SEASON OF 1888. ------------------------------ Rank. 1 NAME. Anson CLUB. Chicago Games Played. 134 Times at Bat. 515 Runs Scored. 101 Ave. Per Game. 0.75 First Base Hits. 177 Percentage. .343 Total Bases. 52 Ave. Per Game. 1.88 Bases Stolen. 28 Ave. Per Game. 0.20 ------------------------------ SEASON OF 1889. ------------------------------ Rank. 1 NAME. Brouthers CLUB. Boston Games. 126 Per cent. of Base Hits. .373 Stolen Bases. 22 Sacrifice Hits. 31 No. of Runs. 105 ------------------------------ SEASON OF 1890. ------------------------------ Rank. 1 NAME. Glasscock CLUB. New York Position. S. S. Games. 124 P. c. base hits to times at bat. .336 ------------------------------ SEASON OF 1891. ------------------------------ Rank. 1 NAME. Hamilton CLUB. Philadelphia Games Played. 133 Runs Scored. 42 Per cent. .338 ------------------------------ SEASON OF 1892. ------------------------------ Rank. 1 NAME. Childs CLUB. Cleveland Games Played. 144 Times at Bat. 552 Runs Scored. 135 Base Hits. 185 Per cent. .335 Total Bases. 233 Sacrifice Hits. 14 Stolen Bases. 31 ------------------------------ SEASON OF 1893. ------------------------------ Rank. 1 NAME. Stenzel CLUB. Pittsburgh Games Played. 51 Times at Bat. 198 Runs Scored. 56 Base Hits. 81 Per cent. .409 Total Bases. 113 Sacrifice Hits. 12 Stolen Bases. 13 ------------------------------ SEASON OF 1894. ------------------------------ Rank. 1 NAME. Duffy CLUB. Boston Games Played. 124 Times at Bat. 539 Runs Scored. 160 Base Hits. 236 Per cent. .438 Total Bases. 372 Sacrifice Hits. 10 Stolen Bases. 49 ------------------------------ Every record of the above tables is made up to encourage the mere record batsman, the team-worker at the bat having no show given him whatever, as there is not a figure in the averages--with the probable exception of the "sacrifice hit" column--to show his percentage of runners forwarded by his base hits, this being the sole criterion of effective batting. What is wanted is a record made up in this form: BATSMAN. CLUB. Games. Per cent. per Game Runners Forwarded by Base Hits. Per cent. of Base Hits to Times at Bat. Per cent. of Sacrifice Hits per Game. Per cent. of Runs per Game. Per cent. of Bases Taken on Balls. Per cent. of Outs on Strikes. Per cent. of Chances Given for Catches.