Nap Lajoie Stats

Nap Lajoie was born on Saturday, September 5, 1874, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Lajoie was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 12, 1896, with the Philadelphia Phillies. 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 Nap Lajoie baseball stats page.
"(Nap) Lajoie quickly became one of the best hitters in the National League. His stance appeared lazy and nonchalant, but he was able to whip his bat through the strike zone with extraordinary quickness." - Historian Eric Enders in 2001 MLB All-Star Program

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Nap Lajoie
 
 
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Birth Name:   Napoleon Lajoie
Nickname:   King or Nap or Poli
Born On:   09-05-1874
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Zodiac:   Virgo
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-07-1959
Place of Death Data Died In:   Daytona Beach, Florida
Cemetery:   Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, Florida Click For Grave Photo
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   08-12-1896 (Age 21)
Last Game:   08-26-1916
Draft:   Not Applicable
Nap Lajoie

Nap Lajoie 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
Nap Lajoie

Nap Lajoie Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1896 Phillies 39 175 36 57 12 7 4 0 42 1 - 11 2 - 0 - .326 .330 .543
1897 Phillies 127 545 107 197 40 23 9 0 127 15 - - 5 - 12 - .361 .392 .569
1898 Phillies 147 608 113 197 43 11 6 0 127 21 - - 5 - 7 - .324 .354 .461
1899 Phillies 77 312 70 118 19 9 6 0 70 12 - - 3 - 10 - .378 .419 .554
1900 Phillies 102 451 95 152 33 12 7 0 92 10 - - 2 - 8 - .337 .362 .510
1901 Athletics 131 544 145 232 48 14 14 2 125 24 - - 1 - 13 - .426 .463 .643
1902 Athletics 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 0 - 0 - .250 .250 .250
1902 Blues 86 348 81 132 35 5 7 1 64 19 - - 8 - 6 - .379 .421 .569
1903 Blues 125 485 90 167 41 11 7 0 93 24 - - 13 - 3 - .344 .379 .518
1904 Blues 140 553 92 208 49 15 6 0 102 27 - - 6 - 8 - .376 .413 .552
1905 Naps 65 249 29 82 12 2 2 0 41 17 - - 3 - 2 - .329 .377 .418
1906 Naps 152 602 88 214 48 9 0 0 91 30 - - 17 - 6 - .355 .392 .465
1907 Naps 137 509 53 152 30 6 2 1 63 30 - - 13 - 6 - .299 .345 .393
1908 Naps 157 581 77 168 32 6 2 0 74 47 - - 30 - 9 - .289 .352 .375
1909 Naps 128 469 56 152 33 7 1 0 47 35 - - 11 - 6 - .324 .378 .431
1910 Naps 159 591 94 227 51 7 4 0 76 60 - - 21 - 5 - .384 .445 .514
1911 Naps 90 315 36 115 20 1 2 0 60 26 - - 8 - 4 - .365 .420 .454
1912 Naps 117 448 66 165 34 4 0 0 90 28 - - 17 - 7 - .368 .414 .462
1913 Naps 137 465 66 156 25 2 1 0 68 33 - 17 12 - 15 - .335 .398 .404
1914 Naps 121 419 37 108 14 3 0 0 50 32 - 15 15 - 2 - .258 .313 .305
1915 Athletics 129 490 40 137 24 5 1 0 61 11 - 16 15 - 4 - .280 .301 .355
1916 Athletics 113 426 33 105 14 4 2 0 35 14 - 26 14 - 1 - .246 .272 .312
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
21 Years 2,480 9,589 1,504 3,242 657 163 83 4 1,599 516 - 85 221 - 134 - .338 .380 .467
Nap Lajoie

