The following is the record of the August campaign, which led to a material change in the relative positions of the twelve clubs by the close of the month:
THE AUGUST RECORD —————————————————————————————————————- Date. Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score. —————————————————————————————————————- Aug. 1 New York vs. Boston New York Meekin Staley[2] 5-4 " 1 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Philadelphia Carsey Stein 6-5 " 1 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington Gleason Stein 6-4 " 1 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington Inks Stockdale 11-4 " 1 Chicago vs. St. Louis Chicago McGill Hawley 26-8 " 1 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Colcolugh Parrot 15-5 " 2 Boston vs. New York New York Nichols German 13-13 " 2 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Philadelphia Fanning Underwood 9-8 " 2 Baltimore vs. Washington Baltimore Hawke Maul 10-9 " 2 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Breitenstein Ehret 7-4 " 2 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cleveland Cuppy Chamberlain 9-4 " 2 Chicago vs. Louisville Louisville Hutchinson Knell 4-3 " 3 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Westervelt Daub 17-3 " 3 Brooklyn vs. New York Brooklyn Kennedy Clarke 7-6 " 3 Philadelphia vs. Baltimore Philadelphia Taylor Esper 14-4 " 3 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia McMahon Weyhing 16-3 " 3 Washington vs. Boston Boston Mercer Nichols 8-4 " 3 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cleveland Young Cross 11-5 " 3 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Hawley Gumbert[2] 8-6 " 3 Louisville vs. Chicago Louisville Forfeited; no game 9-0 " 4 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Rusie Stein 16-8 " 4 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Meekin Stein 9-* " 4 Boston vs. Washington Boston Stivetts Sullivan 11-5 " 4 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Gleason Carsey 19-12 " 4 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis Pittsburgh Colcol'h Br'tenst'n 11-5 " 4 Cincinnati vs. Cleveland Cleveland Parrott Cuppy 8-5 " 4 Chicago vs. Louisville Louisville Griffith Hemming 10-4 " 5 Chicago vs. Cincinnati Chicago Griffith Dwyer 8-1 " 5 Lousiville vs. St. Louis Lousiville Wadsworth A.Clarkson 5-2 " 6 Brooklyn vs. New York New York Kennedy Westervelt 21-8 " 6 Boston vs. Washington Boston Staley Maul 15-7 " 6 Chicago vs. Cincinnati Chicago Stratton Cross 12-9 " 6 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Pittsburgh Eghret Young 11-6 " 6 Louisville vs. St. Louis Louisville Menafee Hawley 3-1 " 7 New York vs. Washington Washington Rusie Mercer 16-8 " 7 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn McMahon Daub 26-5 " 7 Brooklyn vs. Baltimore Brooklyn Stein Inks 18-8 " 7 Boston vs. Philadelphia Boston Nichols Carsey 19-8 " 7 Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Cuppy Colcolough 10-9 " 7 Chicago vs. Cincinnati Chicago Hutchinson Fischer[1]13-11 " 7 St. Louis vs. Louisville Louisville Breitenstein Knell 11-2 " 8 Washington vs. New York Washington Sullivan Meekin 12-10 " 8 Baltimore vs. Broooklyn Brooklyn Gleason Kennedy 4-1 " 8 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Esper Summerville 13-5 " 8 Philadelphia vs. Boston Boston Harper Staley 18-10 " 8 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Pittsburgh Ehret Perry 10-3 " 8 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Chicago Dwyer McGill 14-11 " 9 New York vs. Washington Washington Meekin Maul 7-3 " 9 Brooklyn vs. Baltimore Brooklyn Stein Hawke 11-7 " 9 Boston vs. Philadelphia Boston Hodson Taylor 11-2 " 9 Louisville vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Hemming Gumbert 5-4 " 9 Chicago vs. Cincinnati Chicago Dwyer McGill 14-11 " 10 Baltimore vs. New York Baltimore Gleason Rusie 12-9 " 10 Boston vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Nichols Kennedy 12-6 " 10 Washington vs. Philadelphia Washington Mercer Carsey 4-1 " 10 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Ehret Wadsworth 9-6 " 10 Cleveland vs. Chicago Chicago Young Hutchinson 2-1 " 11 Baltimore vs. New York Baltimore McMahon Westervelt 20-1 " 11 Boston vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Lucis Stivetts 11-10 " 11 Philadelphia vs. Washington Philadelphia Taylor Sullivan 10-7 " 11 Philadelphia vs. Washington Philadelphia Weyhing Maul 16-4 " 11 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Gumbert Menafee 3-2 " 11 Cleveland vs. Chicago Chicago Cuppy Stratton 11-9 " 11 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis Cincinnati Fischer Hawley 7-6 " 12 Chicago vs. Cleveland Chicago Griffith Petty 16-5 " 12 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Breitenstein Parrott 12-5 " 13 New York vs. Baltimore Baltimore Meekin Hawke 5-1 " 13 Brooklyn vs. Boston Brooklyn Stein Hodson 13-5 " 13 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Hutchinson Ehret 17-14 " 14 New York vs. St. Louis New York Rusie A.Clarkson 5-4 " 14 Boston vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Nichols Gumbert 22-5 " 14 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Baltimore Gleason Dwyer[1] 6-5 " 14 Chicago vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Stratton Kennedy 5-1
THE AUGUST RECORD—Continued.
