Evening journal., 1920-10-02
.SISLER LEADS
in AMERICAN
St. Louis Player Sets Clos
ing Day Pace With .4O7
AS Hitter
RUTH WELL
UP IN FRONT

George Sisler, OF The Browns. tops
The American League hiilers with a
percentage Of .l07. George also cloutcd
The most base hits. PSI Babe Ruth. OF
IN Yanks, leads the run-scorers with
1853 hllies and is also The leader in
home runs with 81 10 his credit. sam
Rec, OF the senators. continues show
ing the way along the base paths
with 6i stolen bases. and jim Bagby,
Of The Indians, neads the hurlers
with 30 victories and # defeats for
a pitching percentage OF 1872.
Everett Scott. OF The Red Sox. com
pleted his fourth successive season in
Which s-coliy took part In every game
phltd By ms club. scott began his
streak Of continuous play on June ~.
1916, not m ssing one of the last iO3
games the Red SOX engaged In that
year, then 10 successive seasons scott
played ijl games. 1926. i3S and this
season iji contests for a total Of G7S
games That scott played In without
once being absent from The lineup.
Ihe beiters the former Iron Man"
record OF George Pinckney, made
from 1885 TO 1890. by iOi games.
Scoit during his prolonged streak
OF steady play, hit 2ii and nclded for
.966 Scott finished present season
by hitting safely his last o times. gel
ling i3 hts in % batting tries for a
percentage Of .i06. Harry Hooper. of
tne same team. also wound up with
an unbroken streak OF hitting Harry
had hii ihem in ihc las. ~ contests
during which Hooper came through
with 10 safe ones n ~ trials for a
batting figure Of .ijO and scored ten
runs.
Eddie Collins. OF the White Sox. is
on an unfinished streak Of batting.
Eddie has hit an sorts OF hurting n
his last n games. In which Collins
hanged up rs hits in "a attempts for
mark OF 400 and tailed ,en runs.
George Sisl'r, OF the Browns. broke
Ty CoDb's major league record for
most hits IN season created In 1917.
by rammlng a home run on J m
| Bagby on s p' 2S. Cobb rcapfd 2iS
hiiS 10 1914, which stood as Inc most
hits % one wear since 1893 and I'M
cluding Sislcr. only 36 different play
crs. by golt ne 2no or more HIS per
season. belong to ne double century
/ hls'-ht club Fcur new members
were initiated .his year. EDDIE Col
! lns Rogers Fornshy and Ross Young
/ N TIC lhor group Willie Keller got
| .fN tits pr rs-l laCa from 1894 10 and In
/ c'ud ng 1914. while Ty Cobb turned
: th. rick seven different times.
/ When Ty cobb sci Tho record with
/ ei' niis. Cobb hil i6S singles. az Two.
! hagg'r rs % triples and 8 home runl
/ f0r q .Oiai of 361 bases Against this
/ S'slrr hit iGs singles. 50 doubles. A.
/ iriciag and i6 homers for a total oi
375 bases.
/ Derrin Prai.. of The Yankees. af.ei
/ hitting safely ia his last ten contests
was s'OpDrd Sept q by Jose Acosta
Pral during hls period of hitting
came through with 20 d Is in 40 ba.-
Ting irlos for an even .500 percentage
Two of the Tiger players were halt
] cd sept 26 after enjoying healthy
J batting slreaFs Harry Helman anc
! CHI shorten each had hit safely their
llasl 81 games when Eddie Cicott,
+ 'llifd them. Heilman In 80 tries gol
f. % hills for percentage OF $50. whill
{ shorten N a attempts rammed 2.
f. hits for a batting figure Of .527.
Bill Jacobson concluded his four.l
batting streak on sept. q by goinl
niiless 10 Dusier Mails. During nj.
latest stretch Of hitting which IN.
dursd for i6 CONSECUTIVE games. Bit
go, &c safe blows Is tries FOR per
ceniag OF is6 and scored "A runs
/ Prior 10 this Jacobson had baitinl
slreafs ~ ~ and two sireaks Of ter
games each.
+; Jim Bagby coppad his Both victor!
Of the season on Sept %. Jim Is IN
only major hurlfr Ma. Will win p
games this year and he is the flrs
hurler 10 win 30 games since Grove
Alexander copped 30 victories. Dur
ing the season Of f9i. Bacby lost wv
/ games less 10 date than Alex did Il
1917 while winning "a like number.
Sam Rico. Of the Senator's, ended hi
third hating 0irfak on Soniember 2
when Herb Pennock folled him. III
70 ih yan- sam Ind hii safely hi
last "a STRAIGHT games In which Rlc
smote p hits IN 81 attempts for
I percentage Of .i39. Previous 10 thi
: Rice had batting stresks OF % an
another a game streak
Babe Ruth ended the season wit
! an unbrOkcn hitting streak OF min
consecutives games In which Babe ha
made n hits in 35 tries for a percent
; ago Of .iS7 and scored A runs.