Spalding's Baseball Guide And Official League Book For 1889 Part 6

SECOND BAs.e.m.e.n.

T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . .

--+-----------+------------+---+----+---+---+----+----- 1 Bastian Philidelphia 65 145 258 23 427 .946 2 Richardson New York 135 321 423 46 790 .942 3 Danlap Pittsburg 81 237 276 33 546 .939 4 Nicholson Detroit 24 44 71 8 123 .935 5 Pfeffer Chicago 135 421 457 65 943 .931 6 Richardson Detroit 57 173 185 29 387 .925 7 Ba.s.sett Indianapolis 128 250 423 57 730 .921 8 Meyers Was.h.i.+ngton 132 271 399 60 730 .918 9 Kinsman Boston 28 63 75 13 151 .914 10 Quinn " 38 97 115 20 232 .913 11 Smith Pittsburg 56 131 184 33 348 .905 12 Nash Boston 31 90 108 21 219 .904 13 Burdock " 21 53 68 13 134 .903 14 Ganzell Detroit 51 110 168 31 309 .899 15 Delehanty Philadelphia 56 129 170 44 343 .871

THIRD BAs.e.m.e.n.

T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . .

--+-----------+------------+---+----+---+---+----+----- 1 Nash Boston 104 139 250 37 426 .913 2 Kuhne Pittsburg 74 95 166 26 287 .909 3 McShannie " 26 39 49 9 97 .907 4 Burns Chicago 134 194 273 49 516 .905 5 Denny Indianapolis 96 158 214 44 416 .894 6 Mulvey Philadelphia 99 87 174 32 293 .890 7 Whitney New York 90 90 184 35 309 .886 8 Donnelly Was.h.i.+ngton 117 126 230 51 407 .874 9 Sutton Boston 27 82 47 13 92 .858 10 White Detroit 125 146 244 65 455 .857 11 Ewing New York 21 32 29 15 76 .802 12 Buckley Indianapolis 21 17 28 12 57 .789 13 Cleveland NY & Pitts'g 40 27 57 23 107 .785

SHORT STOPS.

T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . .

--+-----------+------------+---+----+---+---+----+----- 1 Denny Indianapolis 23 65 88 14 167 .916 2 Kuhne Pittsburgh 63 112 159 25 296 .915 3 Smith Pittsburgh 74 90 246 37 373 .900 3 {Gla.s.sc.o.c.k Indianapolis 109 201 334 59 594 .900 {Irwin Philadelphia 121 204 374 64 642 .900 {Shock Was.h.i.+ngton 52 84 168 28 280 .900 {Sutcliffe Detroit 24 39 88 14 141 .900 4 Williamson Chicago 132 120 375 62 557 .888 5 Wise Boston 89 179 271 57 507 .887 6 Ray Boston 47 58 130 26 214 .878 7 Rowe Detroit 103 133 312 72 517 .860 8 Irwin Was.h.i.+ngton 27 54 87 23 164 .859 9 Ward New York 122 185 331 86 602 .857 10 Fuller Was.h.i.+ngton 47 67 140 38 245 .854

FIELDERS T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . .

--+------------+------------+---+----+---+---+----+----- 1 {O'Rourke New York 87 136 13 6 149 .959 {Tiernan New York 113 174 16 8 198 .959 2 Glenn Boston 19 42 2 2 46 .956 3 Sanders Philadelphia 25 38 5 2 46 .955 4 Hornung Boston 107 151 10 9 170 .947 5 Maul Pittsburgh 34 59 8 4 71 .943 6 Seery Indianapolis 133 258 19 18 295 .939 7 Sunday Pittsburgh 119 292 27 21 340 .938 8 {Campau Detroit 70 101 10 8 119 .932 {McGeachy Indianapolis 117 194 27 16 237 .932 9 Pet.i.t Chicago 43 46 8 4 58 .931 10 Fogarty Philadelphia 116 239 26 20 285 .929 11 {Sullivan Chicago 75 114 13 10 137 .927 {Coleman Pittsburgh 90 160 20 14 194 .927 12 {Slattery New York 103 187 16 18 221 .918 {Hanlon Detroit 108 230 7 21 258 .918 13 Miller Pittsburgh 32 58 7 6 71 .915 14 Daily Was.h.i.+ngton 100 179 19 19 217 .912 15 Hines Indianapolis 124 255 13 26 294 .911 15 Delehanty Philadelphia 17 28 3 3 34 .911 16 Duffy Chicago 67 103 19 12 134 .910 17 Dalrymple Pittsburgh 57 80 9 9 98 .908 18 Wood Philadelphia 103 175 15 20 210 .904 19 Andrews Philadelphia 123 210 23 25 258 .903 20 Johnston Boston 135 286 30 36 352 .897 20 Hoy Was.h.i.+ngton 136 296 26 37 359 .897 21 Brown Boston 107 172 18 22 212 .896 22 Shock Was.h.i.+ngton 35 59 7 8 74 .892 23 Fields Pittsburgh 29 49 6 7 62 .887 24 Twitch.e.l.l Detroit 129 195 13 27 235 .885 25 Farrell Chicago 31 50 3 7 60 .883 26 Thompson Detroit 55 86 4 12 102 .882 27 Ryan Chicago 125 217 84 35 286 .877 28 Van Haltren Chicago 54 73 9 12 94 .872 28 Wilmot Was.h.i.+ngton 119 260 19 41 320 .872 29 Foster New York 37 64 5 12 81 .851 30 Scheffler Detroit 27 49 1 9 59 .847 31 Gore New York 64 88 4 18 110 .836 32 Carroll Pittsburg 38 45 2 10 57 .824 33 Kelly Boston 31 28 4 12 44 .727

