THE CLEVELAND CLUB'S PITCHING RECORD.
The Cleveland club's management made as great a mistake in 1894 as that of the Philadelphia club in experimenting with too many pitchers. They tried but six pitchers in 1892, when they won the championship of the second half of the divided season of that year, and in 1893 put eight in the box. But last year they engaged no less than thirteen pitchers to experiment with, and from third place in 1893 with eight pitchers, they ended in sixth position in 1894 with thirteen. Of those who pitched in over 20 games, Cuppy led with the percentage figures of .568, Young being second with .543. Of those who pitched in over 10 games and less than 20, Sullivan led with .600, followed by John Clarkson with .533. Of those who pitched in less than 10 games, but one reached average figures in percentage, Menafee pitching in only one game, a victory over Brooklyn, and Mullane in but 3, of which 2 were victories over St. Louis and Louisville. Cuppy did fine box work against the five Western clubs opposed to him, but he was excelled by Young against the Eastern batsmen. Five of the thirteen failed to pitch in a single victory.
Here is the record in full:
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EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.
P G
h G r
i W P C L r a
B l a i i o a n
W a N a B s t S n u n d
o l e d r h P t C t c i P d P
CLEVELAND n t w B e o i e s h . i s e e
/ i o l o n T r b i L n v T r T r
vs. L m Y s p k g o c u c o n i o c o c
o o o t h l t t e r a u a l t e t e
s r r o i y o a n g g i t l a n a n
Pitchers t e k n a n n l t h o s i e l t l t
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Menafee W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[*] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mullane W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 1 2 .667 2 .667
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sullivan W 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 .600 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6 .600
L 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuppy W 2 0 1 1 1 2 7 .368 2 3 3 2 4 14 .778 21 .568
L 2 4 3 0 1 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 4 16
Young W 1 1 1 3 2 3 11 .440 1 4 3 4 2 14 .667 25 .543
L 4 3 2 1 2 2 14 3 0 1 1 2 7 21
J. Clarkson W 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 1 2 2 1 1 7 .778 8 .533
L 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 7
Wallace W 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 .500
L 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Griffith W 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 2 .500
L 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Lyster W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
L 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Whitrock W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Knauss W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Fischer W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
L 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Petty W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2
[Footnote *: Total should be 0. [Proofreader]
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THE PITTSBURGH CLUB'S PITCHING RECORD.
Of the nine pitchers employed by the Pittsburgh club in 1894 only three pitched in 20 games and over, and of this trio Killen led in percentage figures with .583, against Gumbert's .563 and Ehret's .389. The latter's blunders, outside of his actual box work, damaged him in his field support and in loss of local favor, otherwise he would have probably led in the season's record against the Eastern clubs. Gumbert led Killen by .471 to .364 in percentage figures, Killen being the most effective against the Western teams. Of those who pitched in 10 games and less than 20, Colcolough did the best work, with average percentage figures against the batsmen of both sections, with an even .500 in percentage figures against both, Menafee being second against both with .333 each. Of those who pitched in 5 games and less than 10, Nicol took the lead with the total figures of .667. Terry was a failure in Pittsburgh, but did well in Chicago. Easton was the last ditch pitcher, not winning a game. Ehret's record against Cleveland was the best of the season—not a single lost game out of the series he pitched in. Jordan won his single game.
Here is the record:
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EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.
P G
h G r
i W C L r a
B l a C i o a n
W a N a B s l S n u n d
o l e d r h P e C t c i P d P
PITTSBURGH n t w B e o i e v h . i s e e
/ i o l o n T r e i L n v T r T r
vs. L m Y s p k g o c l c o n i o c o c
o o o t h l t t e a a u a l t e t e
s r r o i y o a n n g i t l a n a n
Pitchers t e k n a n n l t d o s i e l t l t
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Jordan W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1.000
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nicol W 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 1 2 0 3 .600 4 .667
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2
Killen W 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .364 1 4 1 1 3 10 .769 14 .583
L 1 1 1 2 2 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 3 10
Gumbert W 1 0 1 1 1 4 8 .471 0 2 2 2 4 10 .667 18 .563
L 1 3 2 1 1 1 9 0 0 2 2 1 5 14
Colcolough W 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 .500 0 1 1 1 1 4 .500 7 .500
L 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 7
Ehret W 2 2 1 1 0 2 8 .364 7 0 1 1 1 10 .556 18 .389
L 2 2 3 3 3 1 14 0 5 2 1 0 8 22
Menafee W 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 .333
L 1 1 2 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Terry W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Easton W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
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