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Doc Lavan

John Leonard Lavan
born John Leonard Laven

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 151 lb.

Born: October 28, 1890 in Grand Rapids, MI
Schools: Hope College (Holland, MI), University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)(All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 1913 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Browns/Senators/Athletics 1913-1924

Final Game: May 4, 1924 (Age 33)
Died: May 29, 1952 in Detroit, MI
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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Standard Batting

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
1913 22 TOT AL 51 180 163 9 22 2 2 0 5 3 10 46 .135 .199 .172 .371 10 28 3 4 6
1913 22 SLB AL 46 166 149 8 21 2 1 0 4 3 10 46 .141 .210 .168 .378 12 25 3 4 6
1913 22 PHA AL 5 14 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .071 .071 .214 .286 -16 3 0 0 /6
1914 23 SLB AL 75 263 239 21 63 7 4 1 21 6 12 17 39 .264 .318 .339 .657 101 81 2 5 6
1915 24 SLB AL 157 580 514 44 112 17 7 1 48 13 19 42 83 .218 .281 .284 .565 72 146 3 21 *6
1916 25 SLB AL 110 382 343 32 81 13 1 0 19 7 32 38 .236 .305 .280 .585 80 96 2 5 *6
1917 26 SLB AL 118 388 355 19 85 8 5 0 30 5 19 34 .239 .284 .290 .574 78 103 3 11 *6/4
1918 27 WSH AL 117 494 464 44 129 17 2 0 45 12 14 21 .278 .302 .323 .625 90 150 2 13 *6/8O
1919 28 STL NL 100 376 356 25 86 12 2 1 25 4 11 30 .242 .264 .295 .559 72 105 0 9 *6
1920 29 STL NL 142 568 516 52 149 21 10 1 63 11 14 19 38 .289 .318 .374 .692 100 193 3 31 *6
1921 30 STL NL 150 608 560 58 145 23 11 2 82 7 7 23 30 .259 .291 .350 .641 71 196 2 22 *6
1922 31 STL NL 89 294 264 24 60 8 1 0 27 3 1 13 10 .227 .271 .265 .537 42 70 3 13 6/5
1923 32 STL NL 50 128 111 10 22 6 0 1 12 0 3 9 7 .198 .264 .279 .544 45 31 1 7 6/534
1924 33 STL NL 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /46
12 Yrs 1163 4267 3891 338 954 134 45 7 377 71 56 209 376 .245 .288 .308 .596 74 1199 24 141
162 Game Avg. 162 594 542 47 133 19 6 1 53 10 29 52 .245 .288 .308 .596 74 167 3 20
STL (6 yrs) 535 1980 1813 169 462 70 24 5 209 25 25 75 115 .255 .288 .328 .616 72 595 9 82
SLB (5 yrs) 506 1779 1600 124 362 47 18 2 122 34 31 120 240 .226 .286 .282 .568 74 451 13 46
WSH (1 yr) 117 494 464 44 129 17 2 0 45 12 14 21 .278 .302 .323 .625 90 150 2 13
PHA (1 yr) 5 14 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .071 .071 .214 .286 -16 3 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 628 2287 2078 169 492 64 21 2 168 46 31 134 261 .237 .288 .291 .578 77 604 15 59
NL (6 yrs) 535 1980 1813 169 462 70 24 5 209 25 25 75 115 .255 .288 .328 .616 72 595 9 82

