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BLODGETT & Co Amherst, Mass. +TALBOT BROS Pittsfield, Mass +J. W. BRINE New Haven, Ct. +C. S. WEST Flushing, L. I. +J. W. BRINE Cambridge, Mass. +A. H. POMEROY Hartford, Ct +HIRST & LEACH Princeton, N. J. +A. W. SCOTT Stamford, Ct. +BRENNAN & DAVIS Bradford, Pa. +F. A. CLAPP & Co Worcester, Mass. +GEO. DART Tuxedo, N. Y. + + +WILLIAM A. HULBERT. + +The late Mr. William A Hulbert may be justly considered as the Father of +the National League, for he it was who in 1875 was mainly instrumental in +bringing about the secession from the old National Professional Association +in 1875 which resulted in the establishment of the National League in 1876. +To Mr. Hulbert is due the credit of rescuing professional ball playing from +the abuses which prevailed in the ranks at the time he first became +connected with the Chicago Club. Especially to his persistent course in +refusing to consent to the reinstatement of any player expelled from a +professional club for crooked play, is the present honesty of the game due. +Mr. Hulbert was the second President of the National league, Mr. M G +Bulkely, the present Governor of Connecticut, being the League s first +President. Mr. Hulbert died in April, 1882 from heart disease. He was +essentially a reformer and in his business and social relations sincerity +and candor were marked characteristics. The National League adopted this +resolution at his death: _Resolved_ That to him alone is due the credit of +having founded the National League, and to his able leadership, sound +judgment and impartial management is the success of the League chiefly due. + + +SPALDING'S BASE BALL GUIDE AND +Official League Book for 1889. + +A complete hand book of the national game of base ball, + +CONTAINING + +Statistical reviews of the various professional association championship +seasons, as also the records and averages of the inter-collegiate +associations, east & west. + +ADDED TO WHICH IS THE + +COMPLETE OFFICIAL LEAGUE RECORD FOR 1888. + +ALSO + +_Brief Record of the Base Ball Tours to England in 1874 and to Australia +in 1888._ + +TOGETHER WITH + +The new code of playing rules, as revised by the committee of conference. + +Attached to which is an official explanatory appendix, giving a correct +interpretation of the new rules, also the official record of all league +games and players, and the official schedule of league games for 1889, +pitchers' records in victories for 1888. + +Base running and throwing records of 1888, with the leading noteworthy +events. Records of the veteran batsmen of the league from 1876 to 1888. + +_Handsomely Illustrated with Portraits and Pictures_ + +[Illustration: Boston Grounds.] + +[Illustration: CORRECT DIAGRAM OF A BALL GROUND.] + +[Illustration: PHILADELPHIA GROUNDS] + +The publishers of "Spalding's Base Ball Guide" present to the fraternity in +the GUIDE for 1889, the model baseball annual of the period; the thirteenth +annual edition of the work being in every respect the most complete +baseball GUIDE ever issued. Exceeding as it does every other book of the +kind in size--over two hundred pages of reading matter --as also in its new +feature of pictorial illustrations, it presents an epitome of the +professional history of the game for 1888, unequaled by any other work of +the kind previously published. In fact, the GUIDE for 1889 has been made to +conform to the very exceptional year of important events its chapters +record--a year which will be remembered for a long time to come as fruitful +of the most noteworthy occurrences known in the annals of our national +game. + +The prominent features of the GUIDE for 1889 are the complete record of +the pitching in the League and American championship contests; the +instructive chapters on "the lessons of the campaign," then on "team +work;" the analyses of the play in the world's championship series of +contests; the new tables showing the figures of the campaigns of the past +eighteen years, and especially the explanatory appendix or chapter of +official instructions to umpires and captains. + +The great size of the GUIDE precludes the possibility of including the +games record of the League campaign, as also other records of League +legislation, etc., and these will be found in the "Official League Book," +which contains only official League matter as furnished by Secretary +Young, including the League Constitution in full. + +[Illustration: CHICAGO GROUNDS.] + +The American national game of base ball has reached a period in its +history, when it no longer needs to be referred to as a field exercise, +calling for particular mention of its peculiar merits. It is now the +established favorite game of ball of the American people, and occupies a +position in public estimation which no other field sport in vogue +approaches. The game has attained its present position of popularity, not +only from its adaptability to our peculiar national characteristics, as +regards its possession of special points of attraction; but also from its +value as a field sport which presents sufficient excitement in itself to +draw thousands of spectators, without the extrinsic aid of betting as its +chief point of interest, the latter attraction being something which +pertains to nearly every other popular sport. Then, too, it should be +borne in mind that base ball first taught us Americans the value of +physical exercise as an important aid to perfect work in cultivating the +mind up to its highest point. It is to the introduction of base ball as a +national pastime, in fact, that the growth of athletic sports in general +in popularity is largely due; and the game pointed out to the mercantile +community of our large cities that "all work and no play" is the most +costly policy they can pursue, both in regard to the advantages to their +own health, and in the improvement in the work of their employees, the +combination of work and play judiciously, yielding results in better work +and more satisfactory service than was possible under the old rule. Thus, +the game has acted like a lever in lifting into public favor all athletic +sports. + +A great deal is said about the special attraction of this and that +leading sport of the day. The turfman thinks there is nothing approaching +the excitement of a horse race, which from the start to the finish +occupies but a few minutes of time. The rower regards a three mile "shell" +race as the very acme of sporting pleasures; while the yachtsman looks +upon all other contests as of trifling importance compared with that +ending in the winning of his club regatta cup; and so on through the whole +category of sports of the field, the forest and the river. But if any one +can present to us a sport or pastime, a race or a contest, which can in +all its essentials of stirring excitement, displays of manly courage, +nerve and endurance, and its unwearying scenes of skillful play and +alternations of success equal our national game of ball, we should like to +see it. + +What can present a more attractive picture to the lover of out door +sports than the scene presented at a base ball match between two trained +professional teams competing for championship honors, in which every point +of play is so well looked after in the field, that it is only by some +extra display of skill at the bat, that a single run is obtained in a full +nine innings game? If it is considered, too, that base ball is a healthy, +recreative exercise, suitable for all classes of our people, there can be +no surprise that such a game should reach the unprecedented popularity it +has. + + +THE PROFESSIONAL SEASON OF 1888. + +The season of 1888, in the professional arena, was marked by several +events which placed it on record as the most noteworthy, known in the +thirteen years' history of the National League. In the first place it was +the inaugural year of the grand movement made by the President of the +Chicago Club, to extend the popularity of our national game beyond the +American continent; an event which exhibited the characteristic energy, +pluck, liberality and business enterprise of Mr. Spalding, in a very +marked manner; the grand success which the venture met with being a well +merited reward for the large financial outlay which he incurred in the +experiment. Secondly, the struggle for the championship of the League, +resulting as it did in the success of the New York club, gave to the East +a lead in the pennant races which they had not held since 1884, when the +Providence club won the championship, Chicago having held the honors in +1885 and 1886, and Detroit in 1887. The past season, too, excelled all +previous years in the vast assemblages of spectators who were gathered at +the grounds of the prominent clubs on holiday occasions; as also in the +immense aggregate of people who patronized the professional contests of +the year. It was also an exceptional year in regard to the close and +exciting contest for the League pennant, between the four leading clubs of +that organization; and at the end of the championship season the sequel of +the contest for the base ball championship of the world finished off the +campaign of 1888, in a manner that greatly added to the honors won by the +victorious League club from New York. The contest for the American +Association championship was also one of the interesting events of the +season, and one, too, which taught aspiring clubs a lesson which they can +well profit by; and that is, that success in championship contests is due +far more to able management, competent captaining, and thorough team work, +than to the gathering together of the strongest of star players in a club +team. In the League, in this respect, while the Boston club had invested, +at great financial cost, in securing the services of noted star players, +the Chicago club, though weakened by the release of players from their +team who had done yeoman service in their ranks for years, were yet able +to excel the picked team of star players of the Boston club, simply by +superiority in handling those they had left to them. In the Association +arena, too, a similar condition of things prevailed in the case of the St. +Louis and Brooklyn clubs, the costly investment of the Brooklyn club for +new players, only enabling them to reach second place in the pennant race, +while the "weakened"(?) St Louis team, by better conceited work together +were enabled to break the record by capturing the Association pennant for +the fourth successive season, something only equaled by the Boston club +under the reign of the old National Association in 1872, '73, '74, and '75. + +An event of the season of 1888, also, was the widening the sphere of +professional club operations in the United States, by the inauguration of +the Texas League, which, though not as successful as desired in its first +year, nevertheless opened up a new and large territory for the occupation +of the professional clubs. Closing too, as the year did with a +commendable movement on the part of the League legislators to regulate the +salary system so as to get rid of several costly abuses; it may be justly +said that in no year since professional ball playing was officially +recognized, was there so much done to promote the welfare of the national +game as during the season of 1888. + +The summary record of the season's work of the several professional +Leagues and Association prominent during the season of 1888, is as follows: + + |Champion |Games |Per Cent. of +Leagues |Club. |Played |Victories +-------------------+------------+---------+---------- +National League |New York | 532 | .641 +American | | | +Association |St. Louis | 540 | .681 +International | | | +Association | Syracuse | 433 | .718 +Western | | | +Association | Des Moines | 458 | .648 +Central League | Newark | 4*6[A] | .783 +Southern League | Birmingham | 101 | .620 +New England League | Lowell | 209 | .566 +California League | Stockton | 268 | .615 +Texas League | Dallas | 146 | .660 +Tri-State League | Lima | 538 | .701 + +[**Proofreaders note A: * indecipherable number**] + + | Number of Clubs. + | Began the | Ended the +Leagues | Season. | Season. +---------------------------+-------------+--------- +National League | 8 | 8 +American Association | 8 | 8 +International Association | 8 | 8 +Western Association | 8 | 7 +Central League | 8 | 7 +Southern League | 4 | 4 +New England League | 7 | 4 +California League | 4 | 4 +Texas League | 6 | 4 +Tri-State League | 10 | 10 + + +THE LEAGUE'S PENNANT RACE OF 1888. + +The championship campaign of the League for 1888 began on April 20, with +the customary home games between the eight clubs, each in its respective +section, the New York team opening the season at Washington, and the +Bostons at Philadelphia; while in the West Detroit opened at Pittsburg, +and the Chicagos at Indianapolis, the winning clubs being New York, +Boston, Pittsburg and Chicago. By the end of the first week of the +campaign, Boston was in the van without a defeat being charged to them, +while every other club had suffered at least one defeat, Boston leading in +the race, followed by Chicago, New York, Pittsburg, Detroit, Indianapolis, +Washington and Philadelphia, the latter suffering from the great drawback +of the death of their best player Ferguson, a loss which handicapped them +all through the season. By the end of the first week in May the contest +had assumed quite an interesting phase in one respect, and that was the +remarkable success of the Boston team, which, up to May 2 had won every +championship game they had played, the record on May 4 leaving them in the +van. By May 5, however, Chicago pulled up even with them, the two teams +standing with a record of 11 victories and 2 defeats each, and a +percentage of .862 at the close of the third week of the spring campaign. +In the meantime Philadelphia had rallied and had pulled up to seventh +place, and Detroit had overhauled Pittsburg, Indianapolis falling into the +last ditch. By the end of May quite a change had been made in the relative +position of the eight clubs, Chicago having gone to the front and Boston +to second position, while Detroit had moved up to third place, and New +York had fallen back to fourth; while Philadelphia had worked up well and +had got into fifth position, Pittsburg having made a bad tumble to sixth +place, leaving Indianapolis and Washington to bring up the rear. + +The month of June saw more changes in the positions of all of the eight +clubs except Chicago and Philadelphia, the former having tenaciously held +on to first place since the last week in April; while Philadelphia +steadily remained a good fifth. Boston, however, fell off badly in the +running, the second week in June seeing, them down to fourth place; while +by June 9 Detroit had got into second place, and was running Chicago a +close race. During the last of May New York had got down to fourth +position; but in the first week of June they had rallied and resumed third +place; but the next week saw them fall back again, while Boston rallied +back to third position. By the end of June the eight clubs occupied the +following relative positions in the race Chicago held the lead, with +Detroit second, Boston third, New York fourth, Philadelphia fifth, +Pittsburg sixth, with Indianapolis and Washington as the two tail enders. + +July proved to be the most important month of the season's race, as it +was in this month that the New York team as effectually rallied under the +personal influence of Mr. John B. Day, who from that time out took +personal cognizance of the doings of the "Giants." The first week in July +saw the New York team drive Boston out of third place, while Pittsburg, +for the time being, was forced to occupy seventh position, Indianapolis +leading them for a week in July. During the last week in July, Chicago -- +which club had held the lead consecutively from May 5 to July 23--took a +bad tumble, and fell back to third position, while New York and Detroit +stood tied for a few days for first place, until Chicago rallied, and then +the Detroits were driven back; the end of July leaving New York in the +van, with Detroit second, Chicago third, Boston and Philadelphia close +together in fourth and fifth positions, while Pittsburg, Indianapolis, and +Washington occupied the rear positions. It was now that the race began to +be intensely interesting. The steady play of the New York team gave a new +feature to the contest, and it now began to be a nip and tuck fight +between the "Giants" and the Chicagos for first place, with Detroit close +to them as a good third. August saw the steadiest running of the season in +the race, but few changes being made in the relative positions of the +contestants, the last week of the month seeing New York in the van, +Chicago second, Detroit third, Boston fourth, Philadelphia fifth, and +Pittsburg, Washington and Indianapolis in the rear. + +The promise for an exciting close of the campaign loomed up very bright +in September, and during that month, while New York and Chicago still +retained their leading positions, Boston temporarily rallied, and got into +third place for a week; but Detroit pushed them back, while Philadelphia +began to rally for a closing dash for one of the three leading positions. +At the close of September the record left New York in the van, with the +assurance of a successful termination of the campaign for the "Giants," +while the struggle for second place between Chicago, Boston, Detroit and +Philadelphia greatly added to the excitement of the closing month of the +campaign. Chicago held on to second place, and Philadelphia, which club on +September 29 stood in fifth place rallied brilliantly in October, and +drove Boston to fourth place and Detroit to fifth, Boston having occupied +fifth place on the 6th of October, Pittsburg, Indianapolis and Washington +finally bringing up the rear. + +A feature of the campaign was the fact that at no time after May was it +doubtful in regard to the position of Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and +Washington as the three tail-enders of the race. But for this the campaign +would have been the most brilliant on record. As it was, however, the +contest for the three leading positions by the other five clubs made it +exceedingly interesting throughout, New York's final success giving a new +impetus to the succeeding campaign of 1889. + +THE STATISTICS OF THE CAMPAIGN. + +During the League championship season of 1888 an aggregate of 552 games +were played, of which 530 were victories and defeats; and 22 were drawn +games, and two were won by forfeit. Of the 552 games played and won, no +less than 432 were won by single figure scores, and but 98 by double +figures. A noteworthy feature of the campaign was, that while the New York +Club won the championship by 84 victories to Chicago's 77, with but 47 +defeats to Chicago's 58, they failed to score as many runs in the +aggregate as the Chicago Club did by 659 to 725, the Chicago's majority of +runs being 66. The New York Club's score of runs, in fact, was exceeded by +Detroit, Boston, and even Indianapolis, the latter's aggregate of runs +being 666. + +Below will be found a complete summary of the statistics of the League +campaign of 1888: + + | | | P | | | | I | + | | | h | | | | n | + | | | i | | | | d | W + | | | l | | | P | i | a + | N | | a | | | i | a | s + | e | C | d | | D | t | n | h + | w | h | e | B | e | t | a | i + | | i | l | o | t | s | p | n + | Y | c | p | s | r | b | o | g + | o | a | h | t | o | u | l | t + | r | g | i | o | i | r | i | o + | k | o | a | n | t | g | s | n + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . +------------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-- +Victories | 84| 77| 69| 70| 68| 66| 50| 48 +Defeats | 47| 58| 61| 64| 63| 68| 85| 86 +Drawn Games | 7| 1| 1| 3| 3| 4| 1| 2 +Total Games Played | 138| 135| 131| 137| 134| 138| 136| 136 +Won by Forfeit | 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0 +Lost by Forfeit | 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0 +Per Cent. of Victories |.641|.570|.532|.522|.519|.493|.370|.358 +Series Won | 5| 4| 2| 2| 3| 2| 1| 0 +Series Lost | 1| 1| 2| 2| 1| 1| 6| 5 +Series Tied | 0| 1| 0| 0| 2| 1| 0| 0 +Series Unfinished | 6| 4| 6| 4| 5| 3| 3| 5 +Chicago Victories | 19| 13| 16| 7| 10| 13| 6| 6 +Chicago Defeats | 3| 9| 7| 13| 5| 19| 11| 23 +Home Victories | 44| 43| 37| 34| 41| 38| 31| 26 +Home Defeats | 23| 26| 31| 29| 26| 30| 35| 38 +Victories Abroad | 40| 34| 32| 36| 27| 28| 19| 22 +Defeats Abroad | 24| 32| 30| 31| 37| 70| 50| 48 +Extra Innings Victories | 2| 1| 8| 6| 3| 6| 3| 0 +Extra Innings Defeats | 2| 1| 3| 8| 6| 0| 5| 4 +Single Figure Victories | 70| 55| 62| 58| 50| 57| 37| 44 +Single Figure Defeats | 44| 45| 55| 49| 51| 58| 67| 65 +Double Figure Victories | 12| 22| 6| 12| 18| 9| 13| 4 +Double Figure Defeats | 4| 12| 6| 15| 12| 10| 18| 21 +Batting Average |.240|.247|.229|.240|.243|.223|.233|.207 +Fielding Average |.918|.906|.919|.904|.916|.914|.904|.899 +Highest Score in Games | 19| 21| 17| 20| 18| 14| 15| 22 +Worst Defeat |4-11|0-14|1-14|0-13|2-12|1-16|0-13|0-14 +Won by One Run | 21| 18| 28| 16| 10| 10| 13| 12 +Lost by One Run | 12| 7| 16| 21| 19| 16| 28| 17 +Total Runs Scored | 659| 725| 536| 669| 716| 531| 666| 482 + +The following is the record of the single figure victories scored in the +League championship arena in 1888: + +SINGLE FIGURE| | | P | | | | I | || +VICTORIES. | | | h | | | | n | || + | | | i | | | | d | W || + | | | l | | | P | i | a || V + | N | | a | | | i | a | s || i + | e | C | d | | D | t | n | h || c + | w | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || t + | | I | l | o | t | s | p | n || o + | Y | c | p | s | r | b | o | g || r + | o | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || i + | r | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || e + | k | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || s + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . +-------------+---+---+---+----+---+---+---+---++--- +New York | --| 12| 10|8[1]| 5| 11| 13| 11|| 70 +Philadelphia | 4| --| 9| 5 | 8| 7| 9| 10|| 60 +Boston | 8| 9| --| 9 | 5| 6| 12| 9|| 58 +Pittsburg | 7| 6| 7| -- | 8| 8| 8| 13|| 57 + +[**Proofreaders note: The data for the last two teams was not included**] + +[Footnote 1: One victory scored by New York was from a forfeited game +charged against the Pittsburg team as 9 to 0.] + +The following is the record of the double figure victories scored by the +eight League clubs in the championship arena in 1888: + +DOUBLE FIGURE| | | | I | | | P | || +VICTORIES. | | | | n | | | h | || + | | | | d | | | i | W || + | | | | i | | P | l | a || V + | | | N | a | | i | a | s || i + | C | D | e | n | | t | d | h || c + | h | e | w | a | B | t | e | i || t + | i | t | | p | o | s | l | n || o + | c | r | Y | o | s | b | p | g || r + | a | o | o | l | t | u | h | t || i + | g | i | r | i | o | r | i | o || e + | o | t | k | s | n | g | a | n || s + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . +-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++---- +Chicago | --| 3| 0| 4| 4| 3| 1| 7|| 22 +Detroit | 1| --| 2| 5| 2| 4| 2| 2|| 18 +New York | 3| 0| --| 3| 2| 1| 2| 2|| 13 +Indianapolis | 1| 2| 0| --| 5| 1| 0| 4|| 13 +Boston | 2| 4| 0| 2| --| 1| 0| 3|| 12 +Pittsburg | 3| 2| 0| 1| 1| --| 0| 2|| 9 +Philadelphia | 1| 0| 1| 3| 1| 0| --| 1|| 7 +Washington | 1| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| --|| 4 +-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++---- +Defeats | 12| 12| 4| 18| 15| 10| 6| 21|| 89 + +The following table presents the figures of the _series_ of games won and +lost in the League championship arena in 1888. The letters "W" and "L" +indicate games won and lost: + + | | | P | | | | I | || | + | | | h | | | | n | ||S|S + | | | i | | | | d | W ||S|e|e + | | | l | | | P | i | a ||e|r|r + | N | | a | | | i | a | s ||r|i|i + | e | C | d | | D | t | n | h ||i|e|e + | w | h | e | B | e | t | a | i ||e|s|s + | | i | l | o | t | s | p | n ||s| | + | Y | c | p | s | r | b | o | g || |L|T + | o | a | h | t | o | u | l | t ||W|o|i + | r | g | i | o | i | r | i | o ||o|s|e + | k | o | a | n | t | g | s | n ||n|t|d + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ||.|.|. +------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----++-+-+- + | W| L| W| L| W| L| W| L| W| L| W| L| W| L| W| L|| | | +New York |--|--| 8|11|11| 7|10| 7|14| 5|12| 8|14| 5|15| 4||5|1|0 +Chicago |11| 8|--|--|10|10| 9|11| 8|10|12| 7|14| 6|13| 6||4|1|1 +Detroit | 7|11|10|10|--|--|10|10|11| 7| 8|10|11| 8|11| 7||3|1|2 +Pittsburg | 7|10| 1| 9|10|10|--|--| 6|11| 8|10|14| 6|10| 9||2|1|1 +Philadelphia| 5|14|10| 8| 7|11|14| 6|--|--|10| 9|13| 4|10| 9||2|2|0 +Boston | 8|12| 7|13|10| 8|10| 8| 9|10|--|--|11| 9|15| 5||2|2|0 +Indianapolis| 5|14| 6|14| 8|11| 6|14| 4|13| 9|11|--|--|12| 9||1|6|0 +Washington | 4|15| 6|13| 7|11| 9|10| 9|10| 5|15| 8|12|--|--||0|5|0 + +THE "CHICAGO" GAMES OF 1888. + +The record of the "Chicago" games--or games in which the defeated team +did not score a single run--in the League championship series of 1888 is +appended: + + | | P | | | | | I | || + | | h | | | | | n | || + | | i | | | | | d | W || + | | l | | P | | | i | a || V + | N | a | | i | | | a | s || i + | e | d | C | t | D | | n | h || c + | w | e | h | t | e | B | a | i || t + | | l | i | s | t | o | p | n || o + | Y | p | c | b | r | s | o | g || r + | o | h | a | u | o | t | l | t || i + | r | i | g | r | i | o | i | o || e + | k | a | o | g | t | n | s | n || s + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . +------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +New York | --| 1| 2| 4| 2| 1| 3| 6|| 19 +Philadelphia| 0| --| 3| 6| 1| 4| 0| 2|| 16 +Chicago | 1| 1| --| 3| 1| 2| 1| 4|| 13 +Pittsburg | 1| 2| 1| --| 0| 2| 4| 3|| 13 +Detroit | 0| 1| 2| 1| --| 2| 1| 3|| 10 +Boston | 1| 0| 0| 3| 0| --| 1| 2|| 7 +Indianapolis| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 1| --| 3|| 6 +Washington | 0| 2| 0| 2| 0| 1| 1| --|| 6 +------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +Defeats | 3| 7| 9| 19| 5| 13| 11| 23|| 90 + +EXTRA INNINGS GAMES. + +The record of the victories and defeats scored by the eight League Clubs +in extra innings games in the championship series of 1888 was as follows: + +Date. |Contesting |Cities. |Pitchers. |In's.|Scr. + |Clubs. | | | | +--------+----------------+------------+----------+-----+ +Sept. 1|Philadelphia |Philadelphia|Sanders | | + | v. Wash'n | |Widner | 12 | 2-0 +July 30 |Philadelphia |Boston |Buffinton | | + | v. Boston | |Sanders | 11 | 4-3 +July 31|Philadelphia |Boston |Sanders | | + | v. " | |Clarkson | 11 | 6-5 +Sept. 22|Philadelphia |Indianapolis|Sanders | | + | v. In'polis | |Healy | 11 | 6-5 +May 26|Philadelphia |Boston |Buffinton | | + | v. Boston | |Madden | 10 | 1-0 +Aug. 11|Philadelphia |Philadelphia|Casey | | + | v. Detroit | |Getzein | 10 | 1-0 +Aug. 13|Philadelphia |Philadelphia|Buffinton | | + | v. In'polis | |Burdick | 10 | 2-1 +Aug. 9|Philadelphia |Philadelphia|Casey | | + | v. Detroit | |Getzein | 10 | 6-5 +April 20|Pittsburg |Pittsburg |Morris | | + | v. Detroit | |Getzein | 12 | 5-2 +Aug. 1|Pittsburg |Chicago |Galvin | | + | v. Chicago | |Baldwin | 12 | 6-4 +Sept. 21|Pittsburg |Pittsburg |Morris | | + | v. Boston | |Radbourne | 10 | 2-1 +Sept. 3|Pittsburg |Indianapolis|Morris | | + | v. Indianap's | |Healy | 10 | 5-4 +Sept. 4|Pittsburg |Indianapolis|Galvin | | + | v. Indianap's | |Boyle | 10 | 5-4 +May 10|Pittsburg |Pittsburg |Morris | | + | v. Boston | |Clarkson | 10 | 11-10 +June 28 |Boston |Boston |Sowders | | + | v. Washington | |O'Day | 14 | 9-7 +Aug. 15|Boston |Boston |Radbourne | | + | v. Detroit | |Beatin | 12 | 4-3 +April 21|Boston |Washington |Clarkson | | + | v. Washington | |O'Day | 11 | 1-0 +June 19|Boston |Washington |Sowders | | + | v. New York | |Keefe | 11 | 8-7 +April 30|Boston |New York |Clarkson | | + |v. New York | |Welch | 10 | 4-3 +April 28|Boston |Washington |Sowders | | + | v. Washington | |Daily | 10 | 4-3 +July 30|Indianapolis |Detroit |Burdick | | + | v. Detroit | |Getzein | 11 | 6-5 +July 31|Indianapolis |Detroit |Healy | | + | v. Detroit | |Conway | 11 | 7-5 +July 6|Indianapolis |Indianapolis|Boyle | | + |v. Ph'd'phia | |Casey | 11 | 9-8 +June 8|Detroit |Boston |Getzein | | + | v. Boston | |Clarkson | 16 | 11-5 +May 12|Detroit |Detroit |Conway | | + |v. Philadelphia | |Gleason | 12 | 3-1 +July 2|Detroit |Indianapolis|Conway | | + |v. Indianapolis | |Healy | 12 | 4-3 +July 24|New York |New York |Welch | | + | v. Boston | |Madden | 13 | 6-3 +July 28|New York |New York |Keefe | | + | v. Philadelphia| |Sanders | 10 | 4-2 +June 6|Chicago |Boston |Van Halt'n| | + | v. Boston | |Radb'rn e| 10 | 3-2 + +DRAWN GAMES. +Date. |Contesting Clubs. |Cities. | Pitchers. |In's.|Scr. +------+---------------------+----------+---------------+-----+---- +Apr 23|New York v. Was'ngt'n|Washingt'n|Welch O'Day| 13 | 1-1 +Aug 13|Chicago v. New York |New York |Baldwin Welch| 12 | 5-5 +Sept 3|Philadelphia v N York|New York |Sanders Keefe| 11 | 0-0 +May 15|New York v. Pittsburg|Pittsburg |Keefe Galvin| 11 | 3-3 +Aug 8|Pittsburg v. Boston |Boston |Morris Sowders| 11 | 3-3 +Sep 28|Detroit v. New York |New York |Gruber Titcomb| 10 | 2-2 + +The following is the record of the victories scored by the eight +League Clubs on home grounds in the championship arena during +1888: + + | | | P | | | | I | || + | | | h | | | | n | || + | | | i | | | | d | W || + | | | l | | | P | i | a || G + | N | | a | | | i | a | s || a + | e | C | d | | D | t | n | h || m + | w | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || e + | | i | l | o | t | s | p | n || s + | Y | c | p | s | r | b | o | g || + | o | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || W + | r | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || o + | k | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || n + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ||.. +------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +New York | --| 4| 8| 5| 6| 6| 7| 8|| 44 +Chicago | 6| --| 4| 7| 5| 4| 9| 8|| 43 +Philadelphia| 4| 4| --| 3| 5| 7| 9| 5|| 37 +Boston | 3| 4| 1| --| 6| 6| 6| 8|| 34 +Detroit | 4| 5| 8| 5| --| 7| 6| 6|| 41 +Pittsburg | 3| 6| 2| 6| 7| --| 8| 6|| 38 +Indianapolis| 3| 5| 3| 5| 4| 4| --| 7|| 31 +Washington | 1| 4| 4| 3| 4| 5| 5| --|| 26 +------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +Games Lost | 24| 32| 30| 34| 37| 39| 50| 48||294 + + +The record of victories on opponent's grounds is as follows: + + | | | P | | | | I | || + | | | h | | | | n | || + | | | i | | | | d | W || + | | | l | | | P | i | a || G + | N | | a | | | i | a | s || a + | e | C | d | | D | t | n | h || m + | w | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || e + | | i | l | o | t | s | p | n || s + | Y | c | p | s | r | b | o | g || + | o | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || W + | r | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || o + | k | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || n + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ||.. +------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +New York | --| 4| 6| 7| 5| 4| 7| 7|| 40 +Chicago | 5| --| 4| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5|| 34 +Philadelphia| 1| 6| --| 6| 2| 8| 4| 5|| 32 +Boston | 5| 3| 8| --| 4| 4| 5| 7|| 36 +Detroit | 3| 5| 3| 3| --| 3| 5| 5|| 27 +Pittsburg | 4| 5| 4| 2| 3| --| 6| 4|| 28 +Indianapolis| 2| 1| 1| 4| 4| 2| --| 5|| 19 +Washington | 3| 2| 5| 2| 3| 4| 3| --|| 22 +------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +Games Lost | 23| 26| 31| 29| 26| 30| 35| 38||238 + + +[Illustration: JOHN B. DAY, NEW YORK] +[Illustration: F. K. STEARNS DETROIT] +[Illustration: A. G SPALDING, CHICAGO.] +[Illustration: F. DE H ROBINSON, CLEVELAND] +LEAGUE CLUB PRESIDENTS. + + +[Illustration: W. A. NIMICK, PITTSBURG.] +[Illustration: J. T. BRUSH, INDIANAPOLIS.] +[Illustration: WALTER F. HEWETT, WASHINGTON.] +[Illustration: A. J. REACH, PHILADELPHIA.] +LEAGUE CLUB PRESIDENTS. + +THE LESSONS OF THE LEAGUE CAMPAIGN OF 1888. + +Among the noteworthy results of the League championship campaign of 1888 +meriting special comment as affording lessons to be profited by in the +future, may be named, first, the success of the Eastern Club of New York, +in winning the pennant from the West; secondly, that of the Chicago Club +in attaining second place in the race in the face of drawbacks which, +under any other management, would have sufficed to have left the Club +among the tail-enders; and thirdly, the remarkable failure of the Boston +Club to attain even one of the three leading positions in the race, after +that club had incurred such a heavy expense in strengthening its team with +"star" players. The success of the New York Club in winning the +championship, introducing, as it did, a new possessor of the League +pennant and its accompanying honors, may justly be regarded as an +advantage to the general interests of the National League, inasmuch as it +is anything but desirable that one club should, season after season, carry +off the honors, as the old Boston Club did in the early history of the +professional championship contest; or as the Chicago Club has done in +monopolizing the championship of the National League during the past +thirteen years of its history. Such monopoly of the honors of each +season's campaign, by one or two of the leading clubs of each year, +materially lessens the public interest taken in the annual competition. +Besides which, it interferes, to a costly extent, with the financial +prosperity of a majority of the competing clubs. Now that a club, new to +championship honors, has replaced one of the monopolists, the other +previously unsuccessful clubs will begin to entertain hopes of being able +to "get in at the death," as the fox hunters say, in future pennant races, +if not this ensuing year, and thereby a new interest will be imparted to +coming campaigns. + +A feature of the past campaign of 1888 worthy of remark, too, is the fact +of the surprisingly good work on the field accomplished by the so-called +"weakened Chicago team." While this work was unquestionably due in a great +measure to able management, the assisting element of "temperance in the +ranks" had much to do with it. It is equally unquestionable that the very +reverse had a great deal to do with the lamentable failure of the Boston +team to follow up the success with which that club's team opened the +campaign. The contrast, these two clubs presented in this special respect +calls for the most earnest consideration of the vital question of +insisting upon temperate habits in all the club teams during the period of +the championship season each year. The evil of drunkenness among the +professional teams is one which has grown upon the fraternity until it has +become too costly an abuse to be longer tolerated. Drunken professionals +should be driven from service just as the crooks of a dozen years ago +were, never to be allowed to return. Drunken players are not only a costly +drawback to success individually, but they permeate the whole baseball +fraternity with a demoralizing influence. The fact is, professional +baseball playing has arrived at that point of excellence, and reached so +advanced a position in regard to its financial possibilities, that it will +no longer pay, in any solitary respect, to allow players of drinking +habits in first-class teams. The demands of the game, as it is now played, +are such as to require a player to have all his wits about him to play +ball up to the standard it has now reached. He needs the steadiest of +nerves, the clearest eyesight, the most unclouded judgment, and the +healthiest physique to play the game as it is required to be done by the +exacting public patrons of the present day. Another thing, the capitalists +who have ventured thousands of dollars in baseball stock companies, can no +longer allow their money to be risked in teams which are weakened by the +presence of men of drinking habits. Mr. Spalding's plucky and most +successful experiment has conclusively shown that a baseball team run on +temperance principles can successfully compete with teams stronger in +other respects, but which are weakened by the toleration of drinking +habits in their ranks. Here is a lesson taught by the campaign of 1888 +which points a moral, if it does not adorn a tale. + +Another special lesson of the past campaign which was practically +illustrated by the Boston Club was, that star players do not make a +winning team. The fact is, the pennant cannot be won by any costly outlay +in securing the services of this, that, or the other "greatest player in +the country." It is well managed and harmonious teams, not picked nines +led by special stars, which win in the long run. Now and then--as there +are exceptions in all cases--a picked nine will attain a certain degree of +success. But for steady struggles for permanent success in the +professional championship arena, team work of the very best, and admirably +managed teams will alone achieve steady victory. The old Boston teams +under Harry Wright, and the Chicago teams under Anson, are a standing +proof of this fact. Let the National League magnates ponder these truths +earnestly. + +THE LEAGUE PITCHING OF 1888. + +While there is no more reliable a record, by which to estimate a +pitcher's skill in the box, than the figures showing the runs clean earned +off the pitching; in the absence of such figures the best criterion is +that of the record of victories and defeats pitched in, the percentage of +victories to games played being the deciding point in awarding the palm of +superior work in the box. In 1888 the pitchers were handicapped by the +absurd rule which charged runs scored on bases on balls as _earned_ runs, +successive bases on balls giving an earned run to the batting side, even +in the absence of a single base hit. To estimate a pitcher's skill on such +a basis is nonsense. As the scoring rules do not admit of the record of +data showing runs clean earned off the pitching, and not off the fielding +and pitching combined, we are obliged to make up a record of the +percentage of victories as the only reliable figures at command on which +to judge the pitching of the season. By and by the Committee of Conference +will get out of the old rut in this respect, and then correct data will be +available; until then we must do the best we can under the circumstances, +and consequently the names of the pitchers of the League Clubs who took +part in not less than ten games are appended, and these are placed in the +order of the best percentage of victories. + + | | | | | | P + | | | | | | e + | | | | | | r + | | | | | | c + | | | | | P | e + | | | | | l | n + | | | | L | a | t + | | | W | o | y | a + | | | o | s | e | g + | | | n | t | d | e + |PITCHERS. |CLUB. | . | . | . | . +--+-----------+------------+---+---+---+----- + 1|Keefe |New York | 35| 12| 47| .745 + 2|Conway |Detroit | 31| 14| 15| .689 + 3|Buffinton |Philadelphia| 29| 15| 44| .659 + 4|Sanders |Philadelphia| 19| 10| 29| .655 + 5|Krock |Chicago | 25| 14| 39| .641 + 6|Titcomb |New York | 14| 8| 22| .636 + 7|Clarkson |Boston | 33| 20| 53| .623 + 8|Tener |Chicago | 7| 5| 12| .583 + 9|Welch |New York | 26| 19| 45| .577 +10|Sowders |Boston | 19| 15| 34| .559 +11|Morris |Pittsburg | 29| 24| 53| .547 +12|Van Haltren|Chicago | 13| 11| 24| .542 +13|Staley |Pittsburg | 12| 12| 24| .500 +14|Burdick |Indianapolis| 10| 10| 20| .500 +15|Galvin |Pittsburg | 23| 25| 48| .479 +16|Whitney |Washington | 19| 21| 40| .475 +17|Baldwin |Chicago | 13| 15| 28| .464 +18|Gruber |Detroit | 11| 13| 24| .458 +19|Crane |New York | 5| 6| 11| .455 +20|Casey |Philadelphia| 14| 19| 33| .424 +21|Beatin |Detroit | 5| 7| 12| .417 +22|Getzein |Detroit | 18| 26| 44| .409 +23|Boyle |Indianapolis| 15| 22| 37| .405 +24|Madden |Boston | 7| 12| 19| .368 +25|Widner |Washington | 4| 7| 11| .364 +26|O'Day |Washington | 16| 31| 47| .340 +27|Shreve |Indianapolis| 11| 24| 35| .314 +28|Radbourne |Boston | 7| 16| 23| .304 +29|Gleason |Philadelphia| 7| 17| 24| .292 + +Some remarkable pitching was done during the season of 1888, alike in the +American arena, as in the League. The strategic work was up to a very high +mark in the League, and in this, Keefe, Conway, Buffinton, Clarkson, +Welch, Galvin, and Morris bore off the palm, while in speed alone, Crane +of New York excelled. + +The detailed record of victories and defeats pitched in during the +championship campaign of 1888 by those who pitched in at least five +victories, is as follows. The names are given in the order of most +victories and fewest defeats: + +VICTORIES. + + | | | P | | | | I | || + | | | h | | | | n | || + | | | i | | | | d | W || + | | | l | | | P | i | a || V + | N | | a | | | I | a | s || i + | e | C | d | | D | t | n | h || c + | w | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || t + | | i | l | o | t | s | p | n || o + | Y | c | p | s | r | b | o | g || r + | o | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || i + | r | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || e + | k | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || s + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . +-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +Keefe | --| 3| 5| 5| 5| 3| 8| 6|| 35 +Clarkson | 5| --| 5| --| 6| 1| 5| 6|| 33 +Conway | 5| 5| 5| 2| --| 5| 6| 3|| 31 +Buffinton | 3| 4| --| 5| 2| 7| 5| 3|| 29 +Morris | 6| 3| 4| 6| 3| --| 4| 3|| 29 +Welch | --| 3| 5| 6| 1| 4| 3| 4|| 26 +Krock | 5| --| 2| 3| 4| 3| 4| 4|| 25 +Sanders | 0| 3| --| 3| 1| 3| 5| 4|| 19 +Sowders | 3| 1| 2| --| 2| 4| 2| 5|| 19 +Whitney | 3| 3| 4| 3| 1| 3| 2| --|| 19 +Getzein | 0| 4| 4| 2| --| 2| 3| 3|| 18 +O'Day | 1| 2| 3| 2| 3| 3| 2| --|| 16 +Boyle | 2| 1| 2| 4| 2| 1| --| 3|| 15 +Titcomb | --| 1| 2| 1| 3| 2| 1| 4|| 14 +Casey | 1| 2| --| 2| 4| 2| 2| 1|| 14 +Van Haltren| 0| --| 2| 1| 2| 2| 2| 4|| 13 +Baldwin | 3| --| 1| 3| 2| 2| 2| 0|| 13 +Staley | 0| 2| 0| 1| 1| --| 6| 3|| 12 +Gruber | 2| 1| 1| 3| --| 1| 2| 1|| 11 +Shreve | 2| 1| 0| 3| 3| 1| --| 1|| 11 +Burdick | 1| 3| 0| 1| 1| 3| --| 1|| 10 +Tener | 2| --| 0| 2| 1| 0| 1| 1|| 7 +Madden | 0| 0| 2| --| 0| 3| 1| 1|| 7 +Radbourne | 0| 1| 0| --| 2| 1| 0| 3|| 7 +Gleason | 1| 0| --| 0| 0| 3| 1| 2|| 7 +Crane | --| 1| 2| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1|| 5 +Beatin | 0| 0| 0| 1| --| 1| 0| 3|| 5 + +DEFEATS + | | | P | | | | I | || + | | | h | | | | n | || + | | | i | | | | d | W || + | | | l | | | P | i | a || + | N | | a | | | I | a | s || + | e | C | d | | D | t | n | h || + | w | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || D + | | i | l | o | t | s | p | n || e + | Y | c | p | s | r | b | o | g || f + | o | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || e + | r | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || a + | k | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || s + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . +-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +Tener | 1| --| 2| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1|| 5 +Crane | --| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 2| 2|| 6 +Beatin | 1| 2| 1| 2| --| 0| 1| 0|| 7 +Titcomb | --| 1| 0| 1| 3| 2| 0| 1|| 8 +Sanders | 3| 2| --| 2| 1| 1| 0| 1|| 10 +Burdick | 1| 1| 3| 1| 1| 0| --| 3|| 10 +Van Haltren| 2| --| 1| 2| 3| 2| 1| 0|| 11 +Keefe | --| 4| 1| 4| 0| 1| 2| 0|| 12 +Staley | 2| 1| 2| 2| 3| --| 1| 1|| 12 +Madden | 3| 2| 2| --| 2| 2| 1| 0|| 12 +Gruber | 3| 1| 2| 2| --| 0| 2| 3|| 13 +Conway | 2| 2| 1| 2| --| 3| 1| 3|| 14 +Krock | 2| --| 2| 3| 2| 3| 1| 1|| 14 +Buffinton | 4| 2| --| 3| 2| 2| 1| 1|| 15 +Sowders | 3| 2| 4| --| 2| 2| 2| 0|| 15 +Baldwin | 1| --| 1| 1| 4| 4| 2| 2|| 15 +Radbourne | 2| 5| 0| --| 2| 2| 2| 3|| 16 +Gleason | 2| 3| --| 3| 3| 1| 0| 5|| 17 +Welch | --| 6| 4| 3| 2| 2| 1| 1|| 19 +Casey | 5| 1| --| 1| 5| 2| 3| 2|| 19 +Clarkson | 4| 3| 4| --| 2| 2| 3| 2|| 20 +Whitney | 4| 1| 2| 5| 2| 4| 3| --|| 21 +Boyle | 5| 5| 3| 3| 1| 5| --| 0|| 22 +Morris | 3| 4| 4| 2| 3| --| 2| 6|| 24 +Shreve | 4| 4| 4| 2| 5| 3| --| 2|| 24 +Galvin | 4| 3| 7| 5| 3| --| 1| 2|| 25 +Getzein | 5| 3| 3| 4| --| 7| 3| 1|| 26 +O'Day | 4| 5| 4| 5| 3| 3| 7| --|| 31 + +These pitching records not only present a tolerably fair criterion of a +pitcher's skill in the box--though of course not as reliable as the data +of clean earned runs off his pitching or of clean hits made from it--but +they afford an interesting and instructive record from which to judge of +the success of a pitcher in defeating one particular team more frequently +than he does another, and vice versa. In fact, experience has shown that +no matter how effective a pitcher may be in a season's work, it will be +found that there is always one team which bothers him more than any other +he has to face, just as shown in the above quoted instances. + +In regard to judging of a pitcher's ability as a fielder in his position +by the fielding averages of pitchers the basis was made equally as +unreliable as the estimate of earned runs was, owing to the fact that the +data of the fielding averages of a pitcher were made up from the figures +of "assistance on strikes" as well as from legitimate fielding +assistances. For this reason the pitcher, who was really a poor fielder in +his position in fielding balls from the bat, but who happened to be +fortunate in striking batsmen out by his pitching--thereby getting a big +record of pitching assistances--became the leader in the pitcher's +fielding averages; while the pitcher who really excelled as a fielder when +in the box, but who was not as fortunate in striking out his batting +opponents, and therefore could not furnish as good a record of assistances +on strikes, was set down in the fielding averages as a tail-ender. + +The individual club record of the pitching of 1888 presents some +interesting figures. For instance, we find that while Chicago used no less +than eleven pitchers during the championship season Philadelphia was +content with but four. No less than twenty new pitchers entered the League +season in 1888, and of these, Sanders of Philadelphia; Tener and Krock of +Chicago; Sowders of Boston; Staley of Pittsburgh; Burdick of Indianapolis, +and Widner of Washington, proved to be acquisitions. + +Below will be found the individual club pitching records for 1888, +showing the victories and defeats each club pitcher participated in as an +occupant of the box. The names given in italics are those of pitchers new +to the League arena: + +EASTERN CLUBS. + +NEW YORK. + | | P | | | | I | || + | | h | | | | n | || + | | i | | | | d | W || + | | l | | | P | i | a || + | | a | | | i | a | s || + | C | d | | D | t | n | h || + | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || + | I | l | o | t | s | p | n || + | c | p | s | r | b | o | g || + | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || + | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || + | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || Totals. +--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.