CATCHERS' AVERAGES.

T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l P o c a b s d a t e m e i s a n e r A n s l t s s g e a A P s d C g c P u i E h e c l t s r B a e R a t r A n p a y O i o L c t n e u n r L e e k d t g s S s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . . .

--+----------+------------+--+---+---+--+--+---+----- 1 Bennett Detroit 72 424 94 18 14 550 .941 2 Ganzell Detroit 25 156 41 9 15 221 .891 3 Daily Chicago 69 400 107 33 36 576 .880 4 Clements Philadelphia 84 494 104 47 39 684 .874 5 Ewing New York 78 480 143 35 65 723 .861 6 Wells Detroit 16 96 25 11 9 141 .858 7 Myers Indianapolis 46 211 63 21 27 322 .851 8 Flint Chicago 22 96 42 11 14 163 .846 9 Mack Was.h.i.+ngton 79 361 152 47 48 608 .843 10 {Deasley Was.h.i.+ngton 31 177 60 20 25 282 .840 {Murphy New York 28 186 56 23 23 288 .840 11 Darling Chicago 20 139 26 12 21 198 .833 12 Buckley Indianapolis 48 213 60 31 28 332 .822 13 Miller Pittsburg 68 268 76 35 48 427 .805 14 O'Rourke Boston 20 89 37 17 14 157 .803 15 Tate Boston 40 188 64 43 19 314 .802 16 Kelly Boston 74 367 146 77 54 644 .796 17 Carroll Pittsburg 53 265 58 37 46 406 .795 18 Daily Indianapolis 42 215 69 34 41 359 .791 19 Brown New York 17 134 24 19 26 203 .778 20 Farrell Chicago 31 171 50 32 34 287 .770 21 Schriver Philadelphia 27 148 39 28 29 244 .760 22 Arundel Was.h.i.+ngton 16 63 16 15 21 115 .687

PITCHERS' RECORD IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

[**Proofreaders note: To fit the page I broke this chart into 2 tables*]

T R R F M I u u i a m n n r d e s s s e s t G o S b E b b a a f C y a y B y m t o r a P e O r O n O s O e s B p e p e p e p r a p d p d p p c P t o o o H o e l n n n i n n a e e e t e t y n n n s n a e t t Ave. t Ave. t g d s s per s per s e NAME. CLUB. . . Game. . Game. . .

-----------+-------------+--+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+---- Buffinton Philadelphia 44 1492 134 3.04 72 1.63 321 .215 Baldwin Chicago 28 960 125 4.46 65 2.32 233 .242 Burd.i.c.k Indianapolis 20 700 88 4.40 52 2.60 167 .238 Boyle " " 37 1294 181 4.89 90 2.43 317 .245 Conway Detroit 44 1508 168 3.82 84 1.81 315 .208 Clarkson Boston 53 1885 239 4.51 120 2.26 436 .231 Casey Philadelphia 32 1141 153 4.78 86 2.69 296 .259 Getzein Detroit 45 1626 224 4.98 137 3.04 402 .247 Gleason Philadelphia 23 791 106 4.61 57 2.48 200 .252 Galvin Pittsburg 50 1760 193 3.86 123 2.46 437 .248 Gruber Detroit 27 934 124 4.59 57 2.11 199 .213 Healy Indianapolis 37 1326 204 5.51 128 3.46 357 .269 Krock Chicago 39 1294 143 3.66 74 1.89 293 .226 Keefe New York 50 1643 149 2.99 75 1.50 329 .200 Madden Boston 19 648 84 4.42 53 2.79 154 .237 Morris Pittsburg 54 1911 213 3 94 114 2.11 459 .240 O'Day Was.h.i.+ngton 46 1545 215 4.67 108 2.34 374 .242 Radbourne Boston 24 791 110 4.58 67 2.79 192 .242 Shreve Indianapolis 35 1235 210 6.00 134 3.82 356 .2*8 Sowders Boston 35 1219 155 4.43 69 1.97 283 .232 Staley Pittsburg 24 774 103 4.29 58 2.41 186 .240 Sanders Philadelphia 31 1097 113 3.64 57 1.84 247 .225 t.i.tcomb New York 23 756 97 4.21 41 1.78 159 .210 Van Haltren Chicago 27 967 160 5.92 81 3 00 264 .273 Welch New York 47 1592 156 3.32 80 1.70 330 .207 Whitney Was.h.i.+ngton 39 1309 181 4.64 94 2.41 317 .242

