The Washington times., 1922-10-08
HORNSBY ENDS
SEASON WITH
TOP GLORIES
Leads All eatsmsn, Sets Home
Run Mark. and variously
3 Shows Up His Rivals.

ended the National league
employed 264 plsyersi this
was eleven more than the previous
year. OF this vast number, the
outstanding player was Rogers
Hornsby Of the st. Louis Card
inals. Hornsby outclassed his
company q million miles.
The great slugger Of the Cardinals
added several chapters to National
League history BY creating new bat.
ting records. Hornsby led the hltters
Of the Heydlsr circuit with the hand
some percentage OF .<ol, being the
first champion to lead the National
League with 2 mark Of 400 since
1899, when Ed Delehsnty held the
Since its inception In 1873, only
show percentages of 400 or bsttar In
their batting championship years.
These In order are Ross Barnes, who
led with .<o3 In 1878; Cap Anson. who
led In 1879 with .<07 and again In
1887 with q mark Of .t2l, Jake Stsn.
sei hit for 400 in 1898, Hugh Duffy.
who holds the, highest batting figure,
led In 1874, With .<Ss. Jesse Burkettt
led In 1895 and isss with marks OF
.I2a and 40.
Burkett 10 the only hitter to lead
with marks Of 400 for two straight
wears. willie Kseier topped his set
In 1897 with asa and Ed pelshanty.
who flashed -.4os In 1898. was the
last 400 hitter to lead until Hornspy
produced his healthy figure this year.
Another mark set by Hornshy the
past season was that OF brinsing
back TO the National League the TUE
of Home Run King" Hornsey leo
both the majors In siugsins BY bans.
Ing out forty-two homo runs. Not
since 1917, when Dave Robertson, OF
the Giants, with 0avvy Cravath, CT
the Philiies, led with twelve homcrs
apiece. has the National held tue 70
the Major League home run honoss.
Babe Ruth. OF the Yankees. We
ran third In this league at nome lun'
ming, was the leader In the AmsInn
LsaEue the past four years pens
tied with Clarence WaiksI m sv.
still another record did tne s
quering Hornsby shunt esios s ~,
Rogers amasscd the enormous s"
Of $50 hits. This is . new Natonel
g.s,s record for most hits In
.~sson. the old record wss set by
wI,ia Keeler, In 1887. when Keeier
poied as hits, and comes wtnin
hits Of Sisler's major league MARI
Not satisfied with settling the
above records, the marvellous Horns
by broke the National League record
for most total bases on bits BY get.
ting $50 hits, Of which there was "
wo.basRers, 1S three-baggers ana ~
nome runs. for q total OF 40 bases.
This breaks the old Nationa
Learue record of 37s total bases ere
ated by Hornsby last year ana Gomez
within five total bases OF Baos Rutn
major league record OF %bI tote'
bases made In 1881. ,
Besides bsing the champion hitter
Hornsby scored the most run ~,
, This 10 the greatest NUMBER OF Iuns
scored by q National Lsaguer nncs
1898, when John McGray. OF the Bal
timores, Tailed la runs.
Max Carey. Of the Pirates, hoiot
the only offensive honor not Horns
by's. Carey led his league ana afso
the majors at base-running by steal
ins S2 bases In 1912. =
While Jack Scott. Of the Giants u
the nominal leader Of the pitchers
with 4 victories and defeats for a
peroentage of 800, actual hurting
honors belong to Pete Donohue, o'
the Reds, with Is victories ana de
feats for q pitching percentage o'
| .ss7.
Following are the final unofficial
figures for the 1922 campaign In the