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.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	8	0	12	2
2	2	Apr 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
7	7	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	14.0	3	5	1	9	1
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
9	9	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
10	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 26	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
12	12	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
14	14	May 4	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 5	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
16	16	May 6	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
17	17	May 8	CLE		CHW	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
18	18	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
19	19	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
20	20	May 11	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
21	21	May 12	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
22	22	May 13	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
23	23	May 15	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	24	May 17	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	0	12.0	2	4	0	6	0
25	25	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	6.0	3	3	0	6	0
26	26	May 19	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
27	27	May 20	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	4	4	0	8	0
28	28	May 21	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
29	29	May 22	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	30	May 24	CLE		PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
31	31	May 25	CLE		PHA	L,2-13	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
32	32	May 26	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
33	33	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
34	34	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
35	35	May 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
36	36	May 31 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
37	37	May 31 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	40	Jun 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 8	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
42	42	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
43	43	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
44	44	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
45	45	Jun 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	2	7	0	9	1
46	46	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
47	47	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
48	48	Jun 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
49	49	Jun 19	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	12	1	0	13	1
50	50	Jun 20 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
51	51	Jun 20 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
52	52	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	18	0	0	18	1
53	53	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
54	54	Jun 23	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	GS	0		5	2	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	82 (27)	Jul 21	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
56	83	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	84	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
58	85	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	86	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	87	Jul 27	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	88	Jul 28	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	89	Jul 29 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
63	90	Jul 29 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
64	91	Jul 30	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
65	92	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
66	93	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	2	3	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	94	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	95	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
69	96	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
70	97	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	1
71	98	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
72	99	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
73	100	Aug 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	3	4	1	8	2
74	101	Aug 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
75	102	Aug 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
76	103	Aug 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
77	104	Aug 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
78	105	Aug 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
79	106	Aug 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
81	108	Aug 17 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
82	109	Aug 17 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	8	0	9	0
83	110	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
84	111	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
85	112	Aug 19	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
86	113	Aug 20	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
87	114	Aug 21	CLE		PHA	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
88	115	Aug 23	CLE		PHA	L,6-12	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	116	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
90	117	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	4	1	1	6	1
91	118	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
92	119	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
93	120	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
94	121	Aug 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
95	122	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
96	123	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	124	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
98	125	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	126	Sep 3	CLE		DET	T,1-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
100	127	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
101	128	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
102	129	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
103	130	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	132	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
106	133	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
107	134	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	135	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	136	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
110	137	Sep 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
111	138	Sep 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
112	139	Sep 14	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
113	140	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
114	141	Sep 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
115	142	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
116	143	Sep 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
117	144	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
118	145	Sep 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
119	146	Sep 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
120	147	Sep 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
121	148	Sep 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
122	149	Sep 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
123	150	Sep 28	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
124	151	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
125	152	Sep 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
126	153	Oct 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
127	154	Oct 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
128	155	Oct 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	6.0	3	2	0	5	2
							128gm		1110.0	371	376	28	775	60