Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-21
DUFFY LEWIS LEADS
COAST LEAGUE IN
BATTING WITH 400
Salt Lake Outfielder Retains
Old Time Eye; Cracks Out
Ia HOmers.

San Francisco, Dec. o0.-"Duffy'
Lewis. Salt Lake outfielder, and former
world series batting star. with per-
centage of .4O3, was the best hitter in
the Pacific Coast baseball league for
1921, according to official averages
made public here. Lewis cracked out
IA home runs, 6 three baggers, 42 two
baggers and drove in 81 runs in max
ing his average.
His nearest competitor was Hack
Miller, Oakland outfielder, with an
average of .347 Miller played in 3S4
games, however, while Lewis partici-
pated in but 1o5 contests. Miller's
hits scored 137 runners, more than
any other player this season.
Jimmy O'Connell. San Francisco.
first baseman and outfielder, who was
sold recently to the New York Giants
for $4,000, finished the season with
a batting average of 337. He hit
IL home. runs, 8 three-baggers, 80 two
baggers and sent 101 runners across
the plate.
Paddy Siglin Third
Paddy" Siglin, Salt Lake second
baseman, finished in third position in
the averages. with .344. followed by
Kenworthy, Seattle, .343, and Hale.
Portland and knight, Oakland, .342
each.
Siglin was also the champion home
run and twobase hitter of the league.
He made % circuit drives and 81 half
circuit hits during the season. Poole,
of Portland. made 20 homers.
Carroll. Los Angeles. was the star
three base hitter, cracking out % of
them.
Among the sacrificers, McAuley, Los
Angeles shortstop. showed the way.
He advanced his man SO times.
Oakland led in team batting, its per-
centage being .3O5; Salt Lake and San
Francisco followed with averages of
.303 and .293. respectively.
Marty" McGaffigan, Sacramento,
stole 55 bases. three more than Twin
Six" Statz of Los Angeles.
Reinhart Best Pitcher
Pitching averages give highest rank
ing to Reinhart of Los Angeles, with
percentage of .75O+ in the matter of
games won and lost He won Is games
and lost 5, allowing 3.05 runs to the
game.
O'Doul, San Francisco's star south
paw, was rated second, with an aver
age of .735, winning 25 games and los
ing 8.
Next in order came Schorr, Seattle.
.6S2, and Dell, Vernon, and Aldridge,
Los Angeles. with 667 each.
In runs allowed per game. Aldridge
took first place, with 2.16, and O'Doul
second. with 2.39.
Reinhart was twelfth on the list in
runs allowed per game.
Pillette and johnson, both of Port
land, who were purchased by the De-
troit Americans for 100000, includ-
ing eight players, were rated 47th and
18th, respectively, in games won and
lost. Johnson's average was .316 and
PilIette's .302. Johnson won II games
and lost 26. while Pillette was victori-
GUS in 13 games and loser in 80.
Portland finished in last place, with
a team average of .o76.
Sacramento at Top
Official fielding averages place the
Sacramento club first in club fielding
for the 1921 season, with mark of
.972. Seattle won second place, with
an average Of .965. Only 20 points
Sacramento from Salt Lake,
last on the list.
OF the regular first basemen, Moll-
witz, Sacramento, had the best mark.
.905. He made but 8 errors during
the season. Ham" Hyatt. Vernon,
was three points below Mollwitz.
Second base honors went to Marty"
Sacramento. by margin
Of two points over. "Maury'' Rath, San
Francisco. McGaffigan's record was
.975.
"Willie" Kamm Of the San Francis
CO club carried away first place among
the third sackers. with q percentage of
.963. five points better than Pinelli of
Oakland and Smith of Vernon, who
were tied at .958.
Another Sacramento man, Orr, led
the shortstoppers. His average of .959
beat Caveney, San Francisco star, by
10 points.
A mere point separated staatz, Los
Angeles. and Schick. San Francisco, in
the outfielding records. the Angel
fielder taking the lead with 800.
Truck" Hannah, Vernon, and Gus
Fisher, Portland. are tied for high
place in the catching department among
the catchers that have performed reg
ularly. Hannah made his average Of
.972 in 40 games, while Fisher made
the same mark in only 1874 games.
j. The. best fielding pitcher in the
league was Jacobs, of Seattle. He av-
eraged 800. point higher than
Prough, Of Sacramento,