—————————————————————————————————————- Date. Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score. —————————————————————————————————————- Aug 14 Cleveland vs. Washington Washington Young Mercer[1] 1-0 " 14 Louisville vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Knell Carsey 13-7 " 15 St. Louis vs. New York New York Breitenstein German 4-3 " 15 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Brooklyn Daub Hutchinson 9-5 " 15 Boston vs. Pittsburgh Boston Stivetts Ehret[2] 6-5 " 15 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Philadelphia Taylor Hemming 14-4 " 15 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Baltimore McMahon Fischer 8-2 " 15 Washington vs. Cleveland Washington Stockdale Cuppy 7-6 " 16 New York vs. St. Louis New York Meekin Hawley 13-3 " 16 Boston vs. Pittsburgh Boston Staley Menafee 6-4 " 16 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Baltimore Hawke Parrott 15-6 " 16 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Philadelphia Weyhing Nicol 17-8 " 16 Washington vs. Cleveland Washington Maul Young 6-2 " 16 Chicago vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Griffith Lucid 3-1 " 17 New York vs. St. Louis New York Rusie A.Clarkson 7-6 " 17 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Philadelphia Carsey Wadsworth 29-4 " 17 Cleveland vs. Washington Washington Cuppy Mercer 9-8 " 18 Chicago vs. New York New York Stratton German 6-4 " 18 Chicago vs. New York New York Terry Meekin[1] 5-5 " 18 St. Louis vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Breitenstein Stein 4-0 " 18 Cincinnati vs. Boston Boston Dwyer Nichols 19-6 " 18 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Gleason Ehret 17-2 " 18 Philadelphia vs. Cleveland Philadelphia Taylor Sullivan 11-6 " 18 Washington vs. Louisville Washington Stockdale Hemming 6-4 " 19 No Games Scheduled " 20 New York vs. Chicago New York Rusie Griffith 11-3 " 20 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis St. Louis Kennedy A.Clarkson 20-4 " 20 Philadelphia vs. Cleveland Philadelphia Harper Young 16-1 " 20 Washington vs. Louisville Washington Maul Knell 8-7 " 20 Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore Baltimore Menafee Esper 7-5 " 21 New York vs. Chicago New York German Hutchinson 13-11 " 21 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis Brooklyn Lucid Breitenstein 20-11 " 21 Boston vs. Cincinnati Boston Staley Fischer 18-3 " 21 Boston vs. Cincinnati Boston Nichols Parrott 28-8 " 21 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh Baltimore Hawke Gumbert 17-11 " 21 Philadelphia vs. Cleveland Philadelphia Carsey Cuppy 12-6 " 21 Washington vs. Louisville Washington Mercer Wadsworth 15-9 " 22 New York vs. Chicago New York Meekin Hutchinson 8-5 " 22 Boston vs. Cincinnati Boston Nichols Fournier 8-7 " 22 Philadelphia vs. Baltimore Philadelphia Taylor Inks 3-2 " 23 New York vs. Louisville New York Rusie Hemming 8-4 " 23 Boston vs. Cleveland Boston Stivetts Young 12-10 " 23 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh Philadelphia Harper Menafee 9-4 " 23 Washington vs. Chicago Washington Stockdale Terry 14-3 " 23 St. Louis vs. Baltimore Baltimore Hawley Gleason 10-6 " 23 Cincinnati vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Dwyer Stein 13-2 " 24 New York vs. Louisville New York German Knell 20-4 " 24 Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati Brooklyn Kennedy Fischer 15-9 " 24 Baltimore vs. St. Louis Baltimore McMahon Breitenst'n 5-2 " 24 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh Philadelphia Carsey Ehret 14-7 " 24 Boston vs. Cleveland Boston Hodson Cuppy 14-4 " 24 Cleveland vs. Boston Boston Cuppy Staley 10-8 " 24 Chicago vs. Washington Washington Griffith Mercer 10-5 " 25 New York vs. Louisville New York Meekin Nicol 18-6 " 25 New York vs. Louisville New York Rusie Wadsworth 5-1 " 25 Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati Brooklyn Daub Dwyer 5-3 " 25 Baltimore vs. St. Louis Baltimore Hawke A.Clarkson 4-3 " 25 Boston vs. Cleveland Boston Hodson Sullivan 8-3 " 25 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh Philadelphia Taylor Gumbert 13-6 " 25 Washington vs. Chicago Washington Mercer Stratton 9-4 " 26 No game scheduled " 27 Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Whitrock Fanning 19-9 " 27 Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Fournier Harper 9-8 " 27 Baltimore vs. Chicago Baltimore Gleason Hutchinson 12-3 " 28 New York vs. Cleveland Cleveland Rusie Young 5-1 " 28 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Brooklyn Kennedy Menafee 8-2 " 28 Philadelphia vs. Chicago Philadelphia Taylor Terry 16-6 " 28 Baltimore vs. Louisville Baltimore McMahon Hemming 8-2 " 28 Washington vs. Cincinnati Washington Maul Dwyer 9-7 " 28 St. Louis vs. Boston Boston Hawley Nichols 9-5 " 29 New York vs. Cleveland New York Meekin Cuppy 6-4 " 29 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Brooklyn Stein Ehret 11-7 " 29 Baltimore vs. Louisville Baltimore Hawke Wadsworth 8-6 " 29 Boston vs. St. Louis Boston Stivetts A.Clarkson 14-4 " 29 Washington vs. Cincinnati Washington Mercer Fournier 9-5 " 29 Chicago vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Griffith Carsey 13-6 " 30 Cleveland vs. New York New York Sullivan Clarke 13-4 " 30 St. Louis vs. Boston Boston Hawley Hodson 7-3 " 30 Chicago vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Hutchinson Harper 15-11 " 30 Baltimore vs. Louisville Baltimore Gleason Knell 9-8 " 30 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Brooklyn Kennedy Gumbert 19-11 " 30 Pittsburgh vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Menafee Daub 9-1 " 30 Washington vs. Cincinnati Washington Stockdale Fischer 8-6 " 31 New York vs. Boston New York Rusie Nichols 5-1 " 31 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Baltimore Esper Young 5-1 " 31 Philadelphia vs. Washington Philadelphia Taylor Maul 10-8 " 31 Philadelphia vs. Washington Philadelphia Weyhing Wynne 11-5
[Footnote 1: Ten innings][Footnote 2: Eleven innings]
Two games were drawn in August. —————————————————————————————————————-
Baltimore, Boston and New York led the first division clubs in the pennant race up to August 31st, with the respective percentage figures of .657, .645 and .639, followed by Philadelphia with .562, Brooklyn with .533 and Cleveland with .529, only one Western club being left in the first division, something hitherto unprecedented in League pennant races. Pittsburgh led the second division clubs with the percentage figures of .491 only, that club having fallen off badly in August, with Chicago a good second, followed by Cincinnati, St. Louis, Washington and Louisville, the "Senators" having driven the "Colonels" into the last ditch, the Louisville figures being .302.
