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 (Jul 17)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	32 (31)	Jun 2	STL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	2
2	33	Jun 4	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
3	34	Jun 5	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
4	35	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
5	36	Jun 7	STL		PHI	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
6	37	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
7	38	Jun 9	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	39	Jun 10	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
9	40	Jun 11	STL		BSN	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
10	41	Jun 12	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
11	42	Jun 13	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	43	Jun 14	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	44	Jun 15	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	45	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,2-0	CG	18	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	46	Jun 18	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
16	47	Jun 19	STL		NYG	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	5	2	2	9	1
17	48	Jun 20	STL		NYG	L,2-4	CG	45	11.0	0	0	4	4	0
18	49	Jun 21	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	50	Jun 22	STL		PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	2	7	0
20	54 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	3	3	1	7	0
21	55	Jun 26 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
22	56	Jun 27	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
23	57	Jun 28	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
24	58	Jun 29	STL	@	CIN	W,14-9	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
25	59	Jun 30	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	60	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
27	61	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
28	62	Jul 3	STL	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
29	63	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	11.2	4	3	1	8	0
30	64	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
31	65	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
32	66	Jul 6	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
33	67	Jul 7	STL	@	PIT	L,9-14	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
34	68	Jul 8	STL	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	34	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
35	69	Jul 9	STL	@	NYG	W,12-8	CG	39	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
36	70	Jul 11	STL	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
37	71	Jul 12	STL	@	BRO	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
38	72	Jul 13	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	73	Jul 14	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	74	Jul 17	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	42	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
41	78 (3)	Jul 25	STL		CHC	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
42	79	Jul 26	STL		CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
43	80	Jul 27	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
44	81	Jul 30	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	82	Jul 31	STL		PHI	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	83	Aug 2	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
47	84	Aug 3 (1)	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
48	85	Aug 3 (2)	STL		BRO	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	2
49	86	Aug 4	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
50	87	Aug 5	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	88	Aug 6	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
52	89	Aug 7	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
53	90	Aug 8	STL		BSN	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
54	91	Aug 9	STL		BSN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
55	92	Aug 10	STL		BSN	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
56	93	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
57	94	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
58	95	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
59	96	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
60	97	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
61	98	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	99	Aug 18	STL	@	BSN	T,1-1	CG	38	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	100	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
64	101	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	42	10.1	1	3	0	4	0
65	102	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	4	5	2	11	2
66	103	Aug 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
67	104	Aug 21	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	5	2	7	1
68	105	Aug 22	STL	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	106	Aug 23	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	107	Aug 24	STL	@	BRO	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	4	1	1	6	1
71	108	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	109	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
73	112 (2)	Aug 30	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	113	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS	0	2.2	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	114	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
76	115	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
77	116	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
78	117	Sep 5	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
79	118	Sep 6	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	119	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
81	120	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	8	0	12	2
82	121	Sep 9	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
83	122	Sep 10	STL		BRO	W,11-8	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	123	Sep 11	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	124	Sep 12	STL		NYG	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	125	Sep 13	STL		NYG	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
87	126	Sep 14	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
88	127	Sep 15	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
89	128	Sep 16 (1)	STL		BSN	L,4-8	GS	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
90	129	Sep 16 (2)	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	130	Sep 17 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	131	Sep 17 (2)	STL		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	132	Sep 19	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	133	Sep 22	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
95	134	Sep 23 (1)	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
96	135	Sep 23 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
97	136	Sep 26	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	3	6	1	10	1
98	137	Sep 27	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
99	138	Sep 28	STL		PIT	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
							99gm		865.0	207	352	43	602	49