Doc Lavan Stats

Doc Lavan was born on Tuesday, October 28, 1890, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lavan was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 22, 1913, with the St. Louis Browns. 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 Doc Lavan baseball stats page.

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Doc Lavan
 
 
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Birth Name:   John Leonard Laven
Nickname:   Doc
Born On:   10-28-1890  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Grand Rapids, Michigan
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-29-1952 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Detroit, Michigan
Cemetery:   Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
High School:   Undetermined
College:   University of Michigan
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   151
First Game:   06-22-1913 (Age 22)
Last Game:   05-04-1924
Draft:   Not Applicable
Doc Lavan

Doc Lavan 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
Doc Lavan

Doc Lavan Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1913 23 Browns 46 149 8 21 2 1 0 0 4 10 - 46 4 - 3 - .141 .210 .168
1913 23 Athletics 5 14 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 - .071 .071 .214
1914 24 Browns 75 239 21 63 7 4 1 0 21 17 - 39 5 - 2 - .264 .318 .339
1915 25 Browns 157 514 44 112 17 7 1 0 48 42 - 83 21 - 3 - .218 .281 .284
1916 26 Browns 110 343 32 81 13 1 0 0 19 32 - 38 5 - 2 - .236 .305 .280
1917 27 Browns 118 355 19 85 8 5 0 0 30 19 - 34 11 - 3 - .239 .284 .290
1918 28 Senators 117 464 44 129 17 2 0 0 45 14 - 21 13 - 2 - .278 .302 .323
1919 29 Cardinals 100 356 25 86 12 2 1 0 25 11 - 30 9 - 0 - .242 .264 .295
1920 30 Cardinals 142 516 52 149 21 10 1 0 63 19 - 38 31 - 3 - .289 .318 .374
1921 31 Cardinals 150 560 58 145 23 11 2 0 82 23 - 30 22 - 2 - .259 .291 .350
1922 32 Cardinals 89 264 24 60 8 1 0 0 27 13 - 10 13 - 3 - .227 .271 .265
1923 33 Cardinals 50 111 10 22 6 0 1 0 12 9 - 7 7 - 1 - .198 .264 .279
1924 34 Cardinals 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
12 Years 1,163 3,891 338 954 134 45 7 0 377 209 - 376 141 - 24 - .245 .288 .308
Doc Lavan

Doc Lavan Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1913 Browns SS 46 - - 248 5.4 223 82 141 25 24 n/a n/a n/a .899 0.00
1913 Athletics SS 5 - - 18 3.6 18 6 12 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1914 Browns SS 74 - - 405 5.5 371 178 193 34 17 n/a n/a n/a .916 0.00
1915 Browns SS 157 15 18,384 863 5.5 788 313 475 75 81 n/a n/a n/a .913 1.16
1916 Browns SS 106 101 2,541 635 6.0 603 217 386 32 52 n/a n/a n/a .950 6.41
1917 Browns 2B 7 6 102 34 4.9 31 15 16 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .912 8.21
1917 Browns SS 110 107 2,538 614 5.6 567 229 338 47 67 n/a n/a n/a .923 6.03
1918 Senators CF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1918 Senators SS 117 117 3,306 686 5.9 629 275 354 57 43 n/a n/a n/a .917 5.14
1919 Cardinals SS 99 99 2,547 602 6.1 559 207 352 43 49 n/a n/a n/a .929 5.93
1920 Cardinals SS 138 138 3,624 866 6.3 816 327 489 50 77 n/a n/a n/a .942 6.08
1921 Cardinals SS 150 150 3,972 971 6.5 922 382 540 49 88 n/a n/a n/a .950 6.27
1922 Cardinals 3B 5 4 57 17 3.4 15 3 12 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .882 7.11
1922 Cardinals SS 82 79 1,728 443 5.4 415 169 246 28 39 n/a n/a n/a .937 6.48
1923 Cardinals 1B 3 1 24 16 5.3 15 14 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 16.88
1923 Cardinals 2B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1923 Cardinals 3B 4 2 54 13 3.3 13 5 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.50
1923 Cardinals SS 40 30 591 172 4.3 159 64 95 13 20 n/a n/a n/a .924 7.26
1924 Cardinals 2B 2 1 - 4 2.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1924 Cardinals SS 2 2 - 11 5.5 9 2 7 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .818 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
SS Totals 1,126 838 39,231 6,534 5.8 6,079 2,451 3,628 455 559 n/a n/a n/a .930 4.18
2B Totals 10 7 102 38 3.8 35 16 19 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .921 9.26
3B Totals 9 6 111 30 3.3 28 8 20 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 6.81
1B Totals 3 1 24 16 5.3 15 14 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 16.88
CF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
12 Years 1,149 852 39,468 6,618 5.8 6,157 2,489 3,668 461 564 n/a n/a n/a .930 4.21
Doc Lavan

Doc Lavan Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1913 Browns 3 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 37.3 - - -
1913 Athletics 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 14.0 - - -
1914 Browns 6 12 .333 0 0 n/a 239.0 6.1 11.4 - - -
1915 Browns 13 19 .406 0 0 n/a 514.0 6.2 10.7 - - -
1916 Browns 7 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.0 18.1 - - -
1917 Browns 5 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.4 11.8 - - -
1918 Senators 12 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 22.1 10.3 - - -
1919 Cardinals 4 - - 1 0 n/a 356.0 11.9 14.2 - - -
1920 Cardinals 11 14 .440 4 0 n/a 516.0 13.6 8.2 - - -
1921 Cardinals 7 7 .500 0 0 n/a 280.0 18.7 6.8 - - -
1922 Cardinals 3 1 .750 1 1 n/a 0.0 26.4 9.8 - - -
1923 Cardinals 0 3 .000 2 0 n/a 111.0 15.9 9.3 - - -
1924 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
12 Years 71 56 .559 8 1 n/a 555.9 10.3 10.3 - - -
Doc Lavan

Doc Lavan Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1913 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -


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