Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-25
THE ALl-LEACuE
AMERICAN LEAGuEIBs

| New York. Jan. 24.-Siy ~
'lu'S composing the American Leasr.
are represented on the AM.
team consisting of players wbo So
the best showing in their resn.' 4Us
positions. according to the oao;.,
erages OF the junior major Circuit =,
Chicago White Sox, winners -.
World championship and tho :. Ds
pennant, lead with three; Cleva,,.s
second with two and Bosto, n.
st. Louis. and Philadelphia secnraI
! place each. Ole
! the All-American League cc,,,
ton is formed of players WHOSE Ao''a'
batting and fielding ayerasas easoN
combined and re-averaged, place T ,hS
in. the fore ranks in their &c ~en
playing position. The rule raa s4af
that a playing member of tho s.ue
must have taken part in at Ieas, 90.
games. The one exception is tho.
the pitcher who is not expected ~
ure in close to one third Of the soh.s
uled play Of the year. In addition
! effective work at bat and in tho e.',
! the pitcher must have demonstrn,'I
his ability to hold opponents to aT0
margin of runs and hits when in :,
| box.
! Ruth OF Boston. comes closer ;,
meeting these qualifications than On,
of the other leading twirlers Of i,
league. On the basis of opponen,,
earned runs per game he is ninth ~,
the list. with an average of aOg n.
played in Al games and pitched "a
tai of S26 innings. Cicotte of Chico,o
has the best average of the Americsr
League boxmen with l.53 rurs
per game but his batting arJ
fielding records fail far below those n
Ruth. Cicotte batted .l79 to Rutb.
.225 and fielded $50 to his rivals .ss
Both pitchers figured in about ,bs
same number of contests. Other hay
men, including Mays, Plank. S. Coys
eski, Scott. F'aber and f. Russell had
"a better run per game average but
failed to show the all round playipy
strength of Ruth.
The records show that the American
League possesses several catchers who
are very evenly matched in all-round
playing skill. Schang, of the Phh.
delphia Athletics is first with a gram
average of $50. Nunamaker. Of New
York. is but two points behind The
Mackman and Walters. New York
Severoid, st. Louis; and Thomas Of
Boston are right at the heels of the
leading pair. Schang battcd .2s5 and
fielded .966. Nunamaker 1ielded twenty
points better but his hitting averag.
was "a points lower.
Sisler, Of Detroit, is an easy winner
of the first base position with grand
average Of 500. twenty points bette
than his nearest competitor, Gainor. O
Boston. McJnnis, of Philadelphia, il
but one point below Gainor and Har
ris, Of Cleveland, three points behnt
the former Athletic star, now mem
her of the Boston Red Sox Sisle
leads the quartet in batting. by mar
gin of close to fifty points. and i
fourth in fielding, but the differenc
in this department of play is so Sigh
as to have little effect on his gran,
average.
The place at second base goes to I'D
die Collins, of Chicago. who is easil
the best in all-round offensive and de
fensive ability. His nearest rival
Morgan of Washington, who is six
teen points below Collins in standing
Godeen of New York, is third COLIN
is the leader of the trio in batting an
second in fielding, Godeen having III
best figures for work around the mid
way sack.
But one point separates Weaver
Chicago, and Baker, of New York
the struggle for the position at TIM
base. Both fielded at a .949 clip bl
Weaver's season average with the Oh
was .284 to Bakers .2S2. Gardner
Boston was third. his grand averaG
being. fifteen points below that
Weaver. In neither batting nor HELD
ing did he rise to the heights reache
by the two that preccde him In atan(
ing.
CHAPMAN, of Cleveland. is the prem
Iier shortstor. his combined average n'
hing fourteen points better than IN
of Bush, Detroit, Scott of Boston al
Mcbride, OF Washington, lead Chal
man in fielding bat the lattcr'S Ia
ting mark of 1902 gives him DECIDE
advantage over all of his competl'o
for the place.
The All- American League outiie'1
a star combination being composed
Of Bush, Detroit, Scott. of Boston ~
Felsch. Chicago. Cobb is hlgh ND
among the first three OWING 10 II
heavy batting average OF ,3s3' 'ope"N
err FcIsch and Jad kson Of Chicago d
outrank Cobb in fielding but tne ~
ter's ability with the hickory gives III
q grand average OF CTS, thirteen POM
better than Speaker. The latter ou'
hit Feisch but was in turn outheiue
by the third player OF the trio, 'deA
son loses third position by the naf'o
margin of four points in grand aVelas
while Veach. Detroit and Lewis, bus
ton tied at .637.
The personnel Of the team win VI
season batting, fielding and gFa"
average. is as follows:
ALL AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM ~
PLAYER Club BA. "a. ~