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PREFACE.
Since the introduction of Base Ball in this country, which has taken first place among all athletic sports, this is the first BASE BALL GUIDE ever published by a Ball Player actively engaged in playing Base Ball.
Realizing the intense interest which the public have al- ways manifested in the National Game and the loyal sup- port which they have given this noble sp'ow, I have en- deavored in the pages which follow to give them that which they most desire in illustrations, statistics and facts.
To the great American Public, whose increaltagyMrtlnMrt- asm and staunch support have made Base Ball the greatest game in the world, to the business- men, whose sportsma ship has induced them to be liberal in the investment their capital to promote the game, and to the players patt and present who have given their services and whose genial bas brought Base Ball to its present high standard — to theta I dedicate this the first issue of LAJOIE'S BASE BALE GUIDE. ......
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LIFE OF NAPOLEON LAJOIE.
Napoleon Lajoie was born at Woonsocket, R. I., Septem- ber 5, 1875, where he learned to play ball. While playing with one of the strongest Independent Teams of Rhode Island he attracted the attention of Charles Marston, then president of the Fall River Club of the New England League, who signed him ks the spring of 1896. Lajoie was originally a catcher, but his terrific hitting made- him too val- uable a man for that position and he was assigned to the out- field, where he made an instantaneous success. His reputa- tion as a terrific hitter and fine fielder soon spread over the country, and in the middle of 1896 Billy Nash, then manager of the Philadelphia National League Club, purchased his re- lease and signed him for that club, where he made his ap- pearance on August 12th. He was assigned to first base, a position up till then he had never played ; so finely did he perform on the initial sack that he was hailed as a wonder. He was shifted to other positions, in which he performed with equal skill, so that his fame continued to grow until he is now regarded as the greatest all-round player in the world.
He continued as a member of the Philadelphia National League Club until 1901, when he was signed by Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics of the ex- panded American League, and that year not only led the American League in batting but the entire country.
In 1902 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided that the option clause in the National League contract was valid and enjoined Lajoie, Bernhard and Frazier from further play with the Athletics. Frazier returned to the Phillies, but Lajoie and Bernhard signed with the Cleveland Club, the first named at a salary of $30,000 for four years. La- joie's advent into Cleveland turned a tail-end team into a winner and a losing proposition into a financial success.
After peace was declared between the two major leagues, Lajoie returned to Philadelphia in the spring of 1903 and was purged of the contempt of court which he had incurred by joining the Cleveland club the previous season. In 1905 Lajoie assumed the duties of managing the Cleveland club as well as playing second base, and up till July 1st, when he was forced to retire for the remainder of the season on ac- count of injuries, he clearly established himself as a suc- cessful manager by placing and holding the Cleveland club in first place by a comfortable lead. During his five years as an American League player Lajoie has led the league in batting four times with average.s of .422 in 1901, .355 in 1903, .381 in 1904, and .329 in 1905.
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Mr. Chas. H. Marston, former President of Fall River Base Ball Club, and Napoleon Lajoie. Mr. Marston sold Lajoie's release to Philadelphia Nationals in 1896. They have since remained very staunch friends. The photo was taken in Boston last spring.
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WHY THE MIGHTY CASEY FANNED.
Written Expressly for Lajoie's Guide by Grantland Rice- Casey, mighty Casey, was a most dejected man As he sat in contemplation on a very well-rushed can. And as the bunch of village knockers round him closer drew, He softly murmured to himself: "If Mudville only knew!"'
"I want the world," said Casey, "at last to understand Just how it happened in that game the mighty Casey fanned, For everywhere I go today they point at me and shout : 'There goes that lobster Casey, the big dub who struck out/
"Remember that we needed just a brace of runs to win, So of course the fans all figured I was sure to drive 'em in ; But when I let the secret out don't think it is a dream, For I'll tell you why I didn't save the day for Mudville's; team.
"That poet did me dirty, for the mucker failed to say A word about the pitcher 'spitting' on the ball that day ; 1 remember well I saw him stick his fingers to his tongue, He fired one at my noddle and it dropped below my lung.
"I couldn't soak the bloomin' ball because it didn't curve, It zig-zagged from my head to knees so fast I lost my nerve, And not only did it take me completely by surprise, But I was half way blinded when the 'spray' flew in my eyes.
" 'Hully gee,' says I in wonder, 'that's curvin' 'em a few,' You see it was the first 'spit-ball' a pitcher ever threw ; I'd been against this bloke before and put him in the air, But when the spit-ball butted in — well, Casey wasn't there.""
And that's why in old Mudville the bands refused to play, And that's why hearts were heavy in place of being gay, And also why the children refused to cheer and shout, But the spit-ball, not the pitcher, struck the mighty Casey out.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.
Base ball as a sport has gained such a foothold with the great American public that, in addition to its being recognized as the national sport, it is entitled to the dis- tinction of being classed with other great American indus- tries. Augmented by the principle of two major leagues, as espoused by President B. B. Johnson, of the American League, and fostered by the principle of self-government of the minor leagues the game has spread and prospered as a professional sport until at present there are more than thirty regularly organized base ball leagues covering every section of the country and giving employment to more than 4,000 ball players. The two major leagues give employment to more than 300 players, for whose services they pay an- nually in salaries over $000,000, while the minor leagues pay over $2,000,000 annually in salaries to over 3,500 play- ers, whose contracts are approved each year by Secretary J. H. Farrell, of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues. Add to this army of players the busi- ness managers, ticket sellers, gate tenders, ground keepers, special police, umpires, sporting writers and the host of others engaged in the manufacture and sale of uniforms, balls, bats, gloves, masks and other necessary paraphernalia and no argument is necessary to prove that the game of base ball has reached a higher state of development and organiza- tion than any other sport in the history of the world, and that it is the instrument and the means for the annual dis- tribution of many millions of dollars in this country. The? year of 1905 was the most prosperous the game has ever known. Millions of people paid the price of admission to witness the championsb;p games of the American and Na- tional Leagues and, with few exceptions, every one of the sixteen clubs in the two major leagues finished the season with a comfortable profit. Interest in the various minor league races was proportionately just as great as that which centered around the major league contests. The salary lists of the larger minor leagues were almost as large as the major league salaries of five and six years ago, but in spite of this most of the clubs in these leagues are reported to have made money. With the exception of a couple of the smaller leagues in the south, all the minor leagues in the country finished their regular schedule of games, which is substantial proof of the great popularity of the national sport and a lasting tribute to the excellent methods of administering the affairs of organized base ball now employed by the National Commission and the officers of the National Association.
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GOSPEL VS. BASE BALL. BY KEY. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Down at Sheepsheacl Bay Sunday there was a game erf base ball, and in the same field, not a hundred yards :nv;iy from the diamond, there was an open-air religious servifee.
The man of God had an audience of 33, while more than 5,000 attended the game of ball.
What does this me.an?
It means that the people around Sheepshead Bay prefer foase ball to the gospel.
No other conclusion is possible.
If it had been the other way, the figures would have been reversed, and there would have been 3,000 at the, religious meeting and 33 at the diamond.
How shall we explain this preference of base ball to the gospel?
Is it because the people around Sheepshead Bay are wicked?
I think not.
What, then, is the explanation we are seeking?
Simply this — the people in the Sheepshead Bay region enjoy the game of base ball, and as Sunday is the only day -on which they can see the game, they take it in preference to attending religious services.
It does not follow that • the three thousand people who went to witness the game of ball instead of going to hear the Rev. Mr. Gray preach were depraved. Many of them, doubtless, were as clean in their thought and living as were those who listened to the sermon.
After being shut up all the week in the stuffy air of mill, shop and office and held down to the rigid discipline of busi- ness, they felt the need of the green fields and fresh breezes, the light and liberty of the great Out of Doors ; and that, I suppose, is why they chose the fun of the game of ball in preference to the disquisition on theology.
This is not to say that religion is not a good and great thing. In my opinion religion is the best and greatest thing in the world. But this is far from saying that base ball, or the love of seeing base ball, is a bad thing.
Personally I lament the spiritual stupidity which dims •our vision of the Divine — just as I abominate that other stupidity which will not see that oftentimes the Divine is right about us in the wholesome sports which gladden the liieart. — Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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A GREAT YEAR IN BASE BALL.
The American League was more largely patronized than the National according to the attendance figures.
The total attendance of the American League for the season of 1905 was 3,176,624; National League, 2,747,250. Of this number 489,904 attended Sunday games in the Amer- ican League and 605,678 in the National, mating a grand total for both leagues of 5,923,883.
The following tables give the attendance for each month in both leagues and a comparison table of each city's patron- age for the season :
AMERICAN LEAGUE ATTENDANCE.
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Boston .... |
. . 95,785 |
116.909 |
58,320 80,324 |
87,136 |
18,71© |
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Chicago .. . |
. .236,104 |
71,568 |
138,553 147,225 |
78,885 |
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Sunday. . |
..112,760 |
40,749 |
55,882 49,892 |
47,216 |
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Cleveland . |
. .116.945 |
22.170 |
107,690 48,767 |
19,924 |
4,431 |
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Detroit . . . |
. . 75,932 |
10.500 |
53,772 20,400 |
28,407 |
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New York. . |
.. 55,400 |
78,500 |
64,500 89,400 |
83,600 |
3.200^ |
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Phila |
. . 87,123 |
109,415 |
54,742 79,472 |
217,643 |
22,196- |
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St. Louis . . |
..141.500 |
11,200 |
85,220 60,645 |
27,160 |
16,413 |
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Sunday. . |
. . 80.700 |
5,500 |
36,600 31.345 |
17.960 |
10,800 |
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Washington |
. 76,399 |
39,944 460.206 |
21,032 41,937 |
46,955 589,710 |
24,565- |
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..885.188 |
583,829 568.170 |
89,521 |
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Sunday . |
..193,460 |
46,240 |
92,482 81,737 |
65,176 |
10,800 |
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July. Aug. |
Sept. |
Oct. |
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Boston .... |
. . 55.795 |
19,848 |
35,414 29.485 |
12,972 |
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Chicago . . . |
. . S2.G00 |
131,z00 |
67,806 105,000 |
110,000 |
38,000 |
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Sunday. . |
. . 46.000 |
69,400 |
20,500 22,300 |
46,500 |
30,000 |
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Cincinnati . |
. .101.958 |
58,463 |
41,721 36,580 |
34,500 |
29,300- |
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Sunday . . |
. . 61.620 |
16,250 |
25.385 10,481 |
14,300 |
24,000- |
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Brooklyn . . |
. . 79.142 |
11,000 |
46,472 27,800 |
9,000 |
5,300 |
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. . 79,142 |
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. . 41,200 |
12,000 |
117,800 111,000 |
55,500 |
17,200 |
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Phila |
. .104,943 |
50.132 89,659 |
108,288 51,355 36,143 76,413 |
18,778 |
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Pittsburg . |
. . 82,775 |
80,340 |
8,975 |
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St. Louis.. |
. . 15,000 . .846.705 |
32,900 |
19,700 26,000 |
30,700 |
6,500 |
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Totals . . |
434.782 |
479.944 489,633 |
393,720 |
102,475 |
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Sundav. |
. .201.762 |
118,550 |
65,585 67,781 |
91,500 |
60,500 |
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Boston .... |
..457,190 |
Boston |
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..672,335 |
306,499 |
Chicago |
.529,706 |
234,700 |
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Cleveland . |
..319,927 |
Cincinnati . . . |
,302,702 |
161,03© |
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Detroit .... |
. .189,011 |
Brooklyn .... |
,239,006 |
79,142: |
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New York . . |
..374,600 |
New York. . . . |
554,700 |
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Phila |
..570,591 |
Phila |
.310,496 |
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St. Louis . . |
..342,138 |
183,405 |
St. Louis .... |
282,830 |
130,800 |
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Washington |
..250,832 |
Pittsburg .... Totals 2 |
374,305 |
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.3.176,624 |
489,904 |
,747,259 |
605,678 |
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Ban B. Johnson, President American League.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE 1905.
The 1905 championship race in the American League was another open affair, like that of the previous year, with six clubs looking like they had a chance for the pennant( up till after the first of August, and with a bruising finish b'etween the Philadelphia and Chicago clubs right down to the final series of the race. First place in the race was held alter- nately by six clubs between the opening of the season until August 2nd, at which time the Athletics forged to the front and were never again headed. Boston and St. Louis were the only clubs not to show in front during the time men- tioned. After April 19, when the opening season tie was first broken by Philadelphia securing a clean lead, Cleveland almost monopolized first place until August 1, which was the last day that team showed in front. During this time Cleveland was in the lead 70 days, Chicago was in front 17 days, the Athletics led 7 days and were tied with New York for four days, Washington held the lead for 6 days, Detroit 2 days and New York 1 day. On August 2nd the Athletics secured the lead again and held it to the finish, making a total of 74 days that this club was in undisputed possession of first place.
The Athletics played the most consistent ball from start to finish. This team was fortunate in having its playing strength intact up till almost the close of the season, when an injury to Waddell deprived the club of his services and threw all the pitching upon the shoulders of the other members of the staff. They proved themselves just equal to the emergency, and that was all, for they could not have stood the strain much longer than they did. Chicago was less fortunate than the Athletics in keeping its regular team in the game, but the White Sox were supplied with excellent utility material and, in spite of their weakness with the bat, managed to maintain a fighting position throughout the race by their remarkable, strong "inside work," and they capped an excellent season's work by one of the greatest finishes ever made by a major league club and compelled the Ath- letics to fight for every game up till the final series of the season in order to nose out the Sox for the pennant. The Detroit team proved the greatest surprise of the season and, in point of improvement over the previous season, made the best relative record in the league. With a team that was picked as a sure second division club, Detroit was never out of the race, except for one brief spell, after which it came back strong and for the final six weeks of the season was winning games with a regularity that was scarcely sur- passed by the two teams which finished ahead of it. Detroit also suffered from accidents to its players, but was fortunate in its utility strength, and the pitchers were consistent in
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PRESIDENTS OF AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUBS.
1 Chas. Comiskey, Chicago. 5 John I. Taylor, Boston.
2 B. F. Shibe. Philadelphia. 6 Thos. C. Noycs, Washington.
3 J. F. Kilfoyle, Cleveland. 7 R. L. Hedges, St. Louis.
4 C. W. Somers, V. P. American League.
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their work all season. The two-time champion Boston team was a great disappointment from the start to the finish of the race. This team got a very poor start and, while it managed to keep within striking distance until the latter parr of the season, it did not succeed in getting out of the second division until the latter part of September, when ihe continued downward march of the Cleveland club and the crippled condition of the New York club enabled it to finish in the first division by the margin of a few points. The Cleveland team was probably the greatest disappoint- ment in the league, from an artistic standpoint, because of the great promise this team gave in the early months of the race. Up to and including August 1 the Cleveland club held the lead for 70 days, while five other clubs divided up this honor during 37 days. At one time, during the latter- part of June, Cleveland led by a margin of over 100 points, and but for the injury to Lajoie on July 1 there is every reason to believe that the pennant would have come west. Following the injury to Lajoie, which kept him out of the game for the three last months of the season, Cleveland lost the services of Bemis for seven weeks, Vinson 6- weeks (suspended), Bay 3 weeks, Jackson 3 weeks, Joss 2 weeks. Rhoades 2 weeks, Moore 4 weeks. Flick 2 weeks, Stovall 2 weeks, Bradley 1 week and Kahl for the last two and a half months of the season. Accidents to players were so continuous and persistent that at no time after July 1 did Cleveland have its regular team on the field, which in a large measure accounts for poor work of that club during the last half of the season. The New York club had an ex- perience that was similar to that of Cleveland in the matter of injuries to its players, only the accidents on the New York club started at the very beginning of the season and lasted till the very last day, and it was only the great strength of that club and the tireless efforts of the man- agement to recoup the team from the ravages of accident that enabled the Highlanders to finish as high in the race as they did. A club of less strength than the New York club must surely have fallen to last place under the burden of misfortune which followed that club from start to finish. The Washington team was another pleasant surprise of 1905. This team was judiciously strengthened for the first time in three years and, as the result of clever pitching and timely batting, made a most fortunate start in the race and remained a factor until the serious illness of Manager Stahl and injuries to several other players caused a great slump in midseason and sent the Nationals into last place. At thio point the progressive spirit of the new owners showed itself and the addition of new material braced up the Na- tionals, again enabling them to climb out of last place and finish ahead of the position which some people had been led to believe was created especially for Washington clubs.
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Washington was dangerous throughout the race, and from the start to the finish of the season every club which was a factor in the race looked forward to the games scheduled with Washington with fear for the result. And well they might, for Washington defeated Chicago in the final series between these two clubs and practically destroyed that team's chances for the pennant when the White Sox were in the midst of their whirlwind finish. The St. Louis team was an experimental one from the beginning because of the addition of so much new and young material. The team was further weakened early in the race by the forced retire- ment from the game of Captain and Second Baseman Pad- den, and from that time on infield weakness had much to do with the poor showing of the Browns. The new outfield almost came up to expectations and some catching strength was added during the season, but the infield weakness was always apparent and there was not sufficient strength in the rest of the club to off-set this weakness. The changes in the make up of the club and the playing strength that was added during the season helped some, and during the closing weeks of the race the Browns were playing excellent ball, but they were too far behind to get out of last place. Following is the complete 1905 record :
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Athletic 12 13 15
Chicago 9 11 16
Detroit 9 11 12 10
Boston 7 6 10 14
Cleveland 7 9 12 8
New York 8 7 8 8 10
Washington 9 8 11 8 8
St. Louis 7 7 9 7 8
15 11
13 15
11 15 14 14
13 11
13 13 12 14
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14 15 15 13
15 92 79 78 76 71 64 54
Lost 56 60 74 74 78 78 87 99
Below are the records for the three past seasons :
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Boston 91
Athletic 75
Cleveland .... 77
New York 72
Detroit 65
St. Louis 65
Chicago 60
Washington . . 41
47 60 03 62 71 74 77 94
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1904 Record. Won.Lost.
Boston 95 59
New York 92 59
Chicago 89 65
Cleveland 86 65
Athletic 81 70
St. Louis 65 87
Detroit 62 90
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Club. Won.Lost. Pet
Athletics 92 56 .621 Cleveland .
Chicago 92 60 .605 New York .
Detroit 79 74 .516 Washington
Boston 78 74 .513 St. Louis .
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Won.Lost. , 76 78
71 78 . 64 87
54 99
.621 .605 .516 .513 .494 .477 .421 .354
Pet. .617 .609 .578 .570 .536 .428 .408 .251
Pet .494 .477 .421 .354
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Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
Athletic Base Ball Club, Champions American League 1 Henley. 7 r>avis. 13 Hoffman
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6 Plank.
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10 Lord
11 Bender.
12 Lave Cross.
14 Murphy.
15 Powers.
16 Coakley.
17 Schreckengost.
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BATTING AVERAGES.
G. AB. R. IB. SH. SB. Pet.
Lajoie, Cleveland 65 249 29 82 3 11 .329
Hahn. New York 43 160 32 51 4 1 .319
Puttmann, New York 17 32 3 10 0 0 .313
Flick, Cleveland 131 496 71 152 12 35 .300
Keeler. New York 149 560 81 169 42 19 .302
Bay, Cleveland 143 550 90 164 30 36 .298
Crawford, Detroit 154 575 73 171 3 22 .297
Stone, St. Louis ..154 632 76 187 10 26 .296
Isbell, Chicago 94 341 55 101 28 15 .296
Bemis, Cleveland 69 226 27 66 5 3 .292
Donohue, Chicago 149 533 71 153 27 32 .287
Davis, Athletics 149 602 92 171 5 36 .284
McFarland. Chicago 80 250 24 70 6 5 .280
Anderson, Washington 125 499 62 139 4 31 .279
Murphy, Athletics 150 533 71 148 21 23 .278
Davis, Chicago 151 550 74 153 40 31 .278
Hickman, Washington 147 573 69 159 14 6 .277
Hartsel, Athletics 148 533 87 147 14 36 .276
Collins, Boston 131 508 66 140 9 18 .276
Schreck, Athletics 114 412 30 113 5 9 .274
Conroy, New York 101 385 55 105 7 25 .273
Stovall, Cleveland Ill 419 41 114 8 13 .272
Callahan, Chicago 96 345 50 94 10 26 .272
Wallace, St. Louis 156 587 67 159 8 13 .271
Huelsman, Washington 121 421 48 114 5 11 .271
Killian, Detroit 39 118 12 32 7 2 .271
Seybold, Athletics 132 488 64 132 17 5 .270
M. Cross, Athletics 78 248 28 67 24 8 .270
Winter, Boston 34 89 12 24 0 4 .270
Bradlev, Cleveland 145 537 63 144 21 22 .268
Lindsay, Detroit 88 329 38 88 10 10 .267
Yeager. New York 115 401 53 107 10 8 .267
L. Cross, Athletics 146 583 68 155 15 8 .266
Mclntyre, Detroit 131 495 59 130 6 9 .265
Turner, Cleveland 154 582 48 153 15 17 .263
Dougherty, New York 116 418 56 110 7 17 .203
Hoffman, Athletics 119 454 64 119 18 46 .262
Elberfeld, New York 108 390 48 102 20 18 .262
Roth, St. Louis 35 107 9 25 2 1 .262
Frisk, St. Louis 127 429 58 112 11 7 .261
Drill, Detroit 72 211 17 55 9 7 .261
Stanley, Washington 28 92 13 24 3 4 .261
Mullin, Detroit 47 135 15 35 3 4 .259
Stahl. Boston 134 500 61 129 13 18 .258
Burkett, Boston 149 573 78 147 10 13 .257
Jackson, Cleveland 108 421 58 108 6 15 .257
Coughlin. Detroit 138 489 48 123 20 16 .252
Hess, Cleveland 54 175 15 44 3 2 .251
Stahl, Washington 140 501 66 125 14 41 .250
Chase, New York 126 465 60 116 18 22 .249
Cooley, Detroit 97 377 25 93 16 7 .247
Selbach, Boston 115 418 54 103 11 12 .246
Jones, Chicago ..153 568 91 139 16 20 .245
Schaefer, Detroit 153 554 64 135 29 19 .244
Green, Chicago 112 379 56 92 16 11 .243
Jones, St. Louis 135 504 44 122 23 5 .242
Freeman, Boston 130 455 59 109 9 8 .240
Cobb. Detroit 41 150 19 36 4 2 .240
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G. AB. R. IB. SH. SB. Pet.
