Chapter 5

EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L B l a C i S i o a N a s l t t n u l e d h e t C . c i BROOKLYN t w B e i v s h i s i o l n e b i L n v vs. m Y s p g l u c o n i o o t h t a r a u a l r r o i o n g g i t l e k n a n d h o s i e Totals Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Victories 4 5 6 5 9 29 6 7 6 8 6 8 41 Defeats 8 7 6 7 3 31 5 5 6 4 6 4 30 Games Played 12 12 12 12 12 60 11 12 12 12 12 12 71 Per cent. of Victories .388 .417 .500 .452 .750 .483 .545 .583 .500 .667 .509 .667 .577 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS P h i W P C L B l a C i S i o a N a s l t t n u l e d h e t C . c i BROOKLYN t w B e i v s h i s i o l n e b i L n v vs. m Y s p g l u c o n i o o t h t a r a u a l r r o i o n g g i t l e k n a n d h o s i e Grand Total Total Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 4 Series lost 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Series tied 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 Series unfinished 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 "Chicago" victories 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 "Chicago" defeats 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 Single figure victories 1 2 3 5 3 14 4 3 5 3 1 4 20 34 Single figure defeats 3 3 4 3 1 14 2 2 2 3 3 1 13 27 Double figure victories 3 3 3 0 6 15 2 4 1 5 5 4 21 36 Double figure defeats 5 4 2 4 2 17 3 3 4 1 3 3 18 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

THE CLEVELAND CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

The Cleveland club did not begin their opening campaign until April 20th, and then in the ranks of the second division; but they soon, jumped to the front, and by the end of the April campaign they stood a tie for first place with Boston and St. Louis, with the percentage figures of .750 each. They opened the May campaign by pushing Boston out of first place, and they retained the leading position from May 2d to the 28th, they reaching the high percentage of .867 on May 10th--the highest of the season. On Decoration Day Pittsburgh went to the front, with the percentage of .700 to Cleveland's .692, and they retained that position to the close of the May campaign. During June the Clevelands fell off, and by the 21st of that month they had got down to fifth place in the race, and by the end of the June campaign had been driven into the ranks of the second division, they then occupying seventh place with a percentage of .549; Pittsburgh, on June 30th, being the only Western team in the first division. This fact alone showed a one-sided race up to that date.

The Clevelands did not get back into the first division until July 17th, and after that they never left it. During August they battled well for third place, but could get no higher than fourth position, where they stood up to August 21st, when they began to fall off, and on August 31st they were down to sixth place. This position they were forced to keep all through September up to the finish of the race.

The Cleveland team managed to win two of their series with the Eastern clubs, viz., with Washington and Philadelphia, but were badly whipped by the three leaders; they managed, however, to make a close fight of it with their old antagonists of Brooklyn, the latter winning the series by a single game only.

With their Western rivals the Clevelands won every series but one, viz., that with the Pittsburgh club, thereby winning the _championship of the West for_ 1894, as Boston did the championship of the East. Then, too, the Clevelands were the only Western club remaining in the first division at the close of the season; so they had some consolation in the race in excelling their Western rivals, all of whom they beat out in the race, even if they failed to win the pennant or to get among the three leaders in the race. Moreover, they excelled all the Western teams in team work in the field and at the bat, as they did the Brooklyns and Washingtons of the Eastern division.

Here is their record:

THE CLEVELAND CLUB'S RECORD. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L B l a i S i o a N a B s t t n u l e d r h t C . c i CLEVELAND t w B e o i s h i s i o l o n b i L n v vs. m Y s p k g u c o n i o o t h l t r a u a l r r o i y o g g i t l e k n a n n h o s i e Totals Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Victories 3 3 3 7 5 8 29 4 10 9 8 8 39 Defeats 9 9 9 5 6 4 42 8 2 3 3 3 19 Games Played 12 12 12 12 11 12 71 12 12 12 11 11 58 Per cent. of Victories .250 .250 .250 .583 .455 .667 .408 .333 .883 .750 .727 .727 .672 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L B l a i S i o a N a B s t t n u l e d r h t C . c i CLEVELAND t w B e o i s h i s i o l o n b i L n v vs. m Y s p k g u c o n i o o t h l t r a u a l r r o i y o g g i t l e k n a n n h o s i e Grand Total Total Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 4 6 Series lost 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 Series tied 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Series unfinished 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 "Chicago" victories 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 5 7 "Chicago" defeats 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Single figure victories 1 1 1 2 3 4 12 3 7 7 4 6 27 39 Single figure defeats 6 7 2 3 4 4 26 5 1 1 2 1 10 36 Double figure victories 2 2 2 5 2 4 17 1 3 2 4 2 12 29 Double figure defeats 3 2 7 2 2 0 16 3 1 2 1 2 9 25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#The Second Division Clubs.#

