The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-07
Luke APPLlNC
amer. LEAGUE
BATTING KING
Multitude of Records Sci
During Year-Y Yankees
Keep in Lead

NEW YORK, Jan. Luke APP
ping, Chicago White Sox shortstop,
showed the way for American
League batters during the crashing
1886 campaign by hitting for an
average of 1888, ten points better
than the mark of his nearest COM
petitor and 80 points higher than
the figure with which Buddy Myer
brought the 1885 crown to Wash
ington.
! That Lukes fine stickwork was not
above par fer the League is shown
/ by study of the circuits hitting,
which jumped to 289, nine points
better than the previous season.
( Cleveland led the teams with fl
CURE of .304, IA points higher than
Detroits winning 1885 mark.
! Appling was trailed, in order, by
Earl Averill of Cleveland, .378; Bill
Diokey OF New York, 1862; and Char
ley Geheringer, of Detroit and Lou
Gchrig Of New York, each with 1854.
In all q players topped the coveted
300-mark, an increase of five over
a year ago.
Impressive Records
Z Among the multitude of records
set during the year, the most i'm
pressive we're those crashed to earth
by the murderous power of the
Yanks, who took the league cham
pionship easily and went on to beat
the New York Giants in the sub
way world series. indicative of
the fury with which the Gothamites
hit are these figures: 1876 hits, in
Guiding 315 doubles, 83 triples and
1872 home runs, for 2703 bases. 995
runs driven across and 1865 runs
scored. The total base, extra base,
long-hit, home ruin, runs-scored and
runs-batted-in figures are all ma
jor league records. The Yanks also
/ topped one other important depart
nent in the team tally, yielding
only 731 runs to their opposition
during the year. Cleveland had the
most times at bat, 5646; the most
hits, IT'S, and the most doubles,
357. Washington had the most tri-
pies, "a, and stolen bases, 1903, al
1 though st. Louis, with 81 thefts in
80 attempts, had the top average of
/ 756 in that latter department. The
Browns drew one BOBBY prize with
1864 runs for the opposition; Cleve-
land another with SO runners caught
trying to steal, and Chicago third
with 1879 left on bases. Boston
made the most sacrifice hits, 108.
1 AverilI and Gehrig
Averill and Gehrig each added to
his laurels in two departments. Az
/ Grill topping the field in hits with
232 and sharing the three-base
crown with Joe DiMaggio and Red
Rolfe, both of New York. each with
Is. Gehrig led in runs with 1877
and in home runs with 40. Geh-
ringer cracked out go doubles; Hal
Trosky of Cleveland hit for 405 to-
tai bases; Lou Finney of Philadel-
phia had 654 times at bat; Mule
Hass of Chicago sacrificed % times;
Lyn Larry of ST. Louis stole 81 bas-
es. and Billy Knickerbocker of
Cleveland, who stole successfully
only five times, was thrown out on
IA other attempts for other individ-
ual "bests.'
Twenty-four players scored 100 or
more runs; eighteen drove in 100 or
more runs, nine made more than
200 hits, nine hit for more than 300
total bases, nine made 20 or more
home runs and three made 40 or
more three-base drives. There, too, I
are a bunch of records, for the
scoring, runs-batted-in and home
run tabulation all equal or better |
former marks. So, too, does the
league total of 1853 home runs.
'Iron- Man String
Each of the above groups includ- |
ed Gehrig. who ran his brilliant
iron man" string to 1903 consecu-
tive games 1t was the eleventh I
successive year in which Lou has
bettered 100 in runs scored, the fifth
time in his career that he has topped |
400 total bases, the sixth time he
has driven in over $50 runs, the
fifth time he has hit over 40 hon.
ers in a season and the third time
he has led the league in homers,
his figure of 40 being his own peak
to date GU Gehrig's scoring total
base, and -batted-in totals are
also records for an individual
In the distance" field, a May
spree by the Yanks is notable for
having crashed seven records. Tony
Lazzeri led the barrage which OPP
ened May 81, ran through double |
header on May %, and wound up
May a. The team hit for the cir