Lou Novikoff

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 12, 1915 in Glendale, AZ us

Died: September 30, 1970 in South Gate, CA

Buried: Russian Molokan Cemetery, Commerce, CA

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1941 (Age 25-185d, 9,027th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 10, 1946 (Age 30-241d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Louis Alexander Novikoff

Nicknames: The Mad Russian

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

1081

305

.282

107

RBI

138

OBP

.325

SLG

.384

OPS

.709

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	29 (28)	May 26	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	30	May 27	CHC		NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	31	May 28	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	32	May 29	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	33	May 30	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	34	May 31 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
7	35	May 31 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	36	Jun 1	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	37	Jun 2	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	38	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	39	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	L,5-18	CG	54	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	40	Jun 5	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	41	Jun 6 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	42	Jun 6 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	43	Jun 11	CHC		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
16	44	Jun 12	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	47	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	45	Jun 13 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	46	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	47	Jun 15	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	48	Jun 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	49	Jun 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	50	Jun 18	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	51	Jun 19	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	52	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,9-10	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
25	53	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	54	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	55	Jun 23 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	56	Jun 23 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	57	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	58	Jun 25	CHC		STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	59	Jun 26	CHC		STL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	60	Jun 27 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	61	Jun 27 (2)	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	62	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	71 (8)	Jul 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	72	Jul 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	GS	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	73	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-4	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	75 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
39	76	Jul 11 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
40	77	Jul 15	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	78	Jul 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	79	Jul 18 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	83 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	85 (1)	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,7-1	GF	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	87 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	94 (6)	Aug 1 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	95	Aug 5	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	96	Aug 6	CHC		CIN	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	97	Aug 7	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	98	Aug 8 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	99	Aug 8 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	100	Aug 11 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	101	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	102	Aug 12	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	49	11.2	5	0	0	5	0
55	113 (10)	Aug 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,13-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	116 (2)	Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,7-8	GF	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
57	117	Aug 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
58	121 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	131 (9)	Sep 10	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	132	Sep 11	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	133	Sep 16	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
							61gm			81	2	2	85	1