Nap Lajoie

1896–1916 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'1", 195 lb · b. 1874 Woonsocket, RI

Career 2,480 G · 3,243 H · 82 HR · 1,599 RBI · .338 AVG

Seasons leading his league

44 best in baseball 12 league only

139 Top-5 finishes

12 Title seasons

15 Categories led

1901 Best season

Spanning 1897–1913, peaking at 13 titles in 1901.

Clubs 3,000 Hit Club 200 Hit Seasons ×4 .400 Seasons

Team records #1 Guardians career H #1 Athletics 1901 AVG #2 Guardians career AVG #2 Athletics 1901 H #3 Guardians 1910 H #3 Athletics 1901 R #4 Guardians career RBI #5 Guardians career SB #6 Guardians 1910 AVG #7 Athletics 1901 OPS

1901 Batting Triple Crown

Led the AL in .426 AVG, 14 HR, 125 RBI

Led in Second Base Double Plays for 4 straight seasons (1906–1909) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

14th League titles 56
5th Best in baseball 44
19th Top-5 finishes 139

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

Career leaderboards

5th Second Base Putouts 5,496
8th Doubles 657
11th Second Base Assists 6,267
11th Second Base Range Factor 5.78
15th Hits 3,243
24th Batting Average .338
27th Second Base Double Plays 1,050
33rd Triples 163
37th Runs Batted In 1,599
53rd Total Bases 4,472
74th Runs 1,504
89th Stolen Bases 380
110th Second Base Fielding Percentage .963
177th On-Base Percentage .380
208th On-Base Plus Slug. .846
321st Slugging Percentage .466
418th First Base Putouts 2,798

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Fielding Percentage	6	1st	3 yrs (1906–1908)	1900 .954 1901 .960 1906 .973 1907 AL .969 1908 AL .964 1913 AL .970 1903 #2 1910 #2 1916 #2
Second Base Double Plays	6	1st	4 yrs (1906–1909)	1900 69 1903 61 1906 76 1907 86 1908 78 1909 55 1904 #3 1910 #2 1912 #2 1913 #2 1915 #2 1916 #3
Second Base Range Factor	5	1st	2 yrs (1900–1901)	1900 6.16 1901 6.52 1903 6.30 1908 6.33 1909 AL 5.46 1898 #3 1906 #2 1907 #2 1910 #2 1913 #3 1916 #2
Doubles	5	1st	—	1898 43 1901 48 1904 49 1906 48 1910 51 1897 #2 1900 #2 1903 #2 1907 #3 1909 #2
Second Base Putouts	5	1st	—	1898 442 1901 395 1903 366 1906 354 1908 450 1907 #3 1909 #2 1910 #2 1913 #3 1915 #3
Total Bases	4	1st	—	1897 310 1901 350 1904 302 1910 304 1898 #2 1906 #2
Slugging Percentage	4	1st	2 yrs (1903–1904)	1897 .569 1901 .643 1904 .546 1903 AL .518 1898 #3 1900 #3 1906 #2 1910 #2
Hits	4	1st	—	1901 232 1904 208 1906 214 1910 227 1908 #3
Batting Average	4	1st	2 yrs (1903–1904)	1901 .426 1904 .376 1910 .383 1903 AL .344 1906 #2 1909 #3
Second Base Assists	3	1st	3 yrs (1906–1908)	1908 538 1906 AL 415 1907 AL 461 1900 #3 1903 #3 1909 #3 1910 #2 1913 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	3	1st	2 yrs (1903–1904)	1901 1.106 1904 .959 1903 AL .896 1906 #2 1910 #2
Runs Batted In	3	1st	—	1898 127 1904 102 1901 AL 125 1903 #3 1906 #2 1908 #3
On-Base Percentage	2	1st	—	1901 .463 1904 AL .413 1903 #3 1906 #2 1910 #2
Runs	1	1st	—	1901 145 1910 #2
Home Runs	1	1st	—	1901 AL 14 1897 #3
First Base Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1897 #3
Triples	—	#2	—	1897 #2

