Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-10
ROGER HORNSBY
BATTING CHAMP;
AVE GRACE IS $40
St. Louis Star Finishes First
in the National League;
George SiSIer Tops List in
American League.

Chicago, oct. g,-Roger Hornsby,
the st. Louis star. won the 1920
batting championship of the Ma
tional league with an average of
$40 according to final official av-
erages released today Hornsby
participated in 149 games and
cracked out us hits for a total of
1928 bases, His hits included forty
three doubles, nineteen triples and
eight home runs,
Nicholson, who started the sea
son as pinch hitter for Pittsburgh
and then became a regular out
fielder, played in ninety-nine
games and was the runner-up to
HornSby with mark of 1862
while Young of New York, in 1873
games, acquired an average of .355
for third place.
Brooklyn, which won the pen
nant, finished the season with four
batters in the 300" class. They
were Z. Wheat with 1928, Konetchy. |
.3O8, Grimes, .3O6 and Myers, 1903. |
In team batting Brooklyn was tied |
with Cincinnati for second place |
with an average OF .277. while St. |
Louis topped the clubs with .2SS. |
Max Carey, the fleet footed Pitts
burgh Outtielder, finished the sea-
son with a record Of tifty-one stol-
en- bases, Roush Of Cincinnati and
Frisch of New York being his clos
est rivals with thirty-five thefts
each.
Cy Williams of Philadelphia was
given a close race tor home run
honors by his teammate, Meusel,
the former banging out fifteen
while the latter made fourteen.
Other Leading Batters.
Roush, Cincinnati, .337; j. smith,
.329; 4. Wheat, Brook
Ign, 1928; Williams, Philadelphia,
1924; Eayrs, Boston, .324; Stock,
st. Louis, .319; HoIlocher, Chicago,
.3lS; DAILY, Chicago, 81; Meuse,
.3OS; See. Cincinnati
,@0S; FOurnier, st. Louis. 500;
Grimes, Brooklyn, 800; Daubert,
.3O4; Myers. Brooklyn,
1903; Flack, Chicago, 800.
The American league season.
ended with thirty-nine batters hit
ing 300 or better, and to George
Sisler, the phenomenal St. Louis
rst-baseman, went the hOnors of
coping the list. Sisler finished \
with an average of .407. In 1911
games he cracked out 257 hits for
/ total of 399 bases, which includ- {
I'd forty doubles, eighteen tri- :.
lies and nineteen circuit drives. He
llsO tied Iris Speaker of the CleVe-
and Indians. for second place in i,
he number of runs scored, having !
registered 1917 times, and gave Rice '
# Washington close race for stoI- l.
N base honors. Rice led the league
With fifty-cight thcfts while the St.
louis star pilfered forty-one.
iris Speaker, in addition to pi- /
citing the Indians TO the league =
played in $50 games :.
md was the runner-up to Sisler
With an average of 1856, two points
II front of Joe Jackson, the White
5oX slugger, who up to the time of
lis suspension for his part in the
baseball scandal" had. hit for an 4
average of 1882.
Babe Ruth Of New York, who
proved to be the big star of the
eague through his ability to slam
tut home runs. wound up in fourth
,lace among the batters with an
.verage of .375, with Eddie Collins,
aptain OF the Chicago White SoX,
behind him with 81. Ruth, who
ct Il record of iilty-tOur home II
uns, also brought the record for o
uns scored in a single season in "
he league up to 1913, D.
The Cleveland club. which won
he pennant. had ten men, includ- v
ng Chapman. who was killed, inl
he 800 class. Besides the de- a.
eased shortstop the leading Cleve- "
and batters were Speaker, 1856; "
vans. .355: Uhlc. .3lf; Nuna- 81
maker, 1888; Sewell 1923; O'Nein, q
I21; Jameson, .31S: L. Smith, o.
'16; Gardner, 1908. q
st. Louis topped the league in CT
cam batting with an average of o.
'O7, while Cleveland was second N
18th 1902 and Chicago third with :.
1913.
Other Leading Battcrs. r
Jacobson, st. Louis, .3j5; Evans,
leveland, 1855; uhle, Cleveland.
IA; Rice. Washington. $40; To-
in, St. Louis, 1893; Felsch, Chi
ago, .339; Murphy, Chicago, .339;
Judge, Washington, 1913; Nuna-
laker, Cleveland. 1888; Weaver,
hlcago, .331; Meuscl, New York.
'29; Cobb. Detroit, SEQ Sewell.
leveland. 1923; Dugan, Philadel-
hia, .324: Brewer. Washington,I
"a; Milan, Washington, 1923;
Iendryx, Boston, 1928.
Del Gainor of Milwaukee tops
le batters in the American Asso-
alton with an average of 1856, al
lough he played in only thrty-U
wen games. Cover HARTLEY of
olumbus was the best batter
mong the regulars, having made
n average of .35l in eighty games.
Dresser of St, Paul registered |
lore runs than any other player iuI
lie league. He counted l31 times
n his club. Mostil of Milwaukee
as his closest rival for scoring
onors with 125 talles.
Bunny Brict of Kansas city and
ubbles Hargrave of st. Paul put
p a nip and tuck race for home
~ honors, but the Kansas civil
ugSer nosed the ST. Paul catcher
1t by one circuit drive. Brief
'acked out. twenty-thrcc while
argrave slammed twenty-five
Dresser in addition to being the