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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	2	6	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 16	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	CG	0	10.0	5	3	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	W,12-8	CG	0	12.0	5	7	1	13	0
4	4	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	6	4	1	11	0
8	8	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
9	9	Apr 25	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
10	10	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 28	CLE		DET	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
12	12	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	15	May 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	4	4	1	9	1
16	16	May 9 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
17	17	May 9 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	6.0	2	0	1	3	1
18	18	May 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
19	19	May 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	20	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	21	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
22	22	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
23	23	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
24	24	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
25	25	May 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
26	26	May 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
27	27	May 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	28	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	29	May 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
30	30	May 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	6	0	7	0
31	31	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	5	2	0	7	1
32	32	May 27	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	33	May 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
34	34	May 29	CLE		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	14.0	3	7	0	10	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
37	37	May 31	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	3	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
39	39	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
40	40	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 3	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	2	3	0	5	1
42	42	Jun 4	CLE		NYY	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
43	43	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
45	45	Jun 8	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	W,15-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
47	47	Jun 10	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	GS	0		10	5	0	15	0
48	48	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
49	49	Jun 12	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
50	50	Jun 13	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
51	51	Jun 15	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	5	3	1	9	0
52	52	Jun 16	CLE		WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
53	53	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	4	2	10	1
54	54	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	4	7	1	12	1
55	55	Jun 20	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	2	9	1
56	56	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	5	6	1	12	3
57	57	Jun 23	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
58	58	Jun 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
59	59	Jun 25	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
60	60	Jun 26	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
61	61	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
62	62	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
63	63	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	3	4	1	8	0
65	65	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
66	66	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
69	69	Jul 5	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	10.1	4	2	0	6	0
70	70	Jul 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
71	71	Jul 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
72	72	Jul 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	8	0	12	0
73	73	Jul 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
74	74	Jul 11 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
76	76	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	77	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,16-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
78	78	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	79	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
81	81	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
82	82	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	83	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	7	0	8	0
84	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	6	10	0	16	0
85	85	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.2	1	3	1	5	2
86	86	Jul 24	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
87	87	Jul 25	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
88	88	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
89	89	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
90	90	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	4	3	0	7	0
91	91	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	14.0	2	4	0	6	0
92	92	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	W,16-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	93	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
94	94	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
95	95	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
96	96	Aug 5	CLE		WSH	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
97	97	Aug 6	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
98	98	Aug 7	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
99	99	Aug 8	CLE		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
100	100	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
101	101	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		PHA	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	3	6	1	10	2
102	102	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
103	103	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
104	104	Aug 12	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	3	6	0	9	2
105	105	Aug 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
106	106	Aug 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	3	5	0	8	1
107	107	Aug 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
108	108	Aug 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	109	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	6	5	0	11	2
110	110	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
111	111	Aug 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	1	5	0	6	0
112	112	Aug 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
113	113	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
114	114	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
115	115	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
116	116	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
117	117	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	118	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
119	119	Aug 30	CLE	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
120	120	Aug 31	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	121	Sep 1	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
122	122	Sep 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
123	123	Sep 3	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
124	124	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	3	5	0	8	1
125	125	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
126	126	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
127	127	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	0	11.0	4	5	0	9	1
128	128	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
129	129	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
130	130	Sep 8	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
131	131	Sep 9	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	4	5	0	9	1
132	132	Sep 10	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
133	133	Sep 11	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
134	134	Sep 12	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
135	135	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
136	136	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
137	137	Sep 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
138	138	Sep 15	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	5	7	0	12	3
139	139	Sep 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
140	140	Sep 17	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
141	141	Sep 18	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	7	1	11	0
142	142	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
143	143	Sep 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
144	144	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
145	145	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
146	146	Sep 24	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
147	147	Sep 25	CLE		WSH	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
148	148	Sep 26	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
149	149	Sep 29 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
150	150	Sep 29 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
151	151	Sep 30	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
152	152	Oct 2	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	8	0	10	0
153	153	Oct 3	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
154	154	Oct 4	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	0	11.0	2	4	1	7	1
155	155	Oct 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
156	156	Oct 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
157	157	Oct 6	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
							157gm		1412.0	460	543	37	1040	78