Title Seasons

12 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1913	1	2B FPCT .970
1910	4	AVG .383 H 227 2B 51 TB 304
1909	2	2B DP 55 2B RF 5.46
1908	5	2B A 538 2B PO 450 2B DP 78 2B FPCT .964 2B RF 6.33
1907	3	2B A 461 2B DP 86 2B FPCT .969
1906	6	H 214 2B A 415 2B PO 354 2B 48 2B DP 76 2B FPCT .973
1904	8	AVG .376 RBI 102 H 208 OPS .959 OBP .413 SLG .546 2B 49 TB 302
1903	6	AVG .344 OPS .896 SLG .518 2B PO 366 2B DP 61 2B RF 6.30
1901	13	AVG .426 HR 14 RBI 125 H 232 R 145 OPS 1.106 OBP .463 2B PO 395 SLG .643 2B 48 2B FPCT .960 2B RF 6.52 TB 350
1900	3	2B DP 69 2B FPCT .954 2B RF 6.16
1898	3	RBI 127 2B PO 442 2B 43
1897	2	SLG .569 TB 310

Batting

led the league 21 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1896	PHI	NL	39	175	36	57	12	7	4	42	1	11	7	.326	.330	.543	.872
1897	PHI	NL	127	545	107	197	40	23	9	127	15	25	20	.361	.392	.569	.960
1898	PHI	NL	147	608	113	197	43	11	6	127	21	23	25	.324	.354	.461	.814
1899	PHI	NL	77	312	70	118	19	9	6	70	12	7	13	.378	.419	.554	.974
1900	PHI	NL	102	451	95	152	33	12	7	92	10	8	22	.337	.362	.510	.872
1901	PHA	AL	131	544	145	232	48	14	14	125	24	9	27	.426	.463	.643	1.106
1902	CLE +1	AL	87	352	81	133	35	5	7	65	19	7	20	.378	.419	.565	.984
1903	CLE	AL	125	485	90	167	41	11	7	93	24	26	21	.344	.379	.518	.896
1904	CLE	AL	140	553	92	208	49	15	5	102	27	19	29	.376	.413	.546	.959
1905	CLE	AL	65	249	29	82	12	2	2	41	17	8	11	.329	.377	.418	.795
1906	CLE	AL	152	602	88	214	48	9	0	91	30	19	20	.355	.392	.465	.857
1907	CLE	AL	137	509	53	153	30	6	2	63	30	28	24	.301	.347	.395	.742
1908	CLE	AL	157	581	77	168	32	6	2	74	47	20	15	.289	.352	.375	.727
1909	CLE	AL	128	469	56	152	33	7	1	47	35	19	13	.324	.378	.431	.809
1910	CLE	AL	159	592	94	227	51	7	4	76	60	18	26	.383	.444	.514	.958
1911	CLE	AL	90	315	36	115	20	1	2	60	26	15	13	.365	.420	.454	.874
1912	CLE	AL	117	448	66	165	34	4	0	90	28	11	18	.368	.414	.462	.876
1913	CLE	AL	137	465	66	156	25	2	1	68	33	17	17	.335	.398	.404	.802
1914	CLE	AL	121	419	37	108	14	3	0	50	32	15	14	.258	.313	.305	.619
1915	PHA	AL	129	490	40	137	24	5	1	61	11	16	10	.280	.301	.355	.656
1916	PHA	AL	113	426	33	105	14	4	2	35	14	26	15	.246	.272	.312	.584
Career	—	—	2,480	9,590	1,504	3,243	657	163	82	1,599	516	347	380	.338	.380	.466	.846

