THIRD BASE AVERAGES.
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P A P
u s E e
G t s r r
a i r c
m O s o e
e u t r n
s t s s t
No. Name. Club. . . . . .
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1 Bassett Providence 109 183 290 46 .911
2 Kuehne Erie 106 154 265 41 .910
3 Minnehan Syracuse 111 165 251 45 .902
4 Donnelly Troy and Springfield 83 123 207 36 .901
5 Whitehead Binghamton and Scranton 30 43 61 13 .888
6 Smith Troy 16 14 41 7 .887
6 Lynch Springfield 87 203 223 54 .887
8 Dowse Buffalo, Troy and Binghamton 67 97 146 36 .870
9 Mulvey Yonkers 22 35 44 12 .858
10 Gillen Wilkes-Barre 106 127 216 67 .836
11 O'Brien Binghamton 15 20 15 9 .818
12 Phelan Scranton 29 19 31 12 .806
13 Raymond Binghamton 22 24 42 17 .795
14 Weddige Buffalo 14 16 20 11 .765
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FIELDERS' AVERAGES.
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P A P
u s E e
G t s r r
a i r c
m O s o e
e u t r n
s t s s t
No. Name. Club. . . . . .
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1 Clymer Buffalo 61 152 11 4 .976
2 Drauby Buffalo 37 67 5 5 .960
2 Welch Syracuse 108 225 19 10 .960
4 Lyons Providence 108 294 27 14 .956
4 Gore Binghamton 48 99 10 5 .956
6 Simon Syracuse and Troy 114 265 15 13 .955
7 Scheffler Troy and Springfield 112 175 23 12 .942
8 Hoffer Buffalo 19 45 3 3 .941
9 Collins Buffalo 125 299 34 21 .940
10 Wood Yonkers 22 42 3 3 .937
11 Griffin Buffalo and Syracuse 106 178 13 13 .936
12 Lally Erie 108 239 17 18 .934
13 Knight Wilkes-Barre and Providence 113 307 13 24 .930
14 Van Dyke Erie 108 219 23 20 .923
15 Johnson Troy and Scranton 111 312 24 31 .915
16 Betts Wilkes-Barre 107 302 23 31 .912
17 Shearon Erie 103 163 21 18 .910
18 Payne Binghamton and Syracuse 47 58 9 7 .905
19 Bottenus Springfield 110 267 6 31 .898
20 Daly Buffalo 82 137 17 18 .895
21 Murray Providence 108 144 26 21 .890
22 Lezotte Wilkes-Barre 63 112 7 15 .888
22 Carr Binghamton 15 32 2 4 .888
24 Connors Binghamton 19 37 2 5 .886
25 Hess Wilkes-Barre and Scranton 74 136 8 20 .878
26 Nadeau Springfield 85 187 17 30 .871
27 Lytle Wilkes-Barre and Binghamton 87 196 34 36 .864
28 Hoover Syracuse and Scranton 83 152 12 27 .858
29 Friel Spr'gf'ld, Binham'n, Scranton 60 96 5 11 .857
30 Pettit Providence and Wilkes-Barre 57 98 5 12 .830
31 Rogers Scranton 18 32 2 7 .829
32 P. Sweeney Yonkers 17 34 4 8 .825
33 Costello Yonkers 13 28 2 7 .810
34 Sheehan Springfield 32 36 6 7 .728
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CLUB BATTING AVERAGES.
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A B S P
t a t e
s o B r
B R e H l a C
a u i e s e
t n t n e n
s s s s t
No. CLUB. . . . . .
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1 Buffalo 4630 1022 1500 154 .323
2 Springfield 4004 942 1268 184 .316
3 Providence 4210 842 1306 365 .310
4 Syracuse 4092 814 1260 186 .307
5 Binghamton 3018 585 919 128 .304
6 Wilkesbarre 3949 773 1196 136 .302
6 Erie 4018 751 1214 194 .302
8 Troy 2775 588 821 97 .295
9 Scranton 1269 200 372 154 .293
10 Yonkers 735 118 220 28 .288
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CLUB FIELDING AVERAGES.
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P
P A e
u s E r
t s r
i r C
O s o e
u t r n
t s s t
No. CLUB. . . . .
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1 Providence 2825 1357 257 .942
2 Erie 2776 1399 281 .936
3 Troy 1968 940 194 .934
3 Springfield 2779 1286 285 .934
5 Syracuse 2754 1380 310 .930
6 Buffalo 3011 1442 369 .923
7 Wilkes-Barre 2457 1191 354 .918
8 Binghamton 1916 967 276 .916
9 Yonkers 410 263 68 .902
10 Scranton 794 357 138 .892
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#The Presidents of the National League.#