T F B P N i i a e u m e s o T r m e l W e p c o c b s d i s p a t e e i l o l a n r A n d g n l l t s g i e e a A P s P v n d C g c u i E i e t h e c t s r t n s b a e t r c a n p O i o h o l c t u n r e n l e e t g s s s s d NAME CLUB . . . . . . .

-----------+------------+--+---+--+--+-------+---+----- Buffinton Philadelphia 31 322 10 12 62 437 .808 Baldwin Chicago 11 208 5 18 99 341 .642 Burd.i.c.k Indianapolis 14 87 5 14 44 164 .616 Boyle " " 14 180 7 20 59 280 .692 Conway Detroit 10 267 7 12 57 353 .784 Clarkson Boston 24 351 22 37 119 553 .678 Casey Philadelphia 15 176 9 15 48 263 .726 Getzein Detroit 29 276 16 24 52 397 .768 Gleason Philadelphia 6 128 13 14 53 214 .626 Galvin Pittsburg 23 224 10 11 58 326 .758 Gruber Detroit 4 121 8 14 42 189 .661 Healy Indianapolis 5 206 15 22 81 329 .641 Krock Chicago 4 217 12 18 45 296 .746 Keefe New York 29 410 17 24 86 566 .775 Madden Boston 4 95 4 8 28 139 .712 Morris Pittsburg 20 240 8 17 70 355 .732 O'Day Was.h.i.+ngton 19 252 7 23 123 424 .639 Radbourne Boston 14 104 6 9 44 177 .666 Shreve Indianapolis 7 173 16 31 94 321 .560 Sowders Boston 23 192 8 16 71 310 .693 Staley Pittsburg 8 127 5 8 52 200 .675 Sanders Philadelphia 17 194 7 10 34 262 .805 t.i.tcomb New York 1 157 8 9 48 223 .708 Van Haltren Chicago 25 181 5 24 53 288 .715 Welch New York 16 248 17 20 113 414 .637 Whitney Was.h.i.+ngton 24 145 11 10 60 250 .676

BATTING AND FIELDING RECORD

Of Clubs, Members of the National League of Professional B. B. Clubs.

SEASON OF 1888.

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R BATTING a Times Ave. Ave.

n Games Games at Runs per Runs per k CLUB Played Won Bat Scored Game Earned Game --+------------+------+-----++-----+------+----+------+----- 1 New York 137 84 4751 659 4.81 334 2.44 2 Chicago 135 77 4616 734 5.43 441 3.26 [1] 3 Philadelphia 130 69 4496 535 4.11 272 2.09 4 Boston 137 70 4835 669 4.88 355 2.59 5 Detroit 134 68 4859 721 5.38 423 3.15 6 Indianapolis 137 66 4678 531 3.87 308 2.27 [2] 7 Pittsburg 136 50 4626 600 4.41 269 1.97 8 Was.h.i.+ngton 136 48 4548 482 3.54 225 1.65

[Footnote 1: 1 game forfeited to Philadelphia]

[Footnote 2: 1 game forfeited to New York]

BATTING First Ave. Ave.