|P. +--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Keefe | 3| 4| 5| 2| 5| 4| 5| 0| 3| 1| 8| 2| 6| 0||35|12| 47 +Welch | 3| 6| 5| 4| 6| 3| 1| 2| 4| 2| 3| 1| 4| 1||25|19| 45 +Titcomb | 1| 1| 2| 0| 1| 1| 3| 3| 2| 2| 1| 0| 4| 1||14| 8| 22 +_Crane_ | 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 1| 0| 2| 1| 2|| 5| 6| 11 +George | 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0|| 2| 1| 3 +Weidman | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0|| 1| 1| 2 +--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Totals | 8|11|14| 5|12| 8|11| 7| 9| 7|14| 5|15| 4||83|47|130 + | | | | | | | | |[1] +[Footnote 1: One game with Pittsburg was won by forfeit.] + +CHICAGO. + | | P | | | | I | || + | | h | | | | n | || + | | i | | | | d | W || + | | l | | | P | i | a || + | N | a | | | i | a | s || + | e | d | | D | t | n | h || + | w | e | B | e | t | a | i || + | | l | o | t | s | p | n || + | Y | p | s | r | b | o | g || + | o | h | t | o | u | l | t || + | r | i | o | i | r | i | o || + | k | a | n | t | g | s | n || + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || Totals. +-----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.|P. +-----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +_Krock_ | 5| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 4| 2| 3| 3| 4| 1| 4| 1||25|14|39 +Van Haltren| 0| 2| 2| 1| 1| 2| 2| 3| 2| 2| 2| 1| 4| 0||13|11|24 +Baldwin | 3| 1| 1| 1| 3| 1| 2| 4| 2| 4| 2| 2| 0| 2||13|15|28 +_Tener_ | 2| 1| 0| 2| 2| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1|| 7| 5|12 +_Dwyer_ | 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0|| 4| 1| 5 +_Borchers_ | 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 0| 0| 1| 1| 2| 1| 0| 0| 1|| 4| 5| 9 +Ryan | 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 3| 1| 4 +_Gumpert_ | 0| 1| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 2| 0|| 3| 3| 6 +_Clark_ | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0|| 2|| 0| 2 +_Bryman_ | 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1|| 2| 1| 3 +_Mains_ | 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0|| 1| 1| 2 +-----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Totals |11| 8| 8| 9|12| 7|10|10| 9|11|14| 6|13| 6||77|57|134 + | | | |[1] + +[Footnote 1: One defeat with the Philadelphia Club was by forfeit.] + +DETROIT. + | | | P | | | I | || + | | | h | | | n | || + | | | i | | | d | W || + | | | l | | P | i | a || + | N | | a | | i | a | s || + | e | C | d | | t | n | h || + | w | h | e | B | t | a | i || + | | i | l | o | s | p | n || + | Y | c | p | s | b | o | g || + | o | a | h | t | u | l | t || + | r | g | i | o | r | i | o || + | k | o | a | n | g | s | n || + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || Totals. +-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.|P. +-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Conway | 5| 2| 5| 2| 5| 1| 2| 2| 5| 3| 6| 1| 3| 3||31|14| 45 +Getzein| 0| 5| 4| 3| 4| 3| 2| 4| 2| 7| 3| 3| 3| 1||18|26| 44 +Gruber | 2| 3| 1| 1| 1| 2| 3| 2| 1| 0| 2| 3| 1| 3|| 1|13| 24 +Beatin | 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 1| 1| 2| 1| 0| 0| 1| 3| 0|| 5| 7| 12 +Baldwin| 0| 0| 0| 2| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0|| 3| 3| 6 +-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Totals | 7|11|10|10|11| 7| 8|10|10|10|11| 8|11| 7||68|63|131 + + + +PHILADELPHIA. + | | | | | | I | || + | | | | | | n | || + | | | | | | d | W || + | | | | | P | i | a || + | N | | | | i | a | s || + | e | C | | D | t | n | h || + | w | h | B | e | t | a | i || + | | i | o | t | s | p | n || + | Y | c | s | r | b | o | g || + | o | a | t | o | u | l | t || + | r | g | o | i | r | i | o || + | k | o | n | t | g | s | n || + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || Totals. +---------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|P. +---------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Buffinton| 3| 4| 4| 2| 5| 3| 2| 2| 7| 2| 5| 1| 3| 1||29|15| 44 +_Sanders_| 0| 3| 3| 2| 3| 2| 1| 1| 3| 1| 5| 0| 4| 1||19|10| 29 +Casey | 1| 5| 2| 1| 2| 1| 4| 5| 2| 2| 2| 3| 1| 2||14|19| 33 +_Gleason_| 1| 2| 0| 3| 0| 3| 0| 3| 3| 1| 1| 0| 2| 5|| 7|17| 24 +---------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Totals | 4|14| 9| 8|10| 9| 7|11|15| 6|13| 4|10| 9||69|71|130 + | | |[1] | | | | |[2] + +[Footnote 1: One game with Chicago was won by forfeit.] +[Footnote 2: One game with Pittsburg thrown out.] + +BOSTON. + | | | P | | | I | || + | | | h | | | n | || + | | | i | | | d | W || + | | | l | | P | i | a || + | N | | a | | i | a | s || + | e | C | d | D | t | n | h || + | w | h | e | e | t | a | i || + | | i | l | t | s | p | n || + | Y | c | p | r | b | o | g || + | o | a | h | o | u | l | t || + | r | g | i | i | r | i | o || + | k | o | a | t | g | s | n || + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || Totals. +---------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.|P. +---------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Clarkson | 5| 4| 5| 3| 5| 4| 6| 2| 1| 2| 5| 3| 6| 2||33|20| 53 +_Sowders_| 3| 3| 1| 2| 2| 4| 2| 2| 4| 2| 2| 2| 5| 0||19|15| 34 +Madden | 0| 3| 0| 2| 2| 2| 0| 2| 3| 2| 1| 1| 1| 0|| 7|12| 19 +Radbourne| 0| 2| 1| 5| 0| 0| 2| 2| 1| 2| 0| 2| 3| 3|| 7|16| 23 +Conway | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 3| 1| 0| 0|| 4| 1| 5 +---------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Totals | 8|12| 7|10| 9|10|10| 8|10| 8|11| 9|15| 5||70|64|134 + +INDIANAPOLIS. + | | | P | | | | || + | | | h | | | | || + | | | i | | | | W || + | | | l | | | P | a || + | N | | a | | | i | s || + | e | C | d | | D | t | h || + | w | h | e | B | e | t | i || + | | i | l | o | t | s | n || + | Y | c | p | s | r | b | g || + | o | a | h | t | o | u | t || + | r | g | i | o | i | r | o || + | k | o | a | n | t | g | n || + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || Totals. +---------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.|P. +---------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Boyle | 2| 5| 1| 5| 2| 3| 4| 3| 2| 1| 1| 5| 3| 0||15|22| 37 +Healy | 0| 3| 1| 4| 2| 2| 1| 3| 2| 3| 1| 6| 5| 3||12|24| 36 +Shreve | 2| 4| 1| 4| 0| 4| 3| 2| 3| 5| 1| 3| 1| 2||11|24| 35 +_Burdick_| 1| 1| 3| 1| 0| 3| 1| 1| 1| 1| 3| 0| 1| 3||10|10| 20 +Moffat | 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 1| 0| 0| 2| 0|| 2| 5| 7 +---------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Totals | 5|14| 6|14| 4|13| 9|11| 8|11| 6|14|12| 8||50|85|135 + +WASHINGTON. + | | | P | | | | I || + | | | h | | | | n || + | | | i | | | | d || + | | | l | | | P | i || + | N | | a | | | i | a || + | e | C | d | | D | t | n || + | w | h | e | B | e | t | a || + | | i | l | o | t | s | p || + | Y | c | p | s | r | b | o || + | o | a | h | t | o | u | l || + | r | g | i | o | i | r | i || + | k | o | a | n | t | g | s || + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || Totals. +----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.|P. +----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Whitney | 3| 4| 3| 1| 4| 2| 3| 5| 1| 2| 3| 4| 2| 3||18|21| 40 +O'Day | 1| 4| 2| 5| 3| 4| 2| 5| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 7||16|31| 47 +Keefe | 0| 2| 0| 2| 0| 1| 0| 1| 2| 1| 2| 0| 2| 0|| 6| 7| 13 +_Widner_ | 0| 1| 0| 2| 1| 2| 0| 2| 1| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0|| 4| 7| 11 +Daily | 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 0| 1| 0|| 2| 4| 6 +Gilmore | 0| 3| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 2| 0| 1|| 1|10| 11 +_Greening_| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 0| 1| 1 +_Haddock_ | 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0|| 0| 2| 2 +Shaw | 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1|| 0| 3| 3 +----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--- +Totals | 4|15| 6|13| 9|10| 5|15| 7|11| 9|10| 8|12||48|86|134 + + +PITTSBURG. + | | | P | | | I | || + | | | h | | | n | || + | | | i | | | d | W || + | | | l | | | i | a || + | N | | a | | | a | s || + | e | C | d | | D | n | h || + | w | h | e | B | e | a | i || + | | i | l | o | t | p | n || + | Y | c | p | s | r | o | g || + | o | a | h | t | o | l | t || + | r | g | i | o | i | i | o || + | k | o | a | n | t | s | n || + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || Totals. +-----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----++-+--+--- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.|P. +-----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----++-+--+--- +Morris | 6| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 6| 2| 3| 3| 4| 2| 3| 6||29|24| 53 +Galvin | 1| 4| 5| 3| 2| 7| 1| 5| 6| 3| 5| 1| 3| 2||23|25| 48 +_Staley_ | 0| 2| 2| 1| 0| 2| 1| 2| 1| 3| 5| 1| 3| 1||12|12| 24 +_Knell_ | 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0|| 1| 2| 3 +_Henderson_| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0|| 1| 4| 5 +Maul | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 0| 1| 1 +-----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----++-+--+--- +Totals | 7| 9|11| 9| 6|15| 8|10|10|10|14| 6|10| 9||66|68|134 + |[1] | | | |[1] + +[Footnote 1: One game with New York was forfeited, and one defeat with +Philadelphia was thrown out.] + +The retiring pitchers of the year were McCormick of Pittsburgh, Ferguson +of Philadelphia, who died early in the season; Weidman and Twitchell of +Detroit; Shaw of Washington; Mattimore of New York; Pyle and Sprague of +Chicago; Leitner, Morrison and Kirby of Indianapolis, and Stemmyer of +Boston + +THE MONTHLY RECORDS. + +The month of _April_ saw Boston taking the lead in the record of +victories for that month, that club not sustaining a single defeat in +April. Chicago stood second, with New York and Pittsburgh tied in the +number of victories and defeats credited and charged to each club, Detroit +standing fifth, while Indianapolis, Philadelphia and Washington brought up +the rear. + +_In May_ Chicago led all the other teams in their victories that month; +Detroit being second, Philadelphia third, New York fourth, and Boston +fifth, Indianapolis being sixth, with Pittsburgh and Washington tied for +last place in the May record, Boston and Pittsburgh falling off badly this +month. + +_In June_ Detroit won the most victories, it being their best month's +work of the season, Chicago being second, Philadelphia third, New York +fourth, Boston fifth, Washington sixth, with Indianapolis seventh and +Pittsburgh last, it being the latter club's poorest month's work of the +campaign. + +_In July_ the new rule of management, inaugurated by Mr. Day, placed New +York in the front, and the result was that the "Giants" in July made the +best month's record of the season, over 18 victories to but five defeats; +Detroit stood second on the list in July victories, with Pittsburgh third, +the latter making a good rally in July; Indianapolis, too, played well +this month and stood fourth, Washington being fifth, and Chicago sixth, +the latter taking a bad tumble, Philadelphia and Boston being the two last +in July victories, Boston winning but five victories out of twenty-two +games, that club's worst monthly record. + +_In August_ Boston rallied in brilliant style, scoring 16 victories out +of 22 games, quite a contrast to their poor work in July; New York was +second, and Pittsburgh third, the latter doing better, even, than in July; +Philadelphia stood fourth, Chicago fifth, Washington sixth, with +Indianapolis seventh and Detroit last, the latter only winning five +victories out of 21 games in August. + +_In September_ Chicago rallied well and went to the front in the record +of the month's victories, Pittsburgh being second, New York third, Detroit +fourth--the latter rallying; Philadelphia sixth, with Indianapolis and +Washington bringing up the rear. By the close of the month New York had +virtually settled the question of the championship, and the only struggle +left was that for second place. + +_In October_ Philadelphia made its usual "spurt" at the finish, and that +club won eight out of nine games in October, after giving Chicago a close +fight for second place, and came in a good third in the pennant race. New +York was second in the October victories, Boston third, Pittsburgh and +Washington tied for fourth, Chicago was sixth--that club gaining second +position in the pennant race; Indianapolis and Washington being the two +last. Here is the full record of the monthly victories and defeats of the +campaign: + + |April| May | June| July| Aug.|Sept.| Oct.||Totals. +------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----++--------- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.|P. +New York | 5| 3|12| 9|13|11|18| 5|16| 8|13| 8| 7| 3||84|47|131 +Chicago | 6| 2|15| 7|14| 8|10|14|12|13|16| 9| 4| 5||77|58|135 +Philadelphia| 2| 7|12| 7|13|10| 9|15|15| 9|10|12| 8| 1||69|61|130 +Boston | 9| 0|11|13|12|11| 5|17|16| 6|12|12| 5| 5||70|64|134 +Detroit | 3| 5|14| 8|16| 6|14|10| 5|16|13|11| 3| 7||68|63|131 +Pittsburg | 5| 3| 7|14| 5|15|13| 9|16| 9|15|12| 5| 6||66|68|134 +Indianapolis| 2| 6| 8|14| 7|14|13|11| 6|21|10|13| 4| 6||50|85|135 +Washington | 1| 7| 7|14| 9|14|11|12|10|14| 5|19| 5| 6||48|86|134 + +[Illustration: A. C. Anson. ] + +THE LEADING PLAYERS OF THE LEAGUE. + +Looking over the League averages, and taking those players who have taken +part in a majority of the championship contests of the season, we find the +appended names among those occupying the leading positions at the bat and +in the field. + +Of those who played in one hundred games and over in the League +championship arena, the following comprise the first ten batsmen: + + |BATSMEN. |CLUB. |Games.|Per cent. of + | | | |Base Hits. +--+---------+--------+------+--------- + 1|Anson |Chicago | 134 | .343 + 2|Ryan |Chicago | 130 | .331 + 3|Kelly |Boston | 105 | .318 + 4|Brouthers|Detroit | 129 | .306 + 5|Ewing |New York| 103 | .306 + 6|White |Detroit | 125 | .298 + 7|Johnston |Boston | 135 | .295 + 8|Tiernan |New York| 113 | .293 + 9|Connor |New York| 134 | .291 +10|Nash |Boston | 135 | .283 + +Of those who played in one hundred games and over in the League campaign, +the following are the first seven in fielding averages: + +FIELDERS. |POSITION. |CLUB. |Games.|Fielding|Per cent. + | | | |Average.| of + | | | | |Base Hits. +----------+--------------+---------+------+--------+---------- +Anson |First Baseman |Chicago | 134 | .985 | .343 +Richardson|Second Baseman|New York | 135 | .942 | .226 +Nash |Third Baseman |Boston. | 104 | .913 | .283 +Glasscock |Short Stop |Ind'polis| 109 | .900 | .269 +Hornung |Left Fielder |Boston | 107 | .947 | .239 +Slattery |Center Fielder|New York | 103 | .917 | .245 +Tiernan |Right Fielder |New York | 113 | .959 | .293 + +Of the pitchers who took part in 50 games and over, the following led in +fielding averages: + +No pitcher or catcher played in 100 games. + +PITCHERS.|CLUB. |Games.|Fielding|Per cent. + | | |Average.| of + | | | |Base Hits. +---------+---------+------+--------+---------- +Keefe |New York | 51 | .785 | .127 +Galvin |Pittsburg| 50 | .758 | .143 +Morris |Pittsburg| 54 | .732 | .102 +Clarkson |Boston | 54 | .678 | .195 + +Of the catchers who took part in 60 games and over, the following led in +fielding averages: + +CATCHERS.|CLUB. |Games.|Fielding|Per cent. + | | |Average.| of + | | | |Base Hits. +---------+------------+------+--------+---------- +Bennett |Detroit | 72 | .941 | .263 +Daly |Chicago | 62 | .880 | .191 +Clements |Philadelphia| 84 | .874 | .247 +Ewing |New York | 78 | .861 | .306 +Mack |Washington | 79 | .843 | .186 +Miller |Pittsburg | 68 | .805 | .277 +Kelly |Boston | 74 | .796 | .318 + +THE BASE RUNNING RECORD. + +Those of the League championship players who are credited with not less +than 50 stolen bases in the pennant race, are as follows: + +BASERUNNERS.|CLUB. |Games.|Stolen Bases. +------------+------------+------+----------- +Hoy |Washington | 136 | 82 +Seery |Indianapolis| 133 | 80 +Sunday |Pittsburg | 119 | 71 +Pfeffer |Chicago | 136 | 64 +Ryan |Chicago | 130 | 60 +Fogarty |Philadelphia| 120 | 58 +Kelly |Boston | 105 | 56 +Ewing |New York | 103 | 53 +Tiernan |New York | 113 | 52 + +The above are the leaders in seven of the eight League clubs. Hanlon led +in the Detroit team, but he only scored 38 stolen bases in 108 games. The +Detroit team was singularly weak in this respect. + +Mr. R.M. Larner of Washington has made up an interesting table from the +figures of the League averages, which presents some very interesting +statistics of the base running in the League during the championship +season of 1888. Mr. Larner says: + +"The official averages of League players contain the number of bases +stolen by each player during the season, but furnish no means of +comparison between the clubs in that most important department of the +game. A glance, however, shows that the three tail-end clubs possess the +three most successful base-runners in the League, in Hoy of the +Washingtons, Seery of Indianapolis, and Sunday of Pittsburgh, the latter +of whom would probably have finished first had an accident not prevented +him from playing during the last two weeks of the season." + +The following table includes in its first column all those methods of +reaching first base, except the force-outs, which cannot be ascertained, +and would not materially affect the record, in this comparison. +Indianapolis and Washington still lead, Pittsburgh comes well to the +front, pushing the next three clubs down a peg each, and the Phillies and +Detroits keep their places at the foot: + +CLUBS. |Reached 1st Base.|Stolen Bases.|Percentages. +------------+-----------------+-------------+----------- +Indianapolis| 1,589 | 350 | .220 +Washington | 1,515 | 331 | .218 +Pittsburg | 1,474 | 282 | .191 +New York | 1,772 | 315 | .178 +Boston | 1,719 | 292 | .170 +Chicago | 1,720 | 285 | .166 +Philadelphia| 1,569 | 246 | .157 +Detroit | 1,843 | 193 | .105 + +Mr. Larner says. "The simple total of bases stolen is misleading as to a +club's proficiency in base running, since the strong batting clubs having +more men who reach first base have more chances to steal, and hence excel +in totals, while in percentages they fall below clubs which are weaker in +batting. The true measure is the relation between the number of bases +stolen and the number of chances offered for the attempt, which is the +whole number of those who reach first base, whether on hits, balls, +errors, hits by pitcher, illegal delivery, or force-outs." + +THE CLUB RECORD OF STOLEN BASES. + +The record in stolen bases in championship games, showing the first man +of each club in base stealing for 1888 is appended. + +WASHINGTON. ||PITTSBURG. + | | |Stolen|| | | |Stolen + |PLAYERS.|Games.|Bases.|| |PLAYERS.|Games.|Bases. +-+--------+------+------++-+--------+------+------- +1|Hoy | 136 | 82 ||1|Sunday | 119 | 71 +2|Wilmot | 119 | 46 ||2|Smith | 130 | 32 +3|Donnelly| 117 | 44 ||3|Dunlap | 81 | 24 +4|Daily | 110 | 44 ||4|Mider | 103 | 27 +5|Mack | 85 | 31 ||5|Beckley | 71 | 20 +6|Schock | 90 | 23 ||6|Carroll | 96 | 18 +7|Myers | 132 | 20 ||7|Kuehne | 137 | 17 +8|Irwin | 37 | 15 ||8|Coleman | 115 | 15 +9|O'Brien | 133 | 10 ||9|Fields | 44 | 9 +-+--------+------+------++-+--------+------+------- +Total | 315 ||Total | 228 + +NEW YORK. || PHILADELPHIA. + | | |Stolen|| | | |Stolen + |PLAYERS. |Games.|Bases.|| |PLAYERS. |Games.|Bases. +-+----------+------+------++-+-------=-+------+------- +1|Ewing | 105 | 53 ||1|Fogart | 120 | 58 +2|Tiernan | 113 | 52 ||2|Delahanty| 74 | 38 +3|Ward | 122 | 38 ||3|Andrews | 123 | 35 +4|Richardson| 135 | 35 ||4|Farrar | 130 | 21 +5|Connor | 134 | 27 ||5|Wood | 105 | 20 +6|Slattery | 103 | 26 ||6|Irwin | 124 | 19 +7|O'Rourke | 107 | 25 ||7|Mulvey | 99 | 18 +8|Gore | 64 | 9 ||8|Sanders | 57 | 13 +9|Whitney | 90 | 8 ||9|Bastian | 80 | 12 +-+----------+------+------++-+---------+------+------- +Total | 280 ||Total | 234 + +Taking the total bases stolen by each club nine as the criterion, +Indianapolis takes the lead, with Washington second and New York third, +followed by Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Detroit in +regular order, the latter club being the weakest of the eight League teams +in base running. Here is the record in full: + +INDIANAPOLIS. || BOSTON. + | | |Stolen|| | | |Stolen + |PLAYERS. |Games.|Bases.|| |PLAYERS. |Games.|Bases. +-+----------+------+------++-+---------+------+------- +1|Seery | 133 | 80 ||1|Kelly | 105 | 56 +2|McGeachy | 118 | 49 ||2|Brown | 107 | 46 +3|Glasscock | 112 | 48 ||3|Johnston | 135 | 35 +4|Denny | 126 | 32 ||4|Wise | 104 | 33 +5|Hines | 132 | 31 ||5|Hornung | 107 | 29 +6|Myers | 66 | 28 ||6|Morrill | 134 | 21 +7|Bossett | 128 | 24 ||7|Nash | 135 | 20 +8|Daily | 57 | 15 ||8|Quinn | 38 | 12 +9|Esterbrook| 64 | 11 ||9|Sutton | 28 | 10 +-+----------+------+------++-+---------+------+------- +Total | 318 ||Total | 263 + +CHICAGO. || DETROIT. + | | |Stolen|| | | |Stolen + |PLAYERS. |Games.|Bases.|| |PLAYERS. |Games.|Bases. +-+-----------+------+------++-+----------+------+------- +1|Pfeffer | 136 | 64 ||1|Hanlon | 108 | 38 +2|Ryan | 130 | 60 ||2|Brouthers | 129 | 34 +3|Burns | 134 | 34 ||3|Campau | 70 | 27 +4|Anson | 134 | 28 ||4|Twitchell | 130 | 14 +5|Williamson | 132 | 25 ||5|Richardson| 57 | 13 +6|Van Haltren| 81 | 21 ||6|White | 125 | 12 +7|Duffy | 71 | 13 ||7|Ganzell | 93 | 12 +8|Daly | 65 | 10 ||8|Rowe | 105 | 10 +9|Sullivan | 75 | 9 ||9|Getzein | 45 | 6 +-+-----------+------+------++-+----------+------+------- +Total | 264 ||Total | 166 + +The following table is for immediate reference. It shows the winning club +for each season from 1871 to 1888 inclusive; as also the manager of each +of the champion clubs of each year: + +Year.|WINNING CLUB.|MANAGER. |Victories.|Defeats.|Games + | | | | |Played. +-----+-------------+---------+----------+--------+------- +1871 |Athletic |Hayhurst | 22 | 7 | 29 +1872 |Boston |H. Wright| 39 | 8 | 47 +1873 |Boston |H. Wright| 43 | 16 | 59 +1874 |Boston |H. Wright| 52 | 18 | 70 +1875 |Boston |H. Wright| 71 | 8 | 79 +1876 |Chicago |Spalding | 52 | 14 | 66 +1877 |Boston |H. Wright| 31 | 17 | 48 +1878 |Boston |H. Wright| 41 | 19 | 60 +1879 |Providence |G. Wright| 55 | 23 | 78 +1880 |Chicago |Anson | 67 | 18 | 84 +1881 |Chicago |Anson | 56 | 28 | 84 +1882 |Chicago |Anson | 55 | 29 | 84 +1883 |Boston |H. Wright| 63 | 35 | 98 +1884 |Providence |Bancroft | 84 | 28 | 112 +1885 |Chicago |Anson | 87 | 25 | 112 +1886 |Chicago |Anson | 90 | 34 | 124 +1887 |Detroit |Watkins | 79 | 45 | 124 +1888 |NewYork |Mutrie | 84 | 47 | 131 + +It will be seen that in the old Professional Association the Boston club +won the pennant four times, and the Athletics once, while in the League +the Chicago Club won it six times, the Boston Club three times, the +Providence Club twice, and the Detroit and New York once each. The best +percentage of victories was made by the Boston Club in 1875, that being +the best on record in professional club history. + + +THE CHAMPION LEAGUE TEAM OF 1888. + +Though the New York Club's team for 1888 included over twenty different +players, only seven of them took part in one hundred championship matches +and over, and these were Richardson, 135; Connor, 134; Ward, 122; Tiernan, +113; O'Rourke, 107; Ewing, 103, and Slattery, 103. Whitney took part in +90; Gore in 64; Keefe in 51; Welch in 47; Foster in 37; Murphy in 28; +Hatfield in 27; Titcomb in 23; Brown in 17, and Crane in but 11. All the +others played in less than ten games. The first nine were Keefe p, Ewing +c, Connor 1b, Richardson 2b, Whitney 3b, Ward ss, O'Rourke lf, Slattery +cf, and Tiernan, rf, these playing the nine positions respectively. The +appended table presents an interesting epitome of the work done on the +field by the New +York team in the championship contests of the past season: + + +NEW YORK. vs. + | | P | | | | I | || + | | h | | | | n | || + | | i | | | | d | W || + | | l | | | P | i | a || + | | a | | | i | a | s || + | C | d | | D | t | n | h || + | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || T + | i | l | o | t | s | p | n || o + | c | p | s | r | b | o | g || t + | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || a + | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || l + | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || s + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . +--------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +Victories | 8 |14 |12 |11 |10 |14 |15 || 84 +Defeats |11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 || 47 +Drawn Games | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 || 7 +Series Won | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 || 5 +Series Lost | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 || 1 +Series Unfinished | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 || 6 +Victories by Forfeit| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 || 1 +"Chicago" Victories | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 || 19 +"Chicago" Defeats | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 || 3 +Single Figure | 5 |12 |10 |11 | 8 |11 |14 || 71 + Victories | | | | | | | || +Single Figure |11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 || 44 + Defeats | | | | | | | || +Double Figure | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 || 13 + Victories | | | | | | | || +Double Figure | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 || 4 + Defeats | | | | | | | || +Extra Inning Games | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 || 9 +Victories at Home | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 || 43 +Defeats at Home | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 || 23 +Victories Abroad | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 || 40 +Defeats Abroad | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 || 24 + + +THE PITCHING RECORD. + +The pitching record of the champion team of 1888 is worthy of note in +regard to the figures showing the victories won and defeats sustained by +each pitcher in his games with the seven opposing clubs. Here is the +record in full, the names being given in the order of percentage of +victories. Despite this method of estimating the pitching strength there +is no questioning the fact of the superiority of Keefe, Welch and Titcomb +according to the record each made against the clubs they were opposed to: + + [Illustration: NEW YORK TEAM. +1 TITCOMB 2 KEIFE* 3 WHITNEY 4 * 5 WARD 6 RICHARDSON 7 +FOSTER +8 WELCH 9 MUIRIL * 10 CRANE 11 GEORGE 12 EWING 13 CONNOR 14 +HATFIELD. + 15 GORE 16 O'ROURKE 17 TIERNAN 18 MURPHY 19 BROWN] + +[**Proofreaders note: In some cases the caption identifying the players +was indecipherable. These are marked with an *] + + + + | | P | | | | I | || |P + | | h | | | | n | || |e + | | i | | | | d | W || |r + | | l | | | P | i | a || | V + | | a | | | i | a | s || |c i + | C | d | | D | t | n | h || |e c + | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || T |n t + | i | l | o | t | s | p | n || o |t o + | c | p | s | r | b | o | g || t |. r + | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || a | i + | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || l |o e + | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || s |f s + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . | . +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----++-----+----- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.| +-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+----- +Keefe | 3| 4| 5| 1| 5| 4| 5| 0| 3| 1| 8| 2| 6| 0||35|12|.744 +George | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0|| 2| 1|.666 +Titcomb| 1| 1| 2| 0| 1| 1| 3| 3| 2| 2| 1| 0| 4| 1||14| 8|.636 +Welsh | 3| 6| 5| 4| 6| 3| 1| 2| 4| 2| 3| 1| 4| 1||26|19|.577 +Weidman| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0|| 1| 1|.500 +Crane | 1| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 1| 0| 2| 1| 2|| 5| 6|.450 +-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+----- +Totals | 8|11|14| 5|12| 8|11| 7| 9| 7|14| 5|15| 4||83|47| + | | | | | | | | | | | | |[1] + +[Footnote 1: The game forfeited by Pittsburg is, of course, not included.] + +In the pitching averages, based on the existing method of estimating +earned runs off the pitching, the record stands as follows: + +Pitchers.|Per cent. earn'd|Per cent. of + |Runs per Game. |Base Hits. +Keefe | 1.4* | .198 + | [B] | +Welch | 1.47 | .201 +Titcomb | 1.82 | .212 + +[**Proofreaders note B: * undecipherable number**] + +The other three pitchers did not pitch in a dozen games. + +THE FULL LEAGUE RECORD. + +The following record presents the scores of the total victories won by +every League Club each year since the National League was organized, the +table presenting the figures of thirteen consecutive seasons from 1876 to +1888 inclusive: + + + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Y + | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | r + | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | s + | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | . +------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--- +Chicago | 52| 18| 30| 44| 67| 56| 55| 59| 62| 87| 90| 71| 77|13 +Boston | 39| 31| 41| 49| 40| 38| 45| 63| 73| 46| 56| 61| 70|13 +Providence | --| --| 38| 55| 52| 47| 52| 58| 84| 53| --| --| --| 8 +Detroit | --| --| --| --| --| 41| 42| 40| 28| 41| 87| 79| 68| 8 +Buffalo | --| --| --| 44| 24| 45| 45| 52| 64| 38| --| --| --| 7 +Cleveland | --| --| --| 24| 47| 36| 42| 55| 35| --| --| --| --| 6 +New York | --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 46| 62| 85| 75| 68| 84| 6 +Philadelphia| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 17| 39| 56| 71| 75| 69| 6 +St Louis | 45| 19| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 38| 43| --| --| 4 +Cincinnati | 9| --| 37| 38| 21| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 4 +Troy | --| --| --| 19| 41| 39| 35| --| --| --| --| --| --| 4 +Worcester | --| --| --| --| 40| 32| 18| --| --| --| --| --| --| 3 +Washington | --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 26| 46| 48| 3 +Indianapolis| --| --| 24| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 37| 59| 3 +Hartford | 47| 24| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 2 +Louisville | 30| 28| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 2 +Pittsburg | --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 55| 66| 2 +Athletic | 14| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 1 +Mutual | 21| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 1 +Syracuse | --| --| --| 15| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 1 +Milwaukee | --| --| 15| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 1 +Kansas City | --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| --| 29| --| 1 +------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--- +Totals |257|120|185|288|332|334|334|390|447|444|448|521|541| + + +THE COMPLETE RECORD. + +Following is a summary showing the results of each year's campaign since +the organization of the League: + +1876. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +-----------+----+----+-------- +Chicago | 52 | 14 | .788 +Hartford | 47 | 21 | .691 +St. Louis | 45 | 19 | .703 +Boston | 39 | 31 | .557 +Louisville | 30 | 36 | .455 +Mutual | 21 | 35 | .375 +Athletic | 14 | 45 | .237 +Cincinnati | 9 | 56 | .135 + +1877. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +-----------+----+----+-------- +Boston | 31 | 17 | .648 +Louisville | 28 | 20 | .583 +Hartford | 24 | 24 | .500 +St. Louis | 19 | 29 | .396 +Chicago | 18 | 30 | .375 + +1878. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +-------------+----+----+-------- +Boston | 41 | 19 | .707 +Cincinnati | 37 | 23 | .617 +Providence | 33 | 27 | .550 +Chicago | 30 | 30 | .500 +Indianapolis | 24 | 36 | .400 +Milwaukee | 15 | 45 | .250 + + +1879. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +-----------+----+----+-------- +Providence | 55 | 23 | .705 +Boston | 49 | 29 | .628 +Chicago | 44 | 32 | .579 +Buffalo | 44 | 32 | .579 +Cincinnati | 38 | 36 | .514 +Cleveland | 24 | 53 | .312 +Troy | 19 | 56 | .253 +Syracuse | 15 | 27 | .357 + +1880. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +-----------+----+----+-------- +Chicago | 67 | 17 | .798 +Providence | 52 | 32 | .619 +Cleveland | 47 | 37 | .559 +Troy | 41 | 42 | .494 +Worcester | 40 | 43 | .482 +Boston | 40 | 44 | .474 +Buffalo | 24 | 58 | .293 +Cincinnati | 21 | 59 | .263 + +1881. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +-----------+----+----+-------- +Chicago | 56 | 28 | .667 +Providence | 47 | 37 | .559 +Buffalo | 45 | 38 | .542 +Detroit | 41 | 43 | .488 +Troy | 39 | 45 | .464 +Boston | 38 | 45 | .458 +Cleveland | 36 | 48 | .429 +Worcester | 32 | 50 | .390 + +1882. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +-----------+----+----+-------- +Chicago | 55 | 29 | .655 +Providence | 52 | 32 | .619 +Buffalo | 45 | 39 | .536 +Boston | 45 | 39 | .536 +Cleveland | 42 | 40 | .512 +Detroit | 42 | 41 | .506 +Troy | 35 | 48 | .422 +Worcester | 18 | 66 | .214 + +1883. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +------------+----+----+-------- +Boston | 63 | 35 | .643 +Chicago | 59 | 39 | .602 +Providence | 58 | 40 | .592 +Cleveland | 55 | 42 | .567 +Buffalo | 52 | 45 | .539 +New York | 46 | 50 | .479 +Detroit | 40 | 58 | .408 +Philadelphia| 17 | 81 | .173 + +1884. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +------------+----+----+-------- +Providence | 84 | 28 | .750 +Boston | 73 | 38 | .658 +Buffalo | 64 | 47 | .577 +Chicago | 62 | 50 | .554 +New York | 62 | 50 | .554 +Philadelphia| 39 | 73 | .348 +Cleveland | 35 | 77 | .313 +Detroit | 28 | 84 | .250 + +1885. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +------------+----+----+-------- +Chicago | 87 | 25 | .776 +New York | 85 | 27 | .758 +Philadelphia| 56 | 54 | .509 +Providence | 53 | 57 | .481 +Boston | 46 | 66 | .410 +Detroit | 41 | 67 | .379 +Buffalo | 38 | 74 | .339 +St. Louis | 36 | 72 | .333 + +1886. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +------------+----+----+-------- +Chicago | 90 | 34 | .725 +Detroit | 87 | 36 | .707 +New York | 75 | 44 | .630 +Philadelphia| 71 | 43 | .622 +Boston | 56 | 61 | .478 +St. Louis | 43 | 79 | .352 +Kansas City | 30 | 91 | .247 +Washington | 28 | 92 | .233 + +1887. + |Won|Lost|Per cent. +------------+----+----+-------- +Detroit | 79 | 45 | .637 +Philadelphia| 75 | 48 | .610 +Chicago | 71 | 50 | .587 +New York | 68 | 55 | .553 +Boston | 61 | 60 | .504 +Pittsburg | 55 | 69 | .444 +Indianapolis| 46 | 76 | .377 +Washington | 37 | 89 | .294 + +1888. + |Won |Lost|Per cent. +------------+----+----+-------- +New York | 84 | 47 | .641 +Chicago | 77 | 58 | .510 +Philadelphia| 69 | 61 | .531 +Boston | 70 | 64 | .522 +Detroit | 68 | 63 | .519 +Pittsburg | 66 | 68 | .493 +Indianapolis| 50 | 85 | .370 +Washington | 48 | 86 | .358 + +A summary of the above shows that the Chicago club won the championship +six times; the Boston club three times; the Providence club twice, and the +Detroit and New York clubs once each. The Chicago club has the best record +of a single season--90 victories and 34 defeats-and the highest percentage +of victories .798. The only clubs which played in every single season were +the Chicago and Boston clubs. + +THE LEAGUE AVERAGES FOR 1888. + +The following is the official batting record of players members of League +Clubs who have taken part in fifteen or more championship games. + +SEASON OF 1888. + +[**Proofreaders note: Table has been split into two parts in order to fit +on page.