Jimmy Lavender

James Sanford Lavender

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 26, 1884 in Barnesville, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1912
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Phillies 1912-1917

Final Game: October 3, 1917
Died: January 12, 1960 in Cartersville, GA
Buried: Felton Cemetery, Montezuma, GA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1907	23	DAN	C	13	16	.448		59						307.0	208	94			52							0.847	6.1		1.5			DAN · VIRL
1908	24	HLY	B	21	17	.553		40																								HLY · CTST
1909	25	PRV	A	14	17	.452		35						244.0	223	102			94							1.299	8.2		3.5			PRV · EL
1910	26	PRV	A	15	22	.405		45						314.0	248	124			96							1.096	7.1		2.8			PRV · EL
1911	27	PRV	A	19	22	.463		49						339.2	339	188			150							1.440	9.0		4.0			PRV · EL
1912	28	CHC	NL	16	13	.552	3.04	42	31	7	15	3	3	251.2	240	116	85	8	89	109	10	0	3	1057	109	1.307	8.6	0.3	3.2	3.9	1.22
1913	29	CHC	NL	10	14	.417	3.66	40	20	15	10	0	2	204.0	206	111	83	6	98	91	13	0	6	901	87	1.490	9.1	0.3	4.3	4.0	0.93
1914	30	CHC	NL	11	11	.500	3.07	37	28	2	11	2	0	214.1	191	106	73	11	87	87	11	0	8	909	90	1.297	8.0	0.5	3.7	3.7	1.00
1915	31	CHC	NL	10	16	.385	2.58	41	24	13	13	1	4	220.0	178	77	63	5	67	117	10	0	7	885	108	1.114	7.3	0.2	2.7	4.8	1.75
1916	32	CHC	NL	10	14	.417	2.82	36	25	4	9	4	2	188.0	163	76	59	3	62	91	9	0	1	770	102	1.197	7.8	0.1	3.0	4.4	1.47
1917	33	PHI	NL	6	8	.429	3.55	28	14	9	7	0	1	129.1	119	61	51	5	44	52	3	0	4	536	80	1.260	8.3	0.3	3.1	3.6	1.18
6 Yrs				63	76	.453	3.09	224	142	50	65	10	12	1207.1	1097	547	414	38	447	547	56	0	29	5058	96	1.279	8.2	0.3	3.3	4.1	1.22
162 Game Avg.				12	14	.453	3.09	42	26	9	12	2	2	224	204	102	77	7	83	102	10	0	5	940	96	1.279	8.2	0.3	3.3	4.1	1.22

CHC (5 yrs)				57	68	.456	3.03	196	128	41	58	10	11	1078.0	978	486	363	33	403	495	53	0	25	4522	99	1.281	8.2	0.3	3.4	4.1	1.23
PHI (1 yr)				6	8	.429	3.55	28	14	9	7	0	1	129.1	119	61	51	5	44	52	3	0	4	536	80	1.260	8.3	0.3	3.1	3.6	1.18

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1912	28	CHC	NL	251.2	42	31	116	4.15	4.57	0.24	0.00	97.0	4.19	3	0.3	1.0	-0.2	1.9	25	.507	.502	$
1913	29	CHC	NL	204.0	40	20	111	4.90	4.07	-0.01	0.00	99.0	4.04	-20	-2.1	1.0	-0.2	-0.7	-2	.449	.487	$
1914	30	CHC	NL	214.1	37	28	106	4.45	3.83	-0.03	0.00	99.0	3.82	-13	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	0.0	2	.460	.491	$
1915	31	CHC	NL	220.0	41	24	77	3.15	3.62	-0.11	0.00	101.0	3.77	17	2.1	1.0	-0.1	3.6	31	.551	.513	$
1916	32	CHC	NL	188.0	36	25	76	3.64	3.47	0.01	0.00	110.0	3.80	3	0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.7	16	.511	.502	$
1917	33	PHI	NL	129.1	28	14	61	4.24	3.49	0.04	0.00	104.0	3.59	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0	.459	.493	$
6 Seasons				1207.1	224	142	547	4.08	3.89	0.03	0.00	101.2	3.90	-20	-1.9	1.0	-0.8	6.2	71	.491	.498	$

CHC (5 yrs)				1078.0	196	128	486	4.06	3.94	0.03	0.00	100.9	3.94	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.8	6.5	71	.496	.499	$
PHI (1 yr)				129.1	28	14	61	4.24	3.49	0.04	0.00	104.0	3.59	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0	.459	.493	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	28	16	13	.552	3.04	42	31	7	15	3	3	251.2	240	116	85	8	89	109	10	3	1057	109	1.307	8.6	0.3	3.2	3.9	1.22	109
1913	29	26	27	.491	3.32	82	51	22	25	3	5	455.2	446	227	168	14	187	200	23	9	1958	98	1.389	8.8	0.3	3.7	4.0	1.07	98
1914	30	37	38	.493	3.24	119	79	24	36	5	5	670.0	637	333	241	25	274	287	34	17	2867	95	1.360	8.6	0.3	3.7	3.9	1.05	95
1915	31	47	54	.465	3.07	160	103	37	49	6	9	890.0	815	410	304	30	341	404	44	24	3752	98	1.299	8.2	0.3	3.4	4.1	1.18	98
1916	32	57	68	.456	3.03	196	128	41	58	10	11	1078.0	978	486	363	33	403	495	53	25	4522	99	1.281	8.2	0.3	3.4	4.1	1.23	99
1917	33	63	76	.453	3.09	224	142	50	65	10	12	1207.1	1097	547	414	38	447	547	56	29	5058	96	1.279	8.2	0.3	3.3	4.1	1.22	96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1912	28	17	11	.607	3.14	255.0	252	99	89	8	93	110	10	1.353	8.9	3.3	3.9	1.18	0.3	42
1913	29	10	12	.455	4.19	200.0	223	103	93	6	106	89	14	1.645	10.0	4.8	4.0	0.84	0.3	40
1914	30	12	11	.522	3.87	207.0	214	99	89	12	97	84	12	1.502	9.3	4.2	3.7	0.87	0.5	37
1915	31	13	10	.565	3.39	210.0	203	88	79	6	76	112	11	1.329	8.7	3.3	4.8	1.47	0.3	41
1916	32	11	8	.579	3.55	180.0	182	79	71	3	69	87	10	1.394	9.1	3.5	4.4	1.26	0.2	36
1917	33	5	8	.385	4.68	123.0	136	71	64	6	50	49	3	1.512	10.0	3.7	3.6	0.98	0.4	28
6 Yrs		68	60	.531	3.71	1175.0	1210	539	485	41	491	531	60	1.448	9.3		4.1	1.08	0.3	224

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1915 NL 3.6 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y Career 3.09 (193rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 NL 7.282 (8th) Career 8.178 (175th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 NL 4.786 (8th)
Games Played s c a p y 1912 NL 42 (10th) 1915 NL 41 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1912 NL 3 (5th) 1915 NL 4 (3rd) 1916 NL 2 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1915 NL 117 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1912 NL 3 (7th) 1916 NL 4 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1912 NL 8 (6th) 1914 NL 11 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1913 NL 98 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1915 NL 16 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1913 NL 6 (7th) 1914 NL 8 (7th) 1915 NL 7 (6th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1912 NL 10 (6th) 1913 NL 13 (1st) 1914 NL 11 (5th) 1915 NL 10 (8th) 1916 NL 9 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1913 NL 15 (7th) 1915 NL 13 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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