Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-15
GEO. S|SLER LED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Premier Batter of the Season, With
o. Percentage of 407
ny ls-oc'a,ed prss. v Kysry gvsnins
Complied by Irwin " HOUSE thiesgo

In releasing the hating reoords = tte
American League for Tie ltbJ senelAY
liberty is taken herewith - drert t'.f
attention a the public % sofne q fif
more noteworthy perfOrmances - 'fp
most successful season.
By the use ~ fnoTe perfect boI Al fi
the elimination f AT forms n tfick ptcf
ing except the use a The spite 70
ting was increased over the 1919 avrraEr
Is points. This, naturally added p, p
uncertainty a he ressilt y NY yartic
game or series. and increaaed he .nteres'
o,f the patrons IN q Oorresp|glding legfff
For the seoOfd time in Is years yru-
RAYMOND Cobb was forcrd " yelf hfsi
place 10 q rival b The c0ntest ~ ~
vidlIal batting houors Ihe nsw fa1ff
George Sisler, the great hrsf Dasefff-n ~
the St Louis team, With marx r."
10 uoints ahead Il Manager Tn -peaksr
of Cleveland f3ss) Who IN rrr vac ~
/ pointz in front of Joe Jsrkaor ~
| Chicago.
Sisters work during he p>s, ssasor
I stamps him a. o1e = the reaf pial l"F
+ of al time Participating ir ever gaihf
! his team played - he I'd at n irfF
.t bat, s31, lnsafe hits, PSI rs~ Araer
can League record. Cobb's ~, ulanH u
1911 being ths high mark Entl nov hs
Nkr hANI AAENL ~ NtaAA HATa1f
doubles, lS triples ard le ho1os rlnt
alpplernsntirg his III singles Itsd ~fth
Manager Speaker for sec0nd plzoe in r'ins
soored l37, first IN three he-e hits seonT
in two base hi's tied with his tesi rna's
jacobson. for second plaos N runs irrFer
in, 10, second IN stolsn bas-s ~ith ft
while he was thrown ont N att,rnpfs ~
pilfer but IL times
Even more spe~t.~-1I.r than 1i-A~-'s -
rnarkabIe record-fhough no- - variafie
70 his team-was The wonderful ~1rs ~
George II Ruth, the sluggng oitfs siae,
II the New York team Biz beh~ poe1
"A home rms a greater nrrrnh-- tnan any
entire team in either major s-~gils of,'n-
bined Ruths wonderful p~-fo-rrs-no~-
was the more extraordinary 0@csn-~ -
. wss out of the lineup n Il EAn--' 80
in his ~ contests he w.s qfncl~til
"a. hat" IN tjrn-s less than 5i-is-, Deini
obliged " aooept l4s bss~- On oslhs from
opposing pitnh--., while sisler v~s pa-s--s
but 4s times Ruth cross>s th- pls'> -
, times with ne~dful tallies. i.~dins 5p~ss>
and Sisler, VINO were second ~ u rms
He sl.o lsd IN. le.rrse iB driving p rln
fl37 beng thur rr~uonsI Die for al ~ ~
: s3S rms scored BY The Ianxe~s. b~o~
tired hard for the str1ke out r-coro' ian
7 ming on 50 ocoasions, but wss bes~n on
Of first ''honors" by hls team nate, Var
+. who whiffed 50 tirnes- Aeus,i, q - ss>rn
team. sl.o struck out = tirnaa, 0rt 5lnazn
: Dykes. of the Athletics nr1aned n--r Z
Ruth with 73
> Edgar s. Rice. ths Zee. our1>iccr of -
Washington team. role = bN.s ~
. attempts. bis near>s- oHnp~uc- aein
. Sisler as noted above Roo>-- hnrn- ALs
Of Washington, vas third - stol-n nss'
with "a out Of 80 efforts.
Manager Trs Speaker drov- ors 2
tvu-bauger., one more than slsser an'
Y eight ahead Of Joe Jackson. wno wss tnir
IN the LIST OF two-baee siuzze-s-
}. Joe Ged-An Of the Browns -D er-cite
?, with IS sacrihces, as was also owen 2 "a
II Of Detroit. McInnls ot Boston w,A I'm
u with 45.
" Iris Speaker, with o. osSo "a AL
/ and Harry Hooper, with $ we're n-ar-.
10 20 Ruth y beanz awarded tr-- passA.
u 20 first base.