Cleveland indians stats, rosters, schedules, uniform numbers, record books. Each purchase helps support the baseball hall of fames nonprofit mission to. Lajoie replicated his star status in scotts replay by winning the mvp. Nap lajoie was one of the kings of baseball s deadball era and the american leagues first legitimate superstar.
May 09, 2017 national baseball hall of fame almanac. The 2017 baseball america almanac has all the major league news and statistics, plus so much more. He was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 2009. Top 15 second basemen 7 nap lajoie bill james argued in his book win shares that lajoie s great looking defensiv estats were selfishly earned by a man who was a ball hog. To hit many doubles, a batter must have decent hitting skill and power. September 5, 1874 february 7, 1959, also known as larry lajoie and nicknamed the frenchman, was an american professional base. Who won the 1910 batting title, ty cobb or nap lajoie. Philadelphia phillies uniform numbers, philadelphia phillies record books. These forums are devoted to both pre and post war baseball cards and vintage memorabilia, as well as other sports. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Many detailed statistics are based on playbyplay accounts accumulated by retrosheet. Nap lajoie was one of the players to seize the opportunity and, in 1901, he took the field with connie macks philadelphia athletics. Nap lajoie baseball cards command extraordinary sums, equal to those of other stars from his era including ty cobb, honus wagner and joe jackson.
It was 56 pages, with a generic player on the cover or maybe it was nap lajoie, and it said it would be indispensable to the fan, sporting editor, umpire, official scorer, baseball club, manager and. Tom and ellen zappala, the cracker jack collection. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. Baseball almanac is pleased to present a breakdown of players born in u. The rise and fall of the deadball era society for american. He was also considered the best defensive second baseman of the era.
Nap lajoie s plaque at the national baseball hall of fame and museum lajoie ended his career with a lifetime. Nap lajoie has been described as the first superstar in american league history. He didnt have his picture on the 2017 whos who in baseball, which might have been. Nap lajoie one of baseballs most dominant infielders. The best position players following the turn of the century were honus wagner and nap lajoie, who hit for high average and excelled on defense as well. Cleveland indians award winners and league leaders wikipedia. Nap lajoie, cleveland al baseball library of congress. Nap lajoie project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Nap lajoie mlb player profile page from whatifsports. Nap lajoie baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and biographical data presented by baseball almanac. Typically, a double is a wellhit ball into the outfield that finds the gap between the center fielder and one of the corner outfielders, bounces off the outfield wall and down into the field of play, or is hit up one of the two foul lines.
Win shares are calculated using the formula in the book win shares by bill james. On base percentage yearbyyear leaders on baseball almanac. The card, which has always been one of the true symbols of the hobby, was not included in the original 1933 goudey set. Beckett media presents the yearly almanac of baseball cards price guide in print edition. And indeed, to concentrate on his hitting or his fielding is to miss his allaround talent as a player. Usually they pick a cutoff number and list everybody with that specific stat above the cutoff. Win expectancy, run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Napoleon lajoie was the sixth player, and the first second baseman, to be elected to the baseball hall of fame.
Lajoie and the phillies coujldnt come to terms for a 1901 contract. Lajoie arrived in cleveland on june 4 and was an immediate hit, drawing 10,000 fans to league park. Napoleon lajoie typically pronounced lajway, though nap himself is supposed to have preferred the french pronunciation, lahzhwa was born on september 5, 1874, in woonsocket, rhode island, the youngest of eight surviving children of jean baptiste and celina guertin lajoie. Visit their online baseball cards to learn much more, or the batting average record book to see details. Lajoie, like hornsby, stood deep in the batters box so that he could step into pitches and scorch line drives with authority to all fields. In that historic book richter selected the greatest players in each position in each decade. The 1933 goudey nap lajoie card, graded psa 7 near mint was one of dozens of high grade and rare vintage baseball cards offered. Beckett media baseball card values almanac baseball cards. Books hall of fame baseball hall of fame online store. Baseball sportswriter ernest lanigan suggested that this was because a record book erroneously attributed nap lajoie with having 44 triples in 1903, when he hit only 11 that year. Players who should be in the baseball hall of fame. Mlb baseball historical statistics major league baseball espn.
