Nap Lajoie

Positions: Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: September 5, 1874 in Woonsocket, RI us

Died: February 7, 1959 in Daytona Beach, FL

Buried: Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, FL

Debut: August 12, 1896 (Age 21-342d, 1,964th in major league history)

Last Game: August 26, 1916 (Age 41-356d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1937. (Voted by BBWAA on 168/201 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Nap Lajoie's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1896 season

Full Name: Napoleon Lajoie

Nicknames: Larry or Poli

Pronunciation: \Lah-ZHWA or LAJ-way\

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Hall of Fame
Triple Crown
3x Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

106.9

9590

3243

.338

1504

RBI

1599

380

OBP

.380

SLG

.466

OPS

.847

OPS+

150

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

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 13	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 15	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
4	4	Apr 18	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 19	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
6	6	Apr 20	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
7	7	Apr 21	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
8	8	Apr 22	PHA		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
9	9	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
10	10	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
11	11	Apr 27	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	1
12	12	Apr 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	5	6	0	11	0
13	13	Apr 29	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
15	15	May 2	PHA		NYY	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
16	16	May 3	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
17	17	May 4	PHA		WSH	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
18	18	May 6	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
19	19	May 8	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
20	20	May 9	PHA		DET	L,2-16	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
21	21	May 10	PHA		DET	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
22	22	May 11	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
23	23	May 12	PHA		DET	L,6-8	CG	57	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
24	24	May 13	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
25	25	May 15	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
26	26	May 17	PHA		SLB	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
27	27	May 18	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
28	28	May 19	PHA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
29	29	May 20	PHA		CHW	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	30	May 22	PHA		CLE	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	31	May 24	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
32	32	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	33	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	34	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
35	35	May 29	PHA	@	WSH	T,5-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
36	36	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
37	37	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	38	May 31 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
39	39	May 31 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
41	41	Jun 3	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	4	4	0	8	0
42	42	Jun 4	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	6	1	1	8	1
43	43	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
44	44	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
45	45	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
46	46	Jun 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	2
49	49	Jun 17	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
50	50	Jun 18	PHA	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 20	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	52	Jun 22 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
53	53	Jun 22 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
54	54	Jun 23	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
55	55	Jun 24 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 24 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 26	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
58	58	Jun 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	63 (4)	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	64	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,2-11	GS	0		13	4	1	18	2
61	65	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
62	66	Jul 6	PHA		DET	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
63	67	Jul 7	PHA		DET	L,2-9	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	68	Jul 8	PHA		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
65	69	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
66	70	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
67	72 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
68	73	Jul 13	PHA		SLB	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
69	74	Jul 15 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
70	75	Jul 15 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
71	76	Jul 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
72	77	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	3	1	10	0
73	78	Jul 19	PHA		CLE	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
74	79	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	80	Jul 20 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	81	Jul 21	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
77	82	Jul 25	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
78	83	Jul 26 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	85 (1)	Jul 27	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	86	Jul 28	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	87	Jul 29 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
82	88	Jul 29 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
83	89	Jul 30 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-10	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
84	90	Jul 30 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
85	91	Jul 31	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	10.2	1	3	1	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	92	Aug 1 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
87	93	Aug 1 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
88	94	Aug 2	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
89	95	Aug 3	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
90	96	Aug 4	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
91	97	Aug 5	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	98	Aug 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
93	99	Aug 7	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
94	100	Aug 8	PHA	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
95	101	Aug 9	PHA	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
96	102	Aug 10	PHA	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
97	103	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	104	Aug 12 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
99	105	Aug 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
100	106	Aug 15	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
101	107	Aug 17 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
102	108	Aug 17 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
103	109	Aug 18	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	44	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
104	110	Aug 19	PHA		DET	L,2-6	CG	45	10.0	1	4	1	6	1
105	111	Aug 21	PHA		DET	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
106	112	Aug 22	PHA		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
107	113	Aug 23	PHA		DET	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
108	114	Aug 24 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
109	115	Aug 24 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
110	116	Aug 25 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,9-13	CG	51	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
111	117	Aug 25 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-10	GS	32	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	118	Aug 26	PHA		CLE	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							113gm		945.0	307	332	17	656	62