Chapter 6

THIRD BASEMEN. | | | | | T | F | | P | | | | N | i | i | | e | | | | u | m | e | T | r | | | G | m | e | l | o | c | | | a | b | s | d | t | e | | | m | e | | i | a | n | | | e | r | A | n | l | t | | | s | | s | g | | a A | | | | P | s | | C | g c | | | P | u | i | E | h | e c | | | l | t | s | r | a | e R | | | a | | t | r | n | p a | | | y | O | i | o | c | t n | | | e | u | n | r | e | e k | | | d | t | g | s | s | d . |NAME. |CLUB. | . | . | . | . | . | . --+-----------+------------+---+----+---+---+----+----- 1| Nash |Boston |104| 139|250| 37| 426| .913 2| Kuhne |Pittsburg | 74| 95|166| 26| 287| .909 3| McShannie | " | 26| 39| 49| 9| 97| .907 4| Burns |Chicago |134| 194|273| 49| 516| .905 5| Denny |Indianapolis| 96| 158|214| 44| 416| .894 6| Mulvey |Philadelphia| 99| 87|174| 32| 293| .890 7| Whitney |New York | 90| 90|184| 35| 309| .886 8| Donnelly |Washington |117| 126|230| 51| 407| .874 9| Sutton |Boston | 27| 82| 47| 13| 92| .858 10| White |Detroit |125| 146|244| 65| 455| .857 11| Ewing |New York | 21| 32| 29| 15| 76| .802 12| Buckley |Indianapolis| 21| 17| 28| 12| 57| .789 13| Cleveland |NY & Pitts'g| 40| 27| 57| 23| 107| .785

SHORT STOPS. | | | | | T | F | | P | | | | N | i | i | | e | | | | u | m | e | T | r | | | G | m | e | l | o | c | | | a | b | s | d | t | e | | | m | e | | i | a | n | | | e | r | A | n | l | t | | | s | | s | g | | a A | | | | P | s | | C | g c | | | P | u | i | E | h | e c | | | l | t | s | r | a | e R | | | a | | t | r | n | p a | | | y | O | i | o | c | t n | | | e | u | n | r | e | e k | | | d | t | g | s | s | d . |NAME. |CLUB. | . | . | . | . | . | . --+-----------+------------+---+----+---+---+----+----- 1| Denny |Indianapolis| 23| 65| 88| 14| 167| .916 2| Kuhne |Pittsburgh | 63| 112|159| 25| 296| .915 3| Smith |Pittsburgh | 74| 90|246| 37| 373| .900 3|{Glasscock |Indianapolis|109| 201|334| 59| 594| .900 |{Irwin |Philadelphia|121| 204|374| 64| 642| .900 |{Shock |Washington | 52| 84|168| 28| 280| .900 |{Sutcliffe |Detroit | 24| 39| 88| 14| 141| .900 4| Williamson|Chicago |132| 120|375| 62| 557| .888 5| Wise |Boston | 89| 179|271| 57| 507| .887 6| Ray |Boston | 47| 58|130| 26| 214| .878 7| Rowe |Detroit |103| 133|312| 72| 517| .860 8| Irwin |Washington | 27| 54| 87| 23| 164| .859 9| Ward |New York |122| 185|331| 86| 602| .857 10| Fuller |Washington | 47| 67|140| 38| 245| .854