THE PITTSBURGH CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

The Pittsburgh club opened the April campaign in the ranks of the second division, the end of the month seeing the team in seventh place, three other Western teams leading them on April 30th. During May they got into the first division, and May 21st they were among the three leaders, with Cleveland and Baltimore first and second in the race. At the end of the May campaign they had rallied as well, and had pulled up to first place, with the percentage figures of .710 to Cleveland's .679 and Baltimore's .654, Boston, Philadelphia and New York being the next three. In June, the Pittsburghs fell off in the race, and by the 11th of that month they were down to fifth place, then pulled up again after touching sixth position, and on June 30th stood fourth, they then being headed by Baltimore, Boston and Brooklyn, with Philadelphia and New York in their rear. In July they fell off badly, and on the 20th of that month they had been driven out of the first division. At the end of the July campaign they stood sixth in the race. They got a step higher the early part of August, but the end of that month's campaign saw the club once more in the ranks of the second division, and they struggled in vain to get out of the company of the six tail-enders, the end of the race seeing the club in seventh place with the percentage figures of .500, Cleveland leading them by 27 points.

The record of the Pittsburgh club for 1894 giving the victories and defeats scored, with a total of games played and the percentage of victories against each club; also, the record of the series of games won, lost, tied or unfinished, together with that of the "Chicago" victories and defeats, and the single and double figure games scored by the club, is as follows:

THE PITTSBURGH CLUB'S RECORD. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W C L B l a C S i o a N a B s l t n u l e d r h e C . c i PITTSBURGH t w B e o i v h i s i o l o n e i L n v vs. m Y s p k g l c o n i o o t h l t a a u a l r r o i y o n g i t l e k n a n n d o s i e Totals Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Victories 4 4 4 4 5 8 29 8 6 6 7 9 36 Defeats 6 8 8 8 7 4 41 4 6 6 5 3 24 Games played 10 12 12 12 12 12 70 12 12 12 12 12 60 Per cent. of Victories .400 .333 .333 .333 .417 .667 .414 .667 .500 .500 .500 .583 .600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W C L B l a C S i o a N a B s l t n u l e d r h e C . c i PITTSBURGH t w B e o i v h i s i o l o n e i L n v vs. m Y s p k g l c o n i o o t h l t a a u a l r r o i y o n g i t l e k n a n n d o s i e Grand Total Total Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 Series lost 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 . 0 0 0 0 0 4 Series tied 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 1 1 0 0 2 2 Series unfinished 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 "Chicago" victories 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 "Chicago" defeats 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 Single figure victories 3 1 1 3 2 3 13 5 3 4 3 7 22 35 Single figure defeats 1 7 7 3 3 0 21 3 2 4 2 3 14 35 Double figure victories 1 3 3 1 3 5 16 3 3 2 4 2 14 30 Double figure defeats 5 1 1 5 4 4 20 1 4 2 3 0 10 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The "Pirates," it will be seen, were very unsuccessful against the Eastern teams, the Washingtons being the only club they could win a series from. Against their Western rivals, however, they did not lose a series, defeating Cleveland, Cincinnati and Louisville, and tieing with Chicago and St. Louis. The very club they wanted most to defeat they captured, viz., the Clevelands; that, and the fact that they led the second division clubs being the only consolation they had.

THE CHICAGO CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

Never before in the history of the Chicago club had any of its teams ever started a pennant race so badly as did the Chicago "Colts" in 1894. They finished the April campaign with the unenviable record of eight defeats out of nine games played, they then being a bad tail-ender in the race, with the poor percentage figures of .111 only. They remained in the last ditch up to May 10th, by which date they had won but two games out of thirteen played, the result being costly to the club in poor gate receipts. The next day they pushed the Washingtons into the last ditch--their home place for years--and by May 14th had got up to tenth position. But the end of May saw the "Colts" no higher in the race record than eleventh place, just on the ragged edge of the last ditch. By the end of the June campaign they had pulled up a little, they were standing in tenth place on June 30th; there they remained until the last day of the July campaign, when they managed to get into ninth place. During August they rallied for the first time in the race, and by the end of that month's campaign they stood eighth. But they could not get higher in the race, and they had to be content with eighth position at the end of the season, their poor record including that of being the only club of the twelve which had not, at one time or another, occupied a place in the ranks of the first division clubs. It was the worst season's record known in the history of the Chicago club.

