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Lave Cross

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Full Name: Lafayette Napoleon Cross Primary Position: 3B,C
Height/Weight: 5' 8.5"/155 First Game: April 23, 1887
Birthdate: May 12, 1866 Final Game: June 6, 1907
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin MLB Experience: 21 years
Died: September 6, 1927
Deathplace: Toledo, Ohio
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

Lave Cross (Lafayette Napoleon Cross) was born on May 12, 1866 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He made his Major League debut on April 23, 1887 for the Louisville Colonels. In 1887, his rookie year, he hit .266 with 0 home runs and 26 RBI. Cross played for the Louisville Colonels, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Perfectos, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Superbas and Washington Senators over the course of his 21 year career.

Most people believe that Lave Cross's best season was 1894, when he hit for a .386 average and knocked in 125 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
1887 LOU a 54 203 32 54 0 26 .266 .320 .335 8 3 15 0 1 0 15 0 0
1888 LOU a 47 181 20 41 0 15 .227 .239 .243 3 0 2 0 1 0 10 0 0
1889 PHI a 55 199 22 44 0 23 .221 .272 .281 8 2 14 9 0 0 11 0 0
1890 PHI P 63 245 42 73 3 47 .298 .331 .429 7 8 12 6 0 0 5 0 0
1891 PHI a 110 402 66 121 5 52 .301 .366 .458 20 14 38 23 3 0 14 0 0
1892 PHI N 140 541 84 149 4 69 .275 .328 .362 15 10 39 16 3 0 18 0 0
1893 PHI N 96 415 81 124 4 78 .299 .342 .398 17 6 26 7 1 0 18 0 0
1894 PHI N 119 529 123 204 7 125 .386 .421 .524 34 9 29 7 3 16 21 0 0
1895 PHI N 125 535 95 145 2 101 .271 .319 .364 26 9 35 8 3 16 21 0 0
1896 PHI N 106 406 63 104 1 73 .256 .312 .345 23 5 32 14 1 14 8 0 0
1897 PHI N 88 344 37 89 3 51 .259 .282 .363 17 5 10 0 1 11 10 0 0
1898 STL N 151 602 71 191 3 79 .317 .348 .405 28 8 28 0 0 16 14 0 0
1899 STL N 103 403 61 122 4 64 .303 .333 .392 14 5 17 0 1 6 11 0 0
1899 CLE N 38 154 15 44 1 20 .286 .325 .338 5 0 8 0 1 2 2 0 0
1899 TOT N 141 557 76 166 5 84 .298 .330 .377 19 5 25 0 2 8 13 0 0
1900 STL N 16 61 6 18 0 6 .295 .306 .311 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0
1900 BRO N 117 461 73 135 4 67 .293 .332 .375 14 6 25 0 2 4 20 0 0
1900 TOT N 133 522 79 153 4 73 .293 .329 .368 15 6 26 0 2 7 21 0 0
1901 PHI A 100 424 82 139 2 73 .328 .358 .465 28 12 19 0 1 6 23 0 0
1902 PHI A 137 559 90 191 0 108 .342 .374 .440 39 8 27 0 2 7 25 0 0
1903 PHI A 137 559 60 163 2 90 .292 .304 .356 22 4 10 0 0 8 14 0 0
1904 PHI A 155 607 73 176 1 71 .290 .310 .379 31 10 13 0 5 14 10 0 0
1905 PHI A 147 587 69 156 0 77 .266 .299 .332 29 5 26 0 2 15 8 0 0
1906 WAS A 130 494 55 130 1 46 .263 .303 .322 14 6 28 0 0 16 19 0 0
1907 WAS A 41 161 13 32 0 10 .199 .246 .248 8 0 10 0 0 5 3 0 0
Total PL 63 245 42 73 3 47 .298 .331 .429 7 8 12 6 0 0 5 0 0
Total NL 1099 4451 709 1325 33 733 .298 .337 .392 194 63 250 52 16 88 144 0 0
Total AL 847 3391 442 987 6 475 .291 .320 .373 171 45 133 0 10 71 102 0 0
Total AA 266 985 140 260 5 116 .264 .315 .357 39 19 69 32 5 0 50 0 0
Total 2275 9072 1333 2645 47 1371 .292 .328 .382 411 135 464 90 31 159 301 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1887 LOU a C 44 0 0 251 66 29 7 0 54 0 0 0 .916
1887 LOU a OF 10 0 0 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .850
1888 LOU a C 37 0 0 202 60 20 3 0 22 0 0 0 .929
1888 LOU a OF 12 0 0 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .842
1888 LOU a SS 2 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1889 PHI a C 55 0 0 278 102 27 7 0 28 0 0 0 .934
1890 PHI P C 49 0 0 191 70 34 7 0 13 0 0 0 .885
1890 PHI P OF 15 0 0 25 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .862
1891 PHI a OF 43 0 0 56 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1891 PHI a 2B 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1891 PHI a C 43 0 0 212 38 16 5 0 16 0 0 0 .940
1891 PHI a SS 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1891 PHI a 3B 24 0 0 28 49 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 .895
1892 PHI N C 39 0 0 158 32 6 5 0 12 0 0 0 .969
1892 PHI N SS 5 0 0 4 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1892 PHI N OF 25 0 0 39 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .894
