Jim Bagby scatters 11 hits to give the Indians a 2 – 1 win over the Senators as Cleveland completes its schedule. Cleveland’s leadoff man, OF Jack Graney, walks once to lead the American League with 94 walks despite a .241 batting average. No other player will lead a league in walks with such a low a batting average until Gene Tenace with Oakland in 1974 draws 110 walks with a .211 BA. In 1919 Graney will walk 105 times and bat .234.

On September 30, 1917 — Jim Bagby scatters 11 hits to give the Indians a 2 – 1 win over the Senators as Cleveland completes its schedule. Cleveland’s leadoff man, OF Jack Graney, walks once to lead the American League with 94 walks despite a .241 batting average. No other player will lead a league in walks with such a low a batting average until Gene Tenace with Oakland in 1974 draws 110 walks with a .211 BA. In 1919 Graney will walk 105 times and bat .234.

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