FIELDERS | | | | | T | F | | P | | | | N | i | i | | e | | | | u | m | e | T | r | | | G | m | e | l | o | c | | | a | b | s | d | t | e | | | m | e | | i | a | n | | | e | r | A | n | l | t | | | s | | s | g | | a A | | | | P | s | | C | g c | | | P | u | i | E | h | e c | | | l | t | s | r | a | e R | | | a | | t | r | n | p a | | | y | O | i | o | c | t n | | | e | u | n | r | e | e k | | | d | t | g | s | s | d . |NAME. |CLUB. | . | . | . | . | . | . --+------------+------------+---+----+---+---+----+----- 1|{O'Rourke |New York | 87| 136| 13| 6| 149| .959 |{Tiernan |New York |113| 174| 16| 8| 198| .959 2| Glenn |Boston | 19| 42| 2| 2| 46| .956 3| Sanders |Philadelphia| 25| 38| 5| 2| 46| .955 4| Hornung |Boston |107| 151| 10| 9| 170| .947 5| Maul |Pittsburgh | 34| 59| 8| 4| 71| .943 6| Seery |Indianapolis|133| 258| 19| 18| 295| .939 7| Sunday |Pittsburgh |119| 292| 27| 21| 340| .938 8|{Campau |Detroit | 70| 101| 10| 8| 119| .932 |{McGeachy |Indianapolis|117| 194| 27| 16| 237| .932 9| Petit |Chicago | 43| 46| 8| 4| 58| .931 10| Fogarty |Philadelphia|116| 239| 26| 20| 285| .929 11|{Sullivan |Chicago | 75| 114| 13| 10| 137| .927 |{Coleman |Pittsburgh | 90| 160| 20| 14| 194| .927 12|{Slattery |New York |103| 187| 16| 18| 221| .918 |{Hanlon |Detroit |108| 230| 7| 21| 258| .918 13| Miller |Pittsburgh | 32| 58| 7| 6| 71| .915 14| Daily |Washington |100| 179| 19| 19| 217| .912 15| Hines |Indianapolis|124| 255| 13| 26| 294| .911 15| Delehanty |Philadelphia| 17| 28| 3| 3| 34| .911 16| Duffy |Chicago | 67| 103| 19| 12| 134| .910 17| Dalrymple |Pittsburgh | 57| 80| 9| 9| 98| .908 18| Wood |Philadelphia|103| 175| 15| 20| 210| .904 19| Andrews |Philadelphia|123| 210| 23| 25| 258| .903 20| Johnston |Boston |135| 286| 30| 36| 352| .897 20| Hoy |Washington |136| 296| 26| 37| 359| .897 21| Brown |Boston |107| 172| 18| 22| 212| .896 22| Shock |Washington | 35| 59| 7| 8| 74| .892 23| Fields |Pittsburgh | 29| 49| 6| 7| 62| .887 24| Twitchell |Detroit |129| 195| 13| 27| 235| .885 25| Farrell |Chicago | 31| 50| 3| 7| 60| .883 26| Thompson | Detroit | 55| 86| 4| 12| 102| .882 27| Ryan |Chicago |125| 217| 84| 35| 286| .877 28| Van Haltren|Chicago | 54| 73| 9| 12| 94| .872 28| Wilmot |Washington |119| 260| 19| 41| 320| .872 29| Foster |New York | 37| 64| 5| 12| 81| .851 30| Scheffler |Detroit | 27| 49| 1| 9| 59| .847 31| Gore |New York | 64| 88| 4| 18| 110| .836 32| Carroll |Pittsburg | 38| 45| 2| 10| 57| .824 33| Kelly |Boston | 31| 28| 4| 12| 44| .727

CATCHERS' AVERAGES.

| | | | | T | F| | | P | | | | N | i | i| | | e | | | | u | m | e| | T | r | | | G| m | e | l| P| o | c | | | a| b | s | d| a| t | e | | | m| e | | i| s| a | n | | | e| r | A | n| s| l | t | | | s| | s | g| e| | a A | | | | P | s | | d| C | g c | | | P| u | i | E| | h | e c | | | l| t | s | r| B| a | e R | | | a| | t | r| A| n | p a | | | y| O | i | o| L| c | t n | | | e| u | n | r| L| e | e k | | | d| t | g | s| S| s | d . |NAME. |CLUB. | .| . | . | .| .| . | . --+----------+------------+--+---+---+--+--+---+----- 1| Bennett |Detroit |72|424| 94|18|14|550| .941 2| Ganzell |Detroit |25|156| 41| 9|15|221| .891 3| Daily |Chicago |69|400|107|33|36|576| .880 4| Clements |Philadelphia|84|494|104|47|39|684| .874 5| Ewing |New York |78|480|143|35|65|723| .861 6| Wells |Detroit |16| 96| 25|11| 9|141| .858 7| Myers |Indianapolis|46|211| 63|21|27|322| .851 8| Flint |Chicago |22| 96| 42|11|14|163| .846 9| Mack |Washington |79|361|152|47|48|608| .843 10|{Deasley |Washington |31|177| 60|20|25|282| .840 |{Murphy |New York |28|186| 56|23|23|288| .840 11| Darling |Chicago |20|139| 26|12|21|198| .833 12| Buckley |Indianapolis|48|213| 60|31|28|332| .822 13| Miller |Pittsburg |68|268| 76|35|48|427| .805 14| O'Rourke |Boston |20| 89| 37|17|14|157| .803 15| Tate |Boston |40|188| 64|43|19|314| .802 16| Kelly |Boston |74|367|146|77|54|644| .796 17| Carroll |Pittsburg |53|265| 58|37|46|406| .795 18| Daily |Indianapolis|42|215| 69|34|41|359| .791 19| Brown |New York |17|134| 24|19|26|203| .778 20| Farrell |Chicago |31|171| 50|32|34|287| .770 21| Schriver |Philadelphia|27|148| 39|28|29|244| .760 22| Arundel |Washington |16| 63| 16|15|21|115| .687

