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Hal Lanier

Hal Lanier

1964–1973 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'2", 180 lb · b. 1942 Denton, NC

Career 1,196 G · 843 H · 8 HR · 273 RBI · .228 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3

2 best in baseball 1 league only

19 Top-5 finishes

2 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1968 Best season

Spanning 1968–1969, peaking at 2 titles in 1968.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,719th League titles 3
1,235th Best in baseball 2
1,598th Top-5 finishes 19

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Range Factor	1	1st	—	1969 NL 5.21 1968 #2 1970 #2
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1968 .979 1967 #2 1969 #2
Shortstop Putouts	1	1st	—	1968 282 1969 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1965 #3 1966 #2
Second Base Assists	—	#3	—	1965 #3
Shortstop Double Plays	—	#2	—	1969 #2
Shortstop Assists	—	#2	—	1968 #2 1969 #2

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1969	1	SS RF 5.21
1968	2	SS PO 282 SS FPCT .979

Batting

10 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1964	SFN	NL	98	383	40	105	16	3	2	28	5	44	2	.274	.283	.347	.630
1965	SFN	NL	159	522	41	118	15	9	0	39	21	67	2	.226	.256	.289	.545
1966	SFN	NL	149	459	37	106	14	2	3	37	16	49	1	.231	.256	.290	.546
1967	SFN	NL	151	525	37	112	16	3	0	42	16	61	2	.213	.239	.255	.494
1968	SFN	NL	151	486	37	100	14	1	0	27	12	57	2	.206	.222	.239	.461
1969	SFN	NL	150	495	37	113	9	1	0	35	25	68	0	.228	.263	.251	.514
1970	SFN	NL	134	438	33	101	13	1	2	41	21	41	1	.231	.265	.279	.543
1971	SFN	NL	109	206	21	48	8	0	1	13	15	26	0	.233	.283	.286	.569
1972	NYA	AL	60	103	5	22	3	0	0	6	2	13	1	.214	.234	.243	.476
1973	NYA	AL	35	86	9	18	3	0	0	5	3	10	0	.209	.244	.244	.489
Career	—	—	1,196	3,703	297	843	111	20	8	273	136	436	11	.228	.255	.275	.529

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1964	SFN	NL	2B	98	96	830.0	224	294	11	48	529	.979	5.29
			SS	3	0	6.0	2	4	0	0	6	1.000	2.00
1965	SFN	NL	2B	158	152	1317.1	294	445	18	75	757	.976	4.68
			SS	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1966	SFN	NL	2B	112	104	888.2	254	313	5	66	572	.991	5.06
			SS	41	33	320.2	49	110	8	14	167	.952	3.88
1967	SFN	NL	SS	137	127	1103.1	197	440	17	73	654	.974	4.65
			2B	34	22	207.0	56	79	3	19	138	.978	3.97
1968	SFN	NL	SS	150	149	1292.0	282	496	17	72	795	.979	5.19
1969	SFN	NL	SS	150	147	1280.0	252	530	25	98	807	.969	5.21
1970	SFN	NL	SS	130	127	1091.0	256	397	22	83	675	.967	5.02
			2B	4	0	4.0	3	1	0	1	4	1.000	1.00
			1B	2	0	5.0	4	1	0	1	5	1.000	2.50
1971	SFN	NL	3B	83	41	432.0	33	79	5	6	117	.957	1.35
			2B	13	9	87.0	30	31	0	6	61	1.000	4.69
			SS	8	4	50.0	11	19	1	6	31	.968	3.75
			1B	3	1	12.0	17	1	0	1	18	1.000	6.00
1972	NYA	AL	3B	47	16	208.0	15	56	2	7	73	.973	1.51
			SS	9	6	54.0	10	23	2	5	35	.943	3.67
			2B	3	3	24.0	7	8	0	1	15	1.000	5.00
1973	NYA	AL	SS	26	17	173.0	32	64	4	13	100	.960	3.69
			2B	8	5	51.2	13	17	0	3	30	1.000	3.75
			3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
Career	—	—	SS	655	610	5372.0	1,091	2,083	96	364	3,270	.971	4.85
	—	—	2B	430	391	3409.2	881	1,188	37	219	2,106	.982	4.81
	—	—	3B	131	57	642.0	48	135	7	13	190	.963	1.40
	—	—	1B	5	1	17.0	21	2	0	2	23	1.000	4.60