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Show Statistical Sharps Get Busy Figuring Out AVho Were Removed From Box. MANY OF THE BOYS YANKED OFF THE SLAB New York Team Leads, While Philadelphia and Washington Washing-ton Are Very Close. Tribune Special Sporiinp: Service. CHICAGO, Dee. 1. Statistical sharps have boon busy in respect of the American Amer-ican league pitchers taken out of tho box for one cnuso or another in tho past season. Those who recall Happy Jack Chesbro's stellar work in 1904 will bo astonished, perhaps, to loam that, in 1906 he was bounced sixteon times. Moreover, New York led in taking hoxmen out, Manager Griffith choked off Highlander pitchers sixty-five sixty-five times, and once he took himself out of tho box not an easy thing for even a vcternn to do with grace. That amiable sporlsmnn, Jack Powell, made the best record this year, being relieved from box duty onlv once. Three hundred hun-dred and eleven pitchers were ranked off the slab in the American league in the course of tho season, bpt on thirty-nine thirty-nine occasions it was to make room for a pinch hitter. Several times injuries forced retirement. Smiling Al Orth wan pulled out once because ho had won nis game by a safe margin and Griff wanted to give him a rest. Umpires Um-pires put Mullin and Falkenburg out of games. St. Louis sent forty-seven twirlers to tho bench; Washington, forty-six; New York, thirty-nine; Boston, Bos-ton, thirtv-cight; Chicago, thirty-four, and Detroit, thirty-two. The following record shows how many times each pitcher in the league was retired in 1906: Now York Chesbro, 16; Clarkson, 13; Newton. 10; Hogg. 10; Le Roy, 4; Doyle, 5; Hahn, 3; Orth. 3; Griffith, 1; Hughes, 1; Barger. 1. Total, 65. Philadelphia Wnddell. 14; Dygert, 13: Coaklev. 7: Plank. 4; Coombs, 4; Bender, 3; "Holmes, 2; Bartley, 1. To- Washington Kilsou, : Falkenburg. 7; C. Smith. 7; Hughes. 7: Pntton, 0; Ruthoff, 6; Hardr. 3; Wolfe. 7; Stnr-kell. Stnr-kell. 1; Goodwin. 1. Total, 45. Chicago Walsh, S; Patterson, 7; Smith. 5; Altrock, 3; White, 4. Total. To-tal. 40. Boston Tnnnehill, S: Young. ; Diucen, 6; Harris, 4; Winter. 4; Glaze, 2; Gibson. 2. Total, 33. Cleveland Bemnard. 6: Townsend, 4; Joss. 4; Eels, 4; Rhoadcs, 7; Hess, 3; Moore. 2. Total. 26. Detroit Siover, 6: Mullin, ;j; Lu-bank, Lu-bank, 5; Donovan, 3; Wiggs. 2; Kil-lian, Kil-lian, 2; Donohue. 1. Total, 24. St. Louis E. Smith, ;; Py. ' Glade, 4; Howell, 3; Jacobson, 2; Pow-cl), Pow-cl), 1. Total, 20. |