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Jimmy Lavender
James Sanford Lavender

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 23, 1912
Final Game October 3, 1917
Born May 26, 1884 in Barnesville, GA
Died January 12, 1960 in Cartersville, GA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1912 28 CHC NL  16  13  42  31  15   3   7  3  251.7  240  116   85   8   89  109  10   3  1057       0  3.04  3.30  108 1.307
 1913 29 CHC NL  10  14  40  20  10   0  15  2  204.0  206  111   83   6   98   91  13   6   901       0  3.66  3.16   86 1.490
 1914 30 CHC NL  11  11  37  28  11   2   2  0  214.3  191  106   73  11   87   87  11   8   909       0  3.07  2.78   91 1.297
 1915 31 CHC NL  10  16  41  24  13   1  13  4  220.0  178   77   63   5   67  117  10   7   885       0  2.58  2.77  107 1.114
 1916 32 CHC NL  10  14  36  25   9   4   4  2  188.0  163   76   59   3   62   91   9   1   770       0  2.82  2.90  103 1.197
 1917 33 PHI NL   6   8  28  14   7   0   9  1  129.3  119   61   51   5   44   52   3   4   536       0  3.55  2.81   79 1.260
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .453  63  76 224 142  65  10  50 12 1207.3 1097  547  414  38  447  547  56  29  5058       0  3.09  2.97   96 1.279
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  14  41  26  12   1   9  2  224.0  203  101   76   7   83  101  10   5   939   0   0  3.09  2.97   96 1.279
 Career High     16  16  42  31  15   4  15  4  251.7  240  116   85  11   98  117  13   8  1057   0   0  2.58  3.30  108 1.114

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 28 CHC NL  42   87    6   13   3  0   0    5   0      5  34  .149  .196  .184    4   16   3           0    
 1913 29 CHC NL  40   68    2    8   1  0   0    1   0      0  30  .118  .118  .132  -29    9   3           0    
 1914 30 CHC NL  37   63    8   11   3  1   0    5   2      6  25  .175  .268  .254   55   16   3           2    
 1915 31 CHC NL  41   67    1    9   3  0   0    0   0      1  31  .134  .147  .179   -2   12   2           0    
 1916 32 CHC NL  36   53    1    8   1  0   0    0   0      2  21  .151  .182  .170    4    9   3           0    
 1917 33 PHI NL  28   36    1    5   1  0   0    2   0      2  14  .139  .184  .167    6    6   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      224  374   19   54  12  1   0   13   2  0  16 155  .144  .184  .182    6   68  16   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        270   14   39   9  1   0    9   1  0  12 112  .144  .184  .182    6   49  12   0   0   1   0
 Career High     42   87    8   13   3  1   0    5   2  0   6  34                          16   3   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 28 CHC NL   95   77    3   1.0   100| .149  .280| .196  .350| .184  .381| .380  .732|   4  .070 -11.7  -1.2     
 1913 29 CHC NL   71   63    1   0.4    91| .118  .270| .118  .334| .132  .367| .250  .701| -29  .018 -11.5  -1.3     
 1914 30 CHC NL   74   55    4   2.0    84| .175  .259| .268  .327| .254  .346| .522  .673|  55  .254  -3.4  -0.4     
 1915 31 CHC NL   70   60    2   0.9    81| .134  .256| .147  .319| .179  .342| .326  .661|  -2  .084  -8.3  -1.0     
 1916 32 CHC NL   58   48    2   1.1    85| .151  .265| .182  .325| .170  .354| .352  .679|   4  .123  -6.3  -0.7     
 1917 33 PHI NL   40   33    1   0.8    81| .139  .261| .184  .319| .167  .344| .351  .663|   6  .071  -4.0  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       408  336   13   1.0    88| .144  .266| .184  .331| .182  .358| .366  .690|   6  .090 -45.2  -5.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 28 CHC NL P 42 8 64 4 5 .947 .949 1.71 1.55 2.57 2.54 31 251.7 1913 29 CHC NL P 40 2 46 2 0 .960 .954 1.20 1.57 2.12 2.61 20 204.0 1914 30 CHC NL P 37 5 71 2 0 .974 .943 2.05 1.65 3.19 2.68 28 214.3 1915 31 CHC NL P 41 14 67 1 3 .988 .952 1.98 1.68 3.31 2.72 24 220.0 1916 32 CHC NL P 36 3 47 2 0 .962 .960 1.39 1.63 2.39 2.67 25 188.0 1917 33 PHI NL P 28 3 30 3 0 .917 .962 1.18 1.78 2.30 2.85 14 129.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1912 28 CHC NL P 42 8 64 4 5 .947 .949 1.71 1.55 2.57 2.54 31 251.7 1913 29 CHC NL P 40 2 46 2 0 .960 .954 1.20 1.57 2.12 2.61 20 204.0 1914 30 CHC NL P 37 5 71 2 0 .974 .943 2.05 1.65 3.19 2.68 28 214.3 1915 31 CHC NL P 41 14 67 1 3 .988 .952 1.98 1.68 3.31 2.72 24 220.0 1916 32 CHC NL P 36 3 47 2 0 .962 .960 1.39 1.63 2.39 2.67 25 188.0 1917 33 PHI NL P 28 3 30 3 0 .917 .962 1.18 1.78 2.30 2.85 14 129.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 224 35 325 14 8 .963 .952 1.61 1.64 2.68 2.66 142 1207.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 224 35 325 14 8 .963 .952 1.61 1.64 2.68 2.66 142 1207
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1915 NL-7.28-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1915 NL-4.79-8

Games
1912 NL-42-10
1915 NL-41-10

Saves
1912 NL-3-5
1915 NL-4-3
1916 NL-2-8

Strikeouts
1915 NL-117-8

Shutouts
1912 NL-3-7
1916 NL-4-8

Home Runs Allow.
1912 NL-8-6
1914 NL-11-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1913 NL-98-6

Losses
1915 NL-16-9

Wild Pitches
1913 NL-6-7
1914 NL-8-7
1915 NL-7-6

Hit Batsmen
1912 NL-10-6
1913 NL-13-1
1914 NL-11-5
1915 NL-10-8
1916 NL-9-9

Games Finished
1913 NL-15-7
1915 NL-13-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 19 (1086) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 12.0 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

April 2, 1917: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with $5,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Al Demaree.


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