Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-18 | Page 16 | Many Hitters in Charmed Circle Nineteen Batters Hit over 400

Many any Hitters Hitters' in Charmed Circle CirIc I Nineteen Batters Hit It Over Ur fly GEORGE Dl I Hitters in the charmed circle were numerous during the 1922 season Fig Fig- ires jires complied compiled from the batting rec records records records rec- rec of ot twenty four leagues which National operated r i E Baseball under the association Jurisdiction II revealed e of oT a the that players batted in the charmed circle Nineteen players hung bung up of or Better better T This Thil is Includes include averages the names of ot all players who appeared In the records One play player r Forest of the Independence club of the Southwestern Southwestern Southwestern South- South western league eague batte batted an even Four iI LOSS less SS than one hundred players were accredited with batting marks between and and were be between between be- be tween the and class Four hundred and five hit between and 32 6 The he number of ot hitters last y year yar ar is nearly four times as great as asin In 1921 and ana the number of other hitters In the charmed circle was higher than in tn the preceding year Each year the number of players hitting in the charmed circle seems to grow Last year the National league had three fifty hitters with marks above an increase of three over the 1921 season season and the American league loague had four four forty such batsmen an increase of two over the preceding seas season n. n THREE TUREn JJ HATTERS lilT HIT OVER OYER IN MAJORS Neither of the majors had a a. hitter hitter hit hit- ter In 1921 Last year the American I league had two that is by giving Cobb his 4 0 0 mark and the National Ty TV had one Nine inc Ine American leaguers aLi Iba Q O la 1921 21 but ut only five hit I IQ 4 managed in 1922 including to swat better than that mark ark The National t both Staler and Cobb over In 1921 league had but two men had nine and nd last season It Itin in The the ec Increased clasy AA number leagues of hitters surprising of 1911 r tn compared the three h high with last c class the s Year records minors is 18 h six forty i-e i batters r were credited rear marcs the over in n Hr 1911 aC and dl last had hear American Association alone alonet averages t three emb more Tn The hitters It credited si in d th that with t class las charmed haf fifty fifty- fd Coast In last league had thirty season as In 1911 The compared with seven three thirty last t year league SUe had hadL h f Following tha are the number umber or of hitters ers segregated In various classes L Leagues Leagues- au 4 30 5 AmerIcan up UP u up u. u ft up up 2 3 12 2 S 3 ft National i 1 S 8 s 19 10 25 J 2 25 pacific coa Coast 4 6 13 18 15 27 40 32 International 6 B 3 s SO 30 o 29 20 34 24 AmerIcan Eastern alm association 0 17 27 80 30 2 22 1 r 1 3 g 11 20 g if SG Southern 2 10 53 23 Texas Texa 1 3 fl 17 27 31 31 v Western Vester 2 2 Iii 15 17 20 43 42 31 19 18 15 Central 6 16 16 Three Three-I 3 14 8 21 23 21 17 1 2 12 19 10 36 10 So Atlantic 3 30 10 Western Vestern Florl Florida Southwestern a i i 1 2 3 1 i 8 Ii 8 12 ihl 16 is 18 11 21 at 31 20 28 23 association 2 2 7 6 16 27 o Blue flue Grass Grans 2 7 6 Ii 10 10 28 She Miss Valley Shore 1 4 j 7 2 i H 34 10 10 13 11 17 I T It-I-T T. I 16 15 2 10 1 II 1 T Three as S 8 1 2 1 3 0 ii 11 is 24 ii fj 21 i lUver 3 1 6 16 15 10 16