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 THE CLEVELAND CLUB'S PITCHING RECORD.

The Cleveland club in 1893 virtually relied on the service of but three pitchers, viz., Young, Cuppy and Clarkson, these three pitching in 111 games out of the 128 won and lost. Hastings pitched in ten games, Williams, Schauble and Fisher in two each, and Davies in but one. Young was the most successful against the Brooklyns in the east and against the Louisvilles in the west; Cuppy succeeding the best against the Pittsburgh, Washington and St. Louis teams; while Clarkson did the best against the Washingtons and Chicagos. Young found the Phillies the most difficult team to win from, while Cuppy didn't win a game from Baltimore, nor Clarkson from New York or Louisville. The latter pitcher weakened his work in the box by his silly kicking against decisions on called balls and strikes, Young's good humor being in striking and favorable contrast to Clarkson's irritable temper. Cuppy did effective work against the Pittsburghs, the latter failing to win one of the four games in which Cuppy pitched against them, but Boston and Baltimore won easily against him. He led Young in percentage figures against the western teams by .706 to .700; but Young led him by .645 to .455 against the eastern teams. Clarkson did better against the west than the east by .615 to .500. The pitching failures of the team were Davies and Fisher, neither of whom pitched in a victory. Here is the record in full: