Chapter 8

Following is a composite score of the eight games played, thus arranged to show at a glance the total work in every department:

BOSTON.

G. AB. R. H. SB. SH. PO. A. E. Hooper........................ 8 31 3 9 2 2 16 3 .. Yerkes........................ 8 32 3 8 .. 1 15 22 1 Speaker....................... 8 30 4 9 1 .. 21 2 2 Lewis......................... 8 32 4 5 .. .. 14 .. 1 Gardner....................... 8 28 4 5 .. 3 9 12 4 Stahl......................... 8 32 3 9 2 1 77 3 1 Wagner........................ 8 30 1 5 1 .. 24 24 3 Cady.......................... 7 22 1 3 .. 1 35 9 1 Wood.......................... 4 7 1 2 .. .. 1 6 .. Carrigan...................... 2 7 .. .. .. .. 9 5 .. Collins....................... 2 5 .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. Hall.......................... 2 4 .. 3 .. .. .. 5 1 Bedient....................... 4 6 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. [1]Engle...................... 3 3 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. O'Brien....................... 2 2 .. .. .. .. 1 6 .. [2]Ball....................... 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. [3]Henriksen.................. 2 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 273 25 60 6 8 222 101 14

NEW YORK.

G. AB. R. H. SB. SH. PO. A. E. Devore........................ 7 24 4 6 4 .. 10 2 2 Doyle......................... 8 33 5 8 2 .. 15 26 4 Snodgrass..................... 8 33 2 7 1 .. 17 1 1 Murray........................ 8 31 5 10 .. 1 23 1 .. Merkle........................ 8 33 5 9 1 1 83 1 3 Herzog........................ 8 30 6 12 2 2 11 16 .. [4]Becker..................... 2 4 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. Meyers........................ 8 28 2 10 1 1 42 4 1 Fletcher...................... 8 28 1 5 1 .. 16 23 4 Wilson........................ 3 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 1 1 Shafer........................ 3 .. .. .. .. .. 1 4 .. Tesreau....................... 3 8 .. 3 .. .. .. 10 .. [5]McCormick.................. 5 4 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. Crandall...................... 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. Mathewson..................... 3 12 .. 2 .. .. 2 12 .. Marquard...................... 2 4 .. .. .. 1 .. 4 1 Ames.......................... 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 274 31 74 12 7[6]22l 108 17

1: Engle batted for Carrigan in eighth inning of third game; for O'Brien in second inning of sixth game, and for Wood in tenth inning of eighth game.

2: Ball batted for O'Brien in eighth inning of third game.

3: Henriksen ran for Stahl in ninth inning of third game; and batted for Bedient in seventh inning of eighth game.

4: McCormick batted for Tesreau in seventh inning of first game; for Fletcher in tenth inning of second game; for Tesreau in seventh inning of fourth game; for Fletcher in seventh inning of fifth game; and for Fletcher in ninth inning of eighth game.

5: Becker ran for Meyers in ninth inning of first game.

6: Two out in tenth inning of eighth game when winning run scored.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Tl. Boston 3 4 2 1 1 1 6 2 2 3 0--25 New York 11 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 0--31

Left on bases--Boston 55, New York 53.

Two-base hits--Boston: Lewis 3, Gardner 2, Stahl 2, Hooper 2, Henriksen 1, Hall 1, Engle 1, Speaker 1, Wagner 1; total 14. New York: Murray 4, Herzog 4, Snodgrass 2, Merkle 2, Fletcher 1, Doyle 1; total 14.

Three-base hits--Boston: Speaker 2, Yerkes 2, Gardner 1, Hooper 1; total 6. New York: Murray 1, Merkle 1, Herzog 1, Meyers 1; total 4.

Home runs--Boston: Gardner 1. New York: Doyle 1.

Double plays--For Boston: Stahl and Wood 1; Speaker and Stahl 1; Wagner, Yerkes and Stahl 1; Hooper and Stahl 1; Speaker 1 (unassisted). For New York: Fletcher and Herzog 1; Fletcher and Merkle 1; Fletcher, Doyle and Merkle 1; Devore and Meyers 1.

Struck out by Boston pitchers--By Wood: Merkle 3, Tesreau 3, Fletcher 3, Devore 2, Snodgrass 2, Herzog 2, Meyers 2, Murray 2, Crandall 1, Mathewson 1, total 21. By Collins: Doyle 1, Merkle 1, Snodgrass 1, Devore 1, Mathewson 2; total 6. By Bedient: Doyle 1, Devore 1, Snodgrass 1, Mathewson 1, Fletcher 1, Merkle 2; total 7. By O'Brien: Devore 1, Merkle 1, Meyers 1, Snodgrass 1; total 4. By Hall: Herzog 1; total 1. Grand total 39.

