The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-12
GEORGIAN BEATS
LAJ0IE, WAGNER
BY WIDE MARGIN
Sisler, Speaker, Ruth and
f. Collins Closest Up
in the American

Hy Al MUNRO ELIAS.
Compiled From o'nrn' American
League Hcrordsb
Reviewing tho lifetime batting
records of the Junior major. the
American league conoludvely shows
Tyrus Raymond cobb, manager OF
tho Detroit Tigers, tho greatest
player, offcnslvclv in tho 40 years
OF major league baseball.
In tho table below tho records
OF 1876 tossurs are appended, these
player, Extensively, I'm tho 4G years
ohamuloushlp contests tho outNand-
Ing feature OF this galaxy OF stars
being tho marvellous record COM
plcd by r. u. &. The fIashy
GoorEiau, tho dean of big leaguorA
had concluded his nth consecutive
. year on tho big time. when tho cur
tain rung down last October.
cobb, besides engaging in the
most games. holds n snug lead over
ovory major lonRucr I'm every de-
partment OF offensive play except
ing the homcrun and sncrlfice-hlt-
ting honors.
The Detroit manager. during his
~ years, engaged In 21G7 games,
faced Opposing hurlors 8.231 times;
tailed 1G24 runs. polcd 3,Ob1 hits
for total of a,269 bases, for tho
marvellous and never oqualcd por-
ccutnge OF All.
Compnrlng Cobb, JnjOlc and Wagner
10 better demonstrate the supe-
riority OF cobb over all players, tho
writer gives tho lifetime records Of
Nap, Lajoio ana Hans Wagner, the
graceful Fwnchman and the Fly
H. N.tVY a "a s.F Hsa Hff "a
Player Yrs. az. lftA T.n. e w. PC.
~ Cobb ...... y 2lel 2o56 1923 so3 'sIi
Nsp h9j9is siS3 sioi stsS stsS !. !ssP 55 sss s
This trio OF truly greats with
"Cap" Anson are member OF that
select circle. "The Three Thousand
Iutters," during tho past decade.
Cobb. by hitting 900 his next playing
sengon, will equal Wagnor's major
record OF hitting. 900, II consecu-
tive years
OF the 1876 players listed IN tho
table. 10 hit for better than 800
while 27 show batting averages
Babe" Ruth. who garnered 80
homo runs last year, Is the undia-
putcd homc-run king. with l62
home runs, dethroning Sam Thomp-
son. of tho National league. the for
mer king.
owing 10 the untlmoly ending of
Ray Chapman, the leader at Hncrl-
fico hitting, II new leader appears
in owen Bush, with 32S sacrifice
hits.
nv Cobb, who engaged In 2,tG7
games, ana Eddie Collins With 2,0Ot,
nro tho only players engaging In
1000 contests IN the majors today
Pesldes this pair. Just 80 players
took part In thousand or more
games in the American league.
OF the present crop In the John
son organization, six scored over
1000 runs, viz: Ty Cobb, 1,624 runs;
Iris Speaker. 1924. Eddie Collins
1926; owen Bush, 1857; Harry
Hooper, 1909. and Clyde Milan
1,003 runs.
iris Speaker, with 2,416 hits;
Eddie Collins, 1857 and clyde Milan
who garnercd 2,0S2 hits are the
only 1000 hittcrs. Twenty players
amassed over IA thousand. but less
than 1000 hits.
The leading trio in two-basc hit
ting is: Cobb, with 406 doubtless
Speaker. sol and Frank Baker with
500.
cobb holds n snfo lead In three
baggers with $50; Iris Speaker. hil
nearest rival. tutallng 173 triples
"Babc" Ruth, who acquired th'
home-run honor within eight year
play, has almost ns many homer
10 his credit as his nearest rivals
Frank Baker. with SC home runs II
II years, and ny Cobb. with SO II
II seasons. Ruth having 162 hom
runs, against 1GS for Baker au'
Cobb.
Tho following hit $500 or NOR
total bases on hits: Ty cobb, 4,260
iris Speaker S,415: Eddie Collin'
3,O35; Clyde Milan, 2,b7S' Fran
Baker, 2,531 and Harry Hooper
$500.
Three players came through wit
over 800 sacrifice hits: owen Busl
32S; Eddie Collins, 322, and Joh
Mclnnis, sol.
The leading five base runners nrC
Ty Cobb, S02; Eddie Collins, b74
clyde Milan, 494; owen Bush, 40
and iris Speaker. 3S7 stolen bases,