Lave Cross

1887–1907 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'8", 155 lb · b. 1866 Milwaukee, WI

Career 2,277 G · 2,651 H · 47 HR · 1,378 RBI · .292 AVG

Seasons leading his league

11 best in baseball 1 league only

57 Top-5 finishes

6 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1895 Best season

Spanning 1894–1906, peaking at 3 titles in 1895.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons

Team records #3 Philadelphia Athletics 1891 OPS #4 Philadelphia Athletics 1891 AVG #5 Philadelphia Athletics career RBI #5 Philadelphia Athletics career H #6 Philadelphia Athletics career HR #7 Philadelphia Athletics career R #8 Philadelphia Athletics career SB #8 Philadelphia Athletics 1891 HR #9 Philadelphia Athletics 1891 SB #10 Phillies 1894 AVG

Led in Third Base Fielding Percentage for 3 straight seasons (1898–1900) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

382nd League titles 12
139th Best in baseball 11
292nd Top-5 finishes 57

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

Career leaderboards

4th Third Base Putouts 2,310
7th Third Base Range Factor 3.50
17th Third Base Assists 3,715
71st Triples 136
76th Third Base Double Plays 212
78th Hits 2,651
85th Runs Batted In 1,378
100th Third Base Fielding Percentage .938
114th Runs 1,338
169th Stolen Bases 303
178th Doubles 411
188th Total Bases 3,475
251st Catcher Assists 419
325th Catcher Double Plays 38
352nd Batting Average .292

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Third Base Fielding Percentage	5	1st	3 yrs (1898–1900)	1895 .940 1898 .945 1899 .959 1900 .945 1906 AL .952 1894 #2 1901 #3 1902 #2 1903 #3 1905 #3
Third Base Range Factor	3	1st	2 yrs (1894–1895)	1894 4.12 1895 3.99 1899 4.12 1898 #2 1901 #2 1906 #3
Third Base Double Plays	2	1st	—	1894 24 1899 32 1895 #2 1898 #3 1903 #3 1904 #3
Third Base Assists	2	1st	—	1895 308 1898 351 1899 #2 1900 #2 1906 #3
Third Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1894 #3 1895 #2 1898 #3 1899 #2 1900 #3 1902 #2 1906 #2
Doubles	—	#3	—	1902 #3
Hits	—	#2	—	1902 #2
Runs Batted In	—	#2	—	1902 #3 1905 #2

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1906	1	3B FPCT .952
1900	1	3B FPCT .945
1899	3	3B DP 32 3B FPCT .959 3B RF 4.12
1898	2	3B A 351 3B FPCT .945
1895	3	3B A 308 3B FPCT .940 3B RF 3.99
1894	2	3B DP 24 3B RF 4.12

Batting

21 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1887	LS2	AA	54	203	32	54	8	3	0	26	15	14	15	.266	.320	.335	.655
1888	LS2	AA	46	180	20	41	3	0	0	15	2	10	10	.228	.240	.244	.485
1889	PH4	AA	55	199	22	44	8	2	0	23	14	9	11	.221	.272	.281	.554
1890	PHP	PL	63	245	42	73	7	8	3	47	12	6	5	.298	.331	.429	.759
1891	PH4	AA	110	402	66	121	20	14	5	52	38	23	14	.301	.366	.458	.823
1892	PHI	NL	140	541	84	149	15	10	4	69	39	16	18	.275	.328	.362	.690
1893	PHI	NL	96	415	81	124	17	6	4	78	26	7	18	.299	.342	.398	.739
1894	PHI	NL	122	542	128	210	34	10	7	132	31	7	23	.388	.424	.526	.949
1895	PHI	NL	125	535	95	145	26	9	2	101	35	8	21	.271	.319	.365	.684
1896	PHI	NL	106	406	63	104	23	5	1	73	32	14	8	.256	.312	.345	.657
1897	PHI	NL	88	344	37	89	17	5	3	51	10	15	10	.259	.282	.363	.645
1898	SLN	NL	151	602	71	191	28	8	3	79	28	8	14	.317	.348	.405	.753
1899	SLN +1	NL	141	557	76	166	19	5	5	84	25	3	13	.298	.331	.377	.708
1900	BRO +1	NL	133	522	79	153	15	6	4	73	26	7	21	.293	.329	.368	.697
1901	PHA	AL	100	424	82	139	28	12	2	73	19	6	23	.328	.358	.465	.823
1902	PHA	AL	137	559	90	191	39	8	0	108	27	4	25	.342	.374	.440	.814
1903	PHA	AL	137	559	60	163	22	4	2	90	10	17	14	.292	.304	.356	.660
1904	PHA	AL	155	607	73	176	31	10	1	71	13	9	10	.290	.310	.379	.689
1905	PHA	AL	147	587	69	156	29	5	0	77	26	12	8	.266	.299	.332	.631
1906	WS1	AL	130	494	55	130	14	6	1	46	28	16	19	.263	.303	.322	.625
1907	WS1	AL	41	161	13	32	8	0	0	10	10	6	3	.199	.246	.248	.494
Career	—	—	2,277	9,084	1,338	2,651	411	136	47	1,378	466	217	303	.292	.329	.383	.711

