, 1921-12-27


however. was almost discontinued II
being obvious that TO taxi two bases
or moro on the probable forthcom-
ing base hit was better strategy for
the runner than to risk being cut
down on an attempt to steal.
No less than i2.525 safe hits were
made In SIC games of which f.Iso
were two baggers, 694 for three bases
and he hitherto unprecedented num-
Der Of AT were home runs. They
to the game OF which more than Ave
were for extra bases.
The Detroit club led the siuggers
with an average of .31s for the sea-
son. followed by Cleveland with sos:
St Louis. .so4 and the champion New
York Yankees with an even 500.
The champions. led by Babe"
Ruth, drove out 1874 home runs and
were FIRST in total bases. ST. Louis
gathered 100 triples and Detroit 100
while the Cleveland Indians whnled
ass twobase hits. The ex-champions
also coaxed Ga bases on balls from
the pitchers, New York be-
ing awarded bss and Detroit $50.
The greatest Individual record of
the year. attracting more interest
than anything that has heretofore &C.
CURED in baseball was the perform
ance OF George H Ruth who broke
his own world record for home runs
by making SO safe blows that were
good for tho round trip. In three
successive easpn Ruth has raised
the record OF Is home runs made In
1899 first to 2s. than to 81 and now
to 80.
Harry F. Heilmann. Detroit out
fielder, beat out Manager Cobb by five
points for tho league leadership in
batting with a record OF 1914. He'll
mann made 237 hits In I4s games for
a total of 365 bases. Forty-three OF
his safeties Were for W bases. IL
were triples and 10 We're home runs.
Helmann scored ia runs and was re-
sponcible for 100 more OF the Tigers
total of ss3. He is credited in the
r. r. r. column with 13s runs but
these include his 10 homers. He'll
mann led every one in sending runs
ACROSS the plate except Ruth who was
credited with ITO, of which SO were
his own four base blows. Ruth count
cd III times. J. T. Tobin. St. Louis
being second with 1872. Sisler third
with 1875 and Cobb fourth with 124.
Manager iris Speaker made 81 two
base hits. Ruth a.. Heilrnann and his
teammate r.. II. Veach .s each and
r. Meusel. New York. 40. Howard
Ehanks. Washington. drove u 10
three-baggers. Tobin and Sisier. Is
each and Cobb. Ruth and r. Meusel
16 each. As stated above Ruth es
tablished a new record for home runs
~xsl ra %r-..xr o- II ID yUtIIf,nn.
st. Louis, being tied for second place
with "a each while Clarence Walker
Of Philadelphia was third with "a.
Little attention was paid to stealing
bases and the sacrifice was not used
as frequently as in former years for
the same reason that prohibited base
stealing. Sisler pilfered as bases.
Rice rs and Cobb %. W. A Wambs-
GAINS, Cleveland. laid down 43 sacri-
ices. Owen Bush. Detroit-Washing-
ton. II. McInnis. Boston. So. and Null
ligan. Chicago. 81.
Boston Leads Fielding.
Boston led the league again this
season In fielding with .s75. maintain
ing the record established In 1917. a
stx.year record of leadership in any
single department Of play Is believed
to be unique.
Philadelphia had the greatest num-
Der of putouts. 1900; Chicago the
most assists. 2,124: Chicago was also
first In double plays. 155. st. Louis
had only eve passed balls and New
York eight. Chicago. Washington.
st. Louis and Detro.. each turned n
triple play. This latter feature -four
triple plays IN one season. Is also I'M
precedented and vas undoubtedly
made possible by the fact that v
before were 30 many men on bases
As was the case this year.
Prominent among the individual
records Is that of First Basemen Mo
Innis Of Boston whose record for the
year Is 500. he being charged with
but one error In 152 games. No h
fielding records either in percentages
or accepted chances per game were
established though the scoring was
unusually liberal. Indeed the hitting
was so terrific that h averages OF
all innelders except first basemen Is
below normal.
For the third straight season Sec
ond Baseman James Dykes of Phila-
delphia leads in accepted chances per
game for men playing his position
regularly, being closely pressed for
thai honor by the veteran Collins Of
Chicago, who leads in percentage with
SIS. Dykes record is Gil chances
and Collins els per game.
with one exception McInnis also
led all rivals In accepted n at
INST base with 1886 per game. h
leader being Shelly Of Chicago with
11.4o. In ratio Of assists Shelly was
also irst. 11s in ISL games. with
George sisler second with los IN 1ss
games.
\ Howard Shanks. Washington. led
the third basemen with $50 percent
age in handling 571 chances In 154
games. Ills record Of 3.4s chances at
third was also the best In addition
TO maintaining his great record OF
continuous playing sAortstop Everett
Scott OF Boston. LED the shortneiders
with the handsome average OF .S72
AID accepted almost six chances per
game
Manager TIA Speaker Of the Glove