Show interesting BIG LEAGUE TEAM HISTORY below will be found a unique table showing howing the standings of all the clubs in the two n ajor beag leagues u for th the past eleven J n seasons these leagues have nave been deen as they are how since the tall fall of 1 1902 9 02 in th that at and the itt preceding race da ng year year tl e league was compo composed e d of eight clubs wit with the e N new y york r k a orda d at L lou u I 1 franchises held in B baltimore at t a d mil vaudee with ta the i e n of the Nat national Jonal C commiss 0 miss on and the declaration declara tio n of peace it croppe h ese two clubs baltimore ba altimore joining the eastern league eague and lit milwaukee idt t the h A amer mer can association and fished clubs in the other cit cit es pittsburg Is far an and d a away aay ay fl 11 e greatest team according to the cold type e it has fl shed t those h e ele en n tears e ars with a grand average of th the e closest competitor of the pirate city Is ch cago cagy in the national league with a percentage percer tage of 12 the giants come third with philadelphia s is next highest above cincinnati with while bro brooklyn 0 kly st louis and bostory are in the order named the hub is the greatest loser finishing just one season 1902 above the mark in the american league all the C clubs lubs except the browns and sena tors are above on tl it air eleven years the athletics show a grand average of 84 which Is the largest among those teams white sox at are second ani an I 1 the detroit tigers cone tie third with boston stands fourth with 53 while the naps and H phlanders gh landers show and respectively wast wasl agton ja the only club ranking lower than the heaviest winn ng at r of any club in the national league was th that t of P in 1002 1902 w when ht they finished the season with an aver age of second to this feit was thit of the sime club in 1909 when they secured the club standing of against aso for the cubs as the near est opponents 1 lie I I 1 e highest average ever attained by the cubs was in 1904 when chev secured the lowest loest of any national league city is that with vl ich the rustlers have just flushed their season the lowest of the entire t vo tables was in 1904 which was secured by washington in the national cl I 1 ago ar lipitt burg have each taken four pen nants new lork has just von ker third the highest the reds ever were in the race was in 1904 they finished third the athletics are now wearing the r penna 0 o lh th ng for the fourth time detroit won tl ree flags in success on which teat feat has also been performed by the cutlets the W h te box sox wan two and the red sox took two in succession wilch accomplish ment has just gone to the athletics in their victory th this s year all in all these records show many strange th to the fan and are appended hereto NATION NATIONAL ILL LEAGUE 1 1 J eleven year clubs 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 3 1909 1910 1911 ave 7 8 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 2 I 1 new hew T Y 60 4 asb 6 5 3 2 S 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 chicago 4 aso 67 I 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 1 S 3 3 pittsburg 60 56 7 7 8 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 phila ila 42 4 6 8 5 6 7 8 8 7 7 5 st louis 3 14 3 34 7 41 8 4 4 3 6 6 6 5 1 4 I 5 I 6 cin nati 51 44 4 4 43 3 2 5 6 8 ua 5 6 6 5 1 1 7 6 6 7 brooklyn 5 3 6 7 7 8 7 6 8 8 8 boston 53 41 4 1 35 31 3 35 5 91 9 27 LE LEAGUE AGUE 1 eleven year clubs 1901 1900 1903 1904 1900 1906 1007 1908 1903 1909 1 1910 1911 ave 4 1 2 1 4 2 6 2 1 1 phila 6 1 0 55 56 6 2 3 7 5 7 3 6 1 1 1 4 2 detroit 85 4 16 68 5 8 7 5 0 4 6 3 4 2 6 6 3 clev nd 39 55 58 9 46 53 5 3 sis 1 4 7 a S 2 1 3 3 4 6 4 chicago chicago 61 t 58 5 8 56 5 6 59 2 3 1 1 am 4 8 7 5 3 4 5 boston 4 2 6 2 5 6 8 6 2 6 new Y 5 50 6 6 8 8 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 was t tn n 25 44 67 2 6 2 6 6 8 6 4 7 8 8 st louis 53 5 3 48 4 8 4 3 5 8 B it in re a 0 k e 9 |