Here is the pennant race record up to the close of the August campaign:
AUGUST RECORD. ————————————————————————————————- P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t ————————————————————————————————- Baltimore 69 36 105 .657 Pittsburgh 52 54 106 .491 Boston 69 38 107 .645 Chicago 49 58 107 .458 New York 69 39 108 .639 Cincinnati 46 60 106 .434 Philadelphia 59 46 105 .562 St. Louis 44 63 107 .411 Brooklyn 56 49 105 .533 Washington 37 71 108 .343 Cleveland 55 49 104 .529 Louisville 32 74 106 .302 ————————————————————————————————-
By the close of the August campaign the Baltimore club had regained the position in the van, and afterward they were not headed. Then began an exciting struggle between the Boston champions and the "Giants" for second place, but it was not until September 6th that the "Giants" led the "Champions," and then only by the percentage figures of .652 to .646. Baltimore leading at that date with but .676, so it will be seen that the fight between those three was nip and tuck after the end of August. At that time the "Phillies," the Brooklyns and the Clevelands were struggling equally hard for fourth place, the "Phillies" leading, with Brooklyn fifth and Cleveland sixth. By this time Washington had comfortably buried the Louisvilles in the last ditch, and no resurrection followed.
The feature of the last monthly campaign of the championship season was the fight for second place between Boston and New York. When the campaign began Baltimore led with the percentage figures of .667, and it was an exceedingly close fight between the "Champions" and "Giants," the former leading the latter by the percentage figures of .645 to .643 on September 3d. The "Phillies," Brooklyns and Clevelands were the next three in the first division, all three being in the five hundreds in percentage points.
Here is the month's record:
THE SEPTEMBER RECORD. —————————————————————————————————————- Date. Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score. —————————————————————————————————————- Sept 1 New York vs. Cincinnati New York German Whitrock 8-6 " 1 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Brooklyn Stein Hemming 6-5 " 1 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Brooklyn Kennedy Wadsworth 20-7 " 1 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Baltimore Gleason Cuppy 5-2 " 1 Philadelphia vs. St. Louis Philadelphia Carsey Hawley 19-9 " 1 Washington vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Mercer Menafee 11-4 " 1 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Ehret Mercer 15-6 " 1 Chicago vs. Boston Chicago Terry Stivetts 15-6 " 1 Cincinnati vs. New York New York Dwyer Meekin 8-6 " 1 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Breitenst'n Fanning 8-6 " 2 No games scheduled " 3 New York vs. Cincinnati New York Meekin Fournier 16-2 " 3 New York vs. Cincinnati New York Rusie Dwyer 6-4 " 3 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Brooklyn Lucid Knell 6-4 " 3 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Brooklyn Daub Inks 9-3 " 3 Boston vs. Chicago Boston Staley Griffith 5-4 " 3 Boston vs. Chicago Boston Nichols Hutchinson 11-4 " 3 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Baltimore Esper Sullivan 13-2 " 3 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Baltimore Hawke Young 10-3 " 3 Philadelphia vs. St. Louis Philadelphia Weyhing Breitenst'n 8-1 " 3 Philadelphia vs. St. Louis Philadelphia Jones Hawley 6-4 " 3 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Gumbert Maul 22-1 " 4 New York vs. Pittsburgh New York Meekin Menafee 14-13 " 4 Cleveland vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Cuppy Stein 8-0 " 4 Boston vs. Louisville Boston Stivetts Knell 20-11 " 4 Baltimore vs. Chicago Baltimore Hemming Terry 9-3 " 4 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Taylor Whitrock 6-2 " 4 St. Louis vs. Washington Washington Breitenst'n Haddock 10-7 " 5 New York vs. Pittsburgh New York Rusie Ehret 4-0 " 5 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Brooklyn Kennedy Young 2-1 " 5 Boston vs. Louisville Boston Nichols Wadsworth 7-6 " 5 Baltimore vs. Chicago Baltimore Gleason Hutchinson 12-3 " 5 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Carsey Dwyer 15-6 " 5 Washington vs. St. Louis Washington St'kdale A.Cl'kson[1] 7-4 " 6 New York vs. Pittsburgh New York Meekin Gumbert 6-5 " 6 Baltimore vs. Chicago Baltimore Hawke Griffith 14-6 " 6 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Weyhing Fischer 14-7 " 6 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Taylor Whitrock 16-2 " 6 Washington vs. St. Louis Washington Mercer Breitenstein 12-2 " 6 Cleveland vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Sullivan Lucid 13-2 " 6 Louisville vs. Boston Boston Inks Staley 15-10 " 7 No games scheduled " 8 Boston vs. Chicago Chicago Nichols Hutchinson 3-1 " 8 Baltimore vs. Louisville Louisville Gleason Knell 6-3 " 8 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis St. Louis Stein Hawley 6-1 " 8 Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia Pittsburgh Menafee Weyhing 13-7 " 8 Cincinnati vs. Washington Cincinnati Dwyer Haddock 14-9 " 9 St. Louis vs. Brooklyn St. Louis Br'tsenst'n Kennedy 7-5 " 9 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis St. Louis Kennedy Hawley 11-7 " 9 Baltimore vs. Louisville Louisville Hemming Wadsworth 9-4 " 9 Cleveland vs. Chicago Chicago Cuppy McGill 9-5 " 9 Cincinnati vs. Washington Cincinnati Whitrock Mercer 4-1 " 9 Cincinnati vs. Washington Cincinnati Fisher Stockdale 7-6 " 10 New York vs. Cleveland Cleveland Rusie Sullivan 13-4 " 10 Boston vs. Chicago Chicago Stivetts Terry 25-8 " 10 Baltimore vs. Louisville Louisville Esper Inks 15-6 " 11 Cleveland vs. New York Cleveland Young Meekin 13-3 " 11 New York vs. Cleveland Cleveland Meekin Cuppy 9-1 " 11 Chicago vs. Boston Chicago Hutchinson Staley 17-2 " 11 Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia Pittsburgh Colcolough Taylor 9-7 " 11 Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia Pittsburgh Ehret Johnson 9-8 " 12 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Chicago Stein McGill 12-8 " 12 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Louisville Carsey Knell 5-3 " 12 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Gleason Dwyer 16-2 " 12 Cleveland vs. Boston Cleveland Sullivan Stivetts 9-8 " 12 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Gumbert Haddock 