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Nap Lajoie
Full name Napoleon Lajoie Born September 5, 1874, Woonsocket, Rhode Island Died February 7, 1959, Daytona Beach, Florida Buried at Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, Florida (Section A- Lot 70- Space 4) First Game: August 12, 1896; Final Game: August 26, 1916 Managed First Game: April 15, 1905 ; Managed Final Game: August 21, 1909 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 195 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1937 Ejections as player: 1898 (1), 1901 (1), 1902 (2), 1903 (1), 1904 (2), 1906 (1), 1911 (1). Total: 9 Ejections as manager: 1905 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1896 PHI N 39 175 36 57 12 7 4 42 1 11 0 2 7 .326 .330 .543 0.2 1896 PHI N
1897 PHI N 127 545 107 197 40 23 9 127 15 25 12 5 20 .361 .392 .569 2.7 1897 PHI N
1898 PHI N 147 608 113 197 43 11 6 127 21 23 7 5 25 .324 .354 .461 3.2 1898 PHI N
1899 PHI N 77 312 70 118 19 9 6 70 12 7 10 3 13 .378 .419 .554 4.2 1899 PHI N
1900 PHI N 102 451 95 152 33 12 7 92 10 8 8 2 22 .337 .362 .510 4.4 1900 PHI N
1901 PHI A Daily Splits 131 544 145 232 48 14 14 125 24 9 13 1 0 27 .426 .463 .643 8.1 1901 PHI A
1902 PHI A Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0.0 1902 PHI A
1902 CLE A Daily Splits 86 348 81 132 35 5 7 64 19 7 6 8 0 19 .379 .421 .569 5.6 1902 CLE A
1902 TOT A 87 352 81 133 35 5 7 65 19 7 6 8 0 20 .378 .419 .565 5.6 1902 TOT A
1903 CLE A Daily Splits 125 485 90 167 41 11 7 93 24 26 3 13 0 21 .344 .379 .518 8.1 1903 CLE A
1904 CLE A Daily Splits 140 553 92 208 49 15 5 102 27 19 8 6 0 29 .376 .413 .546 7.4 1904 CLE A
1905 CLE A Daily Splits 65 249 29 82 12 2 2 41 17 8 2 3 0 11 .329 .377 .418 2.4 1905 CLE A
1906 CLE A Daily Splits 152 602 88 214 48 9 0 91 30 19 6 17 0 20 .355 .392 .465 7.6 1906 CLE A
1907 CLE A Daily Splits 137 509 53 153 30 6 2 63 30 28 6 13 0 24 .301 .347 .395 7.0 1907 CLE A
1908 CLE A Daily Splits 157 581 77 168 32 6 2 74 47 20 9 30 0 15 .289 .352 .375 8.0 1908 CLE A
1909 CLE A Daily Splits 128 469 56 152 33 7 1 47 35 19 6 11 0 13 .324 .378 .431 5.7 1909 CLE A
1910 CLE A Daily Splits 159 592 94 227 51 7 4 76 60 18 5 21 0 26 .383 .444 .514 8.9 1910 CLE A
1911 CLE A Daily Splits 90 315 36 115 20 1 2 60 26 15 4 8 0 13 .365 .420 .454 1.3 1911 CLE A
1912 CLE A Daily Splits 117 448 66 165 34 4 0 90 28 20 11 7 17 0 16 13 18 4 .368 .414 .462 3.8 1912 CLE A
1913 CLE A Daily Splits 137 465 66 156 25 2 1 68 33 2i 17 15 12 0 3i 1i 17 8i .335 .398 .404 3.8 1913 CLE A
1914 CLE A Daily Splits 121 419 37 108 14 3 0 50 32 2i 15 2 15 0 13i 2i 14 9i .258 .313 .305 -0.1 1914 CLE A
1915 PHI A Daily Splits 129 490 40 137 24 5 1 61 11 1 16 4 15 0 13 9 10 6 .280 .301 .355 2.0 1915 PHI A
1916 PHI A Daily Splits 113 426 33 105 14 4 2 35 14 4 26 1 14 0 14 11 15 7 .246 .272 .312 2.1 1916 PHI A
Total NL ( 5 Years) 492 2091 421 721 147 62 32 458 59 74 37 17 87 .345 .374 .520 14.7 Total NL
Total AL (16 Years) 1988 7499 1083 2522 510 101 50 1141 457 29i 273 97 204 0 59i 36i 293 34i .336 .382 .451 81.7 Total AL
Total (21 Years) Splits 2480 9590 1504 3243 657 163 82 1599 516 29i 347 134 221 0i 59i 36i 380 34i .338 .380 .466 96.4 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1896 PHI N 1B 39 363 11 2 27 0 .995
1897 PHI N 1B 108 1079 37 18 45 0 .984
1897 PHI N OF 19 37 6 2 0 0 .956 2 0 18
1897 PHI N 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000
1898 PHI N 2B 146 442 406 46 59 0 .949
1898 PHI N 1B 1 7 1 0 1 0 1.000
1899 PHI N 2B 67 224 236 22 39 0 .954
1899 PHI N OF 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 0 5 0
1900 PHI N 2B 102 287 341 30 69 0 .954
1900 PHI N 3B 1 0 0 0 0 -
1901 PHI A Daily Splits 2B 119 119 117 1026.1i 395 381 32 60 0 .960
1901 PHI A SS 12 12 12 105 35 43 2 3 0 .975
1902 PHI A Daily Splits 2B 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000
1902 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 86 86 85 754.2i 270 283 15 49 0 .974
