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 THE LEAGUE OFFICIAL AVERAGES FOR 1893.

The following tables are those made up by Secretary N. E. Young, and they present the best analysis of the season's play in the League championship arena which the incomplete scoring rules of the League code admit of. It will be seen that the batting average record, given below, places Stenzel of the Pittsburgh club as the leading batter of the season, simply because he has the highest base hit percentage, while Ewing of the Clevelands, who had a base hit average of .371 is seventh on the list, and yet Stenzel's work at the bat does not compare for a moment with that of Ewing in the batting which forwards runners, the former making but 12 sacrifice hits to Ewing's 35, and stealing but 13 bases to Ewing's 53. Here are the official averages in question:

BATTING RECORD OF PLAYERS WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN FIFTEEN OR MORE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. SEASON OF 1893.

[F2: the following were noted by earlier rounds: for the line starting Twitchell; for the line starting Holliday; for the line starting Delehanty.]