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 * Aggregate
 * Club.
 * Pitchers' Names in Percentage Order.
 * Percentage.
 * 1.
 * Boston
 * Gastright Nichols, Staley and Stivetts
 * .677
 * 2.
 * Pittsburgh
 * Killen, Gumbert, Terry and Ehret
 * .630
 * 3.
 * Cleveland
 * Young, Cuppy, Clarkson and Hastings
 * .603
 * 4.
 * Philadelphia
 * Weyhing, Carsey, Keefe and Taylor
 * .621
 * 5.
 * Cincinnati
 * Chamberlain, Parrott, Dwyer and King
 * .570
 * 6.
 * Brooklyn
 * Kennedy, Stein, Daub and Haddock
 * .547
 * 7.
 * New York
 * Petty, Rusie, German, Baldwin
 * .552
 * 8.
 * Baltimore
 * McMahon, McNabb, Mullane and Hawke
 * .519
 * 9.
 * Chicago
 * McGill, Mauck, Hutchison and Abbey
 * .465
 * 10.
 * St. Louis
 * Clarkson, Brietenstein, Gleason and Hawley
 * .445
 * 11.
 * Louisville
 * Hemming, Menefee, Stratton and Rhodes
 * .410
 * 12.
 * Washington
 * Duryea, Meekin, Esper and Maul
 * .333
 * }
 * .465
 * 10.
 * St. Louis
 * Clarkson, Brietenstein, Gleason and Hawley
 * .445
 * 11.
 * Louisville
 * Hemming, Menefee, Stratton and Rhodes
 * .410
 * 12.
 * Washington
 * Duryea, Meekin, Esper and Maul
 * .333
 * }
 * Duryea, Meekin, Esper and Maul
 * .333
 * }

It is a noteworthy fact that the aggregate percentage of figures of the quartette of pitchers accords—with one exception—with the relative position of each club in the pennant race.

The Boston club of 1893 really won the championship of the season with a quartette of pitchers only, and throughout the year they only tried but six in all, and two of these in but three games, Quarles winning two and losing two, while Coyle was only tried in a single game, and that resulted in his defeat. The brunt of the work was done by Nichols, who pitched in 46 games; Stivetts pitching in 33, Staley in 21 and Gastright in 17. Nichols was the most successful pitcher of the quartette against the six western teams opposed to him; while Gastright did the best against the eastern teams, the latter not losing a game against the eastern teams, while Nichols lost 7 out of 24 in the east, Stivett losing 7 out of 18 there and Staley 5 out of 13. Nichols troubled New York and Philadelphia badly and he shut out the St. Louis team without a game to their credit out of four games played. Stivett was most successful against Brooklyn and Staley against Baltimore. Gastright did not let his old club, the Pittsburghs, get a single game from him. In percentage of victories against the eleven clubs Gastright bore off the palm with .750 to Nichols' .696, Staley's .665 and Stivetts' .636. The club's pitching record in full for 1893, showing the victories and defeats each of the six pitchers of the club pitched in, and their victories and defeats against each separate club, to which is added a summary showing the percentages against the east and west, as also of the whole, appears on page 41.