**] + | | | G | T | | + | | | a | i | R | + | | | m | m | u | + | | | e | e | n | + | | | s | s | s | + | | | | | | + | | | P | a | S | + | | | l | t | c | +R | | | a | | o | +a | | | y | B | r | +n | | | e | a | e |Ave. +k | | | d | t | d |per +. |NAME. |CLUB | . | . | . |Game. +--+------------+------------+---+---+---+----- + 1| Anson |Chicago |134|515|101| 0.75 + 2| Beckley |Pittsburg | 71|283| 35| 0.49 + 3| Ryan |Chicago |130|549|115| 0.88 + 4| Kelly |Boston |105|440| 85| 0.81 + 5|{Ewing |New York |103|415| 83| 0.80 + |{Brouthers |Detroit |129|522|118| 0.91 + 6| Quinn |Boston | 38|156| 19| 0.50 + 7| White |Detroit |125|527| 75| 0.60 + 8| Johnston |Boston |135|585|102| 0.75 + 9| Tiernan |New York |113|443| 75| 0.66 +10| Connor |New York |134|481| 98| 0.63 +11| Richardson |Detroit | 57|266| 60| 1.05 +12|{Van Haltren|Chicago | 81|318| 46| 0.56 + |{Nash |Boston |135|526| 71| 0.52 +13| Duffy |Chicago | 71|298| 60| 0.84 +14| Thompson |Detroit | 55|238| 51| 0.92 +15| Hines |Indianapolis|132|513| 84| 0.63 +16|{Rowe |Detroit |105|451| 62| 0.59 + |{Miller |Pittsburg |103|404| 50| 0.48 +17| Conway |Detroit | 44|167| 28| 0.63 +18| Hoy |Washington |136|503| 77| 0.56 +19|{Buckley |Indianapolis| 71|260| 27| 0.38 + |{O'Rourke |New York |107|409| 50| 0.46 +20| Brown |New York | 17| 59| 4| 0.23 +21| Glasscock |Indianapolis|112|442| 63| 0.56 +22|{Hanlon |Detroit |108|459| 64| 0.59 + |{McGuire |Phil. & | 15| 64| 17| 0.46 + | |Detr't. | | | | +23| Bennett |Detroit | 72|258| 32| 0.44 +24|{Dunlap |Pittsburg | 81|317| 41| 0.50 + |{Denny |Indianapolis|126|524| 92| 0.73 +25| Nicholson |Detroit | 24| 85| 11| 0.46 +26| Sutcliffe |Detroit | 49|191| 17| 0.34 +27| Pettit |Chicago | 43|169| 24| 0.56 +28| Ward |New York |122|510| 70| 0.57 +29|{Williamson |Chicago |132|452| 75| 0.57 + |{Beaton |Detroit | 16| 56| 8| 0.50 +30| Pfeffer |Chicago |135|517| 90| 0.66 +31| Ganzell |Detroit | 93|386| 45| 0.48 +32|{Clements |Philadelphia| 85|323| 26| 0.30 + |{Brown |Boston |107|426| 62| 0.58 + |{Ray |Boston | 50|206| 26| 0.52 +33| Farrar |Philadelphia|130|504| 53| 0.40 +34|{Sanders |Philadelphia| 57|236| 27| 0.47 + |{Getzein |Detroit | 45|167| 14| 0.31 + |{Slattery |NewYork |103|391| 49| 0.47 +35| Twitchell |Detroit |130|524| 71| 0.54 +36| Carroll |Pittsburg | 90|362| 61| 0.63 +37| Bassett |Indianapolis|128|481| 57| 0.44 +38|{Hornung |Boston |107|431| 61| 0.57 + |{Wise |Boston |104|417| 66| 0.63 +39|{Burns |Chicago |134|483| 60| 0.44 + |{Andrews |Philadelphia|123|524| 74| 0.60 + |{Myers |Indianapolis| 66|248| 35| 0.53 +40| Shoeneck |Indianapolis| 48|169| 15| 0.31 +41|{Sullivan |Chicago | 75|314| 40| 0.53 + |{Fogarty |Philadelphia|120|451| 71| 0.59 +42| Kuhne |Pittsburg |137|520| 60| 0.44 +43| Sunday |Pittsburg |119|501| 68| 0.57 +44| Farrell |Chicago | 63|241| 34| 0.54 +45|{Wood |Philadelphia|105|429| 67| 0.63 + |{Coleman |Pittsburg |115|434| 48| 0.41 +46|{Tate |Boston | 40|148| 18| 0.45 + |{Healy |Indianapolis| 37|131| 14| 0.38 +47| Delehanty |Philadelphia| 74|290| 40| 0.54 +48| Richardson |New York |135|561| 82| 0.60 +49|{Daily |Washington |110|453| 56| 0.50 + |{O'Brien |Washington |133|528| 42| 0.31 +50|{Wilmot |Washington |119|473| 61| 0.51 + |{Dalrymple |Pittsburg | 56|223| 19| 0.33 +51| Irwin |Washington | 37|126| 14| 0.38 +52|{Irwin |Philadelphia|124|444| 51| 0.41 + |{Seery |Indianapolis|133|500| 87| 0.65 + |{Gore |New York | 64|254| 37| 0.57 +53|{McGeachy |Indianapolis|118|452| 45| 0.38 + |{Esterbrook |Indianapolis| 64|246| 21| 0.32 + |{Whitney |NewYork | 90|328| 28| 0.31 +54|{Sutton |Boston | 28|110| 16| 0.57 + |{Daily |Indianapolis| 57|202| 14| 0.24 +55|{Mulvey |Philadelphia| 99|394| 37| 0.37 + |{Radbourne |Boston | 24| 79| 6| 0.25 +56|{Cleveland |N.Y.& Pitts.| 40|145| 17| 0.42 + |{Shomberg |Indianapolis| 29|112| 11| 0.38 +57| Darling |Chicago | 20| 75| 13| 0.65 +58| Maul |Pittsburg | 73|255| 21| 0.29 +59|{Myers |Washington |132|502| 47| 0.35 + |{Smith |Pittsburg |130|477| 61| 0.44 +60| Hallman |Philadelphia| 16| 63| 5| 0.31 +61| Gleason |Philadelphia| 23| 83| 4| 0.17 +62| Campau |Detroit | 70|251| 28| 0.40 +63|{Scheffler |Detroit | 27| 94| 17| 0.63 + |{Burdock |Boston | 21| 79| 5| 0.24 +64| Donnelly |Washington |122|428| 43| 0.35 +65| Widner |Washington | 15| 60| 4| 0.26 +66| Morrill |Boston |134|486| 60| 0.44 +67| Arundel |Washington | 16| 51| 2| 0.12 +68|{Clarkson |Boston | 54|205| 20| 0.37 + |{Fields |Pittsburg | 44|169| 22| 0.50 +69|{Schriver |Philadelphia| 39|134| 15| 0.38 + |{McShannic |Pittsburg | 26| 98| 5| 0.19 +70| Bastian |Philadelphia| 80|275| 31| 0.38 +71| Daily |Chicago | 65|219| 34| 0.52 +72| Welch |New York | 47|169| 16| 0.34 +73| Mack |Washington | 85|300| 49| 0.57 +74| Schock |Washington | 90|317| 46| 0.51 +75|{Fuller |Washington | 49|170| 11| 0.22 + |{Shreve |Indianapolis| 36|115| 10| 0.28 +76|{Flint |Chicago | 22| 77| 6| 0.27 + |{Hatfield |New York | 27|105| 7| 0.26 +77| O'Rourke |Boston | 20| 74| 3| 0.15 +78| Buffinton |Philadelphia| 44|156| 13| 0.29 +79| Whitney |Washington | 42|141| 13| 0.31 +80| Murphy |New York | 28|106| 11| 0.39 +81| Klusman |Boston | 28|107| 9| 0.32 +82|{Madden |Boston | 19| 67| 7| 0.36 + |{Krock |Chicago | 39|134| 9| 0.23 +83|{Deasley |Washington | 34|127| 6| 0.17 + |{Wells |Detroit | 16| 57| 5| 0.31 +84| Glenn |Boston | 19| 65| 8| 0.42 +85| Casey |Philadelphia| 33|118| 11| 0.33 +86| Baldwin |Chicago | 30|106| 11| 0.37 +87|{Sowders |Boston | 35|122| 14| 0.40 + |{Burdick |Indianapolis| 20| 68| 6| 0.30 + |{Foster |New York | 37|136| 15| 0.40 +88| Boyle |Indianapolis| 37|125| 13| 0.35 +89| Galvin |Pittsburg | 50|175| 6| 0.12 +90| Gruber |Detroit | 27| 92| 8| 0.29 +91| O'Day |Washington | 47|166| 6| 0.12 +92| Staley |Pittsburg | 24| 85| 6| 0.25 +93| Keefe |New York | 51|181| 10| 0.19 +94| Titcomb |New York | 23| 82| 6|0.26 +95| Morris |Pittsburg | 54|186| 12|0.22 + + | | F | | | | | + | | I | | | | | + | | r | | | | | + | | s | | | | B | + | | t | | T | | a | + | | | P | o | | s | + | | B | e | t | | e | + | | a | r | a | | s | + | | s | c | l | | | + | | e | e | | | S | + | | | n | B | | t | +R | | H | t | a | | o | +a | | i | a | s | | l | +n | | t | g | e |Ave. | e |Ave. +k | | s | e | s |per | n |per +. |NAME. | . | . | . |Game.| . |Game. +--+------------+---+----+---+-----+---+----- + 1| Anson |177|.343|252| 1.88| 28| 0.20 + 2| Beckley | 97|.342|121| 1.70| 20| 0.28 + 3| Ryan |182|.331|285| 2.19| 60| 0.46 + 4| Kelly |140|.318|205| 1.95| 56| 0.53 + 5|{Ewing |127|.306|195| 1.89| 53| 0.51 + |{Brouthers |160|.306|270| 1.86| 34| 0.26 + 6| Quinn | 47|.301| 43| 1.92| 12| 0.31 + 7| White |157|.298|200| 1.60| 12| 0.09 + 8| Johnston |173|.295|276| 2.04| 35| 0.26 + 9| Tiernan |130|.293|182| 1.61| 52| 0.46 +10| Connor |140|.291|224| 1.67| 27| 0.20 +11| Richardson | 77|.289|117| 2.05| 13| 0.23 +12|{Van Haltren| 90|.283|130| 1.60| 21| 0.26 + |{Nash |149|.283|209| 1.54| 20| 0.15 +13| Duffy | 84|.282|121| 1.70| 13| 0.18 +14| Thompson | 67|.281|111| 2.02| 5| 0.09 +15| Hines |144|.280|186| 1.40| 31| 0.23 +16|{Rowe |125|.277|168| 1.60| 10| 0.09 + |{Miller |112|.277|139| 1.35| 27| 0.26 +17| Conway | 46|.275| 59| 1.34| 1| 0.02 +18| Hoy |138|.274|171| 1.26| 82| 0.60 +19|{Buckley | 71|.273| 95| 1.33| 4| 0.05 + |{O'Rourke |112|.273|154| 1.44| 25| 0.23 +20| Brown | 16|.271| 17| 1.00| 1| 0.06 +21| Glasscock |119|.269|145| 1.29| 48| 0.43 +22|{Hanlon |122|.265|157| 1.45| 38| 0.35 + |{McGuire | 17|.265| 23| 1.35| 0| 0.00 +23| Bennett | 68|.263|102| 1.41| 4| 0.05 +24|{Dunlap | 83|.261|106| 1.30| 24| 0.29 + |{Denny |137|.261|220| 1.74| 32| 0.25 +25| Nicholson | 22|.259| 33| 1.37| 6| 0.25 +26| Sutcliffe | 49|.257| 59| 1.20| 6| 0.12 +27| Pettit | 43|.254| 62| 1.44| 7| 0.16 +28| Ward |128|.251|154| 1.26| 38| 0.31 +29|{Williamson |113|.250|175| 1.32| 25| 0.19 + |{Beaton | 14|.250| 25| 1.56| 1| 0.06 +30| Pfeffer |129|.249|193| 1.43| 64| 0.47 +31| Ganzell | 96|.248|119| 1.28| 12| 0.13 +32|{Clements | 80|.247|100| 1.17| 3| 0.03 + |{Brown |104|.247|155| 1.45| 46| 0.43 + |{Ray | 51|.247| 65| 1.30| 7| 0.14 +33| Farrar |124|.246|155| 1.19| 21| 0.17 +34|{Sanders | 58|.245| 74| 1.29| 13| 0.22 + |{Getzein | 41|.245| 50| 1.11| 6| 0.13 + |{Slattery | 96|.245|122| 1.18| 26| 0.25 +35| Twitchell |128|.244|167| 1.28| 14| 0.10 +36| Carroll | 88|.243|117| 1.22| 18| 0.19 +37| Bassett |116|.241|147| 1.15| 24| 0.19 +38|{Hornung |103|.239|134| 1.25| 29| 0.27 + |{Wise |100|.239|155| 1.49| 33| 0.31 +39|{Burns |115|.238|152| 1.13| 34| 0.25 + |{Andrews |125|.238|157| 1.27| 35| 0.28 + |{Myers | 59|.238| 72| 1.09| 28| 0.42 +40| Shoeneck | 40|.237| 44| 0.91| 11| 0.23 +41|{Sullivan | 74|.235|117| 1.56| 9| 0.12 + |{Fogarty |106|.235|137| 1.14| 58| 0.48 +42| Kuhne |122|.234|175| 1.28| 34| 0.25 +43| Sunday |117|.233|140| 1.18| 71| 0.59 +44| Farrell | 56|.232| 80| 1.27| 8| 0.12 +45|{Wood | 99|.230|154| 1.46| 20| 0.19 + |{Coleman |100|.230|118| 1.02| 15| 0.13 +46|{Tate | 34|.229| 44| 1.10| 3| 0.07 + |{Healy | 30|.229| 42| 1.10| 5| 0.13 +47| Delehanty | 66|.227| 82| 1.10| 38| 0.51 +48| Richardson |127|.226|176| 1.30| 35| 0.26 +49|{Daily |102|.225|139| 1.26| 44| 0.40 + |{O'Brien |119|.225|167| 1.25| 10| 0.08 +50|{Wilmot |106|.224|146| 1.22| 46| 0.38 + |{Dalrymple | 50|.224| 64| 1.14| 7| 0.12 +51| Irwin | 28|.222| 36| 0.97| 15| 0.40 +52|{Irwin | 98|.220|115| 0.92| 19| 0.15 + |{Seery |110|.220|163| 1.23| 80| 0.60 + |{Gore | 56|.220| 72| 1.12| 11| 0.17 +53|{McGeachy | 99|.219|115| 0.97| 49| 0.41 + |{Esterbrook | 54|.219| 61| 0.95| 11| 0.17 + |{Whitney | 72|.219| 87| 0.96| 7| 0.07 +54|{Sutton | 24|.218| 32| 1.14| 10| 0.35 + |{Daily | 44|.218| 52| 0.91| 15| 0.26 +55|{Mulvey | 85|.215|105| 1.06| 18| 0.12 + |{Radbourne | 17|.215| 18| 0.75| 4| 0.16 +56|{Cleveland | 31|.214| 51| 1.27| 4| 0.10 + |{Shomberg | 24|.214| 33| 1.13| 6| 0.20 +57| Darling | 16|.213| 27| 1.35| 0| 0.00 +58| Maul | 54|.211| 71| 0.97| 9| 0.12 +59|{Myers |104|.207|139| 1.05| 20| 0.15 + |{Smith | 99|.207|131| 1.00| 37| 0.27 +60| Hallman | 13|.206| 19| 1.19| 1| 0.06 +61| Gleason | 17|.205| 20| 0.87| 3| 0.13 +62| Campau | 51|.203| 65| 0.93| 27| 0.38 +63|{Scheffler | 19|.202| 24| 0.89| 4| 0.15 + |{Burdock | 16|.202| 16| 0.76| 1| 0.05 +64| Donnelly | 86|.201|104| 0.85| 44| 0.36 +65| Widner | 12|.200| 12| 0.80| 1| 0.06 +66| Mo*rill | 96|.197|135| 1.00| 21| 0.15 +67| Arundel | 10|.196| 12| 0.75| 1| 0.06 +68|{Clarkson | 40|.195| 53| 0.98| 5| 0.09 + |{Fields | 33|.195| 47| 1.07| 9| 0.20 +69|{Schriver | 26|.194| 36| 0.92| 2| 0.05 + |{McShannic | 19|.194| 20| 0.77| 3| 0.11 +70| Bastian | 53|.192| 62| 0.77| 12| 0.15 +71| Daily | 42|.191| 54| 0.83| 10| 0.15 +72| Welch | 32|.189| 42| 0.89| 4| 0.08 +73| Mack | 56|.186| 77| 0.90| 31| 0.36 +74| Schock | 58|.183| 77| 0.85| 23| 0.25 +75|{Fuller | 31|.182| 38| 0.77| 6| 0.12 + |{Shreve | 21|.182| 24| 0.66| 5| 0.14 +76|{Flint | 14|.181| 17| 0.77| 1| 0.04 + |{Hatfield | 19|.181| 20| 0.74| 8| 0.29 +77| O'Rourke | 13|.175| 13| 0.65| 2| 0.10 +78| Buffinton | 27|.173| 32| 0.72| 1| 0.02 +79| Whitney | 24|.170| 27| 0.64| 3| 0.07 +80| Murphy | 18|.169| 20| 0.71| 3| 0.10 +81| Klusman | 18|.168| 28| 1.00| 3| 0.11 +82|{Madden | 11|.164| 11| 0.58| 4| 0.21 + |{Krock | 22|.164| 25| 0.64| 1| 0.02 +83|{Deasley | 20|.157| 23| 0.67| 2| 0.06 + |{Wells | 9|.157| 10| 0.63| 0| 0.00 +84| Glenn | 10|.154| 12| 0.63| 0| 0.00 +85| Casey | 18|.152| 22| 0.66| 2| 0.06 +86| Baldwin | 16|.151| 24| 0.80| 4| 0.13 +87|{Sowders | 18|.147| 20| 0.57| 1| 0.03 + |{Burdick | 10|.147| 11| 0.55| 0| 0.00 + |{Foster | 20|.147| 27| 0.73| 13| 0.35 +88| Boyle | 18|.144| 21| 0.57| 1| 0.03 +89| Galvin | 25|.143| 31| 0.62| 4| 0.08 +90| Gruber | 13|.141| 17| 0.63| 0| 0.00 +91| O'Day | 23|.138| 25| 0.53| 3| 0.06 +92| Staley | 11|.129| 12| 0.50| 2| 0.08 +93| Keefe | 23|.127| 33| 0.64| 3| 0.06 +94| Titcomb | 10|.122| 13| 0.56| 5| 0.21 +95| Morris | 19|.102| 23| 0.42| 2| 0.04 + + +FIELDING RECORD. + +Of Players, Members of League Clubs, who have taken part in fifteen or +more Championship Games, Season of 1888. + +FIRST 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| Anderson |Chicago |134|1314| 65| 20|1399| .985 + 2| Connor |New York |133|1337| 43| 26|1406| .981 + 3| Beckley |Pittsburg | 71| 744| 19| 16| 779| .979 + | Farrar |Philadelphia|130|1345| 53| 30|1428| .979 + | Morrill |Boston |134|1398| 72| 31|1501| .979 + 4| Esterbrook|Indianapolis| 61| 628| 20| 16| 654| .976 + 5| Coleman |Pittsburg | 25| 235| 4| 6| 245| .975 + | O'Brien |Washington |132|1272| 38| 33|1343| .975 + 6| Shoeneck |Indianapolis| 48| 501| 16| 14| 531| .973 + 7| Brouthers |Detroit |129|1345| 48| 42|1435| .970 + 8| Maul |Pittsburg | 37| 392| 9| 13| 414| .968 + 9| Shomberg |Indianapolis| 15| 136| 0| 5| 141| .964 + +SECOND 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| Bastian |Philidelphia| 65| 145|258| 23| 427| .946 + 2| Richardson|New York |135| 321|423| 46| 790| .942 + 3| Danlap |Pittsburg | 81| 237|276| 33| 546| .939 + 4| Nicholson |Detroit | 24| 44| 71| 8| 123| .935 + 5| Pfeffer |Chicago |135| 421|457| 65| 943| .931 + 6| Richardson|Detroit | 57| 173|185| 29| 387| .925 + 7| Bassett |Indianapolis|128| 250|423| 57| 730| .921 + 8| Meyers |Washington |132| 271|399| 60| 730| .918 + 9| Kinsman |Boston | 28| 63| 75| 13| 151| .914 +10| Quinn | " | 38| 97|115| 20| 232| .913 +11| Smith |Pittsburg | 56| 131|184| 33| 348| .905 +12| Nash |Boston | 31| 90|108| 21| 219| .904 +13| Burdock | " | 21| 53| 68| 13| 134| .903 +14| Ganzell |Detroit | 51| 110|168| 31| 309| .899 +15| Delehanty |Philadelphia| 56| 129|170| 44| 343| .871 + +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 + +[**Proofreaders note: To fit the page I broke this chart into 2 tables*] + + + + | | |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. + + * * * * * + +SEASON OF 1888. + +[**Proofreaders note: Table split into three parts to fit on page] + +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. + +The close of the League campaign of 1888 saw the President of the League, +Mr. N. E. Young, enter upon a new era in the history of his official +duties, first as Secretary, then as President-Secretary, two positions he +has so faithfully and efficiently filled since the organization of the +League. Mr. Young was prominent in organizing the first professional +National Association; and but for him Mr. Chadwick would not have been +able to have carried out his project of dividing the baseball fraternity +into the two officially recognized classes which he did when he started +the first professional Association in 1871. From that year to 1875 +inclusive, Mr. Young acted as Secretary of the old National Association, +and when it was superseded by the National League in 1876 he was elected +Secretary of the new organization, Mr. Bulkely, the present Governor of +Connecticut, being the League's first President. Mr. Young was also +Secretary under the Presidency of Mr. A. G. Mills, and when that gentleman +resigned, the worthy Secretary was elected to the joint offices of +President, Secretary and Treasurer of the League, and this position he has +most capably filled ever since. + +A Washington journalist has this well-merited compliment to say of the +veteran: + +"The rugged honesty of the League president is a matter with which those +interested in base ball have long been familiar. His residence is in +Washington, and he was for years a player and umpire, having all the ups +and downs usual to their lot, but he is now in very comfortable +circumstances. The duties of his office require a cool-headed man, able to +do justice to all without fear or favor. It is singularly trying at times, +but though the intense rivalry of the different clubs sometimes causes the +managers to lose their heads and charge unfairness against the umpires, +not a word has ever been said that would in any way compromise Nick Young. +It is an honor and credit to the baseball magnates that they have such a +man at the head of the League." + +THE JOINT RULES COMMITTEE AND THEIR WORK. + +[Illustration: N.E. Young.] + +The work accomplished by the Joint Rules Committee of the National League +and the American Association at their meeting in New York in November, +1888, ranks with the best on record in the revision of the playing rules +of the game, and the successful results achieved in improving the code was +largely due to the marked efficiency evinced by the chairman of the +Committee, Mr. Chas. H. Byrne, the president of the Brooklyn club, who was +indefatigable in doing the large amount of revisory work which was thrown +upon the committee. In the face of a very noisy and sensational demand for +radical changes in the rules governing the game, the committee, as a +whole, manifested a wise conservatism in several respects, which cannot +help but be of material assistance in advancing the welfare of the game at +large. In the first place, by reducing the powers of the attack nearer to +an equality with those of the defence--which result was accomplished when +they reduced the number of called balls from five to four--they not only +adopted a rule which will moderate the dangerous speed in delivering the +ball to the bat, but they thereby afforded the batsman an additional +chance for more effective work at the bat. This latter point, too, has +been aided by reducing the number of outs the batsman has hitherto been +unfairly subjected to. The rule which puts batsmen out on catches of foul +balls, which, since the game originated, has been an unfair rule of play, +has seen its best day; and this year the entering wedge to its ultimate +disappearance has been driven in, with the practical result of the repeal +of the foul tip catch. This improvement, too, is in the line of aiding the +batting side, as it gets rid of one of the numerous ways of putting the +batsman out. + +The argument brought to bear in favor of the elimination of outs from +foul balls from the code was in the main as follows: + +When the batsman hits a fair ball, while at the same time that he gives +the fielders a chance to put him out, he himself is also given an equal +chance of making a base or of scoring a run; but when he hits a foul ball, +while he affords the fielders an opportunity to catch him out, no such +compensating advantage is given him in the way of earning a base or a run +as in the case of a fair hit ball; and it is in this that the working of +the foul ball rule becomes so palpably unjust. It is sufficient punishment +for hitting a foul ball that he, as batsman, be deprived of making a base, +without adding the unjust penalty of an out. This one sided condition of +things, too, is increased when a double play is made on the catch of a +foul ball, for not only is the batsman unfairly punished, but also the +base runner who may have made the base by a clean hit. + +It is this latter unfair rule which the committee repealed in getting rid +of the foul fly tip; and now a batsman who has earned his base by a safe +hit and who runs to the next base on a foul fly tip ball caught by the +catcher, can no longer be put out on the double play, as he is now allowed +to return to the base he left on the hit, as in the case of a foul ball +not caught. + +Another step in advance was made by the committee when they officially +recognized a sacrifice hit as a factor in team work at the bat. Hitherto +far too great stress has been laid upon the alleged skill of the batsman +in making extra hits--two and three baggers and home runs--at the cost of +giving due credit to the batting which forwards base runners and sends in +runs. The work of the slugging batsman who, nearly every time he goes to +the bat when no one is on the bases, makes an extra hit, does not compare +with that of the team worker who either by a single base hit or a +sacrifice hit forwards a runner round the bases, or sends a run in. Here +is where the batting averages prove to be complete failures so far as +affording a criterion of a batsman's value in team work is concerned; +which work, by the way, is neither more nor less than that of forwarding +base runners or sending runs in by batting--for one batsman may make four +extra base hits in a game without forwarding a runner or sending in a run +in a single instance, while another batsman may make but one safe hit and +three sacrifice hits, and yet either forward as many runners or send in as +many runs. + +Probably the best piece of work done by the committee was the amendment +they made to the rules governing the umpire, wherein, in defining the +powers of an umpire to impose a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $25 +for abusive, threatening or improper language to the umpire, an amendment +was made as follows: + +"A repetition of the offence shall subject such player to a removal from +the game, and the immediate substitution of another player then in +uniform." + +Lastly, the rule admitting of an extra substitute being allowed to play +in the game, at the option of the captain of either of the contesting +teams, though an experiment, gives promise of being a desirable amendment. +The classifying of the code of rules so as to facilitate the finding of +any special rule during the hurry of a contest in progress, was also a +desirable improvement. Take it altogether, the present committee did +excellent work at their Fall meeting of 1888. + +OVERRUNNING THE BASES. + +Twenty odd years ago George Wright suggested to the Chairman of the old +National Association's Committee of Rules that it would be a good plan to +allow base runners to overrun first base, giving them the privilege to +return and touch the base again without being put out, before attempting +to make another base. The suggestion was adopted, and the rule went into +effect in 1870, and it has been in operation ever since. When the +amendment was presented at the convention of 1869, a delegate wanted the +rule applied to all bases, but the majority preferred to test the +experiment as proposed at first base. The rule of extending the +over-running to all the bases was advocated at the last meeting in +1888 of the Joint Committee of Rules, but it was not adopted. The rule +is worthy of consideration, in view of the constant sprains and +injuries of one kind and another arising from sliding to bases. There has +not been a single instance of an injury occurring from the working of the +rule of overrunning first base since the rule was adopted, while serious +injuries are of daily occurrence in match games, arising from collisions at +other bases than first, and these are due entirely to the absence of the +overrunning rule. The most irritating disputes caused by questions involved +in sliding to bases and in running up against base players, are also due to +the same cause. Why not put a stop to these injuries and these disputes by +giving the base runner the same privileges in overrunning second, third and +home bases that he now has in overrunning first base? In every way will the +adoption of the rule suggested be an improvement, and not the least of its +advantages will be its gain to base running, which is, next to fielding, +the most attractive feature of our game. + +THE PATRONS OF BALL GROUNDS. + +There are two classes of the patrons of professional baseball grounds +which club Presidents and Directors have their choice in catering to for +each season, and these are, first, the reputable class, who prefer to see +the game played scientifically and by gentlemanly exemplars of the +beauties of the game; and second, the hoodlum element, who revel in noisy +coaching, "dirty ball playing," kicking against the umpires, and exciting +disputes and rows in every inning. The Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston +Clubs in the League have laid out nearly $200,000 within the past two +years in constructing their grounds for the express purpose of eliciting +the very best patronage of their respective cities. The Brooklyn Club have +excelled in this respect in the American Association by constructing their +grounds for a similar class of patrons. But all of the clubs have not +followed this example, the majority committing the blunder of considering +only the tastes and requirements of the hoodlum class apparently in +catering for patronage. This is a great financial mistake. Experience has +shown conclusively that it pays best to cater solely for the best class of +patronage. The work in doing this is so much more satisfactory for one +thing, and it is sure to be the most remunerative. If there is any sport +which yields a fair equivalent in the special attractions it presents for +an admission fee of half a dollar, it is such ball playing as was +exhibited during the past season on the grounds of the leading clubs of +the National League. A feature of the attendance at the League games of +1888 was the presence of the fair sex in such goodly numbers. Where the +ladies congregate as spectators of sports a refining influence is brought +to bear which is valuable to the welfare of the game. Besides which, the +patronage of ladies improves the character of the assemblages and helps to +preserve the order without which first-class patronage cannot be obtained. + +THE VALUE OF TEAM WORK. + +Nothing has been more gratifying to the admirers of the game in the +practical experience of improved points of play realized during the season +of 1888, than the growing appreciation, by the most intelligent patrons of +the game, of the value of team work at the bat, and its great superiority +as an element of success in winning pennants, to the old school plan of +record batting as shown in the efforts to excel solely in home run hitting +and the slugging style of batting. + +So intent have been the general class of batsmen on making big batting +averages that the science of batting and the advantages to be derived from +"playing for the side of the bat" have been entirely lost sight of until +within the past year. Now, however, the best judges of play in the game +have begun to "tumble to" the benefits and to the attractions of team work +at the bat, as illustrated by skillful sacrifice hits, batting to help +base-runners around and to bring runs in, and not that of going to the bat +with the sole idea of trying to "hit the ball out of the lot," or "knock +the stuffing out of it," in the effort to get in the coveted home run. +with its costly expenditure of physical strength in the 120 yards spurt in +running which it involves. + +There is one thing the season's experience has shown, and that is that +field captains of intelligence and judgment, like Anson, Comiskey, Ward, +Irwin, et al. have come to realize the fact that team batting is a very +important element in bringing about pennant winning, and by team batting +is meant the rule which makes everything secondary in the work of the +batsman to the important point to forward men around the bases and to +bring runs in. The batsman who excels in the essentials of the art of +batting is the true leader, though he may not make a three-bagger or a +home run more than half a dozen times in a season's batting. And a part of +team work at the bat is sacrifice hitting--sacrifice hits being hits +which, while they result in the striker's retirement, nevertheless either +forward runners to the bases or bring runs in. After a batsman has become +a base-runner, whether by a hit, a fielding error, or a battery error, if +he be forwarded to second by a safe bunt or a neat tap of the ball, both +being base hits; or by a sacrifice hit, the batsman is equally entitled to +credit if he forward a runner by such hit. + +In regard to the slugging tactics which the batsman goes in for extra +hits at all costs, it may partly be regarded as a very stupid piece of +play at the bat to endeavor to make a home run when there is no one on the +bases to benefit by it, and for the reason that it subjects the batsman to +a violent sprinting of 120 yards, and professional sprint-runners who +enter for runs of that distance, even when in training for the effort, +require a half-hour's good rest before making another such effort. And yet +there are batsmen who strive to make hits which necessitate a 120 yards +run two or three times in a single game. Do field captains who go in for +this sluggish style of batting ever think of the wear and tear of a +player's physical strength in this slugging business? + +EVILS IN THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA. + +The two great obstacles in the way of the success of the majority of +professional ball players are wine and women. The saloon and the brothel +are the evils of the baseball world at the present day; and we see it +practically exemplified in the failure of noted players to play up to the +standard they are capable of were they to avoid these gross evils. One day +it is a noted pitcher who fails to serve his club at a critical period of +the campaign. Anon, it is the disgraceful escapade of an equally noted +umpire. And so it goes from one season to another, at the cost of the loss +of thousands of dollars to clubs who blindly shut their eyes to the costly +nature of intemperance and dissipation in their ranks. We tell you, +gentlemen of the League and Association, the sooner you introduce the +prohibition plank in your contracts the sooner you will get rid of the +costly evil of drunkenness and dissipation among your players. Club after +club have lost championship honors time and again by this evil, and yet +they blindly condone these offences season after season. The prohibition +rule from April to October is the only practical rule for removing +drunkenness in your teams. + +PRIVATE SIGNALS IN COACHING. + +The coaching of base runners by private signals is an improvement in the +game which is bound to come into vogue eventually. The noisy method of +coaching which disgraced most of the American Association club teams in +1888 is doomed to die out. In the case of the coaching of deaf mutes, like +Hoy and others, private signals had to be employed, and it can readily be +seen how effective these can be made to be when properly systematized. +There is not a single point in noisy verbal coaching which aids +base-runners. In fact, in five cases out of six, it is a detriment to +the runner. The fact is, the whole object of rowdy coaching is to annoy +and confuse the battery players and not to help base-running. The way to +rattle both the catcher and pitcher with the best effect, and to do it +legitimately, is by private coaching. In this way a pitcher is more likely +to get bothered in his endeavors to interpret the private signals than by +the noisiest of verbal coaching. + + [Illustration: Brooklyn Grounds.] + +THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. + +THE CHAMPIONSHIP CAMPAIGN OF 1888. + +The championship campaign of the American Association in 1888 proved to +be exceptionally interesting in one respect, and that was in the close +contest for the lead between the St. Louis, Brooklyn, Athletic and +Cincinnati Clubs. Another feature was the fact that the best managed and +most ably captained team of the eight clubs deservedly bore off the +championship honors of the season; and that, too, against the strong team +of picked star players which the Brooklyn Club gathered together at such +cost to oppose the champions. The season was also made specially +noteworthy by the fact that the St. Louis Club came in victors in the race +for the fourth consecutive season, a record no other club except the +Boston has ever been able to equal, and in the case of the Boston Club it +was done before the organization of the National League. The pennant race +was commenced on April 18, on which date the Louisville team began play at +St. Louis, and the Cincinnatis at Kansas City in the West; while the +Cleveland team opened at Brooklyn, and the Baltimore at Philadelphia in +the East, the victors being the St. Louis, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and +Baltimore teams. By the end of April the Cincinnati and Athletic teams led +in the West and East, with St. Louis and Brooklyn occupying fourth and +fifth positions respectively, in the race. Before the end of May, while +Cincinnati stood in the van, St. Louis had pulled up to second place, and +Brooklyn had secured third position, the Athletics being fourth. In June +Cincinnati fell off and St. Louis went to the front, with Brooklyn a close +second, and the Athletics third. In July, Cincinnati rallied well and +pushed the Athletics down to fourth place, while St. Louis and Brooklyn +still occupied the leading positions. It was during the week ending July +15 that Brooklyn held first place with a percentage of .676 to +St. Louis .639; before the month ended, however, St. Louis pulled up +to .662, while Brooklyn stood at .641. + +August proved to be a fatal month for Brooklyn, they only winning 8 games +out of 22 won and lost this month, the result of their tumble being their +retirement to fourth place, Cincinnati rallying well this month, while St. +Louis began to look sure for the pennant, the Athletics ending the month a +good third in the race. In September the Athletics pressed the Cincinnatis +hard, and drove them out of second place, and before the month ended it +was made evident that the closing part of the campaign would see a hot +fight for the second position in the race between the Athletic and +Brooklyn teams, September seeing the St. Louis team a fixture for first +place, while Cincinnati was kept back in fourth position. By the close of +September, St. Louis held first with a percentage of .691; the Athletics +were second, with .615; Brooklyn third with .606, and Cincinnati fourth +with .574. October saw a close struggle between the Athletic and Brooklyn +teams for second place, and had the former team been kept temperate they +would have finished second; but they "boozed" too much in October, and +this gave Brooklyn the chance to take the position from them, and when the +campaign ended on the 17th of October the record left the eight clubs +occupying the following relative positions: + + | Won. | Lost. | Per Ct. +----------+------+-------+------- +St. Louis | 92 | 43 | .681 +Brooklyn | 88 | 52 | .629 +Athletic | 81 | 52 | .609 +Cincinnati| 80 | 54 | .597 +Baltimore | 57 | 80 | .416 +Cleveland | 50 | 82 | .378 +Louisville| 48 | 87 | .355 +Kans. City| 43 | 89 | .326 + +In the above record the Athletic Club is credited with one victory and +Baltimore with one defeat less than they were given credit for in the +records published at the close of the season. The game was taken out of +the record by the following order of President Wikoff: + + NEW YORK, October 16. + W.S. KAMES, Esq, Secretary Athletic Base Ball Club, Philadelphia: + + _Dear Sir:_--I find on examination that the Baltimore Athletic game of + June 10, 1888, played at Gloucester, N.J., and won by your club, and +which + has been counted in the regular championship series as a postponed game +of + April 21, was irregular, for the reason that the said postponed game of + April 21 was played off by your club in Philadelphia as per authority of + my official circular No. 36, on May 16, 1888. Therefore, the game won by + the Athletic Club on June 10 cannot be counted in the regular +championship + series. Yours truly, + WHEELER C. WIKOFF, Secy. + + +It will be seen that the St. Louis Club won the championship, and for the +fourth consecutive time, thus breaking the record. The Brooklyns, by a +liberal expenditure of money toward the close of the season, succeeded in +strengthening sufficiently to head off the Athletics for second place, and +the latter had to be content with third position. The Cincinnatis did good +work toward the close, despite the sale of several valuable players, and +almost succeeded in closing the gap between fourth and third places; as it +was, they ended a close fourth. Baltimore secured fifth place by a goodly +margin over the sixth club, Cleveland. Louisville finished seventh, the +lowest position the club ever occupied. Kansas City, though the +tail-ender, nevertheless made an excellent first-season record. Neither +the St. Louis nor Brooklyn Clubs lost a series. They split even with ten +victories each in their games, and Brooklyn stood alone in winning the +series from every other club. The Brooklyn Club alone played its full +schedule of 140 games. + +The following is a full and complete summary of the work done by the +eight clubs in the championship arena during 1888: + + + | | | | | | | | K + | | | | C | | | L | a + | S | | | I | B | C | o | n + | t | B | A | n | a | l | u | s + | . | r | t | c | l | e | i | a + | | o | h | i | t | v | s | s + | L | o | l | n | i | e | v | + | o | k | e | n | m | l | i | C + | u | l | t | a | o | a | l | i + | i | y | i | t | r | n | l | t + | s | n | c | i | e | d | e | y + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . +-----------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---- +Victories | 92| 88| 81| 80| 57| 50| 48| 43 +Defeats | 43| 52| 52| 54| 80| 82| 87| 89 +Drawn Games | 2| 3| 3| 3| 0| 3| 4| 0 +Total Played | 137| 143| 136| 137| 137| 135| 139| 132 +Per Cent. of Victories |.681|.629|.609|.597|.416|.378|.355|.326 +Series Won | 4| 6| 4| 3| 2| 0| 1| 0 +Series Lost | 0| 0| 1| 1| 4| 3| 5| 6 +Series Tied | 1| 1| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0 +Series Unfinished | 2| 0| 1| 2| 1| 4| 1| 1 +"Chicago" Victories | 12| 9| 13| 9| 3| 5| 6| 4 +"Chicago" Defeats | 4| 9| 5| 7| 8| 12| 6| 10 +Home Victories | 60| 52| 51| 56| 30| 32| 26| 25 +Home Defeats | 21| 20| 20| 24| 26| 27| 29| 33 +Victories Abroad | 29| 36| 30| 24| 27| 18| 22| 18 +Defeats Abroad | 22| 32| 32| 50| 31| 23| 58| 56 +Extra Innings Victories| 3| 7| 5| 8| 3| 1| 2| 1 +Extra Innings Defeats | 6| 3| 7| 4| 3| 1| 5| 2 +Extra Innings Drawn | 2| 2| 2| 2| 0| 1| 1| 0 +Single Figure Victories| 73| 74| 57| 56| 48| 37| 37| 32 +Single Figure Defeats | 38| 46| 46| 44| 59| 58| 62| 65 +Double Figure Victories| 19| 14| 24| 24| 9| 13| 11| 11 +Double Figure Defeats | 5| 6| 6| 10| 21| 24| 25| 24 +Batting Average |.250|.243|.263|.240|.231|.235|.248|.221 +Fielding Average |.930|.924|.934|.940|.928|.941|.913|.921 +Highest Score in a Game| 18| 18| 28| 18| 12| 23| 18| 26 +Worst Defeat | 5-0| 7-0| 8-0|12-0|14-0|15-0| 9-0|14-0 +Won by One Run | 15| 20| 11| 19| 16| 14| 11| 16 +Lost by One Run | 18| 15| 15| 14| 10| 19| 10| 15 +Total Runs Scored | 790| 757| 828| 734| 653| 641|.678| 578 +Total Stolen Bases | 526| 413| 568| 464| 374| 399| 368| 266 + + +THE CHAMPION CLUB TEAM OF 1888. + +There were fourteen players of the St. Louis team who took part in forty +games and over, the first nine being as follows: + +King, pitcher, 65 games; Boyle, catcher, 71 games; Comiskey, first +baseman, 137 games; Robinson, second baseman, 134 games; Latham, third +baseman, 133 games; White, shortstop, 109 games; O'Neill, left field, 130 +games; Lyons, center field, 123 games; and McCarthy, right field, 131 +games. The other battery players were Hudson, pitcher, 55 games; Milligan, +catcher, 63 games; Chamberlain, pitcher, 40 games; Herr, shortstop, 43 +games, and McGarr, second base, 35 games. The other players are not named +in the official averages. The first nine who played in one hundred games +and over, and who led in batting averages, were O'Neill, McCarthy, +Comiskey, Latham, Robinson, White, and Lyons; Hudson, Milligan, Boyle, +King and Chamberlain, all of whom played in less than one hundred games, +following in order. + +In fielding averages, Comiskey, Milligan, O'Neill, Boyle, McCarthy, +Lyons, Robinson and Latham. + +The feature of the work of the team in winning the pennant was the +ability shown by Captain Comiskey in his position; the fine infield work, +too, of Latham and Robinson, and the outfielding of O'Neill and McCarthy +greatly aiding the batteries of the team. The full summary of the team's +work is given below: + + | | | | | | | K || + | | | C | | | L | a || + | | | i | B | C | o | n || + | B | A | n | a | l | u | s || + | r | t | c | l | e | i | a || + | o | h | i | t | v | s | s || T + | l | l | n | i | e | v | || o + | k | e | n | m | l | i | C || t + | l | t | a | o | a | l | I || a + | y | i | t | r | n | l | t || l + | n | c | i | e | d | e | y || s + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . +-----------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----++--- +Victories | 10| 10| 10| 14| 16| 16| 16|| 92 +Defeats | 10| 7| 8| 6| 4| 4| 4|| 43 +Drawn Games | 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 2 +Series Won | 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1|| 4 +Series Tied | 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 1 +Series Unfinished | 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 2 +"Chicago" Victories | 3| 2| 0| 2| 4| 1| 0|| 12 +"Chicago" Defeats | 1| 1| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0|| 4 +Single Figure Victories| 9| 10| 8| 11| 13| 10| 14|| 75 +Single Figure Defeats | 9| 5| 7| 6| 4| 3| 4|| 38 +Double Figure Victories| 1| 0| 2| 3| 4| 6| 2|| 18 +Double Figure Defeats | 1| 2| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0|| 5 +Extra Innings Games | 2| 2| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0|| 5 +Victories at Home | 6| 6| 6| 8| 9| 11| 14|| 60 +Defeats at Home | 4| 3| 4| 3| 1| 2| 3|| 21 +Victories Abroad | 4| 4| 4| 6| 7| 5| 2|| 32 +Defeats Abroad | 6| 4| 4| 2| 3| 2| 1|| 22 +Won by One Run | 2| 3| 2| 0| 3| 4| 1|| 15 +Lost by One Run | 5| 1| 4| 4| 1| 1| 2|| 18 +Highest Score in a Game|13-4| 8-1|17-5|16-9|14-4|18-1|14-5| +Worst Defeat |2-11| 0-5|1-10| 2-6| 2-8|4-10| 7-9| + +The pitching record of the champion team for 1888 is appended: + +[**Proofreaders note: Table split into two parts to fit on page] + + + | | | | | | | K + | | | C | | | L | a + | | | i | B | C | o | n + | B | A | n | a | l | u | s + | r | t | c | l | e | i | a + | o | h | i | t | v | s | s + | l | l | n | i | e | v | + | k | e | n | m | l | i | C + | l | t | a | o | a | l | i + | y | i | t | r | n | l | t + | n | c | i | e | d | e | y + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . +------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L. +------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- +King | 8| 4| 6| 3| 5| 4| 6| 5| 1| 6| 3| 6| 1| 1 +Hudson | 1| 3| 3| 2| 2| 0| 5| 1| 7| 2| 6| 0| 2| 2 +Chamberlain | 1| 1| 1| 1| 3| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 2| 0 +Devlin | 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 4| 1 +Knauff | 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 2| 2| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 2| 0 +Freeman | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0 +------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- +Totals |10|10|10| 7|10| 8|14| 6|16| 4|16| 4|16| 4 + + + | |Per + | |Cent + | |of + |Totals. |Victories. +------------+--------------+--------- + | W. | L. | P. | +------------+----+----+----+--------- +King | 44 | 21 | 65 | .671 +Hudson | 26 | 10 | 36 | .722 +Chamberlain | 11 | 2 | 13 | .853 +Devlin | 6 | 5 | 11 | .545 +Knauff | 5 | 4 | 9 | .555 +Freeman | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 +------------+----+----+----+--------- +Totals | 92 | 43 |135 | + + + +The appended record of the six years' work in the American Association +championship arena, showing the winning clubs and their managers, as also +their victories, defeats and percentage of victories, will be found +interesting: + + + |WINNING | | | | | +YEAR.