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 22 SLB AL 46 166 -17 -0 0 -2 3 -16 -1.9 6 -10 -1.2 .460 .489 -1.0 0.1 -8 6
1913 22 PHA AL 5 14 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .485 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 /6
1914 23 SLB AL 75 263 -0 -2 0 -8 4 -6 -0.8 10 4 0.3 .490 .495 1.3 -0.5 12 6
1915 24 SLB AL 157 580 -18 -3 0 4 10 -8 -0.9 22 14 1.4 .494 .495 0.9 1.5 10 *6
1916 25 SLB AL 110 382 -7 -1 0 11 6 10 1.2 14 24 2.7 .511 .507 1.4 2.1 13 *6
1917 26 SLB AL 118 388 -9 -0 0 -4 7 -6 -0.8 15 8 0.8 .493 .495 1.2 0.3 12 *6/4
1918 27 WSH AL 117 494 -6 -1 0 -6 8 -5 -0.6 19 14 1.4 .495 .496 2.1 0.2 20 *6/8O
1919 28 STL NL 100 376 -11 -0 0 4 6 -0 -0.2 12 11 1.1 .499 .500 0.7 1.2 7 *6
1920 29 STL NL 142 568 -1 -2 0 2 9 9 1.0 18 26 2.9 .507 .506 2.7 1.2 25 *6
1921 30 STL NL 150 608 -23 0 0 12 10 -0 -0.1 19 18 1.8 .500 .500 0.7 2.2 6 *6
1922 31 STL NL 89 294 -22 1 0 -7 5 -23 -2.2 9 -14 -1.3 .475 .486 -0.7 -0.2 -7 6/5
1923 32 STL NL 50 128 -9 -1 0 0 2 -8 -0.8 4 -4 -0.4 .485 .495 -0.4 0.2 -4 6/534
1924 33 STL NL 4 6 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .463 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /46
12 Seasons 1163 4267 -126 -8 0 7 71 -56 -6.4 147 91 9.2 .495 .497 8.8 8.5 84
STL (6 yrs) 535 1980 -67 -1 0 11 33 -24 -2.5 61 37 4.0 .496 .498 2.9 4.7 26
SLB (5 yrs) 506 1779 -51 -7 0 1 30 -26 -3.2 67 41 3.9 .494 .496 3.9 3.5 40
WSH (1 yr) 117 494 -6 -1 0 -6 8 -5 -0.6 19 14 1.4 .495 .496 2.1 0.2 20
PHA (1 yr) 5 14 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .485 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1913 22 TOT AL 180 145 5 0.9 85 .188 .135 .261 .199 .332 .172 .343 .371 .675 10 .075 -18.8 -2.1 .312 .117 .037 .0
1913 22 SLB AL 166 132 5 1.0 85 .204 .141 .261 .210 .332 .168 .343 .378 .675 12 .088 -16.6 -1.9 .320 .114 .027 .0
1913 22 PHA AL 14 13 0 0.0 86 .071 .071 .262 .071 .334 .214 .344 .286 .678 -16 .000 -2.3 -0.3 .231 .143 .143
1914 23 SLB AL 263 193 22 3.0 79 .312 .264 .252 .318 .324 .339 .330 .657 .654 101 .468 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .121 .075 1.7
1915 24 SLB AL 580 442 37 2.2 80 .258 .218 .251 .281 .328 .284 .329 .565 .657 72 .316 -18.8 -2.2 .439 .136 .066 1.9
1916 25 SLB AL 382 267 29 2.9 78 .266 .236 .250 .305 .323 .280 .326 .585 .649 80 .427 -7.5 -0.9 .523 .157 .044 .0
1917 26 SLB AL 388 281 29 2.8 77 .265 .239 .250 .284 .321 .290 .324 .574 .645 78 .412 -10.5 -1.2 .481 .118 .051 .0
1918 27 WSH AL 494 348 45 3.5 80 .291 .278 .258 .302 .329 .323 .329 .625 .658 90 .503 -7.7 -0.9 .531 .101 .045 .0
1919 28 STL NL 376 279 28 2.7 78 .262 .242 .258 .264 .312 .295 .340 .559 .651 72 .379 -12.6 -1.4 .444 .096 .053 1.6
1920 29 STL NL 568 412 57 3.8 89 .310 .289 .274 .318 .328 .374 .364 .692 .692 100 .489 -1.6 -0.2 .556 .116 .085 1.8
1921 30 STL NL 608 444 55 3.3 104 .271 .259 .294 .291 .344 .350 .405 .641 .749 71 .354 -24.3 -2.4 .524 .132 .091 3.1
1922 31 STL NL 294 218 19 2.3 108 .236 .227 .295 .271 .352 .265 .410 .537 .762 42 .203 -22.2 -2.1 .429 .095 .038 .0
1923 32 STL NL 128 99 7 1.9 105 .204 .198 .289 .264 .348 .279 .403 .544 .751 45 .157 -8.6 -0.8 .413 .135 .081 .0
1924 33 STL NL 6 6 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .287 .000 .342 .000 .400 .000 .743 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
12 Yrs 4267 3134 333 2.9 87 .270 .245 .266 .288 .330 .308 .353 .596 .683 74 .372 -134.8 -14.5 .483 .121 .063 12.7
162 Game Avg. 594 437 46 2.9 87 .270 .245 .266 .288 .330 .308 .353 .596 .683 74 .372 -134.8 -14.5 .483 .121 .063 2
STL (6 yrs) 1980 1458 166 3.1 95 .270 .255 .281 .288 .335 .328 .381 .616 .716 72 .355 -70.9 -7.2 .493 .115 .073 8.3
SLB (5 yrs) 1779 1315 122 2.5 79 .265 .226 .252 .286 .325 .282 .329 .568 .654 74 .360 -53.9 -6.2 .463 .133 .056 3.8
WSH (1 yr) 494 348 45 3.5 80 .291 .278 .258 .302 .329 .323 .329 .625 .658 90 .503 -7.7 -0.9 .531 .101 .045 .0
PHA (1 yr) 14 13 0 0.0 86 .071 .071 .262 .071 .334 .214 .344 .286 .678 -16 -2.3 -0.3 .231 .143 .143
AL (6 yrs) 2287 1676 167 2.7 80 .270 .237 .253 .288 .326 .291 .329 .578 .655 77 .389 -63.9 -7.3 .475 .126 .054 3.8
NL (6 yrs) 1980 1458 166 3.1 95 .270 .255 .281 .288 .335 .328 .381 .616 .716 72 .355 -70.9 -7.2 .493 .115 .073 8.3

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1913 22 TOT AL 180 0.0% 25.6% 5.6% 2.2% 18% 4.60 3.5 32.6 65%
1913 22 SLB AL 166 0.0% 27.7% 6.0% 1.8% 14% 4.60 3.2 37.3 62%
1913 22 PHA AL 14 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.1% 100% 14.0 100%
1914 23 SLB AL 263 0.4% 14.8% 6.5% 4.6% 19% 2.29 6.1 239.0 11.4 76%
1915 24 SLB AL 580 0.2% 14.3% 7.2% 4.3% 22% 1.98 6.2 514.0 10.7 74%
1916 25 SLB AL 382 0.0% 10.0% 8.4% 3.7% 17% 1.19 9.0 18.1 80%
1917 26 SLB AL 388 0.0% 8.8% 4.9% 3.4% 15% 1.79 10.4 11.8 83%
1918 27 WSH AL 494 0.0% 4.3% 2.8% 3.9% 15% 1.50 22.1 10.3 90%
1919 28 STL NL 376 0.3% 8.0% 2.9% 4.0% 17% 2.73 11.9 356.0 14.2 86%
1920 29 STL NL 568 0.2% 6.7% 3.4% 5.6% 22% 2.00 13.6 516.0 8.2 84%
1921 30 STL NL 608 0.3% 4.9% 3.8% 5.9% 25% 1.30 18.7 280.0 6.8 87%
1922 31 STL NL 294 0.0% 3.4% 4.4% 3.1% 15% 0.77 26.4 9.8 86%
1923 32 STL NL 128 0.8% 5.5% 7.0% 5.5% 32% 0.78 15.9 111.0 9.3 80%
1924 33 STL NL 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
12 Yrs 4267 0.2% 8.8% 4.9% 4.4% 20% 1.80 10.3 555.9 10.3 82%
MLB Averages 0.7% 8.7% 7.6% 5.5% 23% 1.14 10.2 136.9 9.3 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1913 22 51 180 163 9 22 2 2 0 5 3 10 46 .135 .199 .172 .371 10 28 3 4
1914 23 126 443 402 30 85 9 6 1 26 9 12 27 85 .211 .270 .271 .541 63 109 5 9
1915 24 283 1023 916 74 197 26 13 2 74 22 31 69 168 .215 .276 .278 .554 68 255 8 30
1916 25 393 1405 1259 106 278 39 14 2 93 29 31 101 206 .221 .284 .279 .563 71 351 10 35
1917 26 511 1793 1614 125 363 47 19 2 123 34 31 120 240 .225 .284 .281 .565 73 454 13 46
1918 27 628 2287 2078 169 492 64 21 2 168 46 31 134 261 .237 .288 .291 .578 77 604 15 59
1919 28 728 2663 2434 194 578 76 23 3 193 50 31 145 291 .237 .285 .291 .576 76 709 15 68
1920 29 870 3231 2950 246 727 97 33 4 256 61 45 164 329 .246 .290 .306 .596 80 902 18 99
1921 30 1020 3839 3510 304 872 120 44 6 338 68 52 187 359 .248 .290 .313 .603 79 1098 20 121
1922 31 1109 4133 3774 328 932 128 45 6 365 71 53 200 369 .247 .289 .309 .598 76 1168 23 134
1923 32 1159 4261 3885 338 954 134 45 7 377 71 56 209 376 .246 .288 .309 .597 75 1199 24 141
1924 33 1163 4267 3891 338 954 134 45 7 377 71 56 209 376 .245 .288 .308 .596 74 1199 24 141

