Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-25
OFT Set Nine
Of 10 Marks

NEW YORK, Dec. % (UP)-
The National League broke even
major league records during the
1914 season, none of which. how
ever, we're of as much conSe-
quence as a good base hit in a
tight ball game, official league
figures revealed.
Melvin OFT, manager of the
New York Giants, was the out
standing record breaker, but most
Of the standards he set we're his
own marks to begin with. The
hard-hitting outielder set seven
of the nine new circuit records
and acquired two new major
league marks.
The st. Louis Cardinals estab-
lished two new team standards
double fielding mark and "A record
for most doubleheaders won. De-
fensively, the champions had an
average of 1872 for a new record
and by making only 112 errors
during the campaign, set a new
mark for the fewest errors by a
team in a season.
GET II SWEEPS
Extensively the Red Birds swept
II bargain bills TO establish a
new record in that department.
The Giants cracked the mark
for most runs driven in by one
club when they defeated the
Brooklyn Dodgers, 20 to 8, driving
in all of their runs.
Otis new major league records
were established when he became
the first big Lacquer to receive
five bases on balls in n game on
four occasions. He also became
the first major Lacquer TO score
six runs in one game on two
occasions.
Damon Phillips, Boston Braves
third baseman, established a new
modern record for third basemen
when he made IL assists in one
game.
Ray Mueller. Cincinnati catcher,
broke all endurance records for
receivers by stretching his con
secutive games caught mark TO
l217 and the other major league
record established was for most
pitchers used in a single game,
IA, sever each by the Giants and
the Chicago Cubs.
7 MARKS TIED
Seven major league marks were
tied by the National League. ST.
Louis, by winning 100 or more
games for the third successive
year, equalled the major league
standard and set a new mark in
the senior circuit. The Cards also
left Is men on base in n game
to tie another mark.
Other marks tied included
Mueller's feat of catching 1Jo
games. Bill Nicholson, Cub out
fielder. hit four homers in sue
cesSlve times at bat, setting a new
league mark and tieing the major
league records.
The four homers we're in a
doubleheader. another tied big
league record and new N. L.
mark.
Roy Hughes, also Of Chicago,
matched the big-league mark by
accepting 13 chances in one game
and Nicholson -Set-a-new- circuit
mark and tied the major league
record when he led the league in
both runs and runs driven in for
the second consecutive year.
Otis new National League
marks were: most home runs, life
time, 4S9; most runs scored, life
time, 1,7S4; most bases on balls,
lifetime, 1929; most runs batted
in. lifetime, LIT; most times two
or more home runs in n game,
AZ: most extra base hits, lifetime,
1,025, and most bases on long
hits. 2,075.
The nine double plays in one
doubleheader, made by st. LOUIS,
gave the Cardinals another league
mark. %
Stanley Musial led the circuit
in smuggling for the second con-
secutive season with a percentage
of $40. Augie Galan of the Dodg-
ers drew the most bases on balls,
101, and Vince DiMaggio of the
Pittsburgh Pirates was the strike
! out king for the third consecutive
year, whiting on SO occasions.