|CLUB. |MANAGER.|Victories.|Defeats.|Games.|Percentage. +-----+------------+--------+----------+--------+------+----------- +1882 |Cincinnati |Thorner | 55 | 25 | 80 | .680 +1883 |Athletic |Simmons | 66 | 32 | 98 | .670 +1884 |Metropolitan|Mutrie | 75 | 32 | 107 | .700 +1885 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 79 | 33 | 112 | .705 +1886 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 93 | 46 | 139 | .669 +1887 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 95 | 40 | 135 | .704 +1888 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 92 | 43 | 135 | .681 + +THE MONTHLY RECORD. + +The record of the victories and defeats scored each month of the +championship campaign is appended, by which it will be seen that the +record of the Brooklyn team for October surpassed that of any other club's +monthly record of the season. Cincinnatis led in April, Brooklyn in May, +the Athletics in June, Cincinnatis in July, St. Louis in August, while in +September St. Louis and Brooklyn tied, Brooklyn leading in October. St. +Louis's best month's work was done in August, Brooklyn's in October, the +Athletics' in June, the Cincinnatis' in July, the Baltimores' in +September, the Clevelands' in September, the Louisvilles' in July, and the +Kansas Citys' in August. Kansas City was the only club which failed in at +least one month to score more victories than defeats, their best record +for any month being a tie in victories and defeats. Here is the table in +full: + + |April.|May. |June.|July.|Aug. |Sept. |Oct. ||Totals. +-----------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----++------- + |W.| L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.| W.|L. |W.|L.|| W.|L. +-----------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--++---+--- +St. Louis | 5| 3 |14| 5|16| 7|15|12|18| 3| 18| 8| 6| 5|| 92| 43 +Brooklyn | 7| 5 |18| 4|14| 9|12|11| 8|14| 18| 8|11| 1|| 88| 52 +Athletic | 7| 4 | 7|11|18| 4|12|11|16| 6| 14| 12| 7| 4|| 81| 52 +Cincinnati | 8| 3 |15| 6| 9|13|16| 7|12| 9| 11| 14| 9| 2|| 80| 54 +Baltimore | 6| 4 | 7|11|12|12| 9|17| 7|17| 13| 12| 3| 8|| 57| 80 +Cleveland | 2| 9 | 9|11| 6|15|12|13| 6|12| 12| 12| 3|10|| 50| 82 +Louisville | 4| 7 | 5|16| 7|15|13|10| 8|14| 7| 18| 4| 7|| 47| 87 +Kansas City| 2| 6 | 5|16| 7|14| 9|17|11|11| 8| 15| 2| 8|| 43| 89 +-----------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--++---+--- +Totals |41|41 |80|80|89|89|98|98|86|86|100|100|45|45||539|539 + +The Athletics' victory over Baltimore on June 10, is not counted in the +above table. + +The official record of the American Association for the season of 1888 as +sent us by President Wikoff, will be found in full below: + +BATTING RECORD. + +(In the following, no in or outfielders' record is given unless twenty +games have been played in the position, and no pitcher or catcher's record +is given unless fifteen games have been played.) + +[**Proofreaders note: Table split into two parts to fit on page] + | | |No. of +Rank| Name. | Club. |Games. +----+-----------+------------------------+------ + 1| O'Neill |St. Louis | 130 + 2| Stovey |Athletic | 130 + 3| Lyons |Athletic | 111 + 4| Reilly |Cincinnati | 126 + 5| Collins |Louisville and Brooklyn | 126 + 6| Browning |Louisville | 99 + 7| Orr |Brooklyn | 95 + 8| Burns |Baltimore and Brooklyn | 129 + 9| Wolf |Louisville | 127 + 10| McKean |Cleveland | 130 + 11|{Tucker |Baltimore | 136 + |{Welch |Athletic | 136 + 12| Corkhill |Cincinnati and Brooklyn | 137 + 13|{Foutz |Brooklyn | 140 + |{Larkin |Athletic | 135 + 14| Bierbauer |Athletic | 134 + 15| Sullivan |Athletic | 28 + 16| McCarthy |St. Louis | 131 + 17|{Trott |Baltimore | 31 + |{O'Brien |Brooklyn | 136 + 18| Weaver |Louisville | 26 + 19| Comiskey |St. Louis | 137 + 20| Carpenter |Cincinnati | 135 + 21|{Robinson |Athletic | 67 + |{Mattimore |Athletic | 41 + 22|{Davis |Kansas City | 122 + |{Herr |St. Louis | 43 + |{Stratton |Louisville | 65 + 23| Smith |Athletic and | 35 + | |Baltimore | + 24|{Latham |St. Louis | 133 + |{Fantz |Cleveland | 120 + 25| Hudson |St. Louis | 55 + 26| Griffin |Baltimore | 137 + 27| Pinkney |Brooklyn | 143 + 28| Hecker |Louisville | 55 + 29|{Kappell |Cincinnati | 35 + |{Terry |Brooklyn | 30 + 30| Milligan |St. Louis | 63 + 31|{McTamany |Kansas City | 110 + |{Mullane |Cincinnati | 51 + 32|{Hamilton |Kansas City | 35 + |{Zimmer |Cleveland | 63 + |{Goodfellow|Cleveland | 69 + |{Hotaling |Cleveland | 97 + 33| Smith |Louisville | 56 + 34|{Boyle |St. Louis | 71 + |{Clark |Brooklyn | 45 + 35| Cline |Kansas City | 73 + 36| Donohue |Kansas City | 87 + 37| Kerins |Louisville | 81 + 38|{Nicol |Cincinnati | 134 + |{Hogan |Cleveland | 77 + 39| Phillips |Kansas City | 129 + 40| Gilks |Cleveland | 118 + 41|{Robinson |St. Louis | 134 + |{Stricker |Cleveland | 126 + 42|{McPhee |Cincinnati | 110 + |{Carruthers|Brooklyn | 94 + 43| Keenan |Cincinnati | 84 + 44|{Tebean |Cincinnati | 121 + |{Mack |Louisville | 110 + 45|{Goldsby |Baltimore | 44 + |{Poorman |Athletic | 85 + 46| Esterbrook|Louisville | 23 + 47|{O'Brien |Baltimore | 57 + |{Radford |Brooklyn | 91 + 48|{Gleason |Athletic | 123 + |{Purcell |Baltimore | 119 + | |and Athletic | + 49| White |Louisville | 109 + | |and St Louis. | + 50|{Barkley |Kansas City | 116 + |{Smith |Cincinnati | 40 + |{_Bushong__|Brooklyn | 69 + |{Baldwin |Cincinnati | 66 + 51|{Weybing |Athletic | 49 + |{Fagan |Kansas City | 18 + 52| Gunning |Athletic | 23 + 53|{Shindle |Baltimore | 135 + |{Snyder |Cleveland | 63 + 54|{McClellan |Brooklyn and | 97 + | |Cleveland | + |{Sommer |Baltimore | 79 + |{Allen |Kansas City | 37 + 55| _Smith_ |Brooklyn | 103 + 56| Cross |Louisville | 47 + 57| King |St. Louis | 65 + 58| Werrick |Louisville | 109 + + + | |No. of|No. of| + | |Base |Stolen|Av. B.H. +Rank| Name. |Hit. |Bases.|to A.B. +----+-----------+------+------+------- + 1| O'Neill | 176 | 24 | .332 + 2| Stovey | 171 | 156 | .318 + 3| Lyons | 145 | 45 | .325 + 4| Reilly | 167 | 80 | .324 + 5| Collins | 164 | 91 | .318 + 6| Browning | 120 | 39 | .313 + 7| Orr | 119 | 16 | .303 + 8| Burns | 158 | 48 | .298 + 9| Wolf | 159 | 40 | .298 + 10| McKean | 161 | 66 | .297 + 11|{Tucker | 152 | 49 | .291 + |{Welch | 160 | 121 | .291 + 12| Corkhill | 159 | 41 | .285 + 13|{Foutz | 159 | 40 | .283 + |{Larkin | 154 | 19 | .283 + 14| Bierbauer | 148 | 56 | .279 + 15| Sullivan | 31 | 8 | .277 + 16| McCarthy | 141 | 109 | .276 + 17|{Trott | 30 | 3 | .275 + |{O'Brien | 147 | 68 | .275 + 18| Weaver | 31 | 12 | .274 + 19| Comiskey | 156 | 77 | .271 + 20| Carpenter | 147 | 56 | .269 + 21|{Robinson | 67 | 15 | .268 + |{Mattimore | 38 | 14 | .268 + 22|{Davis | 131 | 45 | .266 + |{Herr | 46 | 9 | .266 + |{Stratton | 64 | 15 | .266 + 23| Smith | 31 | 3 | .265 + 24|{Latham | 150 | 124 | .264 + |{Fantz | 124 | 68 | .264 + 25| Hudson | 51 | 6 | .262 + 26| Griffin | 141 | 53 | .261 + 27| Pinkney | 150 | 56 | .260 + 28| Hecker | 53 | 23 | .255 + 29|{Kappell | 35 | 22 | .254 + |{Terry | 29 | 13 | .254 + 30| Milligan | 55 | 8 | .252 + 31|{McTamany | 130 | 56 | .251 + |{Mullane | 44 | 13 | .251 + 32|{Hamilton | 32 | 23 | .250 + |{Zimmer | 53 | 18 | .250 + |{Goodfellow| 68 | 7 | .250 + |{Hotaling | 103 | 33 | .250 + 33| Smith | 48 | 48 | .246 + 34|{Boyle | 63 | 15 | .245 + |{Clark | 37 | 12 | .245 + 35| Cline | 71 | 30 | .243 + 36| Donohue | 80 | 12 | .241 + 37| Kerins | 74 | 20 | .239 + 38|{Nicol | 128 | 104 | .236 + |{Hogan | 63 | 35 | .236 + 39| Phillips | 120 | 11 | .235 + 40| Gilks | 110 | 19 | .232 + 41|{Robinson | 106 | 62 | .231 + |{Stricker | 113 | 68 | .231 + 42|{McPhee | 104 | 53 | .230 + |{Carruthers| 77 | 33 | .230 + 43| Keenan | 72 | 8 | .225 + 44|{Tebean | 95 | 33 | .228 + |{Mack | 100 | 23 | .228 + 45|{Goldsby | 37 | 19 | .227 + |{Poorman | 87 | 43 | .227 + 46| Esterbrook| 21 | 6 | .226 + 47|{O'Brien | 44 | 15 | .224 + |{Radford | 70 | 36 | .224 + 48|{Gleason | 112 | 37 | .224 + |{Purcell | 105 | 25 | .224 + 49| White | 104 | 30 | .221 + 50|{Barkley | 106 | 16 | .220 + |{Smith | 29 | 3 | .220 + |{_Bushong__| 55 | 11 | .220 + |{Baldwin | 58 | 2 | .220 + 51|{Weybing | 40 | 8 | .219 + |{Fagan | 14 | 0 | .219 + 52| Gunning | 20 | 15 | .217 + 53|{Shindle | 111 | 59 | .216 + |{Snyder | 50 | 10 | .216 + 54|{McClellan | 75 | 29 | .215 + |{Sommer | 64 | 15 | .215 + |{Allen | 29 | 5 | .215 + 55| _Smith_ | 86 | 31 | .214 + 56| Cross | 39 | 9 | .213 + 57| King | 42 | 5 | .212 + 58| Werrick | 86 | 21 | .210 + +A mistake is made in the above record in placing the names of batsmen +whose averages are alike, in the wrong order. Thus, Pratt who played in +but 31 games is placed ahead of O'Brien, who played in 136, both making +the same batting averages. + +The official record of the American Association for the season of 1888 as +sent us by President Wikoff, will be found in full below: + +BATTING RECORD. + + (In the following, no in or outfielders' record is given unless twenty +games have been played in the position, and no pitcher or catcher's record +is given unless fifteen games have been played.) + +R | | | | | |Av. +a | | | |No. of|No. of|B.H. +n | | |No. of|Base |Stolen|to +k | Name. | Club. |Games.|Hit. |Bases.|A.B. +--+---------------+-----------+------+------+------+----- + 1| O'Neill |St. Louis | 130 | 176 | 24 | .332 + 2| Stovey |Athletic | 130 | 171 | 156 | .318 + 3| Lyons |Athletic | 111 | 145 | 45 | .325 + 4| Reilly |Cincinnati | 126 | 167 | 80 | .324 + 5| Collins |Louisville | 126 | 164 | 91 | .318 + | |and | | | | + | |Brooklyn | | | | + 6| Browning |Louisville | 99 | 120 | 39 | .313 + 7| Orr |Brooklyn | 95 | 119 | 16 | .303 + 8| Burns |Baltimore | 129 | 158 | 48 | .298 + | |and | | | | + | |Brooklyn | | | | + 9| Wolf |Louisville | 127 | 159 | 40 | .298 +10| McKean |Cleveland | 130 | 161 | 66 | .297 +11|{Tucker |Baltimore | 136 | 152 | 49 | .291 + |{Welch |Athletic | 136 | 160 | 121 | .291 +12| Corkhill |Cincinnati | 137 | 159 | 41 | .285 + | |and | | | | + | |Brooklyn | | | | +13|{Foutz |Brooklyn | 140 | 159 | 40 | .283 + |{Larkin |Athletic | 135 | 154 | 19 | .283 +14| Bierbauer |Athletic | 134 | 148 | 56 | .279 +15| Sullivan |Athletic | 28 | 31 | 8 | .277 +16| McCarthy |St. Louis | 131 | 141 | 109 | .276 +17|{Trott |Baltimore | 31 | 30 | 3 | .275 + |{O'Brien |Brooklyn | 136 | 147 | 68 | .275 +18| Weaver |Louisville | 26 | 31 | 12 | .274 +19| Comiskey |St. Louis | 137 | 156 | 77 | .271 +20| Carpenter |Cincinnati | 135 | 147 | 56 | .269 +21|{Robinson |Athletic | 67 | 67 | 15 | .268 + |{Mattimore |Athletic | 41 | 38 | 14 | .268 +22|{Davis |Kansas City| 122 | 131 | 45 | .266 + |{Herr |St. Louis | 43 | 46 | 9 | .266 + |{Stratton |Louisville | 65 | 64 | 15 | .266 +23| Smith |Athletic | 35 | 31 | 3 | .265 + | |and | | | | + | |Baltimore | | | | +24|{Latham |St. Louis | 133 | 150 | 124 | .264 + |{Fantz |Cleveland | 120 | 124 | 68 | .264 +25| Hudson |St. Louis | 55 | 51 | 6 | .262 +26| Griffin |Baltimore | 137 | 141 | 53 | .261 +27| Pinkney |Brooklyn | 143 | 150 | 56 | .260 +28| Hecker |Louisville | 55 | 53 | 23 | .255 +29|{Kappell |Cincinnati | 35 | 35 | 22 | .254 + |{Terry |Brooklyn | 30 | 29 | 13 | .254 +30| Milligan |St. Louis | 63 | 55 | 8 | .252 +31|{McTamany |Kansas City| 110 | 130 | 56 | .251 + |{Mullane |Cincinnati | 51 | 44 | 13 | .251 +32|{Hamilton |Kansas City| 35 | 32 | 23 | .250 + |{Zimmer |Cleveland | 63 | 53 | 18 | .250 + |{Goodfellow |Cleveland | 69 | 68 | 7 | .250 + |{Hotaling |Cleveland | 97 | 103 | 33 | .250 +33| Smith |Louisville | 56 | 48 | 48 | .246 +34|{Boyle |St. Louis | 71 | 63 | 15 | .245 + |{Clark |Brooklyn | 45 | 37 | 12 | .245 +35| Cline |Kansas City| 73 | 71 | 30 | .243 +36| Donohue |Kansas City| 87 | 80 | 12 | .241 +37| Kerins |Louisville | 81 | 74 | 20 | .239 +38|{Nicol |Cincinnati | 134 | 128 | 104 | .236 + |{Hogan |Cleveland | 77 | 63 | 35 | .236 +39| Phillips |Kansas City| 129 | 120 | 11 | .235 +40| Gilks |Cleveland | 118 | 110 | 19 | .232 +41|{Robinson |St. Louis | 134 | 106 | 62 | .231 + |{Stricker |Cleveland | 126 | 113 | 68 | .231 +42|{McPhee |Cincinnati | 110 | 104 | 53 | .230 + |{Carruthers |Brooklyn | 94 | 77 | 33 | .230 +43| Keenan |Cincinnati | 84 | 72 | 8 | .225 +44|{Tebean |Cincinnati | 121 | 95 | 33 | .228 + |{Mack |Louisville | 110 | 100 | 23 | .228 +45|{Goldsby |Baltimore | 44 | 37 | 19 | .227 + |{Poorman |Athletic | 85 | 87 | 43 | .227 +46| Esterbrook |Louisville | 23 | 21 | 6 | .226 +47|{O'Brien |Baltimore | 57 | 44 | 15 | .224 + |{Radford |Brooklyn | 91 | 70 | 36 | .224 +48|{Gleason |Athletic | 123 | 112 | 37 | .224 + |{Purcell |Baltimore | 119 | 105 | 25 | .224 + | |and | | | | + | |Athletic | | | | +49| White |Louisville | 109 | 104 | 30 | .221 + | |and St. | | | | + | |Louis | | | | +50|{Barkley |Kansas City| 116 | 106 | 16 | .220 + |{Smith |Cincinnati | 40 | 29 | 3 | .220 + |{_Bushong_ |Brooklyn | 69 | 55 | 11 | .220 + |{Baldwin |Cincinnati | 66 | 58 | 2 | .220 +51|{Weybing |Athletic | 49 | 40 | 8 | .219 + |{Fagan |Kansas City| 18 | 14 | 0 | .219 +52| Gunning |Athletic | 23 | 20 | 15 | .217 +53|{Shindle |Baltimore | 135 | 111 | 59 | .216 + |{Snyder |Cleveland | 63 | 50 | 10 | .216 +54|{McClellan |Brooklyn | 97 | 75 | 29 | .215 + | |and | | | | + | |Cleveland | | | | + |{Sommer |Baltimore | 79 | 64 | 15 | .215 + |{Allen |Kansas City| 37 | 29 | 5 | .215 +55| _Smith_ |Brooklyn | 103 | 86 | 31 | .214 +56| Cross |Louisville | 47 | 39 | 9 | .213 +57| King |St. Louis | 65 | 42 | 5 | .212 +58| Werrick |Louisville | 109 | 86 | 21 | .210 +59| Raymond |Louisville | 32 | 26 | 6 | .208 +60| McGuire |Cleveland | 25 | 18 | 1 | .207 +61| Ewing |Louisville | 21 | 16 | 6 | .205 +62| Daniels |Kansas City| 61 | 46 | 19 | .205 +63| Vaughn |Louisville | 49 | 37 | 5 | .203 +64| Greenwood |Baltimore | 113 | 82 | 54 | .202 +64| Andrews |Louisville | 27 | 20 | 5 | .202 +65| O'Connor |Cincinnati | 36 | 28 | 13 | .201 +66| Cook |Louisville | 53 | 35 | 15 | .200 +67| _Peoples_ |Brooklyn | 33 | 21 | 9 | .198 +68| Farrell |Baltimore | 103 | 79 | 32 | .197 +69| Fennelly |Cincinnati | 127 | 96 | 49 | .196 + | |and | | | | + | |Athletic | | | | +70| Esterday |Kansas City| 114 | 78 | 18 | .195 +70| Rowe |Kansas City| 32 | 24 | 1 | .195 +71| Albert |Cleveland | 101 | 69 | 32 | .192 +72| Lyons |St. Louis | 123 | 95 | 42 | .190 +73| Cunningham |Baltimore | 51 | 33 | 2 | .198 +74| McGarr |St. Louis | 35 | 25 | 25 | .187 +75| O'Brien |Cleveland | 31 | 20 | 2 | .185 +76| McGlone |Cleveland | 55 | 37 | 26 | .183 +77| Fulmer |Baltimore | 51 | 30 | 17 | .179 +78| Hankinson |Kansas City| 37 | 27 | 2 | .175 +79| Brennan |Kansas City| 34 | 20 | 6 | .174 +80| Kilroy |Baltimore | 43 | 24 | 12 | .166 +81| Cantz |Baltimore | 37 | 21 | 1 | .165 +82| Chamberlain |Louisville | 40 | 23 | 12 | .161 + | |and St. | | | | + | |Louis | | | | +83| Seward |Athletic | 64 | 35 | 12 | .154 +84| Townsend |Athletic | 43 | 24 | 1 | .150 +84| Hughes |Brooklyn | 39 | 20 | 3 | .150 +85| Tomney |Louisville | 34 | 18 | 12 | .149 +86| Porter |Kansas City| 55 | 27 | 1 | .137 +87| Bakely |Cleveland | 60 | 25 | 1 | .131 +88| Burdock |Brooklyn | 60 | 30 | 9 | .125 +89| Ramsey |Louisville | 41 | 17 | 0 | .123 +90| Holbert |Brooklyn | 15 | 6 | 1 | .115 +91| Sullivan |Kansas City| 28 | 10 | 7 | .109 +92| Mays |Brooklyn | 18 | 6 | 2 | .095 +93| Viau |Cincinnati | 41 | 12 | 3 | .085 +94| Crowell |Louisville | 19 | 5 | 2 | .080 + | |and | + | |Cleveland | + + +FIELDING RECORD. + +CATCHERS. + +Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. + | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. +----+----------+-----------+------+-------+--------- + 1 | Donohue |Kansas City| 66 | 395 | .965 + 2 |(Robinson |Athletic | 66 | 595 | .955 + |{Keenan |Cincinnati | 70 | 536 | .955 + 3 | Milligan |St. Louis | 58 | 429 | .944 + 4 | Holbert |Brooklyn | 15 | 106 | .934 + 5 | Boyle |St. Louis | 70 | 539 | .933 + 6 | Cross |Louisville | 38 | 292 | .928 + 7 | Snyder |Cleveland | 43 | 334 | .922 + 8 | Zimmer |Cleveland | 56 | 443 | .921 + 9 | Trott |Baltimore | 27 | 205 | .917 +10 |{Vaughn |Louisville | 25 | 184 | .913 + |{Baldwin |Cincinnati | 64 | 483 | .913 +11 | Bushong |Brooklyn | 68 | 489 | .9** + | | | | | [A] +12 | Townsend |Athletic | 43 | 330 | .906 +13 | O'Brien |Baltimore | 38 | 274 | .905 +14 | Fulmer |Baltimore | 46 | 309 | .903 +15 | Cook |Louisville | 50 | 316 | .902 +16 | Gunning |Athletic | 23 | 192 | .896 +17 | Cantz |Baltimore | 33 | 227 | .890 +18 | Kerins |Louisville | 30 | 320 | .888 +19 | Brennan |Kansas City| 25 | 176 | .887 +20 | McGuire |Cleveland | 16 | 131 | .885 +21 | Daniels |Kansas City| 31 | 232 | .875 +22 | Clark |Brooklyn | 36 | 307 | .857 +23 | Peoples |Brooklyn | 26 | 252 | .841 + +[*Proofreaders Note A: * number indecipherable.] + +PITCHERS. +Rank| NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. + | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. +----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- + 1 | Chamberlain|Louisville | 37 | 255 | .988 + | |and St. | | | + | |Louis | | | + 2 | Ewing |Louisville | 21 | 135 | .985 + 3 | Terry |Brooklyn | 24 | 186 | .978 + 4 | Mays |Brooklyn | 18 | 12O | .975 + 5 | Foutz |Brooklyn | 19 | 115 | .974 + 6 | Sullivan |Kansas City| 24 | 167 | .970 + 7 | Stratton |Louisville | 34 | 184 | .968 + 8 |(Hudson |St. Louis | 37 | 230 | .962 + |{Kilroy |Baltimore | 42 | 229 | .965 + 9 |{Hughes |Brooklyn | 39 | 261 | .962 + |{King |St. Louis | 65 | 397 | .962 +10 |{Crowell |Cleveland | | | + | |and | | | + | |Louisville | 19 | 103 | .961 + |{Bakely |Cleveland | 60 | 359 | .961 + |{Mullane |Cincinnati | 44 | 284 | .961 + |{Viau |Cincinnati | 41 | 257 | .961 +11 | Seward |Athletic | 57 | 428 | .957 +12 | O'Brien |Cleveland | 29 | 213 | .953 +13 | Porter |Kansas City| 55 | 507 | .951 +14 |{Weyhing |Athletic | 48 | 328 | .948 + |{Smith |Cincinnati | 4O | 211 | .948 +15 | Carruthers |Brooklyn | 45 | 273 | .945 +16 | Hecker |Louisville | 28 | 154 | .942 +17 | Smith |Athletic | 38 | 248 | .940 + | |and | | | + | |Baltimore | | | +19 | Cunningham |Baltimore | 51 | 335 | .934 +20 | Ramsey |Louisville | 37 | 290 | .924 +21 | Mattimore |Athletic | 26 | 162 | .914 +81 | Fagan |Kansas City| 17 | 92 | .913 +{sic.}| + +This table is rendered useless as a criterion of a pitcher's skill as a +fielder, on account of the mixing up of assistances on strikes with +fielding assistances, which are distinct and separate figures for data. + +FIRST BASEMEN. + +Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. + | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. +----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- + 1 | Andrews |Louisville.| 27 | 302 | .993 + 2 |{Foutz |Brooklyn | 42 | 371 | .986 + |{Faatz |Cleveland | 120 | 1247 | .986 + 3 | Orr |Brooklyn | 95 | 1044 | .980 + 4 | Reilly |Cincinnati | 116 | 1313 | .979 + 5 | Phillips |Kansas City| 119 | 1500 | .977 + 6 | Tucker |Baltimore | 129 | 1441 | .975 + 7 | Smith |Louisville | 56 | 578 | .974 + 8 |{Larkin |Athletic | 121 | 1294 | .972 + |{Comiskey |St. Louis | 133 | 1379 | .972 + 9 | Esterbrook |Louisville | 23 | 238 | .958 +10 |Hecker |Louisville | 27 | 294 | .952 + + +SECOND BASEMEN. + +Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. + | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. +----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- + 1 | Berkley |Kansas City| 116 | 683 | .941 + 2 |{Striekler |Cleveland | 122 | 791 | .938 + |{McPhee |Cincinnati | 110 | 776 | .938 + 3 | Bierbauer |Athletics | 122 | 795 | .935 + 4 | Collins |Louisville | 30 | 170 | .926 + | |and | | | + | |Brooklyn | | | + 5 | McClellan |Brooklyn | 62 | 346 | .920 + | |and | | | + | |Cleveland. | | | + 6 | Burdock |Brooklyn | 69 | 431 | .919 + 7 | Mack |Louisville | 110 | 703 | .915 + 8 |{Greenwood |Baltimore | 87 | 442 | .914 + |{Farrell |Baltimore | 47 | 174 | .913 + 9 | McGarr |St. Louis | 34 | 193 | .915 +10 | Robinson |St. Louis | 100 | 496 | .904 + +SHORT STOPS. + +Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. + | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. +----+---------+-------------+------+-------+-------- + 1 |Farell |Baltimore | 56 | 395 | .937 + 2 |Tomney |Louisville | 34 | 174 | .914 + 3 |Esterday |Kansas City | 114 | 640 | .900 + 4 |McKean |Cleveland | 75 | 380 | .895 + 5 |Sommer |Baltimore | 32 | 161 | .885 + 6 |Herr |St.Louis | 28 | 133 | .872 + 7 |Fenelly |Cincinnati | 120 | 723 | .871 + | |and | | | + | |Athletic | | | + 8 |Gleason |Athletic | 121 | 565 | .865 + 9 |Wolf |Louisville | 38 | 222 | .860 +10 |Alberts |Cleveland | 52 | 272 | .857 +11 |Burns |Baltimore | 53 | 277 | .848 + | |and | | | + | |Brooklyn | | | +12 |Smith |Brooklyn | 103 | 600 | .847 +13 |Robinson |St. Louis | 34 | 168 | .845 +14 |Greenwood|Baltimore | 26 | 118 | .831 +15 |White |Louisville | 96 | 596 | .827 + | |and St. Louis| | | +16 |Kapell |Cincinnati | 21 | 107 | .785 + + +LEFT FIELDERS. + +Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. + | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. +----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- + 1 |Stovey |Athletic | 117 | 226 | .950 + 2 |Browning |Louisville | 21 | 35 | .943 + 3 |Allen |Kansas City| 33 | 80 | .938 + 4 |O'Neill |St. Louis | 130 | 257 | .934 + 5 |O'Brien |Brooklyn | 136 | 261 | .931 + 6 |Collins |Louisville | 57 | 152 | .921 + | |and | | | + | |Brooklyn | | | + 7 |{Sommer |Baltimore | 30 | 56 | .911 + |{Tebeau |Cincinnati | 121 | 235 | .911 + 8 |Vaughn |Louisville | 20 | 40 | .900 + 9 |Goldsby |Baltimore | 42 | 58 | .893 +10 |McKean |Cleveland | 43 | 88 | .886 +11 |{Hogan |Cleveland | 26 | 41 | .878 + |{Gilks |Cleveland | 58 | 115 | .878 +12 |Burns |Baltimore | 47 | 120 | .833 + | |and | | | + | |Brooklyn | | | +13 |Cline |Kansas City| 26 | 46 | .826 +14 |Sullivan |Kansas City| 16 | 25 | .800 +15 |Stratton |Louisville | 23 | 37 | .730 + + +THIRD BASEMEN. + +Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. + | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. +----+---------+-----------+------+-------+-------- + 1 |Shindle |Baltimore | 135 | 606 | .919 + 2 |Pinkney |Brooklyn | 143 | 470 | .896 + 3 |Albert |Cleveland | 48 | 198 | .894 + 4 |Lyons |Athletic | 111 | 397 | .889 + 5 |Latham |St. Louis | 132 | 525 | .882 + 6 |Carpenter|Cincinnati | 135 | 491 | .878 + 7 |Raymond |Louisville | 31 | 129 | .876 + 8 |Davis |Kansas City| 114 | 576 | .849 + 9 |Werrick |Louisville | 89 | 321 | .822 +10 |Gilks |Cleveland | 26 | 109 | .798 +11 |McGlone |Cleveland | 48 | 198 | .793 + +RIGHT FIELDERS + +Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. + | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. +----+----------+-----------+------+-------+--------- + 1 |Hogan |Cleveland | 51 | 90 | .988 + 2 |McClellan |Brooklyn | 32 | 52 | .962 + | |and | | | + | |Cleveland | | | + 3 |Nicol |Cincinnati | 124 | 218 | .959 + 4 |Hamilton |Kansas City| 29 | 35 | .943 + 5 |Foutz |Brooklyn | 78 | 251 | .932 + 6 |McCarthy |St. Louis | 118 | 276 | .924 + 7 |Purcell |Athletic | 111 | 182 | .923 + | |and | | | + | |Baltimore | | | + 8 |Carruthers|Brooklyn | 31 | 80 | .900 + 8 |Cline |Kansas City| 44 | 80 | .900 + 9 |Poorman |Athletic | 85 | 134 | .896 +10 |Wolf |Louisville | 83 | 158 | .892 +11 |McTamany |Kansas City| 48 | 92 | .891 +12 |Goodfellow|Cleveland | 51 | 100 | .850 +13 |Kerins |Louisville | 35 | 61 | .820 + +CENTER FIELDERS. + +Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number |Chances |Per Cent. + | | |Games. |Offered |Accepted. +----+--------+-----------+-------+--------+--------- + 1 |Welch |Athletic | 135 | 309 | .968 + 2 |Corkhill|Cincinnati | 131 | 320 | .966 + | |and | | | + | |Brooklyn | | | + 3 |Gilks |Cleveland | 26 | 50 | .960 + 4 |Radford |Brooklyn | 84 | 208 | .947 + 5 |Griffin |Baltimore | 137 | 323 | .941 + 6 |McTamany|Kansas City| 68 | 206 | .932 + 7 |Lyons |St. Louis | 108 | 267 | .910 + 8 |Weaver |Louisville | 26 | 49 | .898 + 8 |Rowe |Kansas City| 32 | 68 | .897 + 9 |Browning|Louisville | 78 | 181 | .884 +10 |Hotaling|Cleveland | 97 | 200 | .875 +11 |Collins |Louisville | 24 | 61 | .852 + | |and | | | + | |Brooklyn | | | +12 |O'Connor|Cincinnati | 19 | 39 | .846 + +CLUB BATTING RECORD + + +Rank|Clubs |Number |Times |Runs|Number |Stolen|Per cent + | |of Games|at Bat| |of Base|Bases |B. H. to + | | | | |Hits | |A. B. +----+-----------+--------+------+----+-------+------+------ +1 |Athletic | 136 | 4801 | 828| 1262 | 568 | .263 +2 |St. Louis | 137 | 4753 | 790| 1188 | 526 | .250 +3 |Louisville | 137 | 4807 | 678| 1190 | 368 | .248 +4 |Brooklyn | 143 | 4868 | 757| 1183 | 413 | .243 +5 |Cincinnati | 136 | 4762 | 734| 1143 | 464 | .240 +6 |Cleveland | 134 | 4560 | 641| 1073 | 399 | .235 +7 |Baltimore | 137 | 4654 | 653| 1073 | 379 | .231 +8 |Kansas City| 132 | 4582 | 578| 1011 | 266 | .221 + +--------+------+----+-------+------+------ + |Total | 1092 |37787 |5659| 9123 | 3383 | .241 + + +CLUB FIELDING RECORD. + +Rank|Clubs |Number|Put |Assists.|Errors.|Total |Per c. + | |Of |Outs.| | |Chances |Chances + | |Games | | | |Offered.|Accepted. +----+------------+------+-----+--------+-------+--------+--------- + 1|Cincinnati | 136 | 3671| 2266 | 445 | 6382 | .940 + 2|Athletic | 136 | 3623| 2315 | 422 | 6360 | .934 + 3|St. Louis | 137 | 3635| 2092 | 432 | 6159 | .930 + 4|Baltimore | 137 | 3597| 2226 | 452 | 6269 | .928 + 5|Brooklyn | 143 | 3851| 2318 | 508 | 6677 | .924 + 6|{Kansas City| 132 | 3471| 2321 | 500 | 6292 | .921 + |{Cleveland | 134 | 3484| 2217 | 487 | 6188 | .921 + 7|Louisville | 137 | 3631| 2307 | 566 | 6504 | .913 + +-----+--------+-------+--------+------- + |Total | | 8963| 18056 | 3812 | 50831 | .927 + + +CHICAGO GAMES. + +The following is the record of the "Chicago" games played in the American +Association championship arena in 1888, games in which the defeated nine +fails to score a single run: + +CLUBS. | | | | | | | | K || + | | | | C | | | L | a || + | S | | | i | B | C | o | n || V + | t | B | A | n | a | l | u | s || i + | . | r | t | c | l | e | i | a || c + | | o | h | i | t | v | s | s || t + | L | o | l | n | i | e | v | || o + | o | k | e | n | m | l | i | C || r + | u | l | t | a | o | a | l | i || i + | i | y | i | t | r | n | l | t || e + | s | n | c | i | e | d | e | y || s + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . +-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++-- +St. Louis | --| 3| 2| 0| 2| 4| 1| 0||12 +Brooklyn | 1| --| 1| 1| 0| 3| 1| 1|| 8 +Athletic | 1| 1| --| 2| 2| 1| 1| 5||13 +Cincinnati | 1| 1| 1| --| 1| 2| 1| 2|| 9 +Baltimore | 0| 0| 1| 1| --| 0| 0| 1|| 3 +Cleveland | 1| 0| 0| 2| 1| --| 0| 2|| 6 +Louisville | 0| 2| 0| 1| 1| 2| --| 0|| 6 +Kansas City| 0| 2| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| --|| 4 + +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- +Defeats | 4| 9| 5| 7| 8| 12| 5| 11||61 + + +EXTRA INNINGS GAME. + +The ganes-victories, defeats and drawn-which required extra innings to be +played, were as follows: + +Clubs | | | | | | | | K || | + | | | | C | | | L | a || | + | S | | | i | B | C | o | n ||V | + | t | B | A | n | a | l | u | s ||I | + | . | r | t | c | l | e | i | a ||c | + | | o | h | i | t | v | s | s ||t | + | L | o | l | n | i | e | v | ||o | D + | o | k | e | n | m | l | i | C ||r | r + | u | l | t | a | o | a | l | I ||i | a + | i | y | i | t | r | n | l | t ||e | w + | s | n | c | i | e | d | e | y ||s | n + | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ||. | . +-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--+--- +St. Louis | --| 2| 2| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0|| 5| 2 +Brooklyn | 2| --| 2| 3| 0| 0| 2| 1||10| 2 +Athletic | 1| 1| --| 2| 1| 0| 2| 0|| 7| 2 +Cincinnati | 3| 2| 2| --| 1| 2| 1| 0||11| 2 +Baltimore | 2| 0| 0| 0| --| 0| 1| 0|| 3| 0 +Cleveland | 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| --| 0| 0|| 2| 1 +Louisville | 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0| --| 1|| 3| 1 +Kansas City| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| --|| 1| 0 + +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--+--- +Defeats | 8| 5| 9| 7| 3| 2| 6| 2||42| 10 + +The record of the series of games won and lost by each club with every +other club in the American Association championship arena in 1888 is as +follows: + + | | | | | | | | K || + | | | | C | | L | | a || + | | S | | i | B | o | C | n || + | B | t | A | n | a | u | l | s || + | r | . | t | c | l | i | e | a || + | o | | h | i | t | s | v | s || + | o | L | l | n | i | v | e | || + | k | o | e | n | m | i | l | C || + | l | u | t | a | o | l | a | i || + | y | I | i | t | r | l | n | t || + | n | s | c | i | e | e | d | y ||Series +Clubs | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ||Totals. +-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----++-------- + |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L. +-----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+----- +Brooklyn |--|--|10|10|12| 8|14| 6|12| 8|13| 8|16| 4|11| 9|| 6| 0 +St. Louis |10|10|--|--|10| 7|10| 8|15| 5|16| 4|16| 4|16| 4|| 4| 0 +Athletic | 8|12| 7|10|--|--|10|10|15| 5|15| 5|13| 7|11| 3|| 4| 1 +Cincinnati | 6|14| 8|10|10|10|--|--|14| 6|17| 3|10| 7|15| 4|| 3| 1 +Baltimore | 8|12| 5|15| 5|15| 6|14|--|--|11| 9|10| 9|11| 9|| 2| 4 +Louisville | 8|13| 4|16| 5|15| 3|17| 9|11|--|--| 8| 9|11| 6|| 1| 5 +Cleveland | 4|16| 4|16| 7|13| 7|10| 9|10| 9| 8|--|--| 9| 9|| 0| 3 +Kansas City| 9|11| 4|16| 3|14| 4|15| 9|11| 6|11| 9| 9|--|--|| 0| 6 + +The St. Louis, Brooklyn, Athletic and Cincinnati Clubs, each had one +series tied; while the Baltimore Club had four unfinished series; the St. +Louis and Cincinnati Clubs two each, and the Athletic, Baltimore, +Louisville and Kansas City Clubs one each, The Brooklyn Club playing their +full quota of scheduled games. + +THE YEARLY RECORD. + +The appended table gives the number of games won by all the clubs which +have competed for the American Association championship from 1882 to 1888 +inclusive: + + +Clubs |1882|1883|1884|1885|1886|1887|1888|Yrs.||Total + | | | | | | | | ||Vict'r's +------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----++--------- +St. Louis | 37| 65| 67| 79| 92| 94| 92| 7|| 526 +Cincinnati | 55| 62| 68| 63| 64| 80| 80| 7|| 472 +Athletic | 41| 66| 61| 55| 60| 64| 81| 7|| 428 +Baltimore | 19| 28| 63| 41| 48| 76| 57| 7|| 332 +Louisville | 42| 52| 68| 53| 66| 76| 48| 7|| 405 +Metropolitan| --| 54| 75| 44| 53| 43| --| 6|| 269 +Pittsburg | 39| 30| 30| 56| 78| --| --| 5|| 233 +Brooklyn | --| --| 40| 53| 76| 59| 88| 5|| 316 +Columbus | --| 32| 69| --| --| --| --| 2|| 104 +Cleveland | --| --| --| --| --| 38| 50| 2|| 88 +Indianapolis| --| --| 29| --| --| --| --| 1|| 29 +Washington | --| --| 12| --| --| --| --| 1|| 12 +Virginia | --| --| 12| --| --| --| --| 1|| 12 +Kansas City | --| --| --| --| --| --| 43| 1|| 43 +Toledo | --| --| 46| --| --| --| --| 1|| 46 + +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---------- +Total | 233| 389| 640| 444| 537| 530| 539| + +A COMPARATIVE RECORD. + +The following table gives the comparative figures of the League and the +Association in their Championship contests in 1888: + +Clubs |Vic.|Def |Pct. ||Clubs |Vic.|Def.|Pct. +-------------+----+----+------++-----------+----+----+------ +New York | 84 | 47 | .641 ||St. Louis | 92 | 43 | .681 +Chicago | 77 | 58 | .570 ||Brooklyn | 88 | 52 | .629 +Philadelphia | 69 | 61 | .531 ||Athletic | 82 | 52 | .612 +Boston | 70 | 64 | .522 ||Cincinnati | 80 | 54 | .597 +Detroit | 68 | 63 | .519 ||Baltimore | 57 | 81 | .413 +Pittsburg | 66 | 68 | .493 ||Cleveland | 50 | 82 | .379 +Indianapolis | 50 | 85 | .370 ||Louisville | 48 | 87 | .356 +Washington | 48 | 86 | .358 ||Kansas City| 43 | 89 | .328 + +NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN RECORDS. + +The New York League Club and the Brooklyn American Association Club +closed the first six years of their existence in 1888. The New York Club +joined the League in 1883, and won the championship in 1888. The principal +statistics of the club's work on the diamond field during that period is +shown in the appended table: + +Years |Won. |Lost.|Drawn.|Played.|Batting |Fielding + | | | | |Average.|Average +------+-----+-----+------+-------+--------+-------- +1883 | 46 | 50 | 2 | 98 | .256 | .825 +1884 | 62 | 50 | 4 | 116 | .257 | .816 +1885 | 85 | 27 | 0 | 112 | .269 | .866 +1886 | 75 | 44 | 5 | 124 | .269 | .853 +1887 | 68 | 55 | 6 | 129 | .331 | .886 +1888 | 84 | 47 | 7 | 138 | .240 | .918 + +-----+-----+------+-------+--------+------ +Totals| 420 | 273 | 24 | 717 | .270 | .860 + +During these six seasons the New Yorks played 398 games with the +Chicagos, Detroits, Bostons and Philadelphias, winning 223 and losing 175. +Of these four clubs the New Yorks found the Chicagos to be their strongest +opponents, and the Bostons their weakest. One hundred games were played +with each of the two clubs, the New Yorks winning sixty-one from Boston, +and only forty-one from Chicago. + +The Brooklyn Club began its career in 1883 by winning the championship of +the Interstate Association of that year, and in 1884 the club entered the +American Association. + +The following is the record of the Brooklyn Club's field work in the +first six years of its history: + +Years. |Victories.|Defeats.|Games |Drawn.|Pr. Ct. of + | | |Played.| |Champ. Victs. +---------+----------+--------+-------+------+------------ +1883 | 65 | 33 | 101 | 3 | .643 +1884 | 57 | 75 | 136 | 4 | .384 +1885 | 83 | 67 | 142 | 2 | .473 +1886 | 91 | 63 | 160 | 6 | .557 +1887 | 78 | 80 | 156 | 4 | .448 +1888 | 88 | 52 | 160 | 3 | .629 +Totals +----------+--------+-------+------+--------- +six years| 462 | 370 | 875 | 22 + +Each club won championship honors in but one season out of six, the +Brooklyns beginning by winning a pennant, and the New Yorkers ending with +championship honors. + +THE PHILADELPHIA CITY CHAMPIONSHIP. + +The Philadelphia League Club and the American Association Athletic Club +played a spring and fall exhibition game series for the professional +championship of Philadelphia, the result of which was a victory for the +American teams, as will be seen by the appended record: + +ATHLETIC VICTORIES. + +ATHLETIC VS. PHILADELPHIA. +------------------------------------- +DATE. PITCHERS. Score. +------------------------------------- +April 9 Seward, Gleason 4-2 +April 11 Seward, Sanders 15-4 +April 12 Weyhing Casey 7-1 +April 14 Seward, Gleason 3-1 +April 16 Weyhing, Tyng 13-7 +October 18 Seward, Sanders 8-5 +------------------------------------- + +PHILADELPHIA VICTORIES. + +PHILADELPHIA VS. ATHLETIC. +---------------------------------------- +DATE. PITCHERS. Score. +--------------------------------------- +April 13 Gleason, Mattimore 8-2 +April 17 Buffinton, Blair 7-1 +October 19 Casey, Weyhing 8-0 +October 20 Buffinton, Smith 12-0 + +THE EXHIBITION GAME CAMPAIGN. + +The experience of the season of 1888 in the playing of exhibition games +during the spring and fall between League and American Clubs, shows that +while the spring series prove attractive, owing to the desire of the +patrons of the game to see how the club teams of the two organizations +compare with each other in relative strength, preparatory to the opening +of the championship campaign in each arena; those played in the fall, +after the two championships have been decided, have ceased to draw paying +patronage. This decrease of interest in the fall exhibition games, too, +has been largely due to the introduction of the World's Championship +series, which now monopolize public interest after the regular +championship season has ended. It has been proposed to substitute a series +of regular championship matches, on the basis of the series of the world's +championship contests for the old time fall exhibition games, the plan in +question including not only games between the championship teams of the +League and the Association, but also between all the eight clubs of each +organization, so as to show which are the eight leading club teams of the +League, and the American Association. Had this plan been carried out in +1888, we should not only have had the interesting series between the two +champion teams of New York and St. Louis, but also those between Chicago +and Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Athletic, Boston and Cincinnati, Detroit +and Baltimore, Pittsburg and Cleveland, Indianapolis and Louisville, and +Washington and Kansas City. It is to be hoped that a grand test series of +games of this character will mark the closing professional campaign of +1889, for such a series would substitute very interesting championship +matches for October in the place of the unmeaning and useless exhibition +games of the past fall campaigns. + + +THE WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP. + +THE FULL RECORD OF THE SERIES. + +It has now become an established rule of the National League and the +American Association, to close each season with a supplementary +championship series of games between the teams of the two leading clubs +winning the respective championships of the two organizations each year, +to decide as to which of the two champion clubs is entitled to the honor +of being the champion club of the United States, and consequently the +world's champions in base ball. This supplementary series of games has +grown in importance each year since the inaugural trial games of 1884, +when a short series of games of this character took place on the Polo +Grounds in October, 1884, between the League championship team of the +Providence Club and the American championship team of the Metropolitan +Club. It was a short series of best two games of the three played, the +result being an easy victory for the League team, as the appended record +shows: + +THE SERIES OF 1884. + +Oct. 23, Providence vs. Metropolitan, at the Polo Grounds 6--0 +Oct. 24, Providence vs. Metropolitan, at the Polo Grounds 3--1 +Oct. 25, Providence vs. Metropolitan, at the Polo Grounds 12--2 +Total 21--3 + + +THE SERIES OF 1885. + +In 1885 the St. Louis Club first won the honors in the American pennant +race, and the Chicago team in that of the League, and in October of that +year the rival teams contested for the United States championship in a +series of best four out of seven games. Though the series was a far more +important one than that of 1884, still the rules governing the special +games were not what they should have been, and consequently the result was +not satisfactory, as a dispute, followed by a forfeited game, led to a +draw contest and an equal division of the gate receipts. + +In this series $1,000 was the prize competed for, and as neither team won +the series, each club received $500 of the prize money, each winning three +games after the first game had been drawn. The record of these games is +appended: + +Oct. 14, St, Louis vs. Chicago, at Chicago (8 innings) 5-5 +Oct. 15, Chicago vs. St. Louis, at St. Louis (6 innings) forfeited 5-4 +Oct. 16, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at St. Louis 7-4 +Oct. 17, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at St.Louis 3-2 +Oct. 22, Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Pittsburg (7 innings) 9-2 +Oct 23, Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Cincinnati 9-2 +Oct. 24, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at Cincinnati 13-4 + +Total victories for Chicago, 3: for St. Louis, 3, with one game drawn +Total runs scored by Chicago, 43: by St. Louis, 41. + + +THE SERIES OF 1886. + +In 1886 the Chicago and St. Louis club teams again won the championship +honors of their respective associations, and they again entered the lists +for the "world's championship," this series being best out of six games, +three being played at Chicago, and three at St. Louis; the winner of the +series taking ail the gate receipts. The result was the success of the St. +Louis team, the scores being as follows: + +Oct. 18, Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Chicago 6-0 +Oct. 19, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at Chicago (8 innings) 12-0 +Oct. 20, Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Chicago (8 innings) 11-4 +Oct. 21, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at St. Louis (7 innings) 8-5 +Oct. 22, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at St. Louis (6 innings) 10-3 +Oct. 23, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at St. Louis (10 innings) 4-3 + +Total runs for St. Louis, 38; for Chicago, 29. + + +THE SERIES OF 1887. + +In 1887 the world's championship series had become an established +supplementary series of contests, and in this year these contests excited +more interest than had previously been manifested in regard to them, the +demands made upon the two contesting teams--the Detroit champions of the +League and the St. Louis champions of the American Association--for a +game of the series from the large cities of the East and West being such +as to lead the two clubs to extend the series to one of best out of +fifteen games. These were played at St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago, and +Pittsburg in the W st, and at New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, +and Baltimore in the East. The series began in St. Louis, and the eighth +victory of the Detroits was won at Baltimore, St. Louis winning the last +game of the series at St. Louis. The record of the fifteen games, showing +the pitchers in each contest, is as follows: + +Date. |Contesting |Cities. |Pitchers. |Innings.