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1913 22 54 191 173 11 25 2 2 0 6 3 11 48 .145 .209 .179 .388 6 51
1914 23 77 281 254 27 74 8 5 1 27 7 20 40 .291 .348 .374 .722 33 75
1915 24 164 621 548 53 128 19 8 1 58 15 48 87 .234 .299 .303 .602 49 157
1916 25 114 414 369 43 97 16 1 0 25 8 38 39 .263 .335 .312 .647 38 110
1917 26 123 419 381 25 101 10 6 0 39 6 23 35 .265 .314 .323 .637 37 118
1918 27 149 655 615 70 188 25 3 0 72 17 20 27 .306 .331 .356 .687 71 117
1919 28 116 451 426 36 114 16 3 1 36 5 15 35 .268 .293 .326 .619 41 100
1920 29 149 613 555 62 169 24 11 1 75 12 22 40 .305 .334 .393 .727 73 142
1921 30 159 641 592 61 153 24 12 2 86 7 24 32 .258 .290 .350 .639 59 150
1922 31 93 303 273 23 60 8 1 0 26 3 13 10 .220 .263 .256 .519 18 89
1923 32 53 134 117 11 23 6 0 1 13 0 9 7 .197 .260 .274 .533 8 50
1924 33 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
12 Yrs 1255 4729 4309 422 1132 158 52 7 463 83 243 400 .263 .306 .328 .634 433 1163
162 Game Avg. 162 610 556 54 146 20 7 1 60 11 31 52 .263 .306 .328 .634 56 1163

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1915 AL  1.5 (7th)
1916 AL  2.1 (2nd)
1919 NL  1.2 (9th)
1920 NL  1.2 (7th)
1921 NL  2.2 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1915 AL  157 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1915 AL  83 (1st)

Singles s c a p y
1918 AL  110 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1920 NL  31 (5th)
Career  141 (199th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 AL  19 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (169th), 9.2 career WAR/11.9 7yr-peak WAR/10.6 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  6. Heinie Wagner (935)
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  8. Chick Galloway (933)
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  3. Mark Belanger (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mark Belanger (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Belanger (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tommy Thevenow (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tommy Thevenow (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tommy Thevenow (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Doolin (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Arthur Irwin (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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