Jimmy Lavender
James Sanford Lavender
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 26, 1884 in Barnesville, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1912
Final Game: October 3, 1917
Died: January 12, 1960 in Cartersville, GA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 108 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 86 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 91 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 7 885 107 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 1 770 103 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 79 1.260 8.3 0.3 3.1 3.6 1.18
6 Seasons 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 79 1.260 8.3 0.3 3.1 3.6 1.18

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK 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 0 3 1057 108 1.307 8.6 0.3 3.2 3.9 1.22 108
1913 29 26 27 .491 3.32 82 51 22 25 3 5 455.2 446 227 168 14 187 200 23 0 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 0 17 2867 96 1.360 8.6 0.3 3.7 3.9 1.05 96
1915 31 47 54 .465 3.07 160 103 37 49 6 9 890.0 815 410 304 30 341 404 44 0 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 0 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 0 29 5058 96 1.279 8.2 0.3 3.3 4.1 1.22 96

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 3.14 255.0 250 99 89 8 93 110 10 1.345 8.8 3.3 3.9 1.18 0.3 42
1913 29 10 12 .455 4.21 201.0 221 104 94 6 105 90 14 1.622 9.9 4.7 4.0 0.86 0.3 40
1914 30 12 11 .522 3.83 207.0 213 98 88 12 97 84 12 1.498 9.3 4.2 3.7 0.87 0.5 37
1915 31 13 10 .565 3.39 210.0 201 88 79 6 76 112 11 1.319 8.6 3.3 4.8 1.47 0.3 41
1916 32 11 9 .550 3.53 181.0 180 79 71 3 68 88 10 1.370 9.0 3.4 4.4 1.29 0.1 36
1917 33 5 8 .385 4.68 123.0 134 71 64 6 50 49 3 1.496 9.8 3.7 3.6 0.98 0.4 28
6 Seasons 68 61 .527 3.71 1177.0 1199 539 485 41 489 533 60 1.434 9.2 4.1 1.09 0.3 224

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  3.086 (193rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1915 NL  7.282 (8th)
Career  8.178 (172nd)

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 InkPitching - 19 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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