1892 PHI N 3B 65 0 0 97 148 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 .921
1892 PHI N 2B 14 0 0 29 37 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1893 PHI N OF 10 0 0 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .931
1893 PHI N C 40 0 0 144 46 5 4 0 6 0 0 0 .974
1893 PHI N SS 10 0 0 16 33 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1893 PHI N 3B 30 0 0 44 98 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 .922
1893 PHI N 1B 6 0 0 60 5 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1894 PHI N 3B 100 0 0 177 234 36 24 0 0 0 0 0 .919
1894 PHI N 2B 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1894 PHI N C 16 0 0 36 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 .976
1894 PHI N SS 7 0 0 10 19 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1895 PHI N 3B 125 0 0 191 308 32 23 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1896 PHI N 3B 61 0 0 88 136 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1896 PHI N OF 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1896 PHI N SS 37 0 0 77 134 13 17 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1896 PHI N C 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1896 PHI N 2B 6 0 0 10 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1897 PHI N 2B 38 0 0 68 120 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1897 PHI N OF 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1897 PHI N 3B 47 0 0 71 94 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 .912
1897 PHI N SS 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1898 STL N 3B 149 0 0 215 351 33 20 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1898 STL N SS 2 0 0 3 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1899 STL N 3B 103 0 0 157 277 18 25 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1899 CLE N 3B 38 0 0 66 81 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1899 TOT N 3B 141 0 0 223 358 25 32 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1900 STL N 3B 16 0 0 11 39 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1900 BRO N 3B 117 0 0 162 282 27 10 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1900 TOT N 3B 133 0 0 173 321 29 11 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1901 PHI A 3B 100 0 0 140 236 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 .919
1902 PHI A 3B 137 0 0 185 306 30 18 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1903 PHI A 1B 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1903 PHI A 3B 136 0 0 152 228 20 14 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1904 PHI A 3B 155 0 0 164 247 28 15 0 0 0 0 0 .936
1905 PHI A 3B 147 0 0 163 252 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 .928
1906 WAS A 3B 130 0 0 157 242 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1907 WAS A 3B 41 0 0 38 98 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total 2B 60 0 0 111 179 11 21 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total OF 119 0 0 186 16 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 .914
Total 3B 1721 0 0 2306 3706 394 212 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total SS 65 0 0 115 219 23 31 0 0 0 0 0 .936
Total 1B 7 0 0 67 5 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 .960
Total C 324 0 0 1473 419 138 38 0 157 0 0 0 .932

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Louisville Colonels to Philadelphia Athletics for $2500 to $3500 (@October 14, 1888).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Tommy Dowd, Jack Clements, Jack Taylor and $1000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Monte Cross, Klondike Douglass and Red Donahue (November 10, 1897).
  • Assigned to Cleveland Spiders by St. Louis Perfectos with Kid Carsey, Jack Clements, Tommy Dowd, Dick Harley, Bill Hill, Jim Hughey, Harry Lochhead, Harry Maupin, Joe Quinn, Jack Stivetts, Willie Sudhoff, Joe Sugden, Suter Sullivan and Tommy Tucker (March 29, 1899).
  • Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Willie Sudhoff (June 5, 1899).
  • Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Brooklyn Superbas for $3000 (@May 15, 1900).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Washington Senators (December 23, 1905).
  • Released by Washington Senators (June 15, 1907).

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