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Doc Lavan
John Leonard Lavan
born John Leonard Laven

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 151 lb.
Schools Hope College, University of Michigan

Debut June 22, 1913
Final Game May 4, 1924
Born October 28, 1890 in Grand Rapids, MI
Died May 29, 1952 in Detroit, MI

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 22 TOT AL  51  163    9   22   2  2   0    5   3     10  46  .135  .199  .172   10   28   4           3    
         SLB AL  46  149    8   21   2  1   0    4   3     10  46  .141  .210  .168   12   25   4           3    
         PHA AL   5   14    1    1   0  1   0    1   0      0   0  .071  .071  .214  -16    3   0           0    
 1914 23 SLB AL  75  239   21   63   7  4   1   21   6 12  17  39  .264  .318  .339  101   81   5           2    
 1915 24 SLB AL 157  514   44  112  17  7   1   48  13 19  42  83  .218  .281  .284   72  146  21           3    
 1916 25 SLB AL 110  343   32   81  13  1   0   19   7     32  38  .236  .305  .280   80   96   5           2    
 1917 26 SLB AL 118  355   19   85   8  5   0   30   5     19  34  .239  .284  .290   78  103  11           3    
 1918 27 WSH AL 117  464   44  129  17  2   0   45  12     14  21  .278  .302  .323   89  150  13           2    
 1919 28 STL NL 100  356   25   86  12  2   1   25   4     11  30  .242  .264  .295   72  105   9           0    
 1920 29 STL NL 142  516   52  149  21 10   1   63  11 14  19  38  .289  .318  .374  100  193  31           3    
 1921 30 STL NL 150  560   58  145  23 11   2   82   7  7  23  30  .259  .291  .350   71  196  22           2    
 1922 31 STL NL  89  264   24   60   8  1   0   27   3  1  13  10  .227  .271  .265   42   70  13           3    
 1923 32 STL NL  50  111   10   22   6  0   1   12   0  3   9   7  .198  .264  .279   45   31   7           1    
 1924 33 STL NL   4    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1163 3891  338  954 134 45   7  377  71 56 209 376  .245  .288  .308   74 1199 141   0   0  24   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        542   47  133  19  6   1   53  10  8  29  52  .245  .288  .308   74  167  20   0   0   3   0
 Career High    157  560   58  149  23 11   2   82  13 19  42  83  .289  .318  .374  101  196  31   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 22 TOT AL  180  145    5   0.9    85| .135  .261| .199  .332| .172  .343| .371  .675|  10  .075 -18.8  -2.2     
         SLB AL  166  132    5   1.0    85| .141  .261| .210  .332| .168  .343| .378  .675|  12  .088 -16.6  -1.9     
         PHA AL   14   13    0   0.0    86| .071  .262| .071  .333| .214  .344| .285  .678| -16  .000  -2.3  -0.3     
 1914 23 SLB AL  263  193   22   3.0    79| .264  .252| .318  .324| .339  .330| .657  .654| 101  .468  -0.6  -0.1  33%
 1915 24 SLB AL  580  442   37   2.2    80| .218  .251| .281  .328| .284  .329| .565  .657|  72  .316 -18.7  -2.2  40%
 1916 25 SLB AL  382  267   29   2.9    79| .236  .251| .305  .324| .280  .328| .585  .652|  80  .427  -7.9  -0.9     
 1917 26 SLB AL  388  281   29   2.8    77| .239  .250| .284  .320| .290  .324| .574  .644|  78  .412 -10.5  -1.2     
 1918 27 WSH AL  493  348   45   3.5    81| .278  .259| .302  .330| .323  .331| .625  .661|  89  .503  -8.2  -0.9     
 1919 28 STL NL  376  279   28   2.7    77| .242  .257| .264  .311| .295  .338| .559  .648|  72  .379 -12.2  -1.4     
 1920 29 STL NL  569  412   57   3.8    89| .289  .274| .318  .328| .374  .364| .692  .692| 100  .488  -1.5  -0.2  44%
 1921 30 STL NL  607  444   55   3.3   104| .259  .294| .291  .344| .350  .405| .641  .749|  71  .355 -24.2  -2.4  50%
 1922 31 STL NL  293  218   19   2.3   108| .227  .295| .271  .352| .265  .410| .536  .762|  42  .203 -22.2  -2.1  75%