Grimshaw, Boston 85 285 39 68 6 4 .239
Lord, Athletics 66 238 38 57 11 3 .239
Koehler, St. Louis 142 536 55 127 13 22 .237
Carr, Cleveland 89 306 29 72 15 12 .235
Spencer, St. Louis 35 115 6 27 2 2 .235
Parent. Boston 153 602 55 141 35 25 .234
Knight, Athletics 88 325 28 66 11 4 .234
Van Zant, St. Louis 94 322 31 75 9 7 .233
Fultz, New York 122 422 49 98 14 44 .232
Plank, Athletics 41 126 12 29 2 0 .231
Williams, New York 129 470 54 107 10 14 .228
Tannehill, Boston 37 93 11 21 2 1 .226
Smith, Chicago 39 106 11 24 1 0 .226
Unglaub, Boston 43 121 18 27 7 2 .223
Kleinow, New York 88 253 23 56 3 7 .221
Kahl. Cleveland 38 131 16 29 1 1 .221
Rhoades. Cleveland 33 95 10 21 3 2 .221
Ferris, Boston 141 523 51 115 12 11 .220
McGuire, New York 71 228 9 50 3 3 .219
Griffith, New York 25 32 2 7 2 0 .219
Gleason, St. Louis 150 535 45 116 18 26 .217
Rockenf eld, St. Louis 95 322 40 70 23 11 .217
Bender, Athletics 35 92 11 20 2 3 .217
Cassidy, Washington 151 576 67 124 23 23 .215
O'Learv, Detroit 148 512 47 109 29 13 .213
Knoll, 'Washington 79 244 24 52 11 3 .213
Rohe, Chicago 34 113 4 24 4 2 .212
Hughes, Washington 39 104 11 22 1 1 .211
Hill, Washington 103 374 37 78 36 10 .209
Jones, Washington 142 544 68 113 10 24 .208
Clarke, Cleveland 45 130 12 27 2 2 .208
Patterson, Chicago 13 30 2 8 1 0 .207
Warner, Detroit 36 119 12 24 1 2 .202
Sullivan, Chicago 98 323 25 65 10 14 .201
Holmes. Chicago 92 328 42 66 29 11 .201
L. Tannehill, Chicago 142 480 39 96 20 8 .200
Criger, Boston 109 313 33 62 7 5 .198
Armbruster, Boston 35 91 13 18 1 3 .198
Vinson, Cleveland 38 133 12 26 5 4 .195
Howell, St. Louis 41 135 9 26 1 0 .193
Lowe, Detroit 58 181 17 35 10 3 .193
Dundon, Chicago 106 364 30 70 15 14 .192
Haydon, Washington 77 245 20 47 4 5 .192
Donovan, Detroit 46 130 16 25 13 8 .192
Chesbro, New York 41 112 6 21 2 2 .188
Powell, St. Louis 40 75 5 14 6 0 .187
Sudhoff, St. Louis 32 86 6 16 0 1 .186
Kitson, Detroit 33 87 8 16 0 0 .184
Orth, New York 40 131 13 24 3 2 .183
Nill, Washington 103 319 46 57 16 12 .182
Townsend, Washington 34 83 6 15 4 1 .181
Buelow, Cleveland 74 236 11 41 7 7 .174
Sugden, St. Louis 91 266 21 46 10 3 .173
Waddeli, Athletics 46 116 4 20 6 0 .172
Henley, Athletics 25 65 4 11 2 1 .169
Barton, Athletics 18 60 5 10 2 2 .167
Kittredge, Washington 77 238 16 39 10 1 .163
White, Chicago 34 86 7 14 4 3 .163
Doran, Detroit 32 94 8 15 6 2 .160
Jacobson, Washington 22 44 4 7 0 1 . 159
22
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
1 Disch.
2 Lindsey.
3 Schacfer
4 O'Leary.
5 Mullen.
Detroit Base Ball Club, American League.
13 Donovan.
6 Lowe.
7 Drill.
8 Barrett.
9 Coughlin.
10 Killian.
11 Crawford.
12 Warner.
14 Kitson.
15 Mclntyre.
16 Wood.
17 Stovall.
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 23
G. AB. R. IB. SH. SB. Pet.
Walsh, Chicago 29 58 5 9 1 0 .155
Pelty. St. Louis 31 98 9 15 4 0 .153
Powers. Athletics 52 158 11 24 6 4 .152
Buchanan, St. Louis 22 46 5 7 11 .152
Patten, Washington 43 106 5 16 4 0 .151
Young, Boston 38 120 8 18 2 0 .150
Dineen, Boston 31 88 6 13 4 4 .148
Owen, Chicago 42 124 8 18 2 2 .145
Coakley, Athletics 34 90 2 13 4 1 .144
Joss, Cleveland 34 94 6 13 6 3 .138
Altrock, Chicago -11 114 8 14 5 0 .123
Weaver, St. Louis 28 92 5 11 2 0 .120
McGovern, Boston 15 44 1 5 1 0 .114
Moore, Cleveland 30 94 7 10 1 0 .106
Wolfe, Washington 27 60 3 8 0 0 . 103
Glade, St. Louis 32 98 . 1 9 0 1 .092
Gibson, Boston 24 45 2 4 2 0 .089
Bernhard, Cleveland 22 69 3 6 0 1 .087
Donahue, Cleveland 20 53 2 4 3 0 .07p
Hogg, New York 39 67 3 4 . 1 0 .060
FIELDING AVERAGES.
FIRST BASEMEN.
G. PO.
Carr, Cleveland 87 940
Donohue, Chicago 149 1645
Davis, Athletics 149 1621
Stahl, Washington 140 1343
Jones, St. Louis 135 1502
Grlmshaw, Boston 74 768
Crawford, Detroit . . / 51 478
Lindsay, Detroit 88 761
Chase. New York 122 1174
Stovall. Cleveland 59 648
Freeman, Boston 72 585
Hickman, Washington 15 136
SECOND BASEMEN.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Lajoie, Cleveland 59 148 177 3 .991
Dundon, Chicago 104 218 321 12 .978
Williams, New York 129 335 332 25 .974
Isbell, Chicago 42 76 112 7 .964
Ferris, Boston 141 320 424 30 .961
Murphv, Athletics 150 287 387 31 . 956
Schaefer, Detroit 151 403 389 37 .955
Kahl, Cleveland 30 60 94 9 .945
Stovall, Cleveland 45 97 107 12 .944
Nill, Washington 33 78 91 10 .944
Starr, St. Louis 16 20 43 4 .940
Rohe, Chicago 16 31 40 5 .934
Mullin, Wasnington 38 83 97 14 .928
Rockenfeld, St. Louis 95 210 255 37 .926
Hickman, Washington 85 170 281 38 .922
|
A. |
E. |
Pet. |
|
50 |
9 |
.991 |
|
114 |
21 |
.988 |
|
91 |
24 |
.986 |
|
94 |
21 |
.986 |
|
105 |
25 |
.985 |
|
35 |
16 |
.980 |
|
41 |
11 |
.979 |
|
57 |
18 |
.978 |
|
61 |
31 |
.976 |
|
53 |
18 |
.975 |
|
29 |
18 |
.972 |
|
10 |
6 |
.961 |
24
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
Boston Base Ball Club, American League.
|
1 Armbruster. |
6 Dineen. |
11 Doran. |
|
2 Freeman. |
7 Ferris. |
12 Criger. |
|
3 Winters. |
8 Young. |
13 J. Tannehill |
|
4 Stahl. |
9 Parent. |
14 Gibson. |
|
5 Selbach. |
10 Unglaub. |
15 Farrell. |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 25
THIRD BASEMEN.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Lowe, Detroit 22 16 36 1 .981
Bradley. Cleveland 145 187 312 29 .944
Tannehill, Chicago 142 168 358 39 .931
Coughlin, Detroit 136 137 255 37 .930
L. Cross, Athletics 146 161 249 32 .928
Conroy, New York 48 80 87 13 .928
Yeager, New York 90 103 173 23 .926
Collins, Boston 131 164 268 36 .923
Gleason, St. Louis 142 118 271 38 .911
Hill, Washington 103 130 206 34 .908
Nil 1, Washington 54 60 97 18 .897
SHORTSTOPS.
G. PO. A.' E. Pet.
Davis, Chicago 151 330 501 46 .948
Turner, Cleveland 154 285 430 5 .944
Wallace, St. Louis 156 385 506 62 .935
O'Leary, Detroit 148 358 411 55 .933
M. Cross. Athletics 76 159-195 27 .929
Gassidy, Washington 151 308 520 66 .926
Parent. Boston 153 294 461 66 .920
Elberfeld, New York 108 244 317 57 .908
knight, Athletics 81 143 188 39 .895
CATCHERS.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Schreck, Athletics 114 785 114 15 .984
Sugden, St. Louis 85 420 112 9 .983
Kittredge, Washington 76 323 113 10 .978
Kleinow, New York 83 361 82 10 .976
McGuire, New York 70 366 69 11 .975
Sullivan, Chicago 94 389 104 13 .974
Warner, Detroit 36 185 40 6 .974
McFarland, Chicago 70 343 88 12 .973
Criger, Boston . . . ' 109 539 147 20 . 972
IBemis, Cleveland 58 256 52 9 .972
Drill, Detroit 71 345 73 13 .970
Clarke, Cleveland 44 178 41 8 .965
Buelow, Cleveland 60 262 72 13 .963
Doran, Detroit 30 123 33 6 .963
Spencer, St. Louis 34 134 41 7 .962
Weaver, St. Louis 28 139 38 7 .962
Roth, St. Louis 29 114 36 6 .962
Powers, Athletics 52 222 49 12 .958
Haydon, Washington 77 368 125 23 .955
IMcGovern Boston 15 67 11 4 .951
Armbruster, Boston 35 154 SO 11 . 941
26
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
Cleveland Base Ball Club, American League.
|
1 Bradley. |
7 Flick. |
13 Jackson |
|
2 Bernhardt. |
8 Moore. |
14 Buelow. |
|
3 Stovall. |
9 Joss. |
15 Carr. |
|
4 Hess. |
10 Clarke. |
16 Rhodes. |
|
5 Kahl. |
11 Donohue. |
17 Bemis. |
|
6 Bay. |
12 Turner. |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 27
OUTFIELDERS.
G. PO.
Barrett, Detroit 18 29
Crawford, Detroit 103 152
SeyboM, Athletics 132 213
Stahl, Boston 134 249
Jones, Chicago 153 337
Bav. Cleveland 143 303
Koehler, St Louis 124 227
Keeler, New York 139 194
Mclntyre, Detroit 131 2S6
Fultz, New York 122 252
Lord, Athletics GO 94
Jones, Washington 142 240
Cooley, Detroit 95 223
Selbach, Boston 112 186
Cobb, Detroit 41 85
Hahn, New York 43 83
Callahan, Chicago 93 120
Freeman, Boston 54 64
Stone, St. Louis 154 278
Hess, Cleveland 27 52
Anderson, "Washington Ill 194
Jackson, Cleveland 105 191
Isbell, Chicago 40 65
Stanley, Washington 27 47
Hickman, Washington 47 72
Hoffman, Athletics 117 214
Hartsel, Athletics 148 253
Flick, Cleveland 131 177
Knoll, Washington 63 110
Holmes, Chicago 39 150
Vinson, Cleveland 36 65
Burkett, Boston 149 276
Huelsman, Washington 116 189
Frick, St. Louis 116 117
Green, Chicago 107 119
Dougaerty. New York Ill 173
Van Zant, St. Louis 74 70
PITCHERS.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Donahue, Cleveland 20 9
Altrock, Chicago 40 32
Rhoades, Cleveland 29 6
Walsh, Chicago 22 9
Owen. Chicago 42 20
Patterson. Chicago 13 5
Smith, Chicago 39 27
Joss. Cleveland 32 24
Bender, Athletics 35 14
Young, Boston « 38 2
Sudhoff, St. Louis 32 20
Howell, St. Louis 38 21
Mullen, Detroit 44 20
Glade, St Louis 32 13
White. Chicago 34 20
|
A. |
E. |
Pet. |
|
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
|
18 |
2 |
.988 |
|
13 |
4 |
.982 |
|
11 |
6 |
.977 |
|
21 |
11 |
.970 |
|
14 |
10 |
.969 |
|
24 |
8 |
.969 |
|
17 |
7 |
.938 |
|
18 |
10 |
.968 |
|
4 |
9 |
.967 |
|
9 |
4 |
.962 |
|
24 |
11 |
.960 |
|
12 |
10 |
.959 |
|
8 |
15 |
.958 |
|
6 |
4 |
.958 |
|
5 |
4 |
.957 |
|
10 |
6 |
.958 |
|
0 |
o |
.955 |
|
15 |
14 |
.954 |
|
5 |
3 |
.950 |
|
10 |
11 |
.949 |
|
16 |
11 |
.948 |
|
5 |
4 |
.940 |
|
4 |
3 |
.944 |
|
9 |
5 |
.942 |
|
12 |
14 |
.942 |
|
6 |
17 |
.938 |
|
18 |
13 |
.938 |
|
8 |
8 |
.937 |
|
11 |
11 |
.933 |
|
1 |
o |
.930 |
|
11 |
22 |
.929 |
|
7 |
15 |
.928 |
|
15 |
11 |
.923 |
|
9 |
12 |
.914 |
|
11 |
21 |
.897 |
|
9 |
11 |
.878 |
|
48 |
0 1.000 |
|
|
132 |
o |
.988 |
|
78 |
1 |
.988 |
|
41 |
1 |
.980 |
|
120 |
3 |
.979 |
|
32 |
1. |
.974 |
|
77 |
3 |
.972 |
|
106 |
4 |
.970 |
|
77 |
3 |
.963 |
|
87 |
3 |
.967 |
|
96 |
4 |
.967 |
|
78 |
7 |
.966 |
|
134 |
6 |
.963 |
|
102 |
4 |
.962 |
|
75 |
4 |
.960 |
28
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
|
Photos bjr Carl Horner, |
Boston |
|
|
New York Base Ball Club, |
American League. |
|
|
1 Putmann. 2 Powell. 3 Williams. 4 Elberfeld. 5 Chase. |
6 Ganzell. 7 Yeager. 8 Orth. 9 Conrov. 10 McGuire. 11 Dougherty. |
12 Fultz. 13 Keeler. 14 Kleinow. 15 Hogg. 16 Chesbro. |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 29
G. PO.
Griffith. New York 25 1
Bernhard, Cleveland 22 14
Powell, Sv. Louis 40 2
Hogg, New York 39 5
Wolfe, Washington 27 10
Pelty, St. Louis 31 15
Plank, Athletics 41 24
Tannenill. Boston 37 9
Townsend, Washington 34 21
Winter. Boston 34 14
Orth, New York 40 13
Hughes, Washington 39 9
Chesbro, New York 41 11
Dineen, Boston 31 11
Henley, Athletics 25 10
Donovan, Detroit 34 16
Hess, Cleveland 27 22
Killian, Detroit 39 14
Gibson, Boston 24 11
Moore, Cleveland 30 14
Patten. Washington 43 28
Falkenberg. Washington 12 6
Kitson. Detroit 33 3
Coakley, Athletics 33 5
Jacobson, Washington 22 8
Buchanan, St. Louis 22 8
Waddell, Athletics 46 13
Puttmann. New York 17 3
Morgan, St. Louis 13 5
1905 PENNANT WINNERS.
National League — New York.
American League — Philadelphia.
Southern League — New Orleans.
American Association — Columbus, O.
Eastern League — Providence, R. I.
Western League — Des Moines, la.
Three "I League — Dubuque, la.
Northern League — Duluth, Minn.
New England League — Concord, N. H.
South Atlantic League — Macon, Ga.
Connecticut League — Holyoke, Mass.
K. I. T. League — Vincennes, Ind.
New York League — Amsterdam, Johnstown, Gloversville,
Iowa League — Ottumwa, la.
Central League — Wheeling, W. Va.
Northwestern League — Everett, Wash.
Virginia-North Carolina League — Danville, Va.
Independent Association — Youngstown, O.
|
A. |
E. |
Pet. |
|
23 |
1 |
.960 |
|
53 |
3 |
.957 |
|
39 |
2 |
.953 |
|
35 |
0 |
.952 |
|
48 |
3 |
.951 |
|
92 |
6 |
.946 |
|
82 |
6 |
.946 |
|
97 |
6 |
'.946 |
|
64 |
5 |
.944 |
|
81 |
6 |
.941 |
|
96 |
7 |
.940 |
|
69 |
5 |
.940 |
|
97 |
7 |
.939 |
|
77 |
6 |
.936 |
|
77 |
6 |
.935 |
|
67 |
6 |
.934 |
|
62 |
6 |
.933 |
|
79 |
7 |
.930 |
|
28 |
3 |
.929 |
|
72 |
7 |
.925 |
|
81 |
9 |
.924 |
|
17 |
2 |
.920 |
|
65 |
7 |
.909 |
|
65 |
7 |
.909 |
|
37 |
5 |
.900 |
|
47 |
8 |
.873 |
|
89 |
15 |
.872 |
|
28 |
5 |
.861 |
|
34 |
8 |
.830 |
30
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Photos by Carl Horuer, Boston
Washington Base Ball Club, American League.
|
1 Kittridge. |
7 Hill. |
13 Cassidy. |
|
2 Jones. |
8 Wolff. |
14 Hickman. |
|
3 Patten. |
9 Huelsman. |
15 Anderson |
|
4 Haydon. |
10 Nill. |
16 Jacobson. |
|
5 Rothgeb. |
11 Knoll. |
17 Mullin. |
|
6 Hughes. |
12 Townsend. |
18 Wilson. |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 31
PITCHERS' AVERAGES.
G. W. L. T. Pet.
Waddell, Athletics 27
Walsh, Chicago 8
Tannehill, Boston 22
Coakley, Athletics 17
Altrock. Chieaso ' . . . . 24
Plank. Athletics 24
Joss. Cleveland 20
Rhoades. Cleveland 16
KilMan. Detroit 23
Bender. Athletics 18
Owen, Chicago 21
Griffith, New York 9
Smith. Chicago , 19
Chesbro, New York 20
Donovan, Detroit 19
White, Chicago 16
Orth, New York 18
Moore, Cleveland 15
Mullin, Detroit 21
Winter. Boston 16
Pelty, St. Louis 14
Kitson, Detroit 13
Young. Boston 18
Jacobson. Washington 7
Hughes, Washington 17
Dineen, Boston 12
Powell, St. Louis 11
Wolfe, Washington 9
Hogg. New York 9
Patterson, Chicago 4
Hess, Cleveland 10
Howell, St. Louis 14
Patten, Washington 14
Bernhard, Cleveland 7
Sudhoff, St. Louis 10
Gibson, Boston 4
Buchanan, St. Louis 5
Donahue, Cleveland 6
Townsend, Washington 7
Henley, Athletics 4
Puttmann, New York 2
Glade, St. Louis 6 25 0 1 .194
|
10 |
5 |
1 |
.730 |
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
.727 |
|
9 |
5 |
0 |
.710 |
|
8 |
7 |
0 |
.680 |
|
12 |
0 |
2 |
.667 |
|
12 |
4 |
1 |
. 607 |
|
11 |
1 |
0 |
.64r» |
|
9 |
o |
0 |
.04U |
|
14 |
2 |
0 |
.622 |
|
11 |
o |
(1 |
.621 |
|
13 |
3 |
»> |
.618 |
|
6 |
1 |
1 |
.600 |
|
13 |
9 |
2 |
.504 |
|
14 |
t; |
0 |
.588 |
|
14 |
i |
0 |
.576 |
|
12 |
3 |
0 |
.571 |
|
16 |
5 |
0 |
.529 |
|
14 |
0 |
0 |
.517 |
|
20 |
2 |
0 |
.512 |
|
16 |
1 |
0 |
.500 |
|
14 |
1 |
0 |
.500 |
|
13 |
2 |
1 |
.500 |
|
19 |
0 |
1 |
.486 |
|
8 |
3 |
0 |
.467 |
|
20 |
1 |
0 |
.459 |
|
15 |
3 |
0 |
.444 |
|
14 |
7 • |
0 |
.440 |
|
12 |
4 |
0 |
.429 |
|
13 |
7 |
1 |
.409 |
|
6 |
0 |
0 |
.400 |
|
16 |
0 |
1 |
.385 |
|
23 |
0 |
0 |
.378 |
|
23 |
3 |
1 |
.378 |
|
13 |
1 |
0 |
.350 |
|
20 |
0 |
1 |
.333 |
|
8 |
6 |
0 |
.333 |
|
10 |
1 |
0 |
.333 |
|
12 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
|
16 |
2 |
1 |
.304 |
|
11 |
4 |
1 |
.267 |
|
8 |
1 |
1 |
.200 |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
'hotos by Carl Horner, Boston
St. Louis Base Ball Club, American League.
