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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 30)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
2	2	Apr 13	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 14	SLB		CHW	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
4	4	Apr 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 17	SLB		CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
6	6	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 20	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 21	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
10	10	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 24	SLB	@	DET	W,7-2	GS	30	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
12	12	Apr 27	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	22	6.0	3	2	0	5	1
13	13	Apr 28	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
14	14	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	15	Apr 30	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	SLB		DET	L,0-2	GS	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
17	17	May 5	SLB		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
18	18	May 6 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
19	19	May 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
20	20	May 8 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	22 (1)	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
22	23	May 10	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
23	24	May 11	SLB		PHA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
24	25	May 12	SLB		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	26	May 13	SLB		PHA	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	27	May 14	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
27	28	May 15	SLB		NYY	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
28	29	May 16	SLB		NYY	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	30	May 17	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	2	4	1
30	31	May 18	SLB		WSH	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	3	6	1
31	32	May 19	SLB		WSH	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	3
32	33	May 20	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	35 (1)	May 24	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
34	36	May 25	SLB		BOS	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	38 (1)	May 27	SLB		BOS	T,1-1	GS	20	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	67 (28)	Jul 1 (1)	SLB		DET	L,0-5	GF	9	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	71 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	73 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	74	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
40	75	Jul 6	SLB		CLE	L,6-12	CG	43	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
41	76	Jul 7	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	77	Jul 8	SLB		NYY	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
43	78	Jul 9	SLB		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
44	79	Jul 10	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	GS	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	80	Jul 11	SLB		PHA	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	3
46	81	Jul 12	SLB		PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
47	82	Jul 13	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
48	83	Jul 15 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	84	Jul 15 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
50	85	Jul 16	SLB		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	86	Jul 17	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
52	87	Jul 18	SLB		BOS	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	88	Jul 19	SLB		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
54	89	Jul 20	SLB		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
55	90	Jul 21	SLB		WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
56	91	Jul 22 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	92	Jul 22 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	93	Jul 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	0	1	3	4	0
59	94	Jul 26 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
60	95	Jul 26 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
61	96	Jul 28 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	47	11.2	3	4	1	8	1
62	97	Jul 28 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	6	0	9	2
63	98	Jul 30	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
64	99	Jul 31	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	100	Aug 2 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
66	101	Aug 2 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	102	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	3
68	103	Aug 4	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	0	1	2	3	0
69	104	Aug 6	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	38	10.1	1	1	0	2	0
70	105	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	106	Aug 8	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
72	107	Aug 9	SLB	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
73	108	Aug 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	3
74	109	Aug 11 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
75	110	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	111	Aug 12	SLB	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
77	112	Aug 13 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
78	113	Aug 13 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	114	Aug 14	SLB	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
80	115	Aug 17	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
81	116	Aug 18	SLB		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
82	117	Aug 19	SLB		NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
83	118	Aug 20	SLB		WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
84	119	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
85	120	Aug 22 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	121	Aug 23	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
87	122	Aug 25	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
88	123	Aug 26 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	GS	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
89	124	Aug 26 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
90	125	Aug 27	SLB		PHA	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
91	126	Aug 28	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
92	127	Aug 29 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
93	128	Aug 29 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
94	129	Aug 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
95	130	Aug 31	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	131	Sep 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	132	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
98	133	Sep 3 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	1	4	2	7	1
99	134	Sep 3 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	51	11.1	4	3	0	7	2
100	135	Sep 4	SLB		CHW	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	136	Sep 5	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	42	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
102	137	Sep 6	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
103	138	Sep 8	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	41	12.0	4	4	1	9	3
104	139	Sep 9 (1)	SLB		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	140	Sep 9 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	141	Sep 14	SLB		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
107	142	Sep 15	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	GS	37	7.0	1	4	1	6	1
108	143	Sep 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
109	144	Sep 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
110	145	Sep 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	1
111	149 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-0	GF	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	150	Sep 25	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
113	151	Sep 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-4	GS	32	7.0	2	3	1	6	0
114	152	Sep 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
115	153	Sep 28	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
116	154	Sep 29 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	46	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
117	155	Sep 29 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							117gm		984.0	244	354	50	648	70