|Score. + |Clubs. | | | | +-------+-------------+------------+--------------+--------+------ +Oct. 10|St. Louis v. |St. Louis |Carruthers, | 9 | 6-1 + | Detroit | |Getzein | | + " 11|Detroit v. |St. Louis |Conway, Foutz | 9 | 5-3 + | St. Louis | | | | + " 12| " " " |Detroit |Getzein, | 13 | 2-1 + | | |Carruthers | | + " 13| " " " |Pittsburg |Baldwin, King | 9 | 8-0 + " 14|St. Louis v. |Brooklyn |Carruthers, | 9 | 5-2 + | Detroit | |Conway | | + " 15|Detroit v. |New York |Getzein, Foutz| 9 | 9-0 + | St. Louis | | | | + " 17|" " " |Philadelphia|Baldwin, | 9 | 3-1 + | | |Carruthers | | + " 18| " " " |Boston |Baldwin, | 9 | 9-2 + | | |Carruthers | | + " 19| " " " |Philadelphia|Conway, King | 9 | 4-2 + " 21|St. Louis v. |Washington |Carruthers, | 9 | 11-4 + [1] | Detroit | |Getzein | | + " 21|Detroit v. |Baltimore |Baldwin, Foutz| 9 | 13-3 + [2] | St. Louis | | | | + " 22|" " " |Baltimore |Baldwin, Foutz| 9 | 13-3 + " 24|" " " |Detroit |Baldwin, | 9 | 6-3 + | | |Carruthers | | + " 25|" " " |Chicago |Getzein, King | 9 | 4-3 + " 26|St. Louis v. |St. Louis |Carruthers, | 6 | 9-2 + | Detroit | |Baldwin | | +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Footnote 1: A.M.] +[Footnote 2: P.M.] + + +THE SERIES OF 1888. + +The contest for the world's championship in 1888 was the most exciting +and important of any yet played; and the public attention given to the +series throughout the entire base ball world, was such as to show that it +would be a paying policy on the part of the League and the Association to +establish a supplementary championship season, to begin on the first of +October each year, the series of games to be played including not only +that for the world's championship, but also to include contests between +the other clubs of each organization so as to settle the question as to +which were the eight leading professional teams of the country. + +Prior to 1888 but three clubs had participated in the regular series, and +these were: St. Louis on the one hand, and Chicago (twice) and Detroit on +the other. In 1888, however, a new League candidate entered the field +against the St. Louis champions, and that was the New York club team, it +being the first time the two clubs had ever encountered each other. The +series arranged between the two clubs was one of ten games, the first six +victories to decide the contest. They were commenced at the Polo Grounds +on October 16, and the opening contest gave promise of a very interesting +series of games, and when the St. Louis team "Chicagoed" their League +adversaries the next day the interest in the matches doubled. But the +close of the first week's games left New York in the van with a credit of +four victories out of the five games played. The contest of the 19th took +place in Brooklyn, but the other four were played at the Polo Grounds, the +largest attendance of the whole series being that of Saturday, Oct. 20, +when the receipts exceeded $5,000. At the four games played at the Polo +Grounds the aggregate of receipts was $15,405, while the aggregate of +receipts at the four games at St. Louis, was but $5,612, less than that at +the Saturday game at the Polo Grounds the previous week. The game at +Brooklyn was marred by the bad weather, while that at Philadelphia was +dampened by the lead the New York team had previously attained. The series +virtually ended at St. Louis on October 25, when New York won their sixth +victory and the championship. After that Ward left the New York team to +join the Australian tourists, and the interest in the games ended, the +receipts falling off from $2,365 on October 25 to $411 on October 26. The +last game of the series was a mere ordinary exhibition game, Titcomb +pitching in four innings and Hatfield in four. The player's game on the +28th was even less attractive, the St. Louis team winning easily by 6 to +0, Keefe, Welch and George taking turns in the box for New York. The +record of the series in full is as follows: + + +Date. |Contesting |Cities. |Pitchers. |In's.|Scr. |Rec + |Clubs. | | | | | +-------+-------------+----------+------------+-----+------+ +Oct 16 |N. York v. |New York |Keefe | | | + | St. Louis | |King | 9 | 2-1 | $2,876 + " 17 |St. Louis v. | " " |Chamberlain | | | + | N. York | |Welch | 9 | 3-0 | 3,375 + " 18 |N. York v. | " " |Keefe | | | + | St. Louis | |King | 9 | 4-2 | 3,530 + " 19 | " " " |Brooklyn |Crane | | | + | | |Chamberlain | 9 | 6-3 | 1,502 + " 20 | " " " |New York |Keefe | | | + | | |King | 8 | 6-4 | 5,624 + " 22 | " " " |Phild'l'a |Welch | | | + | | |Chamberlain | 8 | 12-5 | 1,781 + " 24 |St. Louis v. |St. Louis |King | | | + | N. York | |Crane | 8 | 7-5 | 2,624 + " 25 |N. York v. | " " |King | | | + | St. Louis | |Chamberlain | 9 | 11-3 | 2,365 + " 26 |St. Louis v. | " " |King | | | + | N. York | |George | 10 | 14-11| 411 + " 27 | " " " | " " |Chamberlain,| | | + | | |Titcomb | 9 | 18-7 | 212 + Hatfeld, | +-------+-------------+----------+------------+-----+------+------------ +Total | | | | | | $24,362 +Total Runs--New York, 64; St. Louis, 60. + +Pitchers' Victories--Keefe, 4; Welch, 1; King, 2; Chamberlain, 2; Crane, 1. + +Pitchers' Defeats--Keefe, 0; Welch, 1; Crane, 1; Titcomb, 1; King, 3; +Chamberlain, 3. + + +THE STATISTICS OF THE GAMES. + +THE BATTING FIGURES. + +The batting figures of those of the New York team who played in five +games and over, are as follows: + +PLAYERS. |Games.|A.B.|R. |B.H.|S.B.|Per ct. + | | | | | |B.H. +-----------+------+----+---+----+----+------ +Ward | 8 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 6 | .393 +Ewing | 7 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 5 | .346 +Tiernan | 10 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 5 | .342 +O'Rourke | 10 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 3 | .333 +Whitney | 10 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 3 | .297 +Connor | 7 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 4 | .250 +Slattery | 10 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 5 | .205 +Richardson | 9 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .167 +------------------------------------------ + +Of those who played in less than five games, the batting figures were as +follows: + +PLAYERS. |Games.|A.B.|R. |B.H.|S.B.|Per cent. + | | | | | |B.H. + | | | | | | +---------+------+----+---+----+----+----- +Titcomb | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | O | .500 +Gore | 3 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .454 +Brown | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .375 +George | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .333 +Welch | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .286 +Hatfield | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .250 +Crane | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .143 +Murphy | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .100 +Keefe | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .090 +------------------------------------------ + +Of those of the St. Louis team who took part in five games and over, the +batting figures were as follows: + +PLAYERS. |Games.|A.B.| R. |B.H.|S.B.|Per cent. + | | | | | |B.H. +------------+------+----+----+----+----+------- +Milligan | 8 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .400 +Comiskey | 10 | 38 | 6 | 10 | 4 | .263 +Robinson | 10 | 38 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .263 +O'Neil | 10 | 38 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .263 +McCarthy | 10 | 41 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .244 +Latham | 10 | 41 | 10 | 9 | 10 | .219 +White | 10 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .143 +Lyons | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 +King | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .063 +Chamberlain | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 +--------------------------------------------- + +Of those who played in less than five games, the batting figures were as +follows: + +PLAYERS.|Games.|A.B.|R. |B.H.|S.B.|Per ct. + | | | | | |B.H. +--------+------+----+---+----+----+------- +Boyle | 4 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | .375 +Herr | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 +Devlin | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 + +THE PITCHERS' FIGURES + +The pitchers' figures showing their work in the box, are as follows: + +NEW YORK. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +PLAYERS. |Games.|At |Runs.|Earned|Hits.|Totals.|Wild |Struck |Bases + | |Bat. | |Runs. | | |Pitches.|Out. |on + | | | | | | | | |Balls. +---------+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-------+--------+-------+------- +Keefe | 4 | 123 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 9 +Welch | 2 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 +Crane | 2 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 6 + +------+-----+-----+------+-----+-------+--------+-------+---- +Total | 8 | 241 | 28 | 7 | 42 | 50 | 4 | 47 | 21 +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ST. LOUIS. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-- +PLAYERS. |Games.|At |Runs.|Earned|Hits.|Totals.|Wild |Struck |Bases + | |Bat. | |Runs. | | |Pitches.|Out. |on + | | | | | | | | |Balls. +-----------+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-------+--------+-------+----- +-- +King | 5 | 137 | 25 | 8 | 34 | 43 | 2 | 11 | 9 +Chamberlain| 4 | 210 | 43 | 22 | 64 | 94 | 7 | 14 | 20 + +------+-----+-----+------+-----+-------+--------+-------+----- +--- +Total | 10 | 347 | 68 | 30 | 98 | 137 | 9 | 25 | 29 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- + +In the fielding figures of pitchers the assistances on strikes were mixed +up with the fielding assistances which rendered them useless. + +The record of the batting and fielding of the two club teams as a whole, +is as follows: + +CLUB BATTING. +CLUBS. |Games.|At Bat.|Runs.|Base |S.B.|Average. + | | | |Hits.| | +----------+------+-------+-----+-----+----+-------- +New York | 10 | 366 | 64 | 96 | 37 | .289 +St. Louis | 10 | 333 | 61 | 73 | 26 | .219 + + +CLUBS. |Games | P.O. | A. | E.|Total |Per Cent + | | | | |Chances.|Accepted. +----------+------+------+----+---+--------+-------- +New York | 10 | 213 | 174| 40| 427| .906 +St. Louis | 10 | 249 | 157| 42| 449| .906 + +THE FINANCIAL RECORD. + +The appended figures showing the gate receipts of each day in +each city, are as follows: + +Where Played.|When Played. |Receipts. +-------------+---------------------+---------- +New York City|Tuesday, October 16 | $2,876.50 + |Wednesday, October 17| 3,375.50 + |Thursday, October 18 | 3,530.00 +Brooklyn |Friday, October 19 | 1,562.00 +New York City|Saturday, October 20 | 5,624.50 +Philadelphia |Monday, October 22 | 1,781.60 + |Wednesday, October 24| 2,024.00 +St. Louis |Thursday, October 25 | 2,365.00 + |Friday, October 26 | 411.00 + |Saturday, October 27 | 212.00 + +----------- +Total | $24,362.10 +Total expenses | 8,000.00 +Total amount divided | 16,362.10 +Fifty per cent. each amounted to | 8,181.05 + +Of the New York's share of the receipts, $200 was paid to each of their +eighteen players, reducing the club's profits by some $3,600. The general +expense account includes traveling expenses and advertising for both +clubs. The following table shows the figures for the series between St. +Louis and Detroit in 1887: + +RECEIPTS.--At St. Louis, $9,000; Detroit, $6,750; Pittsburgh, $2,300; +Brooklyn, $5,800; New York, $4,100; Philadelphia, $8,000; Washington, +$800; Boston, $3,100; Baltimore, $2,000; Chicago, $200; total $42,000. The +expenses of the trip was $18,000, leaving a balance of $24,000. This was +divided evenly, so that St. Louis received $12,000 and Detroit $12,000. + +The St. Louis papers complimented the visiting New York team highly. In +fact, the St. Louis _Post-Dispatch_ said that no more gentlemanly +appearing or behaving set of men belonging to a ball club ever played in +St. Louis. Messrs. Von der Ahe and the secretary of his club, Mr. George +Munson, did everything in their power for the visiting newspaper men. + +THE FIELDING FIGURES. + +NEW YORK. +PLAYERS. |Positions.|Games.|Fielding + | | |Average. +-----------+----------+------+-------- +Ewing |C | 7| .875 +Brown |C | 2| 1.000 +Murphy |C | 3| .759 +Connor |1B | 7| .975 +Richardson |2B | 9| .978 +Whitney |3B | 10| .862 +Ward |S S | 8| .919 +O'Rourke |L F | 10| .955 +Slattery |C F | 10| .826 +Tiernan |R F | 10| .783 + +ST. LOUIS. +PLAYERS. |Positions.|Games.|Fielding + | | |Average. +---------+----------+------+------- +Milligan |C | 8| .932 +Comiskey |1B | 10| .966 +Robinson |2B | 10| .891 +Latham |3B | 10| .923 +White |S S | 10| .796 +O'Neill |L F | 10| .885 +Lyons |C F | 5| .941 +McCarthy |R F | 10| .765 + +THE AMERICAN PENNANT HOLDERS OF +1886, 1887 AND 1888. + +An interesting chapter of American club history is the record made by the +four leading clubs of the Association in their games together during the +seasons of 1886, 1887 and 1888. In each year the St. Louis Club occupied +the leading position at the end of the season, while the other three +followed close after the champions. Here is the record of 1886: + +1886. |St. Louis.|Brooklyn.|Athletic.|Cincinnati.||Won. +----------+----------+---------+---------+-----------++----- +St. Louis | --| 13| 15| 15|| 43 +Brooklyn | 7| --| 12| 13|| 32 +Athletic | 5| 7| --| 10|| 22 +Cincinnati| 5| 7| 10| --|| 22 + +----------+---------+---------+-----------++--- +Lost | 17| 27| 37| 38|| 119 + +It will be seen that while St. Louis led in 1886 Brooklyn stood second, +with the Athletics third, and Cincinnati fourth. The record of 1887 is +appended: + +1887. |Cincinnati.|Brooklyn.|Athletic.|St. Louis.||Won. +-----------+-----------+---------+---------+----------++----- +Cincinnati | --| 12| 11| 13|| 36 +St. Louis | 6| --| 12| 16|| 34 +Athletic | 9| 8| --| 8|| 25 +Brooklyn | 4| 4| 10| --|| 18 + +-----------+---------+---------+----------++--- +Lost | 19| 24| 33| 37|| 113 + +This year, though St. Louis won the pennant, it will be seen that in +their games together Cincinnati held the lead, the Athletics being second, +the St. Louis third and Brooklyn last, the season being a very hard one +for Brooklyn through the drinking habits of the players, which the +management failed to repress. The record for 1888 is as follows: + +1888. |Brooklyn.|St. Louis.|Athletic.|Cincinnati.||Won. +-----------+-----------+---------+---------+----------++----- +Brooklyn | --| 10| 12| 14|| 36 +St. Louis | 10| --| 10| 9|| 29 +Athletic | 7| 8| --| 10|| 25 +Cincinnati | 7| 6| 10| --|| 23 + +-----------+---------+---------+----------++----- +Lost | 24| 24| 32| 33|| 113 + +Last season, it will be seen, that while St. Louis again won the pennant, +in their games together Brooklyn took the lead, St. Louis being second, +the Athletics third, and Cincinnati last. + + +EAST vs. WEST. + +THE LEAGUE GAMES. + +The contests between the four clubs of the East and the four of the West +in the League in 1888 ended in favor of the East, as will be seen by the +appended record: + +EAST VS. WEST. + + +CLUBS. | | | | I || | G | + | | | | n || | a | + | | | P | d || | m | P + | | | i | i || G | e | e + | | | t | a || a | s | r + | C | D | t | n || m | | c + | h | e | s | a || e | P | e + | I | t | b | p || s | l | n + | c | r | u | o || | a | t + | a | o | r | l || W | y | a + | g | i | g | i || o | e | g + | o | t | h | s || n | d | e + | . | . | . | . || . | . | . +------------+---+---+---+---++----+---+--- +Philadelphia| 10| 7| 14| 13|| 44| 73|.693 +New York | 8| 11| 10| 14|| 43| 73|.589 +Boston | 7| 10| 10| 11|| 38| 75|.567 +Washington | 6| 7| 9| 8|| 30| 76|.359 + ----+---+---+---++----+---+ +Games lost | 31| 35| 43| 46|| 155|297| + +WEST VS. EAST. + +CLUBS. | P | | | || | G | + | h | | | || | a | + | i | | | W || | m | P + | l | | | a || G | e | e + | a | N | | s || a | s | r + | d | e | | h || m | | c + | e | w | B | i || e | P | e + | l | | o | n || s | l | n + | p | Y | s | g || | a | t + | h | o | t | t || W | y | a + | i | r | o | o || o | e | g + | a | k | n | n || n | d | e + | . | . | . | . || . | . | . +------------+---+---+---+---++----+---+----- +Chicago | 8| 11| 12| 13|| 44| 76|.587 +Detroit | 11| 7| 8| 11|| 37| 72|.614 +Pittsburg | 6| 1| 8| 10|| 31| 74|.419 +Indianapolis| 4| 5| 9| 12|| 30| 76|.305 + +---+---+---+---++----+---+ +Games lost | 29| 30| 37| 46|| 142|297| + +It will be seen that the four Eastern clubs won 155 victories to 142 by +the four Western clubs. + +THE AMERICAN GAMES. + +The struggle between the East and the West in the American arena in 1888 +resulted as follows: + +EAST VS. WEST. + +CLUBS. | | | K | || | G | + | | C | a | L || | a | + | S | i | n | o || | m | P + | t | n | s | u || G | e | e + | . | c | a | i || a | s | r + | | i | s | s || m | | c + | L | n | | v || e | P | e + | o | n | C | i || s | l | n + | u | a | i | l || | a | t + | i | t | t | l || W | y | a + | s | i | y | e || o | e | g + | . | . | . | . || n | d | e + | | | | || . | . | . +----------+---+---+---+---++----+----+----- +Athletic | 7| 10| 14| 15|| 46| 74|.622 +Brooklyn | 10| 14| 11| 13|| 48| 80|.600 +Baltimore | 6| 6| 11| 11|| 34| 79|.430 +Cleveland | 4| 7| 10| 9|| 30| 73|.411 + +---+---+---+---++----+----+ +Games lost| 27| 37| 40| 48|| 158| 306| + + +WEST VS. EAST. + +CLUBS. | | | | || | G | + | | | | || | a | + | | | | || | m | P + | | | B | C || G | e | e + | A | B | a | l || a | s | r + | t | r | l | e || m | | c + | h | o | t | v || e | P | e + | l | o | i | e || s | l | n + | e | k | m | l || | a | t + | t | l | o | a || W | y | a + | i | y | r | n || o | e | g + | c | n | e | d || n | d | e + | . | . | . | . || . | . | . +------------+---+---+---+---++----+----+----- +St. Louis | 10| 10| 14| 16|| 50| 77|.649 +Cincinnati | 10| 6| 14| 10|| 40| 77|.519 +Kansas City | 3| 9| 8| 9|| 29| 75|.387 +Louisville | 5| 7| 9| 8|| 29| 77|.377 + +---+---+---+---++----+----+----- +Games lost | 28| 32| 45| 43|| 148| 306| + +It will be seen that the East won by 158 to 148. + + +PHENOMENAL CONTEST. + +The most noteworthy contest of the season in the League championship +arena in 1888, was the game played at the Polo Grounds on September 4, +between the New York and Philadelphia teams. In this game eleven innings +had been completed without either side being able to score a single run +when sunset obliged the umpire to call the game on account of darkness. +The turnstile count showed that 9,505 people had passed through the gates. + +It was a pitchers' contest from start to finish, both Keefe and Sanders +doing great work in the curving line. But ten base hits were made in the +eleven innings, six against Sanders and but four against Keefe. O'Rourke, +Richardson and Andrews led the little batting that was done. + +The fielding play was of a phenomenal order, brilliant stops, catches and +throws occurring in every inning, and being loudly applauded. + +The Philadelphians all but had the game in the tenth inning, but over +anxiety lost them the chance. Farrar was on third and might have scored on +Mulvey's fly to Slattery. He left the base, however, before the ball was +caught, and was promptly declared out. The score was: + +NEW YORK. + | T.| R.| B.| P.| A.| E. +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+--- +Slattery, cf | 5| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0 +Ewing, c | 5| 0| 0| 8| 3| 0 +Tiernan, rf | 5| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0 +Connor, 1b | 3| 0| 0| 15| 0| 0 +Ward, ss | 4| 0| 0| 2| 3| 1 +Richardson, 2b| 4| 0| 2| 3| 2| 0 +Whitney, 3b | 3| 0| 1| 1| 5| 1 +O'Rourke, lf | 4| 0| 2| 1| 1| 0 +Keefe, p | 4| 0| 1| 1| 10| 0 + +---+---+---+---+---+--- +Totals | 37| 0| 6| 33| 25| 2 + +PHILADELPHIA. + | T.| R.| B.| P.| A.| E. +-------------+---+---+---+---+---+--- +Andrew, 3 cf | 5| 0| 2| 1| 0| 0 +Fogarty, rf | 4| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0 +Farrar, 1b | 4| 0| 0| 12| 1| 0 +Delahanty, lf| 4| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0 +Mulvey, 3b | 4| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0 +Sanders, p | 4| 0| 0| 1| 7| 0 +Schriver, c | 4| 0| 1| 9| 4| 0 +Irwin, ss | 4| 0| 0| 5| 4| 0 +Bastian, 1b | 3| 0| 0| 2| 3| 0 + + +---+---+---+---+---+--- +Totals | 36| 0| 4| 33| 18| 0 + + +Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0 +NewYork 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0 + +Two-base hit--O'Rourke. Double plays--Keefe and Connor, Farrar and +Sanders. First base on balls--Connor, Whitney, Bastain. First base on +errors--Philadelphia, 1. Struck out--Tiernan, Whitney, Keefe, 2; Andrews, +Fogarty, 2: Delehanty, Mulvey, Sanders, Schriver, Irwin. Wild pitches-- +Keefe, 2; Sanders, 1. Time--Two hours. Umpire--Kelly. + +REMARKABLE EVENTS. + +LONGEST GAME.--Played at Boston May 11, 1877, between the Harvard College +nine and the Manchester professional team, twenty-four innings, score 0 to +0. + +BEST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.--Played August 17, 1882, at Providence, +between the Providence and Detroit teams, eighteen innings, score 1 to 0-- +_seventeen innings without a run!_ + +NEXT BEST LEAGUE CLUB GAME.--Played at St. Louis on May 1, 1877, between +the St. Louis team and the Syracuse Stars, fifteen innings, score 0 to 0-- +a drawn match. + +BEST INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION GAME.--Played May 7, 1878, at Lynn, Mass., +between the Live Oak team of Lynn, and the Crickets of Binghamton, fifteen +innings, score 1 to 0. + +BEST JUNIOR GAME.--Played at Hoboken, August 19, 1878, fifteen innings, +score 1 to 0. + +SHORTEST GAME.--Excelsior vs. Field in Brooklyn on Excelsior's grounds, +in May, 1861--50 minutes, 9 innings. + +LONGEST THROW.--By John Hatfield, made at Union Grounds, Brooklyn, Oct. +15, 1872. Distance 133 yards, 1 foot, 7 inches-- over 400 feet. + +GREATEST SCORE.--In match between the Niagara Club, of Buffalo, and a +visiting nine at Buffalo in 1864, score 202 to 26. + +THE THROWING CONTESTS RECORDS. + +The longest throw of a baseball on record up to 1872 was that made in +1868 by John Hatfield, then a member of the Cincinnati team, he then +throwing a ball 132 yards. In October, 1872, a throwing contest took place +on the old Union ball grounds, Brooklyn, in which John Hatfield--then of +the Mutuals--threw the ball 133 yds, 1 ft 7-1/2 in., the distance being +officially measured. The contest was also participated in by Andy Leonard, +whose record was 119 yds. 1 ft. 10 in.; George Wright, 117 yds. 1 ft. 1 +in.; Billy Boyd, 115 yds. 1 ft. 7 in.; Fisler, 112 yds. 6 in., and Anson, +110 yds. 6 in. This throw of Hatfield's--over 400 ft.--has never been +equaled in any regular throwing contest. + +On September 9, 1882, a throwing match took place on the Chicago ball +grounds between E. Williamson of the Chicago Club and Pfeffer of the +Troys. Three trials were had and Pfeffer's best throw was 132 yards and 5 +inches. Williamson's best throw was 132 yards, 1 foot, or four feet seven +and one half inches short of Hatfield's champion throw. + +In 1884, while connected with the Boston Union Association Club, Ed +Crane, while in Cincinnati October 12 of that year, was credited with +throwing a baseball 135 yards, 1 foot, and 1/2 inch, and also again at St. +Louis on October 19, he was credited with throwing a ball 134 yards, 5 +inches. But the circumstances attendant upon both trials were not such as +to warrant an official record, so the _Clipper_ says, through its editor +for 1888, Mr. A. H. Wright, in his answer to a query on the subject. At +any rate, Crane has not since reached such figures, and he is as swift a +thrower now as ever. + +The throwing contest which took place at Cincinnati in 1888, at intervals +through the summer and fall, failed to result in the record being beaten, +though some very good long distance throwing was done, as will be seen by +the appended record: + +Rank| PLAYERS. |CLUB. | Distance Thrown. +----+------------+-----------+------------------ + 1 | Williamson |Chicago | 399 feet 11 inches. + 2 | Griffin |Baltimore | 372 " 8 " + 3 | Stovey |Athletic | 369 " 2 " + 4 | Vaughn |Louisville | 366 " 9 " + 5 | Burns |Brooklyn | 364 " 6 " + 6 | O'Brien |Brooklyn | 361 " 5 " + 7 | Collins |Brooklyn | 354 " 6 " + 8 | Tebeau |Cincinnati | 353 " 0 " + 9 | Gilks |Cleveland | 343 " 11 " +10 | Reilly |Cincinnati | 341 " 6 " +11 | Brennan |Kansas City| 339 " 6 " +12 | Stricker |Cleveland | 337 " 8 " +13 | Foutz |Brooklyn | 335 " 4 " +14 | Davis |Kansas City| 333 " 6 " +15 | O'Connor |Cincinnati | 330 " 0 " +16 | McTamany |Kansas City| 327 " 6 " + +When Williamson threw, the grounds were slippery, but he managed to +easily win the $100 prize money and diamond locket. One hundred and thirty- +three yards eight inches, was the distance Williamson threw, and he would +have done still better and beaten Hatfield's throw, had the conditions +been more favorable. + +The best throw of a cricket ball on record is that of W. F. Torbes, of +Eton College, England, in March, 1876, the distance foeing 132 yards. + +The longest throw of a lacrosse ball is that made by W. B. Kenny, at +Melbourne, Australia, in September, 1886, the ball being thrown from his +lacrosse stick 446 feet. The longest in America was that of Ross McKenzie, +in Montreal, on October, 1882, he throwing the ball 422 feet. + +THE TRIP TO ENGLAND IN 1874. + +Mr. Spalding made an effort to introduce base ball in England in 1874, +but the experiment proved to be a costly one financially, and it did not +result favorably in popularizing the American game in England. The two +teams who visited England in July, 1874, included the following players of +the Boston and Athletic clubs of that year: + +BOSTON. POSITIONS. ATHLETIC. +------------------------------------------------- +James White Catcher James E. Clapp. +A.G. Spalding Pitcher James D. McBride. +James O'Rourke First Base West D. Fisler. +Ross C. Barnes Second Base Joseph Battin. +Henry Shafer Third Base Edward B. Sutton. +George Wright Short Stop M.H. McGeary. +And. J. Leonard Left Field Albert W. Gedney. +Harry Wright Center Field James F. McMullen. +Col. C. McVey Right Field A.C. Arisen. +George W. Hall Substitute Al. J. Reach. +Thomas L. Beals Substitute J.P. Sensenderfer. +Sam Wright, Jr Substitute Thomas Murnan.[A] + +[**Proofreaders note A: "Murnan" might be a typo, as it appears as +"Murnam" later on the page.] + +The record of the games played in England on the trip is as follows: + +DATE. |CONTESTING CLUBS. |CITIES. |PITCHERS. |SCORES. +-------+-------------------+----------+----------+------- +July 30|Athletic vs. Boston|Liverpool |McBride, | + | | |Spalding | + | | |10in. | 14-11 + " 31|Boston vs. Athletic| " |Spalding, | + | | |McBride | 23-18 +Aug. 1 |Athletic vs. Boston|Manchester|McBride, | + | | |Spalding | 13-12 + " 3 |Boston vs. Athletic|London |Spalding, | + | | |McBride | 24-7 + " 6 | " " " | " |Spalding, | + | | |McMullen | 14-11 + " 8 |Athletic vs. Boston|Richmond |McBride, | + | | |Spalding | 11-3 + " 10|Boston vs. Athletic|Crystal |Spalding, | + | | Pal. |McBride | 17-8 + " 11|Athletic vs. Boston| " |McBride, | + | | |Spalding | 19-8 + " 13|Boston vs. Athletic|Kensington|Spalding, | + | | |McBride | 16-6 + " 14|Spalding's Nine vs.| " |Spalding, | + |McMullen's Nine | |McMullen | 14-11 + " 15|Boston vs. Athletic|Sheffield | " , " | 19-8 + " 17| " " " | " | " , " | 18-17 + " 20|Athletic vs. Boston|Manchester|McBride, | + | | |Spalding | 7-2 + " 24|Boston vs. Athletic|Dublin |Spalding, | + | | |McBride | 12-7 + " 25|Athletic vs. Boston| " |McMullen, | + | | |H. Wright | 13-4 + +Boston victories 8, Athletic victories 6. + +In the percentage of base hits of those who played in a majority of the +games on the Boston side McVey led with .435, Leonard being second, with +.418, and George Hall third, with .364, Barnes, O'Rourke, Schafer, Harry +and George Wright and Spalding following in order. On the Athletic side +Anson led with .437, McGeary being second, with .388, and McMullen third, +with .367. McBride, Clapp, Murnam, Sutter, Gedner and Battin following in +order, the latter having a percentage of .323. Sensenderfer only played in +9 games, Kent in 8, Fisler in 5, and Beals in 4. All the others played in +10 games and over. + +In the description of the players of the team given in the London papers +at the time of their visit the following paragraph appeared, quoted from +Mr. Chadwick's comments in the _Clipper_: + +"Spalding is justly regarded as one of the most successful of the +strategic class of pitchers. In judgment, command of the ball, pluck, +endurance, and nerve, in his position he has no superior; while his +education and gentlemanly qualities place him above the generality of base- +ball pitchers. As a batsman he now equals the best of what are called +'scientific' batsmen--men who use their heads more than their muscle in +handling the ash. His force in delivery is the success with which he +disguises a change of pace from swift to medium, a great essential in +successful pitching. Spalding is a thorough representative of the spirited +young men of the Western States, he being from Illinois." + +Of George Wright the same writer said: "George Wright is generally +regarded as a model base-ball player, especially in his responsible +position of short-stop; and until he injured his leg he had no equal in +the position. He is a jolly, good-natured youth full of life and spirit, +up to all the dodges of the game, and especially is he noted for his sure +catching of high balls in the infield, and for his swift and accurate +throwing. At the bat, too, he excels; while as a bowler, fielder, and +batsman, in cricket, he ranks with the best of American cricketers. He +comes of real old English stock, his father being a veteran English +cricketer, and formerly the professional of the St. George Cricket Club of +New York." + +Besides the base-ball matches played during the tour, the following table +shows what the two clubs combined did on the cricket field, against the +strongest players of London, Sheffield, Manchester and Dublin. The sides +in each contest were eighteen Americans against twelve British cricketers: + + |AMERICANS vs. |AMERICANS. |OPPONENTS. +-----------+-------------------+----------------+------------ + | |1st.|2d. |Total|1st.|2d. ||Total +-----------+-------------------+----+----+-----+----+----++------ +Aug. 3,4 |12 Marylebone | 107| ---| 107 | 105| ---|| 105 + |Club on Ground at | | | | | || + |Lords | | | | | || +Aug. 6,7 |11 Prince's C. C. | 110| ---| 110 | 21| 39|| 60 + |at Prince's | | | | | || +Aug. 8 |13 Richmond C at | 45| ---| 45 | 108| ---|| 108 + |Richmond[1] | | | | | || +Aug. 13,14 |11 Surrey C. S. at | 100| 111| 211 | 27| 2|| 29 + |Ovalt[2] | | | | | || +Aug. 15,17 |12 Sheffield, at | 130| ---| 130 | 43| 45|| 88 + |Sheffield | | | | | || +Aug. 20, 21|11 Manchester, at | 121| 100| 221 | 42| 53|| 95 + |Manchester | | | | | || +Aug. 24, 25|11 All Ireland, at | 71| 94| 165 | 47| 32|| 79 + |Dublin |____|____|_____|____|____||____ + |Totals | 684| 305| 989 | 393| 171 || 564 + +[Footnote 1: Unfinished innings, only six wickets down.] +[Footnote 2: Second innings unfinished, only four wickets down.] + +The ball players did not lose a single game, and had the best of it in +the games which were drawn from not having time to put them out. The trip +cost the two clubs over $2,000, exclusive of the amount received at the +gate. In fact, the Britishers did not take to the game kindly at all. + +To show what the All England eleven could do in the way of playing base +ball, the score of a game played in Boston in October, 1868, after the +All England eleven had played their cricket match there, is given below: + +American Nine 3 2 0 0 1 6 3 5 0 || 20 +English Cricketers' Nine 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 4 + +George Wright pitched for the cricketers, the nine including Smith c; +Tarrant 1b; Peeley 2b; Shaw 3b; Humphrey ss; Jupp lf; Clarkwood cf, and +Rowbotham rf. + +The American nine was a weak picked nine, including O'Brien--a Boston +cricketer--and Archy Buch, of Harvard, as the battery; Shaw, Barrows and +Lowell on the bases; Pratt as short stop, and Smith Rogers and Conant in +the out field. + +In all the base-ball games in which the English professional cricketers +took part during their visits to America from 1859 to 1880, they failed to +begin to equal in their ball play the work done by the ball players in +cricket in England. + + * * * * * + +THE GREAT BASE BALL TRIP AROUND THE +WORLD IN 1888-'89. + +[Illustration: ALL AMERICA. +BROWN FOGARTY CARROLL WARD HEALY HANLON WOOD CRANE MANNING EARLE.] + +[Illustration: CHICAGO TEAM.] + +The greatest historical event recorded in the annals of the national game +was undoubtedly the journey to Australia, which began in November, 1888, +and ended in March, 1889, on a trip around the world. While in 1874 Mr. A. +G. Spalding was the _avant cornier_ of the visiting party of base ball +players to England, and also one of the most prominent of the victorious +team players; in 1888 Mr. Spalding was the originator of the trip, the +master spirit of the remarkable enterprise, and the leader of the band of +base ball missionaries to the antipodes. Of course, in recording the +Australian trip in the GUIDE for 1889, only a cursory glance can be taken +of the trip, as it would require a volume of itself to do the tour +justice. Suffice it to say that the pluck, energy and business enterprise +which characterized the unequaled event reflected the highest credit not +only on Mr. Albert G. Spalding, as the representative spirit of Western +business men, but also on the American name in every respect, and it did +for the extension of the popularity of our national game in six short +months what as many years of effort under ordinary circumstances would +have failed to do. + +The party of tourists which started on their journey to Australia on +October 20, 1888, met with an enthusiastic welcome on their route to San +Francisco, and in that city they were given a reception on their arrival +and a send-off on their departure for Australia, unequaled in the history +of the game on the Pacific coast. The record of the series of games played +by the two teams--Chicago and All America--en route to San Francisco and +while in that city, is appended: + +DATE |CLUBS. |CITIES. |PITCHERS. |SCORE. +-------+------------+--------------+----------------+------- +Oct. 20|Chicago vs. |Chicago |Spalding, | 11--6 + |America. | |Hutchinson | + " 21|" " "|St. Paul |Baldwin, Healy | 8--5 + " 22|" " "|Minneapolis |Baldwin, Duryca | 1--0 + " 22|America vs. | " |Van Haltren, | 6--3 + |Chicago. | |Tener | + " 23|Chicago vs. |Cedar Rapids |Tener, | 6--5 + |America. | |Hutchinson | + " 24|America vs. |Des Moines |Hutchinson, | 3--2 + |Chicago. | |Baldwin. | + " 25|" " "|Omaha |Healy, Ryan | 12--2 + " 26|Chicago vs. |Hastings |Baldwin, | 8--4 + |America. | | Van Haltren | + " 27|" " "|Denver |Tener, Healy | 16--2 + " 28|America vs. | " |Crane, Baldwin | 9--8 + |Chicago. | | | + " 29|Chicago vs. |Colorado |Ryan, Healy | 3--9 + |America. | Spr's | | + " 31|America vs. |Salt Lake |Crane, Tener | 19--3 + |Chicago. | City | | +Nov. 1|" " " | " " " |Healy, Baldwin | 10--3 + " 4|" " " |San Francisco.