St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-10-17
Final Baseball
Statistics On
Negro Players

AANN NaAAf NetAnAkAAtN0 a new ENColN
for the most home runs by ma for
league shortstop In the 1855 sea-
son. but notched another little
noticed distinction. He was the
only National league player to
play in every game,
The power-hitting shortstop
whacked AZ home runs for the
Chicago Cubs, breaking his former
mark OF a In 1855. His i29 RIBS
also was tops for both the Amer
lean league and the National
league.
Mays Finishes End
Willie Mays was the leading hit
ter among tan players, The San
Francisco outfielder compiled a
SAT mark, losing out for the MI
batting title on the final day OF
the season. He was also the leader
in stolen bases with 81. Mays had
20 home runs and % RIBS.
Other Averages
The final averages showed that
five other tan MI players and
four tan AL players, batted bet
ter than 800,
National League
Was Covington. Milwaukee, $50
ga home runs, rs RBIs); Hank
Aaron, Milwaukee, .s26 $50 home
runs, % RBIsl; Leon Wagner,
San Francisco, .Sls as home runs,
80 RIBS; Orlando Cepeda, San
Francisco, .912 C25 home runs, s6
RIBS.
American League
Elston Howard. New York, .31f
III home runs. 81 RIBS: Vic Pow
err, Cleveland, .S12 (16 home runs,
so RBIs; Bob Boyd Baltimore,
500 q home runs, 80 RBIs); Min
ME Minoso, Cleveland. 500 GA
home runs, so RBIs).
Other MI Players
Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh,
$50 % home runs, 90 RBIs); Bill
ly Buton, Milwaukee, $50 @
home runs, 26 RBIsl.
George Grove, Cincinnati, ,2T5
| q home runs, 81 RBIs); John
Roseboro, Los Angeles, .272 ga
home runs, 4s RIBS; Vada Pin
son, Cincinnati, .271 q home run,
s RIBS Frank Herrera, Philadel-
phia, go q home run, 8 RBIs)
Frank Robinson, Cincinnati, .269
(31 home runs, SO RBIs); Roman
Mejias, Pittsburgh, .26s % home
runs, 10 RBIs); r. c. Stevens
Pittsburgh C.267, home runs, Is
lRBIs); Junior Gillian, Los An.
geles, .261 q home runs, AZ RBIs)
ICurt Flood, ST. Louis, .261 t1C
home runs, ~ RBIS; Willie Kirk
Hand San Francisco, .25s ia hom'
runs, So RBIs).
Valmy Thomas, San Francisco
.257 G. home runs. 10 RBIs)
Charley Neal, Los Angeles, .25'
| C22 home runs, 65 RBIs); Felip,
Alou, San Francisco, .253 a hom'
runs, 10 RBIs); Gene Baker, Pitts
burgh, .25O q RBIs); Tony Taylor
Chicago, .235 % home runs, q
lRBIs: Chico Fernandez, Philadel'
phia, .23O 90 home runs, 81 RBIs)
Bob Thurman, Cincinnati, .230 a
home runs, 20 RIBS; Ruben Am
arc. st. Louis, .224 q RBD; Felix
lMantilla, Milwaukee, .221 q home
runs, 10 RBIs) Andre Rodgers,
San Francisco, .2O6 q home runs,
II RBIs).
Other AL Players
Larry Dolby, Cleveland, .2s3 ti3
home runs, As RBIs)i Joe Taylor,
Baltimore, .276 q home runs, 8
RBIO; Hector Lopez, Kansas
City. .26O (l7 home runs, 70
RBIs): Harry Simpson. Kansas
City-New York, .256 Il home
runs, 80 RIBS; Al Smith, Chicago,
.252 Cl2 home runs, 50 RBIs):
Ossie Virgil, Detroit, .244 % home
runs. 10 RBID; Julie Becquer,
Washington, .23s ~ RBIs); Len
ME Green. Baltimore, .23i a
RBIs; Earl Battey, Chicago, .226
| Is home runs, 2 RBIs) Billy Har-
reu. Cleveland, .21s II home runs,
10 RBIs): Willie Tasby, Baltimore,
200 q home run, RBD.
Records Of Tan Nj Pitchers
Juan Pizzaro, Milwaukee, 6-won,
4-lost CERA, 2.69); Sam Jones, St
Louis, 14-won, 13-lost tERA, Z.Ss) :
Humberto Robinson, Milwaukee, 2
won. 4-Iost EZRA, 3.OO); Brooks
Lawrence, Cincinnati. s-won, 13-
lost (ERA, 4.1s); Ruben Gomez
San Francisco, i0-won, l2-lost
| EZRA. 457); Newcombe. Los An
geles-Cincinnau, 7-won, l3-lost
EZRA, AND.
Records Of AL Pitchers
Jim Grant, Cleveland, l0-won,
lI-lost CERA. ssD; Connie John
son, Baltimore, s-won. 9-lost CERA
1891; Charlie Beamon, Baltimore,
1-won, 3-lost EZRA, 4.6s).