Nap Lajoie

Positions: Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: September 5, 1874 in Woonsocket, RI us

Died: February 7, 1959 in Daytona Beach, FL

Buried: Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, FL

Debut: August 12, 1896 (Age 21-342d, 1,964th in major league history)

Last Game: August 26, 1916 (Age 41-356d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1937. (Voted by BBWAA on 168/201 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Nap Lajoie's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1896 season

Full Name: Napoleon Lajoie

Nicknames: Larry or Poli

Pronunciation: \Lah-ZHWA or LAJ-way\

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Hall of Fame
Triple Crown
3x Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

106.9

9590

3243

.338

1504

RBI

1599

380

OBP

.380

SLG

.466

OPS

.847

OPS+

150

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 82 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 0 tying, 3 go ahead, 77 lacking some details

3 Tms
CLE	33
PHI	32
PHA	17

Platoon
vs RHP	61
vs LHP	20
vs ?HP	1

Home/Road
Away	43
Home	39

Outs
Unk	68
1	7
2	4
0	3

18 Opps
WSH	9
NYY/BLA	8
BSN	8
BOS	8
MLA/SLB	7
CHW	6
STL	5
PHA	5
LOU	4
CHC	4
CLE	4
CIN	3
DET	3
PIT	3
BRO	2
NYG	1
CLV	1
BLN	1

59 Pitchers
Jack Powell	5
Kid Nichols	4
Doc White	2
Joe McGinnity	2
Willie Sudhoff	2
Bill Hogg	2
Frank Killen	2
Win Mercer	2
Red Donahue	2
Ed Walsh	2
Jimmy Callahan	2
Jack Harper	2
Casey Patten	2
Happy Townsend	2
Billy Rhines	2
Eddie Plank	2
Ned Garvin	2
Ted Lewis	2
Jim Hughey	1
Tex Covington	1
Guy Morton	1
Ed Siever	1
Earl Moore	1
Weldon Henley	1
Fred Klobedanz	1
Urban Shocker	1
Jack Quinn	1
Norwood Gibson	1
Frank Smith	1
Charlie Shields	1
Ed Willett	1
Roy Evans	1
Bill Carrick	1
Beany Jacobson	1
Oscar Streit	1
Jack Taylor	1
Ben Hunt	1
Ed Doheny	1
Dutch Leonard	1
Al Orth	1
Jerry Nops	1
Jack Bracken	1
Frank Dwyer	1
Rube Waddell	1
Carroll Brown	1
Smoky Joe Wood	1
Bill Dinneen	1
Red Ehret	1
Art Herman	1
Bill Magee	1
Harvey Bailey	1
Eddie Cicotte	1
Bill Hoffer	1
Bill Phyle	1
Jesse Tannehill	1
Jack Dunn	1
George Winter	1
Joe Yeager	1
Ed Stein	1

19 Parks
League Pk I (CLE)	17
Baker Bowl (PHI)	15
AmerLg Pk (WAS)	8
Columbia Pk (PHI)	7
South End (BOS)	6
Robison Fld (STL)	4
SportsmanPk2 (STL)	3
Eclipse Pk 2 (LOU)	3
League Pk II (CLE)	3
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Hilltop Pk (NYC)	2
HuntingtonAv (BOS)	2
Oriole Pk (BAL)	2
Bennett Pk (DET)	2
League Pk (CIN)	1
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	1
SouthSide Pk (CHI)	1
Expo Pk (PIT)	1
WestSide Grd (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	2
8	1

12 Inside the Park

2 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	72
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
1--	2
---	1

152 RBI
0 on	1
1 on	2
Any on	2

Inning
1	13
2	3
3	10
4	10
5	13
6	9
7	7
8	11
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	26
4-6	32
7-end	24

