Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889
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Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889
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ST. LOUIS.
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PLAYERS. |Games.|At |Runs.|Earned|Hits.|Totals.|Wild |Struck |Bases
| |Bat. | |Runs. | | |Pitches.|Out. |on
| | | | | | | | |Balls.
-----------+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-------+--------+-------+-----
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King | 5 | 137 | 25 | 8 | 34 | 43 | 2 | 11 | 9
Chamberlain| 4 | 210 | 43 | 22 | 64 | 94 | 7 | 14 | 20
+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-------+--------+-------+-----
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Total | 10 | 347 | 68 | 30 | 98 | 137 | 9 | 25 | 29
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In the fielding figures of pitchers the assistances on strikes were mixed
up with the fielding assistances which rendered them useless.
The record of the batting and fielding of the two club teams as a whole,
is as follows:
CLUB BATTING.
CLUBS. |Games.|At Bat.|Runs.|Base |S.B.|Average.
| | | |Hits.| |
----------+------+-------+-----+-----+----+--------
New York | 10 | 366 | 64 | 96 | 37 | .289
St. Louis | 10 | 333 | 61 | 73 | 26 | .219
CLUBS. |Games | P.O. | A. | E.|Total |Per Cent
| | | | |Chances.|Accepted.
----------+------+------+----+---+--------+--------
New York | 10 | 213 | 174| 40| 427| .906
St. Louis | 10 | 249 | 157| 42| 449| .906
THE FINANCIAL RECORD.
The appended figures showing the gate receipts of each day in
each city, are as follows:
Where Played.|When Played. |Receipts.
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New York City|Tuesday, October 16 | $2,876.50
|Wednesday, October 17| 3,375.50
|Thursday, October 18 | 3,530.00
Brooklyn |Friday, October 19 | 1,562.00
New York City|Saturday, October 20 | 5,624.50
Philadelphia |Monday, October 22 | 1,781.60
|Wednesday, October 24| 2,024.00
St. Louis |Thursday, October 25 | 2,365.00
|Friday, October 26 | 411.00
|Saturday, October 27 | 212.00
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Total | $24,362.10
Total expenses | 8,000.00
Total amount divided | 16,362.10
Fifty per cent. each amounted to | 8,181.05
Of the New York's share of the receipts, $200 was paid to each of their
eighteen players, reducing the club's profits by some $3,600. The general
expense account includes traveling expenses and advertising for both
clubs. The following table shows the figures for the series between St.
Louis and Detroit in 1887:
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