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Doc Lavan

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Full Name: John Leonard Lavan Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 8.5"/151 First Game: June 22, 1913
Birthdate: October 28, 1890 Final Game: May 4, 1924
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: May 29, 1952
Deathplace: Detroit, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Doc Lavan (John Leonard Lavan) was born on October 28, 1890 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on June 22, 1913 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1913, his rookie year, he hit .135 with 0 home runs and 5 RBI. Lavan played for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Doc Lavan's best season was 1921, when he knocked in 82 runs.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1913 STL A 46 149 8 21 0 4 .141 .210 .168 2 1 10 46 3 4 3 0 0
1913 PHI A 5 14 1 1 0 1 .071 .071 .214 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 TOT A 51 163 9 22 0 5 .135 .199 .172 2 2 10 46 3 4 3 0 0
1914 STL A 75 239 21 63 1 21 .264 .318 .339 7 4 17 39 2 5 6 0 0
1915 STL A 157 514 44 112 1 48 .218 .281 .284 17 7 42 83 3 21 13 0 0
1916 STL A 110 343 32 81 0 19 .236 .305 .280 13 1 32 38 2 5 7 0 0
1917 STL A 118 355 19 85 0 30 .239 .284 .290 8 5 19 34 3 11 5 0 0
1918 WAS A 117 464 44 129 0 45 .278 .302 .323 17 2 14 21 2 13 12 0 0
1919 STL N 100 356 25 86 1 25 .242 .264 .295 12 2 11 30 0 9 4 0 0
1920 STL N 142 516 52 149 1 63 .289 .318 .374 21 10 19 38 3 31 11 0 0
1921 STL N 150 560 58 145 2 82 .259 .291 .350 23 11 23 30 2 22 7 0 0
1922 STL N 89 264 24 60 0 27 .227 .271 .265 8 1 13 10 3 13 3 0 2
1923 STL N 50 111 10 22 1 12 .198 .264 .279 6 0 9 7 1 7 0 0 0
1924 STL N 4 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 535 1813 169 462 5 209 .255 .288 .328 70 24 75 115 9 82 25 0 2
Total AL 628 2078 169 492 2 168 .237 .288 .291 64 21 134 261 15 59 46 0 0
Total 1163 3891 338 954 7 377 .245 .288 .308 134 45 209 376 24 141 71 0 2

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1913 STL A SS 46 0 0 82 141 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 .899
1913 PHI A SS 5 0 0 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1913 TOT A SS 51 0 0 88 153 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 .906
1914 STL A SS 74 0 0 178 193 34 17 0 0 0 0 0 .916
1915 STL A SS 157 0 0 313 475 75 81 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1916 STL A SS 106 0 0 217 386 32 52 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1917 STL A SS 110 0 0 229 338 47 67 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1917 STL A 2B 7 0 0 15 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .912
1918 WAS A OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1918 WAS A SS 117 0 0 275 354 57 43 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1919 STL N SS 99 0 0 207 352 43 49 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1920 STL N SS 138 0 0 327 489 50 77 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1921 STL N SS 150 150 0 382 540 49 88 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1922 STL N 3B 5 4 1 3 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .882
1922 STL N SS 82 78 324.1 169 246 28 39 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1923 STL N 1B 3 0 0 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1923 STL N SS 40 0 0 64 95 13 20 0 0 0 0 0 .924
1923 STL N 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1923 STL N 3B 4 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1924 STL N SS 2 0 0 2 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .818
1924 STL N 2B 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 9 4 1 8 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .933
Total 1B 3 0 0 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 10 0 0 16 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .921
Total SS 1126 228 324.1 2451 3628 455 559 0 0 0 0 0 .930

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics (August 24, 1913).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to St. Louis Browns (February 12, 1914).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns with Burt Shotton to Washington Senators in exchange for Bert Gallia and $15000 (December 15, 1917).
  • Sold by Washington Senators to St. Louis Cardinals (May 14, 1919).

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