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.

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-12	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
2	2	Apr 13	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	GS	0		0	0	1	1	0
7	7	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	6	1	0	7	1
8	8	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
10	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
12	12	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
13	13	Apr 27	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	14	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
15	15	Apr 29	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
16	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	1	6	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-14	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
18	18	May 3	CLE		CHW	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
19	19	May 4	CLE		CHW	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
20	20	May 5	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
21	21	May 6	CLE		CHW	T,5-5	CG	0	8.0	4	4	1	9	1
22	22	May 7	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	12.0	3	2	0	5	2
23	36 (13)	May 22	CLE		PHA	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	99 (62)	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	100	Jul 31	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	101	Aug 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	102	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	GS	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	103	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
29	104	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
30	105	Aug 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	10	0	1	11	2
31	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
32	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS	0		3	0	0	3	1
33	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	109	Aug 12	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
35	110	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
36	111	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
37	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
38	113	Aug 17	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
39	114	Aug 18	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	115	Aug 19	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
41	116	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	117	Aug 22	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
43	118	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
44	119	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
45	120	Aug 27	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
46	121	Aug 29	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	122	Aug 30	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	123	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
49	124	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
50	125	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	12.0	17	2	0	19	0
51	126	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	127	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	128	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	11	3	0	14	1
54	129	Sep 7	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
55	130	Sep 8	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
56	131	Sep 9	CLE		SLB	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
57	132	Sep 10	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	12.1	15	1	0	16	2
58	133	Sep 12	CLE		DET	L,6-9	CG	0	13.0	2	4	2	8	0
59	134	Sep 13	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
60	138 (3)	Sep 19	CLE	@	NYY	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
61	139	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
62	140	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	7.0	12	0	0	12	0
63	141	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
64	142	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	7	0	0	7	0
65	143	Sep 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
66	144	Sep 24	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
67	145	Sep 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
68	146	Sep 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
69	147	Sep 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
70	148	Sep 28	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
71	149	Sep 30 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
72	150	Sep 30 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
73	151	Oct 2	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
74	152	Oct 4 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
75	153	Oct 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-6	CG	0	7.0	2	3	1	6	1
76	154	Oct 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
77	155	Oct 7 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
78	156	Oct 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
							78gm		686.0	479	109	14	602	33