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Show WAGNER HAS LONG SCORE Dutchman Is Hatting Champion For Sixteen Years Straight Pittsburgh, .Tan 2." Tyrus Cobb. I league batsmen for the sixth v car in who last eai led the Am'i icaii succession, has an excellent chance of equalling the greut record made bj Hans Wagner, who Ins led the National league batters eight times since he joined the loiiIsille club In 1897. In 1911 Wagner finished behind be-hind Kirke and Jackson of Boston, who took part in 2" and ;fi games respectively, re-spectively, but was given the credit of being the real hatting champion Bui Wagner has established an-oth"i an-oth"i record that may baseball men irink will stand former, althonch he savs that he himself is sure to break it this season He has just finished his sixteenth consecutive season as I I a .300 per cent batter In the major! leapucs Pop Anson, of the old Chicago Chi-cago White Sox, hatted ;30 Pf r cent i lor fifteen consecutive years, and held the record Wagner has jusl smashed. Only Seven In Wagner's Class. Onlv seven players besides Waener have beaten NO OT better for ton or I more years in succession in the last ; ihlrt years. Hundreds have played the game in that time Anson batted , .300 fifteen consecutive years: flan i 1 Breathers, l-L Willie Keller, 13; Ed 1 Delanhanty and Joe Kelly, eleven I . each: Hugh Duffy, Jesse Burkett and! B Napoleon Lajoie ten ye.irs ;i h I Warner's smallest average waa 305 In 1S98. with Louisville. Hi besl average was .380 In 1900 the in-t vear lie plavcd ai Pittsburgh Wagner lias played in J. 1 r major league games. He has been at bftl 8,838 times made 2849 hits, scored; 1 502 runs and siolen 638 bases. I The Flying Dutchman has averaged :2 for each of his sixteen years in j i the majors Ty Cobb has batted over .300 each I of seven years he has been In the bijr leagues. He is slight! built and nervous, and does not appear to be able to play long enough to equal Waener! record Wagner's record for sixteen vears: Year. G. AB. R H SB. Av 1897 61 241 38 83 22 344 K9S 14R 591 89 180 25 .305 ISM 14 4 549 102 197 36 .385; 1900 134 528 lo7 201 86 .3801 1901 141 :..".6 Mo 196 is 1902 137 538 105 177 18 .82? 1903 129 il2 97 1S2 16 866 1904 132 490 97 171 o. 149 1905 147 648 114 199 57 .363 1906 140 .',16 103 175 53 .339 1907 142 515 98 ISO 61 .360 1908 151 568 LOO 201 58 .354 1909 137 495 92 168 36 .339 1910 150 556 9.1 178 24 .320 1911 130 473 87 158 20 .534 1912 146 562 92 183 26 .326 Totals 2169 8238 1502 2849 638 .342 Wagner has played three vears at Louisville and thirteen at Pittsburgh. |