| Show MAJOR LEAGUE STATISTICS SHOW FREAK RECORDS Many any Odd Features in 1916 Season of the Major ajor Leagues Now New York Oct 30 The Tho baseball season Reason of oC 1916 notable for tor the tho number of oC unusual features In iii major Jen league ue pennant play developed cd a number of games In which heavy hitting run scoring and base stealing wore were prom prominent 1 nent features A careful scrutiny of tho the box scores for tor the tho entire period discloses a cluster of odd records that might also be termed freaks of at big league baseball play The American league statistics statistic show that during the season Beason every club In InI Inthe Inthe the organization figured in at least I ono one same gamo in which the times timet at bat numbered more than tort forty runs equaled or exceeded ten ton hits fifteen and stolen bases five live In the tho National league the highest at bats bate ranged range d from nine forty to two sixty runs ten to thirteen hits bite fifteen to twenty three and stolen bases five to eleven Figures Indicate that the Boston Red Sox led the American league with sixty ono ono times at bat bat while Chicago was vas second with nine fifty and StLouis St St. Louis third with fifty en Tho The NewYork New NewYork York Americans made mado the greatest number of ot runs in any ono one game came accumulating accumulating ac accumulating ac- ac cumulating nineteen while Boston Doston and Detroit were tied for or second place In Inthis Inthis inthis this respect with Ith seventeen The Chicago Chi CM- cago White Sox won first place In hitting hitting hit hit- ting with twenty t while the Detroit and New Xe- York clubs divided l second honors with nineteen Boston Cleveland Washington and Philadelphia all hammered hammered hammered ham ham- out seventeen hits in at least ono one game during the pennant race In stolen bases tho the New York Americans were also leaders pilfering nine In ono one contest while St. St Louis and Detroit were v tied for tor second place with eight each In the National league the Chicago Cubs took tool first t place In times at bat batin batIn batin in one game with two sixty Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh was second with sixty one one and i Brooklyn third with Ith fifty ht New NewYork NewYork York and Brooklyn were tied in the tho I greatest number of ot runs run each scoring I thirteen and it is of ot Interest to noto note that the Giants Glante record score In tn this respect was as made against Pittsburgh in tho opening o game of ot the tho string of ot seventeen victories which the club piled up earl early in tho the season and previous pre pro to its record breaking run of twenty six games Cincinnati was a next with Ith twelve runs In hitting hitting- St. St Louis camo came first with twenty throe safe sate drives Brooklyn second with twenty ono and Now New York and Cincinnati Cin Cm- tied for tor third with nineteen St. St Louis easily led the tho National league in the number of ot stolen bases bason in any ono game having collected eleven cleven while New Now York and Brooklyn qualified for tor second place with seven each Boston and Pittsburgh being baing third with six The following compilations shows the greatest number of ot at bats runs hits and stolen tolen bases made by each lach club in the American and National leagues in tn an any ono One game during the play for tor tho the pennants American caD I League Clubs Clubs- AB R H Boston Doston 61 61 17 17 11 5 New York 5 55 19 19 9 13 Chicago o 59 59 13 20 6 Detroit 53 53 17 19 8 S Cleveland 52 52 li 14 17 11 6 fj Va Washington 50 60 15 17 11 5 Philadelphia i 13 U 10 17 6 St. St Louis Louie 67 7 11 15 8 S L League Ue Clubs Clubs- AB R n H i Chicago 62 62 10 18 13 18 5 New York 50 30 O 13 19 7 Brooklyn 53 58 13 IS 21 7 i St. St Louis 53 53 3 10 23 3 11 Philadelphia 5 54 10 17 5 Boston 43 9 11 15 IS C G Pittsburgh 61 1 10 16 1 6 Cincinnati 6 55 55 l 12 19 5 |
