen
won thirty-fi games, and was the
only pitcher to accomplish the feat in
the big twelve club league that sea-
son.
Only Lucky Southpaw.
Furthermore, the former great left
handler stands out as only southpaw
to win thirty games in one season UNI
der the pr sent rules. Theodore
Breitenstein, Jesse Tannahill, "Rube"
Waddell, 'Rube" Marquard, Nap"
Rucker and several other star left
handlers have come within a game or
two of the mark, but not one of this
galaxy of famous lefties, save F. Kill
len, has reached the mark since 1888
Again, in 1896, for Pittsburg, Killen
won thirty games.
Amos Rusie, the Indiana Thunder
bolt" during his sensational career
with the New York Giants, came
through in three different seasons with
thirty or more victories. He and his
partner, Joett Meellin, were the only
hurIers in big league society to annex
thirty or more wins in 1894,
William Hoffer, of the famous Balti-
more team in 1895, won "a games for
his team that is, with the help of his
team. "Cy" Young, pitching for the
Cleveland Nationals, also won thirty
games that season.
Nichols Two Timer.
Frank Killen, of Pittsburg, and Den
ton T. Young, of Cleveland were the
only hurlers to turn the trick in 1896
Charles ("Kid") Nichols, star pitcher
for the Boston Nationals for a dozen
seasons, managed to gain the honor
three times, although only twice did he
pull off the stunt under the present
pitching distance. Nichols was the
only pitcher in the majors to reach that
mark in 1897 and 1898. No big league
pitcher managed to win thirty games
during the seasons of 1899 and 1900
ICY" Young came through with thirty
victories in 1901, and came back in
1902 with thirty-two. He stands out
as the only big Lacquer to accomplish
the feat during these seasons.
1t was in 1903 that the Great Mathew
son first reached the thirty mark in
victories. He and his side-partner,
Joe McGinnity were the only pitchers
to get in the glory circle by winning
over thirty games that season. In
1904 old New York was the storm CEN
ter of hurlers who slipped over thirty
games or more victories, and Jack
Chesbro, working for the New York
Americans created a new record for
all modern pitchers by winning forty
one games The same year "Sr"
Joseph McGinnity and Christopher
Mathewson came through with thirty
five and thirtythre wins.
Mathewson was the only hurler to
reach the mark in 1905. It was Chris
tvs best year. No pitcher reached the
mark during 1906 and 1907 and it was
up to the great Mathewson to reak
into the limelight by winning thirty
seven games in 1908; however, Edward
Walsh, the famous hurler of the Chi
cago White Sox came within one game
Of equaling Chesbro's record that sea-
son by winning forty games.
In the year 1909 not single pitcher
reached the thirty mark in victories,
and it was up to Jack Cooms, one of
the SWEETEST huIle the game ever
produced to annex thirty victories in
1910. In the season of 1911 with pitch
ers going good, not one of them made
records in winning an unusual num-
Der of games
A young hurl-r, who was the sensa-
tiOp Of the nitchiOp game in 1912 slim