PITCHERS' RECORD IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

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| | |T |R | |R | |F M| | | |I |u | |u | |i a| | | |m |n | |n | |r d| | | |e |s | |s | |s e| | | |s | | | | |t | | | G| o |S b| |E b| | b| | | a|a f |C y| |a y| |B y| | | m|t |o | |r | |a | P | | e| O |r O| |n O| |s O| e | | s|B p |e p| |e p| |e p| r | | |a p |d p| |d p| | p| c | | P|t o | o| | o| |H o| e | | l| n | n| | n| |i n| n | | a| e | e| | e| |t e| t | | y| n | n| | n| |s n| a | | e| t | t|Ave. | t|Ave. | t| g | | d| s | s|per | s|per | s| e NAME. |CLUB. | .| . | |Game.| .|Game.| .| . -----------+-------------+--+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+---- Buffinton |Philadelphia |44|1492 | 134|3.04 | 72| 1.63| 321|.215 Baldwin |Chicago |28| 960 | 125|4.46 | 65| 2.32| 233|.242 Burdick |Indianapolis |20| 700 | 88|4.40 | 52| 2.60| 167|.238 Boyle | " " |37|1294 | 181|4.89 | 90| 2.43| 317|.245 Conway |Detroit |44|1508 | 168|3.82 | 84| 1.81| 315|.208 Clarkson |Boston |53|1885 | 239|4.51 | 120| 2.26| 436|.231 Casey |Philadelphia |32|1141 | 153|4.78 | 86| 2.69| 296|.259 Getzein |Detroit |45|1626 | 224|4.98 | 137| 3.04| 402|.247 Gleason |Philadelphia |23| 791 | 106|4.61 | 57| 2.48| 200|.252 Galvin |Pittsburg |50|1760 | 193|3.86 | 123| 2.46| 437|.248 Gruber |Detroit |27| 934 | 124|4.59 | 57| 2.11| 199|.213 Healy |Indianapolis |37|1326 | 204|5.51 | 128| 3.46| 357|.269 Krock |Chicago |39|1294 | 143|3.66 | 74| 1.89| 293|.226 Keefe |New York |50|1643 | 149|2.99 | 75| 1.50| 329|.200 Madden |Boston |19| 648 | 84|4.42 | 53| 2.79| 154|.237 Morris |Pittsburg |54|1911 | 213|3 94 | 114| 2.11| 459|.240 O'Day |Washington |46|1545 | 215|4.67 | 108| 2.34| 374|.242 Radbourne |Boston |24| 791 | 110|4.58 | 67| 2.79| 192|.242 Shreve |Indianapolis |35|1235 | 210|6.00 | 134| 3.82| 356|.2*8 Sowders |Boston |35|1219 | 155|4.43 | 69| 1.97| 283|.232 Staley |Pittsburg |24| 774 | 103|4.29 | 58| 2.41| 186|.240 Sanders |Philadelphia |31|1097 | 113|3.64 | 57| 1.84| 247|.225 Titcomb |New York |23| 756 | 97|4.21 | 41| 1.78| 159|.210 Van Haltren|Chicago |27| 967 | 160|5.92 | 81| 3 00| 264|.273 Welch |New York |47|1592 | 156|3.32 | 80| 1.70| 330|.207 Whitney |Washington |39|1309 | 181|4.64 | 94| 2.41| 317|.242

