Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895

Chapter IV: Introduction (2)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L l a C i S i o N a B s l t t n u e d r h e t C . c i BALTIMORE w B e o i v s h i s o l o n e b i L n v vs. Y s p k g l u c o n i o t h l t a r a u a l r o i y o n g g i t l k n a n n d h o s i e Grand Totals Total Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 7 Series lost 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Series tied 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Series unfinished 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 "Chicago" victories 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 "Chicago" defeats 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Won by 1 run 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 9 11 Lost by 1 run 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 7 Single figure victories 2 1 2 4 3 12 6 1 2 7 5 7 28 40 Single figure defeats 5 3 2 1 0 11 1 3 1 0 1 1 7 18 Double figure victories 4 3 4 4 8 23 3 5 8 3 5 2 26 49 Double figure defeats 1 5 2 3 1 12 2 1 2 2 1 1 9 21 Home victories 5 1 4 5 5 20 6 4 7 8 6 6 37 57 Home defeats 1 4 2 2 1 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 13 Victories abroad 1 2 3 3 6 15 3 2 2 2 4 4 17 32 Defeats abroad 5 4 2 2 0 13 2 3 3 1 2 2 13 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

It will be seen that the Baltimores "shut out" but one Eastern team and not a single Western opponent, while they themselves were "Chicagoed" once by each, viz., by New York and Louisville, the tail ender's "shut out" being annoying. Only two of their contests with the Eastern teams were won by a single run, but they won three games against the Eastern teams by one run. They lost seven games by a single run, three of them in the East and four against Western adversaries. No less than forty of their games were won by single figure scores, viz., 12 against Eastern teams and 28 against Western opponents. They lost a total of but 18 single figure games. Their double figure victories were no less than 49, against but 21 double figure defeats. They won 57 home victories against 32 abroad, the defeats being 18 at home to 26 abroad. Take it all in all, the Baltimores did splendid work in the box, the field and at the bat, the only drawback to their creditable season's campaign being too much kicking and rowdy ball playing, in the latter of which McGraw was the principal offender.

#The Records of the New York and Boston Clubs of 1894.#

The New York club's team entered the campaign of 1894 decidedly handicapped. The club had excellent material at command wherewith to make up a strong team; but the manager had great difficulty at first in getting it into team work condition, he being hampered by the interference of the class of scribe managers of League cities who are very confident of their ability to run a club team better, on paper, than the actual manager can on the field. Then, too, a minority of these journalists seem to delight in getting up sensations which lead to discord in the ranks of a team; as they have their pet players on the teams, as well as those they have a special grudge against; moreover, the directors of the club were at times, in the early part of the season, not in accord with the manager in his methods of selecting players, and in appointing them to special positions. Finally the experience of April and May taught the club officials that if much more of the interference racket was continued, the result would be a permanent place in the second division, inasmuch as on May 24th, the club stood no higher than eighth place, with but little likelihood at that time of getting any higher. By June, however, an improved condition of affairs in running the team was manifested; the scribe managers were ignored, the manager was given more control of the team, and by the close of the June campaign the New York club was in the first division, and by the end of July were among the three leaders, where they remained until the end of the race.

The club was fortunate in being able to make its team unusually strong in its battery players. The very profitable and liberal investment made by Director Wheeler, in the purchase of the release of Meekin and Farrell, was a potent factor in enabling the club to reach the high position it did, both of these model players, in their respective positions, proving to be a great accession to the strength of the club's team. Another valuable acquisition to their team was that noted college player, young Murphy, he proving to be the most valuable utility man in the club, and an equal of Ward in team-work batting. By the closing month of the campaign the team had been trained up to the point of working together in more harmony, besides doing better team-work in their batting than any previous players of the club had ever before exhibited. Moreover, the team, during 1894, manifested greater rallying power at the finish in a game than ever before, they fully equaling the Bostons in this respect; in fact, this past season they excelled the champions in securing the lead in the latter part of a contest, a very important factor in winning pennants. THE NEW YORK CLUB'S RECORD.

