Lave Cross Stats

Lave Cross was born on Saturday, May 12, 1866, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Cross was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 23, 1887, with the Louisville Colonels. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lave Cross baseball stats page.
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Lave Cross
 
 
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Birth Name:   Lafayette Napoleon Cross
Nickname:   None
Born On:   05-12-1866
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Zodiac:   Taurus
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-06-1927
Place of Death Data Died In:   Toledo, Ohio
Cemetery:   Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08½
Player Weight Chart Weight:   155
First Game:   04-23-1887 (Age 20)
Last Game:   06-06-1907
Draft:   Not Applicable
Lave Cross

Lave Cross Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Lave Cross

Lave Cross Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1887 Colonels 54 218 32 69 8 3 0 0 26 15 - - - - 1 - .317 .363 .312
1888 Colonels 47 181 20 41 3 0 0 0 15 2 - - - - 1 - .227 .239 .243
1889 Athletics 55 199 22 44 8 2 0 0 23 14 - 9 - - 0 - .221 .272 .281
1890 Quakers 63 245 42 73 7 8 3 0 47 12 - 6 - - 0 - .298 .331 .429
1891 Athletics 110 402 66 121 20 14 5 0 52 38 - 23 - - 3 - .301 .366 .458
1892 Phillies 140 541 84 149 15 10 4 1 69 39 - 16 - - 3 - .275 .328 .362
1893 Phillies 96 415 81 124 17 6 4 0 78 26 - 7 - - 1 - .299 .342 .398
1894 Phillies 119 529 123 204 34 9 7 1 125 29 - 7 16 - 3 - .386 .421 .524
1895 Phillies 125 535 95 145 26 9 2 0 101 35 - 8 16 - 3 - .271 .319 .364
1896 Phillies 106 406 63 104 23 5 1 1 73 32 - 14 14 - 1 - .256 .312 .345
1897 Phillies 88 344 37 89 17 5 3 0 51 10 - - 11 - 1 - .259 .282 .363
1898 Browns 151 602 71 191 28 8 3 0 79 28 - - 16 - 0 - .317 .348 .405
1899 Spiders 38 154 15 44 5 0 1 0 20 8 - - 2 - 1 - .286 .325 .338
1899 Perfectos 103 403 61 122 14 5 4 1 64 17 - - 6 - 1 - .303 .333 .392
1900 Cardinals 16 61 6 18 1 0 0 0 6 1 - - 3 - 0 - .295 .306 .311
1900 Superbas 117 461 73 135 14 6 4 0 67 25 - - 4 - 2 - .293 .332 .375
1901 Athletics 100 424 82 139 28 12 2 0 73 19 - - 6 - 1 - .328 .358 .465
1902 Athletics 137 559 90 191 39 8 0 0 108 27 - - 7 - 2 - .342 .374 .440
1903 Athletics 137 559 60 163 22 4 2 0 90 10 - - 8 - 0 - .292 .304 .356
1904 Athletics 155 607 73 176 31 10 1 0 71 13 - - 14 - 5 - .290 .310 .379
1905 Athletics 147 587 69 156 29 5 0 0 77 26 - - 15 - 2 - .266 .299 .332
1906 Senators 130 494 55 130 14 6 1 0 46 28 - - 16 - 0 - .263 .303 .322
1907 Senators 41 161 13 32 8 0 0 0 10 10 - - 5 - 0 - .199 .246 .248
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
21 Years 2,275 9,087 1,333 2,660 411 135 47 4 1,371 464 - 90 159 - 31 - .293 .329 .383
Lave Cross