9-6 " 13 New York vs. St. Louis St. Louis Rusie Hawley 7-3 " 13 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Chicago Kennedy Hutchinson 8-3 " 13 Boston vs Cleveland Cleveland Nichols Cuppy 11-4 " 13 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Louisville Weyhing Wadsworth 5-2 " 13 Washington vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Mercer Menafee 11-6 " 14 St. Louis vs. New York St. Louis A.Clarkson Meekin 1-0 " 15 New York vs. St. Louis St. Louis Rusie Breitenstein 7-2 " 15 Boston vs. Cleveland Cleveland Stivetts Wallace 7-2 " 15 Chicago vs. Brooklyn Chicago Hutchinson Lucid 10-3 " 15 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Gumbert Stockdale 11-6 " 16 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Gleason Dwyer 14-3 " 16 Cincinnati vs. Baltimore Cincinnati Parrott Hawke 4-3 " 16 Washington vs. Louisville Louisville Mercer Inks 7-6 " 16 Chicago vs. Brooklyn Chicago Griffith Stein 13-5 " 17 New York vs. Chicago Chicago Meekin Hutchinson 5-2 " 17 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Hemming Menafee 10-2 " 17 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Esper Ehret 4-1 " 17 Cleveland vs. Brooklyn Cleveland Sullivan Kennedy 12-6 " 17 St. Louis vs Boston St. Louis Hawley Nichols 6-5 " 17 Louisville vs. Washington Louisville Knell Haddock 7-6 " 18 New York vs. Chicago Chicago Rusie Terry 4-3 " 18 New York vs Chicago Chicago Meekin Griffith 9-6 " 18 Cleveland vs. Brooklyn Cleveland Young Daub 9-3 " 18 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Cleveland Lucid Cuppy 7-1 " 18 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Gleason Colcolough 15-8 " 18 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Taylor Fischer 10-4 " 18 Washington vs. Louisville Louisville Mercer Wadsworth 9-4 " 18 St. Louis vs. Boston St. Louis Br'tenst'n Stivetts 5-1 " 19 New York vs. Chicago Chicago Meekin Hutchinson 4-3 " 19 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Carsey Whitrock 12-11 " 19 Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia Cincinnati Parrott Weyhing 8-3 " 19 St. Louis vs. Boston St. Louis Hawley Stivetts 5-4 " 20 Pittsburgh vs. New York Pittsburgh Menafee Rusie 10-3 " 20 Boston vs. Louisville Louisville Nichols Inks 4-3 " 20 Cleveland vs. Washington Cleveland Wallace Boyd 14-8 " 20 Chicago vs. Philadelphia Chicago Abbey Johnson 20-4 " 21 New York vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Meekin Ehret[2] 4-4 " 21 Boston vs. Louisville Louisville Staley Knell 13-6 " 21 Baltimore vs. St. Louis St. Louis Hemming Breitestein 8-4 " 21 Washington vs. Cleveland Cleveland Mullarky Young 4-3 " 21 Chicago vs. Philadelphia Chicago Hutchinson Taylor 11-5 " 22 New York vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Rusie Colcolough 6-2 " 22 Pittsburgh vs. New York Pittsburgh Ehret German 4-1 " 22 Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Stein Fischer 11-6 " 22 Philadelphia vs. Chicago Chicago Carsey Abbey 9-6 " 22 Baltimore vs. St. Louis St. Louis Esper Hawley 6-4 " 22 Boston vs. Louisville Louisville Stivetts Wadsworth 3-2 " 22 Louisville vs. Boston Louisville Inks 6-4 " 22 Cleveland vs. Washington Cleveland Sullivan Anderson 6-5 " 23 Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Kennedy Whitrock 10-9 " 23 Cincinnati vs. Brooklyn Cincinnati Parrott Daub 3-2 " 23 Washington vs. Chicago Chicago Mullarky Terry 6-5 " 23 Chicago vs. Washington Chicago Griffith Boyd 11-5 " 23 Baltimore vs. St. Louis St. Louis Esper Breitenstein 10-4 " 24 New York vs. Louisville Louisville Meekin Knell 8-7 " 24 Boston vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Stivetts Fischer 7-4 " 24 Cleveland vs. Baltimore Cleveland Cuppy Gleason 12-7 " 24 Pittsburgh vs. Brooklyn Pittsburgh Menafee Stein 10-4 " 24 Chicago vs. Washington Chicago Hutchinson Stockdle 17-5 " 24 Philadelphia vs. St. Louis St. Louis Johnson A.Clarkson 21-1 " 25 New York vs. Louisville Louisville Rusie Wadsworth 15-3 " 25 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Cleveland Esper Young 14-9 " 25 Cincinnati vs. Boston Cincinnati Parrott Nichols 9-7 " 25 Cincinnati vs. Boston Cincinnati Whitrock Hodson 5-1 " 25 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia St. Louis Hawley Figgemeir 14-7 " 25 Pittsburgh vs. Brooklyn Pittsburgh Jordan Kennedy 10-7 " 26 New York vs. Louisville Louisville Meekin Inks 9-5 " 26 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Cleveland Hemming Cuppy 7-6 " 26 Pittsburgh vs. Brooklyn Pittsburgh Colcolo'h Kennedy 9-8 " 26 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia St. Louis Breitestein Johnson 12-6 " 27 New York vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Clark Fischer 11-4 " 27 Boston vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Stivetts Ehret 8-1 " 27 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia Cleveland Young Weyhing 26-4 " 28 New York vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati German Whitrock 9-8 " 28 Pittsburgh vs. Boston Pittsburgh Gumbert Nichols 15-9 " 28 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia Cleveland Wallace Carsey 8-6 " 29 Cincinnati vs. New York Cincinnati Parrott Meekin 7-6 " 29 St. Louis vs. Washington St. Louis Hawley Anderson 6-4 " 29 Chicago vs. Baltimore Chicago Hutchinson Gleason 5-4 " 29 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia Cleveland Sullivan Taylor 11-3 " 29 Boston vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Hodson Menafee 6-5 " 29 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Louisville Stein Knell 11-4 " 30 Baltimore vs. Chicago Chicago Esper Terry 20-9 " 30 Louisville vs. Brooklyn Louisville Wadsworth Daub 10-8 " 30 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Louisville Stein Inks 12-4 " 30 St. Louis vs. Washington St. Louis Br'tenst'n Mullarky 14-2 " 30 St. Louis vs. Washington St. Louis Hawley Boyd 10-4 " 30 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Cuppy Dwyer 16-16
[Footnote 1: Protested.] [Footnote 2: Forfeited.] —————————————————————————————————————-
The pitching of 1894 in the National League arena was in advance of that of 1893, but it has yet to reach the point of perfect work in the box. Somehow or other, managers of teams cannot get it out of their heads that great speed is the principal factor of success in pitching, when the fact is that speed is but an aid to success, secondary in value to that of strategic skill in delivering the ball to the bat.
