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Nap Lajoie
Napoleon Lajoie (Larry and Poli)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 5, 1874 in Woonsocket, RI (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1896
Final Game: August 26, 1916
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1937 (168/201 ballots).
Died: February 7, 1959 in Daytona Beach, FL
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1896 21 PHI NL 39 178 175 36 57 12 7 4 42 7 1 11 .326 .330 .543 .872 129 95 0 2 3
1897 22 PHI NL 127 577 545 107 197 40 23 9 127 20 15 .361 .392 .569 .960 155 310 12 5 *3O/5
1898 23 PHI NL 147 641 608 113 197 43 11 6 127 25 21 .324 .354 .461 .814 137 280 7 5 *4/3
1899 24 PHI NL 77 337 312 70 118 19 9 6 70 13 12 .378 .419 .554 .974 169 173 10 3 4/O
1900 25 PHI NL 102 471 451 95 152 33 12 7 92 22 10 .337 .362 .510 .872 140 230 8 2 *4/5
1901 26 PHA AL 131 582 544 145 232 48 14 14 125 27 24 .426 .463 .643 1.106 200 350 13 1 *46
1902 27 TOT AL 87 385 352 81 133 35 5 7 65 20 19 .378 .419 .565 .984 175 199 6 8 4
1902 27 PHA AL 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 0 0 /4
1902 27 CLE AL 86 381 348 81 132 35 5 7 64 19 19 .379 .421 .569 .990 177 198 6 8 4
1903 28 CLE AL 125 525 485 90 167 41 11 7 93 21 24 .344 .379 .518 .896 169 251 3 13 *4/35
1904 29 CLE AL 140 594 553 92 208 49 15 6 102 29 27 .376 .413 .552 .965 205 305 8 6 46/3
1905 30 CLE AL 65 271 249 29 82 12 2 2 41 11 17 .329 .377 .418 .795 151 104 2 3 4/3
1906 31 CLE AL 152 655 602 88 214 48 9 0 91 20 30 .355 .392 .465 .857 169 280 6 17 *45/6
1907 32 CLE AL 137 558 509 53 152 30 6 2 63 24 30 .299 .345 .393 .738 134 200 6 13 *4/3
1908 33 CLE AL 157 667 581 77 168 32 6 2 74 15 47 .289 .352 .375 .727 135 218 9 30 *4/3
1909 34 CLE AL 128 521 469 56 152 33 7 1 47 13 35 .324 .378 .431 .809 151 202 6 11 *4/3
1910 35 CLE AL 159 677 591 94 227 51 7 4 76 26 60 .384 .445 .514 .960 199 304 5 21 *43
1911 36 CLE AL 90 353 315 36 115 20 1 2 60 13 26 .365 .420 .454 .874 143 143 4 8 34 MVP-13
1912 37 CLE AL 117 500 448 66 165 34 4 0 90 18 28 .368 .414 .462 .876 147 207 7 17 43
1913 38 CLE AL 137 525 465 66 156 25 2 1 68 17 33 17 .335 .398 .404 .802 132 188 15 12 *4 MVP-11
1914 39 CLE AL 121 468 419 37 108 14 3 0 50 14 15 32 15 .258 .313 .305 .619 83 128 2 15 43
1915 40 PHA AL 129 520 490 40 137 24 5 1 61 10 6 11 16 .280 .301 .355 .656 100 174 4 15 *46/35
1916 41 PHA AL 113 455 426 33 105 14 4 2 35 15 14 26 .246 .272 .312 .584 79 133 1 14 *4/3O
21 Seasons 2480 10460 9589 1504 3242 657 163 83 1599 380 21 516 85 .338 .380 .467 .847 150 4474 134 221
162 Game Avg. 162 683 626 98 212 43 11 5 104 25 34 .338 .380 .467 .847 150 292 9 14
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CLE (13 yrs) 1614 6695 6034 865 2046 424 78 34 919 240 15 408 32 .339 .388 .452 .841 155 2728 79 174
PHI (5 yrs) 492 2204 2091 421 721 147 62 32 458 87 59 11 .345 .374 .520 .894 146 1088 37 17
PHA (4 yrs) 374 1561 1464 218 475 86 23 17 222 53 6 49 42 .324 .354 .449 .803 134 658 18 30
AL (16 yrs) 1988 8256 7498 1083 2521 510 101 51 1141 293 21 457 74 .336 .382 .452 .833 151 3386 97 204
NL (5 yrs) 492 2204 2091 421 721 147 62 32 458 87 59 11 .345 .374 .520 .894 146 1088 37 17

