Show Herbert Pruett Prett Is Hardest Pitcher to Hit in n Big Show Host of Youngsters Mal Make Remarkable Showing ShowingS S in 1922 S ComPlied Compiled by Irwin M M. M Howe Chicago In the selection of a pitching staff the prime prim consideration Is the ability of ot the thenan nan utan D chosen choen to cI deceive elve the batters As II proof of 01 their skill In this direction It ItI itI I hu ha has been tho the custom for many years t tI t tt ta I I rate t pitchers pItcher according I to the number f u gpo i of earned a runs run n allowed opponents nt sup sup- I this rating with the winning I of ot games frames won and lost S NeIther 1 of the above methods nor I le en even both combined tell the whole story storyS 1 S of or a 1 hurler hurlers effectiveness therefore the I table lable herewith I Is II submitted showing just JUKI i how hard to 10 hit lilt American league I pitchers pitcher t were e during the e season o of f 1922 f f I It should be understood n lo that this l t table Is 18 not Intended to supplant the statistics published but rather to add this I Interesting data to 10 that previously given gl YOUNGSTERS SUPREME It was wa when Mi-en the regular pitching records were published a averY avery avery I very encouraging feature of American league 1 hurling came to the front t as the I season progressed II re This hl het table y t further l verifies t that thai ela statement Lement Of the twenty five men mt-II who were acre most st difficult cult to find foi for safe nafe hits hIls no 00 le less than I eleven were eie eer ng their first or second sec eec ond year eAr car In fast company compan and toward the close of the campaign nearly every everyone everyone everyone one of these was taking hi his regular turn I on the slab S Leading the league Is Herbert Pruett the young joung left-hander left of St St. Louis who In Innings held his hili opposition to an average of Herman a Detroit r ahr hr and victor r Loverette t Chicago eW were the most brilliant and reliable of all the newcomers partly because circumstances demanded that their respective managers good give them which h every they did opportunity most t emphatically p to tI make a was not only the best winner on the Detroit club but also led let the Tiger staff starr In the earned run averages In more than thirty games gamt's he held rival hitters to an average of the leader among regulars for the season being Frank Davis St. St Louis l followed fl by Urban Faber L. 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J Rush Bush and George K Murray with the latter a Yankee recruit who was only allowed to finish four games pmt shut out opponents two-hit two genies games times timeR and ami hurled three Victor Ictor tor Leverette working 2 Inning SM 24 lUte e Fillette Fil- Fil of 01 only allowed an average crage l J 8 S Sand I lette Jette shut out opposing and pitched one lJ cago caro unco MUt ene also found places pine for 1 Co C. nobert n nand and Ted Blank for P the regulars regulars regu- regu lars of the Ibe White IN Sox BOX ox Ro Wi 11 startled star star- the baseball world by h nit nei ft a P PC PH- PH V f feet ct game on April SO 30 0 agaInst a Detroit the opposing it pitcher being tte Beside Be lIe- side Ride tills this remarkable Pr rm 0 oe Jio Rob fob prison ertson worked one twe and anyone one three three- hit game and shut shot oUt opposing teams three e times S COLLINS GOES STRONG T ONG v- v i U Of Ot the other SP P ft al alre al- al OC or f tho the C re reni I name named f six eighth place ton team woO won and September Septem Septem- straight In August games fames four and two ber heir hurling hit lt hit can es a l rJ lICO-rJ rg three tiree shutouts shutout W W. W Ogden O a 4 who Joined I phi v late In the season Sylvester S Joh Detroit J J. J B. B Brillheart I earned places on their re- re ea I 6 t teams ams Faber x r Chicago Chi Chi- vi I Of the r I an op opponents opponents' op- op capo cago to his r n average of ct 2 f four Ift shutouts t s I r three three tre t lo one e bit roar game and inning ea games eight ef efTO TO Besides the Tor r f jov named gained Walter Johnson and Jack Quinn ea each h shut abut out opponents four tour times while George Unto Cleveland blanked rival teams five rive games being the league leader In n this particular J J. AV W. Shawkey New York Vork Alex Ferguson Boston and E. E A. A Rommel Rom Rom- mel Philadelphia each pitched three lawf tt ro hit four games while S. S Coveleskie el hurled a n like number of three hit contests contests con- con conI I tests sharing the league honors with I Faber In this respect L. L J. J Bush New PI rii I Ilette the tho only pitcher except York ork was as lette to turn In more than one two-hit two games while no one achieved the honorof honor honorof of ot holding a team to a single safe blowIn blow In the following table pitchers are rated according to the lowest batting average of opponents All pitchers th S are Included who worked R Sm tot live forty or m more Innings Opponents Games of Few lilts JIlts Ext Player Club TP IP AB H Ii PC SI SH IlL III IH lL H. Pruett St. St Louis Lotus 99 0 0 0 O 0 I 0 0 2 1 2 I W V Ogden Pl 72 59 0 0 0 11 1 W. W L. L Bayne St. St LouIs Dl 93 86 0 0 1 0 0 0 F. F T. T Davis St. St Louis 62 2 0 0 1 2 U U. C. C laher I Chicago o 33 1324 4 0 J 1 I L. L J. J Bush New york 0 0 0 2 0 George K Murra New York 57 53 21 0 0 0 0 0 J. J R. R Shawkey New York 3 0 Olt 0 0 3 3 If H. Detroit 1048 I 4 0 d ij 0 0 1 W. W B B. B Wright St. St Louis 0 0 1 0 G. G V V. Leverette Chicago ago S 4 0 0 01 1 0 2 1 0 O 0 4 1 3 1 Alex Ferguson Boston T. T Blankenship Chicago 0 0 0 0 2 3 E. E A. A Rommel Philadelphia 1102 3 0 O 0 3 2 Yo V. P. P Johnson WashIngton 1060 4 0 0 0 O 2 2 J. J J. J Quinn Boston 4 0 1 3 8 M n W. W J C. C Hoyt n New to York ok I 1007 3 0 1 2 E. E It R. R St. St Louis 3 0 0 2 1 2 U. U J. J Shocker St 81 Louis 1342 2 0 O 1 0 4 S. S Johnson Detroit 97 99 0 0 0 0 0 O. O 11 0 T. T Phillips 70 72 72 1 l' l O. O 0 a. a 0 O. O 1 0 S. S Cleveland l 1066 3 0 0 3 0 g g t n S. S P. P o Jones eNe New ey York d. d 90 0 o o W. W Collins Boston Iii 3 0 0 I 2 0 J. J T. T Zachary Washington 1 0 0 0 1 1 J. J B B. Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Georg Washington 1086 3 0 0 0 2 1 Guy Morton Cleveland 3 0 0 0 1 2 E. E G. G ErIckson Washington 2 0 1 JO 2 I 1 II H. J. J Ehmke Detroit 1St 2811 1 0 00 0 1 1 3 A. A Olsen se Detroit ln l J i 0 g 0 r g 0 0 F K Sch h pp Chicago g 74 79 1 0 1 C. C W. W Slays Mays New York 1 0 I 0 0 3 C. C C. C Robertson Chicago 1029 3 0 1 1 0 2 George Dauss Detroit 1 0 0 0 0 2 G. G B. B Uhle Cleveland l 1132 5 0 e b g U g g R B. B Harris i r I Philadelphia N t fp o 0 o c C. I. I-I. Fullerton Boston 64 64 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. S W. W Malls Mails Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ii C. C St St. Louis I g n 1 0 g g 0 1 g Jr S. S Courtney g tn Washington 96 ISO 0 0 O 0 0 H. H J. J Pennock Boston 1 0 0 1 H g j i g g- g gi i iJ R. R it K Hasty j t kp Philadelphia W i 1 0 0 1 1 S. S A. A Boone Cleveland 75 87 28 2 0 O 0 O. O 1 1 C. C C. C Hodge Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 It B. J. J Karr Boston 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 1 Ray F Washington 87 85 2 0 0 0 2 1 WillIam Piercy Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 D. D C. C Danforth St. St Louis SO 80 93 0 0 0 fl 0 0 0 J C. C O Oldham Detroit 0 0 0 0 1 i g J g g g. g g i C. C it TI Naylor Philadelphia r IPhia j 0 0 0 1 0 J. J C. C Edwards Cleveland St 88 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 Bert Cole Detroit 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 A A. A Russell Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 L. L E B. Stoner Detroit 63 76 0 0 0 1 0 0 F. F A. A Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 1 C. C Eckert Philadelphia 50 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 J 1 J K Lindsey Cleveland 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 R. R D. D Moore PhiladelphIa Detroit 71 94 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 J. J C C. Ba Bagby by Cleveland 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. J R. R Sullivan Philadelphia 51 76 0 Q 0 0 0 0 C. C C. C Robertson Chicago on April 30 30 pitched a a. perfect game against Detroit no man reaching first base This Is of course a no hit game as well as a shutout shut shut- out Frank Mack of Chicago also shut out Washington With these additions the above tables cables are complete S |