Struck out by New York pitchers--By Tesreau: Hooper 3, Cady 3, Stahl 2, Gardner 2, Wagner 2. Speaker 1, Yerkes 1, Lewis 1; total 15. By Mathewson: Stahl 2, Collins 2, Wagner 2, Gardner 1, Yerkes 1, Speaker 1, Lewis 1; total 10. By Marquard: Wagner 2, O'Brien 2, Hooper 1, Yerkes 1, Ball 1, Gardner 1, Stahl 1; total 9. By Crandall: Stahl 1, Gardner 1; total 2. Grand total 36.

Bases on balls off Boston pitchers--Off Wood: Devore 2, Murray 1; total 3. Off Hall: Doyle 2, Devore 2, Snodgrass 1, Becker 1. Meyers 1, Tesreau 1, Herzog 1; total 9. Off Bedient: Devore 3, Becker 1, Murray 1, Snodgrass 1, Meyers 1; total 7. Off O'Brien: Fletcher 1, Doyle 1. Marquard 1; total 3. Grand total 22.

Bases on balls off New York pitchers--Off Tesreau: Hooper 3, Speaker 2, Wagner 1, Wood 1, Gardner 1, Yerkes 1, Lewis 1, Hall 1: total 11. Off Marquard: Hooper 1, Speaker 1; total 2. Off Ames: Wagner 1; total 1. Off Mathewson: Yerkes 1, Speaker 1, Lewis 1, Gardner 1, Wagner 1; total 6. Grand total 19.

Relief pitchers' records--Off Tesreau, 5 hits, 4 runs, in 25 times at bat in 7 innings; off Crandall, 1 hit, 0 runs, in 6 times at bat in 2 innings in game of October 8. Off Collins, 9 hits. 3 runs, in 30 times at bat in 7-1/3 innings: off Hall, 2 hits, 3 runs, in 9 times at bat in 2-2/3 innings; off Bedient, 0 hits, 0 runs, in 1 time at bat in 1 inning, in game of October 9; off O'Brien, 6 hits, 2 runs, in 26 times at bat in 8 innings; off Bedient, 1 hit, 0 runs, in 2 times at bat in 1 inning, in game of October 10. Off Tesreau, 5 hits, 2 runs, in 24 times at bat in 7 innings; off Ames, 3 hits, 1 run, in 8 times at bat in 2 innings, in game of October 11. Off O'Brien, 8 hits, 5 runs, in 8 times at bat in 1 inning; off Collins, 5 hits, 0 runs, in 22 times at bat in 7 innings, in game of October 14. Off Wood, 7 hits, 6 runs, in 8 times at bat in 1 inning; off Hall, 9 hits. 5 rung, in 32 times at bat in 8 innings, in game of October 15. Off Bedient, 6 hits, 1 run, in 26 times at bat in 7 innings; off Wood, 3 hits, 1 runs, in 12 times at bat in 3 innings, in game of October 16.

Wild pitches--Tesreau 3.

Balk--O'Brien 1.

Muffed fly Balls--Fletcher 1, Lewis 1. Doyle 1, Snodgrass 1; total 4.

Muffed foul fly--Merkle 1, Cady 1, Stahl 1; total 3.

Muffed thrown balls--Wilson 1, Merkle 1, Gardner 2, Doyle 1, Wagner 1; total 6.

Wild throws--Meyers 1, Marquard 1, Yerkes 1, Merkle 1, Hall 1, Speaker 1; total 6.

Fumbles--Wagner 2, Fletcher 3, Doyle 2, Gardner 2, Devore 2, Speaker 1; total 12.

First base on errors--Boston 11, New York 5.

Sacrifice flies--Herzog 2, McCormick 1, Hooper 1, Gardner 1; total 5.

Hit by pitcher--By Bedient: Snodgrass 1, Herzog 1. By Wood: Meyers. By Tesreau: Gardner.

Umpires--Evans and O'Loughlin, of the American League; Klem and Rigler, of the National League.

Official scorers--Francis C. Richter of Philadelphia, and J. Taylor Spink of St. Louis, all games.

Average time--2.13 7-8.

Average attendance--3l,505.

Weather--Clear and cool.

INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES.