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1896 PHI NL 21 1B 39 376 363 11 2 27 .995 9.59 .980 10.21
1897 PHI NL 22 1B 108 1134 1079 37 18 45 .984 10.33 .980 9.26
1897 PHI NL 22 OF 19 45 37 6 2 0 .956 2.26 .933 2.06 2-0-18
1897 PHI NL 22 3B 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .867 3.30
1898 PHI NL 23 2B 146 894 442 406 46 59 .949 5.81 .943 5.53
1898 PHI NL 23 1B 1 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 8.00 .975 10.10
1899 PHI NL 24 2B 67 477 224 231 22 39 .954 6.79 .940 5.46
1899 PHI NL 24 OF 5 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.60 .938 2.10 0-5-0
1900 PHI NL 25 2B 102 658 287 341 30 69 .954 6.16 .937 5.21
1900 PHI NL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.70
1901 PHA AL 26 2B 119 808 395 381 32 60 .960 6.52 .933 5.65
1901 PHA AL 26 SS 12 80 35 43 2 3 .975 6.50 .889 5.27
1902 TOT AL 27 2B 87 573 272 286 15 49 .974 6.41 .947 5.27
1902 PHA AL 27 2B 1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 .940 5.30
1902 CLE AL 27 2B 86 568 270 283 15 49 .974 6.43 .947 5.27
1903 CLE AL 28 2B 122 804 366 402 36 61 .955 6.30 .942 5.04
1903 CLE AL 28 1B 1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 11.00 .982 10.60
1903 CLE AL 28 3B 1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00 .917 3.10
1904 CLE AL 29 2B 95 548 272 255 21 42 .962 5.55 .954 5.04
1904 CLE AL 29 SS 44 233 86 130 17 10 .927 4.91 .934 5.23
1904 CLE AL 29 1B 2 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 10.50 .981 10.80
1905 CLE AL 30 2B 59 328 148 177 3 25 .991 5.51 .950 4.91
1905 CLE AL 30 1B 5 52 50 2 0 2 1.000 10.40 .981 10.64
1906 CLE AL 31 2B 130 790 354 415 21 76 .973 5.92 .953 5.19
1906 CLE AL 31 3B 15 65 20 40 5 3 .923 4.00 .920 3.15
1906 CLE AL 31 SS 7 41 15 24 2 2 .951 5.57 .932 5.41
1907 CLE AL 32 2B 128 800 314 461 25 86 .969 6.05 .953 5.30
1907 CLE AL 32 1B 9 107 95 11 1 1 .991 11.78 .982 10.96
1908 CLE AL 33 2B 156 1025 450 538 37 78 .964 6.33 .950 5.11
1908 CLE AL 33 1B 1 15 10 5 0 0 1.000 15.00 .987 11.00
1909 CLE AL 34 2B 120 683 282 373 28 55 .959 5.46 .953 4.83
1909 CLE AL 34 1B 8 92 89 3 0 5 1.000 11.50 .985 10.80
1910 CLE AL 35 2B 149 834 387 419 28 60 .966 5.41 .944 4.91
1910 CLE AL 35 1B 10 124 114 8 2 3 .984 12.20 .983 10.73
1911 CLE AL 36 1B 41 408 388 16 4 17 .990 9.85 .978 9.97 MVP-13
1911 CLE AL 36 2B 37 194 91 93 10 16 .948 4.97 .949 4.94 MVP-13
1912 CLE AL 37 2B 97 511 241 249 21 49 .959 5.05 .944 4.75
1912 CLE AL 37 1B 20 186 171 12 3 13 .984 9.15 .983 10.17
1913 CLE AL 38 2B 126 662 279 363 20 59 .970 5.10 .953 4.82 MVP-11
1914 CLE AL 39 2B 80 419 187 215 17 45 .959 5.03 .953 4.78
1914 CLE AL 39 1B 31 323 300 18 5 22 .985 10.26 .985 10.14
1915 PHA AL 40 2B 110 606 251 332 23 61 .962 5.30 .956 4.89
1915 PHA AL 40 SS 10 48 14 32 2 5 .958 4.60 .935 5.00
1915 PHA AL 40 1B 5 53 49 3 1 0 .981 10.40 .987 10.28
1915 PHA AL 40 3B 2 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 5.00 .920 3.00
1916 PHA AL 41 2B 105 595 254 325 16 61 .973 5.51 .964 4.88
1916 PHA AL 41 1B 5 60 52 7 1 1 .983 11.80 .988 10.44
1916 PHA AL 41 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 2.05 2-0-0
19 Seasons 2B 2035 12209 5496 6262 451 1050 .963 5.78 .948 5.09
15 Seasons 1B 286 2970 2798 135 37 137 .988 10.26 .981 9.88
4 Seasons SS 73 402 150 229 23 20 .943 5.19 .925 5.22
3 Seasons OF 26 59 50 7 2 0 .966 2.19 .936 2.07 4-5-18
5 Seasons 3B 21 84 26 53 5 4 .940 3.76 .918 3.17
21 Seasons TOT 2441 15724 8520 6686 518 1211 .967 6.23 .920 5.61 4-5-18
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1901-AL-Triple Crown

