Clipping:A proposal to eliminate the recording of errors
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| Date | Sunday, December 17, 1882 |
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| Text | Readers very jealously regard the error column... It is the opinion of the writer that the error column...should be entirely wiped out. Give every man in his position credit for what he does—for what chances he accepts and never mind what he does not do. In comparing fielding records then, compare them by positions—pitchers with pitchers, catcher with catchers, first basement with first basement, and so on. The old system of comparisons is ridiculously unfair. The most mediocre first baseman can easily beat the record of the best catcher in the country. The error column is a constant source of jealousy among players, and causes more internal dissensions and decided “kicking” than any other feature of base ball. Cincinnati Commercial December 17, 1882 On the subject of playing for the team instead of for individual record... If there was not error column, there would be no shirking of field plays for the purpose of “making a record.” A player can do more harm in playing for a fielding record than he can in playing for a batting record, for in the first place he makes a record by avoiding all plays wherein there may be much risk, and in the latter he makes a record by securing base hits, which are always desirable. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette January 7, 1883 |
| Source | Cincinnati Commercial Tribune |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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