Evening journal., 1921-10-17
RUTH BATTED
IN 100 RUNS
Betters Total by 20 Over
the 1920 Season With
Club
BRINGS CAPTAIN
HOME iO7 TIMES
TALLIEs RUTH HIT
IN THIS YEAR


cause Babe Ruth broke his home
run record this year he also smash
cd his runs-batted-in record were
right. He did. His hammerine |
honor put the Yankees in possession |
OF i66 OF their tallies, scoring him
self 50 times and sundry other per-
sens Capt Roger Peckinpaugh, prob |
ably, oftener-i07 times. Ruth's 1921 |
record Of runs batted In was 20 more
than II was the year before.
Hits sent In 153 % the counters
Ruth was responsible for in the year
that gave the New York Americans
their first pennant: outs. II. Three
Of the latter were sacrifice flies.
Ruth getting one OF these against
Boston. one against st. Louis and
one against washington.
A long ny by the Babe that wasn't
a sacrifice ny was that poied In the
game OF Sunday, July "a, at Cleve-
land, OF J. Walter Malls. Yankee
war correspondents report that when
the worlds greatest outfelder. other
wise Tristram r. Speaker. raked in
this Offering. Ruth had almost reach
ed third.
About the only thing Ruth over
looked doing his greatest year was
blasting a four-bapger when the
traffic lanes we're congested. His hom-
ers gave him a great start toward
smashing his own record for runs
batted in, since they were good for
1O6 counters.
Ruth's singles were good for 80
counters and his triples for II.
George II. showed in the second
inning at Detroit on Friday. May
ls. that he cared not for supersti-
ton, for then he blew himself to a
three-bagger when Walter S. schang
Harry c. Harper and Robert Frank
Roth we're stationed on the runway,
Howard Ehmke fleided thfs hit.
Another three-bagger Just as VAL
liable was that obtained on David
r. Keefe, OF the Athletics. In the
2 ninth at Philadelphia on Saturday
September 10. The Yankee base
. tenants at this time were Carl Mays
. Elmer Miller and Roger Peckin-
. paugh. In the same session Ruth
batted again, this time against
Young Freeman. from Kalamazoo
and he singled, or rather Peckin-
paugh singled for him. Roger got
, In the way OF the ball hit by the
Babe and retired the side anato.
. mically and automatically. II was
about time. for the New Workers had
rung the scoring gong nine times.
Ruth's doubles accounted for IL
taliles, his infield outs for eight and
his flies TO the outneld for three
J. Once he was passed with the basel
full by Davenport, OF the White Sox
and this may mean another run bat.
ted in for him under the American
League scoring rules
one remarkable thing about Ruth
batting in 1891 was It's remarkabl,
evenness. The Babe picked on nj
one team In particular when ham
mering runs across the plate. Tn,
greatest number OF runs Ruth knock
ed in a series was 2S. and the small
est number Ala difference OF onl
seven between the high and low hg
ures.
Ruth knocked in one or NOR
runs In each OF 81 games and NJ
q tallies at all In 63. The creates
|, number Of counters he drove In Il
any one contest was four and ever
: time he did this Che did Il on seve
occasions) he was adding to his col
lection of beit-line blows.
This was Ruth's record in battin
in runs against the seven clubs {
1921, possibly a worlds record 10
a fast-set performer:
Against Philadelphia. 2s-On hon
runs, it; singles, s; doubles. I; triple
3, infieid outs 1.
Against Detroit. 26-On home run
2i: triples, 4; singles, j.
Against Washington, 25-On hon
runs. IS; singles, s; doubles. q: triple
!; inneld outs, /. sacrifice flies 1.
Against 81. Louis. 23-On home run
Is; triples, 3; singles, 3; inheld outs.
sacrifice flies /.
Against Boston 22--On home runs. /
singles, 8 triples, 1, doubles, Il sal
rifice flies, !.
Against Chicago, 2i-on home run
"a; inheld outs, 3; triples, 2; doubles.
Against Cleveland. 2i--On home run
Is; triples, 81 singles. 2; doubles, 1.