Nap Lajoie Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1896 Phillies 1B 39 - - 376 9.6 374 363 11 2 27 n/a n/a n/a .995 0.00 -
1897 Phillies 1B 108 - - 1,134 10.5 1,116 1,079 37 18 45 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1897 Phillies 3B 2 - - 3 1.5 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1897 Phillies OF 19 - - 45 2.4 43 37 6 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 -
1898 Phillies 1B 1 - - 8 8.0 8 7 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1898 Phillies 2B 146 - - 894 6.1 848 442 406 46 59 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00 -
1899 Phillies 2B 67 - - 477 7.1 455 224 231 22 39 n/a n/a n/a .954 0.00 -
1899 Phillies CF 5 - - 13 2.6 13 12 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1900 Phillies 2B 102 - - 658 6.5 628 287 341 30 69 n/a n/a n/a .954 0.00 -
1900 Phillies 3B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1901 Athletics 2B 119 - - 808 6.8 776 395 381 32 60 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 -
1901 Athletics SS 12 - - 80 6.7 78 35 43 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1902 Athletics 2B 1 - - 5 5.0 5 2 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1902 Blues 2B 86 - - 568 6.6 553 270 283 15 49 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 -
1903 Blues 1B 1 - - 11 11.0 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1903 Blues 2B 122 - - 804 6.6 768 366 402 36 61 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00 -
1903 Blues 3B 1 - - 6 6.0 6 1 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1904 Blues 1B 2 - - 21 10.5 21 20 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1904 Blues 2B 95 - - 548 5.8 527 272 255 21 42 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1904 Blues SS 44 - - 233 5.3 216 86 130 17 10 n/a n/a n/a .927 0.00 -
1905 Naps 1B 5 - - 52 10.4 52 50 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1905 Naps 2B 59 - - 328 5.6 325 148 177 3 25 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 -
1906 Naps 2B 130 - - 790 6.1 769 354 415 21 76 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1906 Naps 3B 15 - - 65 4.3 60 20 40 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00 -
1906 Naps SS 7 - - 41 5.9 39 15 24 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1907 Naps 1B 9 - - 107 11.9 106 95 11 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 -
1907 Naps 2B 128 - - 800 6.3 775 314 461 25 86 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 -
1908 Naps 1B 1 - - 15 15.0 15 10 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1908 Naps 2B 156 - - 1,025 6.6 988 450 538 37 78 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1909 Naps 1B 8 - - 92 11.5 92 89 3 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1909 Naps 2B 120 - - 683 5.7 655 282 373 28 55 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 -
1910 Naps 1B 10 - - 124 12.4 122 114 8 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1910 Naps 2B 149 - - 834 5.6 806 387 419 28 60 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1911 Naps 1B 41 - - 408 10.0 404 388 16 4 17 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 -
1911 Naps 2B 37 - - 194 5.2 184 91 93 10 16 n/a n/a n/a .948 0.00 -
1912 Naps 1B 20 - - 186 9.3 183 171 12 3 13 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1912 Naps 2B 97 - - 511 5.3 490 241 249 21 49 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 -
1913 Naps 2B 126 - - 662 5.3 642 279 363 20 59 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1914 Naps 1B 31 - - 323 10.4 318 300 18 5 22 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1914 Naps 2B 80 - - 419 5.2 402 187 215 17 45 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 -
1915 Athletics 1B 5 - - 53 10.6 52 49 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 -
1915 Athletics 2B 110 - - 606 5.5 583 251 332 23 61 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1915 Athletics 3B 2 - - 10 5.0 10 4 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1915 Athletics SS 10 - - 48 4.8 46 14 32 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00 -
1916 Athletics 1B 5 - - 60 12.0 59 52 7 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 -
1916 Athletics 2B 105 - - 595 5.7 579 254 325 16 61 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1916 Athletics LF 2 - - 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
2B Totals 2,035 0 0 12,209 6.0 11,758 5,496 6,262 451 1,050 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 --
1B Totals 286 0 0 2,970 10.4 2,933 2,798 135 37 137 n/a n/a n/a .988 0.00 --
SS Totals 73 0 0 402 5.5 379 150 229 23 20 n/a n/a n/a .943 0.00 --
3B Totals 21 0 0 84 4.0 79 26 53 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00 --
OF Totals 19 0 0 45 2.4 43 37 6 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 --
CF Totals 5 0 0 13 2.6 13 12 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
LF Totals 2 0 0 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
21 Years 2,441 - - 15,724 6.4 15,206 8,520 6,686 518 1,211 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 --
Nap Lajoie

Nap Lajoie Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1896 Phillies 7 - - - - n/a 43.8 15.9 4.2 - - -
1897 Phillies 20 - - - - n/a 60.6 0.0 4.3 - - -
1898 Phillies 25 - - - - n/a 101.3 0.0 4.8 - - -
1899 Phillies 13 - - - - n/a 52.0 0.0 4.5 - - -
1900 Phillies 22 - - - - n/a 64.4 0.0 4.9 - - -
1901 Athletics 27 - - - - n/a 38.9 0.0 4.4 - - -
1902 Athletics 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 4.0 - - -
1902 Blues 19 - - - - n/a 49.7 0.0 5.4 - - -
1903 Blues 21 - - - - n/a 69.3 0.0 5.2 - - -
1904 Blues 29 - - - - n/a 92.2 0.0 5.4 - - -
1905 Naps 11 - - - - n/a 124.5 0.0 6.1 - - -
1906 Naps 20 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 6.6 - - -
1907 Naps 24 - - - - n/a 254.5 0.0 8.1 - - -
1908 Naps 15 - - - - n/a 290.5 0.0 7.9 - - -
1909 Naps 13 - - - - n/a 469.0 0.0 10.0 - - -
1910 Naps 26 - - - - n/a 147.8 0.0 7.8 - - -
1911 Naps 13 - - - - n/a 157.5 0.0 5.3 - - -
1912 Naps 18 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 5.0 - - -
1913 Naps 17 - - - - n/a 465.0 27.4 6.8 - - -
1914 Naps 14 15 .483 - - n/a 0.0 27.9 8.4 - - -
1915 Athletics 10 6 .625 - - n/a 490.0 30.6 8.0 - - -
1916 Athletics 15 - - - - n/a 213.0 16.4 12.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
21 Years 380 21 .948 - - n/a 115.5 112.8 6.0 - - -
Nap Lajoie

Nap Lajoie Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1896 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $2,400.00 n/a n/a
1900 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $2,600.00 n/a n/a
1901 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $4,000.00 n/a n/a
1902 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1902 Cleveland Blues n/a $7,000.00 n/a n/a
1903 Cleveland Blues n/a $7,000.00 n/a -
1904 Cleveland Blues n/a $7,000.00 n/a n/a
1905 Cleveland Naps n/a $7,000.00 n/a -
1906 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1907 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1910 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1911 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -




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