RelScore
+3	1
Tied	3
-4..	1
Unk	77

Ahead	1
Tied	3
Behind	1
Unk	77

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	63
1B	14
SS	3
CF	1
RF	1

OrderPos
4th	60
3rd	11
5th	5
Unk	4
1st	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Low Lev	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1896	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1896-08-20 (2)	PHI		LOU	Art Herman		b 5			1		3			IPHR
2	2	2	1	1896-09-01	PHI		CIN	Frank Dwyer	tied 6-6	b 10			3	5	3			Walk-Off,IPHR
3	3	3	1	1896-09-18	PHI	@	NYG	Ed Doheny		t 4			1		3			IPHR
4	4	4	1	1896-09-25	PHI		BRO	Ed Stein		b 8			3		3
1897	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1897-04-19	PHI	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 9			3	3	3
6	6	2	1	1897-05-06	PHI		BLN	Jerry Nops		b 4			2	3	9
7	7	3	1	1897-05-10	PHI	@	STL	Red Donahue		t 5			2	4	3
8	8	4	2	1897-05-10	PHI	@	STL	Red Donahue		t 7			2	4	3
9	9	5	1	1897-05-19	PHI	@	CIN	Billy Rhines		t 4			1	4	3
10	10	6	1	1897-07-13 (2)	PHI	@	LOU	Roy Evans		t 1			2	4	3
11	11	7	1	1897-07-30	PHI		BSN	Fred Klobedanz		b 2			1	4	3
12	12	8	1	1897-08-21	PHI		CIN	Billy Rhines		b 5			3	4	3
13	13	9	1	1897-09-14	PHI	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 2			1	4	3
1898	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1898-06-06	PHI		PIT	Frank Killen		b 1			2	4	4
15	15	2	1	1898-06-22	PHI	@	STL	Willie Sudhoff		t 9			1	4	4
16	16	3	1	1898-06-25	PHI	@	LOU	Red Ehret		t 7			2	4	4
17	17	4	1	1898-07-30	PHI	@	PIT	Frank Killen		t 1			2	4	4			IPHR
18	18	5	1	1898-08-25 (1)	PHI	@	LOU	Bill Magee		t 3			3	4	4
19	19	6	1	1898-09-21	PHI		CLV	Jack Powell		b 8			3	4	4
1899	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1899-04-27	PHI		BSN	Oscar Streit		b 2			1	4	4
21	21	2	1	1899-05-23	PHI	@	CHC	Jack Taylor		t 4			1	4	4
22	22	3	1	1899-06-01	PHI		CHC	Bill Phyle		b 4			2	4	4
23	23	4	1	1899-06-02	PHI		PIT	Jesse Tannehill	tied 3-3	b 9	1		1	4	4			Walk-Off
24	24	5	1	1899-06-23	PHI	@	STL	Jack Powell		t 9			1	4	4
25	25	6	1	1899-10-12	PHI	@	BSN	Harvey Bailey		t 7			2	5	8
1900	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1900-04-27	PHI		BRO	Joe McGinnity		b 4			2	4	4
27	27	2	1	1900-05-05	PHI	@	BSN	Ted Lewis		t 8			1	4	4
28	28	3	1	1900-09-03 (1)	PHI		STL	Jim Hughey		b 3			3	4	4
29	29	4	1	1900-09-06	PHI		CHC	Jimmy Callahan		b 5			3	4	4
30	30	5	1	1900-09-10 (2)	PHI		CHC	Ned Garvin		b 8			3	4	4
31	31	6	1	1900-09-21 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 5			2	4	4
32	32	7	2	1900-09-21 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 7			1	4	4
1901	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1901-05-02	PHA		BOS	Ted Lewis		b 3			2	4	4			IPHR
34	34	2	1	1901-05-14	PHA	@	BLA	Jack Dunn		t 5			1	4	4			IPHR
35	35	3	1	1901-06-01	PHA	@	CLE	Bill Hoffer		t 1			2	4	4
36	36	4	1	1901-06-27	PHA	@	BLA	Joe McGinnity		t 6			1	4	4			IPHR
37	37	5	1	1901-07-01	PHA	@	WSH	Bill Carrick		t 8	0		4	4	4
38	38	6	1	1901-07-30	PHA	@	CLE	Earl Moore		t 7			4	4	4			Cycle
39	39	7	1	1901-07-31	PHA		BOS	George Winter		b 4			1	4	4
40	40	8	1	1901-08-09 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	Casey Patten		t 6			1	4	4
41	41	9	2	1901-08-09 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	Casey Patten		t 9			1	4	4
42	42	10	1	1901-08-10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	Win Mercer		t 4			1	4	4