Base Per- Total per Bases per CLUB Hits centage Bases Game Stolen Game ------------+-----+-------+-----+------+------+------ New York 1150 .242 1581 11.54 314 2.29 Chicago 1202 .260 1753 12.98 292 2.16 Philadelphia 1017 .226 1298 9.98 246 1.89 Boston 1180 .244 1673 12.21 292 2.13 Detroit 1268 .261 1724 12.86 192 1.43 Indianapolis 1061 .226 1359 9.92 287 2.09 Pittsburg 1112 .240 1443 10.61 351 2.58 Was.h.i.+ngton 944 .207 1233 9.06 336 2.47

FIELDING T F P i i e m e r e A l c A s s d e c s i n c i n E t e s g r Pa.s.sed Bases a p t r b.a.l.l.s given g t Number i o and Opponents e e Put n r Wild on Called Total d CLUB Out g s Pitches b.a.l.l.s Chances ------------+------+------+-----+-------+---------+-------+----- New York 3633 2349 432 205 302 6921 .864 Chicago 3549 2305 409 200 289 6752 .867 Philadelphia 3469 2189 429 144 200 6431 .879 Boston 3652 2288 520 162 270 6892 .861 Detroit 3579 2172 474 128 181 6534 .880 Indianapolis 3581 2048 408 159 225 6421 .876 Pittsburg 3545 2097 453 189 296 6580 .857 Was.h.i.+ngton 3497 2062 522 173 313 6567 .846

TIE GAMES.--New York 7, Chicago 1, Philadelphia 1, Boston 3, Detroit 3, Pittsbnrg 4, Indianapolis 1, Was.h.i.+ngton 2.

THE VETERANS OF THE LEAGUE.

Those of the players who have taken part in League contests for not less than ten years are ent.i.tled to the honor of belonging to the ranks of the veterans of the League, and they include the following representative players, the majority of whom are now in League Clubs:

Number Number of of First Seasons Games Times Base Perc- Name. played. played. at bat. hits. entage -----------------+-------+-------+-------+------+------- Adrian C. Anson 13 1173 4904 1751 .357 James O'Rourke 13 1133 4832 1519 .314 James L. White 13 1101 4610 1439 .312 Paul Hines 13 1184 5112 1591 .311 E. B. Sutton 13 1007 4196 1216 .289 John F. Morrill 13 1194 4685 1253 .267 John J. Burdock 13 871 3584 911 .254 M. J. Kelly 11 1080 4370 1421 .325 A. Dalrymple 11 909 4041 1198 .296 Joseph Start 11 776 3366 995 .295 E. N. Williamson 11 1071 4163 1133 .274 Geo. F. Gore 10 886 3689 1157 .313 Hardy Richardson 10 910 3974 1230 .309 John W. Gla.s.sc.o.c.k 10 952 3847 1089 .283 Chas. W. Bennett 10 709 2720 761 .279 Joseph Hornung 10 858 3706 988 .266 F. S. Flint 10 708 2759 669 .242 Jas. McCormick 10 499 1957 464 .237 D. W. Force 10 746 2873 598 .208

Of these Sutton, Dalrymple, Burdock, and Force are in the service of minor League Clubs, while the retired players include Start and McCormick.

Those who have played for less than ten years and not less than seven include the following second cla.s.s of veterans, the first cla.s.s being limited to players who have a credit of a decade of service:

Number Number of of First Seasons Games Times Base Perc- Name. played. played. at bat. hits. entage -----------------+-------+-------+-------+------+------- Dennis Brouthers 9 845 3578 1267 .354 Rodger Connor 9 943 3870 1309 .338 J. C. Howe 9 827 3548 1067 .300 Geo. A. Wood 9 854 3677 1024 .278 M. C. Dorgan 9 660 2719 756 .277 Thomas Burns 9 900 3597 990 .275 Edwin Hanlon 9 893 3629 972 .267 Jno. M. Ward 9 1046 4403 1169 .265 A. A. Irwin 9 796 3136 796 .254 Jno. Farrell 9 729 3048 776 .254 M. Welch 9 491 1817 433 .238 B. Gilligan 9 510 1848 380 .209 Jos. F. Galvin 9 524 2000 418 .208 Wm. Ewing 8 640 2708 812 .299 Fred Dunlap 8 707 2972 867 .292 P. Gillespie 8 703 2907 817 .278 Thomas York 8 566 2291 617 .269 Robert Ferguson 8 538 2209 596 .269 Jas. E. Whitney 8 525 2085 555 .266 Jeremiah Denny 8 824 3308 881 .266 Chas. Radbourn 8 530 2092 517 .247 George Shaffer 7 521 2137 602 .281 Sam W. Wise 7 698 2826 785 .277 Jno. E. Clapp 7 398 1688 465 .275 W. A. Purcell 7 500 2136 559 .261 J P. Ca.s.sidy 7 416 1718 433 .252 J. J. Gerhardt 7 565 2182 489 .224 Geo. E. Weidman 7 338 1273 22* .1*4 [A] [A]

[**Proofreaders note A: * Indecipherable number**]

Of the above Gillespie, Dorgan, Clapp, York, Ferguson and Ca.s.sidy have retired from field service.

