Jimmy Lavender
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with $5000 to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Al Demaree (April 2, 1917).
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