43	43	11	2	1901-08-10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	Win Mercer		t 6			2	4	4
44	44	12	1	1901-08-23	PHA		DET	Joe Yeager		b 3			2	3	4
45	45	13	1	1901-09-24	PHA		MLA	Ned Garvin		b 6			1	3	6			IPHR
46	46	14	1	1901-09-27	PHA		CLE	Jack Bracken		b 5			2	3	6
1902	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1902-06-09	CLE		BLA	Charlie Shields		b 8			2	4	4
48	48	2	1	1902-06-11	CLE		PHA	Eddie Plank		b 5			3	4	4
49	49	3	1	1902-06-24	CLE		SLB	Jack Harper		b 6	0		4		4
50	50	4	1	1902-06-30 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	Jack Harper		t 6			1	4	4
51	51	5	1	1902-08-18	CLE	@	WSH	Al Orth		t 5			1	3	4
52	52	6	1	1902-09-10 (1)	CLE		CHW	Jimmy Callahan		b 1	1		2	3	4
53	53	7	1	1902-09-13 (1)	CLE		SLB	Jack Powell		b 1	2		1	3	4
1903	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1903-07-11	CLE	@	PHA	Rube Waddell		t 5			1	3	4
55	55	2	1	1903-07-25	CLE		SLB	Jack Powell		b 3			1	3	4
56	56	3	1	1903-07-26	CLE	@	SLB	Ed Siever		t 6			1	3	4
57	57	4	1	1903-08-30 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	Willie Sudhoff		b 5			2	4	4
58	58	5	1	1903-09-23	CLE	@	WSH	Happy Townsend		t 3	1		2	4	4			IPHR
59	59	6	2	1903-09-23	CLE	@	WSH	Happy Townsend		t 5	2		2	4	4
60	60	7	1	1903-09-28	CLE	@	PHA	Eddie Plank		t 1			2	4	4
1904	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1904-04-23	CLE		CHW	Doc White		b 1	1		1	4	4
62	62	2	1	1904-05-13	CLE	@	NYY	Jack Powell		t 5	1		2	1	4
63	63	3	1	1904-06-02	CLE		BOS	Bill Dinneen		b 1			2	4	6
64	64	4	1	1904-08-16	CLE		WSH	Beany Jacobson		b 7			2	4	4
65	65	5	1	1904-09-27	CLE		BOS	Norwood Gibson		b 8			2	4	4
1905	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1905-05-04	CLE		CHW	Doc White		b 1			2	4	4
67	67	2	1	1905-05-24	CLE		PHA	Weldon Henley		b 8			1	4	4
1907	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1907-07-05	CLE		NYY	Bill Hogg		b 8			1	4	4
69	69	2	1	1907-08-29	CLE		CHW	Frank Smith		b 3			4	4	4			IPHR
1908	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1908-08-03	CLE		NYY	Bill Hogg		b 4			1	4	4
71	71	2	1	1908-09-15	CLE	@	CHW	Ed Walsh		t 1	2		2	4	4			IPHR
1909	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1909-09-08	CLE	@	DET	Ed Willett		t 3			3	4	4
1910	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1910-05-19	CLE	@	NYY	Jack Quinn		t 3			2	4	4			IPHR
74	74	2	1	1910-05-26	CLE	@	BOS	Eddie Cicotte		t 6			2	4	4
75	75	3	1	1910-05-30	CLE		CHW	Ed Walsh		b 4			2	4	4
76	76	4	1	1910-09-27 (1)	CLE		BOS	Ben Hunt		b 1			2	2	4
1911	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1911-05-01	CLE	@	DET	Tex Covington		t 1	2		2	4	4			Bounced
78	78	2	1	1911-08-07	CLE	@	BOS	Smoky Joe Wood		t 6			2	4	3
1913	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
79	79	1	1	1913-08-05	CLE	@	PHA	Carroll Brown	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	1--	2	5	4	0.099	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); I. Olson Scores
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
80	80	1	1	1915-05-27	PHA	@	CLE	Guy Morton	behind 3-9	t 8	1	---	1	5	4	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1916	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1916-05-03	PHA		NYY	Urban Shocker	tied 1-1	b 8	0	1--	2	5	4	0.296	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Oldring Scores
82	82	2	1	1916-07-04 (1)	PHA		BOS	Dutch Leonard		b 7			1	4	3			Bounced

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