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Lajoie		  
Nickname: Larry
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 5, 1874 in Woonsocket, RI.
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger Award 1902    1905    1907   
Gold Glove Award 1904   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 26 PIT NL $ 10,220,000   10 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1902 27 PIT NL $ 10,220,000   10 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1903 28 PIT NL $ 10,220,000   10 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1904 29 PIT NL $ 10,220,000   9 9 10 3 3 3 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1905 30 CLE AL $ 15,009,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1906 31 CLE AL $ 15,009,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1907 32 CLE AL $ 15,009,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1908 33 CLE AL $ 15,009,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1909 34 CLE AL $ 15,009,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 2 2 2 10 10 10
1910 35 CLE AL $ 7,450,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 2 2 2 10 10 10
1911 36 CLE AL $ 7,450,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 9 9
1912 37 PHI NL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1913 38 PHI NL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,009,000   10 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1897 22 PHI   127 545 107 197 40 23 9 127 20 0 15 0 .361 .379 .569 .947 103.5  
1898 23 PHI   147 608 113 197 43 11 6 127 25 0 21 0 .324 .347 .461 .807 91.7  
1899 24 PHI   77 312 70 118 19 9 6 70 13 0 12 0 .378 .401 .554 .956 61.5  
1900 25 PHI   102 451 95 152 33 12 7 92 22 0 10 0 .337 .351 .510 .861 75.0  
1901 26 PIT NL 64 244 46 95 23 8 5 38 7 6 14 11 .389 .430 .611 1.040 51.4 12.2
1902 27 PIT NL 134 536 103 210 40 10 13 99 13 6 32 7 .392 .436 .576 1.012 109.7 31.6
1903 28 PIT NL 135 530 86 179 45 13 9 98 12 10 38 30 .338 .420 .523 .942 105.8 20.2
1904 29 PIT NL 148 578 107 207 42 21 8 100 22 12 52 34 .358 .417 .545 .962 112.4 22.0
1905 30 CLE AL 145 565 82 205 57 7 6 94 23 7 42 23 .363 .409 .520 .930 103.1 27.1
1906 31 CLE AL 150 608 64 193 34 15 2 82 22 9 36 29 .317 .356 .433 .789 82.3 23.6
1907 32 CLE AL 146 566 95 201 48 13 9 101 27 9 40 32 .355 .397 .534 .931 107.6 34.9
1908 33 CLE AL 139 539 80 183 47 12 6 72 16 13 34 31 .340 .384 .505 .889 89.4 27.6
1909 34 CLE AL 149 562 69 155 32 5 4 64 18 14 38 33 .276 .346 .372 .718 69.9 18.5
1910 35 CLE AL 144 549 52 153 30 8 2 78 31 21 22 40 .279 .331 .373 .704 63.4 17.1
1911 36 CLE AL 142 563 86 179 42 7 7 86 32 11 43 30 .318 .372 .455 .827 92.4 21.6
1912 37 PHI NL 136 515 67 126 29 12 2 58 31 11 33 56 .245 .307 .359 .667 54.1 9.0
1913 38 PHI NL 148 550 68 143 29 11 3 65 21 12 18 87 .260 .295 .369 .664 55.0 6.8
13 Years Sim 1780 6905 1005 2229 498 142 76 1035 275 141 442 443 .323 .375 .469 .844 1096.4 272.3
17 Years Pro 2233 8821 1390 2893 633 197 104 1451 355 141 500 443 .328 .364 .480 .844 1428.0  
162 Game Average 628 91 202 45 12 6 94 25 12 40 40 .323 .375 .469 .844 99.8  
Career Highs 150 608 107 210 57 21 13 101 32 21 52 87 .392 .436 .611 1.040 112.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5081 747 1612 357 98 55 740 207 98 336 341 .317 .370 .459 .828 776.3
vs LH   1824 258 617 141 44 21 295 68 43 106 102 .338 .391 .498 .889 301.7
Home 889 3394 518 1100 273 76 31 507 132 67 209 214 .324 .375 .477 .852 533.4
Away 891 3511 487 1129 225 66 45 528 143 74 233 229 .322 .375 .462 .837 544.5
RISP   1991 0 665 139 49 19 888 0 0 238 119 .334 .408 .482 .890 361.0
Pinch Hitting   39 7 15 2 2 0 5 2 2 3 1 .385 .467 .538 1.005 7.5
Close/Late   809 103 254 39 17 11 98 0 0 124 41 .314 .418 .445 .863 144.0
Mar/Apr 192 752 90 229 52 13 5 132 22 18 43 47 .305 .351 .428 .779 100.3
May 334 1276 180 402 95 26 11 170 45 26 77 85 .315 .362 .456 .818 188.3
June 310 1212 194 394 95 28 13 185 50 20 88 69 .325 .381 .482 .863 199.2
July 307 1182 188 416 88 26 20 187 49 22 84 86 .352 .410 .521 .931 217.0
August 292 1123 172 366 85 25 12 173 44 26 70 83 .326 .382 .478 .860 177.2
Sep/Oct 345 1360 181 422 83 24 15 188 65 29 80 73 .310 .359 .440 .799 195.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1901 26 PIT NL 2B 62 62 527.3 133 234 15 38 .961 6.26   1.9
1902 27 PIT NL 2B 132 131 1179.7 257 540 25 83 .970 6.08   4.2
1903 28 PIT NL 2B 135 135 1200.3 271 533 19 101 .977 6.03   4.3
1904 29 PIT NL 2B 121 120 1061.3 246 457 28 74 .962 5.96   4.0
    SS 27 27 239.3 42 115 3 13 .981 5.90   1.9
1905 30 CLE AL 2B 139 138 1242.7 285 524 27 90 .968 5.86   4.4
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 4 1 0 .857 6.75   0.1
1906 31 CLE AL SS 73 72 663.3 99 273 10 53 .974 5.05   3.8
