Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-05
ROGERS HORNSBY
LEADS IN BATTING
Official Figures for National
League Are Announced;
Roush Among Leaders.

| The following are the official batting
averages OF National League players
batting 800 or over for the season OF
1921, together with additional inter-
csting individual and club records:
Two hundred and forty-five players
took part In games for the National
League clubs during the past sea-
son. OF this number, 1o7 players en-
gagged in Is or more games, while 6s
played in less than Is contests.
National League batting history OF
the previous year repeated itself, as
both Rogers Hornsby and the st.
Louis Cardinals won leading honors
for the second successive year.
Hornsby's batting mark Of .3a7 Is
the highest average since 1899, when
Edward Delehanty of Philadelphia led
the league with an average OF .a0S
II is net gain of 81 percentage points
over his mark OF 1920. while the st.
Louis club. which led I'm club batting
with n percentage of .30s, improved its
mark of 1920 by ~ percentage points.
Rogers Hornsby made the most hits,
2S5, led I'm two-base hits with A, and
tied with Ray Powell of Boston for
the most three -baggers. with 1s.
Carson Bigbee Of Pittsburg Is the
leading one-base hitter, with 16i sim
giles, and George Kelly OF New York,
with 23 home runs, made the most
four-base hits.
Like last year, Rogers Hornsby
again leads the long hitters, with 37S
total bases, for an extra base per-
lcentaee of .639.
Six players made 200 or more hits.
as follows: Rogers Hornsby and Aus
tin McHenry of st. Louis, 235 and POI
hits. respectively; Frank Frisch and
Emil Meusel Of New York. 211 and
col hits, respectively; Carson Bigbee
Of Pittsburg. 204 hits. and James
Johnston of Brooklyn. 203 hits. Not
since 1899. when seven players made
200 hits, have so many Nationa,
Leaguers reached this high mark.
Eight players joined the Century
Run Club in 1921. as follows: Horns
by, led with 13i runs; Frank Frisch
and David Bancroft, each scored 121; (;
Raymond Powell. ia. George Burns
Ill. James Johnston 104, and Carson
Bigbee, 100.
Frank Frisch of New York was
easily the leading base stealer, with 80
stolen bases.
Milton Stock Of ST. Louis, led at
sacrificing, with &c sacrifice hits.
Ivan Olson. OF Brooklyn. faced pitch
ing the most, going TO the bat s52
times.
Six players engaged in every game
their clubs played as follows: Horns
by l54, Frisch. Bancroft. Boeckel and
Bohne, 1913 each, and James Johnston.
152.
"A tie exists for the longest streak
iof safe hitting in consecutive games.
: as Carson Bigbee and Joseph Ramp
, both maintained batting streaks in 23
successive games.
Nine players made five hits i'm n
game, as follows: John Smith. of ST.
Louis. twice; William Southworth.
Walter Barbara and Fred Nicholson
of Boston: Max Carey and Walter
Maranville of Pittsburg, Frank Frisch
of New York. Thomas Griffith of
Brooklyn and George Maisel of Chi
cago.
? Players Tailed four runs per game
1 on u occasions, as follows: Rogers
, Hornsby hnd William Southworth.
, each twice. Raymond Powell, Thomas
I DAILY. Dafd Bancroft, Frank Frisch.
B George CJtshaw. Max Carey. Carson
= Bigbee anJ John Smith OF st. Louis.
Rogers Hornsby hit for the most to-
tai bases In a game. II, making a
t'free-bagger and two home runs on
lime I.
| :David Robertson of Pittsburg. by
0 bttting in eight runs on August l9
4 etualled the National League runs
0 Ibated-in record. held Jointly by Brans-
0 fdld of Pittsburg and Cravath, of Phil
0 adelphia. The old National League
= runs-batted-in records of IL runs in
5 one game, was made in 1892 by VIII
bert Robinson Of Baltimore.
Club Batting Features.
st. Louis, for the second year in
. succession, led in club batting witL a
batting percentage of .30S, that club
( making the most hits, 1885; the most
a total bases on hits, 1890, and the
. most two-base hits. 260.
Boston faced the most pitching
-. going TO bat 1886 times.
= New York scored the most runs
INDIvIDU
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