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,in Montezuma, 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	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	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

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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	HBP	SH	Pos
1912	28	CHC	NL	42	95	87	6	13	3	0	0	5	0		5	34	.149	.196	.184	.380	4	16	0	3	1
1913	29	CHC	NL	40	71	68	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	30	.118	.118	.132	.250	-29	9	0	3	1
1914	30	CHC	NL	37	74	63	8	11	3	1	0	5	2		6	25	.175	.268	.254	.522	55	16	2	3	1
1915	31	CHC	NL	41	70	67	1	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	31	.134	.147	.179	.326	-2	12	0	2	1
1916	32	CHC	NL	36	58	53	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	.151	.182	.170	.352	4	9	0	3	1
1917	33	PHI	NL	28	40	36	1	5	1	0	0	2	0		2	14	.139	.184	.167	.351	6	6	0	2	1
6 Seasons				224	408	374	19	54	12	1	0	13	2	1	16	155	.144	.184	.182	.365	6	68	2	16
162 Game Avg.				162	295	270	14	39	9	1	0	9	1		12	112	.144	.184	.182	.365	6	49	1	12

CHC (5 yrs)				196	368	338	18	49	11	1	0	11	2	1	14	141	.145	.184	.183	.367	6	62	2	14
PHI (1 yr)				28	40	36	1	5	1	0	0	2	0		2	14	.139	.184	.167	.351	6	6	0	2

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1912	CHC	NL	28	P	42	76	8	64	4	5	.947	1.71	.949	1.55
1913	CHC	NL	29	P	40	50	2	46	2	0	.960	1.20	.954	1.57
1914	CHC	NL	30	P	37	78	5	71	2	0	.974	2.05	.941	1.65
1915	CHC	NL	31	P	41	82	14	67	1	3	.988	1.98	.950	1.68
1916	CHC	NL	32	P	36	52	3	47	2	0	.962	1.39	.960	1.63
1917	PHI	NL	33	P	28	36	3	30	3	0	.917	1.18	.964	1.78
6 Seasons				P	224	374	35	325	14	8	.963	1.61	.951	1.64
6 Seasons				TOT	224	374	35	325	14	8	.963	1.61	.914	1.64

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 19 (1081), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 12 (661), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 1, 1911: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from Providence (Eastern) in the 1911 rule 5 draft.

April 2, 1917: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with $5,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Al Demaree.

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1081), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 12 (661), Average HOFer ≈ 50