Doc Lavan

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 151lb (173cm, 68kg)

Born: October 28, 1890 in Grand Rapids, MI us

Died: May 29, 1952 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Schools: Hope College (Holland, MI), University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 22, 1913 (Age 22-237d, 3,930th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 4, 1924 (Age 33-189d)
vs. CHC 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: John Leonard Lavan

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1913 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.4

3891

954

.245

338

RBI

377

OBP

.288

SLG

.308

OPS

.596

OPS+

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

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
2	2	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	L,7-8	CG	52	12.0	0	2	1	3	1
4	4	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
5	5	Apr 22	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 23	WSH		PHA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
9	9	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
10	10	Apr 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	3	2	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 30	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 2	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	14	May 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
15	15	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	42	10.2	2	5	0	7	0
16	16	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
17	17	May 7	WSH		BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 8	WSH		BOS	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 9	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
20	20	May 10	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 11	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
22	22	May 14	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
23	23	May 15	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	62	18.0	2	3	0	5	1
24	24	May 16	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	25	May 17	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
26	26	May 18	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	51	13.0	4	4	1	9	1
27	27	May 19	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	49	12.0	4	6	4	14	1
28	28	May 20	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	29	May 21	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
30	30	May 22	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
31	31	May 23	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 24	WSH		DET	T,2-2	CG	59	16.0	0	2	0	2	1
33	33	May 25	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
34	34	May 26	WSH		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	35	May 27	WSH		DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
36	36	May 28	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
37	37	May 29 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
38	38	May 29 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-6	CG	47	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
42	42	Jun 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	38	10.2	4	4	0	8	1
43	43	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
44	44	Jun 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	2	3	0	5	1
46	46	Jun 6	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
47	47	Jun 7	WSH	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
48	48	Jun 8	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	7	1	9	1
49	49	Jun 9	WSH	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 10	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	53	14.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	2	4	0
52	52	Jun 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
53	62 (9)	Jun 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	63	Jun 23	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
55	64	Jun 24	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
56	65	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	66	Jun 27 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	67	Jun 27 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	68	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	69	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	44	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
61	70	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	71	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
63	72	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	73	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
65	74	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	75	Jul 5	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
67	76	Jul 6	WSH		SLB	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
68	77	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
69	78	Jul 9	WSH		SLB	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
70	79	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
71	80	Jul 12	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	81	Jul 13	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
73	82	Jul 14	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	83	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	0	5	1	6	1
75	88 (4)	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
76	89	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
77	90	Jul 25	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	47	15.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	91	Jul 26	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
79	92	Jul 27	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
80	93	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
81	94	Jul 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	46	12.2	3	4	1	8	1
82	95	Jul 30	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
83	96	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	97	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
85	98	Aug 2	WSH	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
86	99	Aug 3	WSH	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
87	100	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	101	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	75	17.1	1	1	0	2	1
89	102	Aug 6	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
90	103	Aug 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
91	104	Aug 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
92	105	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
93	106	Aug 10 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
94	107	Aug 11	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
95	108	Aug 12	WSH	@	PHA	T,1-1	CG	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
96	109	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
97	110	Aug 13 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	111	Aug 14	WSH		DET	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	112	Aug 15	WSH		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	113	Aug 16	WSH		DET	L,7-8	CG	0	16.0	1	6	2	9	0
101	114	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
102	115	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
103	116	Aug 18	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
104	117	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	57	14.0	2	1	1	4	0
105	118	Aug 21	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
106	119	Aug 22	WSH		CLE	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
107	120	Aug 23	WSH		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
108	121	Aug 24	WSH		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
109	122	Aug 25 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
110	123	Aug 25 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
111	124	Aug 26	WSH		CHW	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
112	125	Aug 29	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
113	126	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
114	127	Aug 31	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	128	Sep 1	WSH		NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
116	129	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
117	130	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-3	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
							118gm		1107.0	275	354	57	686	51