Lave Cross Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1887 Colonels C 44 - - 346 7.9 317 251 66 29 7 54 - - .916 0.00 -
1887 Colonels OF 10 - - 20 2.0 17 16 1 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .850 0.00 -
1888 Colonels C 37 - - 282 7.6 262 202 60 20 3 22 - - .929 0.00 -
1888 Colonels OF 12 - - 19 1.6 16 14 2 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .842 0.00 -
1888 Colonels SS 2 - - 8 4.0 8 3 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1889 Athletics C 55 - - 407 7.4 380 278 102 27 7 28 - - .934 0.00 -
1890 Quakers C 49 - - 295 6.0 261 191 70 34 7 13 - - .885 0.00 -
1890 Quakers OF 15 - - 29 1.9 25 25 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .862 0.00 -
1891 Athletics 2B 1 - - 6 6.0 5 1 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00 -
1891 Athletics 3B 24 - - 86 3.6 77 28 49 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .895 0.00 -
1891 Athletics C 43 - - 266 6.2 250 212 38 16 5 16 - - .940 0.00 -
1891 Athletics OF 43 - - 68 1.6 66 56 10 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 -
1891 Athletics SS 1 - - 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1892 Phillies 2B 14 - - 68 4.9 66 29 37 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 -
1892 Phillies 3B 65 - - 266 4.1 245 97 148 21 5 n/a n/a n/a .921 0.00 -
1892 Phillies C 39 - - 196 5.0 190 158 32 6 5 12 - - .969 0.00 -
1892 Phillies OF 25 - - 47 1.9 42 39 3 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .894 0.00 -
1892 Phillies SS 5 - - 21 4.2 20 4 16 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00 -
1893 Phillies 1B 6 - - 68 11.3 65 60 5 3 7 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 -
1893 Phillies 3B 30 - - 154 5.1 142 44 98 12 10 n/a n/a n/a .922 0.00 -
1893 Phillies C 40 - - 195 4.9 190 144 46 5 4 6 - - .974 0.00 -
1893 Phillies OF 10 - - 29 2.9 27 27 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .931 0.00 -
1893 Phillies SS 10 - - 54 5.4 49 16 33 5 6 n/a n/a n/a .907 0.00 -
1894 Phillies 2B 1 - - 4 4.0 4 3 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1894 Phillies 3B 100 - - 447 4.5 411 177 234 36 24 n/a n/a n/a .919 0.00 -
1894 Phillies C 16 - - 42 2.6 41 36 5 1 0 6 - - .976 0.00 -
1894 Phillies SS 7 - - 31 4.4 29 10 19 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .935 0.00 -
1895 Phillies 3B 125 - - 531 4.2 499 191 308 32 23 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00 -
1896 Phillies 2B 6 - - 28 4.7 27 10 17 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1896 Phillies 3B 61 - - 239 3.9 224 88 136 15 9 n/a n/a n/a .937 0.00 -
1896 Phillies C 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - - 1.000 0.00 -
1896 Phillies OF 2 - - 7 3.5 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1896 Phillies SS 37 - - 224 6.1 211 77 134 13 17 n/a n/a n/a .942 0.00 -
1897 Phillies 2B 38 - - 195 5.1 188 68 120 7 10 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1897 Phillies 3B 47 - - 181 3.9 165 71 94 16 5 n/a n/a n/a .912 0.00 -
1897 Phillies OF 2 - - 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1897 Phillies SS 1 - - 5 5.0 5 2 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1898 Browns 3B 149 - - 599 4.0 566 215 351 33 20 n/a n/a n/a .945 0.00 -
1898 Browns SS 2 - - 12 6.0 10 3 7 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00 -
1899 Spiders 3B 38 - - 154 4.1 147 66 81 7 7 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00 -
1899 Perfectos 3B 103 - - 452 4.4 434 157 277 18 25 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 -
1900 Cardinals 3B 16 - - 52 3.3 50 11 39 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1900 Superbas 3B 117 - - 471 4.0 444 162 282 27 10 n/a n/a n/a .943 0.00 -
1901 Athletics 3B 100 - - 409 4.1 376 140 236 33 7 n/a n/a n/a .919 0.00 -
1902 Athletics 3B 137 - - 521 3.8 491 185 306 30 18 n/a n/a n/a .942 0.00 -
1903 Athletics 1B 1 - - 7 7.0 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1903 Athletics 3B 136 - - 400 2.9 380 152 228 20 14 n/a n/a n/a .950 0.00 -
1904 Athletics 3B 155 - - 439 2.8 411 164 247 28 15 n/a n/a n/a .936 0.00 -
1905 Athletics 3B 147 - - 447 3.0 415 163 252 32 6 n/a n/a n/a .928 0.00 -
1906 Senators 3B 130 - - 419 3.2 399 157 242 20 9 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00 -
1907 Senators 3B 41 - - 139 3.4 136 38 98 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
3B Totals 1,721 0 0 6,406 3.7 6,012 2,306 3,706 394 212 n/a n/a n/a .938 0.00 --
C Totals 324 0 0 2,030 6.3 1,892 1,473 419 138 38 157 n/a n/a .932 0.00 --
OF Totals 119 0 0 221 1.9 202 186 16 19 6 n/a n/a n/a .914 0.00 --
SS Totals 65 0 0 357 5.5 334 115 219 23 31 n/a n/a n/a .936 0.00 --
2B Totals 60 0 0 301 5.0 290 111 179 11 21 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 --
1B Totals 7 0 0 75 10.7 72 67 5 3 7 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 --
21 Years 2,296 - - 9,390 4.1 8,802 4,258 4,544 588 315 157 n/a n/a .937 0.00 --
Lave Cross

Lave Cross Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1887 Colonels 15 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 8.4 - - -
1888 Colonels 10 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 12.1 - - -
1889 Athletics 11 - - - - n/a 0.0 22.1 8.7 - - -
1890 Quakers 5 - - - - n/a 81.7 40.8 5.2 - - -
1891 Athletics 14 - - - - n/a 80.4 17.5 7.7 - - -
1892 Phillies 18 - - - - n/a 135.3 33.8 7.8 - - -
1893 Phillies 18 - - - - n/a 103.8 59.3 5.3 - - -
1894 Phillies 21 - - - - n/a 75.6 75.6 4.2 - - -
1895 Phillies 21 - - - - n/a 267.5 66.9 5.3 - - -
1896 Phillies 8 - - - - n/a 406.0 29.0 5.6 - - -
1897 Phillies 10 - - - - n/a 114.7 0.0 6.7 - - -
1898 Browns 14 - - - - n/a 200.7 0.0 7.6 - - -
1899 Spiders 2 - - - - n/a 154.0 0.0 7.7 - - -
1899 Perfectos 11 - - - - n/a 100.8 0.0 6.3 - - -
1900 Cardinals 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 10.2 - - -
1900 Superbas 20 - - - - n/a 115.3 0.0 6.9 - - -
1901 Athletics 23 - - - - n/a 212.0 0.0 5.8 - - -
1902 Athletics 25 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 5.2 - - -
1903 Athletics 14 - - - - n/a 279.5 0.0 6.2 - - -
1904 Athletics 10 - - - - n/a 607.0 0.0 8.5 - - -
1905 Athletics 8 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 7.6 - - -
1906 Senators 19 - - - - n/a 494.0 0.0 10.7 - - -
1907 Senators 3 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 16.1 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
21 Years 301 - - - - n/a 193.3 101.0 6.6 - - -
Lave Cross

Lave Cross Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1887 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Philadelphia Quakers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1895 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 St. Louis Perfectos n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1900 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1900 Brooklyn Superbas n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1902 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1903 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1904 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1906 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1907 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -




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