The Washington times., 1932-12-20
| LEADERSHIP
Of LEAGUE
To FOXX
BY GARRETT WATERS

is' where the pay-off comes in
baseball no matter how you fig.
ure any other item in the grand
old game.
The batter who can come
through in the pinch is indis-
pensible to a club. He is the
cog which never should be over
looked. He should be the star
of his team, if he is not already
Jimmy Foxx of the Philadel.
phia AS was one of these valu-
able individuals last year in the
American League, the official
averages reveal. Jimmy drove
across 169 of his mates to top
all other players in the circuit
by far.
Lou Gehrig of the Yanks, and
AL Simmons of the AS, tied for
second honors with marks Of
ISL each. Babe Ruth of the
Yanks, ranked third with 1877
while Earl Averill of the Cleve-
land Indians was fourth with
124.
ManuSh, CrOni- Lead Griffs
The Messrs. Heine Manush and
Joe Cronin, of the Griffmen, tied
for fifth with totals of 116. Laz-
zeri, of the Yanks; Cochrane, of
the AS; Stone, of the Detroit
Tigers; Gehringer, also of the
Tigers; Chapman, of the Yanks;
Jolley, of the Boston Red Sox.
and GoSlin, of the st. Louis
Browns, were players who had
totals of 100 or better.
.Manush and Cronin led the
Griffmen with their totals of 1l6
each. The nearest to them were
Sammy West and Carl Reynolds,
both recently shifted to the st.
Louis Browns in that deal which
brought Goslin, Schultz and
Stewart here.
West drove across S3 runs
while Reynolds showed over So.
Goslin and Schultz out-totaled
the work of this pair when their
marks are added together. Goslin
Socked over 104 runs to lead the
Browns, while Schulte's contribu-
ton was 73. This figures to 1T
runs driven in as against 146 for
West and Reynolds. These COM
parisons give a pretty good idea
on which team got the better Of
the recent trade.
Four Top Pass List
Four players were awarded 100
or more bases on balls during
the season. They were Babe
Ruth, 1870; Jimmy Foxx. 1l6;
Lou Gehrig, 108, and Gordon
Cochrane. 100. Ruth's total does
not approach the record made
by him in 1882 when in 152
games he piled up a total of ITO.
But the Yanks established a new
high mark for the year by their
mark of 766. In 1881 the Yanks
collected 758 passes in 155 games.
Ten players coaxed four free
tickets from opposing pitchers
in a single game. They were
Marty McManus, of the Red
SoX, Dick Porter, of the Cleve-
land Indians, Gene De Sautels,
of the Detroit Tigers, Joe Saltz-
gaver, LoI- Gehrig, and Lyn Larry,
of the Yanks, Fred Schultz and
Goose GoSlin, of the Browns,
and OSSie Bluege, of the Griff-
men.
Babe Ruth was handed free
transportation four times in four
games while Max Bishop of the
AS, was honored twice, the first
time on April IL, the opening
day of the season.
Averill Holds Record
Earl Averill of the Cleveland
Indians walked five times in one
game-August 20 against Boston
while OSsie Bluege of the Griff-
men received similar recognition
in a game against the Detroit
Tigers on July l8.
joey Sewell of the Yanks struck
out but three times in 124 games,
which gives him a total of ITO
for his 13 seasons in the Ameri-
can League. Sam Rice, the old
warhorSe of the Griffmen. famed
but six times in 106 games, Billy
Sullivan of the White Sox famed
nine times in SO contests. Carey
Selph of the same team whitfield
nine times in 116 games, while
Benny Tate of the Boston Red
Sox struck out six times in IS