Nap lajoie, cleveland naps, baseball card portrait. The world of vintage baseball cards baseball in the attic. During his career, which lasted from 1896 to 1916, he was regularly called the king of ballplayers and was widely regarded as the greatest baseball player of all time before ty cobb and babe ruth came along. I dont think theres any question that nap lajoie was one of baseball s greatest players, an elite hall of famer, arguably the best second baseman ever although i would not agree. There is a separate section for buying, selling and trading the bst area if you write anything concerning a person or company your full name needs to be in your post or obtainable from it. Bunts, hitandrun plays, and stolen bases moved to the fore, and power took a backseat. He played in major league baseball mlb for the philadelphia phillies. The teams have since faced each other in interleague play since its introduction in. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. Nap was done by 1916, and collins played more than a decade longer. Oakland athletics award winners and league leaders wikipedia. Nap lajoie, ray lankford, barry larkin, tony lazzeri, al leiter, bob lemon, kenny lofton and fred lynn. In 1902, the philadelphia phillies obtained an injunction, effective only in pennsylvania, barring athletics second baseman nap lajoie from playing baseball for any team other than the phillies. If you want to compare full career stats of the two, then you are really going well beyond the t206 era, and since collins career included most of rogers hornsbys seasons too, i would argue that.
I was reading up on lajoie and started reading about his jump to the al in 1901 and the huge ensuing legal battle between the philadelphia phillies and the american league. His career total of 3,243 hits was the secondmost in mlb history at the time of his retirement, behind only honus wagners total 3,420. The detroit scout who had tracked him through high school, ed katalinas, said to me he was the prospect that a scout creates in his mind and then prays that someone will come along to fit the pattern. Nap lajoie, american professional baseball player who was one of the games best hitters and an outstanding fielder. There is still a hard copy ofbaseball america almanac. This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the oakland athletics professional baseball franchise the team was first known as the philadelphia athletics from 1901 to 1954 and then as the kansas city athletics from 1955 to 1967. The 2016 baseball season was one to remember, highlighted by an amazing world series that ended in the cubs first championship in more than a century, and no book offers a more complete capsule of the year than the baseball america almanac, which takes you all the way from winter ball to the world series.
At the back of the book is a long list of stats by career, season, playoffs, etc. Get the best deals on nap lajoie baseball cards when you shop the largest online selection at. Dec 16, 2016 ill focus on lajoie here since ive actually read up on him, including the king of ballplayers book, one that i enjoyed thoroughly. Many thanks to one of our readers, vicki martin, for sending me a great new book, the st. Nap lajoie this article was written by david jones and stephen constantelos the first superstar in american league history, napoleon lajoie combined graceful, effortless fielding with powerful, fearsome hitting to become one of the greatest allaround. Slugging average yearbyyear leaders on baseball almanac. Napoleon lajoie was the sixth player, and the first second baseman. Ranked in the top 100 best baseball blogs as ranked by feedspot. The library of congress does not own rights to material in its collections. We publish thousands of articles a year, host multiple podcasts, and have an ever growing database of baseball stats.
Nap lajoie baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and. Baseball history unpacked, april 4 bleed cubbie blue. Nap lajoie, another hall of famer, played on this team as well. Napoleon lajoie was a threetime batting champion, finishing with 3,242 total hits and a. Nap lajoie was his chief competition tris speaker being a. The official online store of the national baseball hall of fame offers a wide assortment. The 1911 cleveland naps season was a season in american major league baseball. Lajoie was named manager in 1905, and the teams fortunes improved somewhat.