1 Howell.
2 Pelty.
3 Glade.
4 Wallace.
5 Sugden.
|
6 Morgan. |
11 Moran. |
|
7 Gleason. |
12 Stone. |
|
8 Weaver. |
13 Sudhoff. |
|
9 Koehler. |
14 Jones. |
|
0 Frisk. |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 33
BALLDOM'S "TOMMY ATKINS."
Written Expressly for Lajoie's Guide by Grantland Rice I go into a game of ball and do the best I can, I make some fizzles now and then like any other man ; A hot one comes a whizzing by, I let it get away, 2s o matter how I tried for it, I always hear them say :
"It's lobster 'this'
And hobo 'that,'
Or 'Can the drunken chump,'
But it's 'Hand around the hat, boys'
When I belt one to the dump,
When I send one out a whizzin'
Beyond the fielder's reach ;
It's 'Ain't that guy a wonder,
He's a nectarine, a peach.' "
Some days I may not feel just right and so be off my game, But let me make a bobble and I get it just the same ; The bleachers never figure how the hell a guy may feel, But let him draw a miscue and you'll hear the same old squeal :
"It's 'Hobo this'
And 'Drunkard that,'
Or 'He ain't got the goods' ;
But it's 'Pass around the bonnet'
When I drive one to the woods,
When I drive one to the timbers
And win the bloomin' game.
They forget about their knocking,
I remember just the same." I think I would be satisfied if just for one short day I could sit up in the bleachers, too, and watch some knocker
play, If I could hand him just a few and even up the score, The next time that I booted one I wouldn't hear him roar.
POST SEASON BATTLES 1905.
BETWEEN AMERICAN AND NATIONAL LEAGUES.
Pl'd. Won. Lost. Pet.
Giants 5 4 1 . 800
Athletics 5 1 4 . 200
Chicago National 5 4 1 . 800
Chicago Americans 5 1 4 .200
Boston American 7 6 1 .857
Boston National 7 1 6 .148
St. Louis American 7 4 3 .571
St. Louis National 7 3 4 .429
SUMMARY.
Pl'd. Won. Lost. Pet.
American League 24 12 12 .500
.National League 24 12 12 . 500
34 LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Harry C. Pulliam, President of the National League.
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 35
NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE 1905.
The National League's 1905 pennant race was not a suc- cess from an artistic standpoint. The National League clubs -were not evenly enough balanced to make a good race. The New York team, which won the pennant, was by long odds the best team in the league. McGraw's men led in team bat- ting and fielding, were the best team on the bases and had the best and most consistent staff of pitchers. When all these points of superiority were combined with the best team play in the league it is no wonder that the Giants walked away with the championship. The New York team took the lead on April 23 and was never headed from that time. Long before July 1 it was generally admitted that the New York team would again win the pennant, and this destroyed interest in the National League pennant fight. There were times during the season when the Pittsburg team looked as though it had a chance to give New York a battle for pennant honors, but these glimpses of a possible battle "between these two clubs lasted but a few days in each in- stance, for every time Pittsburg seemed to have a chance that team immediately fell down in its work and allowed the New York team to again widen the gap between itself and the Pirates. There was a pretty race between Pitts- burg, Chicago and Philadelphia for the next three places in the first division, and the repeated shifting of these clubs helped to keep up the interest in the three cities affected. The Pittsburg team was particularly unfortunate with its pitching staff, and this weakness of its pitchers undoubtedly was the chief cause of this team's failure to play up to the form that was expected of it. The Chicago team lacked batting strength and was not in the race for first place or even for second place at any time during the season. It was only during the last month of the season that Chicago made a spurt and won third place from Philadelphia. The Philadelphia club was the one great surprise of the season. This team was so greatly strengthened that, after finishing last in 1904, it came right to the front last season and held its place in the first division during the entire season except for one day. The pitchers of the Philadelphia team were the one weak spot in the club and were responsible for the final slump which came toward the close of the season. The Cincinnati team was a great disappointment because much money had been spent in an effort to strengthen the Reds, and before the season opened it was thought that a great •deal of good material had been added to this club. But, «tfter the race started, the Cincinnati team was never in the Tace, and after June it could not get out of the second (Continued on page 39.)
36
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Presidents National League Clubs.
1 C. II. Ebbetts, Brooklyn. 2 A. H. Soden, Boston. 3 Stanley Robison, St. Louis. 4 John T. Brush, New York. 5 Aug. Herrmann, Cincinnati. G C. W. Murphy, Chicago. 7 Frank Deli. Robison, St. Louis. 8 Barney Dreyfus, Pittsburg.
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Great Managers, National League.
Edward Han Ion,
Cincinnati. F. L. Chance, Chicago.
Fred. Clark,
Pittsburg.
J. J. McGraw,
New York. Hugh Duffy, Philadelphia.
P. J. Donovan,
Brooklyn.
Fred Tenney.
Boston.
LA.TOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
New York Base Ball Club, Champions National League and of the World.
|
1 |
Bresnahan. |
7 |
Bowerrnan. |
13 |
McGann. |
|
2 |
Clarke. |
8 |
Ames. |
14 |
Dahlen. |
|
3 |
Donlin. |
9 |
Mcrtes. |
15 |
Weltse. |
|
4 |
Strang. |
10 |
Gilbert. |
16 |
Mathewson |
|
5 |
McGinitj-. |
11 |
Taylor. |
17 |
Elliott. |
|
ti |
HalL |
12 |
Browne. |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
39
(Continued from page 35.)
division. The team was weak in catchers and pitchers and slow on the bases. The St. Louis, Boston and Brooklyn teams were the three particularly weak members of the league, and these three teams did not win enough games during the season to attract any attention either in their home cities or on the road. Lack of enterprise on the part of the owners of these three clubs or very bad judgment in the selection of their new material, accounts for their poor showing.
Following is the complete 1905 record : 2 »-3 n *n n tn
H$ ? W
2 5 °*
clubs. : ■
New York 12 1
Pittsburg 10 1
Chicago 10 10
Philadelphia .... 8 6
Cincinnati 5 0
St. Louis 5 4 5
Boston 3 9 7
Brooklyn 7 7 6
W -5
■a £. i
5! r
p • !
14 16 r
10 13
16 13 18 13 14
12 12 17 15 16
16 17 18
10 14 18
14 12
8 11
10 11
6 12
96 92 83 79 58 51 48
19 15 105 .686
.627 601 .546 ,516 377 ,331 ,316
Lost
4d
61 69 74 96 103 104 612
Following is the record for The 1902 Record.
|
Club. |
Won. Lost. |
Pet. |
|
|
Pittsburg . . |
. . 103 |
36 |
.741 |
|
Brooklyn . . . |
. . 75 |
63 |
.543 |
|
Boston |
.. 73 |
64 |
. 533 |
|
Cincinnati . . |
.. 70 |
70 |
.500 |
|
Chicago .... |
. 68 |
69 |
.496 |
|
St. Louis . . |
. . 56 |
7S |
.418 |
|
Philadelphia |
. . 56 |
81 |
.409 |
|
New York . . |
. . 48 |
88 |
. 353 |
the four past seasons :
The 1904 Record.
Club. Won. Lost. Pet.
New York 106 47 .693
Chicago 93 60 .60S
Cincinnati .... 88 65 .575
Pittsburg 87 66 .569
St. Louis 75 79 .422
Brooklyn 56 97 .367
Boston 55 98 .359
Philadelphia .. 52 100 .342
The 1903 Record.
Club. Won. Lost. Pet.
Pittsburg 91 49 .650
New York 84 5^ .604
Chicago 82 56 .594
Cincinnati 74 65 .532
Brooklyn 70 66 . 515
Boston 58 80 .420
Philadelphia ..49 86 .363
St. Louis 43 94 .314
The 1905 Record.
Club. Won. Lost. Pet.
New York 105 48 .686
Pittsburg 96 57 .627
Chicago 92 61 .601
Philadelphia .. 83 69 .546
Cincinnati 79 74 .516
St. Louis 58 96 .377
Boston 51 103 .331
Brooklyn 48 104 .316
40
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
Pittsburg Base Ball Club, National League.
1 Howard.
2 Lynch.
3 Wagner.
4 Ritchey.
5 Carrisch.
6 Clymer.
7 Brain.
8 Case.
0 Hildebrand 10 Gibson.
11 Flaherty.
12 Leach.
13 Pbillippi.
14 Beaumont.
LA.TOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 41
BATTING AVERAGES.
G. AB. R. H. TB. Pet.
Seymour, Cincinnati 149 581 95 219 325 .377
Wagner, Pittsburg 147 548 114 199 277 .363
Donlin, New York 150 t>06 124 216 300 .356
Beaumont. Pittsburg 97 384 60 126 163 .328
Thomas, Philadelphia 147 562 118 178 201 .317
Chance, Chicago 115 392 92 124 170 .316
Ganley, Pittsburg 32 127 12 40 45 .315
Smoot, St. Louis 13S 534 73 166 231 .311
Titus, Philadelphia 147 548 99 169 239 .308
Barry, Chicago and Cincinnati.152 598 100 182 222 .304
Siegle, Cincinnati 16 56 9 17 25 .304
Bresnahan, New York 95 331 58 100 124 .302
Magee, Philadelphia 155 603 100 180 253 .299
Clarke, Pittsburg 137 525 95 157 211 .299
McGann, New York 136 491 88 147 213 .299
Clymer, Pittsburg 90 365 74 108 129 .296
Lumley, Brooklyn 129 505 50 148 208 .293
Browne, New York 127 536 95 157 213 .293
Sheckard. Brooklyn 129 480 58 140 191 .292
Howard, Pittsburg 119 435 56 127 161 .292
Gessler, Brooklyn 119 431 44 125 159 .290
Tenney, Boston 148 549 S4 158 182 .288
Beckley, St. Louis 134 514 48 147 190 .286
Gradv. St. Louis 91 311 41 89 135 .286
Sebring, Cincinnati 56 217 31 62 88 .286
Abbatichio, Boston 153 610 70 170 228 .279
Mertes, New York 150 551 81 154 230 .279
Wiltse, New York 33 72 13 20 22 .278
Kelley, Cincinnati 87 321 43 89 111 .277
Evers, Chicago 99 340 44 94 112 .276
McCarthy, Chicago 43 170 16 47 57 .276
Courtney, Philadelphia 155 601 77 165 199 .275
Schulte, Chicago 123 493 67 135 181 .274
Huggins. Cincinnati 149 564 117 154 184 .273
Steinfeldt, Cincinnati 106 384 96 153 180 .269
Slagle, Chicago 155 568 96 153 180 .269
Dolan, Cincinnati and Boston. 134 510 51 137 175 .269
Bowerman, New York 90 297 37 80 99 .269
Shannon, St. Louis 140 544 73 146 168 .268
Hummel, Brooklyn 30 109 19 29 40 .266
Ewing, Cincinnati 42 122 13 32 35 .262
Maloney, Chicago 145 558 78 145 196 .260
Bransfleld, Philadelphia 151 580 55 150 200 .259
Strang. New York 96 294 51 76 102 .259
Delahanty, Boston 3 24 461 50 119 161 .258
Leach, Pittsburg 131 499 71 128 172 .257
Clarke, J., St. Louis 46 167 31 43 59 .257
Ritchey, Pittsburg 153 533 54 136 177 .255
AYarner. St. Louis 41 137 9 35 44 .255
Doolin, Philadelphia 135 492 53 125 177 .254
Dobbs, Brooklyn 123 460 59 117 152 .254
Lewis, Brooklyn 118 433 32 110 132 .254
Batch, Brooklyn 145 568 64 143 200 .252
Malay, Brooklyn 101 349 33 88 102 .252
Bridwell, Cincinnati 74 254 17 64 69 .252
Dooin, Philadelphia 108 380 45 95 118 .250
Corcoran, Cincinnati 151 605 70 150 199 .248
Gleason, Philadelphia 155 608 95 150 184 .247
42
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
Chicago Base Ball Club, National League.
|
1 McCarthy. |
7 Casey. |
13 Weimer |
|
2 Wicker. |
8 Barrv. |
14 Kling. |
|
3 Evers. |
9 Jones. |
15 Pfeffer. |
|
4 Lundgren. |
10 McChesney. |
16 Brown. |
|
5 Maloney. |
11 O'Neill. |
17 Tinker. |
|
.6 Schulte. |
12 Briggs. |
18 Slagel. |
LAJOIES BASE BALL GUIDE 43
G.
Cannell, Boston 154
Tinker, Chicago 149
Brain. St. Louis and Pittsburg.123
Gilbert, New York 115
Devlin. New York 153
Mclntvre, Brooklyn 45
Arndt." St. Louis Ill
Dahlen, New York 14S
Odwell, Cincinnati 126
Dunleavy, St. Louis 119
Moran, Boston 78
Shay, St. Louis 78
Hall, New York and Brooklyn. 53 Streit, Boston and Cincinnati. 30
Hofman, Chicago 83
Mathewson, New York 43
Hillebrandt, Pittsburg 36
McGinnity. New York 46
Casey, Chicago 142
Phelps, Cincinnati 44
Thielman, St. Louis 33
Clancv, Pittsburg 56
Leaner, St. Louis 29
Schlei, Cincinnati 95
Burke, St. Louis 122
Wolverton. Boston 122
Fraser, Boston 45
Peitz, Pittsburg 88
Ritter, Brooklyn 90
Kling, Chicago 110
Needham, Boston 82
McBride, Pittsburg and St. L. .106
Owens. Brooklyn 43
Raymer, Boston 136
Corridon, Philadelphia 35
Weimer, Chicago 33
Carisch, Pittsburg 30
Jones. Brooklyn 30
Nichols, St. L. and Philadel... 25
O'Neill, Chicago 50
Flaherty, Pittsburg 29
Abbott, Philadelphia 39
Chech. Cincinnati 39
Bergen, Brooklyn 76
Taylor, J.. St. Louis 39
Mitchell, Brooklyn 25
Babb, Brooklyn . . .- 74
Lauterborn. Boston 57
Krueger, Philadelphia 30
Sharpe, Boston 45
Clarke, W., New York 27
Lundgren, Chicago 23
Gibson, Pittsburg 44
Barclay. Boston 28
Eason, Brooklyn 29
Scanlon, Brooklyn 33
Harper, Cincinnati 26
McFarland, St. Louis 31
Wilhelm, Boston 38
Pittinger. Philadelphia 46
Willis, Boston 41
|
AB. |
R. |
H. |
TB. |
Pct. |
|
567 |
52 |
140 |
162 |
.247 |
|
547 |
70 |
135 |
175 |
.247 |
|
465 |
42 |
115 |
170 |
.247 |
|
376 |
45 |
93 |
110 |
.247 |
|
525 |
74 |
129 |
163 |
.246 |
|
138 |
16 |
34 |
43 |
.246. |
|
415 |
40 |
101 |
130 |
.243 |
|
520 |
67 |
126 |
175 |
.242 |
|
468 |
79 |
113 |
168 |
.241 |
|
435 |
52 |
105 |
132 |
.241 |
|
267 |
22 |
64 |
91 |
.240- |
|
281 |
30 |
67 |
81 |
.238 |
|
206 |
oo |
49 |
61 |
.238 |
|
105 |
8 |
25 |
32 |
.238- |
|
287 |
43 |
68 |
93 |
.237 |
|
127 |
15 |
30 |
41 |
.236 |
|
110 |
9 |
26 |
33 |
.236- |
|
120 |
11 |
28 |
36 |
.233 |
|
526 |
66 |
122 |
166 |
.232 |
|
156 |
18 |
36 |
47 |
.231 |
|
91 |
16 |
21 |
32 |
.231 |
|
227 |
23 |
52 |
75 |
. 220 |
|
97 |
3 |
22 |
29 |
.227 |
|
314 |
32 |
71 |
88 |
.226 |
|
431 |
34 |
97 |
119 |
.225- |
|
463 |
38 |
104 |
139 |
.225 |
|
156 |
15 |
35 |
43 |
. 224 |
|
278 |
18 |
62 |
72 |
°°3 |
|
311 |
32 |
68 |
91 |
.219 |
|
380 |
26 |
83 |
105 |
.218 |
|
271 |
21 |
59 |
73 |
.218 |
|
368 |
31 |
80 |
95 |
.217 |
|
168 |
14 |
36 |
49 |
.215 |
|
498 |
26 |
105 |
123 |
.211 |
|
72 |
6 |
15 |
21 |
.208 |
|
92 |
8 |
19 |
22 |
.207 |
|
107 |
7 |
22 |
28 |
.206 |
|
65 |
6 |
13 |
13 |
.200 |
|
75 |
3 |
15 |
16 |
|
|
172 |
16 |
34 |
42 |
.198 |
|
76 |
7 |
15 |
23 |
.197 |
|
128 |
9 |
25 |
33 |
. 105 |
|
89 |
11 |
17 |
19 |
.191 |
|
247 |
12 |
47 |
54 |
.190= |
|
121 |
11 |
23 |
32 |
.190 |
|
79 |
4 |
15 |
15 |
.190- |
|
235 |
27 |
44 |
56 |
.187 |
|
200 |
11 |
37 |
40 |
.185 |
|
114 |
10 |
21 |
24 |
.184 |
|
170 |
8 |
31 |
38 |
.182 |
|
50 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
.180 |
|
61 |
6 |
11 |
14 |
.180 |
|
135 |
14 |
24 |
36 |
.178 |
|
108 |
5 |
19 |
20 |
.176 |
|
81 |
4 |
14 |
14 |
.173 |
|
96 |
4 |
16 |
16 |
.167 |
|
60 |
5 |
10 |
14 |
.167 |
|
85 |
8 |
14 |
18 |
.165 |
|
100 |
3 |
16 |
18 |
.160 |
|
122 |
9 |
19 |
19 |
.15« |
|
131 |
1L |
20 |
24 |
.163 |
44
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
Philadelphia Base Ball Club, National League.
1 Dooin.
2 Doolin.
3 Abbott.
4 Gleason.
5 Sudhoff.
6 Bransfield.
7 McGee.
8 Duggleby.
9 Courtney. 10 Corridon.
11 Kruger.
12 Sparks.
13 Thomas.
14 Pittinger.
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
45
G.
Stridden. Brooklyn 33
Overall. Cincinnati 42
Ames. New York 34
Brown, ML, Chicago 30
\\ icser, Chicago 25
Walker, Cincinnati 23
Lynch, Pittsburg 33
Robitaille, Pittsburg 17
Taylor. L., New York 32
Ruelbach, Chicago 34
Duggleby. Philadelphia 38
Young Boston 43
Case, Pittsburg 31
Leever. Pittsburg 33
Phillippi, Pittsburg 38
Rriggs, Chicago 20
|
AB. |
R. |
H. |
TB. |
Pet. |
|
88 |
o |
13 |
14 |
.148 |
|
117 |
8 |
17 |
24 |
.145 |
|
97 |
6 |
14 |
20 |
.144 |
|
93 |
6 |
13 |
19 |
.140 |
|
72 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
.139 |
|
51 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
.137 |
|
81 |
12 |
11 |
14 |
.136 |
|
45 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
.133 |
|
69 |
10 |
9 |
12 |
.130 |
|
110 |
6 |
14 |
14 |
.127 |
|
101 |
5 |
11 |
21 |
.109 |
|
36 |
6 |
14 |
18 |
.103 |
|
68 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
.103 |
|
88 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
.102 |
|
.97 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
.093 |
|
57 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
.053 |
FIELDING AVERAGES.
FIRST BASEMEN.
G. P.O. A. E.
McGann, New York 136 1,350 86 13
Chance, Chicago 115 1,165 75 13
BransQeld, Philadelphia 151 1,398 92 23
Clancy, Pittsburg 52 551 27 10
Barry, Chicago-Cincinnati.. .151 1,473 79 28
Tenner, Boston 148 1,556 152 32
Becklev, St. Louis 134 1,442 69 28
Howard, Pittsburg 00 912 48 22
Gessler, Brooklyn 107 998 77 30
SECOND BASEMEN.
