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Show Menke Says Dope Gives Phillies Better of It in the Big Argument Presents Figures to Show That Red Sox Have Not Such a Tremendous Advantage in Fielding as Generally Supposed; Analyzes Batting Strength as Presented by Records. By FRANK G. MENKE. NEW vortK. Odt, 5. In ,unportInir our prediction that the Piiillleii will win the world's HerleH hattle with the Red Sox we submit herewith the lad available statistics, which show tliat the Sox haven't a ueuiendous bulee on the Phillies as fs commonly supposed. There's a summary just below this paragraph that will show you two purpHllflf facts. One is that the Phillies are outflelding the Red Sox. The other Is lliat if the batting records of the rival pitchers were excluded the result would be that the club batting average of the Phillies would be .261. against .264 for the lied Sox. an advantage for the Sox that hardly Is noticeable. Here Is the summary, which includes the averages for all four departments: Batting. Fielding, fte jat tment. Red Sox. Phillies. Red Sox. Phillies. Catchers 255 .257 .380 -97S Pitchers 235 .18 .375 .382 Infield 248 .260 . 360 . 960 Outfield 288 .265 .367 .37! Grand averages 257 .242 .971 .972 The Sox have the hatting "edge" on the Phillies mainly because the Sox plrchers at" a bunch of sluggers, as pitchers go. Ji: of them are hitting for a grand average of .235 only twenty-two points under that of the team average. Here are two tables, one concerning each of '.he rival Infields, that, In figures, tell better than can words the story of the Phillies' supremacy in that department depart-ment of the game: I PHIU.y rNFIBLD. Oames. A8. R. H AV. PC. A. E. AV. I.uderus, lb 138 476 59 155 .326 1341 100 12 .992 Nleboff. 2b 144 515 62 125 .243 296 398 40 .952 Ban roft. PS 148 660 78 136 .243 315 463 6 .93.1 Bvme. 3b 104 387 51 82 .212 101 179 li .962 Stock, utility 4 198 33 55 .278 58 87 S .961 Totals 119 2136 283 553 . 260 2111 1232 137 . 960 RED SOX INFIELD. Ba tting. Fielding. Games. AB. R. H. AV. PO. A. B. AV. Hoblltzel. Ib 118 3S2 63 107 .280 109) 66 17 .386 Barrv. 2b 127 422 45 104 .246 245 356 28 .S3S Scott. 3b 96 343 68 70 .215 180 288 16 .966 Gardner. 3b 124 421 65 113 .268 135 236 " .359 Wagner, utility 86 270 41 64 .237 173 198 29 .928 Totals 110 1838 262 458 . 249 1837 1144 116 . 960 In the outfield the Red Sox. as a whole, show superior to the Phillies. That's due very largely to the tremendous hitting ability of Trls Speaker and his wonderful skill as a fielder. The table below lists three Red Sox and four Philly outfielders. Tt's definitely defi-nitely settled tliat Speaker. Hooper and Lewis win do the outfieldlng chores for the Sex. Therefore, their records are the only ones to be considered in figuring the strength of the Red Sox outfield. Willi the Phillies, however, it Is necessary, to get to a fair result, to include the records of the four outfielders who may get Into the series. Whltted and Cravat h. of course, will be fixtures. The choice for the third man will be made between Becker and Paskert. with the chances favoring Paskert. .iTe are the outflelding records: PHJ1.LT orTFIELD. Batting. Fielding. Games. AB. R H. AV. PO. A. E. A V. Cravath 148 513 85 145 .283 245 30 11 .965 Whltted 128 444 45 127 .286 j257 8 .1 .9S9 Paskert 104 SOS 46 74 .233 168 11 5 .973 Becker 109 330 38 83 .252 171 5 7 .962 Totals 122 1596 214 429 .265 ' 841 54 26 .971 RED SOX OUTFIELD. Batting. Fielding. Games. AB. R. H AV. PO. A. E. AV. Preaker 148 535 109 175 .327 379 22 10 .976 llooner 144 MS 90 131 .241 250 25 7 .976 lwls 149 636 58 169 .297 256 13 14 .950 Totals 146 1614 267 465 .288 883 60 31 .967 Cady probably will do the regular catching for the Sox. with Carrtgan readv for relief work, so the records of both are given. Killifer certainly will he back of the bat for the Phiiiies if lie recovers in time from the injury to his arm. If not, Burns, the midget, will be the backstopper for the Phillies. Here are the records covering the rival catchers. which show that the Philly catchers are outbattlng those of the Red Sox, but the Bostonians have retaliated by outflelding them. PHTLLT CATCHERS. Ba tting. Fielding. Games. A B. R. H. AV. PO. E AV Killifer 108 326 28 81 .248 63S 125 18 .975 Burns 64 157 12 42 .266 221 62 8 .970 Totals 483 40 128 . 267 759 187 tS .973 RED POX CATCHERS. Ba tting. Fielding. Games. AB. R. H. AV. PO. A. E. AV Cady 76 304 26 68 .284 29S SO .977 Carrigan 45 S9 10 20 .225 185 50 4 .983 Totals 393 36 78 .255 483 180 18 .9S0 And here are the balling and fielding records of the rural pitchers who are llkelv to mingle in the dueling. Six Red Sox pitchers are llRted against four Phillies, because It's unlikely that more than four Philly tvcjrlers will work, while it is highly probable laat all six of the Red Sox flingers may break into the series. The Philiy pitchers are "joke" batters: the Red Sox sextette, as you will notice, are finite handy with the mace. "Babe" Ruth is the real star. He's hitting hit-ting for .3111. which makes up for the willow weakness of Shore. Alexander, unfortunately for the Phillies, is the worst batter among the Philadelphia pitchers! Here are the records: PHILLY PITCHERS. Batting. Fielding. Games. AB. R. H. AV. PO. A E V Alexander 49 132 10 21 .160 27 113 1 993 Haver 42 88 5 19 .216 11 75 1 9S9 Demaree 32 69 7 13 .189 6 3S 0 1 000 Rlxey 29 58 S 10 .172 7 46 4 .930 Totals v 347 25 63 .184 51 274 6 .982 RED SOX PITCHERS. Batting. - Fielding. Games. AB. R. H. AV. PO. A. E V Wood 30 55 6 14 .254 10 36 1 .983 Foster 41 85 12 21 .247 19 S2 1 .990 Leonard 30 49 S 12 .265 3 27 1 ,96S Ruth 41 95 17 30 .316 20 69 2 .979 Shore 35 SO 2 10 .125 9 96 8 .929 Gregg 16 29 2 6 .204 2 23 0 L000 Totals ... 393 47 94 .223 63 353 18 .976 |