The experience of the past season in connection with the limit of speed in pitching presents some valuable suggestions which team managers will do well to bear in mind this year. Some years ago, the swift pitching—which had then about reached the highest point of speed—proved to be so costly in its wear and fear upon the catchers that clubs had to engage a corps of reserve catchers, in order to go through a season's campaign with any degree of success. Afterward, however, the introduction of the protective "mitts" led to some relief being afforded the catchers who had been called upon to face the swift pitching of the "cyclone" pitchers of the period. The seasons of 1893 and 1894 were marked by some exhibitions of swift pitching unequaled in the annals of the game, and yet it was not effective in placing the team which held the cyclone pitchers in the lead. If the speed of the ball is too great for catchers to handle, even with the protection the breast pads, masks and the padded gloves of the period afford, why then it is worse than useless. It was skilful, strategic pitching which helped to win the pennant in 1894, and not "cyclone" pitching. Speed is all very well as an important accessory, but without the best of catching to support it, and thorough command of the ball to give it full effect, it is more costly than otherwise.
The Pitching Percentages for 1894.
The complete record of the pitching percentages of victories pitched in, shows that Baltimore's full season's team of pitchers had a general percentage of victories pitched in of .695 by the eight pitchers who occupied the box during the season's campaign. This record excelled the percentage figures of New York's team of five pitchers by 31 points, and that of Boston's seven pitchers by 66 points, the respective percentage figures being, .695, .664 and .629. These figures show the relative strength of the three battery teams, as far as the record of percentage can show them. A better criterion of pitching skill would be, of course, at command, were the scoring rules giving the data of runs earned off the pitching revised properly; but as they were not in 1894, we have to take the next best data at command, that being the percentage of victories pitched in. Taking the records of the first three pitchers named in the Baltimore "battery" team record, as a whole, we do not hesitate to award to McMahon the position of leading pitcher of the club for 1894. Brown led McMahon in percentage of victories against the five Eastern teams, but the former was last on the list against the six Western teams, McMahon's percentage figures against the Western batsmen being .812 against Brown's .500. Against the Eastern teams Brown's figures were .750 to McMahon's .706. But McMahon pitched in 17 games against the Eastern batsmen, to Brown's 4 games only, and that fact counts to McMahon's advantage. Esper stood second in percentage figures against the Western batsmen with the percentage of .889 in 9 games to McMahon's .812 in 16 games. Gleason stood third against the Eastern teams with .625 to McMahon's .706; but against the West, Gleason was fourth, with the percentage of .769 to McMahon's .812. Hawke did service against the West with .688 to .556 against the East. Inks and Mullane stood even at .667 against the West, but Inks led Mullane by .511 to .500 against the East, Horner only pitched in one game. Here is a full record of the eight pitchers of the Baltimore team of 1894, showing what each pitcher did against the Eastern and Western batsmen separately, in victories and defeats against each club, and in percentage of victories pitched in against the batsmen of each section. It is a valuable record, if only in its showing what each pitcher did in the way of victories, against each club of each division.
THE BALTIMORE CLUB'S RECORD.—————————————————————————————————————-EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.Phi W P C Ll a C i i oW N a B s l t S n uo e d r h P e t C t c i PBALTIMORE n w B e o i e v s h . i s e/ o l o n T r e b i L n v T rvs. L Y s p k g o c l u c o n i o co o t h l t t e a r a u a l t es r o i y o a n n g g i t l a nPitchers t k n a n n l t Pitchers d h o s i e l t——————————————————————————————————————Brown W 0 0 1 1 1 3 .750 Hemming 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 1.000L 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0McMahon W 2 3 2 2 3 12 .706 Esper 3 1 1 2 0 1 8 .889L 3 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1Gleason W 1 0 1 2 1 5 .625 McMahon 2 0 2 3 3 3 13 .811L 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 3Inks W 1 0 1 0 2 4 .571 Gleason 1 2 2 3 0 2 10 .769L 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 3Hawke W 0 1 0 1 3 5 .556 Hawke 1 1 3 2 2 2 11 .688L 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 5Mullane W 2 0 1 1 1 5 .500 Inks 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 .667L 0 3 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2Esper W 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 Mullane 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .667L 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1Horner W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500L 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1—————————————————————————————————————-
It will be seen by the above table that, while Brown did not pitch in a single victory against the two clubs standing next to Baltimore in the race, McMahon pitched in five victories; and yet Brown's percentage figures exceeded McMahon's by .750 to .706 against the five clubs as a whole, owing to McMahon's pitching in five defeats, against Brown's single defeats against the New York and Boston batsmen. Hemming's record is A No. 1, as far as he pitched, but he did not pitch in a single game against the Eastern teams, to the extent of a full record of innings pitched in.
Here is the record for the whole season, showing the total percentage:
THE BALTIMORE PITCHERS' FULL RECORD.—————————————————————————————-Per cent. ofPitchers. Victories. Defeats. Games Pitched. Victories.—————————————————————————————-Hemming 5 0 5 1.000Esper 9 2 11 .818McMahon 25 8 33 .758Gleason 15 6 21 .714Brown 4 2 6 .667Hawke 16 9 25 .640Inks 8 5 13 .615Mullane 7 6 13 .538Horner 0 1 1 .000—————————————————————————————-
These tables include all victories and defeats of the season, whether counted or thrown out. It will be seen that only three pitchers pitched in a majority of the games played.
The New York club, in 1894, went through the season's campaign with the fewest pitchers in their team of any of the twelve clubs. Moreover, their "battery" teams of the season, as a whole, surpassed those of any of the club's previous batteries since the club was organized. Led by Meekin and Farrell—the champion "battery" of 1894—followed by pitchers Rusie, Westervelt, German and Clarke, with catchers Wilson and Doyle, the club presented battery strength sufficient to have carried the team to the goal, but for sundry drawbacks they met with during the early part of the championship campaign, especially during April and May. And handicapped as they were, they managed to close the season in second place, after brilliant rallying work during the last three months of the campaign, when their pitchers were well backed up by better team-work than they had at command up to July.