G. P.O. A. E.
Ritchey, Pittsburg 153 279 478 31
Hofman, Chicago 59 138 178 15
Shav, St. Louis 39 82 120 10
Arndi, St. Louis 90 173 254 22
Rayiner, Boston 134 250 381 34
Gleason, Philadelphia 155 365 457 46
Gilbert, New York 115 245 367 34
Huggins. Cincinnati 149 346 525 51
Evers, Chicago 99 249 290 36
Malay, Brooklyn 75 138 216 26
Owens, Brooklyn 43 102 132 18
Strang, New i'ork 47 66 118 17
THIRD BASEMEN.
G. P.O. A. E.
Casey, Chicago 142 160 252 22
Bridwell. Cincinnati 43 55 79 8
Leach, Pittsburg 58 8U 123 14
Wolverton, Boston 122 139 256 28
Devlin. New York 153 156 299 33
Brain, St. Louis-Pittsburg.. 84 90 1S5 21
Burke, St. Louis 122 174 238 34
Courtney, Philadelphia 155 229 249 40
Steinfeldt, Cincinnati 103 252 221 33
Batch, Brooklyn 145 203 246 57
|
T.C. |
Pet. |
|
1.449 |
.991 |
|
1,253 |
.990 |
|
1,513 |
.985 |
|
588 |
.983 |
|
1,580 |
.982 |
|
1,740 |
.982 |
|
1,539 |
.982 |
|
982 |
.978 |
|
1,105 |
.973 |
|
T.C. |
Pet. |
|
788 |
.961 |
|
331 |
.955 |
|
212 |
.953 |
|
449 |
.951 |
|
671 |
.949 |
|
868 |
.947 |
|
646 |
.947 |
|
922 |
.945 |
|
575 |
.937 |
|
380 |
.932 |
|
252 |
.929 |
|
201 |
.915 |
|
T.C. |
Pet. |
|
434 |
.949 |
|
142 |
.944 |
|
217 |
.935 |
|
423 |
.934 |
|
4S8 |
.932 |
|
296 |
.929 |
|
446 |
.924 |
|
518 |
.923 |
|
406 |
.919 |
|
506 |
.887 |
46
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
Cincinnati Base Ball Club, National League.
Streit.
Seymour.
Bridwell.
Overall.
Schlei.
6 Phelps.
7 Odwell.
8 Walker.
9 Steiafeldt.
10 Check.
11 Ewing.
12 Huggins.
13 Harper.
14 Sebring.
15 Corcoran.
16 Hahn.
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 47
SHORTSTOPS.
G. P.O. A. E. T.C. Pet.
■Corcoran. Cincinnati 151 344 531 44 919 .952
Dahlen, New York 147 313 501 45 859 .948
Tinker Chicago 149 345 527 56 928 .940
Wagner, Pittsburg 145 353 517 60 930 .935
Doolin. Philadelphia 135 299 432 51 782 .935
McBride, Pittsburg-St. Louis 88 156 293 31 480 .935
Babb Brooklyn 36 74 119 16 209 .923
Abbaticchio, Boston 152 386 468 75 929 .919
Brain, St. Louis- Pittsburg. . 33 69 86 14 169 .917
Lewis, Brooklyn 118 253 371 66 690 .904
CATCHERS.
G. P.O. A. E. T.C. Pet. P.B.
Moran, Boston 78 389 113 7 509 .986 22
Bowermau. New York 72 383 66 8 457 .982 6
Kahoe, Philadelphia 15 58 20 2 80 .975 • 0
O'Neil, Chicago 50 276 63 9 348 .974 8
Carisch. Pittsburg 30 137 42 5 1S4 .973 3
Bresnahaa. New York... 87 402 114 19 625 .970 18
Kling, Chicago 106 538 136 24 698 . 966 16
Gibson, Pittsburg 44 200 54 9 263 .966 8
.Zeerfoss. St. Louis 19 62 22 3 87 .966 1
Dooin, Fhiladelpnia 107 505 152 24 6S1 .905 12
Peitz, Pittsburg 87 337 105 16 458 .965 12
Schlei, Cincinnati 89 398 153 22 573 .962 17
'Warner, St. Louis 41 105 63 10 238 .958 3
Street, Boston-Cincinnati. 30 123 54 8 185 .957 8
Grady, St. Louis 71 288 79 17 384 .956 8
Bergen, Brooklyn 70 371 127 24 522 .954 12
Abbott, Philadelphia 34 145 41 9 195 .954 1
Hitter, Brooklyn 84 397 106 26 529 .951 9
Needham. Boston 77 292 134 23 449 .949 14
Phelps, Cincinnati 44 189 55 13 257 .949 11
Leahey, St. Louis 29 91 31 7 129 .946 4
OUTFIELDERS.
G. P.O. A. E. T.C. Pet.
Ganley, Pittsburg 32 46
Leach, Pittsburg 71 158
Clyiner, Fittsburg 89 137
McCarthy, Chicago 37 63
Thomas, Philadelphia 147 373
Shannon, St. Louis 140 299
Schulte, Chicago 123 189
Clarke, Pittsburg 137 270
Smoot, St. Louis 138 295
Howard, Pittsburg 28 35
Kelley, Ciucinnati 85 137
Beaumont, Pittsburg 97 200
Sheckard, Brooklyn 129 266
Odwell, Cincinnati 126 216
Magee, Philadelphia 155 341
Slagle, Chicago 155 306
Titus, Philadelphia 147 255
Delehanty, Boston 124 186
Dunleavy, St. Louis 118 177
|
3 |
0 |
49 1 |
.000 |
|
11 |
2 |
171 |
.988 |
|
7 |
o |
146 |
.986 |
|
9 |
1 |
73 |
.986 |
|
27 |
7 |
407 |
.983 |
|
7 |
5 |
311 |
.983 |
|
14 |
4 |
207 |
.981 |
|
16 |
7 |
293 |
.976 |
|
18 |
8 |
321 |
.975 |
|
3 |
1 |
39 |
.974 |
|
11 |
4 |
152 |
.974 |
|
12 |
6 |
218 |
.972 |
|
24 |
10 |
300 |
.967 |
|
18 |
8 |
242 |
.967 |
|
19 |
14 |
374 |
.963 |
|
27 |
13 |
346 |
.962 |
|
24 |
11 |
290 |
.962 |
|
16 |
8 |
210 |
.962 |
|
25 |
8 |
210 |
.962 |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
St. Louis Base Ball Club, National League.
1 Leahy.
2 Brown.
3 Shay.
4 Murch.
"j Shannon.
6 Zearfoss.
7 McGinley.
S Nichols. 9 Dunleavy.
10 Grady.
11 Farrell.
12 Smoot.
13 Taylor.
14 McFarland
15 M. O'Neill.
16 Beck ley.
17 Arndt.
18 McBride.
19 Thielman.
20 Eagen.
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 49
G. P.O.
Mertes, New York 150 230
Maloney, Chicago 145 251
Seymour, Cincinnati 149 347
Clarke, J., St. Louis 2G 48
Hall, New York-Brooklyn... 43 102
Dobbs. Brooklyn 123 246
Cannell, Boston 154 315
Donlin, New York 150 250
Dolan, Cincinnati-Boston ..120 184
Malay, Brooklyn 25 46
Browne, New York 127 175
Lumley, Brooklyn 129 177
Strang, New York 39 47
Sharpe, Boston 42 55
Sebring, Cincinnati 56 63
Barclay, Boston 28 39
PITCHERS.
G. P.O.
Sparks, Philadelphia 34 9
Walker, Cincinnati 23 5
Young, Boston 43 33
Taylor, J., St. Louis 37 10
Mathewson, New Y'ork 43 15
Thielman, St. Louis 32 9
Wiltsie, New Y'ork 32 19
Egan, St. Louis 23 15
Briggs, Chicago 20 11
Lynch, Pittsburg 33 16
Willis, Boston 41 37
McFarland, St, Louis 31 12
Duggleby, Philadelphia 38 8
Reulbach, Chicago 34 14
Brown, M., Chicago SO 18
Lundgren, Chicago 23 11
Case, Pittsburg 31 9
Wicker, Chicago 22 3
Wilhelm, Bostou 34 16
Pittinger. Philadelphia .... 46 9
Brown, C, St. Louis 23 12
McGinnity, New York 46 23
Ames, New York 34 12
Ewing, Cincinnati 40 9
Phillippi, Pittsburg 38 4
Taylor, L., New York 32 13
Eason, Brooklyn 27 4
Chech, Cincinnati 39 11
Harper, Cincinnati 26 6
Fraser, Boston 39 36
Scanlon, Brooklyn 33 6
Stricklett, Brooklyn 33 13
Weimer, Chicago 33 18
Corridon, Philadelphia .... 35 13
Leever, Pittsburg 33 7
Jones, Brooklyn 29 3
Flahertv, Pittsburg 27 6
Mclntvre. Brooklyn 40 10
Nichols, St. Louis-Phila 25 5
Overall, Cincinnati 42 10
|
A. |
E. |
T.C. |
Pet. |
|
10 |
10 |
250 |
.960 |
|
18 |
13 |
282 |
.954 |
|
25 |
21 |
393 |
.947 |
|
1 |
3 |
52 |
.942 |
|
6 |
7 |
115 |
.939 |
|
11 |
17 |
274 |
.938 |
|
14 |
23 |
352 |
.935 |
|
17 |
19 |
286 |
.934 |
|
19 |
15 |
218 |
.931 |
|
3 |
4 |
53 |
.925 |
|
9 |
17 |
201 |
.915 |
|
21 |
19 |
217 |
.912 |
|
4 |
5 |
56 |
.911 |
|
11 |
7 |
73 |
.904 |
|
6 |
9 |
78 |
.885 |
|
2 |
7 |
48 |
.854 |
|
A. |
E. |
T.C. |
Pet. |
|
45 |
0 |
54 |
1.000 |
|
41 |
0 |
46 |
1 . 000 |
|
115 |
3 |
151 |
.980 |
|
80 |
2 |
92 |
.978 |
|
116 |
4 |
135 |
.970 |
|
84 |
3 |
96 |
.969 |
|
71 |
3 |
93 |
.968 |
|
72 |
3 |
90 |
.967 |
|
36 |
2 |
49 |
.959 |
|
53 |
3 |
72 |
.958 |
|
115 |
7 |
159 |
.958 |
|
75 |
4 |
91 |
.956 |
|
77 |
4 |
89 |
.956 |
|
71 |
4 |
89 |
.955 |
|
66 |
4 |
88 |
.955 |
|
51 |
3 |
65 |
.954 |
|
48 |
3 |
60 |
.950 |
|
36 |
2 |
41 |
.950 |
|
77 |
5 |
98 |
.949 |
|
82 |
5 |
96 |
.948 |
|
61 |
4 |
77 |
.948 |
|
94 |
7 |
124 |
.944 |
|
69 |
5 |
86 |
.942 |
|
70 |
5 |
84 |
.940 |
|
74 |
5 |
83 |
.940 |
|
62 |
5 |
80 |
.938 |
|
69 |
5 |
78 |
.936 |
|
74 |
6 |
91 |
.934 |
|
49 |
4 |
59 |
.932 |
|
80 |
9 |
125 |
.928 |
|
57 |
5 |
68 |
.926 |
|
112 |
10 |
135 |
.926 |
|
65 |
7 |
90 |
.922 |
|
72 |
8 |
93 |
.914 |
|
70 |
8 |
85 |
.906 |
|
32 |
4 |
39 |
.897 |
|
70 |
9 |
85 |
.894 |
|
73 |
10 |
93 |
.892 |
|
32 |
5 |
42 |
.881 |
|
82 |
13 |
105 |
.876 |
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Photos by Carl Horner, Boston
Boston Base Ball Club, National League.
1 Cannell.
2 Lauterborn. S Wilhelm.
4 Moran.
5 Abbatichio.
6 Cooley.
7 Wolverton.
8 Frazier.
9 Raymer.
10 Bartley.
11 Willis.
12 Harley.
13 Young.
14 Delahanty.
15 Needham.
16 Dolan.
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BASE BALL DEFINITIONS.
Swat — Any hit driven safely to unprotected territory.
Son of Swat — Anybody able to thus drive out a swat or base hit (and draw monthly stipend for same).
'•Punk'' Hit — Pop up, short fly, easy grounder or other harmless drive with bat.
Big Four Route — Base on balls.
Free Pass — See Big Four.
"His Umps" — The official judge of play — umpire.
Robber. Thief, Varlet, Scoundrel — See umpire (when the home team's losing).
Shooting Ducks — A pitcher has a team shooting ducks when they are only hitting high flies to the outfield.
Loud Explosion — When one or both teams blow up and runs crawl out from under the debris.
Paddling the Ozone — Synonymous with striking out where the willow softly swishes through the atmosphere like a wooden paddle throwing up foam on a still lake.
Phantom Swing — Structure where the team resides when the opposing pitcher has them guessing.
Pinch Hit — Safe drive with men on bases when the score is closely knitted.
Lobster — Any man who strikes out when a hit is needed or fumbles a ground ball in a close game.
Grapnel — Something to anchor a twirler to the earth when visions of an air trip float in a close game.
Mogul — Manager or magnate.
Manager — A gent overflowing with coin of the realm who wishes to get rid of his wad as soon as possible, and one that has neither feelings nor sensibilities. Seen most often when well roasted. Impervious to criticism and hard knocks. Harder to batter up than diamond or carborundum.
Pennant — A piece of bunting that causes all the trouble. Eight teams want it and only one makes good. See New York or Pittsburg, where "Chewing the Rag" first origin- ated.
GAMES THAT WILL LIVE IN HISTORY.
Providence 1, Detroit 0, August 18, 1882: 18 innings. Chicago 1, Boston 0, N. L., September 1, 1901 ; 17 innings. St. Louis 7, Broklyn 7, August 17, 1902 ; 17 innings. St. Louis 4, Brooklyn 3, August 11, 1904 ; 17 innings. Chicago 3, Pittsburg 2, June 22, 1905; 19 innings. Chicago 2, St. Louis 1, June 24, 1905 : 18 innings. Athletics 4, Boston 2, July 4, 1905: 20 innings. Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1, August 24, 1905 ; 20 innings.
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Brooklyn Base Ball Club, National League 1 Lewis. 7 McCormick.
2 Dobbs.
3 Batch.
4 Striklett.
5 Eason.
6 Poole.
8 Bergen.
9 Sheckard.
10 Jones.
11 Mclntyre.
12 Owens.
13 Jacklitz.
14 Cronin.
15 Ritter.
16 Lumley.
17 Mitchell.
18 Gessler.
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland
Two great leaders. Lajoie. Hans Wagner.
American League. National League.
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen. Cleveland
Mathewson, the great pitcher of the New York Giants, who shut out the Athletic Champion American League Team, three times in succession during the World's Series-
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland
New York-Athletic Series. The Great Matthewsdn in Action.
1 About to throw a curve. 2 Throwing a slow one.
3 Putting on steam.
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland
New York-Athletic Series.
1 Arranging for the first game. In the group are Lave Cross,
Dan MrGann, Manager McGraw, Jack Sheridan and Hank O'Day.
2 First man up at bat (Hartsell) in first game at Philadelphia.
3 First man to reach a base in the series (Hartsell, Philadel-
phia), McGann playing first.
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WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.
Not in the history of base ball was there such interest manifested in a series of games as that which was played between the New York Giants, champions of the National League, and the Philadelphia Athletics, champions of the American League, which resulted in the Giants winning four games out of five and thereby winning the title of champions of the world. The crowds which attended the games in both cities were enormous.
Both teams played great ball and without detracting from the great performance of the Giants it must be conceded, however, that the Athletics entered the contest under less favorable auspices than their conquerors. They were some- what handicapped. First they had to fight until within the very last three games before they were sure of winning the pennant of the American League. Secondly they were greatly handicapped without the services of their premier pitcher, "Waddell, and their swift and hard-hitting outfielder, Hoffman. No doubt had Rube Waddell been in shape to at least pitch two games of the series the result might have been different and the championship not decided until the very last game of the seven.
It must be said that the Giants ployed the game through- out the series as they knew it and it would have taken a club perfect in every department to beat them.
No pitcher in a single series ever performed as Matthew- ^on did, shutting out the Athletics in the three games he pitched without a run. His record will go down in history as the greatest performance in base ball.
The sportsmanlike behavior of the players, the zealous efforts with which each game and play was contested and the manner in which the entire series was carried out leave no room for doubt in the mind of any fan that the Giants are the real champions of the world.
Following is a complete record of each game :
FIRST GAME, PLAYED AT PHILADELPHIA.
New York. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Bresnaban, c 3 1 1 6 1 0
Browne, rf 5 0 0 1 0 0
Donlin. cf 5 1 2 1 0 1
McGann, lb 3 0 1 14 0 0
Mertes, If 4 0 1 0 0 0
Dahlen, ss 4 0 0 3 5 0
Devlin, 3b 4 0 1 0 5 0
Gilbert 2b 4 1 3 2 4 0
Matthewson, p 3 0 1 0 3 0
Total 35 3 10 27 18 1
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland
1 Captains McGann and Cross shaking hands before the first
man up in first game at Philadelphia.
2 Manager McGraw in his usual coaching position behind third
base.
3 Captain Cross handing McGraw the famous White Elephant at
Philadelphia.
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Athletics. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Hartsel, If 4 0 1 1 0 0
Lord, cf 4 0 0 2 0 0
Davis, lb 4 0 1 14 0 0
L. Cross, 3b 4 0 0 0 2 0
Seybold, rf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Murphy, 2b 3 0 1 2 3 0
M. Cross, ss 3 0 0 3 7 0
Schreck, c 3 0 1 5 1 0
Plank, p 3 0 0 0 1 0
Total 31 0 4 27 14 0
New York 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1—3
Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Earned runs — New York 2. Left on bases — New York 8, Athletic 3. First on errors — Athletic 1. Stolen bases — Devlin, Gilbert, Bresnahan, Donlin. Two-base hits — McGann, Mertes, Shreck, Murphy, Davis. Double play — Dahlen, McGann. Struck out — By Matthewson : Murphy, Davis. M. Cross, Plank 2, L d ; by Plank : Mertes, Dahlen, Matthewson. Devlin 2. First on balls — Off Plank 2. Hit by pitcher — By Plank 1. Sacrifoe hit — Matthewson, Muffed fly — Donlin. Time — 1.46. Plate Um- pire— Sheridan; Base Umpire — O'Day. Official Scorers — F. C. Richter and A. J. Planner. Attendance — 17.955.
SECOND GAME, PLAYED AT NEW YORK.
Athletic. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Hartsel, If 4 1 2 0 0 0
Lord, cf 4 0 2 2 1 0
Davis, lb 4 0 0 8 0 0
L. Cross, 3b 3 0 0 1 1 0
Seybold, rf 4 0 0 1 0 0
Murphy, 2b 4 0 1 0 3 1
11 Cross, ss 4 0 0 4 1 1
Schreck, c 4 2 1 10 2 0
Bender, p 2 0 0 1 0 0
Total 33 3 6 27 8 2
New York. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Bresnahan. c 4 0 1 3 1 0
Browne, rf 4 0 0 2 0 0
Donlin, cf 4 0 2 4 1 0
McGann, lb 3 0 0 12 0 1
Mertes, If 4 0 0 0 1 0
Dahlen, ss 3 0 0 1 6 0
Devlin, 3b 3 0 1 2 1 1
Gilbert, 2b 3 0 0 3 4 0
McGinnity, p 2 0 0 0 2 0
Ames, p 0 0 0 0 1 0
"Strang 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 31 0 4 27 17 2
Athletic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0—3
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0
•Batted for McGinnity in eighth.
Two-base hits — Bresnahan, Donlin, Hartsel. Hits — Off Mc- Ginnity 5 in eight innings ; Ames 1 in one inning. Left on bases — New York 7, Athletic 5. First on balls — Off Ames 1, Bander 3. First on errors — New York 2. Athletic 1. Struck out — By McGinnity : Murphy, M. Cross ; by Ames : M. Cra^g •
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland
New York-Athletic Series.
1 Bresnahan up, Sheridan umpire.
2 Ex-Cbampion Jim Corbett warming up with the Giants.
3 Jas. J. Corbett, Manager McGraw and Tod Sloan entering
the Polo grounds.
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by Bender: McGann 3, Mertes 2, Gilbert, McGinnity 3. Muffed thrown ball — McGann. Fumbles — M. Cross, Murphy. Wild throw — Devlin. Sacrifice hit — Bender. Plate Umpire — O'Day. Base Umpire — Sheridan. Official Scorers — F. C. Richter and A. J. Planner. Attendance — 24,992.
THIRD GAME, PLAYED AT PHILADELPHIA.
