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.

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	PHA	@	BLA	W,8-1	GS	0		2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Blues
2	36	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
3	37	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
4	38	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,14-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
5	39	Jun 7	CLE		BLA	W,7-3	CG	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
6	40	Jun 8	CLE		BLA	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
7	41	Jun 9	CLE		BLA	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	42	Jun 10	CLE		BLA	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
9	43	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
10	44	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
11	45	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
12	46	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
13	47	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
14	51 (3)	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
15	52	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
16	53	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	L,9-14	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
17	54	Jun 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
18	55	Jun 24	CLE		SLB	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
19	56	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	57	Jun 27	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	58	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,17-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
22	59	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	GS	0		2	7	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	60	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	61	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	5	5	0	10	1
25	62	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	0	10.0	4	4	0	8	1
26	63	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
27	64	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	1	0	4	0
28	65	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	66	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	5	6	0	11	1
30	67	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
31	68	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
32	69	Jul 10	CLE		DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
33	70	Jul 11	CLE		DET	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
34	71	Jul 12	CLE		DET	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
35	72	Jul 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
36	73	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	6	8	0	14	0
37	74	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	5.0	1	2	1	4	0
38	75	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
39	79 (3)	Jul 23	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	5	1	8	2
40	80	Jul 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	6	2	1	9	1
41	81	Jul 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
42	82	Jul 26	CLE	@	BLA	L,8-9	CG	0	9.2	5	0	0	5	0
43	86 (3)	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	87	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	7	6	0	13	2
45	88	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
46	89	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	90	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
48	91	Aug 5	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	4	3	1	8	1
49	92	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
50	93	Aug 8	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
51	94	Aug 9	CLE		BLA	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
52	95	Aug 11	CLE		BLA	W,17-11	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
53	96	Aug 12	CLE		BLA	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
54	98 (1)	Aug 14	CLE	@	BLA	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
55	99	Aug 15	CLE	@	BLA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
56	100	Aug 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	101	Aug 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	10.0	5	3	0	8	1
58	103 (1)	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
59	104	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
60	105	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
61	110 (4)	Aug 28	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
62	111	Aug 29	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
63	112	Aug 30	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
64	113	Aug 31	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	11.0	2	8	1	11	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	114	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	115	Sep 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
67	116	Sep 2	CLE		BLA	W,23-7	CG	0	9.0	8	4	2	14	1
68	117	Sep 3	CLE		BLA	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
69	118	Sep 4	CLE		BLA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
70	119	Sep 5	CLE		PHA	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
71	120	Sep 6	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	121	Sep 8	CLE		PHA	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	0	4	2	6	0
73	122	Sep 10 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
74	123	Sep 10 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	124	Sep 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
76	125	Sep 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
77	126	Sep 13 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	1	7	0	8	1
78	127	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
79	128	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
80	130 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
81	131	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
82	132	Sep 21 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	133	Sep 21 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	134	Sep 23	CLE		DET	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
85	135	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
86	136	Sep 27 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
87	137	Sep 27 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
							87gm		770.0	272	286	15	573	49