People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1895 — NATIONAL LEAGUE AVERAGES. [ARTICLE]

NATIONAL LEAGUE AVERAGES.

Batting and Fielding Percentage* of th* ' Leader*. Chicago, Oct. 3. —The batting fielding of the National League players for 1895 are herewith presented. As was expected, Jesse Burkett, Cleveland’s left fielder, leads the batsmen. Burkett and Delehanty, of Philadelphia, were the only players to reach the 400 mark in batting, Burkett hitting up to 408, while Duffy last year hit 434. Hamilton, who has led the league in base running year by year, does so again, although Lange and McGraw did some great work in stealing cushions. Clements, Philadelphia’s grand old catcher, leads the backstops. Staley, now a discard, heads the pitchers, a trick which he has performed before. Carey, the wonderful Baltimore youngster, leads at first. Jack Brooks, playing the best ball of his life, tops the second basemen. Dave Cross, probably the best of all round players, ranks first among third basemen. Jennings leads the short-stops with a well-earned and marvelous record. “Yale" Murphy made no errors in the out field.