New York. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Bresnahan, c 3 2 0 3 3 O
Browne, rf 5 2 1 0 0 O
Donlin, cf 3 3 2 4 0 O
McGann. lb 5 1 3 9 1 O
Mertes, If 3 0 1 1 0 0
Dahlen, ss 3 1 0 2 1 O
Devlin, 3b 4 0 1 0 6 1
Gilbert, 2b 4 0 0 2 0 O
Matthewson, p 4 0 1 1 2 O
Total 34 9 9 27 13 1
Athletic. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Hartsel, If 4 0 0 2 0 1
Lord, cf 4 0 0 2 0 O
H. Davis, lb 4 0 1 10 0 O
L. Cross, 3b 4 0 1 2 1 1
Seybold, rf 3 0 1 1 1 O
Murphy, 2b 3 0 0 2 2 3
M. Cross, ss 3 0 1 4 2 0
Schreck, c 2 0 0 2 1 0
Powers, c 1 0 0 2 3 0
Coakley, p 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 30 0 4 27 12 5
New York 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2—9
Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0
Earned runs — None. Left on bases — New York 5, Athletic 5. First on errors — New York 4, Athletic 1. Stolen bases — Ath- letic : Hartsel ; New York : Browne 2, Donlin 1, Dahlen 1, Dev- lin 1. Two-base hit — McGann. Double plays — New York 0 ; Athletic : Coakley, Shreck, Davis ; Seybold, Davis. Struck out — By Matthewson : Hartsel, Lord 3, Seybold, M. Cross 2, Coak- ley ; by Coakley : Browne, Gilbert. First on balls — Off Mat- thewson 1, Coakley 5. Hit by pitcher — By Coakley 1, Matthew- son 1. Fumbles — Murphy 3, Devlin 1. Muffed fly — Hartsel. •Muffed throw — L. Cross. Time — 1.55. Plate Umpire — Sheri- dan. Base Umpire — O'Day. Official Scorers — F. C. Richter and A. J. Planner. Attendance — 1U.991.
FOURTH GAME, PLAYED AT NEW YORK.
Athletic. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Hartsel, If 1 0 0 2 0 0
Lord, cf 4 0 0 2 0 O
Davis, lb 4 0 1 8 1 O
L. Cross, 3b 4 0 1 2 1 1
Seybold, ri 3 0 0 3 0 0
Murphv, 2b 3 0 1 0 1 <>
M. Cross, ss 4 0 1 0 0 1
Powers, c 3 0 0 6 0 O
Plank, p 3 0 1 1 5 0
•Hoffman 1 0 0 0 0 O
Total 30 0 5 24 8 2
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New York. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Bresnahan, c 2 0 1 5 0 0
Browne, rf 4 0 2 0 0 O
Donlin, cf 3 0 0 8 0 1
McGann, lb 3 0 0 8 0 O
Mertes, If 4 1 0 1 0 O
Dahlen, ss 3 0 0 1 2 0
Devlin, 3b 3 0 1 4 1 O
Gilbert, 2b 3 0 0 0 3 0
McGinnily, p 3 0 0 0 4 O
Total . , 30 1 4 27 10 1
Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x— 1
♦Batted for Powers in ninth.
Earned runs — None. Left on bases — Athletic 8, New York 7. Stolen bases — Hartsel 1, First on errors — New York 1. Two- base hit — Devlin. Sacrifice hits — Hartsel, Murphy, Donlin, Mc- Gann. Struck out — By Plank : Browne, Devlin, McGann 2„ Mertes 2 ; bv McGinnity : Sevbold, Hoffman, M. Cross 2. Base on balls — Off Plank 2, McGinnity 3. Wild pitch — Plank. Fum- bles— Donlin 1. Missed grounders — M. Cross 1, L. Cross 1. Plate Umpire — O'Day ; Base Umpire — Sheridan. Official Scorers — F. C. Richter and A. J. Planner. Time — 1.55. Attendance — 13,598.
FIFTH GAME, PLAYED AT NEW YORK.
Athletic. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Hartsel, If 4 0 2 4 1 O
Lord, cf 4 0 0 3 0 O
Davis, lb 4 0 1 10 0 O
L. Cross, 3b 4 0 0 1 2 O
Seybold, rf 3 0 1 0 0 O
Murphy, 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0
M. Cross, ss 3 0 1 1 3 0-
Powers, c 3 0 1 5 1 0
Bender, p 3 0 0 0 6 O
Total 31 0 6 24 14 0
New York. A.B. R. B. P. A. E.
Bresnahan, c 4 0 2 5 2 O
Browne, rf 4 0 1 0 0 O
Donlin, cf 4 0 0 1 0 O
McGann, lo 3 0 0 12 1 O
Mertes, If 2 1 1 1 0 O
Dahlen, ss 2 0 0 3 5 O
Devlin, 3b 2 0 0 1 4 O
Gilbert, 2b 3 0 1 3 5 O
Matthewson, p 1 1 0 1 3 1
Total 25 2 5 27 20 1
Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0>
New York 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x— 2
Earned runs — None. Left on bases — Athletic 4, New York 4. First on errors — Athletic 1. Two-base hits — Powers, Bresna- han. Sacrifice hits — Devlin and Matthewson for New York ; Athletic 0. Double plays — Dahlen and McGann 1. Struck out — By Bender : Donlin, McGann 2, Dahlen, total 4 ; by Matthew- son : Lord, L. Cross, Seybold, Bender, total 4. First on balls —
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland
New York-Athletics Series.
1 Wives of players.
2 Mrs. Wiison, greatest lady fan in the country, and her son,
Buster Wilson, the Giant's mascot. S Umpires Sheridan and O'Day leaving the Polo Grounds after the last game. Both have retired from handling the indi- cator and will not again be seen on the diamond.
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Off Bender 3, Matthewson 0. Fumbles — Matthewson 1. Plate Umpire — Sheridan ; Base Umpire — O'Day. Official Scorers — F. C Richter and A. J. Flanner. Time — 1.35. Attendance — 24.1S7.
BATTING AVERAGES.
Following are the official batting averages of the players •who participated in the world series :
AB. R. H. SB. SH. Pet.
Donlin. cf 19 4 6 2 1 .315
Bresnahan, c 16 3 5 1 0 .313
Hartsel, If 17 1 5 2 1 .294
Devlin, 3b 16 0 4 3 1 .250
Matthewson, p 8 1 2 0 2 . 250
McGann, lb 17 1 4 0 1 .235
Gilbert, 2b 17 1 4 1 0 .235
Schreck, c .' 9 2 2 0 0 .222
Davis, lb 20 0 4 0 0 .200
Murphy, 2b '16 0 3 0 1 .188
Browne, rf 22 2 4 2 0 .182
M. Cross, ss 17 0 3 0 0 .177
Mertes, If 17 2 3 1 0 .177
Plank, p 6 0 1 0 0 .167
Powers, c 7 0 1 0 0 .143
Seybold, rf 16 0 2 0 0 .125
L. Cross, 3b 19 0 2 0 0 .105
Lord, cf 20 0 2 0 0 .100
Bender, p 5 0 0 0 1 .000
Coakley, p 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Dahlen, ss 15 1 0 1 0 . 000
McGinnity, p 6 0 0 0 0 .000
Ames, p 0 0 0 0 0 . 000
WHAT THE PLAYERS GOT.
The official statement for the five games in which the players shared is given below. The fifth and last game
is not included, as only the clubs share in the receipts of that day.
Attendance. Receipts.
First game — Philadelphia 17,955 $12,736.75
Second game — New York 24,992 18,988.00
Third game — Philadelphia 10,991 8,348.00
Fourth game — New York 13,598 10.689.56
Fifth game — New York 24,187 17,674.50
Total 91,723 $68,436.81
Players' share (first four games only) $27,434.88.
Winners of the series receive 75 per cent of the total and the losers 25 per cent.
The division of receipts therefore, netted each New York player $1,142 and each Athletic player $382.
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CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS 1905 SEASON.
April 14th. — Opening of the American League season. Boston at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Chicago, New York at Washington. Detroit did not play at Cleveland as it snowed.
April 15th. — Lajoie makes his debut as a Manager, Cleve- land beating Detroit 6 to 2 at Cleveland.
April 17th. — Boston Nationals sold to Frank V. Dunn for sum said to exceed $300,000, but later was found to be $170,000. Dick Cooley signs with Detroit.
April 19th. — Pittsburg opens the season at home before 18,000 people. Chick Stahl. of Boston, injured his ankle.
April 20th. — Washington made it three straight from Boston. Rube Waddell punches a "masher" in a Philadel- phia theatre. Secretary Knowles, of Giants, empowered to bet $1,000 against $10,000 that the latter win the 1905 pennant.
April 21st. — Waddell entered the game against Boston in the eighth inning and fanned five of the six men who faced him. Failure to issue rain checks causes New York- Wash- ington game, the opening of the season in New York, to break up in row.
April 22nd. — Wm. H. Rogers, better known as "Billy" Rogers, business manager of the Boston National League Club, died in New York of typhoid malaria fever.
April 23rd. — On arrival of Sunday ball in Brooklyn, Bos- ton is shut out ; score 4 to 0. For the first time in three years Giants were beaten by a minor league team, Newark doing the trick ; score 4 to 3.
April 24th. — -O'Leary and Schaefer, of Detroit, accepted ten chances each without an error. Patten, Stahl and Cas- sidy, of Washington, make the first triple play of the season against New York. Padden, of St. Louis, made triple, dou- ble and two singles in four times at bat off Owen, of Chicago.
April 26th. — Cleveland's fourth shut out in a week. Jack McCarthy, of the Chicago Nationals, throws three men out at the plate from the outfield against Pittsburg.
April 28th. — Lajoie struck out for first time, Morgan, of St. Louis, turning the trick. "Red" Ehret, the old-time Cincinnati pitcher, appointed umpire in the Cotton States League.
April 30th. — Thirty thousand fans see Sunday game at Brooklyn without interference from police, Giants winning ; score 5 to 3. Jack Warner and Clymer, of Pittsburg, have a mix up at St. Louis.
May 1st. — Cy Young won his first game of the season (eleven innings). Young struck out twelve Highlanders.
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland Jimmy Collins, of Boston Americans, getting a throw at third.
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May 3rd. — Lajoie has twelve chances without an error. Pittsburg made 15 hits off McFarland at St. Louis, but lost.
May 5th. — Washingtons return home in the lead. 15,000 people greet them and they beat the Athletics. Jimmy Burke appointed manager of the St. Louis Nationals.
May 8th. — Lave Cross has nose broken by a ball from Huelsman's bat in a game at Washington. Clymer, of Pittsburg, and Blankenship, of the Reds, mix it up and are put out of the game.
May 9th. — Washington takes first place away from Cleve- land. Boston releases LaChance.
May 15th/ — Dusty Rhoades lost his first game. Jack Chesbro is sent home from Chicago fearing that he will collapse from sickness.
May 19th. — Cleveland made 16 hits for a total of 23 bases off Tannehill. Washington stole nine bases off Drill and Sullivan. Dick Padden released by St. Louis. Bus carry- ing Boston Americans in Cleveland hit by street car ; players shaken up.
May 21st. — Smith held Washington down to one hit.
May 22nd. — Waddell struck out ten Clevelanders. Sebring jumps the Cincinnati Reds.
May 23rd. — Chicago takes first place in the American, Cleveland second. Barney Dreyfus protests against the conduct of Manager McGraw. Cleveland made five double plays in a 13-inning game with Athletics. Pittsburg made 17 hits off Voltz, of Boston. Cincinnati wins the first game of season from Giants.
May 25th. — Joss held New York to four hits, made a triple and two singles in three times at bat off Powell ; also made a sacrifice and had five assists. Syracuse. N. Y., names a park after Bill Dineen, of Boston. Detroit knocks Waddell out of the box.
May 27th. — O'Leary stole home with winning run for Detroit from Philadelphia. Manager McGraw suspended and fined $150 for his alleged insult to Barney Dreyfus.
May 2Sth. — Chicago lost and Cleveland went into first place again. New York hits the bottom.
May 30th. — Cleveland drew 21.080 in two games, largest attendance in one day in the history of the club. McAleer ordered off field by O'Laughlin.
June 1st. — Chesbro re-enters box after three weeks' ill- ness. New York broke season's record with 15 runs off Dineen and Winters. Williams made three singles and home run off Dineen and Winters.
June 2nd. — Waddell's ninth straight victory. McGraw files bill in equity in Boston asking that President Pulliam and all the umpires in the National League be enjoined from enforcing the fine and suspension placed on him May 20th.
June 4th. — Ducky Holmes suspended by President John- son. Comiskey and Johnson at outs. Cleveland 4, Sox 2, 16 innings, Joss and Altrock.
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Photo by L. Van Oeyeu, Cleveland
Sam Crawford, of Detroit, up in the air for a throw to first.
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June 5th. — McGraw gets a temporary injunction pre- venting^the carrying out of President Pulfiam's order to fine him $150. Huelsman made a homer and two singles in four times at bat off Coakley.
June 6th. — Waddell wins his tenth straight victory.
June 7th. — Pete Browning adjudged insane. Matthewson fanned ten men at Pittsburg.
June 8th. — O'Leary made four hits in five times up off Hughes and accepted nine chances without an error. Ar- mour, manager of Detroits, ordered off the field by Sheridan at Washington. Waddell loses his first game to Chicago- (14 innings).
June 9th. — Sox won 14-inning game from Athletics, 3 to 2 ; White strikes out 14 men and Rube fans 11.
June 13th. — Matthewson pitched a no-hit game at Chicago and did not -allow a base on balls. Umpire Klem attacked by a mob at St. Louis National grounds. Crawford's, of Detroit, home run was the only run in a game with Phila- delphia. Bradley, of Cleveland, had triple and three singles in' four times at bat.
June 14th. — Conroy and Dougherty made home runs in same inning off Pelty. Geo. Davis made four singles in four times at bat off Wolff and stole four bases off Kittridge.
June 15th. — Joss wins his eighth straight victory, not allowing a Washington man to reach second. Lajoie makes three two-base hits and Bay two two-base hits off Hughes.
June 16th. — Moore, of Cleveland, wins his seventh straight victory. Weimer shuts out Brooklyn, only two hits made off him. Donlin gets four hits in four times at bat at St. Louis.
June 18th. — McGraw mobbed by fans in St. Louis.
June 19th. — Lajoie made five hits in six times at bat off Hughes and Townsend.
June 20th. — Joss wins his ninth straight. Washington hit the bottom". S-t. Louis gets seventeen hits off Patten.
June 21st. — Pittinger, of Philadelphia Nationals, wins his ninth straight victory. Pete Browning released from Lakeland asylum.
June 22nd. — Cy Young allowed Chicago one hit in ten innings.
June 24th. — Cleveland greeted home by 50.000 fans. Cubs defeat St. Louis, 2 to 1, 18 innings, at St. Louis ; Ruelbach and Taylor.
June 25th. — Cleveland made 20 hits off Donovan and Brookmiller. Chicago made 18 runs in a game at Cincinnati.
June 26th. — Bay made two doubles and two singles in five times up off Wild Bill Donovan. For the second time in season Lajoie made five hits in six times up.
June 28th. — Hickman made two home runs off Dusty Rhoades in a game with Cleveland. Chesbro wins two games in one afternoon from Boston.
July 1st. — Cleveland broke record by making 22 hits off Mullen and Ford in seven innings. Owen, of Chicago, won
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two games from St. Louis in one day. Flick made triple, double and three singles in five times at bat off Mullen and Ford. Hickman jumps the Detroit team.
July 2nd. — Lajoie is taken sick with blood poison from being spiked and quits the game.
July 3rd. — In Philadelphia-Giants game Dahlen, Bresna- han and Manager McGraw were put out for disorderly con- duct.
July 4th. — Athletics with Waddell pitching won 20-inning game from Boston 4 to 2. Wallace made a triple and three singles in five times at bat off Kitson. Parent made a dou- ble and four singles in five times at bat off Plank and Coakley.
July 5th. — Pittsburg scored 5 runs in the eleventh inning at Chicago. Willis held Brooklyn to three hits.
July 6th. — Hickman joins the Washingtons. Cleveland and Chicago tied for first place.
July 11th. — Boston made a triple play in a game with Cincinnati. Wild Bill Donovan holds New York to two singles.
July 12th. — Devlin and Bresnahan fight at Cubs-Giants game at Polo Grounds.
July 13th. — Cleveland knocks Waddell out of the box and again assumes first place. Jackson made a triple and three singles in four times up. Kahl, of Cleveland, accepted ten chances without an error. Hickman accepted nine chances without an error.
July 14th. — Pitcher Kid Nichols signed by Philadelphia Nationals.
July loth. — Announcement made by President J. A. Hart, of Chicago Nationals, of sale of club to Charles W. Murphy.
July 17th. — Turner acepted 11 chances without an error. Overall, of Cincinnati, held Philadelphia to one hit.
July 18th. — Boston Americans get 15 hits off Altrock and win, 10 to 1. Phillies defeat Cincinnati, 4 to 3, in 14 in- nings, Duggleby and Ewing pitching.
July 20th. — Jiggs Donohue accepted 18 chances at first. Lewis made five errors at short for Brooklyn.
July 21st. — Comiskey rallies White Sox from players* bench and New York is defeated 2 to 1, in 12 innings, Al- trock and Orth pitching.
July 22nd. — Heine Peitz is suspended by President Pul- liam. Glade beat the Athletics in 13 innings 3 to 2. Kid Nichols won his first game for Philadelphia off Pittsburg. Henley, of the Athletics, pitched a no-hit, no-run game against St. Louis, 6 to 0.
July 23rd. — Collins made four singles in four times up off Kitson. Detroit made five double plays.
July 24th. — Detroit made three more double plays, being a total of eight in two days.
July 25th. — Mike Donlin fined and suspended. Waddell
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland 'Rube" Waddell, caught after the 18th inning- of the great 20 inning game, Philadelphia and Boston.
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fanned eight White Sox and Matthewson eight Reds, Catcher Phelps struck on the head by a bat in the hands of Mertes and knocked unconscious. Athletics made 16 hits off White. Lave Cross made four singles in five times at bat. Hughes shut out Cleveland^ for second time of sea- son. Silk O'Laughlin married.
July 27th. — Washington defeats Cleveland, 4 to 1, in one hour, nine minutes, a league record. Harry Von der Horst, part owner of Brooklyn, died at his home in that city.
August 1st. — Jiggs Donohue put out of game by McCarthy. They met after the game and came together, exchanging blows. The Giants won their eighth straight game from the Reds.
August 2nd. — Athletics take the lead in the American. Rube Waddell struck out 14 of the White Sox, establishing a record for the season.
August 3rd. — Keeler made five singles in five times at bat off Glade. Wagner put out of game by Bauswine, who claimed Wagner tried to strike him.
August 4th. — Cleveland and Boston made four home runs in same game. Elberfield made four singles in four times at bat off Howell. Charlie Jones made four runs in single game against Chicago.
August 5th. — Riot on Pittsburg field in game with New York. Game given to Pittsburg by forfeit.
August 7th. — Stone made a homer, triple and single in four times at bat off Powell. Keeler made a homer, triple and single in three times at bat off Sudhoff ; he also scored 4 runs.
August 8th. — Flick made his third home run on trip. Cleveland breaks its losing streak after losing 11 straight games. Bave Brain made 3 three-baggers and a single in the Boston-Pittsburg game.
August 9th. — Tom Jones stole three bases on Kittridge.
August 10th. — Brooklyn made nine errors in a game at St. Louis. Manager Kelley made four hits in four times up off Kid Nichols. Catcher Moran made three triples in the Boston-Pittsburg game.
August 11th. — Hickman accepted 15 out of 16 chances at second. Tim Hurst makes his American League debut at Philadelphia.
August 14th. — Umpire Connelly roughly handled by Jake Stahl at Washington.
August 15th. — Danger of war between major and minor leagues avoided by backdown of latter, who repudiate How- ard C. Griffiths. Cleveland made 18 hits while Hess shut out Washington. Waddell shut St. Louis out without a hit in 5-inning game, striking out nine.
August 17th. — Stahl, of Washington, suspended for three days. Matthewson holds Chicago to three hits.
August 18th. — Cleveland shut out the third time by Tom Hughes, of Washington, making only one run off him in
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36 innings. Wallace made a triple, double and three sin- gles in seven times up off Henley and Waddell. Waddell struck out twelve in seven innings of the St. Louis. Wal- lace accepted 12 chances out of 13. Philadelphia and St. Louis played a sixteen-inning tie game.
August 21st. — Elberfield suspended for three days. O'Leary made three sacrifices. McGraw was evicted from Polo Grounds for back talk to Johnstone. Umpire Emslie taken ill on the grounds at Philadelphia. Weimer and Tinker, of the Chicago Nationals, made a triple play in a game with Brooklyn. Tannehill, of Boston, did not allow any of the Detroits to reach second in a full game.
August 23rd. — Geo. Davis accepted 18 out of 19 chances in double header with Athletics. Eighteen runs were made in the last five innings Chicago-Brooklyn game. McBride accepted 12 chances without an error for St. Louis.
August 24th. — Bay secured triple and 4 singles in six times at bat off Dineen and Young. Fred Tenney put off Boston grounds. Chicago and Philadelphia Nationals played a 20-inning game. Chicago winning 2 to 1. Chance, of Chicago, had 30 put outs and 1 assist without an error. Kid Gleason acepted 15 chances without an error.
August 27th. — Chicago made it six straight off Boston Americans in three days.
