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as5680 · 03-10-2021, 08:39 AM

SEASON ROUND-UP: 1868

There was no surprise at the Metropolitan League’s annual meeting when Henry Clarke of the Royal Artillery Barracks was named as the league’s Best Pitcher. As much as the Artillery’s hitters contributed to the team winning the championship at the first attempt, their success was really founded on Clarke’s performances. He recorded eleven complete game shutouts having started all but one of the Artillery’s thirty games, and was at times impossible to score against, with five of those shutouts coming in successive games during the winning run which took the Artillery to the championship.

Best Player this year was Adam Tustain of The Regent’s Park, a newcomer to the now deposed champions who led the league in batting average at .372. No Artillery players featured in the top three in the voting, perhaps indicating the team achievement among the hitters. The Royal Artillery Barracks’ Mark Johnson was named as Best Manager, again little surprise having led his team to the championship in their first year.

LEADERS:
Batting Average: Adam Tustain (RP) - .372
Home Runs: Joseph Bennett (KEN)/Timothy Noble (RP)/Wilfred Shaw (RA) - 2
Runs Batted In: Sydney Wallace (COL) - 19
Stolen Bases: Howard Taylor (ANG) - 13
Earned Run Average: Henry Clarke (RA) - 1.04
Pitching Wins: Henry Clarke (RA) - 18
Strikeouts: Henry Clarke (RA) – 192

In other news around English baseball, the new championship at the University of Oxford was so widely seen as a great success that students at the rival University of Cambridge have decided to set up their own competition for the 1869 season. Few details have emerged as yet, but it is quite likely to follow a very similar if not identical format to that used in Oxford.

03-10-2021, 08:39 AM	#65
as5680 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Didcot, England Posts: 1,426	SEASON ROUND-UP: 1868 There was no surprise at the Metropolitan League’s annual meeting when Henry Clarke of the Royal Artillery Barracks was named as the league’s Best Pitcher. As much as the Artillery’s hitters contributed to the team winning the championship at the first attempt, their success was really founded on Clarke’s performances. He recorded eleven complete game shutouts having started all but one of the Artillery’s thirty games, and was at times impossible to score against, with five of those shutouts coming in successive games during the winning run which took the Artillery to the championship. Best Player this year was Adam Tustain of The Regent’s Park, a newcomer to the now deposed champions who led the league in batting average at .372. No Artillery players featured in the top three in the voting, perhaps indicating the team achievement among the hitters. The Royal Artillery Barracks’ Mark Johnson was named as Best Manager, again little surprise having led his team to the championship in their first year. LEADERS: Batting Average: Adam Tustain (RP) - .372 Home Runs: Joseph Bennett (KEN)/Timothy Noble (RP)/Wilfred Shaw (RA) - 2 Runs Batted In: Sydney Wallace (COL) - 19 Stolen Bases: Howard Taylor (ANG) - 13 Earned Run Average: Henry Clarke (RA) - 1.04 Pitching Wins: Henry Clarke (RA) - 18 Strikeouts: Henry Clarke (RA) – 192 In other news around English baseball, the new championship at the University of Oxford was so widely seen as a great success that students at the rival University of Cambridge have decided to set up their own competition for the 1869 season. Few details have emerged as yet, but it is quite likely to follow a very similar if not identical format to that used in Oxford.