In giving the record of the work done by the club pitchers, we have deemed it essential to divide the tables up into sections, showing the work done in the box against both the Eastern and Western teams separately, as well as the table showing the aggregate figures of the individual percentages of victories pitched in. Thus it will be seen in the appended table, that while Meekin's pitching was more successful against the batsmen of the Eastern teams, Rusie excelled Meekin in downing the batsmen of the Western teams, by a percentage of victories of .889 against .778 for Meekin. But it should be remembered that in pitching against the batsmen of the three leading teams in the race opposed to them, Meekin pitched in 7 victories out of 11 games, while Rusie only pitched in 6 victories out of 14 games. Against the three most successful of the Western teams, too, Meekin pitched in 13 victories against Rusie's 12. Taking the season's figures as a whole, Meekin led Rusie by the percentage figures of .783 to .735, quite a difference in favor of Meekin. German led Westervelt against the Eastern teams, but the latter led against the Western batsmen, and also had the best percentage figures, in the aggregate of the season, by .498 to German's .471; Clark being in the last ditch in all three tables. Westervelt was a new man in the field compared to German, but he is very likely to excel his last year's record in 1895. The best individual records in victories pitched in by the two leaders, were Rusie's 6 to 0 against Louisville, and Meekin's 3 to 0 against Baltimore. German's best was 2 to 0 against Washington, and Westervelt's was 1 to 0 against Baltimore; Clarke's best being 1 to 0 against Philadelphia.
Here are the records of the pitchers of the team against the fiveEastern and the six Western teams for 1894:
THE SECTIONAL RECORDS.—————————————————————————————————————-EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.Phi W P C LB l a C i i oW a a B s l t S n uo l d r h P e t C t c i PNEW YORK n t B e o i e v s h . i s e/ i o l o n T r e b i L n v T rvs. L m s p k g o c l u c o n i o co o t h l t t e a r a u a l t es r o i y o a n n g g i t l a nPitchers t e n a n n l t Pitchers d h o s i e l t—————————————————————————————————————-
Meekin W 3 3 1 3 4 14 .778 Russie 4 4 4 4 2 6 24 .889L 0 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 3Rusie W 2 2 2 3 3 12 .545 Meekin 4 4 5 2 2 5 22 .783L 2 3 3 1 1 10 1 0 1 1 3 0 6German W 1 0 1 0 2 4 .500 Westervelt 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 .571L 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 3Westervelt W 0 1 0 1 1 3 .333 German 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 .471L 2 1 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 5Clarke W 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Clarke 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333L 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2—————————————————————————————————————-
The summary giving the full totals of the season's record entire is appended:
—————————————————————————————— Games Per cent. of PITCHERS Victories Defeats Pitched Victories —————————————————————————————— Meekin 36 10 46 .783 Rusie 36 13 49 .735 Westervelt 7 9 16 .498 German 8 9 17 .471 Clarke 2 4 6 .333 ——————————————————————————————
While the Boston team of 1893 went through the season of that year with virtually but four pitchers to do their box work—Quarles and Coyle pitching in but three games in 1893—the batteries of the club for 1894 included seven pitchers, two of the seven each pitching in but single games, Nichols, Stivetts and Staley doing the brunt of the work of the past season. Nichols did his best work against the five Eastern teams, he being most effective against Philadelphia and Brooklyn, neither of which clubs won a game with him in the box against them. He also took both Cleveland and Louisville into camp without their being able to win a single game off his pitching, the only team to strike even figures in games against his pitching being the Cincinnatis—3 to 3, Baltimore winning 2 out of 3 with Nichols opposed to them, and New York 2 out of 5, St. Louis also getting the same figures. Beyond question, Nichols led the Boston pitching record of 1894, he ranking in strategic skill with the best in the League. Stivetts excelled even Nichols against the Western batsmen by a percentage of .763 to Nichols' .692; but against the stronger Eastern teams Nichols led Stivetts by the percentage figures of .756 to .417, an advantage more than off-setting the Western figures of the two pitchers. Lovett and Hodson both excelled Stivetts against the Eastern teams, by .714 and .500, respectively, against Stivetts' .417; but against the Western teams, Stivetts led by .763 to Hodson's .600 and Lovett's .500. Staley was very ineffective against the batsmen of both sections. Lampe pitched in but one game, and that one a defeat by Pittsburgh; Stephens pitching, too, in but one game but it was a victory over Washington. Here are the sectional records for the season, together with the column giving the totals of the season:
THE SECTIONAL RECORDS.——————————————————————————————————————EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.P Gh G ri W P C L r aB l a C i i o a nW a N a B s l t S n u n do l e d r h P e t C t c i P d PBOSTON n t w e o i e v s h . i s e e/ i l o n T r e b i L n v T r T rvs. L m Y p k g o c l u c o n i o c o co o o h l t t e a r a u a l t e t es r r i y o a n n g g i t l a n a nPitchers t e k a n n l t d h o s i e l t l t——————————————————————————————————————Stephens W 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1 1.000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nichols W 1 3 4 4 3 15 .756 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 .692 33 .717L 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 2 1 2 3 0 8 12Stivetts W 4 1 0 1 2 8 .471 3 3 3 2 2 4 18 .763 26 .650L 1 1 3 3 1 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 14Lovett W 1 1 1 1 1 5 .714 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .500 7 .636L 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4Hodson W 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 .600 4 .571L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3Staley W 2 1 0 0 2 5 .385 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 .371 13 .481L 1 2 3 1 1 8 1 1 2 0 0 2 6 14Lampe W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .006L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1—————————————————————————————————————-
Under the Philadelphia club's management of 1893 but three pitchers were in the box in over 20 games each; and but two others in 10 games and over, seven pitchers being employed during that season. In 1894, the blunder was committed of experimenting with no less thanthirteenpitchers with the result of finding it difficult to reach fourth place at the end of the race; while the club, after being in second place in April, fell down to the second division in July. But for this error of judgment, the team might have ended among the three leaders. Of those who pitched in over 10 games, Taylor took a decided lead by a total percentage of .706 to Weyhing's .548 and Carsey's .533. Of those who pitched in less than 10 games and over 5, Harper led with .667 to Haddock's .571. None of the other pitchers reached average figures—.500—except Jones, who only pitched in one game, which he won against St. Louis, while four of the thirteen did not pitch in a single victory. Experimenting with thirteen pitchers was a costly mistake in the management, and should not be repeated. It is bad enough to try too many changes in theinandoutfield teams, but worse in battery-team-experiments of this kind. Harper led in percentage of victories with .800 against the Eastern club batsmen, while Taylor led against those of the West with .728. The failures of the season were Fanning, Callahan, Johnson, Turner, Burns, Figgemeir and Lukens, the former being the only pitcher of the seven who pitched in a single victory against the Eastern batsmen.
