The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-05


 White Sox, 1906.
 Most Games Lost-134, Cleveland Na-
 tionals, 1899; percentage, .l3o' An.cri-
 can league. IF, Athletics, 1916; per centage, .235.
 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Most Remnants Won in Row by Maj
 or League Club-Four by St. Louis
 Browns in American association 1885. 1887 and 1888, with Charles A. Comis as manager.
 Greatest Number of Games Played in One Day-Three, Brooklyn Nationals vs. Pittsburg, 1890, Brooklyn winning all three, 1929, S2 and S-4 Baltimore Nationals vs. Louisville, 1896, Balti-
 more winning all three, 43, 9-1 and 12-1
 Greatest Number of Runs Scored is, Single Game-4S, Brooklyn. A. A; 2c, Syracuse, A. A., 21 in 1S90 Longest Scoreless Game-1S innings, Tigers vs Senators, July 15, 1909; game called, darkness, 0-0.
 Longest Games-Played September 1, 1906, between the Red Sox and Ath-
 letics, 24 innings, the Athletics win
 ming to i. They scored a run in the
 third inning and Red Sox in sixth. In
 twenty fourth inning Athletics tailed
 three times. Jack Coombs pitched the
 entire game for the Athletics and Har-
 ris was the only Red Sox hurler. Game
 lasted four hours and AZ minutes. Longest game in National league, Au- gust 22, 1917 between Dodgers and Pi- rates; won by Dodgers to ,. Galore Cheney and Marquard pitched for the Dodgers and Cooper and Jacobs were the Pirate pitchers.
 Shortest Game-Shortest complete major league game between the Giants and Phillies, played on the Polo grounds. New York, October 2, 1913; required only 35 minutes to stage the combat which went SK innings, it be- ing unnecessary for the Giants to take their turn at bat, as they were ahead at the time. Professional record es- tablished September 19, 1910, by Mo- bile and Atlanta clubs playing in At- lanta. They played nine complete in nings in exactly S2 minutes. Mobils wor~2 to 1, scoring the only run in it's half of the ninth.
 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS-HITTING
 Highest Batting Average-.492, by J. F. O'Neill. St. Louis Browns, 1888.
 0n that year bases on balls counted as hits) National league record (foul strike rule not operative), .43S by Hugh Duffy, Boston, 1914 American league record (foul strike rule not op- J. letlcs, 1901. Record since foul strike rule has been in force is .420, made by Ty Cobb. Tigers. 1911.
 Greatest Number of Hits in Single Season-24S by Ty Cobb in 1911. In 1867 O'Nell was credited with PIT hits.
 but in that year bases on balls were
 counted as hits.
 Most Two-baggers Since 1900-53 by Iris Speaker, Red Sox, 1912. foe ha hxyT n son. Pirates, 1912
 Home Runs-Worlds record 45 by Harry Worden Minneapolis, 1895. Big league record 27, made by Ed Will Hanson, Chicago 1883: Buck Freeman
 made % in 1899, Washington Nationals. Since 1900 the best National mark is 24 by Cactus Cravath. Phillies, 1915. Home Runs in Single Game-Bobby
 Lowe, with Boston, in 1894, made four
 home runs and single off Pitcher Chamberlain of Cincinnati. In 1896 Ed Delehanty, of the Phillies, duplicated
 the trick against Terry of Chicago. Most Hits in Single Nine-inning Game-Wilbert Robinson, now man.
 ager of the Dodgers, established rec Baltimore Orioles against St. Louis,
 went to bat seven times, making six singles and a double. Consecutive 300 Hitting-Hans Wag- l ner is the record holder, having hit | 300 for 17 consecutive seasons, be- ginning in 1897 and concluding in 1914. 1 Most 300 Batting MarlSs-Adrian c. Anson of the old Chicago club, hit 300 | or more during 20 seasons. Wagner is second with IF. Lajoie third with 16, | Dan Brouthern fourth with 15 and Willie Keeler is fifth with IA. Consecutive Hitting Record-JaclS Ness. with Portland. Oregon. in 1916 ! got one or more hits in 45 straight
 games from May s1 until July 21. Maj- | or league record is 40. held by Ty Cob:' | made in 1911.
 Season Run scoring-1e6 by Billy Hamilton. Phillies, 1894; American | league record 147 by Ty Cobb in 1911 Season Stolen Bases-153 by Harry | Stovey, Phillies. 1888: American league | record 9S. by Ty Cobb, 1915; Nationa. | league record (since 1900), so by Boh Bescher. Cincinnati. 1911. Throwing Record-426 feet sh in- l ches, made in exhibition in CinciI- nati October 12, 1910, by Sheldon Le- jeune; old record 400 feet 71a inches, 1892, by John Hatfield of Brooklyn. l CirclinG Bases-13 As seconds by l Hans Lobert in an exhibition in Cin- cirnati. October 12. 1910.
 | Fungo Hitting-419 feet F inch by
 Ed Walsh. White Sox. 1912. Unassisted Trinle Plays in Majors I Paul Hines of Providence, 1878, and Neal Ball. Cleveland, 1909. l Most Games Played in Single Sea- l son-162 by Charles Bennett. Detroit; modern record 16O. a tie between Hei- | nie Groh and William Griffith of the l Reds. Both accomplished it in 1915. PITCHING RECORDS | Baxter Sparks, pitching for the Ia.
 zoo City (Miss.) team in the Delta Qat- | CT Cotton States) league, established l the worlds record for consecutive
 pitching victories in 1904. when he won
 21 straight. Major league pitching | record is 19 straight. established by