The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
Sale Of Mize To Giants Caused Close 1942 Race
Cardinals Had Hard Time Winning; Mel Ott Shares
 Batting HOnOrs With Team-n1ate

runs-batted title for the second time with total of 110 in 142 games. His bat shared general hitting hon. ors with Manager Mel Ott of the Giants, however, who set seven new circuit records and tied two.
 Mize went to bat 541 times, cole lected 282 total bases, 60 bases on balls, famed 39 times, was hit by five pitchers and eight times hit into double plays. Ott finished sec- ond' among the sluggers in 152 games with record of 273 total bases in 549 times at bat, 93 runs batted in, 109 bases on balls and 61 strikeouts. He was hit by pitchers three times and also drove into eight double plays.
 Not So Bad
 Enos Slaughter, runner-up for the batting championship, played 152 games for the Cardinals and gar- nered 292 total bases in 591 trips for an average of .494. He drove in 98 runs, received 88 bases on balls. famed 30 times, hit into six double plays and was hit by six pitchers.
 New league records set by Ott were most home runs, 445; most years 30 or more homers, 8; most time two homers game, 43; most bases on balls, lifetime, 1444; most seasons 100 or more bases on balls, 10; most years leading league bases on balls, 6 and most runs batted in. lifetime, 1648.
 Four other circuit standards set were most relief games pitched. Ace Adams, New York, 61; most games finished, Adams, 49; most times 100 or more home runs, New York. 13: and most successive last-place fin- ishes, Philadelphia, 5.
 Of the six league records tied, Ott contributed two-most years, 100 or more runs, lifetime, 9; most times leading homers, 6. Other standards equalled were Jim Tob:n, Boston and Clyde Mccullough, Chicago: three homers in one game; most homers pitcher, Tobin, 6; most base hits inning, Babe Young, Giants, 2; few est chances game, 10 or more in- nings, Billy Jurges, Giants, o.
 National Leaguers set Ii new ma- Jor league records and tied two. New marks were most pitchers game, two clubs, Chicago and Cin- c.nnati, 6 each; highest fielding per- centage, shortstop, Eddie Miller, Boston, .983; highest fielding per- centage, outfielder, Danny Litwhiler Philadelphia, 1000, 151 games: most errors. inning, shortstop, Len Mer- ullo, Chicago, 4; fewest three base hits, club, Boston 19; most homers, pitcher, game, Tobin 3; most years losing 100 or more games, Philadel- phia 12: most consecutive years losing 100 or more games, Philadel- phia, 5; most times finishing last, Philadelphia, 16; most years no player making 200 hits, National League, 16; fewest errors. season, National League, 1872
 Adams tied one big league stan- dard by pitching the most games, none complete, season, 61 and the National League had the highest fielding percentage with .973.
 Cards, Dodgers 1-2
 The Cardinals led the clubs in slugging per centage with 379 and in runs batted in with 682. Brooklyn was the runner-up with 1862 and with 678 runs driven home. The Dodgers received the most bases on balls. 572: the Cubs famed oftenest. GOT times; the Giants had the most batsmen hit by pitchers. 34 and hit into most double plays. 40.
 Remaining individual mosts were Vince DiNAaggio. Pittsburgh, strike outs. 87; Bill Nicholson. Chicago. and Dick Bsrtell, New York. hit by pitchers, each 8: and Nick Witek. New York, hit into doubles plays, 23.
 The Cardinals were the best home team. winning 60 and losing IT to Brooklyn's 57 and 22. The Dodgers were most potent on the road, win- ming 47 against 28 losses to the Car dinals 46 and 3l. St. Louis won the most shutout games with IS and lost fewest in that fashion with 2. Phila- delphia was shut out the most with l6 whitwashes while garnering the fewest shutouts, 2. Brooklyn chalked up the most one-run triumphs with a while Philadelphia lost the most by that margin with %. The Dodg- CTS won lS extra-inning games to lead in that department while Cin- cinnati lost the most with n.