 1923 32 STL NL  128   99    7   1.9   105| .198  .289| .264  .348| .279  .403| .543  .751|  45  .158  -8.6  -0.8   0%
 1924 33 STL NL    6    6    0   0.0   102| .000  .287| .000  .342| .000  .400| .000  .743|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4265 3134  333   2.9    87| .245  .266| .288  .330| .308  .353| .596  .683|  74  .372 -135.1 -14.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 22 TOT AL SS 51 88 153 25 24 .906 .935 4.73 5.09 SLB AL SS 46 82 141 25 24 .899 .935 4.85 5.09 PHA AL SS 5 6 12 0 0 1.000 .933 3.60 5.08 1914 23 SLB AL SS 74 178 193 34 17 .916 .937 5.01 5.17 1915 24 SLB AL SS 157 313 475 75 81 .913 .937 5.02 5.00 1916 25 SLB AL SS 106 217 386 32 52 .950 .938 5.69 4.92 1917 26 SLB AL SS 110 229 338 47 67 .923 .931 5.15 4.84 2B 7 15 16 3 3 .912 .960 4.43 4.94 1918 27 WSH AL SS 117 275 354 57 43 .917 .939 5.38 5.23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 1 0 1919 28 STL NL SS 99 207 352 43 49 .929 .943 5.65 5.49 1920 29 STL NL SS 138 327 489 50 77 .942 .941 5.91 5.47 1921 30 STL NL SS 150 382 540 49 88 .950 .951 6.15 5.64 1922 31 STL NL SS 82 169 246 28 39 .937 .945 5.06 5.46 3B 5 3 12 2 1 .882 .949 3.00 2.92 1923 32 STL NL SS 40 64 95 13 20 .924 .939 3.98 5.45 3B 4 5 8 0 0 1.000 .949 3.25 2.95 1B 3 14 1 1 1 .938 .987 5.00 10.20 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1924 33 STL NL SS 2 2 7 2 2 .818 .947 4.50 5.45 2B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.60
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1923 32 STL NL 1B 3 14 1 1 1 .938 .987 5.00 10.20 1917 26 SLB AL 2B 7 15 16 3 3 .912 .960 4.43 4.94 1923 32 STL NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1924 33 STL NL 2B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.60 1922 31 STL NL 3B 5 3 12 2 1 .882 .949 3.00 2.92 1923 32 STL NL 3B 4 5 8 0 0 1.000 .949 3.25 2.95 1918 27 WSH AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 1 0 1913 22 TOT AL SS 51 88 153 25 24 .906 .935 4.73 5.09 SLB AL SS 46 82 141 25 24 .899 .935 4.85 5.09 PHA AL SS 5 6 12 0 0 1.000 .933 3.60 5.08 1914 23 SLB AL SS 74 178 193 34 17 .916 .937 5.01 5.17 1915 24 SLB AL SS 157 313 475 75 81 .913 .937 5.02 5.00 1916 25 SLB AL SS 106 217 386 32 52 .950 .938 5.69 4.92 1917 26 SLB AL SS 110 229 338 47 67 .923 .931 5.15 4.84 1918 27 WSH AL SS 117 275 354 57 43 .917 .939 5.38 5.23 1919 28 STL NL SS 99 207 352 43 49 .929 .943 5.65 5.49 1920 29 STL NL SS 138 327 489 50 77 .942 .941 5.91 5.47 1921 30 STL NL SS 150 382 540 49 88 .950 .951 6.15 5.64 1922 31 STL NL SS 82 169 246 28 39 .937 .945 5.06 5.46 1923 32 STL NL SS 40 64 95 13 20 .924 .939 3.98 5.45 1924 33 STL NL SS 2 2 7 2 2 .818 .947 4.50 5.45
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 1126 2451 3628 455 559 .930 .940 5.40 5.25 2B 10 16 19 3 3 .921 .959 3.50 5.14 3B 9 8 20 2 1 .933 .949 3.11 2.93 1B 3 14 1 1 1 .938 .987 5.00 10.20 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1149 2489 3668 461 564 .930 .941 5.36 5.24
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1915 AL-157-2

Strikeouts
1915 AL-83-1

Singles
1918 AL-110-7

Sac. Hits
1920 NL-31-5

Caught Stealing
1915 AL-19-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.9 (1711) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 24, 1913: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the St. Louis Browns.

February 12, 1914: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.

December 15, 1917: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Burt Shotton to the Washington Senators for Bert Gallia and $15,000.

May 14, 1919: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Washington Senators.


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