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Doc Lavan
John Leonard Lavan
born John Leonard Laven
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 151 lb.

Born: October 28, 1890 in Grand Rapids, MI
Schools: Hope College, University of Michigan (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 1913
Final Game: May 4, 1924
Died: May 29, 1952 in Detroit, MI
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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
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 117 493 464 44 129 17 2 0 45 12 14 21 .278 .302 .323 .625 89 150 2 13 *6/O
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 142 569 516 52 149 21 10 1 63 11 14 19 38 .289 .318 .374 .692 100 193 3 31 *6
1921 30 STL NL 150 607 560 58 145 23 11 2 82 7 7 23 30 .259 .291 .350 .641 71 196 2 22 *6
1922 31 STL NL 89 293 264 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 Seasons 1163 4265 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 1979 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 73 451 13 46
WSH (1 yr) 117 493 464 44 129 17 2 0 45 12 14 21 .278 .302 .323 .625 89 150 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 2286 2078 169 492 64 21 2 168 46 31 134 261 .237 .288 .291 .578 76 604 15 59
NL (6 yrs) 535 1979 1813 169 462 70 24 5 209 25 25 75 115 .255 .288 .328 .616 72 595 9 82

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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
1913 TOT AL 22 SS 51 266 88 153 25 24 .906 4.73 .937 5.09
1913 SLB AL 22 SS 46 248 82 141 25 24 .899 4.85 .938 5.09
1913 PHA AL 22 SS 5 18 6 12 0 0 1.000 3.60 .928 5.08
1914 SLB AL 23 SS 74 405 178 193 34 17 .916 5.01 .939 5.17
1915 SLB AL 24 SS 157 863 313 475 75 81 .913 5.02 .939 5.00
1916 SLB AL 25 SS 106 635 217 386 32 52 .950 5.69 .937 4.92
1917 SLB AL 26 SS 110 614 229 338 47 67 .923 5.15 .932 4.84
1917 SLB AL 26 2B 7 34 15 16 3 3 .912 4.43 .962 4.94
1918 WSH AL 27 SS 117 686 275 354 57 43 .917 5.38 .940 5.23
1918 WSH AL 27 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-1-0
1919 STL NL 28 SS 99 602 207 352 43 49 .929 5.65 .944 5.49
1920 STL NL 29 SS 138 866 327 489 50 77 .942 5.91 .941 5.47
1921 STL NL 30 SS 150 971 382 540 49 88 .950 6.15 .951 5.64
1922 STL NL 31 SS 82 443 169 246 28 39 .937 5.06 .945 5.46
1922 STL NL 31 3B 5 17 3 12 2 1 .882 3.00 .953 2.92
1923 STL NL 32 SS 40 172 64 95 13 20 .924 3.98 .940 5.45
1923 STL NL 32 3B 4 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 3.25 .946 2.95
1923 STL NL 32 1B 3 16 14 1 1 1 .938 5.00 .988 10.20
1923 STL NL 32 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
1924 STL NL 33 2B 2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.60
1924 STL NL 33 SS 2 11 2 7 2 2 .818 4.50 .955 5.45
12 Seasons SS 1126 6534 2451 3628 455 559 .930 5.40 .941 5.25
3 Seasons 2B 10 38 16 19 3 3 .921 3.50 .961 5.14
2 Seasons 3B 9 30 8 20 2 1 .933 3.11 .950 2.93
1 Season 1B 3 16 14 1 1 1 .938 5.00 .988 10.20
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-1-0
12 Seasons TOT 1149 6618 2489 3668 461 564 .930 5.36 .872 5.24 0-1-0
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

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 (196th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1256), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 24, 1913: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the St. Louis Browns.

February 12, 1914: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.

December 15, 1917: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Burt Shotton to the Washington Senators for Bert Gallia and $15,000.

May 14, 1919: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Washington Senators.

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