| " " | 4--4 + " 11|" " " | " " |Van Haltren, | 9--6 + | | |Tener | + " 14|Chicago vs. |Los Angeles |Baldwin, Healy | 5--0 + |America. | | | + " 15|America vs. | " " |Crane, Tener | 7--4 + |Chicago. | | | + +The teams, when they left San Francisco on November 18, 1888, included +the following players: + +CHICAGO TEAM. +A. C. Anson, Capt. and 1st baseman. +N. F. Pfeffer, 2d baseman. +Thos. Burns, 3d baseman. +E. N. Williamson, .short stop. +M. Sullivan, left fielder. +Jas. Ryan, center fielder. +R. Pettitt, right fielder. +Thos. P. Daly, catcher. +J. K. Tener, .pitcher. +M. Baldwin, pitcher. + +ALL AMERICA TEAM. +J. M. Ward, Capt. and short stop. +G. A. Wood, 1st baseman. +H. C. Long, 2d baseman. +H. Manning, 3d baseman. +J. Fogarty, left fielder. +E. Hanlon, center fielder. +J. C. Earl, right fielder. +F. H. Carroll, catcher. +John Healy, pitcher. +F. N. Crane, pitcher. + +Earl also acted as change catcher. The All America team included players +from the League clubs of New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Pittsburg and +Indianapolis, and from the American Association clubs of Cincinnati and +Kansas City. Mr. Spalding stood at the head of the tourist party, with Mr. +Leigh S. Lynch as his business manager, and H. H. Simpson as assistant, +Mr. J. K. Tener being the treasurer and cashier. + +The record of the games played by the two teams with outside clubs en +route to San Francisco and in California is as follows: + +DATE. |CLUBS. |CITIES. |PITCHERS. |SCORE. +-------+--------------------+-------------+---------------+------- +Oct. 21|St. Paul vs. Chicago|St. Paul |Duryea, Tener | 8-5 +Nov. 6|Haverly vs. America |San Francisco|Anderson, Crane| 12-5 + " 8|Chicago vs. Stockton|Stockton |Tener, Harper | 2-2 + " 8|Pioneer vs. America |San Francisco|Purcell, Healy | 9-4 + " 9|America vs. Stockton|Stockton |Crane, Baker | 16-1 + " 10|Chicago vs. Haverly |San Francisco|Baldwin Inal | 6-1 + +While en route to Australia the tourists stopped at Honolulu, where they +were given a public reception, by King Kalakaua, but their first game +played after they had left California was at Auckland, where they first +realized what a cordial reception the Australians had prepared for them. +On their arrival at Sydney, and afterward at Melbourne, the hearty welcome +accorded them, not only as ball players but as representatives of the +great Western Republic, was such as to surpass all their anticipations, +the heartiness of the greeting, the boundless hospitality and the crowded +attendance at their games imparting to their visit a brilliancy of success +which fully remunerated Mr. Spalding for all the pecuniary risks he had +incurred by the trip. It was originally intended to have made the tour of +the colonies a more extended one than was afterward found possible, and so +the sojourn of the players on the Australian continent ended sooner than +anticipated, only four cities being visited, instead of eight or ten, as +laid out. The record of the games played in Australia is as follows: + +DATE. |CLUBS. |CITIES. |PITCHERS. |Score. +-------+-------------------+---------+--------------+------- +Dec. 10|Chicago vs. America|Auckland |Baldwin, Crane| 22-13 + " 15|America vs. Chicago|Sydney |Healy, Tener | 5-4 + " 17| " " " | " |Healy, Baldwin| 7-5 + " 18| " " " | " |Healy, Tener | 6-3 + " 22|Chicago vs. America|Melbourne|Tener, Crane | 5-3 + " 24|America vs. Chicago| " |Healy, Ryan | 10-13 + " 26| " " " |Adelaide |Healy, Tener | 19-14 + " 27|Chicago vs. America| " |Baldwin, Healy| 12-9 + " 28| " " " | " |Ryan, Simpson | 11-4 +Dec. 29|America vs. Chicago|Ballarat |Healy, Baldwin| 11-7 +Jan. 1 |Chicago vs. America|Melbourne|Tener, Healy | 14-7 + " 1 | " " " | " |Baldwin, Crane| 9-4 + " 5 | " " " | " |Baldwin, Crane| 5-0 + " 26 |America vs. Chicago|Colombo |Crane, Baldwin| 3-3 + +After leaving Australia the tourists called at Colombo, Ceylon, and from +thence went to Cairo, and while in that city visited the Pyramids, and +they managed to get off a game on the sands in front of the Pyramid Cheops +on Feb. 9. Their first game in Europe was played at Naples on Feb. 19, and +from there they went to Rome, Florence and Nice, the teams reaching Paris +on March 3. The record of their games in Europe is as follows: + +DATE. |CLUBS. |CITIES. |PITCHERS. |Score. +-------+-------------------+--------+---------------+------- +Feb. 9|America vs. Chicago|Ghiz eh |Healy, Tener | 9-1 +" 19| " " " |Naples |Healy, Baldwin | 8-2 +" 23|Chicago vs. America|Rome |Tener, Crane | 3-2 +" 25|America vs. Chicago|Florence|Healy, Baldwin | 7-4 +March 3| |Paris + +In commenting on the physique of the American ball players, the editor of +the Melbourne _Argus_ says: + +"Right worthy of welcome did those visitors appear-stalwarts every man, +lumps of muscle showing beneath their tight fitting jersey garments, and a +springiness in every movement which denoted grand animal vigor and the +perfection of condition. We could not pick eighteen such men from the +ranks of all our cricketers, and it is doubtful if we could beat them by a +draft from the foot ballers. If base ball has anything to do with building +up such physique we ought to encourage it, for it must evidently be above +and beyond all other exercises in one at least of the essentials of true +athletics." + +The Melbourne _Sporteman_ in its report of the inaugural game in that +city, said: "The best evidence offered that Melbournites were pleased and +interested in the exhibition lies in the fact that the crowd of nearly ten +thousand people remained through not only nine but twelve innings of play, +and then many of them stayed to see a four inning game between the Chicago +team and a nine composed mainly of our local cricket players, who made a +very creditable show, considering the strength of the team they were +playing against, and the fact that they were almost utter strangers to +base ball. Not only did the spectators remain upon the ground but they +heartily applauded the heavy batting, the base running and base sliding +and the brilliant fielding executed by our Yankee visitors. Perhaps the +truest realization of just how difficult it is to play a finished game of +base ball was obtained by the cricketers who went in against the Chicagos. +A man may be able to guard a wicket with a degree of skill that would win +him wide fame in cricket circles, but when it comes to standing beside the +home plate of a base ball diamond, and mastering the terrific delivery of +an American professional pitcher, the average cricketer is compelled to +acknowledge the wide difference existing between the two positions. Then +again, the quick handling of a batted or thrown ball, that it may be +returned with all accuracy and lightning like rapidity to the waiting +basemen are points which our cricketers are deficient in, when compared +with the American professional ball player. It can be seen at a glance +that the game is prolific of opportunities for quick and brilliant +fielding." + +The following is the score of the first match at cricket played by the +base ball tourists with Australian cricketers in Sydney on December 18, +1888: + +BASE BALL EIGHTEEN. + +Anson, b. Charlton 15 +Williamson, c. Woolcott, b. Charlton 0 +Ward, b. Charlton 1 +Spalding, b. Charlton 0 +Wright, b. Gregory 11 +Pfeffer, b. Gregory 16 +Wood, b. Gregory 0 +Carroll, c. Robinson, b. Gregory 0 +Earle, st. Crane, b. Gregory 0 +Fogarty, b. Charlton 0 +Burns, b. Charlton 10 +Hanlon, hit wicket, b. Gregory 2 +Manning, c. Woolcott, b. Gregory 14 +Pettit, b. Gregory 3 +Ryan, c. Robinson, b. Gregory 3 +Sullivan, c. Halligan, b. Gregory, 0 +Baldwin, not out 0 +Sundries 5 + ---- +Total 81 + +SYDNEY ELEVEN. + +Robinson, l. b. w., b. Earle 1 +Halligan, c. Burns, b. Anson 21 +Kidman, c. Pfeffer, b. Anson 19 +Woolcott, c. and b. Anson 4 +Crane, c. Williamson b. Earle 14 +A. Gregory, c. Burns, b. Wright 35 +Hemsley, not out 18 +Sundries 3 + ----- +Total for six wickets 115 + +We are compelled to omit the National Agreement for want of space. It +will be given in the Official League Book. + + [Illustration: A. G. MILLS.] + +Mr. A. G. Mills was connected with the Chicago Club at the organization +of the National League, and he participated in the legislative work of the +League from 1876 to 1885 when he resigned his position as President, to +which position he was unanimously elected on the death of President +Hulbert. To his efficient services as President and one of the Board of +Directors is the success of the League after the death of its founder +largely due. He was the originator of the National Agreement which has so +firmly bound together the National League and the American Association. +Since he resigned his position as President of the League in 1885, he has +been practically out of Base Ball, although he still takes a deep interest +in the game. He was succeeded by the worthy President, Mr. N. E. Young. + + + * * * * * + + + INDEX TO RULES AND REGULATIONS + + * * * * * + RULE. + The Ground 1 + The Infield 2 + The Bases 3 + Number of (1) 3 + The Home Bases (2) 3 + First, Second and Third (3) 3 + Position (4) 3 + Foul Lines 4 + Pitcher's Lines 5 + Catcher's Lines 6 + Captain's Lines 7 + Player's Lines 8 + Batman's Lines 9 + Three Feet Lines 10 + Lines must be Marked 11 + The Ball 12 + Weight and Size (1) 12 + Number Balls Furnished (2) 12 + Furnished by Home Club (3) 12 + Replaced if Injured (4) 12 + The Bat 13 + Material of (1) 13 + Shape of (2) 13 + + THE PLAYERS AND THEIR POSITIONS. + + Number of Players in Game 14 + Players' Positions 15 + Players not to Sit with Spectators 16 + Club Uniforms 17 + The Pitcher's Position 18 + The Batsman's Position 19 + Order of Batting 20 + Where Players Must Remain (1) 20 + Space Reserved for Umpire (2) 20 + Space Allotted Players "at Bat" (3) 20 + The Players' Benches 21 + + THE GAME. + + Time of Championship Game (1) 22 + Number of Innings (2) 22 + Termination of Game (a) 22 + The Winning Run (b) 22 + A Tie Game 23 + A Drawn Game 24 + A Called Game 25 + A Forfeited Game 26 + Failure of the Nine to Appear (1) 26 + Refusal of One Side to Play (2) 26 + Failure to Resume Playing (3) 26 + Willful Violation (4) 26 + Disobeying Order to Remove Player (5) 26 + Written Notice to President (6) 26 + No Game 27 + Substitutes 28 + One or More Substitute Players (1) 28 + Extra Player (2) 28 + Base Runner (3) 28 + Choice of Innings 29 + A Fair Ball 30 + An Unfair Ball 31 + A Balk 32 + Motion to Deceive (1) 32 + Delay by Holding (2) 32 + Pitcher Outside of Lines (3) 32 + A Dead Ball 33 + A Foul Strike 34 + Block Balls 35 + Stopped by Person Not in Game (1) 35 + Ball Returned (2) 35 + Base Runner Must Stop (3) 35 + The Scoring of Runs 36 + A Fair Hit 37 + A Foul Hit 38 + Batted Ball Outside Grounds 39 + A Fair Batted Ball 40 + Strikes 41 + Ball Struck at by Batsman (1) 41 + A Fair Ball Delivered by Pitcher (2) 41 + Attempt to Make Foul Hit (3) 41 + A Foul Strike 42 + The Batsman is Out 43 + Failure to Take Position at Bat in Order (1) 43 + Failure to Take Position Within One Minute + after Being Called (2) 43 + If He Makes a Foul Hit (3) 43 + If He Makes a Foul Strike (4) 43 + Attempt to Hinder Catcher (5) 43 + Three Strikes Called by Umpire (6) 43 + If Ball Hits Him while Making Third Strike (7) 43 + Attempted Foul Hit after Two Strikes (8) 43 + The Batsman Becomes a Base Runner 44 + After a Fair Hit (1) 44 + After Four Balls are Called (2) 44 + After Three Strikes are Declared (3) 44 + If Hit by Ball While at Bat (4) 44 + After Illegal Delivery of Ball (5) 44 +Bases to be Touched 45 +Entitled to Base 46 + If Umpire Call Four Balls (1) 46 + If Umpire Award Succeeding Batsman Base (2) 46 + If Umpire Calls Balk (3) 46 + If Pitcher's Ball Passes Catcher (4) 46 + Ball Strikes Umpire (5) 46 + Prevented from Making Base (6) 46 + Fielder Stops Ball (7) 46 +Returning to Bases 47 + If Foul Tip (1) 47 + If Foul Strike (2) 47 + If Dead Ball (3) 47 + Ball Thrown to Intercept Base Runner (4) 47 +Base Runner Out 48 + Attempt to Hinder Catcher from Fielding Ball (1) 48 + If Fielder Hold Fair Hit Ball (2) 48 + Third Strike Ball Held by Fielder (3) 48 + Touched with Ball after Three Strikes (4) 48 + Touching First Base (5) 48 + Running from Home Base to First Base (6) 48 + Running from First to Second Base (7) 48 + Failure to Avoid Fielder (8) 48 + Touched by Ball While in Play (9) 48 + Fair or Foul Hit Caught by Fielder (10) 48 + Batsman Becomes a Base Runner (11) 48 + Touched by Hit Ball before Touching Fielder (12) 48 + Running to Base (13) 48 + Umpire Calls Play (14) 48 +When Batsman or Base Runner is Out 49 +Coaching Rules 50 + +THE UMPIRE. + +Umpire's Power 51, 52 + When Master of the Field (1) 52 + Must Compel Observance of Playing Rules (2) 52 +Special Duties 53 + Is Sole Judge of Play (1) 53 + Shall see Rules Observed Before Commencing Game (2) 53 + Must Keep Contesting Nines Playing (3) 53 + Must Count and Call Balls (4) 53 +Attention of Umpire is Directed Against 54 + Laziness or Loafing , (1) 54 + Seeking to Disconcert Fielder (2) 54 + Violation of Rules by Base Runner (3) 54 + Umpire Must Call Play 55 + Umpire Allowed to Call Time 56 + Umpire is Empowered to Inflict Fines 57 + For Indecent Language (1) 57 + Wilful Failure of Captain to Remain within Bounds + (2) 57 + Disobedience of a Player (3) 57 + Shall Notify Captain (4) 57 + Repetition of Offenses (5) 57 + + FIELD RULES. + + No Club Shall Allow Open Betting 58 + Who Shall be Allowed in the Field 59 + Audience Shall Not be Addressed 60 + Every Club Shall Furnish Police Force 61 + + GENERAL DEFINITIONS. + + Play 62 + Time 63 + Game 64 + An Inning 65 + A Time at Bat 66 + Legal 67 + Scoring 68 + Batting (1) 68 + Runs Made (2) 68 + Base Hits (3) 68 + Sacrifice Hits (4) 68 + Fielding (5) 68 + Assists (6) 68 + Error (7) 68 + Stolen Bases (8) 68 + Runs Earned (9) 68 + The Summary 69 + Number of Earned Runs (1) 69 + Number of Two Base Hits (2) 69 + Number of Three Base Hits (3) 69 + Number of Home Runs (4) 69 + Number of Stolen Bases (5) 69 + Number of Double and Triple Plays (6) 69 + Bases on Called Balls (7) 69 + Bases from Being Hit (8) 69 + Men Struck Out (9) 69 + Passed Balls (10) 69 + Wild Pitches (11) 69 + Time of Game (12) 69 + Name of Umpire (13) 69 + Amendments 70 + +NATIONAL PLAYING RULES OF + +Professional Base Ball Clubs + +AS ADOPTED JOINTLY BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, +AND GOVERNING ALL CLUBS PARTIES TO THE NATIONAL AGREEMENT. + + +1889. + + * * * * * + +THE BALL GROUND. + +RULE 1. The Ground must be an enclosed field, sufficient in size to +enable each player to play in his position as required by these Rules. + +RULE 2. The Infield must be a space of ground thirty yards square. + +THE BASES. + +RULE 3. The Bases must be + +SEC. 1. Four in number, and designated as First Base, Second Base, Third +Base and Home Base. + +SEC. 2. The Home Base must be of whitened rubber twelve inches square, so +fixed in the ground as to be even with the surface, and so placed in the +corner of the infield that two of its sides will form part of the +boundaries of said infield. + +SEC. 3. The First, Second and Third Bases must be canvas bags, fifteen +inches square, painted white, and filled with some soft material, and so +placed that the center of the second base shall be upon its corner of the +infield, and the center of the first and third bases shall be on the lines +running to and from second base and seven and one-half inches from the +foul lines, providing that each base shall be entirely within the foul +lines. + +SEC. 4. All the bases must be securely fastened in their positions, and +so placed as to be distinctly seen by the Umpire. + +THE FOUL LINES. + +RULE 4. The Foul Lines must be drawn in straight lines from the outer +corner of the Home Base, along the outer edge of the First and Third +Bases, to the boundaries of the Ground. + +THE POSITION LINES. + +RULE 5. The Pitcher's Lines must be straight lines forming the boundaries +of a space of ground, in the infield, five and one-half feet long by four +feet wide, distant fifty feet from the center of the Home Base, and so +placed that the five and one half feet lines would each be two feet +distant from and parallel with a straight line passing through the center +of the Home and Second Bases. Each corner of this space must be marked by +a flat iron plate or stone six inches square, fixed in the ground even +with the surface. + +RULE 6. The Catcher's Lines must be drawn from the outer corner of the +Home Base, in continuation of the Foul Lines, straight to the limits of +the Ground back of Home Base. + +RULE 7. The Captain's or Coacher's Lines must be a line fifteen feet from +and parallel with the Foul Lines, said lines commencing at a line parallel +with and seventy-five feet distant from the catcher's lines, and running +thence to the limits of the grounds. + +RULE 8. The Players' Lines must be drawn from the Catcher's Lines to the +limits of the Ground, fifty feet distant from and parallel with, the foul +lines. + +RULE 9. The Batsman's Lines must be straight lines forming the boundaries +of a space on the right, and of a similar space on the left of the Home +Base, six feet long by four feet wide, extending three feet in front of +and three feet behind the center of the Home Base, and with its nearest +line distant six inches from the Home Base. + +RULE 10. The Three Feet Lines must be drawn as follows: From a point on +the Foul Line from Home Base to First Base, and equally distant from such +bases, shall be drawn a line on Foul Ground, at a right angle to said Foul +Line, and to a point three feet distant from it; thence running parallel +with said Foul Line, to a point three feet distant from the First Base; +thence in a straight line to the Foul Line, and thence upon the Foul Line +to point of beginning. + +RULE 11. The lines designated in Rules 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 must be +marked with chalk or other suitable material, so as to be distinctly seen +by the Umpire. They must all be so marked their entire length, except the +Captain's and Player's Lines, which must be so marked for a distance of at +least thirty-five yards from the Catcher's Lines. + +THE BALL. + +RULE 12. The Ball. + +SEC. 1. Must not weigh less than five or more than five and one-quarter +ounces avoirdupois, and measure not less than nine nor more than nine and +one-quarter inches in circumference. The Spalding League Ball, or the +Reach American Association Ball must be used in all games played under +these rules. + +SEC. 2. For each championship game two balls shall be furnished by the +Home Club to the Umpire for use. When the ball in play is batted over the +fence or stands, on to foul ground out of sight of the players, the other +ball shall be immediately put into play by the Umpire. As often as one of +the two in use shall be lost, a new one must be substituted, so that the +Umpire may at all times, after the game begins, have two for use. The +moment the Umpire delivers the alternate ball to the catcher or pitcher it +comes into play, and shall not be exchanged until it, in turn, passes out +of sight on to foul ground. + +SEC. 3. In all games the ball or balls played with shall be furnished by +the Home Club, and the last ball in play becomes the property of the +winning club. Each ball to be used in championship games shall be +examined, measured and weighed by the Secretary of the Association, +inclosed in a paper box and sealed with the seal of the Secretary, which +seal shall not be broken except by the Umpire in the presence of the +captains of the two contesting nines after play has been called. + +SEC. 4. Should the ball become out of shape, or cut or ripped so as to +expose the yarn, or in any way so injured as to be--in the opinion of the +Umpire--unfit for fair use, the Umpire, on being appealed to by either +captain, shall at once put the alternate ball into play and call for a new +one. + +THE BAT. + +RULE 13. The Bat. + +SEC. 1. Must be made wholly of wood, except that the handle may be wound +with twine or a granulated substance applied, not to exceed eighteen +inches from the end. + +SEC. 2. It must be round, except that a portion of the surface may be +flat on one side, but it must not exceed two and one-half inches in +diameter in the thickest part, and must not exceed forty-two inches in +length. + +THE PLAYERS AND THEIR POSITIONS. + +RULE 14. The players of each club in a game shall be nine in number, one +of whom shall act as Captain, and in no case shall less than nine men be +allowed to play on each side. + +RULE 15. The players' positions shall be such as may be assigned them by +their Captain, except that the Pitcher must take his position within the +Pitcher's Lines, as defined in Rule 5. When in position on the field, all +players will be designated "Fielders" in these rules. + +RULE 16. Players in uniform shall not be permitted to seat themselves +among the spectators. + +RULE 17. Every Club shall be required to adopt uniforms for its players, +and each player shall be required to present himself upon the field during +said game in a neat and cleanly condition, but no player shall attach +anything to the sole or heel of his shoes other than the ordinary base +ball shoe plate. + +THE PITCHER'S POSITION. + +RULE 18. The pitcher shall take his position facing the batsman with both +feet square on the ground, one foot on the rear line of the "box." He +shall not raise either foot, unless in the act of delivering the ball, nor +make more than one step in such delivery. He shall hold the ball, before +the delivery, fairly in front of his body, and in sight of the Umpire. +When the pitcher feigns to throw the ball to a base he must resume the +above position and pause momentarily before delivering the ball to the bat. + +THE BATSMEN'S POSITION--ORDER OF BATTING. + +RULE 19. The batsmen must take their positions within the Batsmen's +Lines, as defined in Rule 9, in the order in which they are named on _the +score_, which must contain the batting order of both nines, and be +submitted by the Captains of the opposing teams to the Umpire before the +game, and when approved by him THIS SCORE must be followed except in the +case of a substitute player, in which case the substitute must take the +place of the original player in the batting order. After the first inning +the first striker in each inning shall be the batsman whose name follows +that of the last man who has completed his turn--time at bat--in the +preceding inning. + +RULE 20. SEC. 1. When their side goes to the bat the players must +immediately return to and seat themselves upon the players' bench and +remain there until the side is put out, except when batsman or base +runner. All bats not in use must be kept in the bat racks, and the two +players next succeeding the batsman, in the order in which they are named +on the score, must be ready with bat in hand to promptly take position as +batsman; provided, that the Captain and one assistant only may occupy the +space between the players' lines and the Captain's lines to coach base +runners. + +SEC. 2. No player of the side at bat, except when Batsman, shall occupy +any portion of the space within the Catcher's Lines, as defined in Rule 6. +The triangular space behind the Home Base is reserved for the exclusive +use of the Umpire, Catcher and Batsman, and the Umpire must prohibit any +player of the side "at bat" from crossing the same at any time while the +ball is in the hands of, or passing between, the Pitcher and Catcher, +while standing in their positions. + +SEC. 3. The players of the side "at bat" must occupy the portion of the +field allotted them, but must speedily vacate any portion thereof that may +be in the way of the ball, or of any Fielder attempting to catch or field +it. + +PLAYERS' BENCHES. + +RULE 21. The Players' Benches must be furnished by the home club, and +placed upon a portion of the ground outside the Players' Lines. They must +be twelve feet in length, and must be immovably fastened to the ground. At +the end of each bench must be immovably fixed a bat rack, with fixtures +for holding twenty bats; one such rack must be designated for the +exclusive use of the Visiting Club, and the other for the exclusive use of +the Home Club. + +THE GAME. + +RULE 22 SEC. I. Every Championship Game must be commenced not later than +two hours before sunset. + +SEC. 2. A Game shall consist of nine innings to each contesting nine, +except that, + +(a) If the side first at bat scores less runs in nine innings than the +other side has scored in eight innings, the game shall then terminate. + +(b) If the side last at bat in the ninth inning scores the winning run +before the third man is out, the game shall terminate, upon the return of +the ball to the pitcher. + +A TIE GAME. + +RULE 23. If the score be a tie at the end of nine innings to each side, +play shall only be continued until the side first at bat shall have scored +one or more runs than the other side, in an equal number of innings, or +until the other side shall score one or more runs than the side first at +bat. + +A DRAWN GAME. + +RULE 24. A Drawn Game shall be declared by the Umpire when he terminates +a game on account of darkness or rain, after five equal innings have been +played, if the score at the time is equal on the last even innings played; +but if the side that went second to bat is then at the bat, and has scored +the same number of runs as the other side, the Umpire shall declare the +game drawn, without regard to the score of the last equal innings. + +A CALLED GAME. + +RULE 25 If the Umpire calls "Game" on account of darkness or rain at any +time after five innings have been completed by both sides, the score shall +be that of the last equal innings played, unless the side second at bat +shall have scored one or more runs than the side first at bat, in which +case the score of the game shall be the total number of runs made. + +A FORFEITED GAME. + +RULE 26. A Forfeited Game shall be declared by the Umpire in favor of the +club not in fault, at the request of such club, in the following cases: + +SEC. 1. If the nine of a club fail to appear upon the field, or being +upon the field, fail to begin the game within five minutes after the +Umpire has called "Play," at the hour appointed for the beginning of the +game, unless such delay in appearing or in commencing the game be +unavoidable. + +SEC. 2. If, after the game has begun, one side refuses or fails to +continue playing, unless such game has been suspended or terminated by the +Umpire + +SEC. 3. If, after play has been suspended by the Umpire, one side fails +to resume playing within five minutes after the Umpire has called "Play." + +SEC. 4. If, in the opinion of the Umpire, any one of these rules is +willfully violated. + +SEC. 5. If, after ordering the removal of a player, as authorized by Rule +57, Sec. 5, said order is not obeyed within five minutes. + +SEC. 6. In case the Umpire declares a game forfeited, he shall transmit a +written notice thereof to the President of the Association within twenty +four hours thereafter. + +NO GAME. + +RULE 27. "No Game" shall be declared by the Umpire if he shall terminate +play on account of rain or darkness, before five innings on each side are +completed. + +SUBSTITUTES. + +RULE 28. SEC. 1. In every championship game each team shall be required +to have present on the field, in uniform, at least one or more substitute +players. + +SEC. 2. One player, whose name shall be printed on the score card as an +extra player, may be substituted at the end of any completed innings by +either club, but the player retired shall not thereafter participate in +the game In addition thereto a substitute may be allowed at any time in +place of a player disabled in the game then being played, by reason of +illness or injury, of the nature and extent of which the Umpire shall be +the sole judge. + +SEC. 3. The Base Runner shall not have a substitute run for him, except +by consent of the Captains of the contesting teams. + +CHOICE OF INNINGS--CONDITION OF GROUND. + +RULE 29. The choice of innings shall be given to the Captain of the Home +Club, who shall also be the sole judge of the fitness of the ground for +beginning a game after rain. + +THE DELIVERY OF THE BALL--FAIR AND UNFAIR BALLS. + +RULE 30. A Fair Ball is a ball delivered by the Pitcher while standing +wholly within the lines of his position, and facing the batsman, the ball, +so delivered to pass over the home base, not lower than the batsman's +knee, nor higher than his shoulder. + +RULE 31. An Unfair Ball is a ball delivered by the Pitcher, as in Rule +30, except that the ball does not pass over the Home Base, or does pass +over the Home Base above the batsman's shoulder, or below the knee. + +BALKING. + +RULE 32. A Balk is + +SEC. 1. Any motion made by the Pitcher to deliver the ball to the bat +without delivering it, and shall be held to include any and every +accustomed motion with the hands, arms or feet, or position of the body +assumed by the Pitcher in his delivery of the ball, and any motion +calculated to deceive a base runner, except the ball be accidentally +dropped. + +SEC. 2. The holding of the ball by the Pitcher so long as to delay the +game unnecessarily; or + +SEC. 3. Any motion to deliver the ball, or the delivering the ball to the +bat by the Pitcher when any part of his person is upon ground outside of +the lines of his position, including all preliminary motions with the +hands, arms and feet. + +DEAD BALLS. + +RULE 33. A Dead Ball is a ball delivered to the bat by the Pitcher that +touches the Batsman's bat without being struck at, or any part of the +Batsman's person or clothing while standing in his position without being +struck at; or any part of the Umpire's person or clothing, while on foul +ground, without first passing the Catcher. + +RULE 34. In case of a Foul Strike, Foul Hit ball not legally caught out, +Dead Ball, or Base Runner put out for being struck by a fair hit ball, the +ball shall not be considered in play until it is held by the Pitcher +standing in his position. + +BLOCK BALLS. + +RULE 35. SEC. 1. A Block is a batted or thrown ball that is stopped or +handled by any person not engaged in the game. + +SEC. 2. Whenever a Block occurs the Umpire shall declare it, and Base +Runners may run the bases, without being put out, until the ball has been +returned to and held by the Pitcher standing in his position. + +SEC. 3. In the case of a Block, if the person not engaged in the game +should retain possession of the ball, or throw or kick it beyond the reach +of the Fielders, the Umpire should call "Time," and require each base +runner to stop at the last base touched by him until the ball be returned +to the Pitcher standing in his position. + +THE SCORING OF RUNS. + +RULE 36. One Run shall be scored every time a Base Runner, after having +legally touched the first three bases, shall touch the Home Base before +three men are put out. If the third man is forced out, or is put out +before reaching First Base, a run shall not be scored. + +THE BATTING RULES. + +RULE 37. A Fair Hit is a ball batted by the batsman, standing in his +position, that first touches the ground, the First Base, the Third Base, +any part of the person of a player, Umpire, or any other object that is in +front of or on either of the Foul Lines, or batted directly to the ground +by the Batsman, standing in his position, that (whether it first touches +Foul or Fair Ground) bounds or rolls within the Foul Lines, between Home +and First, or Home and Third Bases, without interference by a player. + +RULE 38. A Foul Hit is a ball batted by the Batsman, standing in his +position, that first touches the ground, any part of the person of a +player, or any other object that is behind either of the Foul Lines, or +that strikes the person of such Batsman, while standing in his position, +or batted directly to the ground by the Batsman, standing in his position, +that (whether it first touches Foul or Fair Ground) bounds or rolls +outside the Foul Lines, between Home and First or Home and Third Bases, +without interference by a player. Provided, that a Foul Hit not rising +above the Batsman's head and caught by the Catcher playing within ten feet +of the Home Base, shall be termed a Foul Tip. + +BALLS BATTED OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS. + +RULE 39. When a batted ball passes outside the grounds, the Umpire shall +decide it Fair should it disappear within, or Foul should it disappear +outside of the range of the Foul Lines, and Rules 37 and 38 are to be +construed accordingly. + +RULE 40. A Fair batted ball that goes over the fence at a less distance +than two hundred and ten feet from Home Base shall entitle the Batsman to +two bases and a distinctive line shall be marked on the fence at this +point. + +STRIKES. + +RULE 41. A Strike is + +SEC. 1. A ball struck at by the Batsman without its touching his bat; or + +SEC. 2. A fair ball, legally delivered by the Pitcher, but not struck at +by the Batsman. + +SEC. 3. Any obvious attempt to make a foul hit. + +RULE 42. A foul strike is a ball batted by the Batsman when any part of +his person is upon ground outside the lines of the Batsman's position. + +THE BATSMAN IS OUT. + +RULE 43. The Batsman is out: + +SEC. 1. If he fails to take his position at the bat in his order of +batting, unless the error be discovered and the proper Batsman takes his +position before a fair hit has been made, and in such case the balls and +strikes called must be counted in the time at bat of the proper Batsman: +_Provided_, this rule shall not take effect unless _the out_ is declared +before the ball is delivered to the succeeding Batsman. + +SEC. 2. If he fails to take his position within one minute after the +Umpire has called for the Batsman. + + +SEC. 3. If he makes a foul hit, other than a foul tip as defined in Rule +38 and the ball be momentarily held by a Fielder before touching the +ground, provided it be not caught in a Fielder's hat or cap, or touch some +object other than a Fielder before being caught. + +SEC. 4. If he makes a foul strike. + +SEC. 5. If he attempts to hinder the Catcher from fielding the ball, +evidently without effort to make a fair hit. + +SEC. 6. If, while the first base be occupied by a base runner, three +strikes be called on him by the Umpire, except when two men are already +out. + +SEC. 7. If, while making the third strike, the ball hits his person or +clothing. + +SEC. 8. If, after two strikes have been called, the Batsman obviously +attempts to make a foul hit, as in Section 3, Rule 41. + +BASE RUNNING RULES. + +WHEN THE BATSMAN BECOMES A BASE RUNNER. + +RULE 44. The Batsman becomes a Base Runner: + +SEC. 1. Instantly after he makes a fair hit. + +SEC. 2. Instantly after four Balls have been called by the Umpire. + +SEC. 3. Instantly after three strikes have been declared by the Umpire. + +SEC. 4. If, while he be a Batsman, his person or clothing be hit by a +ball from the pitcher, unless--in the opinion of the Umpire--he +intentionally permits himself to be so hit. + +SEC. 5. Instantly after an illegal delivery of a ball by the pitcher. + +BASES TO BE TOUCHED. + +RULE 45. The Base Runner must touch each Base in regular order, viz.: +First, Second, Third and Home Bases; and when obliged to return (except on +a foul hit) must retouch the base or bases in reverse order. He shall only +be considered as holding a base after touching it, and shall then be +entitled to hold such base until he has legally touched the next base in +order, or has been legally forced to vacate it for a succeeding Base +Runner. + +ENTITLED TO BASES. + +RULE 46. The Base Runner shall be entitled, without being put out, to +take one Base in the following cases: + +SEC. 1. If, while he was Batsman, the Umpire called four Balls. + +SEC. 2. If the Umpire awards a succeeding Batsman a base on four balls, +or for being hit with a pitched ball, or in case of an illegal delivery-- +as in Rule 44, Sec. 5--and the Base Runner is thereby forced to vacate the +base held by him. + +SEC. 3. If the Umpire calls a "balk." + +SEC. 4. If a ball delivered by the Pitcher pass the Catcher and touch the +Umpire or any fence or building within ninety feet of the Home Base. + +SEC. 5. If upon a fair hit the Ball strikes the person or clothing of the +Umpire on fair ground. + +SEC. 6. If he be prevented from making a base by the obstruction of an +adversary. + +SEC. 7. If the Fielder stop or catch a batted ball with his hat or any +part of his dress. + +RETURNING TO BASES. + +RULE 47. The Base Runner shall return to his Base, and shall be entitled +to so return without being put out. + +SEC. 1. If the Umpire declares a Foul Tip (as defined in Rule 38) or any +other Foul Hit not legally caught by a Fielder. + +SEC. 2. If the Umpire declares a Foul Strike. + +SEC. 3. If the Umpire declares a Dead Ball, unless it be also the fourth +Unfair Ball, and he be thereby forced to take the next base, as provided +in Rule 46, Sec. 2. + +SEC. 4. If the person or clothing of the Umpire is struck by a ball +thrown by the Catcher to intercept a Base Runner. + +WHEN BASE RUNNERS ARE OUT. + +RULE 48. The Base Runner is out: + +SEC. 1. If, after three strikes have been declared against him while +Batsman, and the Catcher fail to catch the third strike ball, he plainly +attempts to hinder the Catcher from fielding the ball. + +SEC. 2. If, having made a Fair Hit while Batsman, such fair hit ball be +momentarily held by a Fielder, before touching the ground or any object +other than a Fielder. _Provided_, it be not caught in a Fielder's hat or +cap. + +SEC. 3. If, when the Umpire has declared three strikes on him, while +batsman, the third strike ball be momentarily held by a Fielder before +touching the ground. _Provided_, it be not caught in a Fielder's hat or +cap, or touch some object other than a Fielder before being caught. + +SEC. 4. If, after Three Strikes or a Fair Hit, he be touched with the +ball in the hand of a Fielder before such Base Runner touches First Base. + +SEC. 5. If, after Three Strikes or a Fair Hit, the ball be securely held +by a Fielder, while touching First Base with any part of his person, +before such Base Runner touches First Base. + +SEC. 6. If, in running the last half of the distance from Home Base to +First Base, he runs outside the Three Feet Lines, as defined in Rule 10; +except that he must do so if necessary to avoid a Fielder attempting to +field a batted ball, and in such case shall not be declared out. + +SEC. 7. If, in running from First to Second Base, from Second to Third +Base, or from Third to Home Base, he runs more than three feet from a +direct line between such bases to avoid being touched by the ball in the +hands of a Fielder; but in case a Fielder be occupying the Base Runner's +proper path, attempting to field a batted ball, then the Base Runner shall +run out of the path and behind said Fielder, and shall not be declared out +for so doing. + +SEC. 8. If he fails to avoid a Fielder attempting to field a batted ball, +in the manner prescribed in Sections 6 and 7 of this Rule; or if he, in +any way, obstructs a Fielder attempting to field a batted ball, or +intentionally interferes with a thrown ball: _Provided_, That if two or +more Fielders attempt to field a batted ball, and the Base Runner comes in +contact with one or more of them, the Umpire shall determine which Fielder +is entitled to the benefit of this Rule, and shall not decide the Base +Runner out for coming in contact with any other Fielder. + +SEC. 9. If, at any time while the ball is in play, he be touched by the +ball in the hands of a Fielder, unless some part of his person is touching +a base he is entitled to occupy: _Provided_, The ball be held by the +Fielder after touching him; but (exception as to First Base), in running +to First Base, he may overrun said base without being put out for being +off said base, after first touching it, provided he returns at once and +retouches the base, after which he may be put out as at any other base. +If, in overrunning First Base, he also attempts to run to Second Base, or, +after passing the base he turns to his left from the foul line, he shall +forfeit such exemption from being put out. + +SEC. 10. If, when a Fair or Foul Hit ball, other than a foul tip as +referred to in Rule 38, is legally caught by a Fielder, such ball is +legally held by a Fielder on the base occupied by the Base Runner when +such ball was struck (or the Base Runner be touched with the ball in the +hands of a Fielder), before he retouches said base after such Fair or Foul +Hit ball was so caught. _Provided_, That the Base Runner shall not be out +in such case, if, after the ball was legally caught as above, it be +delivered to the bat by the Pitcher before the Fielder holds it on said +base, or touches the Base Runner with it; but if the Base Runner in +attempting to reach a base, detaches it before being touched or forced out +he shall be declared safe. + +SEC. 11. If, when a Batsman becomes a Base Runner, the First Base, or the +First and Second Bases, or the First, Second and Third Bases, be occupied, +any Base Runner so occupying a base shall cease to be entitled to hold it, +until any following Base Runner is put out and may be put out at the next +base or by being touched by the ball in the hands of a Fielder in the same +manner as in running to First Base, at any time before any following Base +Runner is put out. + +SEC. 12. If a Fair Hit ball strike him _before touching the fielder_ and +in such case no base shall be run unless forced by the Batsman becoming a +Base Runner, and no run shall be scored. + +SEC. 13. If when running to a base or forced to return to a base, he fail +to touch the intervening base or bases, if any, in the order prescribed in +Rule 45, he may be put out at the base he fails to touch, or by being +touched by the ball in the hands of a Fielder, in the same manner as in +running to First Base. + +SEC. 14. If, when the Umpire calls "Play," after any suspension of a +game, he fails to return to and touch the base he occupied when "Time" was +called before touching the next base. + +WHEN BATSMAN OR BASE RUNNER IS OUT. + +RULE 49. The Umpire shall declare the Batsman or Base Runner out, without +waiting for an appeal for such decision, in all cases where such player is +put out in accordance with these rules, except as provided in Rule 48, +Sections 10 and 14. + +COACHING RULES. + +RULE 50. The Captains and Coachers are restricted in coaching to the Base +Runner only, and are not allowed to address any remarks except to the Base +Runner, and then only in words of necessary direction; and no player shall +use language which will in any manner refer to or reflect upon a player of +the opposing club, or the audience. To enforce the above, the Captain of +the opposite side may call the attention of the Umpire to the offence, and +upon a repetition of the same the club shall be debarred from further +coaching during the game. + +THE UMPIRE. + +RULE 51. The Umpire shall not be changed during the progress of a game, +except for reasons of illness or injury. + +HIS POWERS AND JURISDICTION. + +RULE 52. SEC. 1. The Umpire is master of the Field from the commencement +to the termination of the game, and is entitled to the respect of the +spectators, and any person offering any insult or indignity to him must be +promptly ejected from the grounds. + +SEC. 2. He must compel the players to observe the provisions of all the +Playing Rules, and he is hereby invested with authority to order any +player to do or omit to do any act as he may deem necessary, to give force +and effect to any and all of such provisions. + +SPECIAL DUTIES. + +RULE 53. The Umpire's duties shall be as follows: + +SEC. 1. The Umpire is the sole and absolute judge of play. In no instance +shall any person be allowed to question the correctness of any decision +made by him except the Captains of the contending nines, and no other +player shall at such time leave his position in the field, his place at +the bat, on the bases or players' bench, to approach or address the Umpire +in word or act upon such disputed decision. Neither shall any Manager or +other officers of either club--except the Captains as before mentioned-- +be permitted to go upon the field or address the Umpire in regard to such +disputed decision, under a penalty of a forfeiture of the game to the +opposing club. The Umpire shall in no case appeal to any spectator for +information in regard to any case, and shall not reverse his decision on +any point of play on the testimony of any player or bystander. + +SEC. 2. Before the commencement of a Game, the Umpire shall see that the +rules governing all the materials of the game are strictly observed. He +shall ask the Captain of the Home Club whether there are any special +ground rules to be enforced, and if there are, he shall see that they are +duly enforced, provided they do not conflict with any of these Rules. He +shall also ascertain whether the fence in the rear of the Catcher's +position is distant ninety feet from the Home Base. + +SEC. 3. The Umpire must keep the contesting nines playing constantly from +the commencement of the game to its termination, allowing such delays only +as are rendered unavoidable by accident, injury or rain. He must, until +the completion of the game, require the players of each side to promptly +take their positions in the field as soon as the the third man is put out, +and must require the first striker of the opposite side to be in his +position at the bat as soon as the fielders are in their places. + +SEC. 4. The Umpire shall count and call every "unfair ball" delivered by +the Pitcher, and every "dead ball," if also an unfair ball, as a "ball," +and he shall also count and call every "strike." Neither a "ball" nor a +"strike" shall be counted or called until the ball has passed the home +base. He shall also declare every "Dead Ball," "Block," "Foul Hit," "Foul +Strike," and "Balk." + +RULE 54. For the special benefit of the patrons of the game, and because +the offences specified are under his immediate jurisdiction, and not +subject to appeal by players, the attention of the Umpire is particularly +directed to possible violations of the purpose and spirit of the Rules of +the following character: + +SEC. 1. Laziness or loafing of players in taking their places in the +field, or those allotted them by the Rules when their side is at the bat, +and especially any failure to keep the bats in the racks provided for +them; to be ready (two men) to take position as Batsmen, and to remain +upon the Players' Bench, except when otherwise required by the Rules. + +SEC. 2. Any attempt by players of the side at bat, by calling to a +Fielder, other than the one designated by his Captain, to field a ball, or +by any other equally disreputable means seeking to disconcert a Fielder. + +SEC. 3. The Rules make a marked distinction between hindrance of an +adversary in fielding a batted or thrown ball. This has been done to rid +the game of the childish excuses and claims formerly made by a Fielder +failing to hold a ball to put out a Base Runner. But there may be cases of +a Base Runner so flagrantly violating the spirit of the Rules and of the +Game in obstructing a Fielder from fielding a thrown ball that it would +become the duty of the Umpire, not only to declare the Base Runner "out" +(and to compel any succeeding Base Runners to hold their bases), but also +to impose a heavy fine upon him. For example: If the Base Runner plainly +strike at the ball while passing him, to prevent its being caught by a +Fielder; if he holds a Fielder's arms so as to disable him from catching +the