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Word: batting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...computations common to all baseball fans, they tabulated the qualifications of the other clubs in the National League. They considered the Giants, able and expensive, but needing a pitcher, or three pitchers, since they had one-Benton. They considered Brooklyn, strong in the box, ragged afield, indifferent at bat; Chicago, lacking an infield of major league quality; Cincinnati, slipped from its lead because of injuries to valuable pitchers; Pittsburgh with no one in the box except "Spitballer" Grimes; Boston in seventh place, apparently hopeless, but having one great player, perhaps the greatest in the National League, famed in the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Midseason | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

...Hoover walked in and out of the living room, gnawing cigars. A bat flew in at the window. Guests and butlers chased it upstairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Jun. 25, 1928 | 6/25/1928 | See Source »

...last turn at bat, the Crimson nine brought its run total to thirteen, scoring three times on a walk, a sacrifice, and three timely singles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDIAN INVADERS REPULSED, 13 TO 2 | 6/15/1928 | See Source »

...Bend outfit, and held the Harvard batters well in hand throughout the nine innings. He allowed only seven' hits and struck out ten men. Walsh also was a leader in his team's attack, scoring four runs and collecting a home run and two singles in four times at bat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY NINE TROUNCED, 20-1 | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...regular Crimson moundsmen, who played right field for five innings Thursday, will once again be used in the outer regions, taking his post at left field. He has been hitting well of late, and, as the mentor of the nine is attempting to bolster up the team's batting, will most probably hold a position in the outfield fairly regularly. Either. E. R. Todd '29 or A. G. Whitney '29 will be in rightfield, while Captain H. W. Burns '28 will take his regular post at center. Todd, a brother of former Captain Lee Todd '26, was promoted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTRE DAME PLAYS HARVARD BALL TEAM | 6/9/1928 | See Source »

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