The Washington times., 1919-03-01

Foster, renowned for his ability to
cluster his hits, started on the streak
that gave him the championship on
Nay H. From then on for twenty
one successive games no pitcher could
turn him back hitless. But on June
Foster met his Waterloo when he
confronted Stanley Coveleskie Of the
Indians.
Not satisfied with the rscofd OF hit-
ting consecutively in twenty-one frol-
les, Foster started on another streak
on August 1s. He was breezing along
nicely ard had totaled thirteen games
TO his string when he met Frank
Sheuenbeck OF the waite Sox on Au-
gust 25. And then came the end of
Fosters second streak.
PecuIiaritieG in Record.
One Of the peculiarities of Fosters
record is this:
While he was hitting safely in
p straight games his average was
only .295-the smallest ever turned
in by a major league champion in the
consecutive hitting division-yet dur
ing his 13-Eame streak Foster, by
accumuIating 21 hits in 81 times at
bat, hammered for a mark Of .4l2.
as rUnners-up to Foster. Each hit
safely in 19 straight games. Speaker,
by making 29 hits in SO tries, &C
quired an average of .42O, while Pratt
who hit safely "a times in Is at
tempts, secured an average of .3O8
Robbie Veach Of the Tigers hit safely
in Is straight games for an average
of ass. and so landed in third posi-
ton A tie exists for fourth place
TObin Of the Browns. Their streaks
endured for IA contests. Milan hit
for .42s, while Tobin banged the ball
for -3Ss
The most terrific clouting done by
any player during a streak was ex-
hibited by Ty Cobb, who had two
twelve game strings and another of
ten In his first streak, which came
while Cobb was making a dash toward
the crest he hit like a fiend. In A
times at bat during those IL games
he made 25 hits for a total of 80 bases
and a hitting average of .56s. In his
second 12-game streak Cobb aver
aged .4ls, while in the 1O-game
stretch he hit for .444.
Climbed High In Streak,
It was the great hitting during
those thirty-two games, during which
Cobb averaged close to the 800 mark.
that he was able 10 climb from 9. low
ly position back to the ton of the
major league sWatsmiths. Before
Cobb began his streak hitting he vyas
around the 300 mark; when he had
finished he was in first place with
.3s4
George SisIer flashed three hitting
streaks, one Of eleven games. and two
a.
During the first Sisler batted for An
average Of ass. He gathered in .436
during his first ten-game streak and
.419 while in the second.
Besides Eddie Foster, these players
each annexed two hitting streaks. Bob
Veach a fifteen and an eleven game
streak; Clyde Milan, one Of fourteen
and the other OF ten games; Johnny
TObiu, q fourteen and a ten: Bert
Shotton, a thirteen and another OF
eleven, and Joe Judge. an eleven and
q ten.
An odd feature is that the Grinmeu
got eight streaks. These were di-
vided between four men, Foster.
Milan, Shotton and Judge, who got
two hitting streaks each, Eddie Fos-
ter winding up the season by hitting
safely in his last seven games, as did
John Collins.
Free Pass Saved Hin.
Babe Ruth, who hit for an even 500.
besides hitting safely in ten straight
games, went in as pinch hitter dur
ing his streak, and kept his record
intact BY receiving q base on balls.
Joe Jackson made q great start By
hitting safely in his first ten contests,
until Bernie Boland stopped him on
Nay 4
George SiSieF was halted by Carl |
Mays after hitting safely for eleven
consecutive games. After three days |