The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-05
Sporting News
HORNSY NATIONALS
HEAVIEST HITTER
Mark Past Season Highest by NationaI
Lacquer Since 1S99-SN Players
Make Over 200 Hits Each.

Two hundred and forty-hve players
took part in games Tor the national
league clubs during the past season. VI
TINS number, l07 players engaged IN 10
or more games, while 68 played IN less
than 10 contests. -.
preyious wear repeated itself, as both
Rogers HOrnsby and the st. LOUIS Cardl,,
mas won leading hOnors Tor the secohd
successive year. oo- II.
Hornsby 5 batting mark of .397 Is the
hipnest average since 1899, when EdWaFu
DeIehantv OF Philadelphia led the league
with an average Of .4US. 1t Is a net gam
of p percentage points over ms marx
on 1920. while the st. Louis club, when
led in club batting with percentage OF
3ll8 improved its mark OF 1920 by ~
percentage points. -.
ga led in two-base hits, with "A, and
tied with Ray Powell OF Boston Tor the
most three-baggers, with 49, a.,
Carson Bicbee of Pittsburgh IS the
leading base hitter, with lol slngieSs,
and George Kelly of New York, Win %
home runs, made the most -FOUR oase
Like last year, Rogers Hornsby again
. leads the long hitters, with 3to totat
bases, for an extra base percentage Oh
$50 H.. rs
follows: Rogers Hornsby and AUSTIN
AIcHenrv of st. Louis, E35 ad ~! mus
NrHenry of st. Louis, 235 and POI hits,
MeuseI of New \ Ork, 2ll and 2Ul mus
resnectivelv: Carson Bigbee OF Puts
bllrgh. 2O4 hits, and James johnston OF
RrookIvn. 203 hits Not since 1899, Wheh
seven DIavers made 200 hits, have so
many National Leaguers reached TINS
Eicht players joined the Century
Run club in 1927, as follows: HoTnsby
led with l3l runs; Frank frlseh ana ia
vid bancroft each scored I2l; Raymond
Powell IA. George Burns III, James
Johnston l04, and Carson Blgbee lOo- =,
Frank Frisch of New York was easny
the leading base stealer, with ~ stolen
Milton Stock of St Louis, led at sac
riticing. with SO sacrifice hits.
Ivan Olson of Brooklyn faced pitching
the most, going TO the bat go times.
Six players engaged. IN every ga GAM.
their clubs played, as follows: HornsDy
ia Frisch, Bancroft, Boeckel and Bohne
l53 each. and James Johnston l52.
4 tie exists for the longest streak OF
safe hitting in consecutive games, as
Carson Bigbee and Joseph Rapp both
maintained batting streaks IN - success
siVe games.
as follows: ohm Smith of st. Louis
twice; William SOuthworth, Walter Bar
bare and Fred Nicholson of Boston; Man
Carey and Walter Maranville of Pitts
hurgh. Frank Frisch of New Aork
Thomas Griffith of Brooklyn and George
Maisel of Chicago.
PLAYERS tailed four runs per game on
twelve occasions. as follows: Roger.
Hornsby and William SOuthworth, each
twice: RAYMOND Powell Thomas DAILY
David Bancroft. Frank Frisch, George
C4tshaw, Max Carey, Carson Bigbee and
John Smith of st. Louis.
Rogers Hornsby hit for the most tota
bases i'm a game. II. making a three
bacger AID two home runs on june,
paws Robertson of Pittsburgh, by
hqttire in eight runs Aug. 10, ,egualle(
The Na+ional LEAGUE runs-hatted in rec
ord. held Jointly hv Rransfeld Of Pitts
burgh and Cravath of PhiladelphIa. 1h'
old National league runs batted-in rec
ord of IL runs in one game, was mad
in 1892 by Wilbert Robinson of Baltl
more.