Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-02-26 | Page 14 | Records of the Leading Batters

RECORDS Of THE filE LEADING BATTERS The Tho records of several of l the e robust big league c batters u ay way bo cited to give o om an m idea of how many base baso hits I they he made while e dOl doing their consecutive years of hitting In his ten years of endeavor with tho the halberd c Burkett marlo 2179 miD hits the they being boing be- be ing distributed over the seasons as fol- fol laws S 3 liD 1894 1 18 1596 lUg 1893 15 1900 20 Oi 1901 1001 1902 1002 American league Tho rho 23 hits in 18 1895 arid and 10 in w were rc tIm the years in which ho batted an and 1 respectively ch I Willie Willio Keeler I mado math 2258 hits irom 1893 to 1906 inclusive tho the last hart four years of the these hoin being in the l American league eague He lie made only 30 hits i. i m La 1893 coming into tho the National league late in iii the season meason hut but hitting over vor Jr The Tho hits hilts for his other Tears years were as follows 1894 l. 1895 1805 21 1 ISU 1597 2 3 1898 1598 1899 21 15 1900 1901 1908 1903 10 1 1904 IDO ISS 1905 1005 1 06 ISO 80 Wagner has amassed a grand total of 2145 14 hit hits for tho the last twelve c years cars apportioned apportioned ap 3 ap- ap portioned as follows 1897 83 53 1893 1898 ISO IS 1599 Wi 1900 1100 Ol 1901 WO 9 Hi 1902 1903 l 2 I 1904 lil 10 1905 OJ 99 09 1906 1006 Ii 1907 ISO lOS 1903 Ol marie marIa a n total 1 u of 1700 hits lits in inthe inthe th the ten years in in which ho Ito flayed the tho ball consecutively eJ at a oo dip iii Ho lie Hohas Hohas has been up lip in in iii the tho OO mark four times in that p period r oil Vagner got ot up UI there twice six times and eight tim times 5 hits were md in the following order ISO IDS 1893 1593 OO 1899 1599 IIi judO 1100 ni 15 1901 1902 1002 1 9 1903 1003 1904 1905 S 82 1900 Th The S 32 hits hit for 1905 were accounted 1 for by jy the tho fact that Lajoie was was- hurt hint that season on and out ut of tho game for a I good while