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1896	PHI	NL	1B	39	—	329.0	363	11	2	27	376	.995	9.59
1897	PHI	NL	1B	108	—	933.0	1,079	37	18	45	1,134	.984	10.33
			OF	19	—	181.0	37	6	2	0	45	.956	2.26
			3B	2	—	8.0	1	2	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
1898	PHI	NL	2B	146	—	1250.0	442	406	46	59	894	.949	5.81
			1B	1	—	7.0	7	1	0	1	8	1.000	8.00
1899	PHI	NL	2B	67	—	625.0	224	236	22	39	482	.954	6.87
			OF	5	—	36.0	12	1	0	0	13	1.000	2.60
1900	PHI	NL	2B	102	—	923.0	287	341	30	69	658	.954	6.16
			3B	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1901	PHA	AL	2B	119	—	1062.0	395	381	32	60	808	.960	6.52
			SS	12	—	112.0	35	43	2	3	80	.975	6.50
1902	CLE	AL	2B	87	—	801.0	272	286	15	49	573	.974	6.41
1903	CLE	AL	2B	122	—	1080.0	366	402	36	61	804	.955	6.30
			1B	1	—	9.0	11	0	0	0	11	1.000	11.00
			3B	1	—	12.0	1	5	0	0	6	1.000	6.00
1904	CLE	AL	2B	95	95	845.0	272	255	21	42	548	.962	5.55
			SS	44	44	383.0	86	130	17	10	233	.927	4.91
			1B	2	1	18.0	20	1	0	0	21	1.000	10.50
1905	CLE	AL	2B	59	58	539.0	148	177	3	25	328	.991	5.51
			1B	5	5	41.0	50	2	0	2	52	1.000	10.40
1906	CLE	AL	2B	130	131	1171.0	354	415	21	76	790	.973	5.92
			3B	15	15	132.0	20	40	5	3	65	.923	4.00
			SS	7	6	59.0	15	24	2	2	41	.951	5.57
1907	CLE	AL	2B	128	128	1125.0	314	461	25	86	800	.969	6.05
			1B	9	9	77.0	95	11	1	1	107	.991	11.78
1908	CLE	AL	2B	156	156	1406.0	450	538	37	78	1,025	.964	6.33
			1B	1	0	6.0	10	5	0	0	15	1.000	15.00
1909	CLE	AL	2B	120	120	1040.0	282	373	28	55	683	.959	5.46
			1B	8	8	70.0	89	3	0	5	92	1.000	11.50
1910	CLE	AL	2B	149	149	1354.0	387	419	28	60	834	.966	5.41
			1B	10	10	94.0	114	8	2	3	124	.984	12.20
1911	CLE	AL	1B	41	—	—	388	16	4	17	408	.990	9.85
			2B	37	—	—	91	93	10	16	194	.948	4.97
1912	CLE	AL	2B	97	—	—	241	249	21	49	511	.959	5.05
			1B	20	—	—	171	12	3	13	186	.984	9.15
1913	CLE	AL	2B	126	—	—	279	363	20	59	662	.970	5.10
1914	CLE	AL	2B	80	—	—	187	215	17	45	419	.959	5.03
			1B	31	—	—	300	18	5	22	323	.985	10.26
1915	PHA	AL	2B	110	—	—	251	332	23	61	606	.962	5.30
			SS	10	—	—	14	32	2	5	48	.958	4.60
			1B	5	—	—	49	3	1	0	53	.981	10.40
			3B	2	—	—	4	6	0	1	10	1.000	5.00
1916	PHA	AL	2B	105	—	—	254	325	16	61	595	.973	5.51
			1B	5	—	—	52	7	1	1	60	.983	11.80
			OF	2	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
Career	—	—	2B	2,035	837	13221.0	5,496	6,267	451	1,050	12,214	.963	5.78
	—	—	1B	286	33	1584.0	2,798	135	37	137	2,970	.988	10.26
	—	—	SS	73	50	554.0	150	229	23	20	402	.943	5.19
	—	—	OF	26	—	217.0	50	7	2	0	59	.966	2.19
	—	—	3B	21	15	154.0	26	53	5	4	84	.940	3.76