Nap Lajoie

Hall of Fame

Second Base

1896—1916

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Player LeveL
Legend
Top 100 Rank
#43
Second Base RANK
#8

Player Detail

Napoleon
GIVEN NAME
Lajoie
SURNAME
September 5, 1874, in Woonsocket, RI
BORN
February 7, 1959, in Daytona Beach, FL, USA
DIED
1896—1916
Playing Career
Played from 21-41
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia A's
Cleveland Indians
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Cleveland Naps
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Larry, Poli
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 195
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
August 12, 1896
Major League Debut
August 26, 1916
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Second Baseman —
— Indians ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Nap Lajoie?

Was such a great player that Cleveland briefly named their team after him.
Napolean Lajoie is one of the few players to have a team adopt his name as theirs. Cleveland played as the “Naps” from 1903 to 1914.
  • Nap Lajoie Scouting Report

70

HITTING

70

POWER

60

RUNNING

50

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
1988
2522
50
1141
.336

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
83.7
58.2

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

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.833
.676
125.2

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

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.336
.382
.451

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Claude Ritchey
Jimmy Williams

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.359
.404
.483

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Wally Schang
Stuffy McInnis
Phil Geier
Terry Turner
Bill Bradley
Ed Delahanty
Elmer Flick
Sam Thompson
Addie Joss
Al Orth
Harry Davis

Nap Lajoie 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
Lajoie
550
186
86
38
9
5
92
30
18
22
256
223
.336
.382
.451
833
AVG 2B
534
142
71
21
8
2
43
37
22
185
191
.267
.328
.347
.676

Nap Lajoie Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
8
3
4
3
4
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
3
3
4
4
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Nap Lajoie PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
107.3
60.2
41.8
28.4
8.74
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Nap Lajoie
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
494.4
258.4
172.7
128.6
40.2
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Nap Lajoie
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B