1902 TOT A 2B 87 87 85 754.2i 272 286 15 49 0 .974
1903 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 122 122 117 1040.1i 366 402 36 61 0 .955
1903 CLE A 1B 1 1 1 9 11 0 0 0 0 1.000
1903 CLE A 3B 1 1 1 12 1 5 0 0 0 1.000
1904 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 95 95 94 826.1i 272 255 21 42 0 .962
1904 CLE A SS 44 44 42 370 i 86 130 17 10 0 .927
1904 CLE A 1B 2 1 1 14.1i 20 1 0 0 0 1.000
1905 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 59 58 58 521.1i 148 177 3 25 0 .991
1905 CLE A 1B 5 5 5 45 50 2 0 2 0 1.000
1906 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 131 131 128 1160 i 354 415 21 76 0 .973
1906 CLE A 3B 15 15 15 132.2 20 40 5 3 0 .923
1906 CLE A SS 7 6 6 53 i 15 24 2 2 0 .951
1907 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 128 128 127 1118.2i 314 461 25 86 0 .969
1907 CLE A 1B 9 9 9 77 95 11 1 1 0 .991
1908 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 156 156 155 1401.2 i 450 538 37 78 0 .964
1908 CLE A SS 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 -
1908 CLE A 1B 1 0 0 10 5 0 0 0 1.000
1909 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 120 120 120 1040.1 282 373 28 55 0 .959
1909 CLE A 1B 8 8 7 63 i 89 3 0 5 0 1.000
1910 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 149 149 149 1354 387 419 28 60 0 .966
1910 CLE A 1B 10 10 10 94 114 8 2 3 0 .984
1911 CLE A Daily Splits 1B 41 41 39 356.2i 388 16 4 17 0 .990
1911 CLE A 2B 38 37 36 320.1i 91 93 10 16 0 .948
1912 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 97 97 95 839.2 241 249 21 49 0 .959
1912 CLE A 1B 21 20 20 179 171 12 3 13 0 .984
1913 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 126 125 122 1089.1i 279 363 20 59 0 .970
1914 CLE A Daily Splits 2B 80 79 78 680.1i 187 215 17 45 1 .959
1914 CLE A 1B 31 30 30 268.1i 300 18 5 22 0 .985
1915 PHI A Daily Splits 2B 109 106 106 931 251 332 23 61 0 .962
1915 PHI A SS 10 10 10 87 14 32 2 5 0 .958
1915 PHI A 1B 5 5 5 46 49 3 1 0 0 .981
1915 PHI A 3B 3 3 3 27 4 6 0 1 0 1.000
1916 PHI A Daily Splits 2B 105 104 101 894 254 325 16 61 0 .973
1916 PHI A 1B 6 5 5 53 52 7 1 1 0 .983
1916 PHI A OF 3 3 2 17.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 0
1916 PHI A LF 3 3 2 17.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total (19 Years) Splits 2B 2036 1713i1688i14998.1i 5496 6267 451 1050 1 .963
Total (15 Years) 1B 288 135i 132i 1205.1i 2798 135 37 137 0 .988
Total ( 5 Years) SS 74 73 71 623 i 150 229 23 20 0 .943
Total ( 3 Years) OF 27 3i 2i 17.1i 50 7 2 0 0i .966 5 5 18
Total ( 5 Years) 3B 22 19i 19i 171.2i 26 53 5 4 0i .940
Total ( 1 Year ) LF 3i 3i 2i 17.1i 1i 0i 0i 0i 0i1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1905 CLE A 58 37 21 .638 244 169 7- 1 1 5
1905 CLE A 56 19 36 .345 138 249 8-17 2 5
1906 CLE A 157 89 64 .582 663 481 3
1907 CLE A 158 85 67 .559 531 525 4
1908 CLE A 157 90 64 .584 569 459 2
1909 CLE A 114 57 57 .500 371 366 8-21 4 6
Total ( 5 Years) 700 377 309 .550 2516 2249
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-30-1898 PHI N Tom Brown Bench jockeying
8-10-1901(1) BOX PHI A Tommy Connolly Call at 3B
6-30-1902(2) BOX CLE A Jack Sheridan Fair/foul call
7-28-1902 BOX CLE A Jim Johnstone Bench jockeying
7- 4-1903 BOX CLE A Bob Caruthers Call at 2B
5-29-1904 BOX CLE A Frank Dwyer Foul non-call (Threw tobacco at umpire)
8-22-1904 BOX CLE A Jack Sheridan Call at 2B
9- 3-1906(1) BOX CLE A Jack Sheridan Call at 2B (Threw dirt at umpire)
4-18-1911 BOX CLE A Jack Sheridan Call at 2B
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
9- 5-1905 BOX CLE A Tommy Connolly HBP call
Transaction Information
Sold by Fall River (New England) to Philadelphia Phillies for $1500 (August 1,
1896 ).
Granted free agency (April 21, 1902 ).
Signed by Cleveland Broncos (May 31, 1902 ).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Philadelphia Athletics (January, 1915).
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