1894 by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

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To supplement that just a bit, some figures from 1887-8-9 are added below. By the way, UERA stands for “Unearned Run Average,”

and will be discussed later in the context of errors and gloves.

Batting averages skyrocketed as did pitching ERA’s; the former peaking at Hugh Duffy’s still record .440 in 1894. He also led the league that year with 237 hits, 51 doubles, and 18 home runs; missing the Triple Crown with RBI’s of 145 to Sam Thompson’s 149. It should be made clear that these performances were not extremely unusual at the time. 1894 had four other .400

hitters.

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