The Washington times., 1935-12-19
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Pitchers
By FRANK BUCK" ONEILL

BY FRANK BUCK" ONEILL
Earl Whitehill was the leading
Washington pitcher last year,
the official averages Of the Amer.
can League as released by Presi.
dent Will Harridge. reveal to-
day. Whitehill ranked thirty.
fifth among the pitchers of thu
league, which is the tip-off on
the quality of hurting our boys
did last season.
Whitehill won IA games and
lost 10. His earned run average
was 4.26, which reflects the sup
port he got in most games.
Buck Newsom, the second Grlff
hurler, ranked thirty-ninth, but
he was a better workman than
the figures indicate. Hadley,
Petit and Linke ranked forty
fifth, forty-sixth and forty,Sev.
enth respectively.
Grove Regains Form
The greatest single accomplish.
ment of the season was the return
of Lefty Grove to form, and the
Big Fireman led the league in eff.
fectiveness, with an earned run
average of 2.70.
Grove ranked sixty-third among
the IS pitchers who worked As or
more innings in 1884, when he won
only eight games. His earned run
average then was $50. In 1885 he
pitched 273 innings in IS games.
scoring 20 victories and allowing
81 earned runs, and was the only
pitcher among the SO who par
ticipated in the equivalent Of five
or more full games = better the
three-run mark.
Runner-up to Grove was another
veteran who successfully trod the
comeback trail-Theodore Lyons,
of Chicago. Forty-seventh in 1884
with a 487 average, he was sec.
ond in 1885 with 3.02. He won
IS games.
Chales Lieber, of Philadelphia,
was third with 800. He pitched
only Al innings. however. Charles
Ruffing, Vernon Gomez and
James De Shong, all of New York,
were fourth, fifth and sixth, re-
spectively. Gomez, whose average
was 3.18, was the leader in 1884
when he finished with a 2.33
mark. Mel Harder, of Cleveland,
1884 runnner-up with PSI, was
seventh with 1929 in 1885.
Terrell Makes Comeback
Still another comeback star,
Yves Terrell. scored the most vic
tories, Is. He won IA games in
1884 and II in 1888 Terrell also
pitched the most complete games.
81. Louis Newsom, of st. Louis
and Washington suffered the
most defeats, 10. Eden Auker
of Detroit had the best percent
age among the regular starters,
winning 18 and losing seven for
a .72O average.
Terrell pitched the most in
nings, 800, which naturally had
bearing on his allowing the
most hits, 1885, He tied Whitehill
in allowing the most runs, 149
Whitehill also allowed the most
earned runs, 1873, and the most
sacrifice hits, 81.
Merritt Cain Of Philadelphia
and st. Louis issued the most
bases on balls, 1913, while Tom
Bridges. the Detroit curve ball
artist, scored the most strikeouts,
1853. A teammate, Lynwooo
Rowe. was second in the strike
out department with 140. Gomez
was third with 1873.
Vernon WilShere Of Phllade+
phia committed the most balEs,
three. and hit the most bats
men. ten, while Fay Thomas OF
st. Louis made the most Wild
pitches, nine.
Six pitchers worked in more
than $50 innings in 1885, COM
pared to seven in 1884. Besides
Terrell, they were Harder, 287;
Alvin Crowder Of Detroit, 279;.
Rowe, 276; Bridges, 274, and
Grove, 273.
Saw Frequent Service
Members of the st. Louis staff
saw most frequent service, Russell
Van Alta leading the league IN
the number of games participated
in with So, Elton Walkup beng
second with SIS, and Ivy Andrews
third with so. Van Alta pitched
in five games for New York, be-
fore being transferred to st. Louis,
where he worked in SO.
The individual game OF the
year" was turned in by Vernon
kennedy, of Chicago, who, on Au-
gust 81, pitched the seasons only
no-hit game, against Cleveland.
Kennedy pitched to only 80 bat
tiers, of whom four walked.
Bridges had the seasons longest
winning streak, nine, from April
% through June 10, while Van
Alta had the longest losing streak
ten, from May 20 through July IS.
The New York Yankees, with
three of their pitchers in the first
six in the individual rankings, led
the team earned run averages
with $50, with Detroit second
with 1892.