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.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

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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