TEXAS BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
FORT WORTH DROVERS AT HOUSTON EAGLES
08/20/1896
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TEXAS BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
FORT WORTH DROVERS AT HOUSTON EAGLES
GAME ID: 2107 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH , 1896 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fort Worth Drovers (54-43) 3 4 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 16 18 9
Houston Eagles (36-61) 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 9 13 8
Williams Goes on Rampage Against Eagles
Fort Worth Drovers second baseman John B Williams went 5-for-7 and paced the 16-9 Fort Worth victory over the Houston Eagles at Bayou Field.

"Well, that was fun," Williams said, following the game.

John B Williams singled in the 1st, tripled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, grounded out in the 5th, hit an RBI single in the 6th, grounded out in the 7th and singled in the 9th.

To date Williams has chalked up a .360 average with 3 home runs, driven in 50 runs and scored 136 times.
FORT WORTH BATTING LINESCORE HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Williams LF 7 3 5 1 0 0 3 .360 3 50
B. Fairfield CF 4 2 0 1 3 0 3 .395 2 75
F. Kennedy 1B 6 3 4 2 0 0 3 .434 6 90
J. Ogden SS 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 .317 4 92
E. Ward 3B 5 2 1 2 1 1 5 .307 2 75
W. Parker C 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 .298 2 74
J. Prescott 2B 6 1 2 1 0 0 3 .239 3 48
C. Sullivan RF 6 1 0 0 0 1 6 .250 5 51
W. Smith P 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 .153 1 13
   G. Vaughn P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 0 2
Totals 47 16 18 11 8 3 27      
BATTING
Triples: J. Williams (8, 2nd Inning off W. Leland, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: F. Kennedy (6, 2nd Inning off W. Leland, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Williams 7 , F. Kennedy 7 , J. Ogden 3 , E. Ward , W. Parker 3 , J. Prescott 2
2-out RBI: J. Williams , B. Fairfield , F. Kennedy , J. Ogden , W. Parker 2 , J. Prescott
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Williams , F. Kennedy , J. Ogden , E. Ward , W. Parker , J. Prescott , C. Sullivan 3
Hit by Pitch: W. Smith
Team LOB: 13

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Fairfield (63) , F. Kennedy (45) , J. Ogden (31) , W. Parker (33) , J. Prescott (14)
CS: J. Williams (26) , B. Fairfield (20)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Williams (64) , F. Kennedy 3 (32) , J. Ogden 2 (44) , E. Ward 2 (44) , J. Prescott (41)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Metzger 2B 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 .364 5 55
A. Geisert SS 6 2 3 2 0 1 3 .304 2 59
W. Greer C 6 1 4 1 0 0 2 .398 2 87
A. Vincent 3B 5 2 1 0 1 0 7 .347 3 92
E. Caldwell LF 3 0 1 2 2 0 4 .302 4 60
J. Atwood RF 6 0 1 1 0 1 7 .303 3 73
J. Tucker CF 5 0 0 2 0 0 8 .268 7 69
F. Jones 1B 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 .348 1 38
W. Leland P 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .065 0 5
   T. Jennings P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .261 1 23
Totals 45 9 13 8 5 4 40      
BATTING
Doubles: W. Greer (16, 9th Inning off W. Smith, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: C. Metzger 2 , A. Geisert 3 , W. Greer 5 , A. Vincent , E. Caldwell , J. Atwood , W. Leland
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Geisert , W. Greer , A. Vincent , J. Atwood 2 , J. Tucker , F. Jones 3 , T. Jennings
Hit by Pitch: E. Caldwell
Team LOB: 15

BASERUNNING
SB: C. Metzger 2 (71) , W. Greer (52) , W. Leland 2 (3)
CS: W. Greer (20) , E. Caldwell (13)

FIELDING
Errors: C. Metzger 3 (65) , A. Geisert (85) , W. Greer 2 (57) , E. Caldwell (39) , F. Jones (32)
OF assists: 1 (Tucker(Parker at 2nd base))
PB: W. Greer 4
FORT WORTH PITCHING LINESCORE HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
W. Smith W (18-22) 8.2 13 9 6 5 3 0 197 5.06   
G. Vaughn 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.51   
PITCHING
Game Score: W. Smith 26
Batters Faced: W. Smith 50, G. Vaughn 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: W. Smith 9-12, G. Vaughn 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: W. Smith 197-120, G. Vaughn 4-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: G. Vaughn 1-0
WP: W. Smith 2
Hit Batsmen: W. Smith
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
W. Leland L (7-9) 5.2 12 13 5 6 2 1 138 4.63   
T. Jennings 3.1 6 3 0 2 1 0 74 6.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: W. Leland 5
Batters Faced: W. Leland 36, T. Jennings 20
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: W. Leland 7-5, T. Jennings 5-4
Pitches - Strikes: W. Leland 138-83, T. Jennings 74-41
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Jennings 3-3
WP: T. Jennings
Hit Batsmen: W. Leland
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Freddie Kennedy
Ballpark: Bayou Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM CT
Time: 3:36
Attendance: 2051
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