    2B 74 74 657.7 180 288 16 57 .967 6.40   3.1
1907 32 CLE AL 2B 103 102 906.0 239 354 14 62 .977 5.89   3.4
    SS 39 37 346.7 52 141 13 14 .937 5.01   1.8
1908 33 CLE AL 2B 133 132 1182.0 285 544 13 98 .985 6.31   7.5
1909 34 CLE AL 2B 143 142 1296.7 336 570 28 94 .970 6.29   5.0
1910 35 CLE AL 2B 142 142 1294.3 317 546 27 106 .970 6.00   5.1
1911 36 CLE AL 2B 113 112 998.3 254 418 25 74 .964 6.06   2.7
    SS 27 27 240.7 40 116 4 16 .975 5.83   1.4
1912 37 PHI NL 2B 135 135 1201.0 338 500 31 99 .964 6.28   3.8
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.1
1913 38 PHI NL 2B 116 115 1021.7 280 430 23 82 .969 6.25   2.9
    SS 27 27 244.3 46 107 4 13 .975 5.64   0.9
  2B 1548 1540 13769.0 3421 5938 291 1058 .970 6.12   52.5
  SS 195 192 1751.3 282 760 35 109 .968 5.35   9.9
Career Totals   1743 1732 15520.3 3703 6698 326 1167 .970 6.03   62.3
Career Highs   148 147 1321.0 339 572 31 110 .985 6.31    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1908 33 CLE AL 5 25 7 11 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 .440 .462 .640 1.102
Career Post-Season Batting 5 25 7 11 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 .440 .462 .640 1.102
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1902-1-.392
1903-7-.338
1904-3-.358
1905-1-.363
1906-9-.317
1907-1-.355
1908-2-.340
1911-5-.318
CAR-8-.323
 On-Base Pct
1902-2-.436
1903-7-.420
1904-5-.417
1905-1-.409
1907-2-.397
1908-3-.384
CAR-43-.375
 Slugging Pct
1902-1-.576
1903-4-.523
1904-2-.545
1905-3-.520
1906-2-.433
1907-1-.534
1908-1-.505
1909-10-.372
1911-5-.455
CAR-12-.469
 OPS
1902-1-1.012
1903-3-.942
1904-2-.962
1905-2-.930
1906-5-.789
1907-1-.931
1908-1-.889
1911-7-.827
CAR-13-.844
 XR
1902-1-109.7
1903-4-105.8
1904-4-112.4
1905-4-103.1
1906-7-82.3
1907-2-107.6
1908-3-89.4
1911-4-92.4
CAR-22-1096.4
 Games
1903-9-135
1904-9-148
1906-3-150
1909-8-149
1913-8-148
CAR-49-1780
At-Bats
1902-9-536
1906-2-608
1911-9-563
CAR-38-6905
 Runs
1902-3-103
1904-9-107
1907-4-95
1908-10-80
CAR-39-1005
 Hits
1902-1-210
1903-7-179
1904-3-207
1905-2-205
1906-1-193
1907-1-201
1908-3-183
1911-5-179
CAR-22-2229
 Total Bases
1902-1-309
1903-5-277
1904-1-315
1905-2-294
1906-1-263
1907-1-302
1908-2-272
1909-8-209
1911-1-256
CAR-15-3239
 Singles
1902-2-147
1904-7-136
1905-7-135
1906-7-142
1907-10-131
CAR-40-1513
 Doubles
1902-1-40
1903-3-45
1905-2-57
1906-2-34
1907-1-48
1908-1-47
1909-3-32
1910-4-30
1911-1-42
1913-8-29
CAR-3-498
Triples
1903-8-13
1904-3-21
1906-3-15
1907-3-13
1908-3-12
1910-10-8
CAR-22-142
 Homeruns
1902-4-13
1903-5-9
1904-9-8
1907-3-9
1908-4-6
1909-6-4
1911-4-7
CAR-41-76
 RBIs
1902-2-99
1903-8-98
1904-5-100
1905-6-94
1906-7-82
1907-1-101
1908-10-72
1910-4-78
1911-4-86
CAR-23-1035
 Strikeouts
1913-4-87
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 193    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1901
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/4/1901
Injured on 7/1/1901 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1902, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1902, hitting .684 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1902, hitting .489 with 1 HR, 18 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 7/20/1902
Won Player of the Week award on 8/32/1902, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1902, hitting .442 with 3 HR, 28 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1902, hitting .392 with 13 HR, 99 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against St. Louis (N) on 4/28/1903
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1903, hitting .615 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Brooklyn on 7/11/1904
Won Player of the Week award on 7/12/1904, hitting .636 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 7/13/1904
Won Player of the Week award on 7/19/1904, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1904, hitting .440 with 1 HR, 30 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 9/21/1904
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1904
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1911, hitting .352 with 2 HR, 21 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 7/31/1911
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/12/1911
Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1911, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1911, hitting .483 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (N) on 4/19/1912 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Injured on 4/28/1912 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 6/28/1912 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
 
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