THE BALTIMORE CLUB'S RECORD.
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EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.
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W N a B s l t S n u
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BALTIMORE n w B e o i e v s h . i s e
/ o l o n T r e b i L n v T r
vs. L Y s p k g o c l u c o n i o c
o o t h l t t e a r a u a l t e
s r o i y o a n n g g i t l a n
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.
THE NEW YORK CLUB'S PITCHING RECORD.
The New York club, in 1894, went through the season's campaign with the fewest pitchers in their team of any of the twelve clubs. Moreover, their "battery" teams of the season, as a whole, surpassed those of any of the club's previous batteries since the club was organized. Led by Meekin and Farrell—the champion "battery" of 1894—followed by pitchers Rusie, Westervelt, German and Clarke, with catchers Wilson and Doyle, the club presented battery strength sufficient to have carried the team to the goal, but for sundry drawbacks they met with during the early part of the championship campaign, especially during April and May. And handicapped as they were, they managed to close the season in second place, after brilliant rallying work during the last three months of the campaign, when their pitchers were well backed up by better team-work than they had at command up to July.
In giving the record of the work done by the club pitchers, we have deemed it essential to divide the tables up into sections, showing the work done in the box against both the Eastern and Western teams separately, as well as the table showing the aggregate figures of the individual percentages of victories pitched in. Thus it will be seen in the appended table, that while Meekin's pitching was more successful against the batsmen of the Eastern teams, Rusie excelled Meekin in downing the batsmen of the Western teams, by a percentage of victories of .889 against .778 for Meekin. But it should be remembered that in pitching against the batsmen of the three leading teams in the race opposed to them, Meekin pitched in 7 victories out of 11 games, while Rusie only pitched in 6 victories out of 14 games. Against the three most successful of the Western teams, too, Meekin pitched in 13 victories against Rusie's 12. Taking the season's figures as a whole, Meekin led Rusie by the percentage figures of .783 to .735, quite a difference in favor of Meekin. German led Westervelt against the Eastern teams, but the latter led against the Western batsmen, and also had the best percentage figures, in the aggregate of the season, by .498 to German's .471; Clark being in the last ditch in all three tables. Westervelt was a new man in the field compared to German, but he is very likely to excel his last year's record in 1895. The best individual records in victories pitched in by the two leaders, were Rusie's 6 to 0 against Louisville, and Meekin's 3 to 0 against Baltimore. German's best was 2 to 0 against Washington, and Westervelt's was 1 to 0 against Baltimore; Clarke's best being 1 to 0 against Philadelphia.
Here are the records of the pitchers of the team against the five
Eastern and the six Western teams for 1894:
THE SECTIONAL RECORDS.
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EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS.
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B l a C i i o
W a a B s l t S n u
o l d r h P e t C t c i P
NEW YORK n t B e o i e v s h . i s e
/ i o l o n T r e b i L n v T r
vs. L m s p k g o c l u c o n i o c
o o t h l t t e a r a u a l t e
s r o i y o a n n g g i t l a n
Pitchers t e n a n n l t Pitchers d h o s i e l t
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