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-AL-13-8%
1913-AL-11-11%
0.19 Career Shares (740th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1897 NL--.361--6th
1900 NL--.337--7th
1901 AL--.426--1st
1902 AL--.378--1st
1903 AL--.344--1st
1904 AL--.376--1st
1906 AL--.355--2nd
1907 AL--.299--6th
1908 AL--.289--8th
1909 AL--.324--3rd
1910 AL--.384--1st
1912 AL--.368--4th
1913 AL--.335--6th
Career--.338--21st

On-Base% s c a p y
1901 AL--.463--1st
1902 AL--.419--2nd
1903 AL--.379--3rd
1904 AL--.413--1st
1906 AL--.392--2nd
1907 AL--.345--10th
1908 AL--.352--10th
1909 AL--.378--4th
1910 AL--.445--2nd
1912 AL--.414--5th
1913 AL--.398--7th
Career--.380--165th

Slugging % s c a p y
1897 NL--.569--1st
1898 NL--.461--3rd
1900 NL--.510--3rd
1901 AL--.643--1st
1902 AL--.565--2nd
1903 AL--.518--1st
1904 AL--.552--1st
1906 AL--.465--2nd
1907 AL--.393--6th
1908 AL--.375--9th
1909 AL--.431--7th
1910 AL--.514--2nd
1912 AL--.462--6th
1913 AL--.404--9th
Career--.467--247th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1897 NL--.960--4th
1900 NL--.872--7th
1901 AL--1.106--1st
1902 AL--.984--2nd
1903 AL--.896--1st
1904 AL--.965--1st
1906 AL--.857--2nd
1907 AL--.738--6th
1908 AL--.727--8th
1909 AL--.809--5th
1910 AL--.960--2nd
1912 AL--.876--6th
1913 AL--.802--7th
Career--.847--180th

Games Played s c a p y
1906 AL--152--6th
1908 AL--157--1st
1910 AL--159--1st
Career--2480--55th

At Bats s c a p y
1897 NL--545--8th
1898 NL--608--6th
1906 AL--602--2nd
1908 AL--581--4th
1910 AL--591--1st
Career--9589--35th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1906 AL--655--5th
1908 AL--667--2nd
1910 AL--677--2nd
Career--10460--49th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1898 NL--113--10th
1901 AL--145--1st
1903 AL--90--7th
1904 AL--92--4th
1906 AL--88--7th
1908 AL--77--7th
1910 AL--94--2nd
Career--1504--67th

Hits s c a p y
1897 NL--197--5th
1898 NL--197--4th
1901 AL--232--1st
1903 AL--167--6th
1904 AL--208--1st
1906 AL--214--1st
1908 AL--168--3rd
1909 AL--152--8th
1910 AL--227--1st
Career--3242--13th

Total Bases s c a p y
1897 NL--310--1st
1898 NL--280--2nd
1900 NL--230--10th
1901 AL--350--1st
1903 AL--251--4th
1904 AL--305--1st
1906 AL--280--2nd
1907 AL--200--7th
1908 AL--218--4th
1909 AL--202--7th
1910 AL--304--1st
Career--4474--44th

Doubles s c a p y
1897 NL--40--2nd
1898 NL--43--1st
1900 NL--33--2nd
1901 AL--48--1st
1902 AL--35--7th
1903 AL--41--2nd
1904 AL--49--1st
1906 AL--48--1st
1907 AL--30--3rd
1908 AL--32--4th
1909 AL--33--2nd
1910 AL--51--1st
1912 AL--34--5th
1915 AL--24--9th
Career--657--7th

Triples s c a p y
1897 NL--23--2nd
1900 NL--12--9th
1901 AL--14--8th
1904 AL--15--8th
Career--163--33rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1897 NL--9--3rd
1898 NL--6--8th
1899 NL--6--10th
1900 NL--7--6th
1901 AL--14--1st
1902 AL--7--9th
1903 AL--7--5th
1904 AL--6--4th
1910 AL--4--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1897 NL--127--4th
1898 NL--127--1st
1900 NL--92--6th
1901 AL--125--1st
1903 AL--93--3rd
1904 AL--102--1st
1906 AL--91--2nd
1907 AL--63--9th
1908 AL--74--3rd
1910 AL--76--5th
1912 AL--90--5th
Career--1599--31st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1910 AL--60--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1904 AL--29--6th
Career--380--82nd

