Doc Lavan

Shortstop

1913—1924

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Player LeveL
Journeyman
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
NR

Player Detail

John Leonard
GIVEN NAME
Lavan
SURNAME
October 28, 1890, in Grand Rapids, MI
BORN
May 29, 1952, in Detroit, MI, USA
DIED
1913—1924
Playing Career
Played from 22-33
PLAYING AGE
St. Louis Browns
Washington Senators
St. Louis Cardinals
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
St. Louis Cardinals
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-8 / 151
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
June 22, 1913
Major League Debut
May 4, 1924
FINAL GAME

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Lavan attended medical school at the University of Michigan and later was a surgeon in the U.S. Navy in World War I.

30

HITTING

30

POWER

40

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1163
954
7
377
.245

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
NR
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.596
.651
91.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.245
.288
.308

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Doc Lavan Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Lavan
547
134
48
19
6
1
53
29
53
10
169
167
.245
.288
.308
596
AVG SS
532
137
66
20
7
2
43
42
15
178
184
.258
.318
.333
.651

Doc Lavan Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Doc Lavan PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
9.2
NA
NA
NA
1.28
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Doc Lavan
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Doc Lavan
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS