Evening journal., 1921-12-05
.HORNSBY new
BATTING KING
Lead National League This
Year, Official Averages
Show
EIGHT PLAYERS
SCORE MANY RUNS

RVbeio Aolncpyi Ahe great 81
Louis batsman. again led the way
TO the wailopers OF the National
League. Not content with his cred
table average OF $40 made IN 1890.
he whipped the horsehide this year
for a mark OF .3s7-the highest av-
erage since 1899. when Edward Della
hanty. OF Philadelphia. flashed a
.4os figure for ambitious hitters TO
follow in vain.
The work OF Hornsby is all the
more deserving when It Is more fully
inspected. He led his circuit in
most hits. making .2s5; showed the
way in two-ply socks. with a.; tied
Ray Powell. OF Boston. az IS for the
most three-baggers, and did the best
among the extra base clouters. with
37s total bases or an extra base per-
centage Of .63e.
He also led for the most total
bases In a game. making a three
| bagger and two home runs on June
II. Such a valiant leader did Horns
by make for the rest OF the Cardi-
mails. that the club responded with
the willow in stellar fashion and led
J the other cities OF President Heydlera
! organization for the second success
slve time in club batting. making
the average OF .3os. and improving
It's 1920 figures by 10 percentage
points.
Clarence Twombiey OF the Cubs
who took part in 81 games 10 1b4
by Hornsby. Is runner-up. with a
mark OF .377. and Eddie Roush. Of
the Reds. who took part In IL
games. hit for s51. Austin Nc
Henry. OF the Cardinals. stung the
horsehide for $50 in 152 contests
and his mate Jacques Fournier. Is
not far below him. with .34s.
Two hundred and forty-five play.
ers took part in the games. 6s play.
ing in less than IS.
Carson Bigbee. OF Pittsburgh. q
the leading one-base hitter. with 161
singles. and George Kelly. OF tn
Giants. with % home runs, made tn
most four-base hits.
six players made 200 or more hit
as follows: Hornshy and McHenry
. OF ST. Louis. with 235 and 2O1. re
spectively; Frank Frisch and EN-
Meusoi. OF the Giants. with 2i1 an
2O1; Carson Bigbce. OF Pittsburgh
with 2O4 bingles. and James John
son. OF Brooklyn. with 203 drivei
Not since 1899. when seven player
reached tho two-century mark hav
so many bastmen done such terrih
pounding.
Eight players made more than 10l
runs. Hornsby leading with 131. ant
Frlsch and Bancroft. OF New York
each annexing 121. Powell. OF Bos
ton: George Burns. OF New York
James Johnson. OF Brooklyn. an,
Bigbee. OF the Pirates. were the 9th
ers to see home many times.
Frank Frisch easily led the bas
stealers. with 40 bases TO his credit
Milton stock. Of st. Louis. sacrifices
36 times to gain top run. and IVA
Olson. OF Brooklyn. faced tho mos
pitching-going TO the bat 65
a times.
Six players engaged in every gam
their clubs played as follows: Horns
by. Frisch, Bancroft. Boeckel, Bohn
and johnson. Bigbee and Gold
Rapp hit safely in 20 consecutiv
y games. leading all others in III
respect. Nine players made hi
in a game. and on ~ occasion
a players tailed four runs in a sir
u gle contest.
Dave Robertson. OF Pittsburgh. /
I batting in eight runs on August
a equaled the national League run
d hatted-in record held Jointly I
- Bransheld. OF Pittsburgh. and CT,
4 vath. OF Philadelphia. The old NJ
tionai League runs-batted-in recor
y was made in 1892 by wiibert Rol
IL inson. OF Baltimore. now the maj
ager OF the Brooklyn Dodgers.