The record of the club for 1894 giving the victories and defeats scored, with the total of games played, and the percentage of victories against each club is as follows:

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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W P C L
B l a C i S i o
a a B s l t t n u
l d r h e t C . c i
NEW YORK t B e o i v s h i s
i o l o n e b i L n v
vs. m s p k g l u c o n i
o t h l t a r a u a l
r o i y o n g g i t l
e n a n n d h o s i e
Totals Totals
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Victories 6 6 5 7 10 34 9 8 11 7 7 12 54
Defeats 6 6 7 5 10 26 3 4 1 5 5 0 18
Games Played 12 12 12 12 12 60 12 12 12 12 12 12 72
Per cent. of
Victories .500 .500 .417 .583 .833 .567 .750 .667 .917 .583 .583 1.00 .750
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The above record shows that the "Giants" defeated Brooklyn and Washington in the Eastern series of games, and tied with Boston and Baltimore, they losing to the "Phillies" only. Against the Western clubs they won every series, excelling both Baltimore and Boston in this latter respect, as the Baltimores failed to get the best of the Pittsburghs, and the Bostons were tied with the St. Louis. Then, too, the "Giants" excelled the other two leading clubs in shutting out Louisville in no less than thirteen successive games, one game being thrown out. In addition they took Anson's "Colts" into camp in eleven out of twelve games, and defeated the Washingtons in ten games out of the twelve of the series.

The record of the series of games won, lost, tied and unfinished, together with that of the "Chicago" victories and defeats, and the single and double figure games of the New York and Boston clubs is as follows:

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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W P C L
B l a C i S i o
a a B s l t t n u
l d r h e t C . c i
NEW YORK t B e o i v s h i s
i o l o n e b i L n v
vs. m s p k g l u c o n i
o t h l t a r a u a l
r o i y o n g g i t l
e n a n n d h o s i e Grand
Totals Totals Totals
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Series won 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 8
Series lost 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Series tied 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Series
unfinished 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
"Chicago"
victories 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 5
"Chicago"
defeats 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
Single figure
victories 5 4 2 3 7 21 7 7 8 5 4 7 38 59
Single figure
defeats 2 4 4 2 1 13 1 1 0 5 5 0 12 25
Double figure
victories 1 2 3 4 3 13 2 1 3 2 3 5 16 29
Double figure
defeats 4 2 3 3 1 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 6 19
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The foregoing table shows that the New York club won eight out of the eleven series, they losing but one--that with Philadelphia -and tieing two, one with Baltimore and one with Boston. In "Chicago" games they won five and lost four, and in single figure games they won 59 and lost but 25, while in double figure games they won 29 only and lost but 19.

THE BOSTON CLUB'S RECORD.

The Boston club, in 1894, after being League pennant winners three years in succession, was obliged to fall back to third place in the past year's pennant race, after a hard fight for first place in the race from April to September, that club standing in first place on April 26th and also on the 29th of August, they varying their position but little during that period. Hitherto, in the races of 1891, '92 and '93, the Bostons were noted for their rallying powers, not only in the latter part of a game, but especially in the closing month of each season. It will be remembered, that in 1892, though they had to succumb to Cleveland in the last part of the divided campaign of that year, they rallied handsomely and easily won the championship in the world's series of that year. This year, however, they went back on their record badly, in failing to attend to the rallying business in the last month of the campaign, the result being that they not only lost the pennant, but had to submit to being forced into third place in the race. The question as to "why this was thusly" is not easy to answer. It may be said, for one thing, that the loss of the valuable services of the veteran Bennett, was one drawback to their success, and the failure of a majority of their pitchers, another; their only really successful "battery" team being Nichols and Ganzel. Then, too, they lost ground in playing, as well as in popularity, by the kicking and noisy coaching profanities of a minority of their team; that kind of "hustling" in a team having become played out as a winning factor in the game in 1894. It must not be forgotten, however, that the Boston club, in 1894, encountered stronger teams in New York and Baltimore than ever before; moreover, they were troubled considerably by the strong opposition of the St. Louis club's team, the only club to score three straight victories from them during the season. That the club had the material to do better than they did, goes without saying; it was a failure in its running that did the business, chiefly.