Following are the official batting averages of all players participating in the World's Championship Series of 1912. They show that New York clearly outhit Boston. The team average of the Giants was 50 points higher than that of Boston. The Boston team had only four batters in the .300 class, while New York had five. Of the men who played all through the series, Herzog was high with .400. The figures are:

INDIVIDUAL BOSTON BATTING.

G. AB. R. H. SB. SH. PC. Henriksen 2 1 -- 1 -- -- 1000 Hall 2 4 -- 3 -- -- .750 Engle 3 3 1 1 -- -- .333 Speaker 8 30 4 9 1 -- .300 Hooper 8 31 3 9 2 2 .290 Wood 4 7 1 2 -- -- .286 Stahl 8 32 3 9 2 1 .281 Yerkes 8 32 3 8 -- 1 .250 Gardner 8 28 4 5 -- 3 .179 Wagner 8 30 1 5 1 -- .167 Lewis 8 32 4 5 -- -- .156 Cady 7 22 1 3 -- 1 .136 Carrigan 2 7 -- -- -- -- .000 Collins 2 5 -- -- -- -- .000 Bedient 4 6 -- -- -- -- .000 O'Brien 2 2 -- -- -- -- .000 Ball 1 1 -- -- -- -- .000

INDIVIDUAL NEW YORK BATTING.

G. AB. R. H. SB. SH. PC. Wilson 2 1 -- 1 -- -- 1000 Herzog 8 30 6 12 2 2 .400 Tesreau 3 8 -- 3 -- -- .375 Meyers 8 28 2 10 1 1 .357 Murray 8 31 5 10 -- 1 .323 Merkle 8 33 5 9 1 1 .273 Devore 7 24 4 6 4 -- .250 McCormick 5 4 -- 1 -- 1 .250 Doyle 8 33 5 8 2 -- .242 Snodgrass 8 33 2 7 1 -- .212 Fletcher 8 28 1 5 1 -- .179 Mathewson 3 12 -- 2 -- -- .167 Becker 2 4 1 -- -- -- .000 Shafer 3 -- -- -- -- -- .000 Crandall 1 1 -- -- -- -- .000 Marquard 2 4 -- -- -- -- .000 Ames 1 -- -- -- -- -- .000

Team batting average: New York, .270; Boston, .220.

INDIVIDUAL FIELDING AVERAGES.

The individual and team fielding averages show Boston leading by a slight margin of .958 to .951. The figures follow:

CATCHERS. G. PO. A. PB. E. PC. | G. PO. A. PB. E. PC. Carrigan 2 9 5 1000|Cady 7 35 9 1 .978 Meyers 8 42 4 1 .979|Wilson 2 2 1 1 .750

PITCHERS. G. PO. A. E. PC. | G. PO. A. E. PC. Tesreau 3 10 1000|Collins 2 3 1000 Crandall 1 1 1000|Bedient 4 1 1000 Mathewson 4 1 12 1000|O'Brien 2 1 6 1000 Wood 4 1 6 1000|Hall 2 5 1 .833 Ames 1 1 1000|Marquard 2 4 1 .800

FIRST BASEMEN. Stahl 8 77 3 1 .988|Merkle 8 83 1 3 .966

SECOND BASEMEN. Yerkes 8 15 22 1 .974|Doyle 8 15 26 4 .911

SHORTSTOPS. Shafer 3 1 4 1000|Fletcher 8 16 23 4 .907 Wagner 8 24 24 3 .941

THIRD BASEMEN. Herzog 8 11 16 1000|Gardner 8 9 12 4 .840

OUTFIELDERS. Murray 8 23 1 1000|Lewis 8 14 1 .933 Becker 1 1 1000|Speaker 8 21 2 2 .920 Hooper 8 16 3 1000|Devore 7 10 2 2 .857 Snodgrass 8 17 1 1 .947|

Team fielding average: Boston, .958; New York, .951.

THE PITCHERS' RECORDS.

The pitching averages show Marquad and Bedient the only pitchers with clean records. Marquad won two games and did not meet defeat, and Bedient won one without a defeat. Wood won three and lost one. Following are the figures:

G. W. L. T. TO. PC. H. BB. HB. SO. IP. AB.

Bedient 4 1 1 1 1000 10 7 2 7 17 59 Marquard 2 2 1000 14 2 9 18 66 Wood 4 3 1 1 .750 27 3 1 21 22 88 Tesreau 3 1 2 2 .333 19 11 1 15 23 85 Collins 2 1 1 .000 14 6 14-1/3 52 Hall 2 1 1 .000 11 9 1 10-2/3 41 Mathewson 3 2 1 .000 23 5 10 29-2/3 108 Ames 1 .000 3 1 2 8 Crandall 1 .000 1 2 2 6 O'Brien 2 2 2 .000 12 3 4 9 34

Wild pitches--Tesreau 3.

Wiltse, Ames, Hall and Crandall did not pitch a full game and are charged with neither defeat nor victory. Tesreau pitched first 7 innings of first game and is charged with defeat. Crandall finished game. Collins pitched first 7-1/3 innings of second game, Hall followed for 2-2/3 innings and Bedient for 1 inning, but as game was tie no one has defeat or victory charged against him. O'Brien pitched 8 innings of third game and is charged with defeat. Bedient pitched in the last inning. In fourth game Tesreau pitched first 7 innings and is marked with defeat. Ames finished the game. In sixth game O'Brien pitched only 1 inning, but lost the game. Collins completed the game. Wood pitched only one inning of seventh game and is charged with a defeat. Hall pitched the last 8 innings. Bedient pitched first 7 innings of eighth game and retired to permit Henriksen to bat for him with New York leading. Boston then tied score and Wood, who succeeded Bedient, finally won out in the tenth inning, Wood getting credit for game.

FINANCIAL RESULT.

The attendance and receipts of the 1912 World's Championship Series were the highest of any series ever played, excelling even the receipts of the 1911 Athletic-Giant series, which reached proportions of such magnitude that it was thought they would not soon be exceeded, or even equaled. In the 1911 Athletic-Giant series the total attendance was 179,851 paid; the receipts, $342,364; each club's share, $90,108.72; National Commission's share, $34,236.25; the players' share for four days, $127,910.61; each player's share on the Athletic team, $3,654.58; and each player's share on the New York team, $2,436.30. For purposes of comparison we give the official statement of the 1911 World's Series:

Attendance. Receipts. First game, New York................ 38,281 $77,359.00 Second game, Philadelphia........... 26,286 42,962.50 Third game, New York................ 37,216 75,593.00 Fourth game, Philadelphia........... 24,355 40,957.00 Fifth game, New York................ 33,228 69.384.00 Sixth game, Philadelphia............ 20,485 36,109.00 --------- ------------- Totals ............................ 179,851 $342,364.50

Each club's share................................ $90,108.72 National Commission's share....................... 34,236.25 Players' share for four games................ 127,910.61

Herewith is given the official attendance and receipts of the Giant-Red Sox world's Series of 1912, together with the division of the receipts, as announced by the National Commission. The players shared only in the first four games, divided 60 percent, to the winning team and 40 per cent, to the losing team.

Attendance. Receipts. First game, New York................ 35,722 $75,127.00 Second game, Boston................. 30,148 58,369.00 Third game, Boston.................. 34,624 63,142.00 Fourth game, New York............... 36,502 76,644.00 Fifth game, Boston.................. 34,683 63,201.00 Sixth game, New York................ 30,622 66,654.00 Seventh game, Boston................ 32,630 57,004.00 Eighth game, Boston ................ 16,970 30,308.00 --------- ------------- Totals............................. 251,901 $490,449.00

Each club's share............................... $146,915.91 National Commission's share....................... 49,044.90 Players' share for four games.................... 147,572.28

NATIONAL LEAGUE SEASON OF 1912

BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

Spurts of energy on the part of different clubs, unexpected ill fortune on the part of others, and marked variations of form, which ranged from the leaders almost to the lowliest teams of the second division, injected spasmodic moments of excited interest into the National League race for 1912 and marked it by more vicissitudes than any of its immediate predecessors.

By careful analysis it is not a difficult matter to ascertain why the New Yorks won. Their speed as a run-getting machine was much superior to that of any of their opponents. Every factor of Base Ball which can be studied demonstrates that fact. They led the National League in batting and they led it in base running. They were keenly alive to the opportunities which were offered to them to win games. Indeed, their fall from the high standard which they had set prior to the Fourth of July was quite wholly due to the fact that they failed to take advantage of the situations daily, as they had earlier in the season, and their return to that winning form later in the season, which assured them of the championship, was equally due to the fact that they had regained their ability to make the one run which was necessary to win. That, after all, is the vital essential of Base Ball. To earn the winning run, not by hook or crook, but to earn it by excelling opponents through superior play in a department where the opponents are weak, is the story of capturing a pennant.

They were dangerous men to be permitted to get on bases, and their dearest and most bitter enemies on the ball field, with marked candor, confessed that such was the case. Opposing leaders admitted that when two or three of the New York players were started toward home plate one or two of them were likely to cross the plate and that, too, when one run might tie the score and two runs might win the game.