This is the twentieth year of the existence of the National League, and in all that time but four members of the League have occupied the presidential chair, viz., Morgan G. Bulkeley, ex-Governor of Connecticut; the last W.A. Hulbert; A.G. Mills, the leading spirit of the great New York Athletic Club, and N.E. Young, the present highly-esteemed and worthy President of the League. Mr. Bulkeley served during 1876; Mr. Hulbert from 1876 to his death in 1882; Mr. Mills from that date up to 1884, when business requirements led to his resignation, and Mr. Young since then. From the organization of the National League in 1876 to the day of his death, Mr. Hulbert was the great moving spirit in the reforms in the government of the professional clubs of the country, which marked the period from 1876 to the eighties. It was his influence, largely, which led to the war upon the "crookedness" which marked the early years of professional base ball history, in which pool gambling was the potent factor. It took years of cohesive and even arbitrary legislation to eliminate the poison of the pool rooms from the professional system, but success was finally achieved, and to the late President Hulbert and his able coadjutors in the League does the credit of this success belong. During the League regime, under President Mills, the great union safety compact, known as the National Agreement, sprang into existence, and its author—Mr. Mills—at this day has reason to be proud of the good work he did for professional ball playing, and for the benefit of the game at large, in the perfecting of this bond of union between the reputable clubs of the professional fraternity. The wisdom of the measure, as a protection against the abuses of "revolving" and "contract breaking," has been very strikingly shown by court decisions which oblige professional clubs to depend entirely upon base ball law, and not the common law, for the preservation of their club rights in contracting with players for their services on the field. Since Mr. Mills left the League arena he has done most efficient service in conserving the best interests of the New York Athletic Club and those of the clubs of the Amateur Athletic Union at large.

The great master of League records, and the whilom Secretary of the League since its organization, Mr. Young, is known throughout the entire base ball world, alike for the integrity of his character, the geniality of his disposition and the marked industry and persevering application which has characterized the discharge of his onerous official duties.

It is well known that "Old Nick" is frequently alluded to in daily life as the arch-fiend of the world; but the Old Nick of the base ball arena presents a character the very opposite in every respect of his devilish namesake—the one being the spirit of evil, and the other the spirit of honor and good nature. Long may he live to honor the position and uphold the reformation in the base ball world which his predecessors so creditably originated and supported.

Mr. Young is a native of Amsterdam, N.Y. He was but a mere boy at the outbreak of the war between the States, but he was game to the core and among the first from his home country to enlist in the Union service. Just before the war he appeared as an athletic young fellow with muscles that would have done credit to one as large again as he was. He was looked on as the best cricket player in the section of the country in which he lived, playing frequently on elevens which had besides himself George and Harry Wright as members. You should hear Nick relate anecdotes of his career as a cricketer. At the close of the war Mr. Young made Washington his residence, and securing a position in the Second Auditor's Department, being an excellent accountant, he has occupied his position through several administrations. From cricket he became interested in the national game of base ball, and eventually, in connection with Mr. A.G. Mills, he started the old Olympic club of Washington, and then it was that he took the field again. In 1871 he was elected Secretary of the old "National Association of Base Ball Players"—not of clubs, but of players—and in 1884, he succeeded Mr. Mills as President of the National League, which organization succeeded the National Association, which had become rotten.

[Illustration: CORRECT DIAGRAM OF A BALL FIELD.
NOTE. For Specifications see Rules from No. 2 to No. 13.]