Here is the record of the victories, defeats, games played, and percentage of victories against each club for the past season of 1894:

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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W P C L
B l a C i S i o
a N a B s l t t n u
l e d r h e t C . c i
BOSTON t w e o i v s h i s
i l o n e b i L n v
vs. m Y p k g l u c o n i
o o h l t a r a u a l
r r i y o n g g i t l
e k a n n d h o s i e
Totals Totals
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Victories 8 6 6 6 9 35 9 8 7 6 8 10 48
Defeats 4 6 6 6 3 25 3 4 5 6 4 2 24
Games Played 12 12 12 12 12 60 12 12 12 12 12 12 72
Per cent. of
Victories .667 .500 .500 .500 .250 .583 .250 .667 .583 .500 .667 .833 .667
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The Bostons, in 1894, took the Baltimore and Washington teams into camp without difficulty, but the best they could do against New York, Philadelphia and Brooklyn, was to tie each series. Against the Western clubs, it will be seen, the only club that troubled them was the St. Louis Browns. Four series tied out of the eleven they played was an unusual record for the ex-champions. In victories, they did better against the West than against the East, by 48 victories to 35; in defeats, however, the result was more even, viz., 25 to 24.

The following is the club's record of series won, lost, tied and unfinished, together with the "Chicago" victories and defeats, and the single and double figure victories and defeats scored by the club in 1894:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L B l a C i S i o a N a B s l t t n u l e d r h e t C . c i BOSTON t w e o i v s h i s i l o n e b i L n v vs. m Y p k g l u c o n i o o h l t a r a u a l r r i y o n g g i t l e k a n n d h o s i e Grand Totals Totals Totals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 7 Series lost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Series tied 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 Series unfinished 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Chicago" victories 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 "Chicago" defeats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Single figure victories 4 4 4 3 0 15 2 7 2 0 3 5 19 34 Single figure defeats 1 4 1 3 2 11 1 1 1 5 2 1 11 22 Double figure victories 4 2 2 3 9 20 7 1 5 6 5 5 29 49 Double figure defeats 3 2 5 3 1 14 2 3 4 1 2 1 13 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The club won but seven of the eleven series played in 1894, though they did not lose a series, no less than four being tied. In "Chicago" games they won but 3, but did not lose a single game by a "shut out." By way of comparison, we give below the records of the same three clubs in 1893, when the three leaders in the race were Boston. Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and the three leaders of the Eastern teams were Boston, Philadelphia and New York, the Baltimores that year being eighth only. Singularly enough, all three clubs did better against their Eastern confreres in 1893 than against the Western clubs.

Here are the three club records of 1893

RECORDS OF 1893.

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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W P C L
B l a C i S i o
a N a B s l t t n u
l e d r h e t C . c i
BOSTON t w e o i v s h i s
i l o n e b i L n v
vs. m Y p k g l u c o n i
o o h l t a r a u a l
r r i y o n g g i t l
e k a n n d h o s i e
Totals Total
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Victories 10 8 8 8 7 41 7 4 8 10 6 10 45
Defeats 2 4 4 4 5 19 5 6 3 2 6 2 24
Games played 12 12 12 12 12 60 12 10 11 12 12 12 72
Per cent. of
Victories .853 .667 .667 .667 .583 .680 .583 .400 .727 .833 .500 .833 .652
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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W P C L
B l a C i S i o
a a B s l t t n u
l d r h e t C . c i
NEW YORK t B e o i v s h i s
i o l o n e b i L n v
vs. m s p k g l u c o n i
o t h l t a r a u a l
r o i y o n g g i t l
e n a n n d h o s i e
Totals Total
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Victories 8 4 7 6 7 32 6 4 5 8 6 7 36
Defeats 4 8 5 6 5 28 6 8 7 4 6 5 36
Games played 12 12 12 12 12 60 12 12 12 12 12 12 72
Per cent. of
Victories .667 .333 .583 .500 .583 .533 .500 .333 .417 .667 .500 .417 .500
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To show what the new rivals--the New York and Baltimore clubs--did in the two past seasons combined, we give the figures of the double records of 1893 and 1894:

