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Sacrifice
PLAYERS. CLUBS. Games. Hits.
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Donovan Pittsburgh 129 24
Brodie Baltimore 129 24
Beckley Pittsburgh 132 22
Bierbauer Pittsburgh 131 20
Ward New York 136 20
Kelley Baltimore 129 19
Buckley Philadelphia 67 18
Boyle Philadelphia 116 18
Brouthers Baltimore 123 18
Jennings Baltimore 128 18
Shindle Brooklyn 117 17
Cross Philadelphia 120 16
Keeler Baltimore 128 16
Pfeffer Louisville 104 15
Mack Pittsburgh 63 14
McGraw Baltimore 123 14
Brown Louisville 130 14
Wilmot Chicago 135 14
Shugart St. Louis 33 13
Glasscock Pittsburgh 86 13
Quinn St. Louis 106 13
Ely St. Louis 127 13
Abbey Washington 129 13
Van Haltren New York 139 13
Frank St. Louis 80 12
Weaver Pittsburgh 90 12
Tredway Brooklyn 122 12
Lyons Pittsburgh 72 11
G. Tebeau Cleveland 105 11
Robinson Baltimore 106 11
Hay Cincinnati 128 11
Latham Cincinnati 130 11
McKean Cleveland 130 11
Menafee Pittsburgh 37 10
Ehret Pittsburgh 41 10
Blake Cleveland 73 10
Hassamer Washington 116 10
Dahlen Chicago 121 10
Duffy Boston 124 10
Burkett Cleveland 124 10
E. Smith Pittsburgh 125 10
Corcoran Brooklyn 129 10
Burke New York 138 10
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According to the above table Pittsburgh led with a total of 146 sacrifice hits, Baltimore being next with 120, followed by Philadelphia with 52, New York 43, Cleveland 42, Brooklyn 39, St. Louis 38, Louisville 29, Chicago 24, Washington 23, Cincinnati 22 and Boston 10.
A record connected with the batting of each season is that showing the number of victories and defeats, marked by single and double figure scores. This data shows, to a considerable extent, how the pitching stands in relation to the batting, as to whether the one or the other dominates too much in the efforts of the rulemakers to equal the powers of attack and defence. If the pitching has the best of it than we have a predominance of the undesirable class of pitchers' games, in which the minority of the fielders only bear the brunt of the contest. On the other hand, if the batting rules the roost, then we have too much of the old slugging style of play, in which the outfielders are mostly brought into play, and but little chance to see skilful base running or splendid infielding is afforded. Here are some records which show what was done in 1894 in this respect:
The three leading teams in the pennant race of 1894 scored a total of 198 single figure games to 194 double figure games. The record in detail being as follows:
SINGLE FIGURE. —————————————————————- Baltimore single figure victories 40 Baltimore single figure defeats 18 New York single figure victories 59 New York single figure defeats 25 Boston single figure victories 34 Boston single figure defeats 22 —- Totals 198 —————————————————————-
DOUBLE FIGURE. —————————————————————- Baltimore double figure victories 49 Baltimore double figure defeats 21 New York double figure victories 29 New York double figure defeats 19 Boston double figure victories 49 Boston double figure defeats 27 —- Totals 194 —————————————————————-
This record includes games counted out or forfeited.
The full record of the twelve clubs in single and double figure victories and defeats in 1894 is appended.
RECORD OF SINGLE AND DOUBLE FIGURE GAMES.
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SINGLE FIGURE. DOUBLE FIGURE.
CLUBS. Victories. Defeats. Totals. Victories. Defeats. Totals.
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Baltimore 40 18 58 49 21 70
New York 59 25 84 29 19 48
Boston 34 22 56 49 27 76
Philadelphia 28 22 50 43 30 73
Brooklyn 34 27 61 36 35 71
Cleveland 39 36 75 29 25 54
Pittsburgh 35 35 70 30 20 50
Chicago 20 40 60 38 35 73
St. Louis 35 45 80 21 31 52
Cincinnati 36 37 73 20 38 58
Washington 28 34 62 17 53 70
Louisville 24 61 85 12 34 46
Totals 412 402 814 373 368 741
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It will be seen that the Boston club, which was third in the race, is first in scoring the most total double figures in their contests, the "Phillies" being second and the Chicagos third. In total single figure scores New York takes a decided lead, while the Louisville club is second and St. Louis third. In single figure victories, however, New York is first, Baltimore second and Cleveland third; while in double figure victories Baltimore and Boston are tied and Philadelphia is third. The totals of 814 single figure games against 741 double figure contests shows that the pitching is not yet overpowered by the batting, though the use of the big mitts in infield work had much to do with the scoring of single figure games. As far as these records show, it would appear that the New York team really did the best batting of the season.