The Base Ball Averages for 1884.

As the base ball season for the college championship did not close until after Commencement, it was impossible to publish the averages of the several players and clubs during the last term so they are given now. From them we see that Harvard led in fielding, closely followed by Amherst, while at the bat Harvard was second to Yale. Of the individual Harvard players, Coolidge led at the bat, and all are well up in the list The best fielding for any nine was done by Hall, the first baseman, at Dartmouth; while Stewart, first baseman of Yale, and Smith of Harvard, came next in order. The best showing, however, was made by Allen, the catcher of our nine, who filled his difficult position so well, that he was sixth in the fielding rank, being only surpassed by four first basemen and Baker, short-stop for Harvard. In the following table the men are placed according to their batting rank:

Players and Positions.

Terry, 2b, Y .384 .500 .809

Shaw, r. f., c., P .357 .392 .719

Stuart, c. f., A .347 .608 .878

Nettleton, 3b, D .326 .391 .704

Coolidge, 2b, H .318 .531 .887

Souther, c, Y .317 .487 ,839

A. Moffat, p, c.f, P .302 .413 .871

Brigham, l. f, Y .297 .367 .705

Phillips, 2b, 3b, H .294 .490 .717

Bassett, c, 3b, B .292 .390 .911

Springfield, l. f, D .292 .365 .815

Taylor, s. s, A .261 .437 .833

Marble, 3b, A .279 .279 .811

Winslow, p, c. f, H .276 .318 .877

Nichols, p, c. f, H .275 .450 .825

McKee, r. f. Y .270 .312 .838

Bremner, c. f, Y .270 .391 .785

Tilden, r. f, l.f, H .269 .346 .588

Shedd, s.s, B .261 .380 .857

Kimball, l. f, 1b, A .260 .369 .865

Oliver. s.s, Y .255 .348 .723

Hall, 1b, D .255 .348 .981

Hopkins, 3b, Y .254 .313 .767

Allen, c, c. f, H .250 .270 .915

Smith, 1b, H .250 .250 .960

Chase, 1b, B .250 .275 .903

Durfee, c.f, B .250 .270 .727

Booth, p, r.f, Y .244 .333 .846

LeMoyne, l.f, r.f, 2b, H .244 .377 .906

Chellis, 2b. D .243 .243 .800

Baker, s.s, H .240 .320 .924

Stewart, 1b, Y .239 .282 .976

Seagrave, c.f, B .229 .291 .818

Sullivan, c, A .222 .288 .865

Clark, c, B .218 .218 .804

Toler, c.f, r.f, P .218 .218 .761

Nutt, r.f., D. .217 .260 .818

Wadsworth, s.s, 3b .216 .295 .803

McCarthy, s.s, D .214 .285 .758

Buffum, 2b, A .209 .209 .864

Gunderson, p, B .209 .255 .782

Harris, p, A .205 .205 .810

Doron, 2b, B .205 .256 .864

Van Arsdale, 3b, P .205 .205 .523

W. Moffat, 1b, P .205 .379 .909

Wheeler, r.f, A .200 .200 .800

Fellows, c.f, D .200 .200 .844

Cooper, s.s, P .195 .268 .868

Edwards, 2b, 1b, p, P .175 .225 .829

Van Etten, 3b, 2p, c, P .166 .222 .763

F. Nettleton, p, D .135 .162 .853

Reynolds, l.f, .133 .155 .782

Gardner, 1b, A .125 .125 .926

Harlan, c, r.f, 2b, P .121 .121 .837

Thomas, c, D .100 .212 .733

COLLEGE.Yale, .277 .363 .837

Harvard, .263 .369 .856

Amherst, .240 .312 .854

Dartmouth, .236 .297 .812

Brown, .233 .292 .830

Princeton, .202 .252 .793

The following table shows the relative merits of the Harvard nine alone and is arranged like the one above:

Coolidge, 2b. .318 .531 .887

Phillips, 2b, 3b. .294 .490 .717

Winslow, p., c.f. .276 .318 .877

Nichols, p., c.f. .275 .450 .825

Tilden, r.f., l.f. .269 .346 .588

Allen, c., c.f. .250 .270 .915

Smith, 1b. .250 .250 .960

LeMoyne, l.f., r.f., 1b. .244 .377 .906

Baker, s.s. .240 .320 .924

The best fielding nine which could have been picked from all the colleges would have been Winslow, H, p., Allen, H, c., Stewart, Y, 1b., Coolidge, H. 2b., Marble, A, 3b., Baker, H, s. s., Kimball, A, l. f., Stuart, A, c. f., LeMoyne, H, r. f. The best batting nine which could have been formed would have been: A. Moffat, P, p., Souther, Y, c., Hall, D, 1b. Terry, Y, 2b., G. Nettleton, D. 3b., Taylor, A, s. s., Brigham, Y, l.f., Sturart, A, c.f. McKee, Y, r.f.