Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1912 — BET BASES ON BALLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BET BASES ON BALLS

■ ■ iin - p Jimmy Sheckard of Chicago Secured 147 Passes. T . Previous Record of 116 Was Held tqf Miller Huggins of St. Louie—Pitch* % 7 sr Marquard Whiffed Lsrgwet Number of Batsmen. Jimmy Sheckard of the Cubs was the most patient waiter in the National league last season, according to ofilclal statistics prepared and law sued by Secretary Heydler as a sort of supplement to the conventional averages. The Cub left fielder wa* given 147 bases on balls in 186 games last season, and that hot only was far ahead of any other player, but outdid the previous wafting record of the league, held by Miller Huggins. That was 116 passes in 151 games in 1910. The generosity of National league pitchers last season resulted in a total of 4,279 bases on balls. St. Loafs pitchers were most liberal, issuing 562 free trips to first, but the Cub hurlers were close behind them, with a record of 585 passes issued. Cincinnati was third with 578, and Brooklyn was last with 425. Besides Sheckard, Who led the Cubs, the best waiters on each team were Bates of Cincinnati, 108; Huggins of St. Louis, 96; Knabe of Philadelphia, 94; Devore of New York, 87; Sweeney of Boston, 77; Hummel £ of Brooklyn, 67; Wagner and Byrndf of Pittsburgh, 67 each. Some of Wagner’s passes were thrust upon him. : t v National league pitchers struck out f a total of 4,798 batsmen during 1911* | Previously announced official dope showed that Marquard of New York whiffed the largest number of bats- . X-J&w- ' _£l„ If.

' . jf- ; , t ; men, 237, which beat Alexander at the by ten. Brooklyn pitchers led the league in strike-oats with a total of 683 to their credit St Louis pitchers came next with 66ffcf| and Cub hurlers were third with 617. The other totals were: Cincinnati, 694; Philadelphia, ; 68%;. Pittsburgh,! 683; Boston, 677; New York, 606. ' Marquard, therefore, came within rix<| teen of striking out half the men fanned by the Giants’ slab staff fcN|| Jgmson of Brooklyn and Bescher of Cincinnati were tied sbr the lead J fax whiffing. Each of them struck ortd 78 times. Luderus was third with 76 * strike-outs. Carey struck out TtJI times; Devore, 69; Schulte, 68; Ingerton, 68, and Hauser, 67 times. Of tha ' players who took part In 136 or more games, Sweeney of Boston was the , hardest man to strike oat He set down on strikes only 26 tfanefH Joe Tinker was next to Bill with <mlyj 31 strike-outs against him. Mitchell 1 was fanned 34 times; Larry Doyle, » i times; Murray, 37 timed; Meyers, 3tj times; Wagner, 34 times, and fii Wk

« ‘ m and Oakes, 35 times apieoe* 1 All these! played in 130 or more fames. Secretary Heydler introduced an-, other innovation in . keeping recorded reached firs* base on error*. During 5 the season, 1,106 runners profited that way, according to his figures. Boston was luckiest in that p*rttcpg| far. having a total of 171 an reaefad first on errors by opponents. PMSt-i delpbia was second with 164, Pittsburgh was next witniM, ami batsmen were unluddest of all. Only 129 Cubs were handed their fives first on errors. The other dub krtafa yif m l 1 11 YSk » * 42 j Y gx XT. fit Y a. were vißumau, . nw *ajuib» «iiv

Jimmy Sheckard.

Rube Marquard.