There has never been an american league second baseman rated higher than lajoie. Back several years ago, my son and i were rummaging through a baseball almanac looking at various stats. Pictorial sketch book of pennsylvania its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described the fourth part has separate t. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. My passions are baseball specifically illini baseball, photography and of course. January 1915, nap lajoie was purchased by the athletics from the cleveland indians. Sheckard was overshadowed by contemporary giants like nap lajoie, cobb, and his famed teammates tinker, evers and chance but he was a fine player 49. As a result, several newspapersmost notably the pittsburgh presswere under the belief that lajoie held the record. Uniform images used with permission from marc okkonen, author of baseball uniforms of the 20th century. Soon afterward, he was named team captain, and in 1903 the team was renamed the cleveland napoleons soon shortened to naps after a newspaper conducted a writein contest. Search through mlb career leaders and single season leaders in home runs, strikeouts, hits, saves, and more on.
A book for baseball fans of all ages, the baseball hall of fame almanac brings history to life on every page. Nap lajoie was indeed one of the smoothestfielding second basemen in history, as supremely proficient on defense as he was overpowering on offense. It was 56 pages, with a generic player on the cover or maybe it was nap lajoie, and it said it. Images can also be viewed at the hall of fame online exhibit dressed to the nines. Nap lajoie in the long history of the game, i know of four people who have teams named for them. He did play most of his games in america, the land of the free and the home of the braves. A friend of lajoie s once said of him, old nap lajoie was the only man i ever observed who could chew scrap tobacco in such a way as to give a jaunty refinement to a habit vulgar and untidy in so many others. He didnt have his picture on the 2017 whos who in baseball. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous itemsofinterest are presented by baseball almanac on this comprehensive nap lajoie baseball stats page.
The indians first star was napoleon lajoie, one of the greatest hitters in history. The almanac is an official publication of the national baseball hall of fame and museum, produced in conjunction with baseball america. In 1910, hugh chalmers wanted to give a car to hometown favorite ty cobb. Napoleon lajoie also known as larry lajoie and nicknamed the frenchman, was an american professional baseball second baseman and playermanager. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. Some of the most popular players clicked on by visitors in this section are. The hobby of collecting baseball cards picked up steam in the early. Craig biggio bert blyleven lou boudreau earl combs its pronounced cooms ed delahanty bobby doerr harmon killebrew nap lajoie pronounced lajoway. Bill james wrote a long essay in one of his books about how lajoie s fielding stats were deceptive because he insisted on always taking the throw on stolen bases which artificially upped his putout totals. View nap lajoie s page at the baseball hall of fame. This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the cleveland indians professional baseball team. Want to play a fun game with your friends and family.
After the as move to kansas city in 1955, the city series rivalry came to an end. I need a nap sponsors this page im a dedicated collector not a sportscard dealer interested in buying just about anything baseball cards, photos, etc. Total zone rating and initial framework for wins above replacement calculations provided by sean smith. Nap lajoie baseball cards and autograph buying guide.
Nap lajoie was the star of this first team, hitting. More portable than the register, and unlike, combining minor and major league lines and noting disabled list visits, it sat quietly on living. The federal league had been formed to begin play in 1914. Check out nap lajoie career batting and fielding statistics including batting average, hits, home runs, rbi and award history as part of whatifsports free simmatchup baseball. They had relocated to the town of woonsocket, rhode island. Nap lajoies plaque at the national baseball hall of fame and museum lajoie ended his career with a lifetime. Youll find profiles of every player, manager, umpire and executive in the hall of fame including profiles of this years inductees with career statistics, vitals and achievements for the players. The american league red book and the national league green book migrated to online only in 2009. Nap lajoie baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats. I would have liked to see more information on his relationship with his wife, myrtle, and assume from the authors silence that the couple had no children. We hoped you liked reading win a free copy of tht 2017.
Joseph lowell gordon february 18, 1915 april 14, 1978, nicknamed flash in reference to the comic book character flash gordon, was an american second baseman, coach and manager in major league baseball who played for the new york yankees and cleveland indians from 1938 to 1950. Lajoie already had 10 full seasons under his belt before t206, to collins one. Find collections of all the annual card values of baseball cards here. The city series was the name of a series of baseball games played between major league baseball s philadelphia athletics of the american league and philadelphia phillies of the national league that ran from 1903 through 1955. The book is greatly enriched by the inclusion of a plethora of photographs, lajoie s career stats, and lajoie s nine commandments of hitting.
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