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.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 12	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 13	CLE		DET	L,4-12	CG	52	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
4	4	Apr 14	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 15	CLE		SLB	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 16	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
7	7	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	45	10.2	1	5	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	39	10.0	0	4	1	5	1
9	9	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
10	10	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
11	11	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
12	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 30	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	38 (23)	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
16	39	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
17	40	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
18	41	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
19	42	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	11	0	1	12	3
20	43	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
21	44	Jun 8	CLE		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	45	Jun 9	CLE		PHA	L,2-13	CG	51	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
23	46	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
24	47	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
25	48	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
26	49	Jun 13	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
27	50	Jun 14	CLE		WSH	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
28	51	Jun 15	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
29	52	Jun 18	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
30	53	Jun 19	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	54	Jun 20	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
32	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
34	57	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	58	Jun 25	CLE		DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
36	59	Jun 26	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
37	60	Jun 27	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
38	61	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
39	62	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	63	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	64	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	65	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,15-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	66	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	67	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.1	6	4	0	10	1
45	68	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
46	69	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	9	0	13	2
47	70	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	71	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	72	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	73	Jul 7	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	74	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
52	75	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
53	76	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	41	10.1	0	1	0	1	0
54	77	Jul 9 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	78	Jul 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	46	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
56	94 (15)	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
57	95	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
58	96	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	97	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	98	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	99	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-9	CG	31	6.0	2	1	0	3	1
62	100	Aug 4	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
63	101	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	102	Aug 6	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	103	Aug 7	CLE		BOS	T,4-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	104	Aug 8	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
67	105	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
68	106	Aug 10	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
69	107	Aug 11	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
70	108	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
71	109	Aug 14 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-8	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	110	Aug 14 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	111	Aug 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	112	Aug 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	113	Aug 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	114	Aug 20 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	115	Aug 20 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	116	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
79	117	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
80	118	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
81	119	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
82	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	NYY	T,8-8	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
83	121	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	122	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
85	123	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	124	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
87	125	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
88	126	Aug 31	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	127	Sep 1	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	128	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	129	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
92	130	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
93	131	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	42	11.0	7	1	0	8	1
94	132	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
95	133	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
96	134	Sep 10	CLE		WSH	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	2	4	1
97	135	Sep 11	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	1	8	2
98	136	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	137	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
100	138	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
101	139	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	140	Sep 16	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	3	8	0
103	141	Sep 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	2	2	0	4	2
104	142	Sep 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
105	143	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	2
106	144	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-0	CG	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	145	Sep 20	CLE		NYY	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
108	146	Sep 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
109	147	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
110	148	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	149	Sep 27	CLE		DET	W,16-5	GS	30	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	150	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
113	151	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
114	152	Oct 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
115	153	Oct 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
116	154	Oct 5	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-13	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
117	155	Oct 6	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
							117gm		1019.0	412	261	24	697	62