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 companions. They rallied in September and then reached their highest monthly percentage. St. Louis opened with a spurt, fell off badly, rallied in July, when they reached their best monthly percentage, .571, and ended with .406 only. Louisville struck a snag at the outset of the race and took the leather medal in May with the smallest monthly percentage figures of the season, .133. Then they improved and reached .500 in July, and ended even with St. Louis in September at .406 each. Washington opened quite promisingly; did well up to July with .458 for that month, and then they jumped right into last ditch figures, .160, in September. The greatest difference in monthly percentage figures between the leader and the tail ender occurred in August, when the Bostons led the month's percentage record with .800 and Washington with .192, a difference of 708 points. It will be seen that the pennant race of 1893 was a very uneven one.

THE SERIES RECORD OF 1893.

The appended table gives the series of games lost, won and tied in the pennant race of 1893, a series being won only when a majority of the scheduled games have been won after the twelve games have been played, drawn games not counting.

It will be seen that the Boston team won all but one series, viz., that with Pittsburgh; the champions did not lose a series because that with the Pittsburghs was unfinished.