Here is the record in full:
—————————————————————————————————————-EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.GG rW P C L r aB a C i i o a nW a N B s l t S n u n do l e r h P e t C t c i P d PPHILADELPHIA n t w B o i e v s h . i s e e/ i o o n T r e b i L n v T r T rvs. L m Y s k g o c l u c o n i o c o co o o t l t t e a r a u a l t e t es r r o y o a n n g g i t l a n a nPitchers t e k n n n l t d h o s i e l t l t—————————————————————————————————————-
Jones W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1 1.000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Taylor W 3 2 2 0 3 10 .625 4 2 2 0 3 3 14 .778 24 .706L 0 1 1 3 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 10Harper W 0 1 2 1 0 4 .800 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .500 6 .667L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3Haddock W 0 1 1 1 0 3 .750 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 4 .571L 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3Weyhing W 0 2 0 3 3 8 .615 0 2 1 1 2 3 9 .500 17 .548L 2 0 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 2 2 0 9 14Carsey W 1 1 1 2 2 7 .467 0 2 2 1 2 2 9 .600 16 .533L 1 2 3 1 1 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 6 14Callahan W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .667 2 .400L 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3Fanning W 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 .250L 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3Johnson W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 1 .250L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 3Turner W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1Burns W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1* 1Figgemeir W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1Lukens W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2[Footnote *: Should add up to 0. [Proofreader]]—————————————————————————————————————-
The Brooklyn club experimented with nine pitchers in 1894, of which but three were able to exceed the average in percentage of victories. Of the three, Stein took the lead with the total percentage figures of .650 against Kennedy's .545, Daub being third with but .406 to his credit, all the others pitching in less than 10 games. No less than four of the nine failed to pitch in a single victory. Lucid did good work in the few games he pitched in, his victory over Boston being noteworthy. But he pitched in as many defeats against the Western teams as he did in victories. Four of the nine were worthless for skilful, strategic pitching.
Here is the club's total record in full:
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Stein W 3 2 2 2 3 12 .632 2 2 2 3 2 3 14 .667 26 .650L 1 3 2 1 0 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 14Lucid W 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .500 4 .571L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 3Kennedy W 1 3 3 1 1 9 .500 2 4 2 3 2 2 15 .577 24 .545L 2 3 2 1 1 9 2 3 2 2 1 1 11 20Gastright W 0 0 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 3 .429L 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4Daub W 0 0 0 1 1 2 .222 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 .500 10 .406L 1 1 1 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 8 15Underwood W 0 0 0 1 1 2 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .400L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3G. Sharrott W 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 .333L 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Sommerville W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Korwan W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1—————————————————————————————————————-
The Cleveland club's management made as great a mistake in 1894 as that of the Philadelphia club in experimenting with too many pitchers. They tried but six pitchers in 1892, when they won the championship of the second half of the divided season of that year, and in 1893 put eight in the box. But last year they engaged no less than thirteen pitchers to experiment with, and from third place in 1893 with eight pitchers, they ended in sixth position in 1894 with thirteen. Of those who pitched in over 20 games, Cuppy led with the percentage figures of .568, Young being second with .543. Of those who pitched in over 10 games and less than 20, Sullivan led with .600, followed by John Clarkson with .533. Of those who pitched in less than 10 games, but one reached average figures in percentage, Menafee pitching in only one game, a victory over Brooklyn, and Mullane in but 3, of which 2 were victories over St. Louis and Louisville. Cuppy did fine box work against the five Western clubs opposed to him, but he was excelled by Young against the Eastern batsmen. Five of the thirteen failed to pitch in a single victory.
Here is the record in full:
—————————————————————————————————————-EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.P Gh G ri W P C L r aB l a i i o a nW a N a B s t S n u n do l e d r h P t C t c i P d PCLEVELAND n t w B e o i e s h . i s e e/ i o l o n T r b i L n v T r T rvs. L m Y s p k g o c u c o n i o c o co o o t h l t t e r a u a l t e t es r r o i y o a n g g i t l a n a nPitchers t e k n a n n l t h o s i e l t l t—————————————————————————————————————-Menafee W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[*] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Mullane W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 1 2 .667 2 .667L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1Sullivan W 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 .600 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6 .600L 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cuppy W 2 0 1 1 1 2 7 .368 2 3 3 2 4 14 .778 21 .568L 2 4 3 0 1 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 4 16Young W 1 1 1 3 2 3 11 .440 1 4 3 4 2 14 .667 25 .543L 4 3 2 1 2 2 14 3 0 1 1 2 7 21J. Clarkson W 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 1 2 2 1 1 7 .778 8 .533L 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 7Wallace W 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .500L 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2Griffith W 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 2 .500L 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2Lyster W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Whitrock W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Knauss W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1Fischer W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Petty W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2[Footnote *: Total should be 0. [Proofreader]]—————————————————————————————————————-
Of the nine pitchers employed by the Pittsburgh club in 1894 only three pitched in 20 games and over, and of this trio Killen led in percentage figures with .583, against Gumbert's .563 and Ehret's .389. The latter's blunders, outside of his actual box work, damaged him in his field support and in loss of local favor, otherwise he would have probably led in the season's record against the Eastern clubs. Gumbert led Killen by .471 to .364 in percentage figures, Killen being the most effective against the Western teams. Of those who pitched in 10 games and less than 20, Colcolough did the best work, with average percentage figures against the batsmen of both sections, with an even .500 in percentage figures against both, Menafee being second against both with .333 each. Of those who pitched in 5 games and less than 10, Nicol took the lead with the total figures of .667. Terry was a failure in Pittsburgh, but did well in Chicago. Easton was the last ditch pitcher, not winning a game. Ehret's record against Cleveland was the best of the season—not a single lost game out of the series he pitched in. Jordan won his single game.
Here is the record:
—————————————————————————————————————-EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.P Gh G ri W C L r aB l a C i o a nW a N a B s l S n u n do l e d r h P e C t c i P d PPITTSBURGH n t w B e o i e v h . i s e e/ i o l o n T r e i L n v T r T rvs. L m Y s p k g o c l c o n i o c o co o o t h l t t e a a u a l t e t es r r o i y o a n n g i t l a n a nPitchers t e k n a n n l t d o s i e l t l t—————————————————————————————————————-Jordan W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1.000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nicol W 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 1 2 0 3 .600 4 .667L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2Killen W 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .364 1 4 1 1 3 10 .769 14 .583L 1 1 1 2 2 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 3 10Gumbert W 1 0 1 1 1 4 8 .471 0 2 2 2 4 10 .667 18 .563L 1 3 2 1 1 1 9 0 0 2 2 1 5 14Colcolough W 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 .500 0 1 1 1 1 4 .500 7 .500L 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 7Ehret W 2 2 1 1 0 2 8 .364 7 0 1 1 1 10 .556 18 .389L 2 2 3 3 3 1 14 0 5 2 1 0 8 22Menafee W 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 .333L 1 1 2 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8Terry W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1Easton W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1—————————————————————————————————————-
The Chicago club, in 1894, placed only seven pitchers in the box, of which but three pitched in 20 games and over, and but two in not less than 10 games and not less than 20. Of the three former, Griffith led with a percentage of victories pitched in of .645 to Stratton's .643 and Hutchinson's .471, McGill being fourth with but .240. Of those who pitched in not less than 5 games, besides the above pitchers, Abbey led with .333, Terry's figures being .294, the Eastern batsmen punishing him badly. Camp pitched in but one game, and that a defeat.
Here is the club record of the pitching:
—————————————————————————————————————-EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.P Gh G ri W P C L r aB l a C i i o a nW a N a B s l t S n u n do l e d r h P e t t c i P d PCHICAGO n t w B e o i e v s . i s e e/ i o l o n T r e b L n v T r T rvs. L m Y s p k g o c l u o n i o c o co o o t h l t t e a r u a l t e t es r r o i y o a n n g i t l a n a nPitchers t e k n a n n l t d h s i e l t l t—————————————————————————————————————-Griffith W 1 0 2 2 2 3 10 .625 1 3 1 3 2 10 .667 20 .645L 1 2 1 0 1 1 6 2 1 0 1 1 5 11Stratton W 0 1 1 0 2 1 5 .714 0 0 2 1 1 4 .571 9 .643L 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 5Hutchinson W 2 1 1 2 1 2 9 .409 0 2 2 1 2 7 .583 16 .471L 3 5 2 1 2 0 13 1 2 1 1 0 5 18Abbey W 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .333L 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 4Terry W 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .143 1 1 0 0 1 3 1.000 5 .294L 3 3 2 1 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12McGill W 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .222 0 0 1 1 2 4 .250 6 .240L 2 1 2 1 1 0 7 4 2 2 2 2 12 19Camp W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1—————————————————————————————————————-
The St. Louis club tried seven pitchers in 1894, and but one reached the percentage average of .500 and over, and that one was Breitenstein, who had .519; Hawley being second with .419, and A. Clarkson third with .360, Gleason making but little effort in the St. Louis box, though he did better in that of Baltimore, his percentage being but .250 in the St. Louis team. Clark, Sullivan and Mason were failures, not one of them pitching in a single victory. Here is the record:
—————————————————————————————————————-EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.P Gh G ri W P C L r aB l a C i i o a nW a N a B s l t n u n do l e d r h P e t C c i P d PST. LOUIS n t w B e o i e v s h i s e e/ i o l o n T r e b i n v T r T rvs. L m Y s p k g o c l u c n i o c o co o o t h l t t e a r a a l t e t es r r o i y o a n n g g t l a n a nPitchers t e k n a n n l t d h o i e l t l t—————————————————————————————————————-Breitenstein W 1 2 1 4 3 2 13 .448 2 4 2 3 3 14 .609 27 .519L 5 2 8 1 2 3 16 3 2 2 2 0 9 25Hawley W 1 0 4 2 1 2 10 .417 1 2 2 1 2 8 .421 18 .419L 2 3 3 3 3 0 14 1 1 3 3 3 11 25A. Clarkson W 0 3 1 1 0 2 7 .438 0 0 1 1 0 2 .222 9 .360L 3 2 0 0 3 1 9 3 1 1 1 1 7 16Gleason W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 1 2 .286 2 .250L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 5 6Clark W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Sullivan W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Clark W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2—————————————————————————————————————-
It may be said of the Cincinnati club's management in 1894, that in the multiplicity of pitchers there is much danger, or words to that effect. Twelve pitchers were tried (including one who pitched in two innings) with a field support of no less than eleven players, exclusive of the pitchers who took part at times in both infield and outfield positions, together with four catchers, an aggregate of 27playersto occupy butninepositions in the game. Could blundering management go further? Under such circumstances is it any wonder that team-work was impossible, while cliques of disappointed players still further weakened the nine in nearly every game, the ultimate result being ninth place in the race, with the added discredit of being beaten out in the race by their old rivals, the St. Louis "Browns." But three of the twelve pitchers took part in 20 games and over, and but one in 10 games and less than 20, and three out of the twelve failed to win a single game. Parrott did the most effective work against the Eastern batsmen, and he and Dwyer were tied against the Western batsmen, but two of the twelve pitching in more victories than defeats. The experience of the Cincinnati "battery" teams should teach managers a lesson for 1895 in indulging in experiments with too many pitchers.
Here is the record:
—————————————————————————————————————-EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.P Gh G ri W P L r aB l a C i o a nW a N a B s l t S u n do l e d r h P e t C t i P d PCINCINNATI n t w B e o i e v s h . s e e/ i o l o n T r e b i L v T r T rvs. L m Y s p k g o c l u c o i o c o co o o t h l t t e a r a u l t e t es r r o i y o a n n g g i l a n a nPitchers t e k n a n n l t d h o s e l t l t—————————————————————————————————————-Tannehill W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 1 .500 1 .500L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1Dwyer W 1 3 1 0 1 2 8 .400 1 1 3 3 2 10 .588 18 .486L 4 1 1 2 2 2 12 0 2 2 0 3 7 19Parrott W 1 2 1 2 2 2 9 .500 2 2 1 2 2 9 .474 18 .486L 3 1 3 0 1 1 9 2 2 2 2 2 10 19Chamberlain W 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 .500 0 1 1 1 2 5 .455 10 .476L 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 0 1 0 6 11Cross W 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 1 1 0 0 2 .333 3 .429L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 4Whitrock W 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .375 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 .375L 0 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5Fournier W 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 .250L 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Fischer W 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .100 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 2 .167L 1 1 2 2 2 1 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 10Blank W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1Flynn W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1[*]Pfann W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
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