August 28th. — Lajoie goes to first base. First game since he was laid up at St. Louis.
August 29th. — Seybold made two homers in double header at Cleveland. Hickman made triple and two singles in three times at bat off Patterson.
August 30th. — Seybold made his third home run in two days. Freeman and Grimshaw each made homer and three singles in five times at bat off Glade. Turner made triple, double and single in four times up off Plank.
August 31st. — Lajoie hurt again. Smith held Washing- ton to one hit, only one man reaching first.
September 2nd. — Second Baseman Dundon, of White Sox, struck in head by bat, which slipped from Tannehill in practice preceding game at Cleveland, incapacitating him for remainder of the season.
September 4th. — Parent had 11 chances without an error. 10.000 people turned away from game between Philadelphia and Washington at Philadelphia.
September 5th. — Lajoie, Bradley and Trainer Doc Payne put off the grounds at Cleveland by Connelly. Waddell struck out 17 Boston men in 13 innings, allowing only three hits. Chicago lost 4 in two days to Detroit.
September 6th. — Chicago shut Detroit out twice in one day. Smith, of Chicago, pitches no-hit game against De- troit. Chicago made eight runs on one hit off Wiggs in first inning.
September 7th. — Coakley strikes out 11 men in 13 innings
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■with Boston. Hickman made a triple, two doubles and two singles in five times at bat off Orth and Powell in the first game, and second game he made a triple, double and a sin- gle in four times at bat, making eight hits in one day.
September 10th. — Cleveland and St. Louis played a fif- teen-inning tie game. Turner accepted 10 chances without an error. Wallace accepted 14 chances without an error.
September 11th. — Stovall had ten chances without an error. Chicago Nationals made 17 hits off Chech and Walker in 7 innings with Cincinnati. In second game at Boston Washington batted Hughes, No. 2, and Gibson for 16 hits and a total of 28 bases in 7 innings, the season'3 record.
September 16th. — Callahan stole four bases off Roth, of St. Louis.
September 18th. — Winters made four singles and four runs in four times at bat off Jacobson and Adams. Dusty Rhoades had eight assists and no errors against Boston. Ferris accepted 17 chances with no errors in a double header.
September 20th. — Cleveland made 7 errors in one inning with Chicago. Monte Cross accepted 11 chances without an error. Ferris made a triple and 3 singles in five times up off Patten and Wolff. Boston Nationals pass under the ownership of F. V. Dunn.
September 21st. — Cobb made a double and two singles in three times up off Townsend. Jiggs Donohue made four hits in four times at bat and accepted 23 chances without an error against New York. Danny Green made four hits, including a triple, in four times up.
September 23rd. — Cobb made 4 singles in 4 times up off Henley. Turner accepted 14 chances without an error in double header. Callahan made triple, double and two singles in 4 times up off Chesbro and Goode. Freeman made triple, double and single in four times up off Glade. Boston goes into third place.
September 24th. — Cubs make it three straight from New York, batting McGinnity from box and winning by 10 to 5. September 25th. — White Sox win two games from Boston, Altrock and Smith pitching. Cubs break even with Brook- lyn on West Side, losing first game by 2 to 0.
September 26th. — Washington scored eight runs in one in- ning off Moore. Hickman had triple and three singles in five times up off Moore. Isbell had homer and three singles in five times up off Winters. Walsh, of White Sox, wins two games in one afternoon off Boston. For the fifth time in the season the White Sox won a double header off Boston in one afternoon. Walter Clarkson makes his re-appearance with the New Yorks.
September 27th. — Dineen pitches no-hit game against White Sox. Rockenfeld made double and three singles in
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Lajoie. The smile that won't come off. Ready to nail the fleet- footed Keeler at second.
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five times up off Putnam and Goode. Detroit takes third place.
September 30th. — Jones made four singles in four times up off Howell. Koehler stole three bases off Knoll. In double header Cassidy accepted 16 chances without an error.
October 2nd. — White Sox lose to Stahlwarts at Washing- ton, 3 to 2, while Athletics beat Browns.
October 3rd. — White Sox beat Washington, 3 to 1, Owen pitching. Cubs and Phillies in 13-inning tie, 5 to 5, Pfeffer and Pittinger performing.
October 4th. — White Sox take 10-inning game from Wash- ington, 4 to 3, Patterson pitching.
October 5th. — Athletics beat Washington in two games. White Sox are bound for St. Louis.
October 6th. — White Sox lose to Browns, 6 to 2, White being knocked out. Athletics lose to Stahlwarts, 10 to 4.
October 7th. — White Sox win and tie at St. Louis, while Athletics lose and tie with the Stahlwarts. White Sox's failure to win the second game gives the pennant to Phila- delphia, as it was impossible for the Sox to catch them in the two remaining games.
LAJOIE'S GREATEST HIT. BY J. F. M'GILLIVRAY.
Wat's dat ! You come from State an' neavre hear on 'Poleon Lajoie? Dat's ver' fonny t'ing, ma fren'. He's de gran' base ball player w'ats play on Fall Reever. He's de greates' secon' baseman an' batter man on w'ole countree. I was educat' wit' 'Poleon on village Street Mathieu an' 'Poleon use leek all the boy two, t'ree tarn bigger dan hee- self an 'spark all de girl too. Monjee ! he as de fine big fel- ler, wit' shoulder like de moose an' ron just as fas'. Wan day I hev som' monee on ma clo's an' I t'ink it's bout tarn I'm making some small visit on Fall Reever an' see ma fren' 'Poleon play. So I buy me the premiere tiquet an go on Fall Reever. Bymeby I geet me dere an' immediatement go on de big hotel w'ere I hear me 'Poleon he stay. I'm jus* goin' ask de dandy feller beeine counter w'en, l'enfant, I get von slap on de back dat mos' geeve me de hemorrhage. W'en I turn roun' I'm face to face with 'Poleon Lajoie.
Commen co va', Joe Latour, I'm mos' glad for see you. How's all de folks on ol' place? How's all de girl I use spark on ol' village St. Mathieu. Some tarn I'm goin' back for mak' marree wit' one dem nice leetle Cannaddiene girl.
Den 'Poleon ax me come on room for eat an' have some dinneree. Monjee! I'm glad for dat, for I'm mos' powerful hongree. W'en I gat t'rough I t'ink mapant she's goin' for bus', I'm eet so moche'. Den 'Poleon ask me if I want go
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cm ball park for see heem play. I say I'm glad for go, an' he go get me de gran' stan' tiquete for see de game.
I geet me dere early an' tak' wan seet jus' behin' de catcher man. Begoash I nevaire see such beeg crowd as was dere dat day. It's Fourt' July, wat Yankee man is cele- brate for remember de tarn he's drive de sacredam English- man off de State.
Wall, me fren', you ought for see de beautiful girl dat was dere dat day an' de way she was dress.
Bimeby de ompire man he's yell : "Play Ball ! an' de game was on. Monjee ! it mak' me feel proud to see de way ma fren' 'Poleon was peek up de ball, no matter how hard she was hit. Somehow or nodder 'Poleon or ma 'nother fren', Phil Giguere, w'at Yankee man call "Geier," was do mochee wit' de bat dat day, and de crowd she's some sore. Wall, ma fren', I'm not going' for bodder you wit' long storee 'bout dat game, but at start de nint' innin' de score she's one to one. 'Poleon he's come up to plate an' de peetcher man he's say out loud "Here's w'ere I mak de monkey out dat big Canuck steef." Den he sweeng hees arm an' de ball fly up to 'Poleon lak de lightnin streak wit' de curve lak snake en de grass. 'Poleon mak de strong swipe at de ball, but he's hit not'ing but de air. Next tarn de peetcher man t'row de ball an' 'Poleon mak de swipe at he an' miss he again. Dis mak de crowd mad, an' dey all sing out, "Bak on Kebeck, you big lostaire, an' eat de pork an' bean wit' de lomber mans, you beeg steef." Monjee ! 'Poleon hees mad at dat, an' greet hees teet' lak de tiger. Den de peetcher man say again, "Now I'm goin' for strike out dat "sacredam Canuck," an' t'row up de nodder ball lak ligntnin'. L'enfant ! dere's be osun' lak wreck on Gran' Trunk, an' 'Poleon ron roun' de base lak de moose for de home ron. Dat's win de game for Fall Reever an' de crowd she's go mos' crazee an' carry de big 'Poleon off de fiel' on de shoulder. But all dis tam de feelder man was hunt ev'ryw'ere for de ball, but she can't be foun'. Bimeby small boy w'at tak care de bat he's go for peek up 'Poleon's bat, w'en monjee ! dere was de ball buried on dat bat lak she's part' herself.
For w'y you look so s'prise', ma fren'? I 'sure you dat's true lak gospel w'at Cure preech en chapel ev'ry Sunday. — Sporting Life.
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THE ALPHABET OF BALLDOM.
Written Expressly for Lajoie's Guide, by Grantland Rice.
A for mighty Anson heads the list —
The greatest of them all in days of yore —
No slabman had a chance when he tackled Uncle Anse. So "Hats off" to the Grand Old Man once more.
B comes in for Bresnahan and Brad,
For Bender, for Bemis, and for Bay — They are wonders, one and all, when it comes to playing ball,
So you've got to lift your lids to this array.
C is next for Collins and for Clarke :
As moguls you can bet they have the call. While Chesbro — crafty gent — was the first one to invent
The noble art of spitting on the ball.
D for Mr. Donlin follows now —
For Donovan and Barney Dreyfus too, While the foxy Harry Davis is another rara avis
Who should take his place among this classic crew.
E is for Elberfeld and Ebbitts :
F is for Fultz and also Flick : G is there for Griff, who received an awful biff
When the Fates at his best people took a kick.
H should be for Hermann of the Reds.
Can you wonder now that Garry's badly vexed? His bunch each sunny spring to the rest won't do a thing,
But — I for Mr. Isbell follows next.
J should stand for Johnson first and last.
Can you beat him anywhere, I'd like to know? You can always figure Ban in the role of leading man
No matter who may take part in the show.
K brings Keeler whirling into view,
Whose maxim is to "hit 'em where they ain't."
Kilfoyl says the flag is a most elusive rag — Enough to try the patience of a saint.
L for Larry Lajoie must stand,
The king-pin of the nation's greatest game. In balldom's vast brigade he's the star of the decade,
His prowess with the bludgeon brought him fame.
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M is loaded down with diamond stars — There's McGinity, McGraw and Mr. Mack ;
The mighty Matthewson has them all upon the run, And then Old Man McGuire is coming back.
"N comes in for Nichols, Nops and Nill ;
O for Orvie Overall the Red ; P for Pulliam comes — can't you hear the sounding drums? —
Or is that Barney "hammering" instead?
Q is out of business in this game ;
R stands for Rusie all alone ; S now whizzes by with Seymour, Swatting Si,
While Somers is the man behind the throne.
T for Terry Turner surely stands ;
U is for the umpire of the game — The Human Punching Bag with whom every one plays tag —
V has only one or two quite tame.
X is why the home squad didn't win ;
Y is for the celebrated Young ;
Z now has the call with old Zimmer, last of all — Thank heaven that this blooming song is sung.
FACTS FOR THE FANS.
Over 18.000 people witnessed a game on the American grounds at Philadelphia where the Wilmington Athletic Club beat the Brandywines by a score of 2 to 1.
John Hatfield's throw of 133 yards 1 foot 71/£ inche?, made at the Union grounds, Brooklyn, in a throwing tourna- ment, October 15, 1872, has never been equaled. The ball was thrown across the wind and the distance properly meas- ured with a steel tape.
Base ball was played as far back as 1840, and the old "Rounders" game as far back as 1825.
The first base ball league was formed in New York in 1857.
The reserve rule was adopted in 1882.
The National League was formed in 1876.
Longest throw known, Ed. Crane, 1884, 135 yards 1 foot 1i> inch. Larry Twitchell beat it by two feet but no official claim was made.
Largest number of games credited to one player in a sin- gle season was to Sam Thompson, of the old Detroit team.
At Elmira, N. Y.. June 7, 1902. Miss Bertha Burgett threw a base ball 181 feet. The previous record was 163 feet.
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Photo by L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland Eddie McFarland, of Chicago Americans, hitting a high one.
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First 1 to 0 score, Chicago vs. St. Louis in 1875.
The American League, originally the Western League, was formed in 1894, with Ban Johnson as President.
The Players' League, or Brotherhood, was formed in 1890.
The base running record of Harry Berthrong of 14% seconds, made at Washington, D. C, in 1868, still stands as the best.
The Pittsburg National League Club has the record for most defeats in one season, losing 114 games in 1890.
The major league strike-out record was made by Charley Sweeney at the South End grounds, Boston, in 1884, when he struck out nineteen men.
The largest score on record was made at Buffalo in the '60s. Niagara 209, Columbias 10.
Largest crowd at a game, Philadelphia, October 1, 1886. Attendance 40,000.
Hugh Duffy, with the Boston club in 1894, led the league with the unprecedented batting of .438.
The longest game on record was played at Devil's Lake, N. D., July 18. 1891. when Grand Porks and Fargo played twenty-five innings without a run.
In 1875 Boston won every game played on the home grounds.
In 1869 the Cincinnati Reds traveled from Maine to 'Frisco, playing all comers, without losing a single game.
The first regular game of base ball ever played was June 14, 1846, at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, N. J. Knicker- bockers vs. New York City.
James H. O'Rourke, of the Bridgeport Club of the Con- necticut League, started playing in 1871, and is still doing good work behind the plate and with the stick.
Jim Tyng, a Harvard student, was the first player to use a catcher's mask in a game.
The longest run of defeats was sustained by Louisville in 1S98 when they lost twenty-nine straight games.
The National League attendance for 1902 was 1,920,031, New York having the largest attendance, 302,875.
Paul Hines in 1878 and Harry O'Hagan in 1902 com- pleted the only single-handed triple plays ever made.
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1 The veteran Geo. Davis of the Chicago White Sox. 2 Charlie Carr, the big first baseman of the Clevelands, now with Cincinnati.
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3 T. H. Murnane.
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SEASON 1905.
The fourth annual campaign of the American Association began April 19th and ended September 18th, Columbus winning the pen- nant under the able management of Wm. J. Clymer. The race was a good one, although Colum- bus won in easy fashion. The fight for second place was close and the most interesting in the league. • It was be- tween Milwaukee and Minneapolis, the former getting it by a nose. Had Minneapolis gotten a better start in the earlier part of the season she would no doubt have given Columbus a hard fight for first place. Louisville, which also got a bad start, never overcame that handicap and finished fourth. St. Paul, two-time champions, were never in the running and finished fifth.
Indianapolis made a poor showing and finished sixth, while Toledo moved up a notch from its last year's posi- tion and left Kansas City at the tail end.
Following is a complete record of the race :
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CLUBS.
Columbus
16 18 13 11 13 16 15 102 .6
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Indianapolis . |
.. 6 |
14 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
13 |
8 |
69 |
.455 |
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Kansas City . |
.. 5 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
45 |
.301 |
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Louisville . . . |
.. 9 |
11 |
14 |
6 |
12 |
15 |
9 |
76 |
.500 |
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Milwaukee . . . |
.. 9 |
13 |
16 |
14 |
11 |
10 |
17 |
90 |
.598 |
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Minneapolis . . |
. .12 |
15 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
16 |
90 |
.584 |
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St. Paul |
. . 6 |
9 |
12 |
8 |
11 |
10 |
19 |
75 |
.492 |
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Toledo |
.. 6 |
13 |
14 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
61 |
.397 |
Lost
53 83 102 76 61 64 77 92 608
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Clay, Louisville 73
Hemphill. Chas., St. Paul 145
-Jones, Minneapolis 1-8
Geier, St. Paul 150
Pickering, Columbus 153
Dexter, Louisville 44
O'Neill. Milwaukee 99
Congalton, Columbus 153
Bateman, Milwaukee 135
Marshall, Minneapolis 83
Wheeler, St. Paul 139
Clarke. J.. Toledo 78
Durrett, Toledo 60
Kerwin, Louisville 152
McCreery, Indianapolis 148
Towne, Milwaukee 38
Stevers, Minneapolis 35
Fiene, Toledo 34
Lee. Toledo 137
Coulter. Minneapolis 134
Hemphill, F., Milwaukee 143
Frantz, Kansas City 92
Moriarity, Toledo 136
Sullivan, D., Minneapolis 133
Noonan, St. Paul 95
Hill. Kansas City 54
Brashear, Louisville 130
Demontreville, Toledo 152
Butler, Kansas City 107
Ferguson, Chas., St. Paul 32
Massey, Kansas City-Indianapolis. .140
Kihm, Columbus 143
Rvan, Columbus 106
Kelly, St. Paul 101
Neighbors, Toledo 27
Flourney, St. Paul 135
Sullivan, S., Kansas City-Louisville. 131
Douglas, Kansas City 47
Oyler, Minneapolis 142
Carney. St. Paul 103
O'Brien, Pete, St. Paul 144
Hallman, W., Louisville 123
Davis, Columbus 153
Bonner, Kansas City 116
Hulswitt, Columbus 150
Thoney, Indianapolis 157
Goodwin, Milwaukee-Indianapolis . . 45
Gilbert, Toledo-Kansas City 139
Clingman, Toledo 155
Shaw, Louisville 105
Graham, Minneapolis 80
Doyle, Toledo 39
Cromley, Indianapolis 46
Robinson, Milwaukee 153
Castro, Kansas City 146
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AB. |
R. |
H. |
Pet. |
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291 |
54 |
110 |
.3X8 |
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560 |
122 |
204 |
.364 |
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497 |
126 |
172 |
.346 |
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597 |
115 |
198 |
.333 |
|
612 |
92 |
200 |
.326 |
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138 |
19 |
45 |
.326 |
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391 |
65 |
126 |
.322 |
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5^2 |
88 |
186 |
.314 |
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472 |
70 |
148 |
.313 |
|
306 |
42 |
96 |
.313 |
|
563 |
76 |
175 |
.310 |
|
283 |
51 |
88 |
.310 |
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237 |
30 |
73 |
.308 |
|
603 |
93 |
184 |
.305 |
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548 |
83 |
166 |
.303 |
|
132 |
21 |
40 |
.303 |
|
102 |
17 |
31 |
.303 |
|
106 |
6 |
32 |
.301 |
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504 |
81 |
152 |
.301 |
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516 |
60 |
155 |
.300 |
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530 |
82 |
158 |
.29,8 |
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322 |
40 |
96 |
.298 |
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505 |
73 |
149 |
.295 |
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491 |
84 |
145 |
.295 |
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356 |
47 |
105 |
.295 |
|
197 |
29 |
58 |
.294 |
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510 |
90 |
149 |
.290 |
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589 |
93 |
171 |
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|
345 |
35 |
100 |
.290 |
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93 |
8 |
27 |
.290 |
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527 |
67 |
152 |
.288 |
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508 |
71 |
145 |
.285 |
|
39^ |
55 |
112 |
.285 |
|
372 |
39 |
106 |
.285 |
|
91 |
5 |
26 |
.285 |
|
493 |
73 |
140 |
.284 |
|
521 |
96 |
148 |
.284 |
|
176 |
24 |
48 |
.284 |
|
510 |
61 |
145 |
.284 |
|
370 |
152 |
105 |
.283 |
|
551 |
86 |
155 |
.281 |
|
458 |
72 |
128 |
.279 |
|
592 |
117 |
165 |
.278 |
|
414 |
47 |
115 |
.277 |
|
572 |
76 |
158 |
.276 |
|
564 |
73 |
155 |
.274 |
|
139 |
14 |
38 |
.272 |
|
515 |
71 |
139 |
.270 |
|
590 |
92 |
159 |
.269 |
|
365 |
31 |
98 |
.268 |
|
283 |
45 |
76 |
.268 |
|
153 |
15 |
41 |
.268 |
|
142 |
18 |
38 |
.267 |
|
592 |
121 |
156 |
.263 |
|
5.0 |
81 |
150 |
.263 |
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G. AB. R. H. Pet.
