The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
BASEBALL FIGURES SHOW WHY MACKS
 ARE BEST IN CLASS
Philadelphia Has Highest
 Averages in Fielding,
 Pitching and Close to Top in Team Batting
BY DIXON STEWART

(Unitcd Press Stan COrrespOndcnt)
 New York, July 25.-(UP).-If there is need of an explanation for the Philadelphia Athletics huge lead over their American league | rivals, the reason can be found in official major league batting, field ing and pitching averages. The statistics. released to-day and including games of Thursday, July 23. show that the Athletics arc leading their league in club fielding and pitching and are tied for second place in club batting .00I point behind the New York Yankees. who top the league at .234
 In addition the Athletics are well represented in individual competi- ton, with four berths among the first seven pitchers and three places among the leading 15 batsmen. Among the Best Grove, Earnshaw and Walberg of the Athletics lead their league, in pitching victorles with f9, 16 and l4 respectively while the Rookie Mahaffcy also is well up among the the leaders with 9 victories and 2 defeats. Outfelder Al simmons, Catcher Mickey Cochrane and Out fielder Haas are second, eleventh and thirteenth among the hitters. Superiority of the St. Louis Car dinals in the National league is less marked. Although they are leading the league by eight full games, the Cards are fourth in club hitting at .277 and fourth in team fielding at .372, leading their rivals only in pitching.
 ipIuov IT.In.. n.1 Of the St. Louis staff are second. third and fourth respectively among the leagues individual pitchers and Crimes and Hallahan also have Kept well on the winning side of the ledger. Derringcr and Grimes are high winners of the staff, being tied for second place in games wcL wlthll each, two behind Elliott Of the phiilics,
 Cardinals Fair
 St. Louis has only one represen- tatiVe among the leading 15, bats men, Roettger being in thirteenth place with .325. Only four other St. Louis players, Collins, Orsatti, Mar tin and Bottomlcy are batting above 300 and the Cards are not represented on the "all-star" team composed of the leading batsmen in each position.
 Neither of the first -place major league clubs boasts an individual batting leader. Babe Ruth of the Yankees leading the American league Ut .378. and Chuck Klein of the Phillles topping the National ieague with .35S mark. Simmons or the Athletics is runner-up to Ruth with .375 and Morgan of inc In1llna hold fhir1 Davis of the Phillics is second to his teammate Klein in the National league with an average of .348 and charlie Grimm of the Cubs is A. notch behind with .346 record,
 What Price Ability?
 The third-place Chicago Cubs lead the National league in club hit- ting at .237 and In club fielding with .975, and fbve five of the nine positions on the leagues "all-star" hitting team.
 Individual honors in the two leagues arc divided as follows:
 AMERICAN LEAGUE
 Runs Scored Gchrig, Yankees as
 Runs Batted In Gehrlg. Yankees
 Home Runs Gehrig, Yankees .......... 20
 Triples
 simmons. Athletics ......... 12
 Doubles
 Webb' Red Sox .............. 43
 Hits
 Simmons. Athletics ........,142
 Stolen Bases chapman. Yankees ......-.. 37
 NATIONAL LEAGUE
 
 Klein, Phillics s3
 Runs Bnttcd In Klein, Phillies S3 Klein, Phlllics 2a Triples
 AeifS' "iahtS :........ss..... II 'io' "''S' Sups ....'...-..s. 33 Klein. Phillies
 stolen Bases Cuyler, Cubs; comorosky, nnnnn cuyler. Cubs II C0morosky, Pirates ....,. II The leading batsmcn in each DO. sition in the two leagues are:
 AMERICAN LEAGUE Ruth. Yankees. If ..37S simmons, Athletics, cf .......,37S Webb. Red Sox. If ............36S Morgan, Indians, ID ,37a Mclillo, Browns, 2b .326 Blucgc. Senators, 3b .........,3Oa Cronin, senators. ss ........m,318 i,icNcy, yankees. ..........33a Terrell. Indians. D. 1929
 NATIONAL LEAGUE Klein, PhIllies, If ,3bs DouI' Robins, CT ............331 IuyIcr' Cubs, CT ..326 Irimm Cubs, ID ............346 Grosklos. Pirates, 2b ........34O llornsby, Cubs. 3b ...........34t English. Cubs, ss 1928 Davis. Phillies, c .349 Cubs. D ..........310