Doc Lavan

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 151lb (173cm, 68kg)

Born: October 28, 1890 in Grand Rapids, MI us

Died: May 29, 1952 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Schools: Hope College (Holland, MI), University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 22, 1913 (Age 22-237d, 3,930th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 4, 1924 (Age 33-189d)
vs. CHC 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: John Leonard Lavan

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1913 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.4

3891

954

.245

338

RBI

377

OBP

.288

SLG

.308

OPS

.596

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-31 / in Starts: 20-28
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	52 games
Most Games w/o RBI	24 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 180 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	32 (11-13-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 180 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	109 (50-37-21)

Most Driven In
J Johnston	2
E Murphy	1
J Austin	0
W Alexander	0
Self	0

Most Driven In By
R Mitchell	1
M Balenti	0
Self	0
S Agnew	0

1913 Batting Game Log

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1913 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	64 (63)	Jun 22 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.56	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.73	SS
2	2	65	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.08	0.012	.02	0.00%	0.02	SS
3	3	66	Jun 23 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.31	-0.130	.01	0.00%	-1.40	SS
4	4	67	Jun 23 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.063	.063	.063	.125	7						SS
5	5	68	Jun 24	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.150	.150	.150	.300	7	.67	0.018	.01	0.00%	0.11	SS
6	6	69	Jun 25	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.174	.208	.174	.382	7	1.05	-0.097	.01	0.00%	-0.76	SS
7	7	70	Jun 26	SLB	@	DET	W,7-5	CG(14)	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0		.138	.167	.138	.305	7	1.01	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-1.75	SS
8	8	71	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.121	.147	.121	.268	7	.55	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.89	SS
9	9	72	Jun 28	SLB	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.108	.132	.108	.240	7	.44	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-1.01	SS
10	10	73	Jun 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.125	.146	.150	.296	7						SS
11	11	74	Jun 30	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.140	.178	.163	.341	7						SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	12	75	Jul 2 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.128	.163	.149	.312	7						SS
13	13	76	Jul 2 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.122	.157	.143	.300	7						SS
14	14	77	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.154	.185	.173	.358	7	1.14	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.52	SS
15	15	78	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0				1		.145	.190	.164	.353	7						SS
16	16	79	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.138	.180	.155	.336	7						SS
17	17	80	Jul 5	SLB		DET	L,5-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0				1		.133	.200	.150	.350	7						SS
18	18	81	Jul 6	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.143	.206	.159	.365	7						SS
19	19	82	Jul 7	SLB		DET	W,10-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.149	.208	.164	.373	7	.32	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.25	SS
20	20	83	Jul 9	SLB		BOS	L,0-9	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.145	.213	.159	.373	7						SS
21	21	84	Jul 10	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.139	.205	.153	.358	7						SS
22	22	85	Jul 11	SLB		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		1	1	0				0		.135	.220	.149	.368	7						SS
23	23	86	Jul 12	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.132	.224	.145	.368	7	.68	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.05	SS
24	24	87	Jul 13	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.127	.216	.139	.355	7						SS
25	25	88	Jul 14	SLB		NYY	W,11-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.120	.207	.133	.339	7						SS
26	26	89	Jul 15	SLB		NYY	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.128	.211	.140	.350	7						SS
27	27	90	Jul 16	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.125	.214	.136	.351	7						SS
28	28	91	Jul 17	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.132	.218	.165	.383	7						SS
29	29	92	Jul 18	SLB		WSH	L,1-5	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.126	.210	.158	.367	7						SS
30	30	93	Jul 19	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.124	.213	.155	.368	7						SS
31	31	94	Jul 20	SLB		PHA	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.129	.214	.168	.383	7						SS
32	32	95	Jul 21	SLB		PHA	L,8-11	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.124	.207	.162	.369	8						SS
33	33	96	Jul 22	SLB		PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.138	.217	.174	.391	8						SS
34	34	97	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,1-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.150	.226	.186	.412	8						SS
35	35	98	Jul 25	SLB	@	WSH	T,8-8	GS-0	5	5	1	1	0	0	0		0		2	0	0				0		.153	.225	.186	.411	8						SS
36	36	99	Jul 26 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.164	.233	.197	.430	8						SS
37	37	100	Jul 26 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.160	.228	.192	.420	8						SS
38	38	101	Jul 28	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	1	0				0		.164	.236	.195	.431	8						SS
39	39	102	Jul 29	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.160	.231	.191	.422	8						SS
40	40	103	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.158	.228	.188	.416	8	1.95	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.67	SS
41	41	104	Jul 31	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.154	.223	.184	.407	8	.99	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.76	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	42	105	Aug 1	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG(7)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.152	.225	.181	.406	8	1.13	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.79	SS
43	43	106	Aug 2	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.149	.221	.177	.398	8	.48	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.31	SS
44	44	107	Aug 5 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.147	.218	.175	.393	8						SS
45	45	108	Aug 5 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.143	.213	.170	.383	8						SS
46	46	109	Aug 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	0				0		.141	.210	.168	.378	8						SS
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics
47	47	116	Aug 23	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-7	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.146	.213	.185	.399	2	.33	0.015	.27	0.01%	1.29	SS
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	48	146 (29)	Sep 26	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-10	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.145	.212	.184	.396	9						PH
49	49	149 (2)	Sep 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.141	.207	.179	.387	6						SS
50	50	150	Oct 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.138	.203	.176	.380	6						SS
51	51	152 (1)	Oct 3 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.136	.200	.173	.373	1	1.13	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.62	SS
52	52	153	Oct 4	PHA		NYY	L,8-10	6-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.134	.198	.171	.368	7	1.66	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.20	SS
							20-31		180	164	9	22	2	2	0	4	10	0	46	3	3		1		3		.134	.198	.171	.368		.91	-0.770	.01	0.01%	-6.67

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