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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W P C L
B l a C i S i o
a a B s l t t n u
l d r h e t C . c i
NEW YORK t B e o i v s h i s
i o l o n e b i L n v
vs. m s p k g l u c o n i
o t h l t a r a u a l
r o i y o n g g i t l
e n a n n d h o s i e
Totals Total
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Victories 14 10 12 13 17 66 15 12 16 13 15 19 90
Defeats 10 14 12 11 7 51 9 12 8 11 9 5 54
Games played 24 24 24 24 24 120 24 24 24 24 24 24 144
Per cent. of
Victories .383 .417 .500 .542 .708 .550 .625 .500 .667 .542 .625 .792 .625
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In this combined record New York leads Baltimore, the poor season's work of 1893 by the Baltimores more than offsetting the honors they won in 1894.

#The Campaigns of the Other Nine Clubs of 1894.#

THE PHILADELPHIA CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

At the end of the first day's contests, on April 19th, four clubs were tied for first place as victors, and four others were tied next in order as losers, the third four of the twelve clubs of the League not playing until the 20th of April. At the end of the first week's play in the April campaign the "Phillies" stood fourth in the race, they being headed by Boston, Cleveland and St. Louis, respectively, and followed by Baltimore and Cincinnati, all of which six clubs were in the first division, the Pittsburgh, New York, Louisville, Washington, Brooklyn and Chicago following in order in the second division; the difference in percentage figures between the leader and tail ender being 833 points, as the Chicago team had not then won a single game out of six played, and the Brooklyns but one, while the "Phillies" had won 5 out of 7, they starting off well, Boston, Cleveland and St. Louis having won 5 out of 6 played. By the end of the April campaign the "Phillies" stood in fourth place, being led by St. Louis, Cleveland and Boston, the other first division clubs being Baltimore and Cincinnati. During the May campaign the "Phillies" fluctuated between fifth place on May 9th up to second position on May 16th, finally finishing the May campaign a poor fifth on May 31st, with Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Baltimore and Boston in advance of them, and New York close at their heels. In June the "Phillies" began to do a little better, and by June 18th, they had pulled up to second place, with Baltimore in the van and Boston close behind the "Quakers." Then once more they fell back in the race, the close of the June campaign seeing them in fifth place, and in the rear of Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh, with New York within a few points of them. During July this "up-hill and down-dale" method of racing was continued until July 23d, when they were driven into the ranks of the second division clubs, they occupying seventh place on that date, the end of the July campaign seeing the team in seventh place, with a percentage of victories of .526, Boston, Baltimore, New York, Cleveland, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh being the six first division clubs. During the August campaign the "Phillies" got back into the first division ranks, and on the 21st of that month were in fourth place, which position they retained to the end of that month's campaign. They tried in vain to get higher, but could not do so, and on the last day of the season they stood a bad fourth, the next club above them leading them by 75 points in percentage figures, and by eleven games.

The following is the Philadelphia club's record of victories and defeats scored, with the total number of games played, and the percentage of victories against each club, and also the record of the series won, lost, tied and unfinished, together with the "Chicago" victories and defeats, and the single and double figure victories and defeats scored by the club during 1894:

THE PHILADELPHIA CLUB'S RECORD.

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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
W P C L
B a C i S i o
a N B s l t t n u
l e r h e t C . c i
PHILADELPHIA t w B o i v s h i s
i o o n e b i L n v
vs. m Y s k g l u c o n i
o o t l t a r a u a l
r r o y o n g g i t l
e k n n n d h o s i e
Totals Total
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Victories 4 7 6 7 8 32 5 8 5 5 8 8 39
Defeats 6 5 6 5 4 26 7 4 7 7 2 3 30
Games played 10 12 12 12 12 58 12 12 12 12 10 11 69
Per cent. of
Victories .400 .583 .500 .583 .667 .552 .417 .667 .417 .417 .800 .727 .585
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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.

