Show 1 Walt Wat Johnson Os Is Shutout King Ko I 65 65 Ov Overtime Ga I s 1922 COMPILED BY ISY IRWIN M. M HOwy HOWE I by blank T In and 76 ot of In the twelve ot or those the league games game ot of last thO tb losing team dr drew drw w a aP I winners made I happy P with a total ot of f one o lone Ions run to show for tor a a. the virtue of necessity tea and f left Ml the rU 1 I Many labor odd S facts V stand 1 out prominently when the shutouts of S The eighth place Boston Doston team ed o the are an anaI ana ana- ene engaged In I Joser loser failed t to score Core and andin In ten ot of l x con contests In which the these games mes the Red s So I Thus the were re turned returned t supposedly weak a winners pitchers pitcher I of or the Duffy cl clan n eed In ln more blinking often otten their than onI opponents OP- OP the strong strone staff taff of the th rh I theirs the Yank Yankee e hurlers but champ n Nw Ny York team registering seven lIeven shutouts that the champions the same Dum number r ot of gas ga's I victories w wire re gained themselves while the were Red Sox Sos let down batters without a ru ruu Three ot of the ning pitchers Pennock Piercy and Quinn were Coring l' l 1 a single le tall tally tho tho ln In- In held Washington to one run by opposing rivals thirteen sTA gaines In three of the 9 Nationals re re pitchers AU All ot of these games I lion eon the T speed king being the only pitcher tS In the league to w. w wOre won by b Walter John John- to nothing game was vas In turn blanked twelve 11 more Ulan cue on a ties glaring being weakness run one victories ot of the for tor the winners ss team 1 failure to It tour four In the or of pinches these V batties bat bat- was I I ing Malls ng The to and the Cleveland credit Boone Doone ot of Indians Georgo blanked Blue three opponents to lo fourteen three times t to Morton ot of and victories one ODe each goI going gong go- go to I The White Sox were tied with Washington for the shutouts U thirteen second tit tare number or of vicI vic vic- I and led the league lealue In percentage being beng times blanked Faber and Leverette but eight turned ot of these tour four vIctories I I the famous no each while another was hit no run no man to roach reach first I hitting heavy Tl Tigers er triumph p- p pf pr Robertson over the Each or of their seVen rivals blanked the champions once once-k nd once once- Yankee Yanke po while more the I eVened the count by white wasting delphia each twice and St. St Louis once Hoyt and Shawkey Cleveland Washington and Phila- Phila were ere two on the I one to games a large laree end ot of I Only two ot of the land blanking Wa Washington seventy seventy-aix n In twelve shutouts went more l than an nine roUnds round rO Boone of Cleveland Cleve- Cleve innings while rounds to beat or of Washington ChIcago went ten scores being I to O. O Date OX TO ONE TO GAMES GAlIUS f Tely JOly 7 r r Winning Louis team Losing Boston team learn Innings Innings- tr pitcher August t 19 fI Shocker Ma May Member Member-i- I u 5 6 1 Boto Detroit I Boston i September 2 Boston Washington 9 rennock Pennock k September 29 Boston Doston New Washington York 9 PJ rc rcy April 21 i N ew lone loneX Washington 9 Quinn X July J 7 I New NewYork York 9 S Shawkey l Cleveland July Jr 21 1 9 II Hoyt z JH Juno 15 12 Washington Clveland on Washington Chicago gol ton ton-L t t. 9 9 Morton toron June 28 25 28 Johnson Washington New York f 9 I A August 24 YV T Johnson Johnsont September t b 2 20 7 f. f Chicago Washington hi Chicago Philadelphia 9 I 9 t 1 Johnson Faber FaberS on V S TOTAL S 'S SHUTOUTS ii I Chic Chic hl Clev Det Del St. St L. L V Wash eh N N. Y Bost W Chicago z L. L Pet 0 2 Cleveland Ji 2 3 s J 3 0 2 1 1 1 I p. 3 8 