The Washington times., 1930-07-26
HURL.ERS
| ARE NAMED
BY BABE
BY BABE RUTH

1ne other Gay j wrote q story
about srnartness in pitchers as
compared to ''stuff" on the ball
and judging from the mail I've
x.got on that yarn, interest IN
ppstching isn't dead by a long
shot.
One fan in particular wrote
five or six pages including one
e- whole set of questions in which
he asked me to name the leading
right and left hand pitchers, in
both the American and National
70 Leagues, judged from the amount
OF stuff they have, and from the
smartness angle. That's q tough
! assignment.
Fellows who look to me to have
a lot of stuff and who trouble me
a lot when I'm hitting. might not
;" bother another hitter at all. In
other words a pitcher who is
tough for one hitter is just a
breeze for some other chap. And
fellows who look like smart
: pitchers to me, might be the fel-
lows who put them right down
4 the alley for someone else.
rFE ~. IS. ~--- ,e
However, after watching
~ the pitchers I'm both leagues
! I've got my own ideas and I
10 guess, the best way to put
them down here is aS direct
"a answers to the questions
Ia asked by this fan in Illinois
:, In his letter. Anyhow, here
goes:
The right handed pitcher in
the American League who has
p. the. most real stuff" on the ball,
in my opinion. is Charley Ruff
fling. of the Yankees.
= = The -smartest right handed
! pitcher in the American League
y Is George Uhle Of the Detroit
Tigers.
.,- The left handed pitcher who
has the. most .:'stuff" on the ball,
In the American Leagues Bob
!. Grove, of the Athletics.
-,,. The sflaarteSt left handed
:. pitcher In the. American League
Is Herb Pennock, Of the Yankees.
And now for the National
J, League.
The right handed pitcher
. with the most n&stuFsE
= stuff" en- the ball in the
National League i'm my opin-
= ion is Dazzy Vance, of the
:. Brooklyn Dodgers.
= =. The smartest right handed
pitcher in the National League,
is / think. Adolfo .Luque, also of
the Brooklyn Dodgers.
" ;. The left. handed pitcher with
the most natural stuff" on the
bali in the National League is
French, of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
80 The srnartest left handed
pitcher in the National League
: is, think, Tom Zachary, of. the
Boston Braves.
-. And there you arei AS I said
before. other hitters might not
sagree with me in this selection.
There ,.are lot of pitchers in
leach league who have plenty of
natural stuff, and there are
, plenty of pitchers in each league,
! TOO, who know how to use their
!, heads. Most of the real veterans
, among pitchers have lots of cum
ming. and most of them use
their noodles plenty in tough
hplaces.
-, This fan wanted me to 60
j further and pick the best
between the two leagues, but
!. I'll have to draw the line on
- that one. As a matter, of
: fact, / don't, think such a
selection would be fair, any.
how, for there's NOT enough
a~ to choose between the fellows
I've named to make any sort
Of distinction warth while.
I'll probably get. a. lot more
arguments on the fellows rve
named as having the most stuff"
than T. will on those I've named
as the SmarteSt. But there's this
to be said for. both selections:
the fellows I've picked as having
o lot of stuff certainly have it,
regardless of whether some other
fellow picks some other pitchers
to have more. And you've got to
admit that Uhle and Luque,
Zachary and Pennock are plenty |
smart, too, and will do on any |
Aman's list until someone smarter
comes along.
(Copyright, 1889, by The Christy
pa : Walsh. Syndicate)