Jimmy Lavender

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Full Name: James Sanford Lavender	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/165	First Game: April 23, 1912
Birthdate: March 25, 1884	Final Game: October 3, 1917
Birthplace: Barnesville, Georgia	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: January 12, 1960
Deathplace: Cartersville, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 25, 1884 in Barnesville, Georgia, Jimmy Lavender (James Sanford Lavender) played for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 6 year career. Lavender broke into the bigs on April 23, 1912 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.04 ERA in 251.2 innings pitched in 1912, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jimmy Lavender's best season was 1912, when he posted a 3.04 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 109 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1912	CHI	N	42	31	16	13	3.04	109	116	85	15	3	3	251.2	240	8	89	0	3	10
1913	CHI	N	40	20	10	14	3.66	91	111	83	10	0	2	204	206	6	98	0	6	13
1914	CHI	N	37	28	11	11	3.07	87	106	73	11	2	0	214.1	191	11	87	0	8	11
1915	CHI	N	41	24	10	16	2.58	117	77	63	13	1	4	220	178	5	67	0	7	10
1916	CHI	N	36	25	10	14	2.82	91	76	59	9	4	2	188	163	3	62	0	1	9
1917	PHI	N	28	14	6	8	3.55	52	61	51	7	0	1	129.1	119	5	44	0	4	3
Total			224	142	63	76	3.09	547	547	414	65	10	12	1207.1	1097	38	447	0	29	56

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1912	CHI	N	P	42	0	0	8	64	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1913	CHI	N	P	40	0	0	2	46	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1914	CHI	N	P	37	0	0	5	71	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1915	CHI	N	P	41	0	0	14	67	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1916	CHI	N	P	36	0	0	3	47	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1917	PHI	N	P	28	0	0	3	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
Total			P	224	0	0	35	325	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	.963

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1912	CHI	N	42	87	6	13	0	5	.149	.196	.184	3	0	5	34	0	3	0	0	0
1913	CHI	N	40	68	2	8	0	1	.118	.118	.132	1	0	0	30	0	3	0	0	0
1914	CHI	N	37	63	8	11	0	5	.175	.268	.254	3	1	6	25	2	3	2	0	0
1915	CHI	N	41	67	1	9	0	0	.134	.147	.179	3	0	1	31	0	2	0	0	0
1916	CHI	N	36	53	1	8	0	0	.151	.182	.170	1	0	2	21	0	3	0	0	0
1917	PHI	N	29	36	1	5	0	2	.139	.184	.167	1	0	2	14	0	2	0	0	0
Total			225	374	19	54	0	13	.144	.184	.182	12	1	16	155	2	16	2	0	0

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Traded by Chicago Cubs with $5000 to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Al Demaree (April 2, 1917).

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