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.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17	STL		PIT	L,0-3	CG	49	13.0	4	3	0	7	0
2	5	Apr 18	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	18 (12)	May 8	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	3	3	1	7	0
4	19	May 9	STL		CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
5	20	May 11	STL		BSN	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	21	May 13	STL		BSN	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
7	22	May 14	STL		BRO	L,1-5	CG	52	14.0	2	9	0	11	1
8	23	May 15	STL		BRO	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
9	24	May 18	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
10	25	May 19	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
11	26	May 20	STL		PHI	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	27	May 21	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	28	May 22	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
14	29	May 23	STL		NYG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
15	30	May 24	STL		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
16	31	May 25	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
17	32	May 26	STL		CIN	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
18	33	May 27	STL		CIN	W,16-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	34	May 28 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	2	8	0
20	35	May 28 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	36	May 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
22	37	May 30	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
23	38	May 31 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
24	39	May 31 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	40	Jun 1	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	63	15.0	3	4	0	7	0
26	41	Jun 2	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
27	42	Jun 4	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
28	43	Jun 5	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
29	44	Jun 6	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
30	45	Jun 8	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
31	46	Jun 9	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
32	47	Jun 10	STL	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
33	48	Jun 11	STL	@	BRO	W,10-2	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
34	49	Jun 12	STL	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	50	Jun 13	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	51	Jun 14	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	10	1	13	0
37	52	Jun 15	STL	@	NYG	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	53	Jun 17	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	6	1	12	2
39	54	Jun 18	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
40	55	Jun 19 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
41	56	Jun 19 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	7	0	11	2
42	57	Jun 22	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	2	3	0	5	0
43	58	Jun 23	STL	@	BSN	L,2-6	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	59	Jun 24	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
45	60	Jun 26 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
46	61	Jun 26 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
47	62	Jun 27	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
48	63	Jun 28	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
49	64	Jun 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
50	65	Jun 30	STL	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	66	Jul 1	STL		PIT	L,2-6	GS	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	67	Jul 2	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
53	68	Jul 3	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
54	69	Jul 4	STL		CHC	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	70	Jul 5 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
56	71	Jul 5 (2)	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
57	72	Jul 6	STL		CHC	L,8-12	CG	52	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	73	Jul 7	STL		CHC	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
59	74	Jul 8	STL		BRO	L,2-14	CG	47	9.0	3	3	2	8	1
60	75	Jul 9 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
61	76	Jul 9 (2)	STL		BRO	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
62	77	Jul 10	STL		BRO	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
63	78	Jul 11	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
64	79	Jul 12	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	80	Jul 13	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	54	12.0	2	7	1	10	1
66	81	Jul 14	STL		NYG	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
67	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
68	83	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,0-1	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
69	84	Jul 18	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	85	Jul 19	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	3	2	0	5	0
71	88 (2)	Jul 23	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
72	89	Jul 24	STL		BSN	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	6	4	1	11	2
73	90	Jul 25	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
74	91	Jul 27	STL	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
75	92	Jul 28	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	57	13.1	5	3	0	8	0
76	93	Jul 29	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
77	94	Jul 30	STL	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	3	3	1	7	1
78	95	Jul 31	STL	@	BRO	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	96	Aug 1	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	5	1	9	1
80	97	Aug 2	STL	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
81	98	Aug 3	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
82	99	Aug 5	STL	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	100	Aug 6	STL	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
84	101	Aug 7	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS	13	2.2	1	1	0	2	1
85	102	Aug 9	STL	@	PHI	W,12-10	CG	57	11.0	2	5	0	7	0
86	103	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
87	104	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	W,18-9	CG	41	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
88	105	Aug 12	STL	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	2	8	1
89	106	Aug 13	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	107	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
91	108	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,1-1	CG	32	8.0	2	8	0	10	2
92	109	Aug 15 (1)	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	42	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
93	110	Aug 15 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
94	111	Aug 16	STL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
95	112	Aug 17	STL		PIT	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
96	113	Aug 20	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
97	114	Aug 21	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
98	115	Aug 22 (1)	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	2	2	1	5	1
99	116	Aug 22 (2)	STL		BSN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
100	117	Aug 23	STL		NYG	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	8	1	11	1
101	118	Aug 24	STL		NYG	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
102	119	Aug 25	STL		NYG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
103	120	Aug 26	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
104	121	Aug 27	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
105	122	Aug 28	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
106	123	Aug 29	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	124	Aug 30 (1)	STL		BRO	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
108	125	Aug 30 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
109	126	Aug 31	STL		BRO	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	127	Sep 2	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
111	128	Sep 3	STL		CIN	L,5-12	CG	51	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
112	129	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
113	130	Sep 5	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	50	12.0	1	4	1	6	2
114	131	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	132	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
116	133	Sep 9	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
117	134	Sep 10	STL	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	50	10.2	2	3	0	5	0
118	135	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-15	CG	44	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
119	136	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
120	137	Sep 12	STL	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
121	138	Sep 13	STL	@	NYG	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
122	139	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	W,9-3	GS	27	6.0	4	3	0	7	1
123	140	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
124	141	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
125	142	Sep 17	STL	@	BSN	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
126	143	Sep 18 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	51	13.0	3	7	0	10	1
127	144	Sep 18 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
128	145	Sep 20	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	4	6	0	10	1
129	146	Sep 21	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
130	147	Sep 22	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
131	148	Sep 24	STL	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	46	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
132	149	Sep 25 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	48	11.1	3	4	0	7	0
133	150	Sep 25 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
134	151	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
135	152	Sep 27	STL	@	CHC	W,16-1	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
136	153	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	59	16.1	3	7	1	11	2
137	154	Oct 2	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
138	155	Oct 3	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	0	12.0	5	5	2	12	0
							138gm		1246.0	327	489	50	866	77