Sullivan, Jack. St. Paul 79 273 29
Freeman, Minneapolis 137 519 75
Dickey, Indianapolis 42 147 11
Bevilie, Milwaukee 127 450 58
Donahue, Kansas City 148 552 60
Stovall, Minneapolis 38 122 18
Pierce, Columbus 38 142 15
Bruce, Indianapolis '. 132 492 73
Durham, Kansas City 31 99 11
Cassady, Toledo-Kansas City 96 348 37
Minnehan, Toledo 39 121 14
Woodruff, Louisville 124 498 58
Farrell, Indianapolis 122 425 42
Barbeau, Columbus 153 524 71
Brown, Columbus 45 154 15
Boyle, Toledo 101 347 36
McCormick, Milwaukee 150 509 72
Clark, Milwaukee 143 492 79
Clymer, Columbus 47 164 20
Schriver, Louisville 31 95 4
Oremminger, Minneapolis 145 524 64
Carr, Indianapolis 140 519 52
Wrigley, Columbus 90 337 36
Friel. Columbus-Indpls.-Minn 66 241 28
Weaver, Minneapolis-Indianapolis . . 57 187 12
Quinlan, Louisville 136 482 37
Nance, Kansas City-Toledo 152 498 65
Moran, Indianapolis 85 299 31
Osteen, Indianapolis 61 234 22
Slagle, St. Paul 45 120 15
Curtis, Indianapolis-Miiwaukee .... 34 103 5
Zearfoss, Toledo-Kansas City 51 155 10
Marcan, St. Paul Ill 405 51
Houser, Louisville 27 96 12
McChesney, Milwaukee 152 557 93
O'Brien, Jack, Milwaukee 133 499 51
Zalusky, St. Paul-Indianapolis 73 245 24
Both, Indianapolis 52 188 18
Hart, Wm.., Columbus 19 62 10
Schmidt, Minneapolis 69 246 28
Scott, Louisville 82 302 30
Stoner, Kansas CIty-Louisvilie .... 54 170 15
Dunkle. Louisville 33 97 8
Fox, Minneapolis 150 521 67
Dorner, Columbus 41 121 14
Clark, Roy, Toledo 94 345 36
O'Brien, Fred, Toledo 28 73 5
Kellum, Toledo-Minneapolis 32 84 8
Rickert, Kansas City 56 209 25
Dougherty, Milwaukee 56 158 16
Thomas, Minneapolis 29 85 9
Martin, Toledo-Indianapoli3 22 51 3
Duff, Indianapolis 22 74 4
Morgan, A., Kansas City-Louisville. 37 87 3
Downey, Kansas City 70 228 22
Land, Toledo 22 70 6
Kilroy, St. Paul-Kansas City 35 84 7
Sessions, St. Paul 40 110 5
Veil, Columbus 38 101 9
Eels, Kansas City 41 103 5
|
72 |
.263 |
|
136 |
.262 |
|
38 |
.258 |
|
116 |
.257 |
|
140 |
.255 |
|
31 |
.254 |
|
36 |
.253 |
|
124 |
.252 |
|
25 |
.252 |
|
87 |
.250 |
|
30 |
.248 |
|
123 |
.247 |
|
105 |
.247 |
|
129 |
.246 |
|
38 |
.246 |
|
86 |
.244 |
|
124 |
.243 |
|
120 |
.243 |
|
40 |
.243 |
|
23 |
.242 |
|
126 |
.240 |
|
125 |
.240 |
|
81 |
.240 |
|
58 |
.240 |
|
45 |
.240 |
|
115 |
.238 |
|
118 |
.237 |
|
71 |
.237 |
|
55 |
.235 |
|
28 |
.233 |
|
24 |
.233 |
|
36 |
.232 |
|
93 |
.229 |
|
22 |
.229 |
|
127 |
.228 |
|
114 |
.228 |
|
56 |
.228 |
|
43 |
.228 |
|
14 |
.225 |
|
55 |
.223 |
|
67 |
.221 |
|
37 |
.217 |
|
21 |
.216 |
|
112 |
.215 |
|
25 |
.206 |
|
71 |
.205 |
|
15 |
.205 |
|
17 |
.202 |
|
42 |
.200 |
|
31 |
.196 |
|
16 |
.188 |
|
9 |
.176 |
|
13 |
.175 |
|
15 |
.172 |
|
39 |
.171 |
|
12 |
.171 |
|
14 |
.166 |
|
18 |
.163 |
|
16 |
.158 |
|
16 |
.155 |
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G. AB.
Kenna. Louisville 35 98
Cainnitz, Toledo 40 119
Ferguson, G., Louisville 43 120
Hickey, Milwaukee-Columbus 44 114
Berger, Columbus 44 122
Wright, Louisville-Kansas City 33 89
Reidy, Indianapolis-Louisville 32 85
Steeher, Louisville 26 77
Evans, St Paul 30 64
|
R. |
H. |
Pet. |
|
9 |
15 |
.153 |
|
7 |
18 |
.151 |
|
10 |
17 |
.141 |
|
12 |
16 |
.140 |
|
12 |
17 |
.139 |
|
11 |
12 |
.134 |
|
5 |
11 |
.129 |
|
9 |
9 |
.116 |
|
4 |
6 |
.094 |
FIELDING AVERAGES.
FIRST BASEMEN.
G. P.O. A. E. T.C.
Douglas, Kansas City 47 416 37 6 459
Kelly, St. Paul 100 1064 67 14 1145
Kibm, Columbus 143 1517 64 27 160S
Massey, Kansas City-Ind 140 1374 80 26 14S0
Freeman, Minneapolis 137 1348 79 27 1454
O'Brien, Milwaukee 80 766 48 15 829
Sullivan, S., Kansas City-Louis. 60 505 57 12 574
Bateman. Milwaukee 74 654 64 20 738
Bovle, Toledo 90 782 52 29 863
Lee, Toledo 55 423 17 19 459
SECOND BASEMEN.
G. P.O. A. E. T.C.
Clymer, Columbus 46 96 137 10 243
Brashear, Louisville 12S 328 388 32 748
Wrigley, Columbus 90 206 283 22 511
Demontreville, Toledo 136 349 454 41 844
McCormick. Milwaukee 149 323 467 41 831
Farrell, Indianapolis 77 216 261 25 502
Marcan, St. Paul 107 313 315 36 664
Bonner, Kansas City 116 295 362 42 699
Pox, Minneapolis 150 312 431 50 793
Bruce, Indianapolis 65 112 148 18 278
THIRD BASEMEN.
G. P.O. A. E. T.C.
Sullivan, S., Loulsville-K. C 54 74 104 7 185
Greminger, Minneapolis 145 196 272 29 497
Woodruff. Louisville 77 118 154 24 296
Clark, Milwaukee 140 177 277 43 497
Wheeler, St. Paul 129 188 253 43 484
Barbeau, Columbus 151 190 309 49 548
Moriarity, Toledo 136 180 248 51 479
Carr, Indianapolis 140 176 216 50 442
Monahue, Kansas City 87 83 153 48 284
SHORTSTOPS.
G. P.O. A. E. T.C.
Moran, Indianapolis 85 182 265 31 478
Quinlan, Louisville 136 281 427 57 765
Clingman, Toledo 142 259 478 61 798
Hulswitt, Columbus 150 339 465 69 873
Pet.
.986 .986 .983 .982 .981 .98<> .979 .972 .966 .958
Pet. .958 .957 .956 .951 .950 .950 .945 .940 .936 .935
Pet. .962 .941 .918 .913 .911 .910 .893 .886 .831
Pet. .935 .925 .923 .921
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7 |
494 |
.985 |
|
6 |
278 |
.978 |
|
10 |
446 |
.977 |
|
11 |
542 |
.976 |
|
7 |
289 |
.975 |
|
16 |
630 |
.974 |
|
21 |
772 |
.972 |
|
11 |
357 |
.969 |
|
7 |
230 |
.969 |
|
9 |
280 |
.967 |
|
23 |
645 |
.964 |
|
11 |
300 |
.963 |
|
14 |
370 |
.962 |
|
9 |
225 |
.960 |
|
15 |
368 |
.959 |
|
8 |
180 |
.955 |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 103
G. P.O. A. E. T.C. Pet.
Qyler, Minneapolis 142 326 414 68 808 .915
Downey, Kansas City 68 136 196 32 364 .912
Qsteen, Indianapolis 58 113 172 32 317 .898
O'Brien, P., St. Paul 144 254 456 93 803 .884
Robinson, Milwaukee 153 323 422 99 844 .882
Donahue, Kansas City 58 119 117 35 271 .870
CATCHERS.
G. P.O. A. E. T.C. Pet.
Shaw. Louisville 96 399 88
Brown, Columbus 45 220 52
Marshall. Minneapolis 78 353 83
Ryan, Columbus 85 416 115
Zalusky, St. Paul-Indianapolis.. 58 216 66
Butler, Kansas City 102 505 109
Beville, Milwaukee 123 631 120
Weaver, Indianapolis-Minn. ... 57 258 88
Roth, Indianapolis 49 177 46
Zearfoss, Toledo-Kansas City.. 42 227 44
Clark, Roy, Toledo 94 491 131
Noonan, St. Paul 53 241 48
Sullivan, Jack, St. Paul 72 267 89
Stoner, Kansas City-Louisville. 48 168 48
Schmidt, Minneapolis 69 2S3 70
Pierce, Columbus 32 131 41
OUTFIELDERS.
G. P.O. A. E. T.C. Pet.
Farrell, Indianapolis 45 65
Clarke, Josh., Toledo 76 97
H«mphill, F., Milwaukee 143 320
Jones, Minneapolis 128 324
Congalton, Columbus 153 271
Carney, St. Paul 91 97
Hemphill, Chas., St. Paul 145 281
Sullivan, D., Minneapolis 133 195
McCreery, Indianapolis 148 345
Pickering, Columbus 153 315
Nance, Kansas City-Toledo ....133 226
McChesney, Milwaukee 131 198
Castro, Kansas City 88 112
Coulter, Minneapolis 134 231
O'Brien, Milwaukee 51 69
Bruce, Indianapolis 63 129
Thoney, Indianapolis 139 283
Hallman, W., Louisville 123 236
Neighbors, Toledo 27 45
Cassiday, Toledo-Kansas City.. 95 187
O'Neill, Milwaukee 99 166
Hill, Kansas City 45 96
Lee, Toledo 82 157
Geier, St. Paul 90 106
Davig, Columbus 153 198
Flourney, St. Paul 135 228
Gilbert, Toledo-Kansas City ...138 217
Kerwin, Louisville 152 247
Clay, Louisville 73 120
|
6 |
1 |
72 |
.980 |
|
15 |
3 |
115 |
.980 |
|
24 |
10 |
354 |
.971 |
|
20 |
13 |
357 |
.971 |
|
11 |
10 |
292 |
.969 |
|
21 |
4 |
122 |
.967 |
|
26 |
12 |
319 |
.961 |
|
28 |
9 |
232 |
.961 |
|
26 |
16 |
3S7 |
.958 |
|
25 |
15 |
355 |
.957 |
|
21 |
11 |
258 |
.957 |
|
27 |
10 |
235 |
.957 |
|
21 |
6 |
139 |
.956 |
|
16 |
12 |
259 |
.953 |
|
12 |
4 |
85 |
.952 |
|
39 |
9 |
177 |
.949 |
|
35 |
18 |
336 |
.946 |
|
8 |
14 |
258 |
.945 |
|
7 |
3 |
55 |
.945 |
|
13 |
12 |
212 |
.943 |
|
12 |
11 |
189 |
.941 |
|
7 |
7 |
110 |
.936 |
|
19 |
13 |
189 |
.931 |
|
30 |
11 |
147 |
.931 |
|
21 |
17 |
236 |
.927 |
|
34 |
24 |
286 |
.916 |
|
18 |
22 |
257 |
.914 |
|
29 |
26 |
302 |
.913 |
|
4 |
15 |
139 |
.892 |
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PITCHERS' AVERAGES.
Won. Hart, Columbus 11
Sievers, Minneapolis 23
Goodwin, Milwaukee-Indianapolis 23
Piatt, Toledo 9
Berger, Columbus 25
Hickey, Milwaukee-Columbus 21
Veil, Columbus 21
Stecher, Louisville 14
Graham, Minneapolis . . : 12
Dunkle. Louisville 17
Stovall, Minneapolis 21
Cromley, Indianapolis 18
Dougherty, Milwaukee 22
Kenna, Louisville 16
Slagle, St. Paul 19
Bateman, Milwaukee 13
Kellum, Toledo-Minneapolis 10
Thomas, Minneapolis 12
Camnitz. Toledo 17
Frantz, Kansas City 10
Evans, St. Paul 8
Morgan. C, Indianapolis 7
MInnehan, Toledo 11
Fiene, Toledo 11
Ferguson, Geo., Louisville 14
Sessions, St. Paul 14
Ferguson, Charles. St. Paul 9
Curtiss, Indianapolis-Milwaukee 14
Riedy, Indianapolis-Louisville 12
Scott, Louisville 6
Morgan, A., Kansas City-Louisvilie 11
Durham, Kansas City 6
Malarkey. Columbus 5
Martin, Toledo-Indianapolis 5
Kilroy, Kansas City-St. Paul 9
Wright, Louisville-Kansas City 5
Isben, Kansas Citv 4
Eells, Kansas City 7
O Brien, Fred, Toledo 3
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Lost. |
Pet. |
|
5 |
.688 |
|
11 |
.676 |
|
12 |
.657 |
|
5 |
.643 |
|
14 |
.641 |
|
12 |
.636 |
|
12 |
.636 |
|
8 |
.636 |
|
7 |
.632 |
|
11 |
.607 |
|
15 |
.583 |
|
13 |
.581 |
|
17 |
.564 |
|
13 |
.552 |
|
16 |
.543 |
|
11 |
.542 |
|
9 |
.526 |
|
11 |
.522 |
|
17 |
.500 |
|
11 |
.476 |
|
9 |
.471 |
|
8 |
.467 |
|
13 |
.458 |
|
13 |
.458 |
|
18 |
.438 |
|
18 |
.438 |
|
12 |
.429 |
|
19 |
.424 |
|
17 |
.414 |
|
10 |
.375 |
|
20 |
.355 |
|
11 |
.353 |
|
10 |
.333 |
|
11 |
.313 |
|
20 |
.310 |
|
12 |
.294 |
|
13 |
.235 |
|
23 |
.233 |
|
19 |
.136 |
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108 LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
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SEASON 1905.
The Southern League be- gan its campaign April 19th and ended September 23rd. This was its fifth
Chas. Frank. V. P. and race for a championship.
Manager N. O. Club. Since the introduction of or-
ganized base ball no league suffered so much from hard luck as did this splendid minor organization, and no league deserved so much the sympathy of the base ball world.
The season had hardly started when some of the best paying cities like .New Orleans and Shreveport were driven from their homes by yellow fever, while the splendid and stalwart city of Memphis, always a tower of strength to the league, quarantined against the world.
The schedule of this league was continually shifted and games were transferred to cities outside of the league cir- cuit, which caused great iosses in the gate receipts, and had it not been for the splendid leadership and guidance of those two tireless Southern League workers, Charlie Frank, man- ager of the New Orleans Club, and the genial Jimmy Coan, president of the Memphis Club, who nobly struggled to finish the season, the schedule might have been abandoned.
New Orleans, under the leadership of the great Manager Charlie Frank, won the pennant, and it can be said that had New Orleans played its full home schedule they would have made the greatest runaway race ever recorded.
Following is the complete record of the race :
CLUBS.
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Atlanta 8 9
Birmingham 10 8
Montgomery .... 10 10
Little Rock G 6 6
Memphis 11 8 6
Nashville 4 8 7
11 13
13 12 12 3 9
9 14 9 11
17 10
8
6 10 2 5
7 8 5 5
New Orleans 10 11 12 14 11 15
Shreveport 9 10 6 12 10 15
71 70 73 37
69
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11 84
.541 .535 .575 .291 .520 .348 .651
69 .534
Lost 60 61 54 90 62 88 45 60 520
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BATTING AVERAGES.
G. AB.
Noblett, Atlanta 30 96
Niles, Birmingham 47 182
Molesworth, Montgomery ...129 448
Delehantv. Birmingham .... 88 330
Hahn, New Orleans 108 410
Bennett, Nashville 103 414
Graffius, Shreveport 73 242
Schwartz, Montgomery ....129 491
Winters, Atlanta 112 423
Mullaney, Montgomery 115 403
Norcum, Nashville 135 522
Montgomery. Birmingham... 41 148
Bartley, Shreveport 41 121
Beecher, Memphis 116 437
Philips, New Orleans 42 146
McCann, Little Rock 112 442
DeArmond. Little Rock 59 236
Hurlburt, Memphis 100 339
Russell, Nashville 75 236
Kennedy, Shreveport 131 475
"Vaughan. Birmingham 79 281
Smith, Birmingham 120 446
Morse, Atlanta 130 455
Dungan, Memphis 134 510
Jansing. Nashville 128 446
Duffy, Memphis 117 436
Gannon, Memphis 95 347
Hennessev. Birmingham .... 84 297
Rohe, New Orleans 113 427
Sullivan, New Orleans 63 199
Stafford, Atlanta 124 430
Abstein, Shreveport 83 304
Banderlin, Nashville 46 168
Williams, New Orleans 126 467
Brouthers, Montgonierv ....130 476
Millerick, Montgomery 81 239
Hurlev, Little Rock 96 338
Becker, Little Rock 29 99
Hess, Shreveport 120 466
Jordan, Atlanta 124 430
Oldring, Montgomery 67 239
Crozler. Atlanta 136 498
Kanzler, Nashville 46 174
Blake, Little Rock 128 522
Wagner, Birmingham 37 131
Gear, Little Rock 99 367
Stanlev, New Orleans 114 443
Accorsinl, Nashville-Little R. 87 276
Beck, New Orleans 130 489
Clark, H., Birmingham 37 116
Gardner, Mont.-Bmg.-Lit. R. 84 302
Wriseman, Nashville 126 463
Evans, Shreveport 120 428
Matthews, Birmingham 96 325
|
R. |
IB. |
SH |
. SB. |
Pet. |
|
14 |
34 |
4 |
3 |
.354 |
|
43 |
61 |
2 |
17 |
.335 |
|
67 |
140 |
15 |
39 |
.312 |
|
47 |
102 |
14 |
14 |
.309 |
|
62 |
125 |
8 |
31 |
.304 |
|
75 |
126 |
3 |
30 |
.304 |
|
32 |
73 |
8 |
5 |
.301 |
|
73 |
148 |
23 |
21 |
.301 |
|
61 |
129 |
21 |
6 |
.300 |
|
39 |
121 |
5 |
1 |
.300 |
|
86 |
157 |
24 |
31 |
.300 |
|
21 |
44 |
13 |
7 |
.297 |
|
14 |
36 |
4 |
2 |
.297 |
|
69 |
129 |
28 |
20 |
.295 |
|
16 |
43 |
4 |
0 |
.294 |
|
35 |
130 |
4 |
9 |
.293 |
|
31 |
69 |
1 |
3 |
.292 |
|
22 |
99 |
7 |
4 |
.292 |
|
21 |
69 |
8 |
3 |
.292 |
|
69 |
138 |
51 |
57 |
.290 |
|
35 |
80 |
16 |
4 |
.2S9 |
|
58 |
128 |
12 |
27 |
.287 |
|
49 |
127 |
34 |
11 |
.285 |
|
66 |
146 |
10 |
18 |
.284 |
|
58 |
126 |
22 |
12 |
.283 |
|
79 |
124 |
15 |
44 |
.282 |
|
43 |
98 |
12 |
15 |
.282 |
|
45 |
83 |
17 |
26 |
.282 |
|
44 |
120 |
9 |
21 |
.281 |
|
18 |
56 |
12 |
3 |
.2S1 |
|
59 |
121 |
19 |
19 |
.281 |
|
50 |
85 |
9 |
12 |
.279 |
|
24 |
47 |
8 |
5 |
.279 |
|
60 |
130 |
28 |
42 |
.278 |
|
68 |
132 |
17 |
42 |
.277 |
|
28 |
67 |
16 |
8 |
.276 |
|
22 |
93 |
13 |
13 |
.275 |
|
11 |
27 |
3 |
3 |
.272 |
|
51 |
127 |
10 |
13 |
.272 |
|
oo |
116 |
21 |
23 |
.272 |
|
37 |
65 |
8 |
23 |
.272 |
|
74 |
135 |
45 |
28 |
.271 |
|
16 |
47 |
8 |
9 |
.270 |
|
60 |
140 |
6 |
8 |
.268 |
|
13 |
35 |
5 |
8 |
.267 |
|
28 |
97 |
6 |
8 |
.264 |
|
80 |
117 |
13 |
19 |
.264 |
|
42 |
72 |
7 |
10 |
.260 |
|
55 |
127 |
23 |
8 |
.259 |
|
9 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
.258 |
|
36 |
78 |
9 |
6 |
.258 |
|
52 |
119 |
8 |
27 |
.257 |
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65 |
110 |
20 |
22 |
.256 |
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30 |
83 |
20 |
17 |
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112 LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