| | | T | F| |B | |P | | N| i | i| |a | |e | | u| m | e| |s o | T |r | | m| e | l| W|e p c| o |c | | b| s | d| i|s p a| t |e | | e| | i| l| o l| a |n | | r| A | n| d|g n l| l |t | | | s | g| |i e e| |a A | | P| s | | P|v n d| C |g c | | u| i | E| i|e t | h |e c | | t| s | r| t|n s b| a | e | | | t | r| c| a| n | p | | O| i | o| h| o l| c | t | | u| n | r| e| n l| e | e | | t| g | s| s| s| s | d NAME |CLUB | .| . | .| .| .| . | . -----------+------------+--+---+--+--+-------+---+----- Buffinton |Philadelphia|31|322|10|12| 62 |437| .808 Baldwin |Chicago |11|208| 5|18| 99 |341| .642 Burdick |Indianapolis|14| 87| 5|14| 44 |164| .616 Boyle | " " |14|180| 7|20| 59 |280| .692 Conway |Detroit |10|267| 7|12| 57 |353| .784 Clarkson |Boston |24|351|22|37| 119 |553| .678 Casey |Philadelphia|15|176| 9|15| 48 |263| .726 Getzein |Detroit |29|276|16|24| 52 |397| .768 Gleason |Philadelphia| 6|128|13|14| 53 |214| .626 Galvin |Pittsburg |23|224|10|11| 58 |326| .758 Gruber |Detroit | 4|121| 8|14| 42 |189| .661 Healy |Indianapolis| 5|206|15|22| 81 |329| .641 Krock |Chicago | 4|217|12|18| 45 |296| .746 Keefe |New York |29|410|17|24| 86 |566| .775 Madden |Boston | 4| 95| 4| 8| 28 |139| .712 Morris |Pittsburg |20|240| 8|17| 70 |355| .732 O'Day |Washington |19|252| 7|23| 123 |424| .639 Radbourne |Boston |14|104| 6| 9| 44 |177| .666 Shreve |Indianapolis| 7|173|16|31| 94 |321| .560 Sowders |Boston |23|192| 8|16| 71 |310| .693 Staley |Pittsburg | 8|127| 5| 8| 52 |200| .675 Sanders |Philadelphia|17|194| 7|10| 34 |262| .805 Titcomb |New York | 1|157| 8| 9| 48 |223| .708 Van Haltren|Chicago |25|181| 5|24| 53 |288| .715 Welch |New York |16|248|17|20| 113 |414| .637 Whitney |Washington |24|145|11|10| 60 |250| .676

BATTING AND FIELDING RECORD

Of Clubs, Members of the National League of Professional B. B. Clubs.

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SEASON OF 1888.

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R | | | ||BATTING a | | | ||Times| |Ave.| |Ave. n | |Games |Games||at |Runs |per |Runs |per k |CLUB |Played|Won ||Bat |Scored|Game|Earned|Game --+------------+------+-----++-----+------+----+------+----- 1|New York | 137 | 84 || 4751| 659 |4.81| 334 | 2.44 2|Chicago | 135 | 77 || 4616| 734 |5.43| 441 | 3.26 | | | [1]|| | | | | 3|Philadelphia| 130 | 69 || 4496| 535 |4.11| 272 | 2.09 4|Boston | 137 | 70 || 4835| 669 |4.88| 355 | 2.59 5|Detroit | 134 | 68 || 4859| 721 |5.38| 423 | 3.15 6|Indianapolis| 137 | 66 || 4678| 531 |3.87| 308 | 2.27 | | | [2]|| | | | | 7|Pittsburg | 136 | 50 || 4626| 600 |4.41| 269 | 1.97 8|Washington | 136 | 48 || 4548| 482 |3.54| 225 | 1.65

