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Show ILK! KIT AVERAGES FOR 1913 Official Figures Show Salt Lake Leading in Pitching and Batting. The official battiug, pitching and fielding avernges for tho Union association asso-ciation for the Boason of 1013, as compiled com-piled by E. C. -Mulrono'y, tho association's associa-tion's president, arrived in Tho Tri'b-uno Tri'b-uno o'H'ico last night. Asido from tho averages already mentioned, the club fiolding nnd batting avoragos were given. ' Onlj- thoso players who participated in ten or moro games wcro recorded in tho avcracos. Tho players who had tho highest averages for batting and pitching and thoso who were highest for tho fielding positionH aro ua follows: fol-lows: Batting' Roberts, Missoula, 430, and ITuelsman, Salt Lako, 422. Pitching' 'Gaut, Salt Lako, won 5 and lost 1; por cent, 833; and Morgan, Salt Lake, won 26 and lost 10, per cent, 722 ji Krst 'baseman Woolums, Ogdon. 087. Second baseman Siner, Groat Palls, Ooo. Third baseman Toner, Great Palls, 95-1. Sohtstops Oriet, Butlo, 074 in 70 games, and Pendleton, Salt Lake, 041 in 119 games. Outfielders Tobin, Missoula, with 958, who mado the highest average in moro than 100 games. Several othors woro higher than Tobin, who played in fewer games. Dressen Is High. Pitchers Drcsson, Salt Lake, fioldcd .1000 with 20 putonts and 4G assists. This was tho best fielding porform-anco porform-anco in the league. Catchers Blankenship, Missoula, 1000 in 16 games and weaver, Great Falls, 990 in 74 games. Club "batting Salt Lake, 311; club fielding, Helena, 06G. Although tho averages aro official for tho leaguo and thoy were supposed to have been kept correctly, thoy are in manj' instances contradictory. For example, tho president's averages for tho outfioldors gives Kclley, Great Palls, putouts, 185, nssists 6 and errors er-rors 19. for a per cent of 955. Following Follow-ing liolley is Murray of Ogdon-Uelona, who mado 337 putouts, 28 assists and 10 errors for a por cont of 951. This, as can be found from compiling tho two averages, is incorrect. It Is evident that Murray, with a considerably larger number or both putouts and assists than Kellcy, and tho sanio number of errors, should register a higher percentage. percent-age. Tho average for Kolloy, according accord-ing to his putouts, assists and errors should be 009. Tho aibovo ia an instance, and was discovered incidentally whou the figures fig-ures were recolvod last night. Moro errors are easily to bo dotected. Salt Lake Figures. The figures for tho Salt Lako players play-ers in batting, fielding and pitching, and thoir standing with tho other pilfers pilf-ers of tho Icaguo 1b as follows: Batting? ITuolsman, Becond, 422 Murphy, third, 364; Spencer, sixth, 347: Hummoll, eleventh, 333; Dressen, sixteenth, six-teenth, 326; Davis, seventeenth, 325; Erickson, twenty-sovouth, 303; Johnson, John-son, forty-second, 274; Peudloton, forty-eighth. 207: Schimpff, forty-ninth, 266; Stnpp, fifty-second, 263: Gaut fifty-sixth, 257; Morgan, sixty-Becondl I 240; Bauor, seventy-third, 233; Mc-Olam, Mc-Olam, soventj'-oighth, 22o; McG-lynn, eighty-seventh, 205; Castloton, niuoty-socond. niuoty-socond. 127. Fielding First baso: Dressen, sixth, 079; Bauor, ninth, 055; Erickson eleventh, 930. Second baso: Schimpff, sevonth, 02S. Third, baso: Davis sixth 902; Bauer, tenth, 838. Shortstops: Pendleton, second. 941. Outfieldovs: Bauer, second, 960; Spencer, twelfth, 04o; Murphy, ninotoonth, 02S; Huols-man, Huols-man, twenty-first, 923. Catchers McClain, sixth, 077: Strinn. fourteenth, 052. 11 Pitching Gaut, first, won C and lost 1: Morgan, second, won 26 and lost 10 Dressen, fourth, won 10 and lost 4; Johnson, seventh, won 6 and lost 3; Hummell, eighth, won 4 and lost 2; Erickson, eleventh, won 12 and lost S; JCastloton, sixteenth, won 7 and lost 6; McG-lynn, twenty-fourth, won 4 and lost 5. Tho records show that no-hit games were pitched by Gaut of Salt Lako and Duffy of .Great Falls. |
