The Washington herald., 1922-12-11
HONORS SPLIT
UP BY HURLERS
IN OLD LEAGUE
Wilfred Ryan, "Rosie" Of the
Giants, Allows Few Earned
Runs When He Performs on
the Diamond.
UYILFRED RYAN, of the
" Giants; Peter Donohue, Of
w Cincinnati. Adolfo I.uoue

VTYILFRED RYAN, of the
" Giants; Peter Donohue, Of
Cincinnati; Adoho Luque,
Of the Reds, and Eppa Rixey, Of
the Reds, were the National
League pitching record-holders for
the past season. While Wilbur
{ Cooper, of the Pirates, pitched in
the greatest number Of games,
Rixey worked in the greatest num-
Der of innings. Honors were
fairly well divided, according to the
official figures
In arranging the National League
pitchers of 1922 in the order of
their effectiveness, 1t was expe-
dent to classify them into three
groups, the same arrangement as
the past five years. The first group
embraces all those who bore the
brunt of the campaign and pitched
ut least ten complete games; the
second, those who participated in
q minimum of ten games. regard
less Of the length OF same; the third
comprises all others who took part
in a championship contest.
The percentage of games won
and lost is given, with notation Of
the relative position of each
pitcher, this special record being
supplied in order that comparison
may be made with the official
earned-run rating.
wilfred Ryan. Of New York, has
the title of leading pitcher. with
the lowest average OF 500 runs
earned per game. Peter Donohue.
Cincinnati, leads in percentage OF
-1 mi
tories and defeats. for a pitching
percentage of .667. Eppa Rixey.
IS. Adolfo Luque. Cincinnati. lost
the most games. %. Louis North.
ST. Louis, pitched in the most
Kames, So. Wilbur Cooper. Pitts
burgh, pitched in the most COM
plete games. 81. Clyde Barfoot.
St. Louis, finished the most games.
IS. Eppa Rixey, Cincinnati. pitched
the most innings, 3l3.
VANCE Is LEADER.
Arthur Vance. Brooklyn. leads in
scoreless victories with six shut
outs. Vance also leads in strike
outs, with 134. James Ring. Phila-
delphia. allowed the most bases on
balls. 1O3. and Charles Adams.
Pittsburgh. repeated his record II
last year. by allowing the least. 10.
which was three less bases on
halls than Adams issued the pre-
vious season. James King. Phiid-
delphia. with Joseph Oeschger. Bos-
ton, made the most wild pitches. IL
each, whieI Arthur Nehf. New York,
made none Victor AldridGe and
Ernest Osborne. Chicago. hit the
most batsmen, IL each. and Adolto
Luque. Cincinnati; Hugh McQuil-
Ian, Of Boston and New York. and
Leon Cadore, Brooklyn. hit the
least batsmen, l each.
Eppa Rixey. Cincinnati. allowed
the most hits. 337. and Philip
weinert. Philadelphia. allowed the
least, 1s9. Rixey pitched to the
greatest number of batsmen. ,393.
HIT JIM RING.
William Sherdel. St. Louis. al
lowed the most sacrifice hits, 80.
and Jesse Barnes. New York. al
lowed the least. 10. James Ring,
Philadelphia allowed the most runs
to he scored. 100, and Charles
Adams, Pittsburgh, allowed tn"
least. ~. Burleigh Grimes. Brook
lyn, allowed the most earned runs.
135 and Philip Weinert. Philadel-
phia. allowed the least. 63.
Wilbur Cooper. Pittsburgh. with
Eppa Rixey. Cincinnati, enjoyed
the longest consecutive winning
streak. Each won straight vic
tories.
Joseph Oeschger. Boston. suffered
the longest consecutive losing
streak, 13 straight defeats.
Jesse Barnes. New York. on M1v
2. pitched the only nohit game nf
the season. Barnes shut out Phil-
sdeIphia. only twenty-seVen hattets
facing the New York pitcher OK
this number. Fred Williams, with
n base on balls. was the only Phlt-
adeIphia player to reach firSt base,
hut he was retired soon after when
Arthur Fletcher hit into double
play.
DOAK IN LIMELIGHT.
William Dosk. st. Louis. pitched
the only nne-hit game OF the sea-
son. Doak shut out New YORK
with one hit on May II and re-
neatsd against Philadelphia on
July 10.
James Ring. Philadelphia. on
september - set a record for the
season BY striking out eleven New
York batters in eight innings.
The 1922 season produced a
shutouts, four more than last year
The clubs suffered scoreless de-
feats as follows: Chicago and Phil-
sdeIphia, IS each: Boston, 10;
BrookIyn. - st. Louis. 8; New YORK
and Cincinnati. each. and PITTS
burgh, 4. In 1921. the pittsburgh
club was shut out the greatest
number Of times. IA.