One of the most interesting records of the games played in the professional arena during the past eighteen years of the existence, first of the old National a.s.sociation from 1871 to 1875 inclusive, and then of the National League from 1876 to 1888 inclusive, is that of the contests each year between the rival Boston and Chicago clubs, the former winning the pennant in 1872, '73, '74, '75, '77 and '78, and also in 1883; while Chicago won it in 1876 and in 1880, '81, '82, '85 and '86. As a matter for interesting reference, we give below the full record of victories and defeats scored by the two clubs from 1871 to 1888 inclusive. The Chicago Club did not play in 1872 and 1873, having been burned out in the great fire of '71.

1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 -------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L.

-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- Boston 22 10 39 8 43 16 52 18 71 8 39 31 31 17 41 19 49 20 Chicago 20 9 - - - - 27 31 30 37 52 14 18 30 30 30 44 32

1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 -------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L.

-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- Boston 40 44 38 45 45 39 63 35 73 38 46 66 56 61 61 60 70 64 Chicago 67 17 56 28 55 29 59 39 62 50 87 25 90 31 71 50 77 58

THE LEAGUE'S PRESIDENT.

The close of the League campaign of 1888 saw the President of the League, Mr. N. E. Young, enter upon a new era in the history of his official duties, first as Secretary, then as President-Secretary, two positions he has so faithfully and efficiently filled since the organization of the League. Mr. Young was prominent in organizing the first professional National a.s.sociation; and but for him Mr. Chadwick would not have been able to have carried out his project of dividing the baseball fraternity into the two officially recognized cla.s.ses which he did when he started the first professional a.s.sociation in 1871. From that year to 1875 inclusive, Mr. Young acted as Secretary of the old National a.s.sociation, and when it was superseded by the National League in 1876 he was elected Secretary of the new organization, Mr. Bulkely, the present Governor of Connecticut, being the League's first President. Mr. Young was also Secretary under the Presidency of Mr. A. G. Mills, and when that gentleman resigned, the worthy Secretary was elected to the joint offices of President, Secretary and Treasurer of the League, and this position he has most capably filled ever since.

A Was.h.i.+ngton journalist has this well-merited compliment to say of the veteran:

"The rugged honesty of the League president is a matter with which those interested in base ball have long been familiar. His residence is in Was.h.i.+ngton, and he was for years a player and umpire, having all the ups and downs usual to their lot, but he is now in very comfortable circ.u.mstances. The duties of his office require a cool-headed man, able to do justice to all without fear or favor. It is singularly trying at times, but though the intense rivalry of the different clubs sometimes causes the managers to lose their heads and charge unfairness against the umpires, not a word has ever been said that would in any way compromise Nick Young.

It is an honor and credit to the baseball magnates that they have such a man at the head of the League."

THE JOINT RULES COMMITTEE AND THEIR WORK.

[Ill.u.s.tration: N.E. Young.]

The work accomplished by the Joint Rules Committee of the National League and the American a.s.sociation at their meeting in New York in November, 1888, ranks with the best on record in the revision of the playing rules of the game, and the successful results achieved in improving the code was largely due to the marked efficiency evinced by the chairman of the Committee, Mr. Chas. H. Byrne, the president of the Brooklyn club, who was indefatigable in doing the large amount of revisory work which was thrown upon the committee. In the face of a very noisy and sensational demand for radical changes in the rules governing the game, the committee, as a whole, manifested a wise conservatism in several respects, which cannot help but be of material a.s.sistance in advancing the welfare of the game at large. In the first place, by reducing the powers of the attack nearer to an equality with those of the defence--which result was accomplished when they reduced the number of called b.a.l.l.s from five to four--they not only adopted a rule which will moderate the dangerous speed in delivering the ball to the bat, but they thereby afforded the batsman an additional chance for more effective work at the bat. This latter point, too, has been aided by reducing the number of outs the batsman has. .h.i.therto been unfairly subjected to. The rule which puts batsmen out on catches of foul b.a.l.l.s, which, since the game originated, has been an unfair rule of play, has seen its best day; and this year the entering wedge to its ultimate disappearance has been driven in, with the practical result of the repeal of the foul tip catch. This improvement, too, is in the line of aiding the batting side, as it gets rid of one of the numerous ways of putting the batsman out.

The argument brought to bear in favor of the elimination of outs from foul b.a.l.l.s from the code was in the main as follows: