Show Slugger T Tops A Ajr An Major jr league One New NevY Time All-Time Mark Established by Geo Burns' Burns Bat Bressler Tops National CHICAGO Oct 2 AP AP Figured on paper the worlds world's series looks like just about a draw affair The Yankees go into the games as a club hitting while the Cardinals have a seasons season's average of to exhibit with the National league flag S Statistics on fielding on the other hand are decidedly in favor of the Hornsby crew The Cardinals during the year made more double plays triple plays putouts and as assists assists as- as slats than the Yanks but were charged with fewer bobbles Babe Ruths Ruth's hitting js is considerably considerably considerably con con- b better than anything the Cardinals can show but despite the Yankees' Yankees better slugging as a team seven St. St Louis players finished finished finished fin fin- the season with percentages of ot and beyond as compared with six of their series opponents opponent Pitchers' Pitchers records for the year are i so varIed vanea in every respect that inai there is little littie chance for comparison compari compari- son but survey of the flinging performances performances performances per per- for the two clubs leaves little basis for choice The unofficial final figures re released released released re- re leased today show the 1926 majors records in all departments generally outranked b by by- those of the year be be- fore One new time newall-time time all mark was set however in the sixty-four sixty doubles I collected by George Burns of ot Cleveland Ruth fell twelve short of his worlds world's record in homers but carried carried car car- ried vied off orf two other American league records in addition to having the most circuit drives of ot the season The Yankee ee sluggers slugger's stick work brought him the most runs and the most total bases In Incidentally Incidentally In- In lly ho wound up the year with each hit counting for a slight fraction traction under two bases Manush 1 of Detroit was the leadIng leading leading lead lead- ing hitter with the high years year's average av as' av average of ot Gehrig of the Yankees Yankees Yan Tan kees led in triples with eighteen Bib Falk Fall Fallot of ot Chicago was the only pla player er in the league in every game of his teams team's schedule Rice of the Senators led in total hits with but Burns of Cleveland was only one behind and had a total base count of ot 28 against Rices Rice's Johnny of the White SOT Sort led in base stealing with thirtyfour thirty- thirty tour four nine below his league leading total of 1925 Ills His teammate Hunnefield showed the way in sac sac- Washington led in club dub batting with a average and Chicago in team fielding with a percentage of George Uble led the pitchers with witha a total of twenty seyen victories for Cleveland somewhat offset offet by eleven games lost Leading hitters of the season Manush Detroit Ruth New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Fothergill Detroit Heilmann Detroit Burns Cleveland Goslin Washington Washing WashIng- ton Collins Chicago Falk Chicago E. E Rice WashIngton WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington Simmons Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia Cobb Detroit Hazen Cuyler of the the Pirates walked off with two individual records records records rec rec- in the National making more runs than any other player ard leading with thirty-five thirty stolen bases He shared honors with now Theve-now of the Cardinals in play- play in ins lag in m all games on their respective schedules ules Although idle idie at the end emI of the season Bressler of Cincinnati had th the best batting average Drown Brown of Boston led the league with hits lack Hack Wilson lIson of the Cubs was vas the home run leader with twenty one one Bottomley of ot St. St Louis led in doubles with thirty-nine thirty and for the Waner's two twenty-two triples Pirates led ld the circuit Douthit of the Cards was credited with the most moat sa sacrifices thirty Cincinnati was pacemaker in team hitting with a years year's average of It 90 while hile the Cubs were svere best defensively with a fielding perc percentage percentage per per- c of Rhem of or the Cardinals topped the winning pitchers with a string of or one twenty one being credited with seven d defeats fea ts Leading hitters among National rl Bressler Cincinnati Christensen Cincinnati Har- Har Cincinnati Earl Smith Pitsburg Williams Philadel Philadel- I phia Waner Vaner Pittsburg Stephenson Chicago Drown Brown Boston Leach Philadelphia I Jaclson New Xe York |