The Washington times., 1932-12-22
WEST.
CRON|NLEAD
GR|FFMEN
BY GARRETT WATERS

All the haSeball world loves the
guy who can sock the old apple
out of the lot. The player who
turns in an electrifying fielding
bit, however, gets his share Of
applause from this same baseball
public.
During the season of 1882 there
were several excellent fielding
features to entertain the huge
populace. If 1t wasn't a particu-
lar player who shone, it was a
tean1-and it made the campaign
q very interesting one indeed,
especially so when records were
hung up by second division teams
and their players as we'll as thse
among the first four"
A new team fielding mark Of
$50 was established by the Phila.
delphia AS, supplanting that Of
the New York Yankees, .977, in
1923. The washington Griffmen
fielded for q mark of .979, to be-
come the second best fielding
team in the league. while the st.
Louis Browns, with a mark OF
$40, finished third. The Cleve-
land Indians, Detroit Tigers, New
York Yanks, Boston Red Sox and
Chicago White Sox follow in the
order named.
Bishop Sets Record
Max Bishop, of the AS, set a
new record for second basemen,
fielding to the tune of .988, thus
excelling the .987 mark set by him.
self in 1926. Jimmy Dykes, d
teammate, who will perform with
the Chicago White Sox next sum-
mer, established a new figure for
third basemen by fielding at a
$50 clip, topping William Kamn,
of the Cleveland Indians, by
nose, whose mark was 978.
Jimmy Foxx, of the AS, Dale
Alexander, of the Red Sox, and
Irving Burns, of the Browns, were
the leading first basemen, with
averages of 994, 1894 and 1892.
Oscar Melillo, of the Browns, and
Bill Cissell, of the Indians. we're
the best second sackerS next to
Bishop, of the AS, because they
accepted 6 and 6.23 chances per
game, respectively, during a very
active season. Jackie Hayes, Of
the White Sox, had a sos per
game average for 81 games.
Hayes, incidentally. turned in
a most interesting feat in two
successive thinning contests on
July IA and Is. He accepted "a
chances in these two engage
ments without an error, getting
8 putouts and 10 assists the first
day and 6 putoutS and 10 assists
the second day.
Catcher Ray Hayworth, of the
Detroit Tigers, handled 347 put
outs and SO assists in 80 games
before he made his first error of
the season, the miScue coming
in the second game of double
header on August 20. All told
HayWort handled 46G chances, in
cluding 399 putouts and SO as.
sistS for an average of .99l. He
made but four errors during the
campaign.
Kamm, Bluege Star
Willie Kamm, OF the Indians,
and OSSie Bluege, of the Griff-
men, were outstanding among the
third baSemen. Kamm handled
463 chances in 148 games and
Bluege, 453 in 149 games for
marks Of .967 and $40, respec-
lively.
Harold Warstler, of the Red
Sox, and Joe Cronin, of the
Griffmen, were the greatest
ground-covering khortstopS. The
former accepted 627 chances that
came his way in lot games. while
Frisco Joe had 754 in 141 con-
tests, which figures to $50 and
5.35 per game, respectively.
Sam West, Griff center FIELDER
recently traded to the st. Louis
Browns, had $50 putoutS and IS
assists to lead the outfielders.
Joe Vosmik, of the Indians, was
next best with 444 putout5 and IL
assists. Earl Averill, also of the
Indians, was third. with 424 put
outs and IL assists.
Mickey Cochrane, of the AS,
was the catcher to appear in the
most gameS-137-and by doing
so handled ISL chances, made
652 putouts, 81 assists and er-
rorS for a mark of 1893.