Fielding

6 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1887	LS2	AA	C	44	—	383.0	251	66	29	7	346	.916	7.21
			OF	10	—	86.0	16	1	3	1	20	.850	1.70
1888	LS2	AA	C	37	—	302.0	202	60	20	3	282	.929	7.08
			OF	11	—	94.0	14	2	2	1	18	.889	1.46
			SS	2	—	13.0	3	5	0	0	8	1.000	4.00
1889	PH4	AA	C	55	—	495.0	278	102	27	7	407	.934	6.91
1890	PHP	PL	C	49	—	417.0	191	70	34	7	295	.885	5.33
			OF	15	—	104.0	25	0	4	0	29	.862	1.67
1891	PH4	AA	C	43	—	348.0	212	38	16	5	266	.940	5.81
			OF	43	—	341.0	56	10	2	4	68	.971	1.54
			3B	24	—	193.0	28	49	9	2	86	.895	3.21
			2B	1	—	10.0	1	4	1	1	6	.833	5.00
			SS	1	—	3.0	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1892	PHI	NL	3B	65	—	544.0	97	148	21	5	266	.921	3.77
			C	39	—	294.0	158	32	6	5	196	.969	4.87
			OF	25	—	189.0	39	3	5	0	47	.894	1.68
			2B	14	—	120.0	29	37	2	5	68	.971	4.71
			SS	5	—	32.0	4	16	1	2	21	.952	4.00
1893	PHI	NL	C	40	—	357.0	144	46	5	4	195	.974	4.75
			3B	30	—	286.0	44	98	12	10	154	.922	4.73
			OF	10	—	82.0	27	0	2	0	29	.931	2.70
			SS	10	—	77.0	16	33	5	6	54	.907	4.90
			1B	6	—	56.0	60	5	3	7	68	.956	10.83
1894	PHI	NL	3B	103	—	866.0	181	243	39	24	463	.916	4.12
			C	16	—	84.0	36	5	1	0	42	.976	2.56
			SS	7	—	49.0	10	19	2	4	31	.936	4.14
			2B	1	—	6.0	3	1	0	1	4	1.000	4.00
1895	PHI	NL	3B	125	—	1056.0	191	308	32	23	531	.940	3.99
1896	PHI	NL	3B	61	—	507.0	88	136	15	9	239	.937	3.67
			SS	37	—	332.0	77	134	13	17	224	.942	5.70
			2B	6	—	40.0	10	17	1	4	28	.964	4.50
			OF	2	—	18.0	7	0	0	0	7	1.000	3.50
			C	1	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1897	PHI	NL	3B	47	—	420.0	71	94	16	5	181	.912	3.51
			2B	38	—	301.0	68	120	7	10	195	.964	4.95
			OF	2	—	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
			SS	1	—	8.0	2	3	0	0	5	1.000	5.00
1898	SLN	NL	3B	149	—	1273.0	215	351	33	20	599	.945	3.80
			SS	2	—	19.0	3	7	2	2	12	.833	5.00
1899	SLN	NL	3B	141	—	1187.0	223	358	25	32	606	.959	4.12
1900	BRO	NL	3B	133	—	1132.0	173	321	29	11	523	.945	3.71
1901	PHA	AL	3B	100	—	861.0	140	236	33	7	409	.919	3.76
1902	PHA	AL	3B	137	—	1215.0	185	306	30	18	521	.942	3.58
1903	PHA	AL	3B	136	—	1190.0	152	228	20	14	400	.950	2.79
			1B	1	—	6.0	7	0	0	0	7	1.000	7.00
1904	PHA	AL	3B	155	155	1353.0	164	247	28	15	439	.936	2.65
1905	PHA	AL	3B	147	147	1326.0	163	252	32	6	447	.928	2.82
1906	WS1	AL	3B	130	130	1133.0	157	242	20	9	419	.952	3.07
1907	WS1	AL	3B	41	41	360.0	38	98	3	2	139	.978	3.32
Career	—	—	3B	1,724	473	14902.0	2,310	3,715	397	212	6,422	.938	3.50
	—	—	C	324	—	2682.0	1,473	419	138	38	2,030	.932	5.84
	—	—	OF	118	—	923.0	186	16	18	6	220	.918	1.71
	—	—	SS	65	—	533.0	115	219	23	31	357	.936	5.14
	—	—	2B	60	—	477.0	111	179	11	21	301	.964	4.83
	—	—	1B	7	—	62.0	67	5	3	7	75	.960	10.29