W P C L B a C i S i o a N B s l t t n u l e r h e t C . c i PHILADELPHIA t w B o i v s h i s i o o n e b i L n v vs. m Y s k g l u c o n i o o t l t a r a u a l r r o y o n g g i t l e k n n n d h o s i e Grand Totals Totals Totals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 6 Series lost 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 Series tied 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Series unfinished 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 "Chicago" victories 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 "Chicago" defeats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Single figure victories 2 4 3 3 3 15 3 3 1 2 2 2 13 28 Single figure defeats 2 2 5 5 3 12 2 3 0 3 3 0 10 22 Double figure victories 2 3 3 4 5 17 2 5 4 3 6 6 26 43 Double figure defeats 4 3 1 0 1 8 5 1 7 4 2 3 22 30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The above table shows that the Philadelphia team in their games with their Eastern opponents had but little difficulty in defeating the Washingtons, besides getting the best of both New York and Brooklyn in the race. But they lost to Baltimore and tied with Boston. With the Western teams they did not do so well, as they only won three out of the six series, they winning easily with Cincinnati by 8 to 2 in won games, while they had but little difficulty with Louisville and Pittsburgh. They lost with Cleveland, Chicago and St. Louis by 5 to 7 each in won games.

THE BROOKLYN CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

The Brooklyn club opened the season's campaign on April 19th, and at the close of the first day's play, stood tied with Baltimore, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh for fifth place, they standing as low as eleventh position on April 23d. During the May campaign they made but little headway in the race, as, up to May 22d they had got no higher than seventh place. After that they got into the first division for a few days, but at the end of the May campaign they were tied with New York for sixth place; Pittsburgh, on May 31st, being in the van, with Cleveland and Baltimore second and third, Pittsburgh's percentage figures being .710 at this date; the "Orioles" being followed by Boston and Philadelphia. The Brooklyns began the June campaign by leading New York and taking up a position in the first division, occupying sixth place, next to Boston, then in fifth position. By June 19th they had reached fourth place, and they closed their June campaign in third position, Baltimore leading, with Boston second. During the early part of July the Brooklyns fell back to sixth place, and the "Giants" jumped into third position. On July 31st the Brooklyns stood fifth only, and they began falling lower the first week in August, and on the fourth of that month were back in the second division ranks, and after that date "the subsequent proceedings interested them no more," as far as the three leading positions were concerned. They remained in seventh place up to August 21st when they got back into the first division, and on August 31st they were in fifth place. During September there was a close fight between Cleveland and Brooklyn for that position, but finally the Brooklyns retained it at the finish by the percentage figures of .534 to .527, a lead of but seven points. The Brooklyn team made but a poor record against their Eastern team rivals in 1894, but were more successful against the Western clubs. They won but one series in the East, and that was against the tail-end Washingtons, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia beating them out in the race, while they tied the Bostons. Against the Western clubs they won in three series; tied with two others, and had the series with Cleveland, but they only won four series out of the eleven.

The following tables show the Brooklyn club's record of victories and defeats scored, with the total number of games played and the percentage of victories against each club; also, the record of the series won, lost, tied and unfinished, together with the "Chicago" victories and defeats, and the single and double figure victories and defeats scored by the club during the season of 1894:

THE BROOKLYN CLUB'S RECORD.

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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W P C L
B l a C i S i o
a N a s l t t n u
l e d h e t C . c i
BROOKLYN t w B e i v s h i s
i o l n e b i L n v
vs. m Y s p g l u c o n i
o o t h t a r a u a l
r r o i o n g g i t l
e k n a n d h o s i e
Totals Total
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Victories 4 5 6 5 9 29 6 7 6 8 6 8 41
Defeats 8 7 6 7 3 31 5 5 6 4 6 4 30
Games Played 12 12 12 12 12 60 11 12 12 12 12 12 71
Per cent. of
Victories .388 .417 .500 .452 .750 .483 .545 .583 .500 .667 .509 .667 .577
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS P h i W P C L B l a C i S i o a N a s l t t n u l e d h e t C . c i BROOKLYN t w B e i v s h i s i o l n e b i L n v vs. m Y s p g l u c o n i o o t h t a r a u a l r r o i o n g g i t l e k n a n d h o s i e Grand Total Total Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 4 Series lost 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Series tied 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 Series unfinished 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 "Chicago" victories 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 "Chicago" defeats 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 Single figure victories 1 2 3 5 3 14 4 3 5 3 1 4 20 34 Single figure defeats 3 3 4 3 1 14 2 2 2 3 3 1 13 27 Double figure victories 3 3 3 0 6 15 2 4 1 5 5 4 21 36 Double figure defeats 5 4 2 4 2 17 3 3 4 1 3 3 18 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

