Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-09
LiDe Sports NeDs and Comment
Hornsby Leads in
National League
Batting Averages
By Associated Press.

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By Associated Press.
Chicago. Oct. 9.-Roger Hornsby,
the st. Louis star, won the 1921 pat
ting championship of the National
League with an average OF .370, ac-
cording TO final unofficial averages
released TO-DAY. Hornsby participated
III 149 games and cracked out ZiH
hits for total Of 1928 bases. His hits
included 4S doubles; 10 triples and
home runs.
Nicholson. who started the season
as pinch hitter for Pittsburgh ana
then became u regular outhelder'
played in ninety nine games and was
the runner-up to Hornsby with a
mark OF .S62, while Young, OF New
York, in 155 games, acquired an aver
age of 800 for third place.
Brooklyn, which won the PEN
nant. finished the season with
four 1atters in the 500
class. They were Il. Wheat
with .32S, Konetchy. .3oS, Grimes .3oo
and Myers 1903. In team batting
Brooklyn was tied with Cincinnati
for second place with an average of
pr. while st. Louis topped the clubs
with .2SS.
Max Carey, the fleet footed Pitts
burgh outhelder, finished the season
with a record OF fifty-one stolen bas-
es, Roush OF Cincinnati and trisch OF
New York being his closest rivals
With thirty five thefts each.
Cy Williams OF Philadelphia was
given close race for home honors by
his toammate, Meusel, the former
banging out 10 while the latter made
a.
Other leading BATTERIES: Roush,
Cincinnati, .337; ]. Smith. Cincinnati,
..329; H. Wheat, Brooklyn, SIS; Will
liams. Philadelphia. .324; Eayrs. Bos-
ton, 1874; Stock, ST., Louis, .S19;
Hollocher, Chicago. .31S; DAILY, Chi
cago. .311; Meusel Philadelphia, sos;
Konetchy Brooklyn. sos; See, Gin
cinnati, sos; Fournier, st. Lshis,
500: Grimes. Brooklyn. BOG; Dau-
bert, Cincinnati. 800; Myers, Brook
iS1l, .oUo, ftaCh, 1blCaSO, .ouV.
The American league season ended
with thirty nine batterS hitting 800
or better, and to George Sisler, the
phenomenal st. Louis first baseman,
went the honor of topping the list.
Sisler finished with an average of
.40T. In 154 games he cracked out
257 hits for total of 399 bases,
which included 40 doubles. Is triples
andt19 circuit drives. He also tied
Iris Speaker, manager of the Cleve-
land Indians, for second place In the
number of runs scored, having regis
tered 1877 times, and gave Rice, of
Washington close race for the
stolen base honors. Rice led the
league with IS thefts while the st.
Louis star pilferred II.
Iris Speaker in addition to plotting
the Indians to the league champion
ship, PLAYED in $50 games and was
the runner-up to Sisler with An
average of .3S5. two points in front
of Joe Jackson, the White Sox slug
ger. who up to the time of his sus-
pension for his part in the baseball
scandal had hit for an average of
1872
Babe" Ruth, of New York, who
proved to be the big star of the
league thru his ability to slam out
home. runs, wound up in fourth place
among the batters with an average
of .575, with Eddie Collins, captain
of the Chicago White Sox, behind
him with 81. Ruth who set a rec
ord of "a home runs also brought the
record for runs scored in single
season in the league up to 15S.
The Cleveland club, which won the
pennant, had ten men, including
Chapman who was killed, in the 800
class. Besides the deceased short
stop, the leading Cleveland batters
were: Speaker, ..3S5; Evans, .355;
Uhle, .344; Nunamaker, .SS333; Sewell,
1923; O'Neill, .321; Jameson, .31S; E
Smith, .316; Gardner, sos.
st. Lewis topped the league in team
batting with an average Of .3O7 while
Cleveland was second with 1902 and
Chicago third with .295.
Other leading batters: Jacobson,
St. Louis. .355; Evans, Cleveland
.355; Uhle, Cleveland, .344; Rice,
Washington, $40; Tobin, st. Louis,
339; Felsch, Chicago, .339; Murphy,
Chicago, .339; Judge Washington,
.333; Nunamaker, Cleveland 1888;
Weaver, Chicago, .331; Meusel New
York, 329; Cobb, Detroit, 1923; SeWell
Cleveland. .329; Dugan, Philadelphia,
324; Brewer Washington, .324; Milan
Washington, 1923; Hendryx, Boston,
1928.
Del Gainor, of Milwaukee. tops the
batters in the American Association
with an average Of .3SG; altho he
played in only thirty seven games.
Cover Hartley of Columbus was the
best batter among the regulars,
having made an average of .3o1 in
eighty games.
Dresser of, st. Paul registered more
runs than ahy other player in the
league. He counted 13l times for his
club. Mostil of Milwaukee was his
closest rival for scoring honors with
125 .tallies.
Bunny Brief, Of Kansas City, and
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