Evening journal., 1920-10-09
SISLER LEADS
A. |. HITTERS
Babe Ruth Leads Run
Scorers With l5S Tallies
to His Credit
TWO NEW RECORDS
FOR THE LEAGUE

/ tHt Hoht Ddse nltS, 2lS. Babe Ruth
Of the Yankees leads the run-scorers
with i5S tallies and heads the slug
/ gers with 5i home runs, and sam
| Rice OF The Senators showed the way
along The base paths with Ga stolen
bases.
George Sisler and Babe Ruth be-
tween them creattd two major league
records during the season iusl ended
Slsler set a new mark for hits I'm a
season with 2jS. while Ruth set the
seasons figure for home runs at "a
and Babes total Of los runs scored
stands as The greatest number of tai
lies scored in one year by any Amer
lean Lacquer
George Ssler poled i7i singles this
/ year; this is the greatest number of
one Daggers over seasons plav sinca
lossso Burkett copped isO singles in
The following players took part in
| every game their clubs engaged in
George SISTER, Walter Gerber and nm
Jacobson Of the Browns PLAYED III
games each. Derrill Pratt OF the Yam
KEGS, Larry Gardner of the Indians
ana Everett Scott Of the Red Sox plav-
| ed IN iJl contests and Sam Rice of
| lle senator's 1913 gains. Scott com
pleled his 67Sth consecutive game
| without missing a game played by tho
ited SoN. ScOtty began his worlds
record streak on June 20, 1916 and
has played iOi more games than
george Pinckney the former record
holder Of 1888 dd.
The close of the season ended b,vo
| players who were enjoying long
streaks Of hitting in consecuti-,
games h. Collins Of the White Sox
| had MT safe his last A games. during
| which Eddie came through with u
| hits I'm J6 batting tries for a percent
| age OF .429, while Harry Hooper had
hit all sorts OF hurting during his ~
| straight contests in. which Harry
smote 40 hits In AZ trials for a bat
Ting figure OF i50.
-FOUR bits IN one game was Mashed
i2i times during the season Just end
ed with George Sisler easily leading
the pack. sisler produced i2 big bat
ting days. The Browns enjoyed 33
four hits in a game. the Red Sox 20
| times, the White SOX A., the Sena-
tors 10, the Yankees and Indians i2
each, The Tigers Z and the Athletics D.
George Neach Of the Tigers got six
hits In six tries. Ncach Is Tie FIRST
American Lacquer TO garner six hits
} N SIX tries since Jimmy Williams
reached Clarke Grlnth and Lett
ner ON August %, 1902 for six hits
In as many times at bat.
Ten players came through with fvl
hiis IN one game, Joe Judge turning
The trick twice.
Four runs were scored In one game
20 times George Slsler and Joe Judge
Ieach tailed a quartet Of runs in one
game on two occasions.
ROhby Roth of the Senator's was the
only major Lacquer TO steal four bases
In Que contest.
Nlnety-four streaks Of hitting safely
In ten or more consecutive games
were enjoyed by American Leaguers
The past season. with sam Roce of
the senators the champion streak hit
ter. Rice had maintained a streak for
% successive contests when Urban Fa-
Der applied the brakes on July &C.
Next IN line 10 Rice comes Rabe Ruth
with 26 games George Sisler %. Ed
die Collins with a % and 2i game
streak and I'y Cobb with a 20 game
streak OF hitting
There were 20 run-scOrng streaks
OF six or more games with Joe Judge
, OF the Senators ten champion amgng
The run-scOring streaks Judge tailed
IS runs In 10 consecutive games
Other long streaks were produced by
Babe Ruth, George Slsler, Roger
At I NN hAAiIiMNAIA NAiN mud NNMIII MILO
scored runs In ~ straight games
George Ssler punched out the mos.
tWo-baggers 80. and Joe Jackson
with IS leads in throe-baggcrs.
+, The Athletics played the most
games. 1856, The Browns lead In hits
with i.6i5 and also went 90 the bat
T the most times, 5.i6S. The Indians
lead In club batting with a percentage
OF BOB. In runs scored with 500 and
also clouted out the greatest number
of tw0-baggers. 291 The White SoN
smOte the most threc-baggers. %: the
Senators lead In stolen bases with
, ii9 and the Yankees, with ii5 home
runs. set a new mark for major clubs
, In home run-making.
Though Walter Mails OF the Indians
q heads the twirlers with 6 victories
! and no defeats, actual pitching hon.
/ Ors belong 90 Jim Bagby of the cham.
(, pion Clevelands. Jim won "a and los
I II games for a pitching percentag,
/, of III.
Jim Bagby won the most victories
81. Jim turned in more hurting sue
cesses than any major hurler th,
, present season
! Scott Perry OF The Athletics lost thl
( most games. %
Carl Mays OF the Yankees leads il
4 scoreless Victories with six shutouts
Mays was tied for leading shutou
q pitcher with Walter johnson In 1913
each having s shutouls
Bob Shawkoy Of the Yankees en-
. ioyed the longest streak Of cOnsecu
\ tive wins. A.; this equals the hes
/, I National League record Of AleXan
Z dcr's ShaWkey bettered his 1919 con
secutiNe winning record by one vic
I, tory.
y To Roy Moore OF The Athletics goe
the BOBBY prize for consecutive de
= feats in the majors the past seasOr
y Moore began the season with a vic
S tory over the White SoX and had los
s t3 games in a row when the cam
) paign closed
y Five hurlers are tied for defeatln
Z club the most times, each score
& six victories over their victims. Bagb
p with 6 over both Detroit and phila
z delphia. Mays and Cicotte each score
y 6 times over the rigers, Bob Shawke
u trimmed the Indians six times am
Il sam Jones bested the White S0X ST.
N times.
& Two hurlers suffered 6 defeats sac
~ from one club. Frank Davis tasfe
% 6 defeats from the Indians and HON
~ ard Ehmke bowed 6 times TO On
White SOX.
The following hurlers scored > O
G more shutouts: Carl MAYS 6. Urha
20 shoe ssr and Bob Shawkey 3 eacl
20 Walter Johnson, Eddie CicOtle am
M Herb Pennock each, Jez Zachar,
g9 Hub Leonard. Doc Ayers. Dick Ker
81 Stanley COveleskie. Jim Baghy an
90 sam Jones each; Ed Rommei. lac
57l Quinn. RiD Collins. Howard Ehmk