Clipping:Giving the pitcher an assist on a strike out; uniform scoring
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| Date | Wednesday, March 4, 1885 |
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| Text | ...the rules last season required that “pitchers' assistance on strike-outs” should be recorded in the summary and separated from the fielding assists of the pitcher incorporated in the regular 'assist” column; but there were few papers which followed this rule and placed the total assists in that column. The object of this rule was a judicious one, the design being to separate the legitimate fielding record of the pitcher from his pitching record, while of necessity both were included in estimating his fielding average. True, those assists on strike-outs could be readily determined from the number of strike-outs in the summary, but there is no good reason for not rigidly complying with the established rules of the League even in this comparatively unimportant particular. The League rules were adopted to secure uniformity in scoring among scorers of the league club, and many of their official scorers are press reporters; consequently the publication of the scores in their respective papers are looked upon as reliable and valuable summaries of championship contests, from which those who desire may estimate percentages or records and obtain accurate results when the clubs are at home and broad. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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