The Bismarck tribune., 1921-12-05
.H0RNSBY GETS
HIGH PLACE IN
BATTING H0N0RS
Makes Highest Average Since
lS99-Got Al Two Base
Hits in National League >

New YORK, Dec. 3.-IWO nundreu
and forty-ive players took part in
games for the National League clubs
during the past season. or this num-
Der. one hundred and seven players
engaged in fifteen or more games,
while sixty-eight played in less than
fifteen contests.
National League batting history OF
the previous years repeated itself, as
both Roger Hornsby and the st. Louis
Cardinals won leading honors for the
second successive year.
HornSby's batting mark Of 1897 is
the highest average since 1899, when
Edward Delehanty of Philadelphia led
the League with an average of .4OS.
1t is Il ret gain Of tWenty-seven per-
centage points over his mark of 1920,
while the st. Louis club, which led in
club batting with percentage of
.30S, improved it's mark Of 1920 by
nineteen percentage points.
Rogers Holnsby made the most hits,
235, led in tWo-base hits, with A, and
tied with Ray Powell Of Boston for the
most ree-baggers, with 49, -
Carson Bigbee of Pittsburgh is the
leading one-base hitter with 161 sin
giles, and George Kelly Of New York,
with % home runs, made the most
four-base hits.
Like last year, Rogers HOrnsby
again leads the long hitters, with 37S
total bases, for an extra-base percent
age of $3.50.
Six players made two hundred or
more hits as follows: Rogers Horns
by and Austin McHenry Of St. Louis,
225 and 2O1 hits, respectively; Frank
Frisch and Emil Meusel Of New York,
211 and 2Ol hits, respectively; Car
son Bigbee of Pittsburgh, 204 hits and
James Johnston of brooklyn, 203 hits.
Not since 1899, when seven players
made 200 hits. have so many Nationa!
Leaguers reached this high mark.
Eight players Joined the Century
Run Club in 1921, as follows: Horns
by led with 131 runs, Frank Frisch
and David Bancroft, each scored 121;
Raymond Powell ia, George Burns
Ill, James Johnston 104, and Carson
Bigbee 100.
Frank Frisch of New York was cas-
lily the leading base stealer, with 49
stolen bases.
Milton Stock of St. Louis, led at
sacrificing. with 36 sacrifice hits.
Ivan Olson, Of Brooklyn, faced
pitching the most, going to the bat 652
times.
Six players engaged in every game
their club played, as follows: Hornsby
1854, Frisch, Bancroft, Boeckel and
Borne 153 each, and James Johnston
1852.
A tie exists for the longest streak
of safe hitting in consecutive games,
as Carson Bigbee and Joseph Rapp
both maintained batting streaks in %
successive games.
Nine players made five hits in a
game, as follows: John Smith of st
Louis, twice; William Southworth,
Walter Barbara and Fred Nicholson
of Boston; Max Carey and Walter
Maranvillc, of Pittsburgh, Frank Frisch
OF New York, Thomas Griffith Of
Brooklyn and George Maisel Of Chi
cago.
Players tailed for runs per game on
twelve occasions, as follows: Rogers
Hornsby and William Southworth,
each twice; Raymond Powell, Thomas
DAILY, David Bancroft, Frank Frisch
George Cutshaw, Max Carey, Carson
Bigbee and John Smith of St. Louis
Rogers Hornsby hit for the most
total bases in a game, II, making a
,three-bagger and two home runs on
June Z.
Davis Robertson of Pittsburgh, by
Batting in runs on August 19, equal
ed the National League runs-batted- in
record, held Jointly by Bransfield of
Pittsburgh and Cravath of Philadel-
phia. The old National League runs
batted-in record of II runs in one
game, made in 1892 by Wilbert
Robinson of Baltimore
Club Batting Features.
st. Louis, for the second year in sue
cession. led in club batting with a
batting percentage of 30S. that club
making the most hits, 1885; the most
total bases on hits, 1920, and the most
two-base hits, 260.
Boston faced the most pitching, go
ing to bat $685. times.