Salt Lake Herald | 1907-12-01 | Page 21 | Ball Players' Averages

BILL BAll PLAYERS PAYERS AVERAGES Official Figures of American Association Association Association Given Out by Pres President President President ident OBrien Milwaukee Nov 30 President OBrien ti of the American association bell ball clubs today toda gave out tile the official batting aver averages averages averages ages for the past season lealOn Seventeen players nine of whom played lW or 01 more games In the 1907 season or over oyer Infielder Diehl Diehi of Toledo heads the list with a a batting average of 3 but as he participated in only twenty two games he is quite far from Beck Deck ley Icy of ot the Kansas City team t m who w wed play played pia ed games and batted In the list lint t McCartny of Kansas City is la third l with In games played and John Freeman of Minneapolis is II fourth with Freeman played i games and anti andis andis is credited with being the star hatter better of the year in the American association as Roth of Milwaukee Carr of ot Indianapolis and Flood of St Paul are the only play pay players payers ers era on those teams who In the 3 class Of the pitchers rs of St St Paul Is credited with the best stick work Beckley of ot Kansas City leads lead the first basemen In hitting frt Roth of Milwaukee leads the catchers Flood of St Paul the second basemen bm and Perrine of Toledo the third thid base Mae basemen basemen men John Freeman of Minneapolis ln Gessler of Columbus and Armbruster of Toledo Tolo are the tha leading outfielders John Clarke of Toledo made the th re remarkable re remarkable record of stojen bases oses and John Freeman Freman of Minneapolis made eighteen home runs