Detroit Detroit o 0 ti 1 1 3 3 4 41 9 9 Ch St. St Louis 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 7 1 5 6 Washington i 1 l' l 8 7 13 3 1 1 0 2 1 New York o 0 2 0 4 2 2 i go 1 2 Boston 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 2 r 7 oo Philadelphia 0 l' l 10 6 16 38 3 0 1 0 1 1 j 12 0 o. o EXTRA INNING GAMES Sixty five extra Inning battles together with tour seventy huto tal or of games In which the result was either most uncertain or or- else I. a t total constantly rea fea by team and Individual defensive play pia that makes baseball unIque door among amonI outdoor outdoor out out- sports Two ot of the shutouts were also tra round contest The longest game ot of the season the was round sixteen between St. St Louis and engagement ot of May 30 Detroit In which the Browns Shocker triumphed by a score Ecore ot of 2 to 1 rend Oldham started on the slab fot o their respective tenths and both the relieved Browns In the found fifteenth Stoner inning for tor the young winning Pruett counter holding In the the next Tigers TIers round In check while hll were The champion Yankees engaged In eighteen overtime games Kames losing seven Of theIr eleven winning eleven and victorIes four were at the expense ot of St. St Louis and as they finished but one game ahead ot of the Browns at the end ot of the season tho Importance importance Im- Im ot of these tour four games seem larger than usual Babe Ruths Ruth's ot of the year off ott first home run on May lay 22 22 helPed to prolong the game amo which the Tan Tan- ken kees took In tb the by a a. score ot of 4 to 3 Far exceeding any other team In the number ot of engagements engagement and to New Kew York In percentage or of overtime standing next victories comes Chicago with ventY t eight ht games sixteen victories and twelve defeats thoroughly bi his charges with his own indomitable ble spIrit Is shown by the Manager tact fact that Gleason twelve Imbued un- un of the White While Sox extra Inning inding victories were at the nse or of exp expense division while they lot lost but seven to the same am clubs ham Though In eighth place most of the season en ea-en Boston won nIne ot of nineteen distance matches while long lone Washington though supplied with pitchers who allowed fewer b earned runs until nt nr near the cloe of flet t the season than any n other t marked but three extra tr v t while losing s eight gh The h rejuvenated jo at Athletics dw won up halt half of their ten long games game giving them fourth place t GAMES n p t n n 02 r 1 j al t S t. t u 0 q q l. l t 5 0 g 0 It el to 0 0 E It 1 a S 0 t. t it E Q i p 0 s t l- l go S SAt ji I J T T J 4 Se r j J r New York t 2 I t-l t 1 11 0 0 1 4 4 2 Ii 11 I I 7 7 61 Chicago j f j.- j. 3 3 1 3 3 4 2 16 Cleveland S. S 1 1 I f 0 2 1 1 2 0 r 4 r to s 12 61 8 7 33 Philadelphia 0 0 V A 1 1 3 t 0 sOs 0 1 6 Boston 1 1 3 i o. o D. D Detroit 1 1 0 1 tJ 1 t 6 niH St. St Louis 0 3 1 0 cO 2 1 o 0 7 as f I Washington 1 1 i 1 x v 0 o 0 0 o 0 o z I S Table Tabe of ot extra Innings and number of games played In each i mI EROr OF IN INNINGS Th S. S eaCh o C 1 0 11 U Total 13 14 15 NewYork York 7 3 0 1 0 0 16 Won Chicago S IlE I 3 I 0 0 Q 0 11 11 Cleveland fes S a I i 1 a 11 1 IS o. o Philadelphia Ol 11 2 2 0 k 0 O. O 0 o. o 9 1 8 Boston I 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 i 0 S 6 Detroit ii I 2 3 g 0 i 0 1 0 0 9 St St. Louis 3 1 0 g 2 J 0 g 0 1 J a W Washington 71 sl 1 0 1 i o o 7 Lost 1 16 g 6 g I o 3 7 3 0 o This tabi table of t extra tra i Inning i g games a ae e In In connection with the shutout tables hero herewith 1 6 65 roes goes far tar to explain the w well ell sustained Interest In American league g games mes throughout through- through out the season |