THE CLEVELAND CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

The Cleveland club did not begin their opening campaign until April 20th, and then in the ranks of the second division; but they soon, jumped to the front, and by the end of the April campaign they stood a tie for first place with Boston and St. Louis, with the percentage figures of .750 each. They opened the May campaign by pushing Boston out of first place, and they retained the leading position from May 2d to the 28th, they reaching the high percentage of .867 on May 10th--the highest of the season. On Decoration Day Pittsburgh went to the front, with the percentage of .700 to Cleveland's .692, and they retained that position to the close of the May campaign. During June the Clevelands fell off, and by the 21st of that month they had got down to fifth place in the race, and by the end of the June campaign had been driven into the ranks of the second division, they then occupying seventh place with a percentage of .549; Pittsburgh, on June 30th, being the only Western team in the first division. This fact alone showed a one-sided race up to that date.

The Clevelands did not get back into the first division until July 17th, and after that they never left it. During August they battled well for third place, but could get no higher than fourth position, where they stood up to August 21st, when they began to fall off, and on August 31st they were down to sixth place. This position they were forced to keep all through September up to the finish of the race.

The Cleveland team managed to win two of their series with the Eastern clubs, viz., with Washington and Philadelphia, but were badly whipped by the three leaders; they managed, however, to make a close fight of it with their old antagonists of Brooklyn, the latter winning the series by a single game only.

With their Western rivals the Clevelands won every series but one, viz., that with the Pittsburgh club, thereby winning the _championship of the West for_ 1894, as Boston did the championship of the East. Then, too, the Clevelands were the only Western club remaining in the first division at the close of the season; so they had some consolation in the race in excelling their Western rivals, all of whom they beat out in the race, even if they failed to win the pennant or to get among the three leaders in the race. Moreover, they excelled all the Western teams in team work in the field and at the bat, as they did the Brooklyns and Washingtons of the Eastern division.

Here is their record:

THE CLEVELAND CLUB'S RECORD.
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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
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h
i W P C L
B l a i S i o
a N a B s t t n u
l e d r h t C . c i
CLEVELAND t w B e o i s h i s
i o l o n b i L n v
vs. m Y s p k g u c o n i
o o t h l t r a u a l
r r o i y o g g i t l
e k n a n n h o s i e
Totals Total
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Victories 3 3 3 7 5 8 29 4 10 9 8 8 39
Defeats 9 9 9 5 6 4 42 8 2 3 3 3 19
Games Played 12 12 12 12 11 12 71 12 12 12 11 11 58
Per cent. of
Victories .250 .250 .250 .583 .455 .667 .408 .333 .883 .750 .727 .727 .672
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L B l a i S i o a N a B s t t n u l e d r h t C . c i CLEVELAND t w B e o i s h i s i o l o n b i L n v vs. m Y s p k g u c o n i o o t h l t r a u a l r r o i y o g g i t l e k n a n n h o s i e Grand Total Total Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 4 6 Series lost 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 Series tied 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Series unfinished 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 "Chicago" victories 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 5 7 "Chicago" defeats 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Single figure victories 1 1 1 2 3 4 12 3 7 7 4 6 27 39 Single figure defeats 6 7 2 3 4 4 26 5 1 1 2 1 10 36 Double figure victories 2 2 2 5 2 4 17 1 3 2 4 2 12 29 Double figure defeats 3 2 7 2 2 0 16 3 1 2 1 2 9 25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#The Second Division Clubs.#

