June 3, 1906 - The Washington Post - ALTIZER BEST HITTER
ALTIZER BEST HITTER
Nationals Have Seven Batters Above 300 Mark.
YOUNGSTERS TAKE A JUMP
Thirty-six Batters Have Stylish Averages, Elberfeld Now Leading Stone. Stahl, Hickman, and Kittredge Rank 100 Batters Below Altizer, with Marks About .200-Lajoie Twenty-ninth.
. A STUDY IN BATTING.
Altizer, shortstop .563
Stanley. right fielder .343
Wakefield, catcher .381
Anderson, left fielder .329
Cross, third base .311
Sudhoff, pitcher .500
Kitson, pitcher .357
Stahl, manager .203
Hickman, right fielder .196
Kittredge, catcher .200
Heydon, catcher .145
"Kid" Elberfeld has overhauled George Stone, the American League's champion swatsman, and is now leading the St. Louis slugger by 8 points. Stone was the first batter in the big leagues to make this fiftieth hit, having accomplished this feat early in the week. Stone was the first batter to round the 50 mark last season.
Stone's team mate, Charley Hemphill, has the second greatest number of hits. Elberfeld has been up to bat 21 times less than Stone and has made 7 less hits than the slugger, but the scrappy shortstop has a way of getting hit and bunting a runner along the sacks which Stone has not the opportunity of doing by reason of the fact that he leads off.
Elberfeld lays back behind Willie Keeler, and when Willie gets on base, it's the Kid's play to sacrifice, which Elberfeld often scratches into a single. There are thirty-six batters in stylish company. It is the first time in many years that such a number of hitters have held and struck in .300 company. With the old pitchers coming around, many of these batters will fall by the wayside in the next three weeks. Washington has seven batters above .300.
Nationals Have Seven Batters Above 300 Mark.
YOUNGSTERS TAKE A JUMP
Thirty-six Batters Have Stylish Averages, Elberfeld Now Leading Stone. Stahl, Hickman, and Kittredge Rank 100 Batters Below Altizer, with Marks About .200-Lajoie Twenty-ninth.
. A STUDY IN BATTING.
Altizer, shortstop .563
Stanley. right fielder .343
Wakefield, catcher .381
Anderson, left fielder .329
Cross, third base .311
Sudhoff, pitcher .500
Kitson, pitcher .357
Stahl, manager .203
Hickman, right fielder .196
Kittredge, catcher .200
Heydon, catcher .145
"Kid" Elberfeld has overhauled George Stone, the American League's champion swatsman, and is now leading the St. Louis slugger by 8 points. Stone was the first batter in the big leagues to make this fiftieth hit, having accomplished this feat early in the week. Stone was the first batter to round the 50 mark last season.
Stone's team mate, Charley Hemphill, has the second greatest number of hits. Elberfeld has been up to bat 21 times less than Stone and has made 7 less hits than the slugger, but the scrappy shortstop has a way of getting hit and bunting a runner along the sacks which Stone has not the opportunity of doing by reason of the fact that he leads off.
Elberfeld lays back behind Willie Keeler, and when Willie gets on base, it's the Kid's play to sacrifice, which Elberfeld often scratches into a single. There are thirty-six batters in stylish company. It is the first time in many years that such a number of hitters have held and struck in .300 company. With the old pitchers coming around, many of these batters will fall by the wayside in the next three weeks. Washington has seven batters above .300.
