The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-03
ROUSH LEADING BATTER, LEAGUE
 FIGURES SAY

The leading batsman of the Ma tional League is Eddie Roush of Gin cinnati, according to figures officially compiled by President HeydIer of the league. Roush's average for the sea- son is .321.
 Hornsby Of the St Louis Cards ran second with an average of .31S. Manager Cravath Of the PhiIIies bat ted .3+1 but as he took part in only S3 games to 133 forsRoush, he was not reCkoned ahead Of Roush. Benny kauff of the Giants 'batted PIT.
 Other official figures were:
 Eastman making five (5) base hits (5) times at bat during the season were, Kauff, New York, June 15; Konetchy, Brooklyn, June 29; Griffith, Brooklyn, June A; Daubert, Cincin- nati, July 2S; Hornsby, St. Louis, July 26.
 The leading run scorer is George Bur--s, New York, with eighty-six (S6), who also had the seasons rec ord in stolen bases, of forty (4O).
 Daubert of Cincinnati had most sacrifice hits-thirty- CS9).
 The greatest number of single safe hits was one hundred and thirty one (1S). Ho-nsby, St. Louis; HoIke, Boston, each had the same 131.
 Young, New York, had most two base hits-thirty-o (31).
 Myers, Brooklyn, and Southworth Pittsburgh, tied for three base hits having fourteen (14D each
 Cravath, Philadelphia, made twelve C2l home runs; he also leads all in exlra bases made on long hits, with a total of sixty-four (64)-duplicated his work of 1918.
 Players who participated In all the games played by their clubs number ed four (4); Daubert, Cincinnati one hundred and forty (14O); Cut shaw, Pittsburgh, one hundred and rhtrty-nine (139); Hcrnsby, St Louis, and Luderus, Philadelphia, one hun dred and Lh-rty-eight G3S) each. Boeckel played In one hundred and forty (140) games; with Pittsburgh 45, and with Boston 95. Olson, Brook lyn, one hundred and forty (14O) out of HI games.
 Fred Luderus, Philadelphia, holds the record for consecutive games five hundred and thirty-three (533) games.
 Consecutive hitting during season was a run of eighteen (1S) by South worh, Pittsburgh, started May 26, closed June 12.
 During the past season there were used by all the clubs five hundred and seventy-seven C577) pinch hit ters" and one hundred and twenty seven (12D pinch runners" Schultz, St Louis, went to bat as a ''pinch hitter thirty three (33) times. Club using most number of pinch hitters,' St. Louis-one hundred and four (1O4); they also used the greatest number of pinch runnerS''-twenty- seven (27)
 Olson, Brooklyn. has the most Times at Bat' - five hundred and ninety (59O.
 The number of players used by the clubs was two. hundred and sixty nine (269).
 New York leads in the club batting with percentage of .269.
 New York made most runs - six hundred and five (605).
 Brooklyn most times at bat-forty- eight hundred and forty-four (4S44).
 Brooklyn made most hits-twelve hundredand seventy-two t1e72).
 New York made most single hits nine hundred and forty-six (946)
 Philadelphia most two base hits two hundred and eight (20S).
 Cincinnati most three base hits eighty-four (S4).
 Philadelphia most home runs forty-two (42).
 Cincinnati leads in sacrifice hits one hundred and ninety-nine C99).
 Pittsburgh had most stolen bases one hundred and ninety-six (196)