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.

1906 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1906 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
4	4	Apr 21	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	11.1	2	8	0	10	1
6	7 (1)	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	T,2-2	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
7	8	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
8	9	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
9	10	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
10	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
11	12	Apr 30	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	8	1	11	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13	May 1	CLE		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
13	14	May 2	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	15	May 3	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
15	16	May 5	CLE		CHW	T,3-3	CG	0	12.0	6	5	0	11	1
16	19 (2)	May 10	CLE		CHW	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
17	20	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
18	21	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	11.0	0	2	0	2	1
19	22	May 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	23	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
21	24	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
22	25	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
23	26	May 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	3
24	27	May 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	6	2	0	8	0
25	28	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
26	29	May 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	7	4	0	11	0
27	30	May 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
28	31	May 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
29	32	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	33	May 29	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
31	34	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
32	35	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
33	36	May 31	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	3	2	1	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	37	Jun 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
35	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
36	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	40	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	41	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
39	42	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
40	43	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
41	44	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
42	45	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	46	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	1	3	2	6	0
44	47	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
45	48	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
46	49	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	50	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
48	51	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
49	52	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
50	53	Jun 20	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
51	54	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
52	55	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
54	57	Jun 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	58	Jun 25	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
56	59	Jun 26	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
57	60	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	61	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
59	62	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
60	63	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	64	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	12.0	4	3	0	7	1
62	65	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,11-12	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	66	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
64	67	Jul 2	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
65	68	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	6.0	2	1	0	3	1
66	69	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	70	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
68	71	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
69	72	Jul 7	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	0	6	0	6	0
70	73	Jul 9	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
71	74	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	75	Jul 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
73	76	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	3	5	1	9	1
74	77	Jul 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	5	1	0	6	0
75	78	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	13.0	4	10	0	14	0
76	79	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
77	80	Jul 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
78	81	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
79	82	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
80	83	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
81	84	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
82	85	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS	0		3	5	0	8	1
83	86	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
84	87	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
85	88	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
86	89	Jul 28	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
87	90	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
88	91	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	92	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
90	93	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	5	5	0	10	0
91	94	Aug 3	CLE		PHA	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
92	95	Aug 4	CLE		PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
93	96	Aug 6	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	4
94	97	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
95	98	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
96	99	Aug 11	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
97	100	Aug 13	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
98	101	Aug 14	CLE		WSH	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
99	102	Aug 15	CLE	@	PHA	T,3-3	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	103	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
101	104	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
102	105	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
103	106	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	107	Aug 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
105	108	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
106	109	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	3	5	0	8	1
107	110	Aug 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
108	111	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	112	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	2	6	0
110	113	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
111	114	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
112	115	Aug 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
113	116	Aug 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
114	117	Aug 31	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	5	6	0	11	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	118	Sep 1	CLE		CHW	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
116	119	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
117	120	Sep 3 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,10-3	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
118	121	Sep 3 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
119	122	Sep 5	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
120	123	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
121	124	Sep 8	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
122	125	Sep 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
123	126	Sep 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
124	127	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	10.1	2	5	0	7	1
125	128	Sep 12	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
126	129	Sep 13	CLE	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
127	130	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
128	131	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
129	132	Sep 15	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
130	133	Sep 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	6	0	11	1
131	134	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
132	135	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
133	136	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
134	137	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
135	138	Sep 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
136	139	Sep 20 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	6	5	1	12	1
137	140	Sep 21 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
138	141	Sep 21 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	0
139	142	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
140	143	Sep 24	CLE		PHA	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
141	144	Sep 25	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
142	145	Sep 26	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
143	146	Sep 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
144	147	Sep 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	T,2-2	CG	0	6.0	2	3	0	5	1
145	148	Sep 28 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
146	149	Sep 28 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
147	150	Sep 29	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
148	151	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
149	152	Oct 2	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
150	153	Oct 3	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
151	154	Oct 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
152	155	Oct 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	1	7	1	9	0
							152gm		1362.0	389	479	28	896	81