Show RESTING BIG league TEAM HISTORY ow will be found a unique table showing the standings ot of all the n the two n ajor leagues tor for the past eleven seasons these 1 have been as they are now since the fall fan of 1902 in that and ced ng year the american league was composed of eight clubs e new lork I 1 ork a d st t lou a franchises held in baltimore and mil with the organization of the nat onal commission and the tion ot of peace it dropped these two clubs baltimore joining the n league legue and milwaukee the amer can association and clubs abs in the other cit off es asburg Is far and away he the greatest team according to the cold it has fl shed those ele en on tears bears with a grand average of 68 closest competitor of the pirate city is chicago in the national a percer tage of 12 the giants come third with elphia s is next highest above C nc no enatt with wh ie Is gt st louis and boston are in the order named the hub is 13 eanest ethe est loser fin shing just one season 1902 above the mark the amer can leas e all the clubs except the browns and bena sena above loo on tl air eleven years the athletics show a grand e 0 of f which Is the largest among those teams white sox are r e second an I 1 the tigers come third with boston fourth ditl 93 3 wl lie ile the naps and 11 phlanders gh landers show and was ington aw lathe la the only club ranking lower than heaviest winning str stra ua of any club in the national league was P in 1902 when they finished the season with an aver ond cond to this feat was thit of the same cl ci b in 1909 when they d I 1 the club stan stanl lin ln of against tor for the cubs as the near nt lie I 1 e I 1 iguest average ever attained by the cubs was in hen hu they the secured the lodest of any national league city t with wl w 1 ich the R stiers have just their season west of the entire t vo tables was in 1904 which was secured shi neton the national cl 1 ago arap tt burg have each taken four pen arx new lork has just vender third the highest the reds ever er n the rice was in 1904 finished third the athletics ca w wearing the r pennan oui ng tor the fourth time detroit it iree flags in success on wh ch feat has also been performed by y beets the wh te sot won two and the red sox took two in ion which accomplishment has just gone to the athletics in their ir this beir in all these records show many strange th to the fan and ended hereto NATIONAL LEAGUE eleven year 1901 TW 1903 1904 IWO 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 ave 7 S 8 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 2 1 aso 6 5 a S 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 94 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 60 62 5 9 56 7 7 8 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 L 45 46 4 6 8 6 7 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 1 43 ja 8 4 4 3 6 6 6 5 4 6 6 3 74 57 51 6 4 4 48 48 0 a 3 2 5 6 8 6 5 1 7 6 6 7 W 47 4 7 5 3 6 7 7 8 7 8 S 8 8 4 1 5 AMERICAN LEAGUE alleven ye year a r 1901 1909 1903 1904 1900 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 ave e 4 1 2 5 1 4 2 6 2 1 1 5 6 2 66 3 7 5 7 1 1 1 4 2 85 51 58 5 8 5 8 7 7 5 0 4 5 3 4 2 6 6 3 65 55 58 9 5 3 18 1 4 7 3 2 1 3 S 3 4 6 4 92 2 5 56 6 10 47 2 3 1 1 4 8 7 5 3 4 5 5 9 4 2 6 2 6 8 5 6 2 6 53 6 ar 12 6 6 S 8 8 7 1 7 8 7 8 7 7 60 67 3 5 2 6 2 6 6 8 5 6 4 7 8 8 5 3 4 8 53 43 13 5 8 3 5 S 1 |