THE PITTSBURGH CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

The Pittsburgh club opened the April campaign in the ranks of the second division, the end of the month seeing the team in seventh place, three other Western teams leading them on April 30th. During May they got into the first division, and May 21st they were among the three leaders, with Cleveland and Baltimore first and second in the race. At the end of the May campaign they had rallied as well, and had pulled up to first place, with the percentage figures of .710 to Cleveland's .679 and Baltimore's .654, Boston, Philadelphia and New York being the next three. In June, the Pittsburghs fell off in the race, and by the 11th of that month they were down to fifth place, then pulled up again after touching sixth position, and on June 30th stood fourth, they then being headed by Baltimore, Boston and Brooklyn, with Philadelphia and New York in their rear. In July they fell off badly, and on the 20th of that month they had been driven out of the first division. At the end of the July campaign they stood sixth in the race. They got a step higher the early part of August, but the end of that month's campaign saw the club once more in the ranks of the second division, and they struggled in vain to get out of the company of the six tail-enders, the end of the race seeing the club in seventh place with the percentage figures of .500, Cleveland leading them by 27 points.

The record of the Pittsburgh club for 1894 giving the victories and defeats scored, with a total of games played and the percentage of victories against each club; also, the record of the series of games won, lost, tied or unfinished, together with that of the "Chicago" victories and defeats, and the single and double figure games scored by the club, is as follows:

THE PITTSBURGH CLUB'S RECORD.
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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W C L
B l a C S i o
a N a B s l t n u
l e d r h e C . c i
PITTSBURGH t w B e o i v h i s
i o l o n e i L n v
vs. m Y s p k g l c o n i
o o t h l t a a u a l
r r o i y o n g i t l
e k n a n n d o s i e
Totals Total
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Victories 4 4 4 4 5 8 29 8 6 6 7 9 36
Defeats 6 8 8 8 7 4 41 4 6 6 5 3 24
Games played 10 12 12 12 12 12 70 12 12 12 12 12 60
Per cent. of
Victories .400 .333 .333 .333 .417 .667 .414 .667 .500 .500 .500 .583 .600
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W C L B l a C S i o a N a B s l t n u l e d r h e C . c i PITTSBURGH t w B e o i v h i s i o l o n e i L n v vs. m Y s p k g l c o n i o o t h l t a a u a l r r o i y o n g i t l e k n a n n d o s i e Grand Total Total Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 Series lost 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 . 0 0 0 0 0 4 Series tied 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 1 1 0 0 2 2 Series unfinished 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 "Chicago" victories 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 "Chicago" defeats 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 Single figure victories 3 1 1 3 2 3 13 5 3 4 3 7 22 35 Single figure defeats 1 7 7 3 3 0 21 3 2 4 2 3 14 35 Double figure victories 1 3 3 1 3 5 16 3 3 2 4 2 14 30 Double figure defeats 5 1 1 5 4 4 20 1 4 2 3 0 10 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The "Pirates," it will be seen, were very unsuccessful against the Eastern teams, the Washingtons being the only club they could win a series from. Against their Western rivals, however, they did not lose a series, defeating Cleveland, Cincinnati and Louisville, and tieing with Chicago and St. Louis. The very club they wanted most to defeat they captured, viz., the Clevelands; that, and the fact that they led the second division clubs being the only consolation they had.

THE CHICAGO CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

Never before in the history of the Chicago club had any of its teams ever started a pennant race so badly as did the Chicago "Colts" in 1894. They finished the April campaign with the unenviable record of eight defeats out of nine games played, they then being a bad tail-ender in the race, with the poor percentage figures of .111 only. They remained in the last ditch up to May 10th, by which date they had won but two games out of thirteen played, the result being costly to the club in poor gate receipts. The next day they pushed the Washingtons into the last ditch--their home place for years--and by May 14th had got up to tenth position. But the end of May saw the "Colts" no higher in the race record than eleventh place, just on the ragged edge of the last ditch. By the end of the June campaign they had pulled up a little, they were standing in tenth place on June 30th; there they remained until the last day of the July campaign, when they managed to get into ninth place. During August they rallied for the first time in the race, and by the end of that month's campaign they stood eighth. But they could not get higher in the race, and they had to be content with eighth position at the end of the season, their poor record including that of being the only club of the twelve which had not, at one time or another, occupied a place in the ranks of the first division clubs. It was the worst season's record known in the history of the Chicago club.

