The Washington times., 1924-01-11

GSn0lanS, plped one OF Cne Dig Aed
) into the oratoFy.
'I've seen cot of pretty sweet
: sticking since arriving in the big
show, but 'Stuffy' showed them all
something that year when he Wen:
to bat on 537 occasions in 142
games and famed only five times
That. pronounce considerable
feat"
To all of which the others sub
s.scribed. They granted it was quite
gsome hitting by the popular vet
.Aran, who now is attached to the
Boston Braves In that campaign
such slabbing greats as Faber, Pill
lette, Shawkey, Shocker, Johnson
Rommel and Bush, were all bowling
along at dizzy clip
The close Of the campaign saw
ess Faber boaSting q string Of 148
strikeOuts. ShOcker had whitfield
- lao, Shawkey's victims numbered
;. { $50 and johnson, the demon fire.
ball artist, had Ieveled 1O5.
AHta
s,s "But," interrupted another Hot
az Stove stoker, you've got to hand
e4e 1t to Eddie Collins for his 1928 rec
Fggsord. Eddie may be getting along
in years but they only famed him
q sssseight times in 145 games while
{ IL Babe Ruth was breezing on SO trips
to the plate in 152 combats."
VA Whereupon the argument waxed
81 exceedingly tOrrid.
sa Reference to the vital statistics
Ics0ver a period of five years in the
5g Junior circuit disclosed some inter
(; y esting data.
sIy Collins record in this particular
~ department of the national pastime
! j was the best ever established by
rse.,the White Sox keystone guardian.
X since the commencement of the
III 1918 campaign Eddie appearing in
ssoA7S1 championship battles, has been
turned back on strikes just 81
i times.
: This may appear to be a phe-
e., nOmenaI performance, yet 1t ranks
Y "a ~. second to that compiled by Iris
- :, Speaker, the gray y-thatched field
marshal Of the Cleveland club.
"Spcke'' never has whitfield as few few
aS eight times in q complete sea-
- son. During the five years he
Z never has struck out more than
I fifteen times, while in 1922 he was
{ thus retired on only eleven ap-
I pearanceS.
Engaging In 697 encounters since
1919, Speaker has famed just sixty
three times, which gives him a
record superior to that boasted by
Collins, who has participated in
thirty-four more games than the
heavy-hitting Texan.
Harking back over the dope, we
observe that Collins in 1919 played
in 14O games and famed twenty
seven times. In 153 games in 1920
he was turned back on nineteen
:, occasions, He whitfield only eleven
times in 139 battles in 1921, but
In 1922 struck out sixteen times in
s~154 engagements.
~ "Spoke" has maintained better
+ average. The master Of the Indians
! was in 1874 conflicts in 1919, yet
breezed on only twelve occasions.
: In $50 games in 1920 he was set
"a down thirteen times. Hitting in 1872
= twelve times, while in 1922 he took
$. part in 131 games and whitfield but
; eleven times. The Texan again
competed in $50 games last sea-
son, and the enemy curvers were
. able to BATTLE him on only fifteen
fl attempts.
ID You've got to admit the Gray
r Eagle" is consistent.
sG Babe Ruth has taken the count
ssq via the whiff medium more often
T1c than any of the other truly greats
IS Of swatdOm during those same
~. five years. The BambinO in 686
q battles has whitfield a cool 392
ac2 times, his worst record being that
~ Of 1923, when in 152 games he
= heard the third count just 90
M times. The hOIne-run champ, like
3'N Speaker, has been consistent in
this field Of endeavOr, for in the
three years prior to 1928 he aver
aged 80 Str1keOutS per season.
i''tR Ty Cobb, in GAG battles over the
u five-season span, whitfield 107 times.
4, and Harry Heilrnann, who last year
Y led the junior circuit slammers, was
= = counted out on 17S appearances in
+ e96 engagements.
7 - y Sam Rice, Washington star,
= known as q gent who rarely fans,
y was struck out "a times in 639
- trips to bat, and Kenneth Williams,
1, who dotes on four-base clouts,
X proved to be a frequent whiffer.
/ The tall, somber Brownie struck
!; out exactly 1856 times in 652 games
i since the start of the 1919 race.
George Sisler in four years, 1919
/ 1922, saw action in 566 games and
!. famed so times.
Summarizing the exploits Of these
sterling slammers, one observes
4 that SINaker established an average
of 9 strikeouts for 100 games. Col
/ fins averaged Ill; Rice, 1S1; Sisler,
u 141; Cobb, 1915; X. Williams, 23.9;
Heilmann, 25.6, and Ruth, 57.1.