[Footnote 1: 1 game forfeited to Philadelphia] [Footnote 2: 1 game forfeited to New York]

|BATTING |First| | |Ave. | |Ave. |Base |Per- |Total| per |Bases |per CLUB |Hits |centage|Bases| Game |Stolen|Game ------------+-----+-------+-----+------+------+------ New York |1150 | .242 |1581 |11.54 | 314 | 2.29 Chicago |1202 | .260 |1753 |12.98 | 292 | 2.16 Philadelphia|1017 | .226 |1298 | 9.98 | 246 | 1.89 Boston |1180 | .244 |1673 |12.21 | 292 | 2.13 Detroit |1268 | .261 |1724 |12.86 | 192 | 1.43 Indianapolis|1061 | .226 |1359 | 9.92 | 287 | 2.09 Pittsburg |1112 | .240 |1443 |10.61 | 351 | 2.58 Washington | 944 | .207 |1233 | 9.06 | 336 | 2.47

|FIELDING | | T | F | | | |P | | i | i | | | |e | | m | e | | | |r | | e A | l | | | |c A | | s s | d | | | |e c | | s | i | | | |n c | | i | n E| | | |t e | | s | g r|Passed |Bases | |a p | | t | r|Balls |given | |g t |Number| i | o|and |Opponents| |e e | Put | n | r|Wild |on Called|Total | d CLUB | Out | g | s|Pitches|Balls |Chances| ------------+------+------+-----+-------+---------+-------+----- New York | 3633 | 2349 | 432 | 205 | 302 | 6921 |.864 Chicago | 3549 | 2305 | 409 | 200 | 289 | 6752 |.867 Philadelphia| 3469 | 2189 | 429 | 144 | 200 | 6431 |.879 Boston | 3652 | 2288 | 520 | 162 | 270 | 6892 |.861 Detroit | 3579 | 2172 | 474 | 128 | 181 | 6534 |.880 Indianapolis| 3581 | 2048 | 408 | 159 | 225 | 6421 |.876 Pittsburg | 3545 | 2097 | 453 | 189 | 296 | 6580 |.857 Washington | 3497 | 2062 | 522 | 173 | 313 | 6567 |.846

TIE GAMES.--New York 7, Chicago 1, Philadelphia 1, Boston 3, Detroit 3, Pittsbnrg 4, Indianapolis 1, Washington 2.

THE VETERANS OF THE LEAGUE.

Those of the players who have taken part in League contests for not less than ten years are entitled to the honor of belonging to the ranks of the veterans of the League, and they include the following representative players, the majority of whom are now in League Clubs:

|Number |Number | | | |of |of | |First | |Seasons|Games |Times | Base | Perc- Name. |played.|played.|at bat.| hits.| entage -----------------+-------+-------+-------+------+------- Adrian C. Anson | 13 | 1173 | 4904 | 1751 | .357 James O'Rourke | 13 | 1133 | 4832 | 1519 | .314 James L. White | 13 | 1101 | 4610 | 1439 | .312 Paul Hines | 13 | 1184 | 5112 | 1591 | .311 E. B. Sutton | 13 | 1007 | 4196 | 1216 | .289 John F. Morrill | 13 | 1194 | 4685 | 1253 | .267 John J. Burdock | 13 | 871 | 3584 | 911 | .254 M. J. Kelly | 11 | 1080 | 4370 | 1421 | .325 A. Dalrymple | 11 | 909 | 4041 | 1198 | .296 Joseph Start | 11 | 776 | 3366 | 995 | .295 E. N. Williamson | 11 | 1071 | 4163 | 1133 | .274 Geo. F. Gore | 10 | 886 | 3689 | 1157 | .313 Hardy Richardson | 10 | 910 | 3974 | 1230 | .309 John W. Glasscock| 10 | 952 | 3847 | 1089 | .283 Chas. W. Bennett | 10 | 709 | 2720 | 761 | .279 Joseph Hornung | 10 | 858 | 3706 | 988 | .266 F. S. Flint | 10 | 708 | 2759 | 669 | .242 Jas. McCormick | 10 | 499 | 1957 | 464 | .237 D. W. Force | 10 | 746 | 2873 | 598 | .208

Of these Sutton, Dalrymple, Burdock, and Force are in the service of minor League Clubs, while the retired players include Start and McCormick.

