Evening journal., 1920-09-25
'SISLER HOLDS
AMERICAN LEAD
St. Louis Star Also Polls
Out Most Hits to
Date
SPEAKER HOLDS
SECOND POSITION

George Sisler. of the Browns. tons
the American League hitiers with a
percentage Of .407 The Brownie star
also poled tne most hits. 237 He needs
but i2 more hits 10 set a new record
Tor most base hits in A season. held
by Ty Cobb. who garnered 2is hits in
ivli. Babe Ruth leads the run-scorers
| win ioi tallies. Bambino also heads
lle sluggers with 40 home runs sam
hce, or the Senators, shows The waV
along the base paths with 81 stolen
Dases, and Jim Bagby, Of the Indians
hOlds the honor position among fhe|
hurlers. with % victories and 10 de-
ieats Tor a pitching percentage OF al.
Inree Brownie players and one Of
| tne llgers are on unbrOken sireaks Of
hlttlng az the present time George
Sisler, IN his last II consecutive games.
/ gql y hhs n - trials for q mark OF
.oi9 and Tailed IS runs. Bill Jacob
sol came through with 25 SAFE ONES
IN y tries in his last "A games for
batting figure Of .isi and scored d
runs, and Johnny TObin. In a dozen
games In row, banged out 26 hits
/ IN 10 attempts. for a percentage of|
! .5l8 and scored a iallies. Chic
shorten. OF The Tigers, is enjoying al
batting rampage that has endured a
straight games, In which Shorten
smote i6 bingles In % batting tries. for
mark Of SOP, and Bobby Neach. Of
the Tigers. has scored a total OF "a
runs in his last ii contests. Bob's
scoring streak is still on.
Bobby Neach, OF the Tigers. reached
sam Jones, Harry Harper and Ben
karr Of the Red SOx on August A
/ for six hits in as many tries A delve
/ through the American League arch
ives fail 10 show a player performing
This unusual batting f,ai since thc
season OF 1902. when Erwin Harvey, OF
Cleveland. on April D, punched out
six hits on Billy Reidy. OF 81. Louis.
Again. the same year, Danny Murphy,
| OF the Athletics, July 3 rammcd the
! combined offerings Of Bill Adkins and
| Cy Young OF Boston. getting six hits
| in as many tries was performed for
| the third time that year by Jimmy
! Williams. OF Baltimore, who. on
/ August q touched Clarke. Griflih and
Leitner for six hits In six times at bat.
Since then, over a period of rearly
nineteen years. no American League
player has pOled six hits In six times
at bat In one game.
Veach punched out singles. a dou-
/ BILE. triple and a home run for a
a. eaon kind a. ht. ih9 first
player in his league 10 hit for the
! cycle in his league this year. an ODD
feature Of which Is that George Burns,
Of the Giants. who rammed i've nits
on Babe Adams. Of the Pirates. the
same day. also hit Tor the cycle Tor the
Arst fima 10 bis ccmpgfg i1' So SON.
Burns. by getting an extra two-bag-
ger .t.o hf' for 20 iC.l' laN
D .N ha nwaFrHnE rnunnn
his OOO0ih American League base-nlt
on Herb Thormahlen on September ~.
| n tool Sis'pr SIX riavinc .efscfs 10
reach his four figure base hit.
Babe Ruth, OF the Yankees, gar
nerad his 5OOih major base nit by
doubli1g on Duberry his FIRST time up
on Sepiember 2f The Babe con
sumed seven playing years TO cash In
his Nth century hit, and huth during
that period scored $50 runs. or BAN
limos 5O2 hits, iiS were two-bageers,
Is were triples and 9s were nome
] runs for a total OF 900 bases and lIc-
time hating perceniage Of 325. This
gives Babe a ranking of nfth among
the swat kings OF the American
Raw Caldwell. Of the Indians. by
trimming the Senators on september
ts turned in his i25lh major victory
This against iO3 defeats-tor a lie
time pitching percentage or .ots.
Hap Felsch, Of the White soX aIler es
a batting rampage that endured LOT u
consecutive contests, quit oepttihpeJs
On 10 Brvan Harris and Dave keete OF
Ns Felsch during his hitting period.
hanged out 90 hits In i5 tries Tor a
mark N AS and tailed a dozen runs.
Swede Risberg, OF the White SoX,
made a rather unique record by pol
inc four hits in a game In two sue,
cessive games on September 20 and q
off the Athletics.
DOME Bush. OF the Tigers. Is the
tenth American Lacquer TO garner ilve
hits in one game In his company tnls
year. A..
The Browns were first major club 10
reap 800 base hits this season. Ihls
they did on September 20.
Ivy Griffin. of the Athletics. had hli
safely his last nine straight games
J when Bill Bayne applied the brakes
: September IS. Griffln got 10 hits In 81
attempts for a mark or 3i3.
Tim Hendryx, OF the Red SoX. after
( hitting safe in ten successive gam E
I was halted September 10 by Jim Bag
! by. OF the Indians. HendryX, during
) his stretch OF hitting came through
with - hits in % tries for .2i9.
/ ! NdiiEI IAIUf VI NHf ANAhNNof VIZ
went on a prolonged streak Of nit
: ting, the streak enduring for 80 games
5 in a row, was stopped September Il
5 by Urban Faber. OF the White Sox
Pipp. during his period Of hitting
/, poled 2i hits in ~ trials for 4 bat
4 ting figure OF 396.
B Joe GedeOn. after hitting for an ever
. 500, and scoring IS runs in 8 con
linuOus games, quit September IS q
Dave Keefe and Rollie Naylor. This
/, pair also applied the brakes 10 Walter
= Gerber after a hitting streak OF n
3 straight games in which Gerber bang
Z ed out IS hits IN 55 attempts for 81
4 and scored 10 tallies.
Z John Collins. OF the White Sox, aftei
: hitting safely his last 10 games, qui
z September 10 TO Ed Rommell and Scot
4 Perry Collins hit for .3li.
INDIvIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES.
> Clubs. AB. r. n. HR, SD. &c
2 Sisler, St. L.. 1888 120 237 10 80 20
1 Speaker, Cleve.. sos 125 ips s 40
/ jackson. Chi. !. $40 100 21o II 10 .ss
/ r Collins. Chi. $40 107 211 3 20 81
o Ruth. \. Y...... .43S 151 15o 40 Y so
0 Nunamaker. cleve 4s 10 II Q go
q Murphy. Chi...1O3 10 SO 2 ,8f