While there were some who were quite sanguine before the beginning of the season that the Giants would win the championship, there were others who were convinced that they would have a hard time to hold their title, and after the season was over both factions were fairly well satisfied with their preliminary forecast.

The runaway race which New York made up to the Fourth of July gave abundant satisfaction to those who said they would win, and the setback which the team received after the Fourth of July until the latter part of August afforded solace to those who were certain in their own minds that the New Yorks would have much trouble to repeat their victory of 1911.

It must not be forgotten, too, that the New York team had the benefit of excellent pitching throughout the year. In the new record for pitchers, which has been established this season by Secretary Heydler of the National League, and which in part was the outcome of the agitation in the GUIDE for a new method of records, in which the various Base Ball critics of the major league cities so ably contributed their opinions, Tesreau leads all the pitchers in the matter of runs which were earned from his delivery. Mathewson is second, Ames is fifth, Marquard seventh and Wiltse and Crandall lower, and while both the latter were hit freely in games in which they were occasionally substituted for others, they pitched admirably in games which they won on their own account.

In the opinion of the writer this new method, which has been put into usage by Secretary Heydler, is far superior to anything which has been offered in years as a valuable record of the actual work of pitchers. It holds the pitcher responsible for every run which is made from his delivery. It does not hold him responsible for any runs which may have been made after the opportunity has been offered to retire the side, nor does it hold him responsible for runs which are the result of the fielding errors of his fellow players. On the other hand, if he gives bases on balls, if he is batted for base hits, if he makes balks, and if he makes wild pitches, he must stand for his blunders and have all such runs charged against him as earned runs.

Nothing proves more conclusively the strength of this manner of compiling pitchers' records than that Rucker, by the old system, dropped to twenty-eighth place in the list of National League pitchers, finished third in the earned run computation, showing that if he had been given proper support he probably would have been one of the topmost pitchers of the league, even on the basis of percentage of games won, which is more vainglorious than absolutely truthful.

The Giants are to be commended for playing clean, sportsmanlike Base Ball. There were less than a half dozen instances in which they came into conflict with the umpires. The president of the National League complimented Manager McGraw in public upon the excellent conduct of his team upon the field and the players deserved the approbation of the league's chief executive.

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The general work of the Pittsburgh team throughout the year was good. It must have been good to have enabled the players to finish second in the championship contest, but the team, speaking in the broadest sense, seemed to be just good enough not to win the championship. As one man dryly but graphically put it: "Pittsburgh makes me think of a wedding cake without the frosting."

Fred. Clarke, manager of the team, adhered resolutely to his determination not to play. It was not for the reason that the impulse to play did not seize upon him more than once, but he had formed a conviction, or, at least, he seemed to have formed one, that it would be better for the organization if the younger blood were permitted to make the fight. It was the opinion of more than one that Clarke incorrectly estimated his own ball playing ability, in other words, that he was a better ball player than he credited himself with being.

As batters the Pittsburghs were successful. As fielders they were superior to the team that won the championship. As run-getters they were not the equal of the Giants. In brief, fewer opportunities were accepted to make runs by a much larger percentage than was the case with the New York club, which can easily be verified by a careful study of the scores of the two teams as they opposed one another, and as they played against the other clubs of the league.

It took more driving power to get the Pittsburgh players around the bases than it did those of New York. In tight games, where the advantage of a single run meant victory, the greater speed of the New York players could actually be measured by yards in the difference of results. Naturally it was not always easy for the Pittsburgh enthusiasts to see why a team, which assuredly fielded better than the champions and batted almost equally as well, could not gain an advantage over its rivals, but the inability of Pittsburgh Base Ball patrons to comprehend the lack of success on the part of their team existed in the fact that they had but few opportunities, comparatively speaking, to watch the New York players and found it difficult to grasp the true import of that one great factor of speed, which had been so insistently demanded by the New York manager of the men who were under his guidance.

Pittsburgh had an excellent pitching staff. Even better results would have been obtained from it if Adams had been in better physical condition. An ailing arm bothered him. While he fell below the standard of other years, one splendid young pitcher rapidly developed in Hendrix, and Robinson, a left-hander, with practically no major league experience, pushed his way to a commanding position in the work which he did.

Until the Giants made their last visit to Pittsburgh in the month of August the western team threatened to come through with a finish, which would give them a chance to swing into first place during the month of September, but the series between New York and Pittsburgh turned the scale against the latter.