ball, or if he run against or knock the Fielder down for the same +purpose. + +CALLING "PLAY" AND "TIME." + +RULE 55. The Umpire must call "Play," promptly at the hour designated by +the Home Club, and on the call of "Play" the game must immediately begin. +When he calls "Time," play shall be suspended until he calls "Play" again, +and during the interim no player shall be put out, base be run, or run be +scored. The Umpire shall suspend play only for an accident to himself or a +player (but in case of accident to a Fielder, "Time" shall not be called +until the ball be returned to, and held by the Pitcher, standing in his +position), or in case rain falls so heavily that the spectators are +compelled, by the severity of the storm, to seek shelter, in which case he +shall note the time of suspension, and should such rain continue to fall +thirty minutes thereafter, he shall terminate the game; or to enforce +order in case of annoyance from spectators. + +RULE 56. The Umpire is only allowed, by the Rules, to call "Time" in case +of an accident to himself or a player, a "Block," as referred to in Rule +35, Sec. 3, or in case of rain, as defined by the Rules. The practice of +players suspending the game to discuss or contest a discussion with the +Umpire, is a gross violation of the Rules, and the Umpire must promptly +fine any player who interrupts the game in this manner. + +INFLICTING FINES. + +RULE 57. The Umpire is empowered to inflict fines of not less than $5.00 +nor more than $25.00 for the first offence on players during the progress +of a game, as follows: + +SEC 1. For indecent or improper language addressed to the audience, the +Umpire or any player. + +SEC. 2. For the Captain or Coacher willfully failing to remain within the +legal bounds of his position, except upon an appeal by the Captain from +the Umpire's decision upon a misinterpretation of the rules. + +SEC. 3. For the disobedience by a player of any other of his orders, or +for any other violation of these Rules. + +SEC. 4. In case the Umpire imposes a fine on a player, he shall at once +notify the Captain of the offending player's side, and shall transmit a +written notice thereof to the President of the Association or League +within twenty-four hours thereafter, under the penalty of having said fine +taken from his own salary. + +SEC. 5. A repetition of any of the above offences shall, at the +discretion of the Umpire, subject the offender either to a repetition of +the fine or to removal from the field and the immediate substitution of +another player then in uniform. + +FIELD RULES. + +RULE 58. No Club shall allow open betting or pool selling upon its +grounds, nor in any building owned or occupied by it. + +RULE 59. No person shall be allowed upon any part of the field during the +progress of the game, in addition to the players in uniform, the Manager +on each side and the Umpire; except such officers of the law as may be +present in uniform, and such officials of the Home Club as may be +necessary to preserve the peace. + +RULE 60. No Umpire, Manager, Captain or Player shall address the audience +during the progress of a game, except in case of necessary explanation. + +RULE 61. Every Club shall furnish sufficient police force upon its own +grounds to preserve order, and in the event of a crowd entering the field +during the progress of a game, and interfering with the play in any +manner, the Visiting Club may refuse to play further until the field be +cleared. If the ground be not cleared within fifteen minutes thereafter, +the Visiting Club may claim, and shall be entitled to, the game by a score +of nine runs to none (no matter what number of innings have been played). + +GENERAL DEFINITIONS. + +RULE 62. "Play" is the order of the Umpire to begin the game or to resume +play after its suspension. + +RULE 63. "Time" is the order of the Umpire to suspend play. Such +suspension must not extend beyond the day of the game. + +RULE 64. "Game" is the announcement by the Umpire that the game is +terminated. + +RULE 65. "An Inning" is the term at bat of the nine players representing +a Club in a game, and is completed when three of such players have been +put out as provided in these Rules. + +RULE 66. "A Time at Bat" is the term at bat of a Batsman. It begins when +he takes his position, and continues until he is put out or becomes a Base +Runner; except when, because of being hit by a pitched ball, or in case of +an illegal delivery by the Pitcher, as in Rule 44. + +RULE 67. "Legal" or "Legally" signifies as required by these Rules. + +SCORING. + +RULE 68. In order to promote Uniformity in Scoring Championship Games, +the following instructions, suggestions and definitions are made for the +benefit of scorers, and they are required to make all scores in accordance +therewith. + +BATTING. + +SEC. 1. The first item in the tabulated score, after the player's name +and position, shall be the number of times he has been at bat during the +game. The time or times where the player has been sent to base by being +hit by a pitched ball, by the pitcher's illegal delivery, or by a base on +balls shall not be included in this column. + +SEC. 2. In the second column should be set down the runs made by each +player. + +SEC. 3. In the third column should be placed the first base hits made by +each player. A base hit should be scored in the following cases: + +When the ball from the bat strikes the ground within the foul lines, and +out of reach of the fielders. + +When a hit ball is partially or wholly stopped by a fielder in motion, +but such player cannot recover himself in time to handle the ball before +the striker reaches First Base. + +When a hit ball is hit so sharply to an infielder that he cannot handle +it in time to put out the batsman. In case of doubt over this class of +hits, score a base hit, and exempt the fielder from the charge of an error. + +When a ball is hit so slowly towards a fielder that he cannot handle it +in time to put out the batsman. + +That in all cases where a base runner is retired by being hit by a batted +ball, the batsman should be credited with a base hit. + +When a batted ball hits the person or clothing of the Umpire, as defined +in Rule 37. + +SEC. 4. In the fourth column shall be placed Sacrifice Hits, which shall +be credited to the batsman, who when but one man is out advances a runner +a base on a fly to the outfield or a ground hit, which results in putting +out the batsman, or would so result if handled without error. + +FIELDING. + +SEC. 5. The number of opponents put out by each player shall be set down +in the fifth column. Where a striker is given out by the Umpire for a foul +strike, or because he struck out of his turn, the put-out shall be scored +to the Catcher. + +SEC. 6. The number of times the player assists shall be set down in the +sixth column. An assist should be given to each player who handles the +ball in assisting a run out or other play of the kind. + +An assist should be given to a player who makes a play in time to put a +runner out, even if the player who should complete the play fails, through +no fault of the player assisting. + +And generally an assist should be given to each player who handles the +ball from the time it leaves the bat until it reaches the player who makes +the put out, or in case of a thrown ball, to each player who throws or +handles it cleanly and in such a way that a put-out results, or would +result if no error were made by the receiver. + +ERRORS. + +SEC. 7. An error shall be given in the seventh column for each misplay +which allows the striker or base runner to make one or more bases when +perfect play would have insured his being put out, except that "wild +pitches," "bases on balls," "bases on the batsman being struck by a +pitched ball," or case of illegal pitched ball, balks and passed balls, +shall not be included in said column. In scoring errors of batted balls +see Section 3 of this Rule. + +STOLEN BASES. + +SEC. 8. Stolen bases shall be scored as follows: + +Any attempt to steal a base must go to the credit of the base runner, +whether the ball is thrown wild or muffed by the fielder, but any manifest +error is to be charged to the fielder making the same. If the base runner +advances another base he shall not be credited with a stolen base, and the +fielder allowing the advancement is also to be charged with an error. If a +base runner makes a start and a battery error is made, the runner secures +the credit of a stolen base, and the battery error is scored against the +player making it. Should a base runner overrun a base and then be put out, +he should receive the credit for the stolen base. + +EARNED RUNS. + +SEC. 9. An earned run shall be scored every time the player reaches the +home base unaided by errors before chances have been offered to retire the +side. + +THE SUMMARY. + +RULE 69. The Summary shall contain: + +SEC. 1. The number of earned runs made by each side. + +SEC. 2. The number of two-base hits made by each player. + +SEC. 3. The number of three-base hits made by each player. + +SEC. 4. The number of home runs made by each player. + +SEC. 5. The number of bases stolen by each player. + +SEC. 6. The number of double and triple plays made by each side, with the +names of the players assisting in the same. + +SEC. 7. The number of men given bases on called balls, by each Pitcher. + +SEC. 8. The number of men given bases from being hit by pitched balls. + +SEC. 9. The number of men struck out. + +SEC. 10. The number of passed balls by each Catcher. + +SEC. 11. The number of wild pitches by each Pitcher. + +SEC. 12. The time of game. + +SEC. 13. The name of the Umpire. + +AMENDMENTS. + +RULE 70. No Amendment or change of any of these National Playing Rules +shall be made, except by a joint committee on rules, consisting of three +members from the National League and three members from the American +Association. Such committee to be appointed at the annual meetings of each +of said bodies to serve one year from the twentieth day of December of +each year. Such committee shall have full power to act, provided that such +amendments shall be made only by an affirmative vote of the majority of +each delegation. + +[Illustration: HENRY CHADWICK--"Father of Base Ball."] + +Henry Chadwick, the veteran journalist, upon whom the honored sobriquet +of "Father of Base Ball" rests so happily and well, appears in +portraiture, and so well preserved in his physical manhood that his +sixty-three years rest lightly upon his well timed life. Since the age +of thirteen he has resided in Brooklyn, New York, and is an honored member +of the distinguished society of old Brooklynites. He entered upon the +journalistic career in which he has attained eminent distinction in 1856, +his first work finding a ready field on the New York _Times_. In 1857 he +associated himself with the New York _Clipper_, and was identified with +that journal steadily for thirty-one years. After twenty-nine years of +remarkable devotion to the interests of morning journalism in the +metropolis Mr. Chadwick retired in 1886 to accept an editorial position on +the _Outing Magazine_, which, together with his work on the Brooklyn +_Eagle_, keeps his ready pen busy. He is one of the most valued +contributors on _The Sporting Life_ staff, and his work in other journals +has made his name a household word as the "Father of Base Ball." He comes +from a famous family of English birth, his brother, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, +being the noted sanitary philosopher of England. Mr. Chadwick has edited +our League GUIDE since 1880. + +A. G. SPALDING & BROS., Chicago and New York. + +AN EXPLANATORY APPENDIX +TO THE +NEW CODE OF RULES FOR 1889. + +The experience of each season in regard to the conflicting opinions of +umpires and players in their interpretation of the code of playing rules, +has made it a necessity on the part of the editor of the GUIDE, to devote +a special chapter each year to the subject of properly interpreting every +important rule of the game. This year we make up this special chapter in +the form of an _Explanatory Appendix_ to the new code, which is officially +indorsed by the President of the National League, and the Secretary of the +Joint Committee on Rules of the League and the American Association. +Taking up the rules of the new code in their regular order we proceed to +give the official interpretation of the practical application of each +newly amended rule, as also of every rule, of the correct definition of +which there is likely to arise any question. + +THE PLAYERS ON EACH SIDE. + +"In no case shall less than nine men be allowed to play on each side." So +says Rule 14. The practical application of the rule is that if a club has +not nine men ready to take the field at the hour appointed for beginning a +regularly scheduled championship-game, the club short handed must forfeit +the game. Moreover, if they begin play with the required complement of +men, and one of the number becomes injured and disabled from service in +the field, and they have no legal substitute player to take the disabled +man's place, the game cannot be continued with but eight men in the field, +and therefore it must be similarly forfeited. + +PLAYERS MUST BE IN UNIFORM. + +Rule 17 requires that "every club shall be required to adopt uniforms for +the players;" and Rule 28 renders it necessary that at least one +substitute player shall be ready "in uniform" to take the place of a +disabled player, or to become the tenth player of the team in accordance +with section 2 of Rule 28. + +A TENTH MAN AS SUBSTITUTE. + +Besides the regular substitute player required to be ready to take the +place of a disabled player, Rule 28--a new amendment--admits of an +_independent substitute player_ on each side, whose services in the field +are held subject to the requirement of either of the two Captains whenever +he shall deem it advisable to remove any player, who, though not disabled +"by illness or injury," is not doing the work in the field to the +Captain's satisfaction. But such substitute can only replace another +player at the close of a regular innings play; and, moreover, the player +whose place the extra substitute takes, cannot again take part in the game +then being played. + +It should be borne in mind that this special rule was adopted not only to +enable the Captain of a team to strengthen a weak point discovered during +the progress of the game, but also to enable him to utilize new talent +when the game has been virtually won, as the experience in such instances +is especially valuable to young players, notably so in the case of battery +players. It also enables the Captain to save the work of a valuable +battery player from a prolonged strain rendered unnecessary by the winning +lead obtained. + +PUTTING A NEW BALL IN PLAY. + +Rule 12, Sec. 2, requires the Umpire to call for the putting in play of +the substitute ball whenever the ball previously in play, is batted foul +over the fence or the grand stands, "_out of the sight of the players_." +Also in case the ball in play becomes "_unfit for fair use_," as to which +the Umpire is the sole judge. + +A new ball can only be called for in case neither of the two balls in use +are legally available for service. + +THE NEW RULE FOR PITCHERS. + +The amended rule governing the delivery of the ball by the pitcher--Rule +18 of the new code--has had the words "his left foot in front of the +right, and to the left of an imaginary line from his right foot to the +center of the home base" eliminated from it, and in consequence the +pitcher is not now required to abide by that portion of the rule, which +governed his movements in 1888. The pitcher's position, when he prepares +to deliver the ball to the bat, must be that in which he stands with both +feet squarely on the ground, and with one foot--left or right--placed on +the rear line of his position. While thus standing ready to deliver the +ball, he must hold it before him in full sight of the Umpire. The words +"in the act of delivering the ball" refer to the very last motion in +delivery, and in making this motion the rear foot is of necessity placed +on the ground, as it is from this standpoint that the power to give the +last impetus to the ball in delivery is derived. Consequently the foot +cannot be lifted from the ground entirely until the ball leaves his hand. +In making his regular motions to deliver while he is prohibited from +lifting the entire foot in the rear line from the ground, he is not +debarred from lifting the heel of the foot an inch or so. In making the +preliminary movements, too, he cannot take but one forward step, though he +can make this single step in any way he chooses, provided it be a regular +and habitual motion of his delivery. + +FEIGNING TO THROW TO A BASE. + +When the pitcher feigns to throw to a base prior to delivering the ball +to the bat, in every such instance after making the feint to throw, he +must resume his original position, "facing the batsman," and "holding the +ball fairly in front of his body," and "momentarily pause before +delivering the ball to the bat." If he makes a feint to throw and then +delivers the ball with one apparent motion, without pausing to stand, he +commits a balk. + +THE ORDER OF BATTING. + +Rule 19 says that "Batsmen must take their position at the bat in the +order in which they are named on _the score_." This _score_ is not +sufficiently defined in the rule, but it means the printed or written +order of batting, which each captain of the contesting team presents to +the umpire prior to the commencement of the game; and such order, on +approval of the umpire, should be copied verbatim in the score book of the +official scorer of the home club, who alone is authorized to send a copy +of the score of the game, as the official copy, to the secretary of the +League or Association the club belongs to. + +After the order of batting has been submitted to the umpire, it becomes +the official order, and after being thus indorsed it cannot be changed +except in the case of a substitute player taking the place either of a +disabled player, or that of a removed player--under the new rule--and in +such case the incoming substitute player takes the place in the order of +batting of the disabled or removed player. + +THE CAPTAIN CAN PLACE HIS MEN AS HE LIKES. + +The captain of a nine can place his nine men in any position of the field +he chooses. There is in fact no arbitrary rule governing the placing of +the men except in the case of the pitcher, and he of course must always +occupy the pitcher's box. Under Rule 15, the captain can place his +infielders, in close within the diamond, or all outside of it, also the +outfielders, either in close to the infielders, or lying out deep or close +to the foul line, etc. But the pitcher of the ball must always be in the +"box" when delivering the ball. + +THE DEFINITION OF THE BALK. + +Rule 32, Section I, defines a balk as "Any motion made by the pitcher to +deliver the ball to the bat without delivering it." This definition +embraces every one of the motions the pitcher is accustomed to make +preliminary to the actual delivery of the ball, whether of his hands, +arms, or feet, or any motion of his body. He cannot therefore make any +pretense of delivering the ball while not having the ball in his hand +ready to deliver it as in the case of a base player hiding the ball while +the pitcher acts as if he himself had possession of it--without his making +a balk. + +The words "any motion calculated to deceive a base runner," refer to +pretended movements to deliver outside of those referred to in the first +portion of the rule. + +TAKING A BASE ON A BALK. + +There is an important distinction between a "_balk_" and an "_illegal +delivery_." A "_balk_" is made when the pitcher makes a motion to deliver +the ball to the bat without following such motion with actual delivery, or +if he holds the ball in his hand long enough to unnecessarily delay the +game. An "_illegal delivery_" is made when the pitcher steps out of his +"box" in delivery, or lifts his rear foot from the ground before the ball +leaves his hand--his lifting his foot afterward is of no account--or if he +fails to pause before delivery after making a feint to throw to a base. In +the case of a "balk," every occupant of a base, as a base runner, becomes +entitled to one base, whether forced by the batsman or not. But the +batsman cannot take a base on a "balk." In the case of an "illegal +delivery," however, while occupants of bases can only take a base on such +delivery in case of being "forced off," the batsman is given a base on +such illegal delivery. While an "illegal delivery" is in the nature of a +balk, it is not an actual "balk" as technically termed in the rules. + +DEAD BALLS. + +The ball cannot be used to put a player on the batting side out, either +in the case of a batted ball to foul ground not caught on the fly; a +called _foul strike_; a runner being hit by a batted ball; a pitched ball +striking the batsman, or striking his bat without being intentionally +struck at; or from the ball striking the umpire while he is on foul +ground, before it passes the catcher; or, in the case of a called block +ball, until said ball is _first held by the pitcher while standing within +his position_. + +THE FOUL TIP CATCH. + +The elimination of the sharp foul-tip catch from the rules will +necessitate the placing of a white line, forming a half circle, within a +radius of ten feet from the home base, and located on foul ground, as it +is only foul tips caught within ten feet of the home base which do not put +the batsman out. + +THE BLOCKING OF BALLS. + +Any interference with the progress of a batted or thrown ball by any +person not one of the contesting players in a game, is what is termed +_blocking the ball_. Suppose a ball is batted to the short stop, and that +fielder overthrows the ball to first base, and it goes toward the crowd +and is there stopped or touched by an outsider, the moment this stoppage +of the ball or interference with it occurs, the umpire must call "Block +ball," and until the ball is returned to the field and held by the pitcher +while in his "box," it is _dead_ for putting out any base runner; and such +runners are permitted to run all the bases they can until the ball is thus +put legally into play. But should such overthrown ball, in addition to its +being stopped or diverted from its course by any outsider, be also kicked +aside or picked up and thrown out of reach by a fielder, the umpire must +in addition call "Time," in which case runners shall only be entitled to +hold such bases as they had touched before the ball had been so kicked or +thrown out of reach, the ball, as in the prior case, not being in play +until held by the pitcher while in his box. + +HITTING BALLS FOUL INTENTIONALLY. + +Rule 42, Section III, requires the umpire to call a strike on the batsman +every time he makes "an obvious attempt to make a foul hit." Rule 43, +Section XIII, states that "If, after two strikes have been called, the +batsman _obviously attempts to make a foul hit_" he is out. Last year +these rules were both misinterpreted by umpires. In the first place, in +both cases the _intention_ of the batsman must be plainly manifest; and to +judge of this the circumstances of the case must be taken into +consideration. For instance, if the batsman _bunts_ a ball foul when a +runner is on abase, it is evident that he does so unintentionally, for no +point of play is to be gained by such a foul hit. Then, too, the hitting +of a foul ball must be repeatedly done before such hitting can be adjudged +as otherwise than accidental. + +BATTING OUT OF ORDER. + +Rule 43 states that the batsman who fails to bat in his proper turn +according to the approved order of batting, must be decided out by the +umpire, unless the error in question be discovered and the right batsman +be sent to the bat in the regular order "_before a fair hit has been +made_." If, before the mistake is discovered, "strikes" or "balls" be +called upon the batsman who is out of his order of batting, such strikes +and balls shall be counted against the batsman who should have gone to the +bat in the regular order. But the violation of the rule must be declared +by the field Captain before the ball is delivered to a succeeding batsman, +or the penalty of an out cannot be enforced, the mistake, of course, being +at once corrected, without the enforcement of the penalty. + +RETURNING TO BASES ON FOUL BALLS. + +The change made in Rule 45 is to the effect that base runners required to +return to bases which they had left on a hit ball, can, if the ball be hit +foul and not caught on the fly, return to their respective bases directly. +For instance, suppose the batsman hits a long fly ball to right field, on +which he runs to third base before the ball falls on foul ground, under +the old rule he would be required to return to home base after retouching +second and first bases; but under the new rule he can in such case return +to home base direct from third, instead of returning around the diamond. +The object of the amended rule was to save loss of time by a runner's +leisurely return to the base he had left. + +HOLDING BASES AFTER TOUCHING THEM. + +Rule 45, in its reference to a base runner having the right to hold a +base after touching it, is to be thus defined: Suppose that base runners +are on third and second bases, and that the runner on third is trying to +steal home, and in doing so vacates third base and runs for home base, the +occupant of second base in the meantime running to third base and holding +that base; and suppose that in such case the runner from third to home +finds himself likely to be put out at home base, and then returns to third +base, he still has the right to that base, and having such right, the +runner from second to third must give up holding third base and try and +get back to second, failing which, and preferring to hold third base, he +can be put out there even while standing on third base, provided the legal +occupant of that base is also standing on that base, but not otherwise. + +OBSTRUCTING BASE RUNNERS. + +Rule 46, Section VI, states that a base runner is entitled to the base he +is running to "_if he be prevented from making that base by the +obstruction of an adversary._" Now the correct interpretation of this rule +is that such obstruction as that in question must be that at the hands of +a fielder who has not the ball in hand ready to touch the runner. Of +course if the runner is met by the fielder with ball in hand ready to +touch the runner, and thus stands directly in the path of the runner, no +legal obstruction has been presented, though in fact he is obstructed. +But the "obstruction" meant by the rule is that presented by a fielder who +has not the ball in hand at the time. + +A THROWN BALL HITTING THE UMPIRE ON FAIR GROUND. + +Rule 47, Section IV, states that "The base runner shall return to his +base and be entitled to so return without being put out, if the person or +clothing of the umpire is struck by a ball thrown by the catcher to +intercept a base runner." Rule 46, in referring to base runners entitled +to take bases without being put out, states that "if a fair hit ball +strikes the person or clothing of the umpire, the batsman making the hit, +or a base runner running a base upon such a hit, shall be entitled to the +base he is running for without being put out." For instance, suppose there +is a runner at first base trying to steal second, and the catcher throws +the ball to the second baseman to cut him off, and that the ball thus +thrown hits the umpire and glances off out of the reach of the fielders, +the runner in such case, while being debarred from making second base by +the accident, is allowed to return to the base he left without being put +out. But the umpire must see to it that the ball is not intentionally +thrown to hit the umpire with a view of preventing what would otherwise be +a successful steal. In other words, the throw in question must be an +accidental one, or it must be judged as an illegal play. + +THE COACHING RULE. + +Umpires must enforce the rule governing the "coaching" of base runners in +accordance with the spirit as well as the letter of the law, and this +forbids the addressing of any remarks except to the base runner, and then +only in words of necessary direction. Moreover, no coacher is allowed to +use any language, in his position either as player or coacher, "which +shall in anyway" refer to or reflect upon a player of the opposing club. +The noisy, vulgar yelling of some coachers is in direct violation of the +spirit of the rule, as it is done, not to coach the runner, but to confuse +the pitcher or catcher, and distract their attention. The penalty for +violating the rule is the suspension of all coaching by the offending club +during the remainder of the game. + +PLAYERS MUST BE SEATED ON THEIR BENCH. + +Rule 54, Section I, requires that all the players of the batting side +when not actually engaged in batting, base running or in coaching--as in +the case of the two appointed coachers--must remain seated on the bench +until called in their turn to go to the bat. The umpire too must see to it +that the requirements of this same rule be strictly enforced in regard to +keeping the bats in the racks, and not allow them to be laid on the ground +in the way of the catcher running to catch foul balls. + +REMOVING A PLAYER FOR KICKING. + +The most important change in the rules affecting the duties of the umpire +is that made in Rule 57, Section V, which gives the umpire the +discretionary power to remove an offending player from the field who is +found violating Rule 57. + +It should be borne in mind, however, that the rule is not compulsory, for +if it were so, a captain desirous of substituting another player for one +in the field, after he had availed himself of the tenth man rule, might +conspire with a player to violate the rule intentionally to aid the +captain in getting in an extra man. + +ON CALLED STRIKES. + +In the case of a called third strike when two men are out, Rule 43, +Section VI., requires the ball to be held on the fly whether first base be +occupied or not, in order to put the batsman out. But in the case of the +first base being occupied by a base runner, when only one man is out, when +the third strike is called, in such case the batsman is out on called +strikes, whether the ball on the third called strike is held on the fly or +not. The batsman is out too,--under the new rule--if, _when the thud +strike is called, the pitched ball hits him or touches his clothing_. + +ON FORFEITED GAMES. + +The Joint Rules Committee have decided that an umpire cannot declare any +game forfeited of his own motion, though in Rule 26 it states that +forfeited games are incurred under several conditions, one of which +definitely states is the wilful violation of any one rule of the code. But +he can declare a game forfeited under any one of the specified conditions +in Rule 26 if requested to do so by the captain of the club at fault. +Section IV of Rule 26 gives the umpire the discretionary power to declare +any game forfeited in which he is personally cognizant of the fact of any +single rule having been wilfully violated, the offending team forfeiting +the game then and there. But only in very rare cases should this power be +used in opposition to the wishes of the captain of the team not in fault. +When the rules have been plainly violated and the captain of the team not +in fault claims forfeit, the umpire must enforce the penalty. + +THE UMPIRE'S POWER. + +Under Section II of Rule 52 the umpire _is invested with the +authority to order any player to do, or to omit to do, any act, as he may +deem it necessary_, to give force or effect to any or all of the +provisions of the code of playing rules. This gives him the authority to +decide all disputed points in a game not expressly covered by the rules, +subject, of course, to legal protest. + +JUDGING THE CONDITION OF THE FIELD. + +Rule 29 gives the captain of the home club the sole power to decide +whether the field is in condition for play at the hour appointed for +beginning a game. But after a game has been commenced, and it be +interrupted by rain, the umpire alone decides whether the field is in fair +condition for resuming play after such suspension of the game. + +THE UMPIRE SOLE JUDGE OF ILLNESS OR INJURY. + +Rule 28 makes the umpire the sole judge as to the nature and extent of +the "illness or injury" claimed to disable a player from service on the +field. The captains have nothing to say in the matter. All they can do is +to appeal to the umpire, and abide by his decision. + +GAMES STOPPED BY RAIN. + +Rule 55 the umpire is prohibited from suspending play in a match game on +account of rain, unless "_rain falls so heavily that the spectators are +compelled by the severity of the storm_, to seek shelter." If the rain is +light, or an ordinary drizzle, it is not sufficient to legalize the +suspension of the play. + +THE CAPTAIN ONLY CAN ADDRESS THE UMPIRE. + +Rules 53 and 57 are explicit in prohibiting any player, except the +captain of the nine, from addressing the umpire in regard to any decision +he may make; and even the captain can only do so in the case of a question +involving an error in misinterpreting the rules. If the decision disputed +involves only an error of judgment, even the captain has no right to +question the decision. In every case of a violation of this rule, the +umpire must fine the offender _five dollars_, or he himself be liable to +immediate dismissal for violating the rules. + +BATSMEN CHANGING POSITION. + +Last season a custom came into vogue which virtually violated Section V +of Rule 43. It was the habit some batsmen had of jumping from one batting +position to the other just as the pitcher was about to deliver the ball to +the bat, this act virtually hindering the catcher from properly fielding +the pitched ball. While no rule should prevent a batsman from batting from +either the left or the right batting position at his option it certainly +was never intended to allow the change to be made while play was in +progress: and it therefore becomes the duty of the umpire to interpret +this rule according to its spirit, and to regard the action of a batsman +in jumping from one position to the other while the ball is in play from +pitcher to catcher as hindering the catcher, and in such case he should +declare him out. + +INTERFERING WITH A BATTED OR THROWN BALL. + +Rule 48 prohibits a base runner from interfering with a fielder +attempting to field a batted ball. The runner has no right to the line of +the base when a fielder is occupying it in the effort to catch a fly ball, +or to field a batted ball; nor can a base runner make any attempt to +hinder or obstruct a fielder from fielding a thrown ball without his being +promptly decided out. In all cases the base runner must run off the line +of the bases to avoid interfering with a fielder standing on the line of +the bases to field a batted ball. Section VIII of Rule 28 says, "_Or +intentionally interferes with a thrown ball_," and the intention is judged +by his effort to avoid interference or not. + +PASSED BALLS WHICH GIVE A BASE. + +Rule 46, Section IV., states that in the case of a pitched ball which +passes the catcher and then touches the umpire; or if such passed ball +touches any fence or building within ninety feet of the home base, the +runner is entitled to one base without being put out, and can of course +take more at his own risk. + +OVERRUNNING FIRST BASE. + +The base runner, in running to first base, is only exempt from being +touched out after overrunning the base, when he turns to the right after +overrunning the base. If he crosses the foul line after overrunning, +toward second base, that is tantamount to turning to the left, but so long +as he is on foul ground after overrunning the base, it is immaterial +whether he turns to the left or to the right. The leaving foul ground in +overrunning decides the point against him. It is best, however, always to +turn to the right in returning. + +DOUBTFUL DECISIONS IN FAVOR OF THE BATTING SIDE. + +The rules expressly make a distinction in favor of the batting side in +all cases where there is any doubt as to the player being fairly out. +Especially is this the case in the case of the batsman's being put out at +first base, for Section IV. of Rule 48 requires the ball to be securely +held by the base player "_before_" the runner touches the base in order to +put him out, and the rub applies to the touching out of all base runners +on bases; the words being "_before_" the runner reaches the base, if at +the same time, he--the runner--is not out. Time and again were base +runners unfairly decided out last season in cases where the ball was held +by the base player simultaneously with the runner's touching the base, +every such decision being illegal. + +In regard to the umpire's enforcement of Rule 48, President Young says, +"Too many base runners are decided out when the ball is held by the base +player simultaneously with the runner's reaching the base, which decisions +are illegal." If umpires will strictly enforce the rule it will greatly +increase the chances for base running and team work at the bat. + +Mr. Byrne, of the Joint Rules Committee, in joining with Mr. Young in +having this rule enforced, says: "We are doing all we can to encourage +base stealing and a proper attention to the rule, by more frequently +deciding men safe at first, as it will add interest to the game. I +believe, too, that it would be wise in all cases of decision on first base +points for the Umpire to give the base runner the benefit of the doubt." + +BATTED BALLS HITTING THE BASES. + +Since the first and third bases were placed entirely on fair ground and +within the foul lines, every batted ball touching either the first or +third base bag, must be declared a fair ball no matter where it strikes +after touching either bag. It would be better to have the bags in question +on foul ground, so as to make every batted ball foul that strikes them; +but until this is done, all such batted balls must be declared fair. + +COACHERS MUST KEEP WITHIN THEIR LINES. + +Captains or their assistants who engage in "coaching" base runners, must +keep within the lines of their designated position, or if they attempt to +coach a runner while standing outside of their position, or to run toward +home base outside the lines of their position, they must be fined five +dollars for each violation of the rule. + +OPEN BETTING PROHIBITED. + +Rule 58 prohibits open betting on all ball grounds of clubs governed by +the rules of the _National Agreement_. The penalty for a violation of this +rule is the forfeiture of the game which is being played when the rule is +violated; and the Umpire must enforce this rule or be amenable to a +prompt removal from his position. + +NO UMPIRE TO BE INSULTED. + +Rule 52 states that "the umpire is master of the field from the +commencement to the termination of the game; and he is entitled to the +respect of the spectators, and _any person offering any insult or +indignity to him must be promptly ejected from the grounds_," under the +penalty of a forfeiture of the game. + +[**Proofreaders note: the chart has been reformatted to improve +readability**]. + +NATIONAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE OF CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FOR 1889. + +Boston +------------------------------------------------------------------------- +At |At |At |At |At |At |At +New York|Philadelp'a|Washingt'n|Chicago |Cleveland|Pittsburg|Indianapl's +--------+-----------+----------+--------+---------+---------+------------ +April 24|April 29 |May 3 |June 28|July 4,|June 19 |June 24 + | | | | a.m. | | + " 25| " 30 | " 4 | " 29| " 4,| " 20 | " 25 + | | | | p.m. | | + " 26|May 1 | " 6 |July 1| " 5 | " 21 | " 26 + " 27| " 2 | " 7 | " 2| " 6 | " 22 | " 27 +June 10|July 25 |Aug. 1 |Aug. 8|Aug. 15 |Aug. 12 |Aug. 5 + " 11| " 26 | " 2 | " 9| " 16 | " 13 | " 6 + " 12| " 27 | " 3 | " 10| " 17 | " 14 | " 7 +Aug. 29|Aug. 26 |Sept. 19 |Sept. 23|Sept. 30 |Oct. 3 |Sept. 26 + " 30| " 27 | " 20 | " 24|Oct. 1 | " 4 | " 27 + " 31| " 28 | " 21 | " 25| " 2 | " 5 | " 28 +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +New York +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +----- +At |At |At |At |At |At |At +Boston |Philadelp'a|Washingt'n|Chicago |Cleveland|Pittsburg|Indianapl's +--------+-----------+----------+--------+---------+---------+------------ +May 8|May 3 |June 1 |June 24|June 19 |July 4, |June 28 + | | | | | a.m. | + " 9| " 4 | " 3 | " 25| " 20 | " 4, | " 29 + | | | | | p.m. | + " 10| " 6 | " 4 | " 26| " 21 | " 5 |July 1 + " 11| " 7 | " 5 | " 27| " 22 | " 6 | " 2 +June 6|July 22 |July 29 |Aug. 5|Aug. 12 |Aug. 15 |Aug. 8 + " 7| " 23 | " 30 | " 6| " 13 | " 16 | " 9 + " 8| " 24 | " 31 | " 7| " 14 | " 17 | " 10 +Aug. 19|Sept. 19 |Sept. 16 |Sept. 26|Oct. 3 |Sept. 30 |Sept. 23 + " 20| " 20 | " 17 | " 27| " 4 |Oct. 1 | " 24 + " 21| " 21 | " 18 | " 28| " 5 | " 2 | " 25 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +Philadelphia +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +At |At |At |At |At |At |At +Boston |New York|Washingt'n|Chicago |Cleveland|Pittsburg|Indianapl's +--------+--------+----------+--------+---------+---------+------------ +June 1|June 13|April 24 |June 19|June 24 |June 28 |July 4, + | | | | | | a.m. + " 3| " 14| " 25 | " 20| " 25 | " 29 | " 4, + | | | | | | p.m. + " 4| " 15| " 26 | " 21| " 26 |July 1 |" 5 + " 5| " 17| " 27 | " 22| " 27 | " 2 |" 6 +July 29|Aug. 1|June 10 |Aug. 12|Aug. 8 |Aug. 5 |Aug. 15 + 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|Oct. 3 + " 23| " 27| " 20 |Oct. 1| " 27 | " 24 | " 4 + " 24| " 28| " 21 | " 2| " 28 | " 25 | " 5 +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +Chicago +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +At |At |At |At |At |At |At +Boston |New York |Philadelp'a|Washingt'n|Cleveland|Pittsburg|Indianapl's +-------+---------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+------------ +May 28|May 22|May 13 |May 17 |May 3 |Apr. 24 |Apr. 29 + " 29| " 23| " 14 | " 18 | " 4 | " 25 | " 30 +May 30| " 24| " 15 | " 20 | " 6 | " 26 |May 1 + a.m.