New Britain herald., 1923-01-08
PITCHING RECORDS
 COMPILED BY HOWEI
Interesting Information Is Sc
 cured for Baseball Fans
teemplled ty Irwin M. Howe


 In the selection of pitching stan the prime consideration is the ability of the men chosen to deceive the bat ters, As proof of their skill in this direction, it has been the custom for many years 10 rate pitchers according to the number of earned runs allow ed opponents. supplementing this rat- ing with the winning percentage Of games .'won and lost.'
 Neither of the above methods, nor, even. both combined. tell the whole story of hurler's effectiveness, there fore the table herewith is submitted, showing just ''how hard to hit" Amer iean League pitchers were during the season 1929, IL should be under-- stood that this table is not intended 10 supplant the statistics already pub- lished but rather to add this interest ing data to that previously given.
 Sterling Youngsters
 It was explained when the regular pitching records were published that n very encouraging feature of Amer iean league hurling during the past season was the number of sterling youngsters that came to the front as the season progressed. This table fur ther verifies that statement. Of the twenty-five men who were most diff fieult to find for safe hits. no less than eleven more serving their first or sec ond year in fast company and toward the close Of the campaign nearly every one of these was taking his regular turn on the slab.
 Leading the league Is Herbert pruett. the young left-hander Of St. Louis. who in 12o innings held his op- position to an average of 235. Her man Pillette. Detroit. and Victor Lev erette, Chicago, were the most bril- liant and reliable of all the newcom- CTS, partly because circumstances de- manded that their respective mana gers game them every opportunity to make good. which they did most em- phatically. Piilette was not only the best winner on the Detroit club, but also led the Tiger staff in the earned run averages. In more than thirty games he held rival hitters to an aver age of .25S, the leader among regulars for the season being Frank Davis, St. Louis, .250, followed by Urban Faber. ] l.. J. Bush and George K. Murray with .252, the latter a Yankee recruit | who was only allowed to finish games. Pillette shut out opponents four times | and hurled three two hit games. Average of .264
 Nivtor Leverette, working 225 in- | nings, allowed an average of only .264, | like Pillette, shut out opposing teams | four times and pitched one three hit game. Chicago besides uncovering l Leverette, also found places for Chas c. Robertson and Ted Blankenship | among the regulars of the White Sox. startled the baseball world by hurling a perfect game on April 30th, against Detroit, the opposing pitcher being Pillette. Besides this re- markable preference, Robertson work ed one two hit and one three hit game and shut out opposing teams three times.
 Of the other young pitchers not al- ready named, Warren Collins of the eighth place Boston team won six straight games in August and Septem- Der, hurling one three hit and two !! four hit games, and scoring three shutouts; w. Ogden, collegian who joined Philadelphia late in the season, Sylvester Johnson, Detroit. and J. B. :, Brillheart, Washington, earned places on their respective teams.
 Of the veteran regulars. Faber, Chicago, adds to his other laurels an opponents average of .252, four shut puts, three two hit games, one four hit game and eight extra inning games.
 Besides the four above named. Walter Johnson and Jack Quinn each shut out opponents four times, while Sec. Uhle, Cleveland, blanked rival cams five times being the league eader in this particular. J. R. Shaw key, New York; Alex. Ferguson, Bos- on, affd E. A. Rommel, Philadelphia, each pitched three four hit games, while S. Coveleskie hurled like num- per of three hit contests, sharing the eague honors with Faber in this re- ;pect. L. J. Bush, New York, was the ,nly pitcher except Pillette to turn in more than one two hit games, while 10 one achieved the honor of holding