Here is the club record:

THE CHICAGO CLUB'S RECORD. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L B l a C i S i o a N a B s l t t n u l e d r h e t . c i CHICAGO t w B e o i v s i s i o l o n e b L n v vs. m Y s p k g l u o n i o o t h l t a r u a l r r o i y o n g i t l e k n a n n d h s i e Totals Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Victories 3 1 5 7 6 7 29 2 6 6 6 8 28 Defeats 9 11 7 5 6 5 43 10 6 6 6 4 32 Games played 12 12 12 12 12 12 60 12 12 12 12 12 60 Per cent. of Victories .250 .083 .417 .583 .500 .583 .403 .375 .500 .500 .500 .667 .467 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L B l a C i S i o a N a B s l t t n u l e d r h e t . c i CHICAGO t w B e o i v s i s i o l o n e b L n v vs. m Y s p k g l u o n i o o t h l t a r u a l r r o i y o n g i t l e k n a n n d h s i e Grand Total Total Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 Series lost 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 Series tied 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .. 1 1 1 0 3 4 Series unfinished 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Chicago" victories 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Chicago" defeats 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 Single figure victories 1 1 1 0 2 1 6 1 2 3 2 6 14 20 Single figure defeats 2 8 2 1 5 4 22 6 3 4 2 3 18 40 Double figure victories 2 1 4 7 4 6 24 1 4 3 4 2 14 38 Double figure defeats 7 3 5 4 1 1 21 4 3 2 4 1 14 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Chicago "Colts" won two series against the Eastern teams, viz., those with the Washingtons and the Philadelphias, and they had a tie series with Brooklyn and a close fight with Boston; but the New Yorks whipped them the worst any club had ever before succeeded in doing in a season's series, as the "Giants" won eleven out of twelve games; the Baltimores, too, had an easy task in winning against the "Colts". Against their Western rivals, however, they lost but one series, viz., that with Cleveland; but they only won one series--that with Louisville--they tieing Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Cincinnati.

THE ST. LOUIS CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

The St. Louis club opened the April campaign among the leaders, and put up their stock to a premium, by ending the month's record tied with Boston and Cleveland for first place, each with a percentage of .750, the club's special rival--Comiskey's Cincinnati "Reds"--ending the April campaign tied with Baltimore for fifth place. After this April spurt in the race, however, the "Browns" began to fall back in their record during May, and by the 7th of that month were down to sixth position, and on May 14th they had to give way to Cincinnati, they then falling back into the second division ranks; and on the 17th of May they were down to ninth place, and then the best they could do during the last week of the May campaign was to end eighth in the race on May 31st. During June they tried to get back into the first division, but they failed to reach higher than seventh position. During July they got lower down in the ranks of the second division, and they ended that month's campaign as low as tenth place, and they were kept there until the very last day of the season, when two victories over the Washingtons, with a tie game between Cincinnati and Cleveland, enabled the "Browns" to win the consolation prize, viz., leading Cincinnati at the finish, by the percentage figures of .424 to .419, the St. Louis team ending in ninth place and the Cincinnatis in tenth position.

The record of the St. Louis club for 1894 giving the victories and defeats scored, with the total of games played and the percentage of victories against each club; also, the record of the series of games won, lost, tied and unfinished, together with that of the "Chicago" victories and defeats and the single and double figure victories and defeats scored by the club, is as follows:

THE ST. LOUIS CLUB'S RECORD. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L B l a C i i o a N a B s l t n u l e d r h e t C c i ST .LOUIS t w B e o i v s h i s i o l o n e b i n v vs. m Y s p k g l u c n i o o t h l t a r a a l r r o i y o n g g t l e k n a n n d h o i e Totals Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Victories 2 5 6 7 4 6 30 3 6 6 5 6 26 Defeats 10 7 6 5 8 6 42 9 6 6 7 6 34 Games played 12 12 12 12 12 12 72 12 12 12 12 12 69 Per cent. of Victories .167 .417 .500 .583 .333 .500 .417 .250 .500 .500 .417 .500 .433 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------