| | | | | | + " 30| " 25| " 16 | " 21 | " 7 | " 27 | " 2 + p.m.| | | | | | +July 18|July 15|July 11 |July 8 |June 14 |July 29 |July 25 + " 19| " 16| " 12 | " 9 | " 15 | " 30 | " 26 + " 20| " 17| " 13 | " 10 | " 17 | " 31 | " 27 +Sept. 9| Sept. 12|Sept. 2 |Sept. 5 |Aug. 26 |Aug. 29 |Aug. 19 + " 10| " 13| " 3 | " 6 | " 27 | " 30 | " 20 + " 11| " 14| " 4 | " 7 | " 28 | " 31 | " 21 +------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Cleveland +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +At |At |At |At |At |At |At +Boston |New York|Philadelp'a|Washingt'n|Chicago |Pittsburg|Indianapl's +-------+---------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+------------ +May 17|May 13|May 22 |May 28 |May 3| Apr. 24 |Apr. 29 + " 18| " 14| " 23 | " 29 | " 4| " 25 | " 30 + " 20| " 15| " 24 |May 30 | " 6| " 26 |May 1 + | | | a.m. | | | + " 21| " 16| " 25 | " 30 | " 7| " 27 | " 2 + | | | p.m. | | | +July 8|July 11|July 15 |July 18 | June 14| July 29 | July 25 + " 9| " 12| " 16 | " 19 | " 15| " 30 | " 26 + " 10| " 13| " 17 | " 20 | " 17| " 31 | " 27 +Sept. 12|Sept. 9|Sept. 5 |Sept. 2 | Aug. 26| Aug. 29 | Aug. 19 + " 13| " 10| " 6 | " 3 | " 27| " 30 | " 20 + " 14| " 11| " 7 | " 4 | " 28| " 31 | " 21 +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Pittsburg +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +At |At |At |At |At |At |At +Boston |New York|Philadelp'a|Washingt'n|Chicago |Cleveland|Indianapl's +-------+---------+-----------+----------+--------+---------+------------ +May 13|May 17|May 28 |May 22 |June 1|Apr. 29 |Apr. 24 + " 14| " 18| " 29 | " 23 | " 3| " 30 | " 25 + " 15| " 20|May 30 | " 24 | " 4|May 1 | " 26 + | | a.m. | | | | + " 16| " 21| " 30 | " 25 | " 5| " 2 | " 27 + | | p.m. | | | | +July 11|July 8|July 18 |July 15 |Aug. 1|July 25 |June 11 +" 12| " 9| " 19 | " 16 | " 2| " 26 | " 12 + " 13| " 10| " 20 | " 17 | " 3| " 27 | " 13 + Sept. 5|Sept. 2|Sept. 9 |Sept. 12 |Sept. 19|Sept. 16 |Aug. 22 + | a.m. | | | | | + " 6| " 2| " 10 | " 13 | " 20| " 17 | " 23 + | p.m. | | | | | + " 7| " 3| " 11 | " 14 | " 21| " 18 | " 24 +------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +Indianapolis +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +At |At |At |At |At |At |At +Boston |New York|Philadelp'a|Washingt'n|Chicago |Cleveland|Pittsburg +-------+---------+-----------+----------+--------+---------+------------ +May 22|May 28 |May 17 |May 13 |June 6|May 8 |June 1 + " 23| " 29 | " 18 | " 14 | " 7| " 9 | " 3 + " 24|May 30 | " 20 | " 15 | " 8| " 10 | " 4 + | a.m. | | | | | + " 25| " 30 | " 21 | " 16 | " 10| " 11 | " 5 + | p.m. | | | | | +July 15|July 18 |July 8 |July 11 |July 22|July 29 |Aug. 1 + " 16| " 19 | " 9 | " 12 | " 23| " 30 | " 2 + " 17| " 20 | " 10 | " 13 | " 24| " 31 | " 3 +Sept. 2|Sept. 5 |Sept. 12 |Sept. 9 |Sept. 16|Aug. 29 | " 26 + a.m. | | | | | | + " 2| " 6 | " 13 | " 10 | " 17| " 30 | " 27 + p.m. | | | | | | +Sept. 8| " 7 | " 14 | " 11 | " 18| " 31 | " 28 +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +AMERICAN ASSOCIATION SCHEDULE OF CHAMPIONSHIOP GAMES FOR 1889 + +Brooklyn +In |In |In |In |In |In |In +Philadelphia|Baltimore.|Columbus.|Cincinnati.|Louisville|St. |Kansas + | | | | | Louis.| City 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| +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +[Footnote 1: Saturday] +[Footnote 2: Sunday] + +Columbus +In |In |In |In |In |In |In +Brooklyn.|Philadelphia|Baltimore.|Cincinnati.|Louisville|St. |Kansas + | | | | |Louis. |City +---------|------------|----------|-----------|----------|--------|------- +April 25|April 22 |April 17 |May 20 |May 16 |May 7 |May 11 + | | | | | | [1] + " 26 | " 23 | " 18 | " 21 | " 17 | " 8 | " 12 + | | | | | | [2] + " 27 | " 24 | " 19 | " 22 | " 18 | " 9 | " 13 + [1] | | | | [1] | | +June 23 |June 19 | " 20 | " 23 | " 19 | " 10 | " 14 + [2] | | [1] | | [2] | | + " 24 | " 20 |June 27 |July 10 |July 13 |July 6 |July 3 + | | | | [1] | [1] | + " 25 | " 21 | " 28 | " 11 | " 14 | " 7 | " 4 + | | | | [2] | [2] | + " 26 | " 22 | " 29 | " 12 | " 15 | " 8 | " 4 + | [1] | [1] | | | | +Sept. 21 |Sept. 28 |Oct. 3 |Aug. 17 |Aug. 22 |Aug. 13 |Aug. 10 + [1] | [1] | | [1] | | | [1] + " 22 | " 29 | " 4 | " 18 | " 24 | " 14 | " 11 + [2] | [2] | | [2] | [1] | | [2] + " 24 | " 30 | " 5 | " 20 | " 25 | " 15 | " 12 + | | [1] | | [2] | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +[Footnote 1: Saturday] +[Footnote 2: Sunday] + +Cincinnati +In |In |In |In |In |In |In +Brooklyn.|Philadelphia|Baltimore.|Columbus.|Louisville|St. |Kansas + | | | | | Louis. |City. +---------+------------+----------+---------+----------+---------+------ +June 13 |May 30 |June 3 |June 8 |May 25 |April 25 |April 29 + | | | [1] | [1] | | + " 14 | " 30 | " 4 | " 9 | " 26 | " 26 | " 30 + | | | [2] | [2] | | + " 15 |June 1 | " 5 | " 10 | " 27 | " 27 |May 1 + [1] | [1] | | | | [1] | + " 16 | " 2 | " 6 | " 11 | " 28 | " 28 | " 2 + [2] | [2] | | | | [2] | +July 26 |July 23 |Aug. 2 |July 29 |Aug. 7 |June 25 |June 29 + | | | | | | [1] + " 27 | " 24 | " 3 | " 30 | " 8 | " 26 | " 30 + [1] | | [1] | | | | [2] + " 28 | " 25 | " 5 | " 31 | " 9 | " 27 |July 1 + [2] | | | | | | +Sept. 2 |Aug. 30 |Sept. 7 |Sept. 12 |Sept. 17 |Sept. 21 |Sept. 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G. SPALDING & BROS. +CHICAGO.--------------------------NEW YORK. + + * * * * * + +A TOUR OF THE WORLD, + +as made by + +SPALDING'S AMERICAN BASE BALL TEAMS. + +A Complete and Interesting History of the Great Trip of the + +CHICAGO AND ALL AMERICAN BASE BALL TEAMS, + +From CHICAGO to SAN FRANCISCO, to the SANDWICH ISLANDS, to NEW ZEALAND, +to the AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, to CEYLON, INDIA, EGYPT, THE HOLY LAND, and +the great Cities of EUROPE, is being compiled by + +HARRY PALMER, + +The Official Scorer of the Tour, and will be placed in the hands of the +publishers immediately upon the return of the party to America. + +The volume will consist of from 400 to 450 pages, and will be profusely +illustrated. + +Seldom, if ever, has the tour of the Globe been made by so large a party +of Americans. The public and private receptions tendered them at every +point have been most brilliant in character, and the trip has abounded +with humorous and interesting incidents, which every American, whether or +not he be a lover of the national game, will enjoy. + +The first edition of the book will be limited. Orders for the same will +be placed on file, and the book sent by express to any address C. O. D., +charges prepaid, and with the privilege of examination. + +PRICE: + +CLOTH, $3.50 +MOROCCO, 5.00 + +ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO + +HARRY PALMER, +Care Evening Journal, +CHICAGO, ILL. + + * * * * * + +FROM CHICAGO, EAST AND SOUTH +take the +PENNSYLVANIA LINES, +PITTSBURGH, FT. WAYNE AND CHICAGO RAILWAY, +(Fort Wayne Route.) + +to Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Harrisburgh, Washington, New +York, And All Eastern Points, + +and the + +CHICAGO, ST. 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Special telegraphic reports of the +principal running and trotting meetings will be furnished, and particular +attention be given to the performances of the American horses in England. + +In other departments of sport THE TRIBUNE will maintain the superiorly it +has so long enjoyed. + +SUNDAY EDITION, 24 Pages, per year, $2.00 +DAILY TRIBUNE, including Sunday, 8.00 + +Address + +THE TRIBUNE, + +CHICAGO, ILL. + + * * * * * + +TREMONT HOUSE, + +CHICAGO. + +The Proprietors of the Tremont would respectfully solicit the patronage +of the League and other traveling Base Ball Clubs, for the season of 1889. +We offer a special rate of + + +$2.50 Per Day, + +And refer to all the League Clubs who have made their home with us, also +to Messrs. A. G. Spalding & Bros., 108 Madison St. + +JOHN A. RICE & CO. + +M. VAN S. RICE, Manager + + + * * * * * +[Illustration: Celebrate Spalding's Baseballs] + +Each of following styles are put up in separate box, and sealed. + + To Clubs. + Each. Per doz. +No. 1. SPALDING'S LEAGUE BALL, as adopted by the National + League; the finest ball made $1.50 $15.00 +No. 1A. SPALDING'S ASSOCIATION BALL 1.25 13.00 +No. 1B SPALDING'S BOY'S LEAGUE BALL, a first class ball + for boys, made like our League Ball 1.00 11.00 +No. 2. SPALDING'S PROFESSIONAL DEAD BALL, white. The best + dead ball ever made 1.00 11.00 +No. 3. SPALDING'S AMATEUR DEAD BALL, white. Especially + adapted for school nines, and for practice .75 8.50 +No. 3R. SPALDING'S AMATEUR DEAD BALL, red .75 8.50 +No. XX SPALDING'S AMATEUR LIVELY BALL, white. A first- + class lively ball .75 8.50 + +All above balls are fully warranted. + +FINE HORSEHIDE COVER 50-CENT BALLS. +No. 5. SPALDING'S KING OF THE DIAMOND, white. Horsehide + cover, regulation size 50 5.00 +No. 5B. SPALDING'S BOY'S PROFESSIONAL BALL, white + Horsehide cover, junior size ball .50 5.00 + +HORSEHIDE COYER 25-CENT BILLS. +No. 7. SPALDING'S BOY'S FAVORITE. Regulation size and + weight. Horsehide cover .25 2.75 +No. 7B. SPALDING'S LEAGUE JUNIOR. Horsehide cover, junior + size .25 2.75 + +REGULATION SIZE 20-CENT BALLS. +No. 8. SPALDING'S EUREKA BALL, white. Regulation size and + weight .20 2.00 +No. 9. SPALDING'S RATTLER BALL, white. Nearly regulation + size .10 1.00 +No. 9B. SPALDING'S BOY'S DEAD. An 8-inch ball for boys .10 1.00 + + +THE BOSS JUVENILE 5-CENT BALL. +No. 10. SPALDING'S BOSS BALL, large size, 5 cent ball, + best in the market 50 .50 + +If you cannot obtain these balls of your local dealer send the price for +sample ball and we will mail free of all charges. + +SPALDING'S TRADE-MARKED BATS. + +Spalding's Trade-Marked bats were first introduced in 1877, and they have +gradually grown in popularity until now they are used almost exclusively +by all prominent professional and amateur players. + +The demand for different styles and lengths of bats has changed as the +batting and pitching rules have changed. Our models have changed so from +year to year that bats of the present are very different from those of a +few years since. We have adopted an entirely new set of models for 1889, +and each crate of our trade-marked bats has four different models and as +many different lengths. + +All timber used in these bats is allowed to season from one to two years +before being turned, and the result is we are enabled to make much lighter +and stronger bats than when timber is hastily "kiln-dried," as done by all +manufacturers of cheap goods. + +Bach bat is turned by hand, and when found to answer all the requirements +as to shape, size, weight and soundness, the trade-mark is stained on each +bat to insure its genuineness. Each and every one of our trade marked +bats, after it is completed, is carefully weighed, and the weight in +ounces stamped under the trade-mark. + +The success and popularity of these bats, which is due to the great care +taken in their manufacture, has brought out many cheap imitations, and we +would caution the trade to see that the Spalding trade-mark is stamped on +each bat. The special attention of professional players is called to our +new "Wagon Tongue Brand" No. 3-0 Bat. + +PRICES. + To Clubs + Each. Per + doz. +No. 3-0. SPALDING'S SPECIAL BLACK END "WAGON TONGUE" BAT. + This is a new special quality Bat, selected and + manufactured with more care than any bat made. + Nothing but the very best clear second growth + thoroughly seasoned ash is used. The bats are + turned to special models as used by the leading + League batters. _Oriental Finish_, which is + very durable, and gives a pleasant firm hold for + the hands. Each bat carefully weighed, and trade- + marked, and inclosed in a strong paper bag $1.00 10.00 +No. 2-0. SPALDING'S SPECIAL BLACK BAND LEAGUE BAT, made out + of the choicest selected second growth white ash. + Each bat is carefully weighed and the weight in + ounces stamped under the Trade-mark; they are + lathe polished and finished in the highest + possible manner, and we guarantee it to be + superior to any bat made by other manufacturers. + Granulated handle, incased in a strong paper bag. .75 7.50 +No. 0.- SPALDING'S BLACK BAND LEAGUE BAT, made from + selected straight grained white ash; highly + polished. Each bat incased in strong paper bag; + and the weight stamped under trade-mark. .50 5.50 +No. 1. SPALDING'S TRADE-MARKED ASH BAT, made on four + different models; finished with three coats of + best shellac, and lathe polished. Each bat has the + weight stamped under Trade-mark. .25 3.00 + + +SPALDING'S LIGHTWOOD BATS. + +We wish to call the attention of the trade to the elegant manner in which +we are finishing our lightwood bats; we have entirely changed the style +and finish of these bats in a way that is sure to win the approval of +players. + + To Clubs + Each. Per + doz. +No. 3. SPALDING'S BLACK BAND BASSWOOD BAT, is made from + selected timber. Each bat has weight stamped under + Trademark, and is finished in elegant manner; + incased in strong paper bag. $.30 $ 3.00 +No. 4. SPALDING'S BLACK BAND WILLOW BAT, highly finished. + Each bat has weight stamped under Trade-mark, and + is guaranteed to be the best light wood bat made; + incased in strong paper bag. .50 5.50 + +SPALDING'S TRADE-MARKED BOYS' BATS. + +The demand among the younger generation for a Trade-marked Spalding bat +has been so great that we have taken great pains in getting out a line of +bats for the boys as near as possible like the men's in shape, quality and +general appearance. + + To Clubs + Each. Per + doz. +No. 0B. SPALDING'S BLACK BAND TRADE-MARKED BOY'S ASH BAT. + This bat is highly finished, made from selected + timber, and finished in same manner as our No. 00 + bat stamped weight; incased in paper bag, 30-34 + inches. $ .30 $ 3.00 +No. 1B SPALDING'S TRADE-MARKED BOY'S ASH BAT, finished + same style as No. 1; 28 to 30 in. .25 2.50 +No. 3B. SPALDING'S TRADE-MARKED BOYS' BASSWOOD BAT, made + after same models as our No. 3 bat, only + proportionately smaller; nicely finished; 28 to 32 + inches. .25 2.50 + +SPALDING'S TRADE-MARKED FANCY BATS. + +Owing to large demand for fancy bats, three years ago we placed on the +market our line of Trade-marked Fancy bats, which are superior in every +way to any line of fancy bats ever offered to the trade. + + To Clubs + Each. Per + doz. +No. AA. SPALDING'S TRADE-MARKED FANCY ASH BAT, mahogany + finish, with white band Trade-mark; + granulated handle; stamped weight; incased in + strong paper bag. $ .75 $ 7.50 +No. BB. SPALDING'S TRADE-MARKED FANCY BASSWOOD BAT, same + finish as the above. .75 7.50 + +POLISHED, STAINED AND PLAIN BATS. + + Each. Per + doz. +No. 21. POLISHED ASH BATS, for men. $ .25 $ 2.5O +No. 24. POLISHED AMERICAN WILLOW BATS, for men .25 2.50 +No. 5O. ROSEWOOD FINISH MEN'S BATS, Gilt Band .35 3.00 +No. 5O B. ROSEWOOD FINISH BOYS' BATS, Gilt Band .20 2.00 +No. 53. POLISHED MAPLE, Colored Band, Youths, 30-32 inch. .10 1.20 +No. 56. STAINED AND POLISHED MAPLE, Black Handle, Youths' + 30-32 inch. .10 1.20 +No. 54. BOYS' MAPLE, Colored Band, 26-28 inch. .05 .60 + +If you cannot obtain these bats from your local dealer send your order +direct to us. + + +SPALDING'S TRADE-MARKED CATCHERS' MASK. + +The suit for infringement on Catchers' Masks brought against us by F. W. +Thayer of Boston was, after a two years' litigation, decided against us in +the U. S. District Court, and in settlement for back damages we arranged +to protect all of our customers. + +Ball players and dealers in Base Ball Goods are cautioned against buying +any Catchers' Masks unless made under license from Thayer, and plainly +stamped "Manufactured under Thayer's Patent." + +At present it would be considered unsafe and even dangerous for a catcher +to face the swift underhand throwing of the present day unless protected +by a reliable mask. The increased demand for these goods has brought +manufacturers into the field who, having no reputation to sustain, have +vied with each other to see how _cheaply_ they could make a so-called +mask, and in consequence have ignored the essential qualification, +_strength_. A cheaply made, inferior quality of mask is much worse than no +protection at all, for a broken wire, or one that will not stand the force +of the ball without caving in, is liable to disfigure a player for life. +Our trade-marked masks are made of the very best hard wire, plated to +prevent rusting, and well trimmed, and every one is a thorough face +protector. We make them in four grades, as described below: + +Beware of counterfeits. _None genuine without our trade-mark stamped on +each mask._ + +[Illustration: No. 3-0 Mask.] + +[Illustration: No. 2-0 Mask.] + + +No. 3-0. SPALDING'S NEW PATENTED NECK-PROTECTING MASK. + This mask has a peculiar shaped extension at the + bottom which affords the same protection to the + neck as the mask does to the face. It does not + interfere in the slightest degree with the free + movement of the head, and is the only mask made + which affords perfect protection to a catcher. The + entire mask is constructed of the best hardened + wire, extra heavy padded with goat hair, and the + padding faced with the best imported dogskin, + which is impervious to perspiration, and always + soft and pliable, each. $4.00 +No. 2-0. SPALDING'S SPECIAL LEAGUE MASK, used by all + leading professional catchers, extra heavy wire, + well padded with goat hair, and the padding faced + with the best imported dogskin, which is + impervious to perspiration, and retains its + pliability and softness $3.50 +No. 1-0. SPALDING'S REGULATION LEAGUE MASK, made of heavy + wire, well padded and faced with horsehide, + warranted first-class in every respect. $3.00 +No. 1. SPALDING'S BOYS' LEAGUE MASK, made of heavy wire, + equally as heavy in proportion to size as the No. + 2-0 mask. It is made to fit a boy's face, and + gives the same protection as the League Mask. 2.50 + + +AMATEUR MASKS. + +[Illustration: Amateur Mask.] + +To meet the demand for good masks at a low price, we have manufactured a +line of amateur masks, which is superior to any mask in the market at the +same price. We do not guarantee these masks and believe that our Trade- +Marked Masks are worth more than the difference in price. + +No. A. AMATEUR MASK, made the same size and general style as the + League Mask, but with lighter wire, and faced with + leather. (We guarantee this mask to be superior to so- + called League or professional masks sold by other + manufacturers.) $1.75 +No. B. BOYS' AMATEUR MASK, similar to No. A Mask, only made + smaller to fit a boy's face. 1.50 + + +Any of the above masks mailed post-paid on receipt of price. + +SPALDING'S PATENT CELLULOID UMPIRE INDICATOR, + +[Illustration: ] + +As shown in the above cut, is intended for the use of BASE BALL UMPIRES +and SCORERS to keep tally of the number of Strikes and Balls that may be +called. The illustration, which represents the exact size of the +Indicator, gives a good idea of its construction and mode of handling. It +can be easily operated by the thumb or finger while held in the palm of +the hand. It has been highly recommended by all League and Association +umpires who have seen it. + +Price, each 50¢ + +By mail postpaid on receipt of price. + +CATCHERS' GLOVES. + + +Spalding's Trade-Marked Catchers' Gloves. + +After considerable expense and many experiments we have finally perfected +a Catcher's Glove that meets with general favor from professional catchers. + +The old style of open backed gloves introduced by us several years ago is +still adhered to, but the quality of material and workmanship has been +materially improved, until now we are justified in claiming the best line +of catchers' gloves in the market. These gloves do not interfere with +throwing, can be easily put on and taken off, and no player subject to +sore hands should be without a pair. Our new patent seamless palm glove is +admittedly the finest glove ever made, and is used by all professional +catchers. We make them in ten different grades, as follows: + + +Price of Full Left-Hand Gloves. + + +No. 3-0. Spalding's Special League Catchers' Gloves. Patented, both + gloves without seams in palm. Full left-hand back stop + glove, made of heaviest Indian-tanned or drab buckskin, + the very best that can be produced. The full left-hand + glove is extra padded and sole leather finger tips to + prevent the low curve balls from breaking or otherwise + injuring the fingers. The right-hand glove is made with + open back and fingerless, thoroughly padded. We especially + recommend this glove for catchers. Each pair packed in + separate box. +$5.00 +No. 4-0. Spalding's Special League Catchers' or Fielders' Gloves, + full left-hand soft-tips, lined, drab color buckskin. +$5.00 +No. 2-0. Spalding's League Regulation Catchers' Gloves full left- + hand, with tips, good quality buckskin, same style of + gloves as 3-0, not quite so heavy. +$3.50 +No. 3.A. Full Left-Hand "Spring Buck" with sole leather tips. $3.00 +No. A. Full left-hand buckskin without tips. +$2.50 +No. AA. Full left-hand oiled tan sheepskin, without tips. +$1.25 + +IRWIN'S GLOVES + +WE HAVE BEEN MADE SOLE AGENTS FOR THESE GLOVES. + +No. 25. Irwin's Celebrated Catchers' Gloves $5.00 +No. 25A. " " Infielder's " 3.50 + +INFIELDERS' GLOVES. + +No. XX. Spalding's Drab Buck Infielders' Gloves 2.50 +No. X. " White " " " 2.00 + +BASE BALL FINGERLESS GLOVES OPEN BACK + +[Illustration: No. 1-0 Glove.] + +No. 1-0. Spalding's League Cat'hrs Gloves made of extra heavy + Indian-tanned buck, and carefully selected with special + reference to the hard service required of them, open back, + both hands fingerless, well padded, and fully warranted. + We especially recommend this glove for catchers 2.50 +No. 1 Spalding's Professional Gloves, made of Indian-tanned + buckskin, open back, well padded, but not quite as heavy + as the No. 0 2.00 + + +[Illustration: Nos. E. and F.] + +No. B. Spalding's Amateur Gloves, made of buckskin, open back, + well padded and adapted for amateur players, 1.50 +No. C. Spalding's Practice Gloves, made of buckskin, open back, + well padded 1.00 +No. D. Open back, a good glove at the price, made of light + material. .75 +No. E. Boy's size, cheap open back glove. .50 +No. F. Youth's size, cheap open back glove. .25 + +Any of the above Gloves mailed postpaid on receipt of price. In ordering, +please give size of ordinary dress glove usually worn. + + +SPALDING'S SPECIAL HAND MADE KANGAROO BALL SHOE. IMPROVED FOR 1889. + +No. 2-0 ... Price, $7.00. + +We now have on the third floor of our New York store a thoroughly +equipped Shoe Factory for the manufacture of fine Base Ball and Athletic +Shoes. This department of our business is under the immediate charge and +supervision of Wm. Dowling, who for several years past has enjoyed the +reputation of being the leading maker of Athletic Shoes in New York. We +employ in this department the most skilful workmen, and use only the very +best material, and are prepared to take special orders and make a special +last for professional players. + +The special attention of Ball players is called to our new genuine +KANGAROO BASE BALL SHOE. + +The above cut represents this Shoe, which is made from selected genuine +Kangaroo skin, all hand sewed, slipper heel, cut low in front, and wide, +so they can be laced tight or loose as the player likes. + +Each pair is provided with porpoise laces, and the whole Shoe made with +reference to comfort and the hard usage required of it. + +Our new Hand Forged Shoe Plates--for toe and heel--will be riveted on +when required, without additional expense. + + +HOW TO MEASURE. + +MEASUREMENT BLANKS will be furnished on application, or a player can take +a piece of manilla paper of sufficient size, and by following the +directions herein given, can take his own measure. + +Place the foot flat on the paper, and with a pencil draw around the foot +close to it. Then take other measurements as shown in the cut. + + LEFT FOOT. + +ANKLE INCHES. +HEEL " +INSTEP " +BALL " + +Ball Players will bear in mind that we make a special last for each man, +which will be kept for future use. Satisfaction both as to fit and quality +of shoe guaranteed. + + +SPALDING'S + +Trade-Marked Base Ball Shoes. + +SPALDING'S SPECIAL LEAGUE SHOE. + + Per pair. +No. 0. Spalding's Special League Shoe. Used by League Players. + Made of choicest selected Calf, skin, with natural side + out. Hand Sewed and Warranted, superior to any Shoe on + the market except our No. 20 Shoe $6.00 + +[Illustration: No. 0.] + +No. 1. Spalding's Special Canvas Base Ball Shoe. Hand made, the + finest Canvas Shoe made 5.00 + +[Illustration: No. 1] + +AMATEUR, OR PRACTICE SHOE. + +No. 3 Amateur, or Practice Shoe. Good quality, canvas strap over + ball $2.00 + +[Illustration: No. 3] + +AMATEUR BASE BALL SHOE FOR BOYS. + +No. 3X. Amateur Base Ball Shoe. Second quality canvas $1.50 +No. 5. Third quality canvas Shoe 1.00 + +OXFORD TIE BASE BALL SHOE + +No. 4. Oxford Tie Base Ball Shoe, Low cut, canvas $2.00 + +SPALDING'S SHOE PLATES. + +We have experienced more difficulty in the manufacture of a Shoe Plate +than any other article that goes to make up a ball player's outfit, but at +last we are prepared to offer something that will give the player +satisfactory service. + +No. 3-0. Spalding's Extra Special Hand Forged Steel Plates, + polished and plated, per pair, $0.75 +No. 2-0. Spalding's Hand Forged Steel Heel Plates, per pair, .50 +No. 0. Spalding's Tempered Steel Shoe Plate, made of imported + steel, and warranted not to bend or break; put up with + screws. .50 +No. 1. Professional Steel Shoe Plate, similar in shape per + and style to the No. 0 Plate, put up with screws pair .25 +No. 2. Amateur Steel Shoe Plate, put up with screws per + pair .15 + +PITCHER'S TOE PLATE. + +Made of heavy brass, to be worn on the toe of the right shoe. A thorough +protection to the shoe, and a valuable assistant in pitching. All +professionals use them. + +Each .50¢. + +Any of above plates sent post-paid on receipt of price. + +SPALDING'S BASE BALL STOCKINGS. + Per doz. +No. 2-0. Spalding's New Linen Sole Base Ball Stockings. $15.00 +No. 1-0. Spalding's New Linen Sole, Bicycle or Tennis Stockings. 13.20 +Special. League Regulation, made of the finest worsted yarn. The + following colors can be obtained: White, Light Blue, + Navy Blue, Scarlet, Gray, Green, Old Gold, Brown. 18.00 +No 1. Fine Quality Woolen Stockings, Scarlet, Blue or Brown. 12.00 +No. 2. Good Quality Woolen Stockings, Scarlet, Blue or Brown. 9.00 +No. 3. Second Quality Woolen Stockings, Scarlet or Blue 6.00 +No. 4. Cotton 3.50 +No. 5. " 2.50 + + +Sample pair mailed on receipt of price. + +BAT BAGS. + +No. 0. LEAGUE CLUB BAT BAG, made of sole leather, name on + side, to hold 11/2 dozen bats each, $15.00 + +No. 1. CANVAS BAT BAG, heavy waterproof canvas, leather + ends, to hold a dozen bats each, $ 5.00 + +No. 2. CANVAS BAT BAG, heavy waterproof canvas, leather + end, to hold 1 dozen bats each, $ 4.00 + +No. 01. INDIVIDUAL LEATHER BAT BAG, for 2 bats, Spalding's + design, used by the players of the Chicago Club, each, $ 4.00 +No. 02. INDIVIDUAL CANVAS BAT BAG, heavy water proof + canvas, leather cap at both ends. each, 1.50 +No. 03. INDIVIDUAL CANVAS BAT BAG, heavy canvas, leather + cap at one end. each, 1.00 + + + + * * * * * + +BASES. + +No. 0. League Club Bases, made of extra canvas, stuffed + and quilted complete, with straps and spikes, + without home plate. + Per set of three $7.50 +No. 1. Canvas Bases, with straps and spikes, without home + Plate 5.00 +No. 2. Cheap Canvas Bases, with straps and spikes, + complete, without home plate. 5.00 + +Rubber Home Plate. each 7.50 +Marble Home Plate. " 3.00 + +BASE BALL UNIFORMS. + +We offer our regular line of Flannel Uniforms, and in addition offer a +new style of heavy knit suits, such as was first worn by Chicago Club +during 1887-1888. They are well adapted for warm weather, and are very +neat and elastic. We make in one quality only; any color. + +NO. 2-0 KNIT BASE BALL UNIFORM. + +Consisting of-- + +No. 2-0. Knit Shirt, with collar, and with name on + breast. $5.00 + " 2-0. Knit Pants, very strongly reinforced 4.50 +Special quality Stockings 1.50 +No. 0. Cap 1.00 +Special quality Belt .50 + Necktie to match trimmings. ---- + Complete without shoes $12.50 + +NO. O UNIFORM. + +NO. O. BEST QUALITY LEAGUE OR ASSOCIATION CLUB UNIFORM. +The flannel used in this uniform is manufactured exclusively for us, and +which we have used for the past six years. For the durability of the +material and superiority of the styles and workmanship, we refer to all +clubs who have used our uniforms. We have made uniforms for the following +leading clubs in + +THE LEAGUE--NEW YORK, CHICAGO, BOSTON, DETROIT, WASHINGTON, INDIANAPOLIS, +PITTSBURGH. + +THE ASSOCIATION--ST. Louis, BROOKLYN, CINCINNATI, METROPOLITAN, +LOUISVILLE, CLEVELAND. + +And for the majority of the clubs of the N. E. League, International +League, Southern League, Western League, N. W. League and others. We have +fifteen different styles or colors. Send for sample card. + +No. 0. Quality Shirts, any style Each, $5.00 + " 0. " Pants, " " " 4.50 +Special " Stockings " 1.50 +No. 0. " Caps " 1.00 +Special " Belt " .50 + Necktie to match trimmings. ---- +Uniform complete without shoes $12.50 + +Extra for Padded pants Each pair, 1.50 + + +NO. 1 UNIFORM. + +NO. 1 UNIFORM. The flannel used in this uniform is the same quality as +the No. 0 grade, but lighter in weight. We have fifteen styles and colors, +as follows: No. 16, White; No. 17, Yale Gray; No. 18, Drab, mixed; No. 19, +Shaker Gray; No. 20, Steel, mixed; No. 21, Navy Blue; No. 22, Dark Brown; +No. 23, Maroon; No. 24, Royal Blue; No. 25, Old Gold, No. 26, Scarlet; No. +17, Green; No. 28, Light Brown; No. 29, Dark Gray; No. 30, Light Gray. + + PRICE. +No. 1. Quality Shirts, any style Each, $4.00 + " 1. " Pants, " " " 3.75 + " 1. " Stockings " 1.00 + " 1st " Caps " .75 +" 0 or 2 " Belt " .50 + Necktie to match trimmings. ---- +Uniform complete without shoes $10.00 + +Extra for Padded pants Each pair, 1.50 + + +NO. 2 UNIFORM. + +NO. 2 UNIFORM. Made of 4-1/2 oz. twilled flannel, in the following +colors: No. 31, White; No. 32, Yale Gray; No. 33. Shaker Gray; No. 34 +Steel, mixed; No. 35, Navy Blue. + + PRICE. +No. 2. Quality Shirts, any style Each, $3.00 + " 2. " Pants, " " " 1.75 + " 2. " Stockings " .75 + " 2d " Caps " .60 +" 1 or 3 " Belt " .40 + Necktie to match trimmings. ---- +Uniform complete without shoes $7.50 + +Extra for Padded pants Each pair, 1.50 + + +NO. 3 UNIFORM. + +NO. 3 UNIFORM. Made of three colors of flannel-White, Gray, Navy Blue. +Heavy and strong. The best value at the price. + + PRICE. +No. 3. Quality Shirts, any style Each, $2.00 + " 3. " Pants, " " " 1.75 + " 3. " Stockings " .50 + " 3. " Caps " .50 +" 3 or 4 " Belt " .25 + ----- +Uniform complete without shoes $5.00 + +Extra for Padded pants Each pair, 1.00 + + +NO. 4 UNIFORM. + +Made of a White Shaker flannel and a Gray Cotton Cloth. + + PRICE. +No. 4. Quality Shirts, plain, pleat or lace Each, $1.64 + " 4. " Pants, " 1.25 + " 4. " Stockings " .25 +Cotton Flannel Cap, lined " .35 +" 4 Belt " .15 + ------ +Uniform complete without shoes $3.50 + +Extra for Padded pants Each pair, .75 + + +Special Measurement Blanks, Samples of Flannel and Belt Webbing for all +of above Uniforms furnished upon application. + +ATHLETIC CLOTHING. + +Our facilities for manufacturing Base Ball, Cricket, Lawn Tennis, +Boating, Bicycle and all other styles of Uniforms for athletic and +sporting purposes, are unequaled. + +In this department we employ both at Chicago and New York a thoroughly +practical and scientific cutter, one who is fully capable of making fine +clothing for ordinary wear, but is especially educated in the cutting of +Athletic Clothing. We would urge clubs not to make the mistake of +entrusting the making of their uniforms to local dealers, whose experience +in this kind of work is necessarily limited. + +BASE BALL SHIRTS. + +No.0. League Club Shirts, any style Each, $5.00 + " 1. First Quality " " " 4.00 + " 2. Second " " " " 3.00 + " 3. Third " " " " 2.00 + " 4. Fourth " lace or button only " 1.60 + +For description of Flannels used in making these Shirts, see Complete +Uniforms. + +TO MEASURE FOR SHIRT. + +Size of collar worn, length of sleeve from shoulder seam to wrist with +arm raised and bent, size around chest. + +Send for special measurement blank. + +BASE BALL PANTS. +No. 0. League Club Pants, any style Each, $4.50 + " 1. First Quality " " " 3.75 + " 2. Second " " " " 2.75 + " 3. Third " " " " 1.75 + " 4. Fourth " " " " 1.25 + + Each Pair. +For padding and Quilting No. 0, 1 or 2 Quality at hips and knees $1.50 + " " " " " 3 Quality at hips and knees 1.00 + " " " " " 4 " " " " " .75 + +TO MEASURE FOR PANTS. + +Outseam from waistband to 8 inches below knee. Inseam from crotch to 8 +inches below knee, around waist, around hips. Send for our special +measurement blank. + +GRAY'S Patent Body Protector. + + +We now have the sole agency for this most useful device ever invented for +the protection of catchers or umpires This body protector renders it +impossible for the catcher to be injured while playing close to the +batter. It is made of best rubber and inflated with air, and is very light +and pliable, and does not interfere in any way with the movement of the +wearer, either in turning, stooping or throwing. No catcher should be +without one of these protectors. When not in use the air can be let out, +and the protector rolled in a very small space. + +No 0 Extra heavy professional $10.00 +No 1 Standard Amateur $ 6.00 + + * * * * * + +CATCHERS' AND UMPIRES' BREAST PROTECTOR. + +This supplies a long felt want for the protection of Catchers and Umpires +exposed to the swift underhand throwing. They are nicely made, well padded +and quilted, and used by nearly all professional Catchers and Umpires. + +No A Chamois and Canvas Body Protector $3.00 + " B Leather Body Protector $5.00 + +[Illustration: No. 5. 4 Qualities.] +[Illustration: No. 13.] +[Illustration: No. 3. 3 Qualities.] +[Illustration: No. 19.] +[Illustration: No. 1. 1 Quality.] +[Illustration: Cheap Muslin.] + +BASE BALL CAPS + +[Illustration: No. 21. 5 Qualities.] +[Illustration: No. 7.] +[Illustration: No. 21. Cheap Flannel.] +[Illustration: No. 11.] + + +BASE BALL HATS AND CAPS. + +Our line of Base Ball Hats and Caps is unequaled for quality, style, +workmanship and variety. Please note carefully before ordering what styles +and colors we furnish in each quality, so there can be no delay in filling +orders. + +0 QUALITY--This quality we make in any style from the same flannel that +we use in League Uniforms. Colors, white, red, royal blue, navy blue, +brown, maroon, old gold and nine patterns of grays, stripes and checks, as +shown on our No. 0 Sample Card of Uniforms. + +1ST QUALITY--This quality we make in any style and of the following +colors: White, red, royal blue, navy blue, brown, maroon, old gold, green, +or any of the grays and mixes, as shown in our No. 1 Uniform Sample Card. + +2D QUALITY--Any style. Colors, white, red, royal blue, navy blue, light +gray, medium gray, dark gray. + +3D QUALITY--Any style, except hats; same colors as 2d quality. + +4TH QUALITY--Any style, except hats, and No. 5, Chicago style; colors +same as 2d and 3d qualities. + +CHEAP FLANNEL CAPS--Made in Style 21 only; colors, white, red, or royal +blue. + +CHEAP MUSLIN CAPS--Style 19 only; color, white, red or royal blue. + +NO. 1. STYLE CAP--We make this cap from a special imported striped +flannel, of which we carry in stock the following patterns in 3/4 and +1 1/4 inch stripes: Black and white, maroon and white, royal blue and +white, blue and black, black and scarlet, black and orange. + + |0 Quality, (For colors see above) |$2.00 +NO. 3. B.B. HAT |1st " " " " | 1.50 + |2d " " " " | 1.25 +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+---- +NO. 1. PARTI-COLORED CAPS--1st quality 3/4 and 1-1/4 inch stripes. | 1.00 +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+---- + |0 Quality, (For colors see above) | 1.00 +NO. 5. CHICAGO CAP |1st " " " " | .75 +Plain or with bands. |2d " " " " | .65 + |3d " " " " | .50 +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+---- + |0 Quality, (For colors see above) | 1.00 + |1st " " " " | .75 +NO 7. Boston Style |2d " " " " | .65 +CAP |3d " " " " | .50 + |4th " " " " | .40 +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+---- + |0 Quality, (For colors see above) | 1.00 + |1st " " " " | .75 +NO. 11. JOCKEY SHAPE |2d " " " " | .65 +CAP |3d " " " " | .50 + |4th " " " " | .40 +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+---- + |0 Quality, (For colors see above) | 1.00 + |1st " " " " | .75 +NO. 13. BOSTON STYLE |2d " " " " | .65 +CAP, with Star. |3d " " " " | .50 + |4th " " " " | .40 +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+---- + |0 Quality, (For colors see above) | 1.00 + |1st " " " " | .75 +NO. 19. SKULL CAP |2d " " " " | .65 + |3d " " " " | .50 + |4th " " " " | .40 +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+---- + |0 Quality, (For colors see above) | 1.00 + |1st " " " " | .75 +NO. 21. COLLEGE STYLE |2d " " " " | .65 +CAP |3d " " " " | .50 + |4th " " " " | .40 +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+---- +CHEAP FLANNEL CAPS |Lined, (for colors see above) | .25 + |Unlined, " " " | .15 +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+---- +CHEAP MUSLIN CAPS, |Unlined |Per doz. | 1.20 + + +SPALDING'S SCORE BOOK + +Spalding's Pocket and Club Score Book continues to be the popular score +book, and is used by all the leading scorers and base ball reporters. +They are adapted for the spectator of ball games, who scores for his own +amusement, as well as the official club scorer, who records the minutest +detail. By this system, the art of scoring can be acquired in a single +game. + +Full instructions, with the latest League rules, accompany each book. + +[Illustration: Score Book page.] + +The above represents a page in our Score Book, greatly reduced. The +diamond in the center of the square represents the base ball field. The +home base is at the bottom of diamond, the first base at right side, etc. +The spaces in each corner of the square are intended to be used in scoring +whatever may have happened to batter or base runner on the line between +the two bases forming a boundary of said space. + +PRICES. + +POCKET. + EACH. +No. 1. Paper Cover, 7 games $ .10 +No. 2. Board Cover, 22 games .25 +No. 3. Board Cover, 46 games .50 +Score Cards .05 +Reporter's Score Book, pocket size, leather bound 1.00 + +CLUB BOOKS. +No. 4. Large Size, 30 games $1.00 +No. 5. " " 60 games 1.75 +No. 6. " " 90 games 2.50 +No. 7. " " 120 games 3.00 + +Mailed upon receipt of price. + + +SPALDING'S WAGON TONGUE BATS + +[Illustration] + +Are made of the finest straight grained, well seasoned, second growth Ash +Sticks. All timber must be seasoned at least two years, and free from +knots or imperfections. They are pronounced superior to anything, in the +way of a bat, ever brought out, both as to quality of timber, model and +finish. Special attention is called to the "Oriental Finish" put on these +bats which enables the batter to get a firm grip and renders the custom of +scraping the bat unnecessary. They are made from models of the actual bats +used by the most skillful batters in the League and Association. These +bats were used last year by all the prominent batters in the leading +Leagues and during the World's Series nine-tenths of the bats on the field +were WAGON TONGUE BRAND. Beware of cheap imitations, the only genuine +WAGON TONGUE BAT has our TRADEMARK; all others are counterfeits. These +bats are intended especially for Professional Players, and we urge Club +Managers to place their orders as early as possible, to insure a supply, +as the quantity made is necessarily limited. + +PRICE TO CLUBS: Per Doz. $10.00. Each. $1.00. + +108 MADISON ST, A. G. Spaulding & Bros. 241 BROADWAY, +CHICAGO NEW YORK + + +[Illustration: SPALDING'S OFFICIAL LEAGUE BALL, as represented in above +illustration is made in very best manner, of finest materials, wrapped in +tin foil, put up in separate box and sealed in accordance with League +Regulations. Warrented to last afull game without ripping or losing its +elasticity or shape. + +PRICE, PER DOZEN, $15.00 PRICE, EACH, $1.50] + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official +League Book for 1889, by edited by Henry Chadwick + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SPALDING'S BASEBALL GUIDE *** + +This file should be named 9477-8.txt or 9477-8.zip + +Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Lorna Hanrahan +and PG Distributed Proofreaders + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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