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Carnes 5s Wihnmgest Hurler, Busch Busiest— Indians- Doug Henley Sets Pace In BattiggRICHMOND, UP! — The winning-*st pitcher' in Virginia Big Six baseball during the 1957 collegeseason was Carl Carnes of Richmond. The busiest was Herb Busch of Virginia. But the most effective, was a'fellow to whom pitching Is; almost a sideline — Dave Kuhn of Virginia Tech,For; Coach Red! L-alrd’s Tech-men, tv hose 9-12 record was on the dlsmaJside, Kuhn was Mr. Versatility .himself, one of the- few bright spots of. an otherwise discouraging spring; As an outfielder, Kuhn hung up a .313 batting average and knocked across 10 runs. As a plicher. he finished with a 4-1 record, / ,On the basis of earned - run averages, Kuhn easily topped all Big Six pitchers .who worked 35 innings or more during the season. lie had a glittering BRA of 1.45, yielding only seven earnedERA In Big 6runs in 43 1-3 Innings on the hill. IThe second - best earned - run' average In the league belonged, surprisingly enough, td a pitcher who was over shallowed by Busch the.entire season at the University of Virginia — Fred Russell. In 50 Innings, Russell limited the opposition, to only .12 earned runs for an average of 2.16.Others in the top‘eight, and their earned-- run averages, were Tirti Maier of .VMI,. 2,22; Busch, 2,38; Carnes, 2.70; Joe Knakai of Washington and Lee, 3.35; Bob Brown of William and M a r y , 3.53; and Dwight - Ludwig - of Virginia - Tech, 3.70, Ludwig is the only .lefthander among them. .Busch, who worked 90 2-3.innings for Virginia, barely shaded Carnes as the hardest - working pitcher in the Big Six. Carnes labored an even 90 innings for Richmond’s Big Six runners - up and was the big reason the freshman - loaded Sp-ders gave William and Mary a race to the wire for the crown.Busch led in strikeouts, with 81. Carnes easily had the best control of any Big- Six hurler, walking just 11 batters while fanning 57.William and Mary’s failure to place more than one pitcher in the top eight- earned - run leaders showed graphically how much reliance the Indians placed on hitting in capturing the Big Six title. The Tribe’s Doug Henley, a third baseman, led the lea'gue in hitting with a lofty .406 average and WM outfielder Junior Duff paced the cit-cuit in home runs with six. Duff and Virginia's Bobby Hardy tied for the runs - batted - in title with 20 apiece.
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Petersburg Progress Index
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Mon, May 27, 1957
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