| Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie | ||
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| Second Base | ||
| Born: September 5, 1874 Woonsocket, Rhode Island | ||
| Died: February 7, 1959 (aged 84) Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| August 12, 1896 for the Philadelphia Phillies | ||
| Final game | ||
| August 26, 1916 for the Philadelphia Athletics | ||
| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | . Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 338 | |
| Hits | 3242 | |
| Runs scored | 1504 | |
| Teams | ||
As Player
As Manager | ||
| Career highlights and awards | ||
| 1901 American League Triple Crown | ||
| Member of the National | ||
 Baseball Hall of Fame | ||
| Elected | 1937 | |
| Vote | 83. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Champions Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Cleveland Spiders, 4 games to 0 National League: Baltimore Champions Chronicle-Telegraph Cup: Brooklyn Superbas defeated Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 1 National League: The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Champions Major League Baseball American League: Chicago White Stockings National League: Pittsburgh Pirates Champions Major League Baseball American League: Philadelphia Athletics National League: Pittsburgh Pirates Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Awards and honors Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Brooklyn Robins (4-1 Awards and honors The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Champions Major League Baseball American League: Philadelphia Athletics National League: Pittsburgh Pirates Champions World Series: Boston Braves over Philadelphia Athletics (4-0 Awards and honors Chalmers The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Champions World Series: New York Giants over Philadelphia Athletics (4-1 Awards and honors MLB Statistical Champions World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Detroit Tigers (4-3 Awards and honors MLB Statistical For other uses of this term see Triple crown In Baseball, the Triple Crown refers to A batter who (at season's end leads Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-1 All-Star Game 58% (second ballot) | |
Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie [la-ZHWAH, or often la-ZHWAY, per the Canadian French pronunciation; or, as he himself usually pronounced it, LAJ-a-way[1]] (September 5, 1874 – February 7, 1959), also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American professional athlete of French Canadian descent from Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States In his career as a second baseman in Major League Baseball, he was considered one of the greatest players of the fledgling American League in the early 20th century and the most serious of Ty Cobb's challengers. Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18 1886 – July 17 1961 nicknamed " The Georgia Peach," was a baseball player and is regarded by historians
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Playing career
Lajoie started his career in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1896. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Champions Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Cleveland Spiders, 4 games to 0 National League: Baltimore In 1901, he jumped to the crosstown Philadelphia Athletics, owned by Connie Mack. Champions Major League Baseball American League: Chicago White Stockings National League: Pittsburgh Pirates The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Cornelius Alexander Mack ( December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956) born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, was an American Lajoie's batting average that year was . Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 426, still a league record. The same year Lajoie became the second Major Leaguer to be intentionally walked with the bases loaded after Abner Dalrymple in 1881. A base on balls ( BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in Baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire Abner Frank Dalrymple ( September 9 1857 - January 25 1939) was an American Left fielder in Major League Baseball Champions National League: Chicago White Stockings National League final standings Statistical leaders Only three other players who did it afterwards were Del Bissonette in 1928, Bill Nicholson (1944), and Barry Bonds in 1998. Adelphia Louis Bissonette ( September 6. 1899 - June 9, 1972) was an American First baseman, manager and Champions World Series: New York Yankees over St Louis Cardinals Awards and honors League William Beck (Bill Nicholson ( December 11, 1914 - March 8, 1996) was a Right fielder in Major League Baseball who played Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over St Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24 1964 is a Major League Baseball Outfielder who is currently a Free agent. Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr
The next year the Phillies obtained an injunction, effective only in Pennsylvania, barring Lajoie from playing baseball for any team other than the Phillies. An injunction is an Equitable remedy in the form of a Court order, whereby a party is required to do or interact with in certain ways all right or to refrain from The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The American League responded by transferring Lajoie's contract to the Cleveland Indians, then known as the Broncos and subsequently renamed the "Naps" in Lajoie's honor for several seasons before adopting their current name in 1915 when Lajoie left the team. The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Awards and honors For the remainder of 1902 and most of 1903, Lajoie and teammate Elmer Flick traveled separately from the rest of the team, never setting foot in Pennsylvania so as to avoid a subpoena. Champions Major League Baseball American League: Philadelphia Athletics National League: Pittsburgh Pirates Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Boston Americans over Pittsburgh Pirates (5-3 in the first modern World Elmer Harrison Flick ( January 11, 1876 - January 9, 1971) was an American player in Major League Baseball from until The issue was finally resolved when the leagues made peace through the National Agreement in September 1903.
Lajoie won three batting titles and might have won a fourth if he had not contracted blood poisoning from an untreated spike injury in 1905. Sepsis is a serious medical condition characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state (called a Systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS caused Champions World Series: New York Giants over Philadelphia Athletics (4-1 Awards and honors MLB Statistical With Cobb's arrival in the Majors in 1905, however, Lajoie faced real competition.
Rivalry with Ty Cobb
Their rivalry reached a peak in 1910, when the Chalmers Auto Company promised a car to the batting leader (and MVP) that year. Before the 1910 Major League Baseball season, Hugh Chalmers of the Chalmers Automobile Company announced a promotion in which a Chalmers Model 30 Automobile Cobb took the final two games of the 1910 season off, confident that his average was high enough to win the AL title—unless Lajoie had a near-perfect final day.
