New Britain herald., 1923-12-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING
 RECORDS ARE INTERESTING
Hornsby Equals Wagner's Consecutive Batting Cham pionshp Mark-Bums and Staz Played in Every Game-Fournier Only One to Hit Safely Six Times In One Contest
In One Contest.

Cincinuatia %. 46 32 .59U
 Pittsburgh " 47 30 ,611
 Chicago ...... 46 Sl .597
 St. Louis .. 42 S5 .545
 Brooklyn .... 5 40 -.4G7
 Boston ..... 22 55 .2S6
 Phila. ....... 20 5 .267
 Tie games were played by Brook lyn and Philadelphia. and Boston and St. Louis.
 New York and Pittsburgh were the best winners at home, each having a percentage of .6ll, With the cXcep- ton of Brooklyn, Boston and Phila- delphia, each club won a majority Of its home games. Oddly enough, the three lowest clubs won more games and lost less abroad than they did at home, Boston's percentage being 130 points better on opponents fields.
 New York was the best road club, eXceling it's at home percentage by a margin Of 2l points, and with Gin cinnati, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn won more games abroad than at home
 Sixty-scven shutout games were played during the season. Boston, Pittsburgh and New York were held scoreless five times each; PhiladeD- phia, eight; Chicago. nine; St. Louis. 10; Brooklyn l2 and Cincinnati IS times.
 The longest game lasted IS innings. August 9. which St. Louis won from New York by a score Of Is runs 10 i2.
 The New York club performed a rare feat on June 1 hy scoring one or more runs in every inning of the nine-inning game against Philadel- phia. By scoring in the eighth and ninth innings of the previous game and in the first inning on June 2, the Giants set a record by scoring runs in i2 consecutive innings.
 only three National league clubs have scored in all nine innings Cleveland, against Boston, August IS, 1889: Washington, against Boston. June 22, 1894; Chicago against Louis- vile. June 29, 1897.
 Tho National league official batting records for 1928, issued today, show the following interesting data:
 Rogers Hornsby of St. Louis. cham
 
 .3S4, equaled the league consecutive batting championship record set by John 1T. Wagner Of Pittsburgh. Both lIornsby and Wagner were National league champion batsmcn for four successive years, Hornsby from 1920 to and including Inc past season. while Wagner reigned from 1906 10 1909. inclusive. Both Hornsby and Wagner are right-handcd hitters.
 statz at Bat Most
 Arnold 2tatz Of Chicago went to bat the most times, G55. Ross Young Of New York scored tic greatest num- Der of runs. l21. Frank Frisch of New York made the most hits, a23, the most onc-basc hits, iGa and also made the most total bases on hits. St1. El Roush of Cincinnati made the most two-basr hits. i1. \ lie exists for the most three-base hits, as Max Carey and Harold Traynor or Pittsburgh each made 10. Fred Williams of Phil- adelphia made the most home runs. fl. Williams also made the most ex- tra-basc hits. GG, Of which 22 were doubles, triples. and Al home runs. John MclnniB of Boston made the most sacrifice hits. S7. Max Carey Of Pittsburgh led in base stealing with total Of 51, duplicating his 1929 per- formance.
 In Every Game
 George Burns Of Cincinnati and Arnold statz Of Chicago participated in every game played by their rec spective clubs, i54. Al the close Of the season Burns had taken part tn 31I| eOnsecutive games. commencing 'Ri'h the last game tn 1921 for New York 15s games for Cincinnati in g92z and I54 this year.
 Consecutive Hitting Charles Grimm of Pittsburgh cn- joyed the longest stretch of safe hit ting in consecutive games. He started the season with a two base hit with the bases fun. driving in three runs. and continued hitting unul May 17. when his string was broken hyl Richard Rudolph. pitching for Bos- ton. Louis Duncan os Cincinnati achicy- cd the longest stretch Ur consecutive run scoring. He scored I4 runs in Izi successive games. from April 10 tol and including May l.
 His in One Game
 Jacques Fournier Of Brooklyn was the only player tO make six hits iH game. He accomplished this feat on June %. in six times at bat. against Philadelphia. Two players bstte1 three home runs in a single game. Fred Williams cf Philadelphia on May ii. and George Kelly or New York on september i7. { Tn the latter contest Kelly sst thc in- Giyidusi record for total bases in ore game bv hitting for total Of I5. against Chicago---a single, IouBie and 1 thte home runs