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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.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	STL	@	CIN	L,2-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,8-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	10 (4)	Apr 26	STL		CIN	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	20 (9)	May 7	STL	@	PIT	L,4-11	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	21	May 8	STL	@	PHI	W,11-3	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	23 (1)	May 10	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	GF	9	2.0	1	2	0	3	1
7	30 (6)	May 19	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
8	32 (1)	May 22	STL	@	NYG	L,3-7	GS	34	7.0	4	2	1	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	45 (12)	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	46	Jun 7	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	47	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	48	Jun 9	STL		BRO	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	49	Jun 12	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
14	50	Jun 13	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
15	51	Jun 14	STL		BSN	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
16	52	Jun 15	STL		BSN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
17	53	Jun 16	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	3	6	1	10	3
18	54	Jun 17	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
19	55	Jun 18	STL		NYG	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
20	56	Jun 19	STL		NYG	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
21	65 (8)	Jun 28	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	68 (2)	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	W,8-7	GF	24	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
23	69	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
24	70	Jul 3	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
25	71	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
26	72	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	5	0	9	3
27	73	Jul 5	STL	@	PHI	W,16-12	CG	52	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
28	74	Jul 7 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	75	Jul 7 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	6	4	1	11	2
30	76	Jul 8	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
31	77	Jul 9	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	78	Jul 10 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	79	Jul 10 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	80	Jul 11	STL	@	BSN	W,10-4	GS	39	7.0	2	1	2	5	0
35	81	Jul 12	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	GS	16	4.0	4	2	0	6	2
36	82	Jul 13	STL	@	BSN	W,10-6	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	1
37	84 (1)	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	W,13-7	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	89 (4)	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	L,7-14	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
39	91 (1)	Jul 23	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	92	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS	33	7.0	1	4	1	6	1
41	93	Jul 26	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
42	95 (1)	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,7-2	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	103 (7)	Aug 4 (2)	STL		BSN	L,6-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	1	2	0
44	108 (4)	Aug 11 (1)	STL		NYG	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	110 (1)	Aug 12	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	113 (2)	Aug 17	STL	@	BRO	W,8-5	GF	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	129 (15)	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	8	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
48	137 (7)	Sep 15 (1)	STL		PHI	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							48gm		302.0	83	104	14	201	21