Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1918 — BEST BACKSTOP RECORDS [ARTICLE]

BEST BACKSTOP RECORDS

A catcher who works in at least 100 games each season is worth a liberal salary. Last year's major league records! show that these men passed the century mark behind the bat: National league :* Killifer and Wingo, each 120 games, and Rariden, 100; American league: Schalk and Severeix, each 139 games; O’Neill, 127, and Ainsmlth, 119. Those who caught between 90 and 100 games were Sianage of Detroit, Nunamaker of the Yankees, Miller of Brooklyn, Snyder of the Cardinals and Tragresser of the Braves.