Lajoie, a far more popular player than Cobb, was allowed by the opponent St. Louis Browns to go 8-for-8 in a season-ending doubleheader. After a ‘sun-hindered’ fly went for a triple and another batted ball landed for a cleanly hit single, Lajoie had six subsequent 'hits'—bunt singles dropped in front of the (manager-ordered) deep-fielding third baseman. Lajoie also laid down a seventh bunt that was credited as a sacrifice hit.
The subsequent chicanery involved the Browns’ manager and a coach offering a new suit to the official scorer if he changed the sacrifice hit to another base hit. Considering the uproar that followed, the Browns fired their manager and coach.
As it turns out, Lajoie's average is not the only one tainted by controversy - Cobb's average might have been inflated by counting a single game twice in his statistics, as researchers discovered 70 years later. In the end, the Chalmers Auto Company avoided taking sides in the dispute by awarding cars to both Cobb and Lajoie.
Legacy
Lajoie ended his career in 1915 and 1916 with a return to the Athletics, finishing with a lifetime . Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Awards and honors Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Brooklyn Robins (4-1 Awards and honors 339 average. His career total of 3242 hits was the second best in Major League history at the time, behind only Honus Wagner's total. Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (ˈhɑnəs ˈwæɡnɚ February 24 1874 &ndash December 6 1955) nicknamed " The Flying Dutchman Lajoie's 2521 hits in the AL was the league record until Cobb surpassed it in 1918. Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Chicago Cubs (4-2 MLB Statistical Leaders Major Among second basemen, Lajoie posted staggering career offensive numbers; in the history of baseball, only Rogers Hornsby and Joe Morgan can compare. Rogers Hornsby ( April 27, 1896 in Winters Texas - January 5, 1963 in Chicago Illinois) nicknamed "The Rajah" Joe Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943 in Bonham Texas) is a former Major League Baseball Second baseman who was inducted into
Lajoie was among the second group of players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937, being inducted when the Hall opened in 1939. The 1937 process of selecting inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame was markedly different from the initial elections the previous year Headline Event of the Year On May 17, 1939, Princeton University and Columbia University played the first televised baseball He died in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1959 at the age of 84. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the
In 1999, he ranked number 29 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports In 1998 The Sporting News compiled a list of Baseball's Greatest Players
Lajoie is mentioned in the poem "Lineup for Yesterday" by Ogden Nash:
| Lineup for Yesterday | |
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| L is for Lajoie Whom Clevelanders love, Napolean himself, With glue in his glove. Frederic Ogden Nash ( August 19, 1902 &ndash May 19, 1971) was an American Poet best known for writing pithy and funny | |
| — Ogden Nash, Sport magazine (January 1949)[2] | |
See also
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball RBI Records
- List of Major League Baseball Hit Records
- List of Major League Baseball doubles records
- List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
- List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
- 3000 hit club
- Hitting for the cycle
- Triple Crown
- List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
- List of Major League Baseball batting champions
- List of Major League Baseball home run champions
- List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
- List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
- Major League Baseball titles leaders
References
- ^ Lee Allen in The American League Story
- ^ Baseball Almanac. Frederic Ogden Nash ( August 19, 1902 &ndash May 19, 1971) was an American Poet best known for writing pithy and funny SPORT magazine was the original major general interest American sports magazine Below is the list of 254 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2000 hit milestone during their career in MLB Players denoted in boldface are still actively contributing to the record noted 3000 Career Hits Closest Active Players Top 10 Career Hitters By League 240 Hits in One Season Evolution of the Single Season Players denoted in boldface are still actively contributing to the record noted Below is the list of 155 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 400 doubles milestone Below is the list of 158 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 100 Triples milestone Below is the list of 300 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 1000 Runs milestone Below is the list of 257 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 1000 RBI milestone In Major League Baseball, the 3000 Hit Club is an informal term applied to the group of players who have made 3000 or more career base hits. In Baseball, a player hits for the cycle when he hits a single, a double, a triple and a Home run in the same game though not necessarily For other uses of this term see Triple crown In Baseball, the Triple Crown refers to A batter who (at season's end leads Major League Baseball recognizes Runs batted in champions in the American League and National League each season The batting championship is awarded to the Major League Baseball player in each of the American League and the National League who has the highest Batting average Major League Baseball recognizes home run champions in the American League and National League each season Major League Baseball recognizes runs scored champions in the American League and National League each season Major League Baseball recognizes doubles champions in the American League and National League each season At the end of each Major League Baseball season the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Baseball Hall of Fame biography
- Nap Lajoie at Find A Grave
| Preceded by George Davis | National League RBI Champion 1898 | Succeeded by Ed Delahanty |
| Preceded by First Triple Crown Winner | American League Triple Crown 1901 | Succeeded by Ty Cobb |
| Preceded by First Champion | American League Home Run Champion 1901 | Succeeded by Socks Seybold |
| Preceded by First Champion Buck Freeman | American League RBI Champion 1901 1904 | Succeeded by Buck Freeman Harry Davis |
| Preceded by First Champion Ed Delahanty Ty Cobb | American League Batting Champion 1901 1903-1904 1910 | Succeeded by Ed Delahanty Elmer Flick Ty Cobb |
| Preceded by Bill Armour | Cleveland Naps Manager 1905–1909 | Succeeded by Deacon McGuire |
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