G. AB. R. IB. SH. SB. Pet.
Fisher, Shrevepcrt 42 141
Bender, Little Rock 41 157
Archer, Atlanta 83 283
Holly, New Orleans 130 453
Elsey, Nashville 117 437
Nadeau, New Orleans 126 462
Weikart. Shreveport 121 437
Smith, Shreveport 09 382
Hanley, Shreveport 129 501
Rickert, Atlanta 78 295
Yeager, Montgomery 42 135
Taylor, Little Rock 64 259
Miller, Shreveport 84 290
Fritz, Shreveport 72 241
McFarland, Nashville-Lit. R. 36 76
McKay, Atlanta 115 409
Whistler, Memphis 105 381
Krug, Atlanta 59 227
Lynch, Montgomery 60 219
Miller, Birmingham 78 276
Garvin, Little Rock 106 358
Busch, Montgomery 62 215
Walters, Memphis 109 376
Thornton, Montgomery 41 151
Breitenstein, W., Shreveport. 28 77
Johnson, Little Rock 105 383
Sample, Nashville 29 97
Keenan, Nashville 51 176
Suggs, Memphis 35 112
Durrett, Montgomery 39 140
Reading, Little Rock 45 168
Alexander, Memphis Ill 368
Hafford, Birmingham 98 358
Schippacassee, Birmingham . 68 227
Dygert, New Orleans 24 84
Swann, Shrevepcrt 35 115
Lally,' Nashville 34 141
Moore, Birmingham 88 275
Tamsett, Memphis 91 319
Anderson, Atlanta-Birm'ham. 79 259
Bruyette, Nashville 72 242
Brown, Memphis 46 148
Shiebeck, Montgomery-Lit. R. 71 251
Killacky, Nashville-Little R.. 44 148
Lawler, Montgomery 34 122
Guese, Little Rock 27 80
Watt, Little Rock 33 90
Reagan, Birmingham 34 99
Shea, Atlanta 45 146
Breitenstein, T., New Orleans 46 149
Hale, Montgomery 27 82
Starkell, Montgomery 23 71
Stratton, New Orleans 69 215
Smith, Atlanta 21 53
Clark, W., Birmingham 51 166
Herman, Nashville 37 107
Burnum, Atlanta 22 63
Moren, Atlanta 35 101
Chinn, Little Rock 27 77
|
16 |
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2 |
0 |
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|
18 |
40 |
3 |
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|
18 |
72 |
10 |
10 |
.254 |
|
53 |
114 |
17 |
31 |
.251 |
|
42 |
119 |
12 |
19 |
.249" |
|
70 |
115 |
51 |
23 |
.248 |
|
49 |
108 |
15 |
i |
.247 |
|
58 |
94 |
12 |
8 |
.246 |
|
57 |
123 |
13 |
17 |
.245 |
|
52 |
72 |
4 |
33 |
.244 |
|
8 |
33 |
4 |
4 |
.244 |
|
19 |
62 |
6 |
4 |
. 239 |
|
14 |
69 |
7 |
7 |
.237 |
|
16 |
51 |
7 |
5 |
.236 |
|
4 |
18 |
1 |
0 |
.23$ |
|
56 |
95 |
20 |
19 |
.234 |
|
32 |
89 |
8 |
7 |
.233 |
|
27 |
53 |
8 |
8 |
.233 |
|
28 |
51 |
6 |
10 |
.232 |
|
37 |
64 |
23 |
8 |
.231 |
|
33 |
82 |
9 |
3 |
.228 |
|
19 |
49 |
18 |
7 |
.227 |
|
34 |
85 |
6 |
12 |
.226 |
|
20 |
34 |
7 |
7 |
.225 |
|
8 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
.220 |
|
32 |
84 |
12 |
11 |
.219 |
|
9 |
21 |
1 |
1 |
.216 |
|
16 |
38 |
4 |
5 |
.215 |
|
10 |
24 |
1 |
0 |
.214 |
|
18 |
30 |
2 |
8 |
.214 |
|
14 |
36 |
4 |
1 |
.214 |
|
50 |
78 |
16 |
22 |
.213 |
|
55 |
78 |
4 |
17 |
.212 |
|
22 |
48 |
10 |
6 |
.211 |
|
11 |
18 |
4 |
0 |
.211 |
|
11 |
24 |
4 |
2 |
.208 |
|
15 |
29 |
4 |
3 |
.205 |
|
21 |
56 |
12 |
14 |
.203 |
|
48 |
64 |
9 |
35 |
.200 |
|
22 |
52 |
7 |
7 |
.200 |
|
23 |
48 |
15 |
10 |
.198 |
|
14 |
29 |
3 |
o |
.195 |
|
19 |
48 |
11 |
11 |
.191 |
|
11 |
27 |
2 |
4 |
.182 |
|
14 |
19 |
7 |
6 |
.155 |
|
6 |
13 |
2 |
0 |
.155 |
|
3 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
.155 |
|
5 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
.151 |
|
10 |
22 |
3 |
2 |
.150 |
|
8 |
22 |
6 |
1 |
.147 |
|
6 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
.146 |
|
2 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
.140 |
|
22 |
30 |
10 |
9 |
.139 |
|
4 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
.132 |
|
16 |
32 |
9 |
10 |
.132 |
|
7 |
14 |
0 |
2 |
.131 |
|
5 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
.125 |
|
5 |
12 |
6 |
1 |
.118- |
|
2 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
.07T |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 113
FIELDING AVERAGES.
FIRST BASEMEN.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Weikart, Shreveport 121 1212 75 15 .988-
Reading, Little Rock 45 470 34 6 .988
Vaughn. Birmingham 79 771 54 13 .984
Stafford, Atlanta 124 1243 111 22 .984
Mullanev, Montgomery 115 1253 99 22 .9S4
Hurley, Little Rock 35 305 33 7 .979
Beckley, New Orleans 130 1278 76 34 .975
Miller, Birmingham 39 332 33 10 .973
Elsey, Nashville 117 1083 74 25 .970
Whistler, Memphis 105 932 53 15 .982-
SECOND BASEMEN.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Jordan, Atlanta 124 416 455 26 .971
Schwartz, Montgomery 129 361 339 24 .966
Niles. Birmingham 47 134 151 13 .956
Walters, Memphis 109 261 26S 27 .951
Schippacasse, Birmingham 68 180 165 19 .947
Blake, Little Rock 68 187 169 21 .944
Evans, Shreveport 118 350 240 35 .944
Bennett, Naehville 103 309 244 33 . 943
Williams, New Orleans 126 315 320 39 .942
THIRD BASEMEN.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Montgomery, Birmingham 33
Brouthers, Montgomery 130
Rohe, New Orleans 113
Krug, Atlanta 59
Hess, Shreveport 120
Hafford, Birmingham 95
McKay, Atlanta 54
Beecher, Memphis 116
DeArmond, Little Rock 59
Jansing, Nashville 128
Taylor, Little Rock 58
SHORTSTOPS.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Shiebeck, Montgomery-Little Rock ... 50 85
Keenan. Nashville 51 112
Smith, Shreveport 99 181
Tamsett, Memphis 91 213
Hollv, New Orleans 130 270
Morse, Atlanta 130 247
Busch, Montgomery 50 108
Bruyette, Nashville 71 121
Johnson, Little Rock 81 164
Oldring, Montgomery 41 92
Moore, Birmingham 85 154
Blake, Little Rock 34 76
Alexander, Memphis 43 83
|
32 |
48 |
12 |
.978 |
|
173 |
329 |
34 |
.936 |
|
141 |
244 |
28 |
.932 |
|
76 |
131 |
16 |
.928 |
|
155 |
223 |
34 |
.910 |
|
95 |
187 |
31 |
.900 |
|
68 |
92 |
19 |
.893 |
|
179 |
196 |
46 |
.890 |
|
64 |
121 |
23 |
.889 |
|
168 |
191 |
59 |
.858 |
|
64 |
122 |
23 |
.842 |
|
141 |
15 |
.937 |
|
164 |
22 |
.926 |
|
351 |
46 |
.920 |
|
276 |
44 |
.917 |
|
389 |
64 |
.911 |
|
451 |
74 |
.904 |
|
170 |
32 |
.896 |
|
219 |
44 |
.885 |
|
236 |
53 |
.883 |
|
133 |
33 |
.871 |
|
221 |
56 |
.870 |
|
83 |
26 |
.859 |
|
102 |
22 |
.845 |
114 LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
CATCHERS.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Fritz, Shreveport 63 259 88 8 .977
Graffius, Sbreveport 73 378 89 12 .975
Sullivan, New Orleans 63 304 57 10 .973
Yeager, Montgomery 41 186 49 7 .971
Millerick, Montgomery 76 301 98 13 .968
Hurlburt, Memphis 100 312 105 15 .965
Stratton, New Orleans 69 337 96 16 .964
Archer, Atlanta 78 385 119 15 .963
Garvin, Little Rock 103 335 133 18 .962
Clark, W., Birmingham 44 210 44 4 .962
Matthews, Birmingham 89 363 92 15 .947
Accorsini, Nashville-Little Rock 70 265 74 24 .533
Shea, Atlanta 45 179 53 17 .932
OUTFIELDERS.
G. PO. A. E. Pet.
Winters, Atlanta 112 116
Gannon, Memphis 70 117
Miller, Shrevenort 84 135
Hahn, New Orleans 108 130
Duffy, Memphis 117 304
McKay, Atlanta 47 77
Stanley, N. 0 114 251
McCann, L. R 112 145
Crozier, Atlanta 136 245
Hanley, Shreveport 129 167
Dungan, Memphis 125 239
Thornton, Montgomery 41 57
Nadeau, New Orleans 110 185
Kanzler, Nashville 46 72
Hennessey, Birmingham 84 198
Gear, Little Rock 75 156
Moiesworth, Montgomery 129 245
Rickert, Atlanta 78 137
Bandelin, Nashville 40 79
Kennedy, Shreveport 106 174
Durrett, Montgomery 39 70
Lynch, Montgomery 59 96
Delehanty, Birmingham 79 156
Miller, Birmingham 39 81
Alexander, Memphis 42 78
"Wagner, Birmingham 37 93
Smith, Birmingham 120 195
"Wiseman, Nashville 126 290
Lawler, Montgomery 34 51
Hurley, L. R 32 52
Anderson, Atlanta-Birmingham 56 80
Norcum, Nashville 135 190
Gardner, Montgomery-Birm.-L. R.... 81 125
Hartman, Little Rock 30 57
Abstein, Shreveport 44 67
PITCHERS.
G. PO.
Moren. Atlanta 35 25
"Whitridge, New Orleans 16 6
|
7 |
2 |
.984 |
|
6 |
2 |
.983 |
|
7 |
3 |
.979 |
|
14 |
3 |
.979 |
|
11 |
7 |
.978 |
|
10 |
2 |
.977 |
|
25 |
7 |
.975 |
|
9 |
4 |
.974 |
|
20 |
7 |
.974 |
|
8 |
5 |
.972 |
|
18 |
7 |
.971 |
|
9 |
2 |
.970 |
|
18 |
7 |
.966 |
|
8 |
3 |
.963 |
|
16 |
12 |
. 963 |
|
18 |
7 |
.961 |
|
18 |
11 |
.959 |
|
8 |
6 |
.956 |
|
6 |
4 |
.955 |
|
20 |
8 |
.955 |
|
1 |
3 |
.946 |
|
7 |
5 |
.945 |
|
17 |
10 |
.945 |
|
5 |
5 |
.943 |
|
5 |
5 |
.942 |
|
5 |
5 |
.939 |
|
12 |
14 |
.936 |
|
27 |
11 |
.935 |
|
5 |
4 |
.933 |
|
3 |
4 |
.932 |
|
9 |
7 |
.927 |
|
14 |
16 |
.927 |
|
6 |
11 |
.923 |
|
3 |
5 |
.923 |
|
7 |
7 |
.913 |
|
A. |
E. |
Pet. |
|
83 |
1 |
.990 |
|
34 |
1 |
.975 |
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 115
G. PO. A. E. Tct.
Burnum, Atlanta 22 10
Streit, Memphis 20 8
Starkell. Montgomery 23 5
Stockdale. Memphis 26 8
Bartley, Shreveport . 37 11
Breitenstein, New Orleans 28 16
Bailey, Nashville 27 17
Clark, H., Birmingham 37 13
Suetrs, Memphis 33 15
Phillips, New Orleans 29 12
Russell, Nashville 29 13
McMakin. Atlanta-Montgomery 23 8
Dygert. New Orleans 24 5
Watt, Little Rock 33 15
Guese, Little Rock 27 5
Reagan, Birmingham 34 11
Jackson, Atlanta 20 7
McCoy, Montgomery 21 5
Swann, Shreveport 35 22
Goodwin, Memphis 30 9
Breitenstein, W., Shreveport 25 9
Dessau, Birmingham 23 9
Smith, Atlanta 21 11
Hale, Montgomery 27 4
Stultz, Montgomerv-Birmingham .... 19 1
Herman, Nashville 37 23
Bolin, Little Rock-New Orleans 17 6
Fisher. Shreveport 39 15
McFarland, Nashville-Little Rock ... 36 12
Lee. Montgomery 26 6
Brown, Memphis 22 11
Chinn, Little Rock 27 2
PITCHERS' AVERAGES.
G. W.
Dygert, New Orleans 23 18
Breitenstein, New Orleans 27 21
Phillips, New Orleans 29 21
McMakin, Atlanta- Montgomery 22 15
Zellers, Atlanta 12 8
McCoy, Montgomery 18 12
Starkell. Montgomery 23 15
Stockdale, Memphis 23 15
Clark, H., Birmingham 35 22
Smith, Atlanta 21 13
Reagan, Birmingham 35 21
Streit, Memphis 22 13
Breitenstein, Shreveport 22 13
Burnum, Atlanta 19 11
Sallee, Birmingham 14 8
Bartley, Shreveport 35 20
Lee, Montgomery 23 13
Whitridge, New Orleans 16 9
Bolin, Little Rock-New Orleans 16 9
Raymond, Atlanta 18 10
Stultz, Montgomery-Birmingham .... 19 10
Jackson, Atlanta 19 10
Moren, Atlanta 33 17
|
58 |
2 |
.9.-1 |
|
52 |
2 |
.967 |
|
53 |
2 |
.966 |
|
72 |
3 |
.963 |
|
97 |
4 |
.963 |
|
90 |
4 |
.963 |
|
55 |
3 |
.960 |
|
77 |
4 |
.957 |
|
91 |
4 |
.954 |
|
91 |
5 |
.953 |
|
63 |
4 |
.950 |
|
48 |
3 |
.949 |
|
71 |
4 |
.949 |
|
94 |
6 |
.947 |
|
66 |
4 |
.946 |
|
76 |
5 |
.945 |
|
64 |
3 |
.945 |
|
46 |
3 |
.944 |
|
104 |
8 |
.940 |
|
66 |
5 |
.937 |
|
79 |
6 |
.935 |
|
48 |
4 |
.934 |
|
58 |
5 |
.932 |
|
60 |
5 |
.927 |
|
49 |
4 |
.925 |
|
95 |
8 |
.920 |
|
40 |
4 |
.920 |
|
78 |
8 |
.920 |
|
67 |
7 |
.918 |
|
65 |
7 |
.910 |
|
54 |
7 |
.902 |
|
55 |
8 |
.873 |
|
L. |
T. |
Pet. |
|
4 |
1 |
.782 |
|
5 |
1 |
.777 |
|
8 |
0 |
.724 |
|
7 |
0 |
.681 |
|
4 |
0 |
.666 |
|
6 |
0 |
.666 |
|
8 |
0 |
.652 |
|
8 |
0 |
.652 |
|
12 |
1 |
.628 |
|
8 |
0 |
.619 |
|
13 |
1 |
.600 |
|
9 |
0 |
.590 |
|
9 |
0 |
.590 |
|
8 |
0 |
.578 |
|
6 |
0 |
.571 |
|
13 |
<2 |
.571 |
|
10 |
0 |
.565 |
|
6 |
1 |
.562 |
|
7 |
0 |
.562 |
|
6 |
2 |
.555 |
|
9 |
0 |
.526 |
|
9 |
0 |
.526 |
|
14 |
2 |
.515 |
|
w. |
L. |
T. |
Pet. |
|
12 |
11 |
1 |
.500 |
|
13 |
14 |
1 |
.464 |
|
10 |
12 |
0 |
.452 |
|
13 |
13 |
3 |
.448 |
|
15 |
18 |
1 |
.441 |
|
16 |
21 |
0 |
.432 |
|
16 |
20 |
1 |
.432 |
|
6 |
8 |
0 |
.428 |
|
11 |
16 |
0 |
.407 |
|
10 |
17 |
0 |
.370 |
|
10 |
17 |
0 |
.370 |
|
4 |
8 |
0 |
. 333 |
|
8 |
16 |
2 |
.307 |
|
5 |
14 |
1 |
.250 |
|
5 |
17 |
0 |
.227 |
|
4 |
16 |
1 |
.190 |
116 LA.TOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
G.
Guese, Little Rock 24
Hale, Montgomery 28
Brown, Memphis 22
Suggs, Memphis 29
Swann, Shreveport 34
Herman, Nashville 37
Fisher, Shreveport 37
Manuel, New Orleans 14
Goodwin, Memphis 27
Watt, Little Rock 27
Bailey, Nashville 27
Nickens, Nashville 12
Chinn, Little Rock 26
McFarland, Nashville-Little Rock 20
Russell, Nashville 22
Dessau, Birmingham 21
OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE.
The regular championship season of the Ohio-Pennsyl- vania League came to an end September 17th with the Ohio Works team, of Youngstown, winning the pennant. Follow- ing is the complete season record :
Won. Lost. Pet.
Youngstown . 84 32 . 724
Zanesville 59 37 .615
Niles 58 37 .612
Akron 63 42 .600
Braddock 24 24 .500
Lancaster 35 37 . 485
Homestead 31 34 .477
Newark 36 43 .456
Sharon 27 34 .443
McKeesport 10 28 .404
MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUE.
The 1905 season of the Missouri Valley League ended on September 5th with the Pittsburg, Kas., Club as pennant winner. Following is the complete season record :
Won. Lost. Pet.
Pittsburg 75 23 .743
Parsous 61 40 . 604
Muskogee 52 46 . 531
Port Scott 49 52 .481
Webb City 47 54 .465
Tulsa 44 58 .431
Vinita 41 63 .394
South McAlister 33 63 .344
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
117
118
LAJOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE
EW ENGLAND
Jr^gUE
T. H. Murnane, Pres.
SEASON 1905.
Under the splendid leadership of its president, the veteran Tim Mur- nane, the New England League enjoyed one of the best seasons of its long career, although Presi- dent Murnane had considerable trouble in keeping his league's head above water since dur- ing the season the Lowell team had to be transferred to- Taunton and the Manchester team to Lawrence, while in Lynn the team was continually harassed by opposition. The season began April 28th and ended September 9th. The race was very close, as nearly every club in the- league was in the lead at times during the season until the last month, when Concord and Fall River came to the front and made a sensational finish, Concord finally winning the pennant, with Fall River second.
The race for third place was also very interesting, which finally was won out by New Bedford, Lynn finishing fourth. Following is a complete record of the season's record :
CLUBS.
Concord
New Bedford ... 7
Fall River 6
Haverhill 5
Lynn 9
Taunton 4
Lawrence 4
Nashua 4
Lost.
39 50 40 51 50 79 54
429
LA.TOIE'S BASE BALL GUIDE 119
BATTING AVERAGES.
Armbruster, Man.-Lawr. . . . 107
Wallace, Haverhill 98
Wilson, Lawrence 45
Birmingham, Fall River.... 42
Uickey, Fall River 60
Muilaney, New Bedford. .. .111
Moss, Haverhill 45
Eaton, Nashua 36
C. Murphy, Haverhill 97
Zacher, Concord 75
Bowcock, Fall River 108
Boardman, Haverhill 106
Lake, Lynn-New Bedford... 87
O'Hara, Fall River 109
Tierney, Lowell-Taunton ... 88 Clark, Lawrence Manchester . 103
Bigbie, Lowell-Lynn 104
nickman, Concord 10S
Taldois, New Bedford 107
Page, Manchester-Lawrence.. 60 Cassidy, Manchester-Lawr'ce 42 Devine, Nashua-Concord ... 96
J. Smith, Manchester 41
Henry, Concord 108
Phelan, Nashua 76
Hartman, Concord 37
Morrison, Haverhill 52
Pastor, Lynn S8
Burrill, New Bedford 107
Guiheen, Fall River 109
Harris, Fall River 50
Gilroy, Fall River 41
tswope, Lynn 40
Kiernan, Fail River 109
W. Connors, Lowell-Taunton 70
Murch, Nashua 89
Bannon, Lynn 103
Moorhead, Fall River 105
Templin, Concord 108
Coveney, New Bedford 86
Kehoe, New Bedford 100
O. Jackson, Lowell-Taunton. 93
Taylor, New Bedford 42
W. Kane, Manchester 86
Grant, Lowell-Taunton .... 97 J. Jackson, Lowell-Taunton. 33
Beard, Nashua 102
Eustace, Concord 107
Taylor, Haverhill 50
Brown, Haverhill 82
Wiley, Nashua 68
T. Murphv, New Bedford 111
Elliot, New Bedford 36
Sullivan, Fall River 61
|
G. |
W. |
L. |
T. |
Pet. |
|
|
395 |
99 |
134 |
59 |
11 |
.339 |
|
375 |
61 |
118 |
39 |
13 |
.315 |
|
178 |
30 |
55 |
10 |
1 |
.309 |
|
159 |
17 |
49 |
3 |
3 |
.308 |
|
215 |
39 |
66 |
20 |
4 |
.307 |
|
413 |
77 |
125 |
19 |
20 |
.303 |
|
172 |
18 |
52 |
20 |
11 |
.302 |
|
138 |
16 |
40 |
11 |
7 |
.296 |
|
350 |
48 |
103 |
30 |
11 |
.294 |
|
265 |
51 |
77 |
21 |
4 |
.293 |
|
437 |
73 |
127 |
32 |