Singles s c a p y
1901 AL--156--1st
1904 AL--138--4th
1906 AL--157--3rd
1908 AL--128--4th
1909 AL--111--10th
1910 AL--165--1st
Career--2339--11th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1897 NL--155--4th
1900 NL--140--6th
1901 AL--200--1st
1902 AL--175--2nd
1903 AL--169--1st
1904 AL--205--1st
1906 AL--169--2nd
1907 AL--134--6th
1908 AL--135--8th
1909 AL--151--6th
1910 AL--199--2nd
1912 AL--147--6th
1913 AL--132--9th
Career--150--32nd

Runs Created s c a p y
1897 NL--117--4th
1898 NL--97--6th
1901 AL--158--1st
1903 AL--94--2nd
1904 AL--124--1st
1906 AL--108--2nd
1907 AL--68--7th
1908 AL--75--4th
1909 AL--75--6th
1910 AL--134--1st
1912 AL--84--10th
Career--1690--46th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1897 NL--38--5th
1899 NL--28--10th
1900 NL--22--9th
1901 AL--73--1st
1902 AL--36--3rd
1903 AL--40--1st
1904 AL--65--1st
1906 AL--47--2nd
1907 AL--19--7th
1908 AL--24--5th
1909 AL--28--5th
1910 AL--70--1st
1912 AL--28--7th
1913 AL--21--9th
Career--577--26th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1897 NL--3.6--4th
1899 NL--2.7--10th
1900 NL--2.1--10th
1901 AL--7.1--1st
1902 AL--3.6--3rd
1903 AL--4.3--1st
1904 AL--7.4--1st
1906 AL--5.4--2nd
1907 AL--2.3--6th
1908 AL--2.9--5th
1909 AL--3.4--5th
1910 AL--8.1--1st
1912 AL--3.0--7th
1913 AL--2.2--9th
Career--61.9--20th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1897 NL--72--1st
1898 NL--60--2nd
1900 NL--52--3rd
1901 AL--76--1st
1902 AL--47--9th
1903 AL--59--4th
1904 AL--70--1st
1906 AL--57--2nd
1907 AL--38--4th
1908 AL--40--5th
1909 AL--41--7th
1910 AL--62--1st
Career--903--57th

Times On Base s c a p y
1901 AL--269--1st
1904 AL--243--2nd
1906 AL--250--3rd
1908 AL--224--4th
1910 AL--292--1st
Career--3892--45th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1897 NL--.744--5th
1900 NL--.713--7th
1901 AL--.885--1st
1902 AL--.811--2nd
1903 AL--.795--1st
1904 AL--.879--1st
1906 AL--.809--2nd
1907 AL--.697--6th
1908 AL--.690--9th
1909 AL--.779--3rd
1910 AL--.877--2nd
1912 AL--.764--5th
1913 AL--.709--7th
Career--.757--22nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1897 NL--12--7th
1901 AL--13--3rd
1904 AL--8--8th
1908 AL--9--7th
1912 AL--7--6th
1913 AL--15--2nd
Career--134--30th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1908 AL--30--8th
Career--221--61st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1897 NL--12.4--3rd
1898 NL--9.7--9th
1900 NL--10.6--6th
1901 AL--18.4--1st
1902 AL--10.4--5th
1903 AL--10.5--2nd
1904 AL--9.9--4th
1910 AL--6.9--8th
Career--136.2--216th

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 AL--27.353--1st
1914 AL--27.933--1st
1915 AL--30.625--2nd

AB per HR s c a p y
1897 NL--60.556--5th
1900 NL--64.429--5th
1901 AL--38.857--2nd
1902 AL--50.286--6th
1903 AL--69.286--6th
1904 AL--92.167--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1908 AL--443--7th
Career--6589--81st

Oldest s c a p y
1911 AL--born 1874-09-05--7th
1913 AL--born 1874-09-05--6th
1914 AL--born 1874-09-05--4th
1915 AL--born 1874-09-05--3rd
1916 AL--born 1874-09-05--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 76 (8), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 266 (20), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 262 (19), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 66 (19), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 8, 1896: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from Fall River (New England) for $1,500.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Philadelphia Athletics.

April 21, 1902: Granted Free Agency.

May 31, 1902: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Bronchos.

January, 1915: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Cleveland Indians.

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