THE CHAMPION BALTIMORE CLUB'S RECORD.
The complete record of the pitching percentages of victories pitched in, shows that Baltimore's full season's team of pitchers had a general percentage of victories pitched in of .695 by the eight pitchers who occupied the box during the season's campaign. This record excelled the percentage figures of New York's team of five pitchers by 31 points, and that of Boston's seven pitchers by 66 points, the respective percentage figures being, .695, .664 and .629. These figures show the relative strength of the three battery teams, as far as the record of percentage can show them. A better criterion of pitching skill would be, of course, at command, were the scoring rules giving the data of runs earned off the pitching revised properly; but as they were not in 1894, we have to take the next best data at command, that being the percentage of victories pitched in. Taking the records of the first three pitchers named in the Baltimore "battery" team record, as a whole, we do not hesitate to award to McMahon the position of leading pitcher of the club for 1894. Brown led McMahon in percentage of victories against the five Eastern teams, but the former was last on the list against the six Western teams, McMahon's percentage figures against the Western batsmen being .812 against Brown's .500. Against the Eastern teams Brown's figures were .750 to McMahon's .706. But McMahon pitched in 17 games against the Eastern batsmen, to Brown's 4 games only, and that fact counts to McMahon's advantage. Esper stood second in percentage figures against the Western batsmen with the percentage of .889 in 9 games to McMahon's .812 in 16 games. Gleason stood third against the Eastern teams with .625 to McMahon's .706; but against the West, Gleason was fourth, with the percentage of .769 to McMahon's .812. Hawke did service against the West with .688 to .556 against the East. Inks and Mullane stood even at .667 against the West, but Inks led Mullane by .511 to .500 against the East, Horner only pitched in one game. Here is a full record of the eight pitchers of the Baltimore team of 1894, showing what each pitcher did against the Eastern and Western batsmen separately, in victories and defeats against each club, and in percentage of victories pitched in against the batsmen of each section. It is a valuable record, if only in its showing what each pitcher did in the way of victories, against each club of each division.
THE BALTIMORE CLUB'S RECORD.
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EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.
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Pitchers t k n a n n l t Pitchers d h o s i e l t
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Brown W 0 0 1 1 1 3 .750 Hemming 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 1.000
L 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McMahon W 2 3 2 2 3 12 .706 Esper 3 1 1 2 0 1 8 .889
L 3 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Gleason W 1 0 1 2 1 5 .625 McMahon 2 0 2 3 3 3 13 .811
L 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Inks W 1 0 1 0 2 4 .571 Gleason 1 2 2 3 0 2 10 .769
L 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
Hawke W 0 1 0 1 3 5 .556 Hawke 1 1 3 2 2 2 11 .688
L 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 5
Mullane W 2 0 1 1 1 5 .500 Inks 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 .667
L 0 3 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Esper W 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 Mullane 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .667
L 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Horner W 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500
L 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
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It will be seen by the above table that, while Brown did not pitch in a single victory against the two clubs standing next to Baltimore in the race, McMahon pitched in five victories; and yet Brown's percentage figures exceeded McMahon's by .750 to .706 against the five clubs as a whole, owing to McMahon's pitching in five defeats, against Brown's single defeats against the New York and Boston batsmen. Hemming's record is A No. 1, as far as he pitched, but he did not pitch in a single game against the Eastern teams, to the extent of a full record of innings pitched in.
Here is the record for the whole season, showing the total percentage:
THE BALTIMORE PITCHERS' FULL RECORD.
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Per cent. of
Pitchers. Victories. Defeats. Games Pitched. Victories.
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Hemming 5 0 5 1.000
Esper 9 2 11 .818
McMahon 25 8 33 .758
Gleason 15 6 21 .714
Brown 4 2 6 .667
Hawke 16 9 25 .640
Inks 8 5 13 .615
Mullane 7 6 13 .538
Horner 0 1 1 .000
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These tables include all victories and defeats of the season, whether counted or thrown out. It will be seen that only three pitchers pitched in a majority of the games played.