, 1921-12-28

khnEa1 City scored 1.l4S runs a
tie result Of 1.sos hits. 7ss bases on
balls, 1sz stolen bases. 2eo sacrifice
hits and the occasional timely error
Of opponents. In runs scored. Ficri-
fec hits, and bases on balls. the Biuer
were first. The champion Colonies
made tina most hits. 1854: wore second
IN runs with 1.o42; second in three
base hits with liz: second In sacrifices.
zos, and struck out fewer times tis7i
than n other team. Minneapolis.
finishing second in the race for PEN
nant honors. hit for a total OF 2.65s
bases. nine more than Kansas City. OF
which s5S were doubles, rs triples.
and 100 home runs The NflIlers lod
in the number OF two-baggers and
louisville in low number Of strike
outs, SOL.
For Individual honors, J.. Kirke. first
haseman Of tho champions, led with a
record Of 1856. Kirke scored 125 runs
in les m made 2s2 hits. of which
"a were for two bases, II were triples
and FL home runs. He was tied Tor
second placs with Good OF Kansas
City IN driving in runs. with 1877.
Brief, Kansas City, being first with
ilsi. The big first sacker also picked
up 70 bases on balls and famed but
20 times In 100 trips to the plate. Reb
Russell, Minneapolis outfielder, was
second TO Kirke in batting. with ass,
one point in advance Of Artie Butler,
Kansas City. .s67. In LAG games Rus
sell counted 11s runs. made 203 hits.
of which IS were doubles. IS were
triples and 80 home runs. In driving
IN runs he stood fourth. with 132. An
thony Brief. Kansas City first sacker,
ranked fourth, six points below his
tsammate Butler. with 1861. Brief led
the league in scoring runs. with 166.
one more than Wilbur Good OF the
same team Forty-two OF Briefs 222
hits were for the round trip. this be
ing the closes approach to Babe Ruth's
record tina was made during the year,
Brief. like Kirke, also hit for more
than 800 total bases. his record read
ing 421, one less than tho Colonel.
Fifty-one of his blows were doubles.
IL were three-bagsers. and he coaxed
iii passes from opposing pitchers.
more thar any other player. Lear OF
Milwaukee, and Acosta. Louisville.
walked 116 times each. and Zwiiiing
o. Kansas City. i15. Besides the play
ers named. Good. Kansas City. Gamer
Milwaukee. were among the first ten
batters. Altogether fifty-five men
batted 800 or more.
Columbus Hurler First.
d. c. Danforth with the eighth place
Columbus team, was the leading pitch
er of the year. He worked in "A
games. hurled 500 innings and allowed
only Of earned runs, an average OF
ass per game. Danforth won 20
games and was charged with 16 de-
feats. percentage .6r0. Ben lineup.
Louisville, playing most OF h time In
the outfieid. pitched and won nine
games and did not lose a contest. He
was second 10 Danforth in tho stand
ing with an earned run average OF
asa.
TiHer Cavet. india uapolis. was in
IS games and pitched 531 innings,
with an earned run average of 3.2e and
a won and lost record Of 2s-le-.bso.
c. Hall, st Paul. pitched 500 innings;
Paul Carter. 3os innings. and g. C.
Robertson. Minneapolis. R Wright.
Toledo. and Gus Bono. Kansas City,
each worked 800 innings.
Bono. Kansas City. tied Danforth in
game won, with rs. and lost only IL.
but allowed 4.ss earned runs per game.
Hs had the smuggling Blues to make
the runs for him Fcot OF Louisville,
won % games: Bedient, Of Toledo, 20,
and Q. Hall. St Paul, 20. these being
Tie only pitchers other than those
named to win 20 or more games.
Danforth struck out 2o4 opponents,
allowed ia bases OF balls and hit 20
men. Robertson. Minneapolis. was
second In gtrike-outs with 175, and
Bono. Kansas City, third with lac.
Bono handed out 1877 passes, being
more generous than any Of his rivals
Kcob being second with 1ls sree
tickets. and Lowdermiik and Merritt
tied at III each. Lowdermilk gave IL
bases ON balls in ono game n won
easily. his victims making but two
hits.
Virgil Barnes. Milwaukee,. pitched
two onehit games; Long OF Louisville,
two two-hit contests; Danforth, MERIT
and Sanders each two. Utrecht games
while Barnes. Bedient and Anes each
hurled four-hit games.
Double Plays Multiplied
In team fielding the season devel-
oped little that was sensational. except
the large number OF double plays, this
being a feature in all leagues where
the lively ball was In use.
Tho champion louisville team made
100 two-ply. killings: Indianapolis, fSo;
Kansas City, 1874; and Columbus $50
The Coloneis had a fine fielding ma
chine. but the terrific hitting was so
difficult to handle that the team aver
age is several points below normal.
The condition hat made ahish team
average difficult Of attainment, uia
not prevent many notable Individual
exploits, and play throughout the year
was studded with brilliant perform
ances.
Clarence Covington. first baseman
for indianapolis. accepted 1913 assists
IN ISL games. Young Hauser, U
after the close OF the season by MI
waukee to the Athletics, had l,s4z
put-outa, and 1o1 assists in leT games
and Brief in addition to his batting
honors. threw out ils men in 1SS