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The Base Ball Averages for 1884.

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:

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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.

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