Those who have played for less than ten years and not less than seven include the following second class of veterans, the first class being limited to players who have a credit of a decade of service:

|Number |Number | | | |of |of | |First | |Seasons|Games |Times | Base | Perc- Name. |played.|played.|at bat.| hits.| entage -----------------+-------+-------+-------+------+------- Dennis Brouthers | 9 | 845 | 3578 | 1267 | .354 Rodger Connor | 9 | 943 | 3870 | 1309 | .338 J. C. Howe | 9 | 827 | 3548 | 1067 | .300 Geo. A. Wood | 9 | 854 | 3677 | 1024 | .278 M. C. Dorgan | 9 | 660 | 2719 | 756 | .277 Thomas Burns | 9 | 900 | 3597 | 990 | .275 Edwin Hanlon | 9 | 893 | 3629 | 972 | .267 Jno. M. Ward | 9 | 1046 | 4403 | 1169 | .265 A. A. Irwin | 9 | 796 | 3136 | 796 | .254 Jno. Farrell | 9 | 729 | 3048 | 776 | .254 M. Welch | 9 | 491 | 1817 | 433 | .238 B. Gilligan | 9 | 510 | 1848 | 380 | .209 Jos. F. Galvin | 9 | 524 | 2000 | 418 | .208 Wm. Ewing | 8 | 640 | 2708 | 812 | .299 Fred Dunlap | 8 | 707 | 2972 | 867 | .292 P. Gillespie | 8 | 703 | 2907 | 817 | .278 Thomas York | 8 | 566 | 2291 | 617 | .269 Robert Ferguson | 8 | 538 | 2209 | 596 | .269 Jas. E. Whitney | 8 | 525 | 2085 | 555 | .266 Jeremiah Denny | 8 | 824 | 3308 | 881 | .266 Chas. Radbourn | 8 | 530 | 2092 | 517 | .247 George Shaffer | 7 | 521 | 2137 | 602 | .281 Sam W. Wise | 7 | 698 | 2826 | 785 | .277 Jno. E. Clapp | 7 | 398 | 1688 | 465 | .275 W. A. Purcell | 7 | 500 | 2136 | 559 | .261 J P. Cassidy | 7 | 416 | 1718 | 433 | .252 J. J. Gerhardt | 7 | 565 | 2182 | 489 | .224 Geo. E. Weidman | 7 | 338 | 1273 | 22* | .1*4 | | | | [A] | [A] [**Proofreaders note A: * Indecipherable number**]

Of the above Gillespie, Dorgan, Clapp, York, Ferguson and Cassidy have retired from field service.

One of the most interesting records of the games played in the professional arena during the past eighteen years of the existence, first of the old National Association from 1871 to 1875 inclusive, and then of the National League from 1876 to 1888 inclusive, is that of the contests each year between the rival Boston and Chicago clubs, the former winning the pennant in 1872, '73, '74, '75, '77 and '78, and also in 1883; while Chicago won it in 1876 and in 1880, '81, '82, '85 and '86. As a matter for interesting reference, we give below the full record of victories and defeats scored by the two clubs from 1871 to 1888 inclusive. The Chicago Club did not play in 1872 and 1873, having been burned out in the great fire of '71.

|1871 |1872 |1873 |1874 |1875 |1876 |1877 |1878 |1879 -------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L. -------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- Boston |22|10|39| 8|43|16|52|18|71| 8|39|31|31|17|41|19|49|20 Chicago|20| 9| -| -| -| -|27|31|30|37|52|14|18|30|30|30|44|32

|1880|1881|1882|1883|1884|1885|1886|1887|1888 -------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L. -------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- Boston |40|44|38|45|45|39|63|35|73|38|46|66|56|61|61|60|70|64 Chicago|67|17|56|28|55|29|59|39|62|50|87|25|90|31|71|50|77|58

THE LEAGUE'S PRESIDENT.