Here is the club record:

THE CHICAGO CLUB'S RECORD.
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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W P C L
B l a C i S i o
a N a B s l t t n u
l e d r h e t . c i
CHICAGO t w B e o i v s i s
i o l o n e b L n v
vs. m Y s p k g l u o n i
o o t h l t a r u a l
r r o i y o n g i t l
e k n a n n d h s i e
Totals Total
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Victories 3 1 5 7 6 7 29 2 6 6 6 8 28
Defeats 9 11 7 5 6 5 43 10 6 6 6 4 32
Games played 12 12 12 12 12 12 60 12 12 12 12 12 60
Per cent. of
Victories .250 .083 .417 .583 .500 .583 .403 .375 .500 .500 .500 .667 .467
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CLUBS WESTERN CLUBS. P h i W P C L B l a C i S i o a N a B s l t t n u l e d r h e t . c i CHICAGO t w B e o i v s i s i o l o n e b L n v vs. m Y s p k g l u o n i o o t h l t a r u a l r r o i y o n g i t l e k n a n n d h s i e Grand Total Total Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series won 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 Series lost 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 Series tied 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .. 1 1 1 0 3 4 Series unfinished 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Chicago" victories 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Chicago" defeats 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 Single figure victories 1 1 1 0 2 1 6 1 2 3 2 6 14 20 Single figure defeats 2 8 2 1 5 4 22 6 3 4 2 3 18 40 Double figure victories 2 1 4 7 4 6 24 1 4 3 4 2 14 38 Double figure defeats 7 3 5 4 1 1 21 4 3 2 4 1 14 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Chicago "Colts" won two series against the Eastern teams, viz., those with the Washingtons and the Philadelphias, and they had a tie series with Brooklyn and a close fight with Boston; but the New Yorks whipped them the worst any club had ever before succeeded in doing in a season's series, as the "Giants" won eleven out of twelve games; the Baltimores, too, had an easy task in winning against the "Colts". Against their Western rivals, however, they lost but one series, viz., that with Cleveland; but they only won one series--that with Louisville--they tieing Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Cincinnati.

THE ST. LOUIS CLUB'S CAMPAIGN.

The St. Louis club opened the April campaign among the leaders, and put up their stock to a premium, by ending the month's record tied with Boston and Cleveland for first place, each with a percentage of .750, the club's special rival--Comiskey's Cincinnati "Reds"--ending the April campaign tied with Baltimore for fifth place. After this April spurt in the race, however, the "Browns" began to fall back in their record during May, and by the 7th of that month were down to sixth position, and on May 14th they had to give way to Cincinnati, they then falling back into the second division ranks; and on the 17th of May they were down to ninth place, and then the best they could do during the last week of the May campaign was to end eighth in the race on May 31st. During June they tried to get back into the first division, but they failed to reach higher than seventh position. During July they got lower down in the ranks of the second division, and they ended that month's campaign as low as tenth place, and they were kept there until the very last day of the season, when two victories over the Washingtons, with a tie game between Cincinnati and Cleveland, enabled the "Browns" to win the consolation prize, viz., leading Cincinnati at the finish, by the percentage figures of .424 to .419, the St. Louis team ending in ninth place and the Cincinnatis in tenth position.

The record of the St. Louis club for 1894 giving the victories and defeats scored, with the total of games played and the percentage of victories against each club; also, the record of the series of games won, lost, tied and unfinished, together with that of the "Chicago" victories and defeats and the single and double figure victories and defeats scored by the club, is as follows:

THE ST. LOUIS CLUB'S RECORD.
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EASTERN CLUBS. WESTERN CLUBS.
P
h
i W P C L
B l a C i i o
a N a B s l t n u
l e d r h e t C c i
ST .LOUIS t w B e o i v s h i s
i o l o n e b i n v
vs. m Y s p k g l u c n i
o o t h l t a r a a l
r r o i y o n g g t l
e k n a n n d h o i e
Totals Total
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Victories 2 5 6 7 4 6 30 3 6 6 5 6 26
Defeats 10 7 6 5 8 6 42 9 6 6 7 6 34
Games played 12 12 12 12 12 12 72 12 12 12 12 12 69
Per cent. of
Victories .167 .417 .500 .583 .333 .500 .417 .250 .500 .500 .417 .500 .433
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