Lave Cross

Lafayette Napoleon Cross
Born: May 12, 1866
Milwaukee, WI USA
Deceased: 1927
Toledo, OH USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 155
Career: 1887-1907
Minor League Statistics

Lave Cross compiled a career batting average of .292 with 47 home runs and 1378 RBI in his 2277-game career with the Louisville Colonels, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Perfectos, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Superbas and Washington Senators. He began playing during the 1887 season and last took the field during the 1907 campaign.

Philadelphia Phillies	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis Perfectos	Brooklyn Superbas	St. Louis Cardinals	Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1887	AA	Louisville Colonels	54	219	203	32	54	8	3	0	26	15	15	14	.266	.320	.335	.655	68	1	0
1888	AA	Louisville Colonels	46	183	180	20	41	3	0	0	15	10	2	10	.228	.240	.244	.485	44	1	0
1889	AA	Philadelphia Athletics	55	213	199	22	44	8	2	0	23	11	14	9	.221	.272	.281	.554	56	0	0
1890	PL	Philadelphia Athletics	63	257	245	42	73	7	8	3	47	5	12	6	.298	.331	.429	.759	105	0	0
1891	AA	Philadelphia Athletics	110	443	402	66	121	20	14	5	52	14	38	23	.301	.366	.458	.823	184	3	0
1892	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	140	583	541	84	149	15	10	4	69	18	39	16	.275	.328	.362	.690	196	3	0
1893	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	96	442	415	81	124	17	6	4	78	18	26	7	.299	.342	.398	.739	165	1	0
1894	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	122	593	542	128	210	34	10	7	132	23	31	7	.387	.424	.526	.949	285	3	17
1895	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	125	589	535	95	145	26	9	2	101	21	35	8	.271	.319	.364	.684	195	3	16
1896	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	106	453	406	63	104	23	5	1	73	8	32	14	.256	.312	.345	.657	140	1	14
1897	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	88	366	344	37	89	17	5	3	51	10	10	15	.259	.282	.363	.645	125	1	11
1898	NL	St. Louis Browns	151	646	602	71	191	28	8	3	79	14	28	8	.317	.348	.405	.753	244	0	16
1899	NL	Cleveland Spiders	38	165	154	15	44	5	0	1	20	2	8	0	.286	.325	.338	.663	52	1	2
1899	NL	St. Louis Perfectos	103	427	403	61	122	14	5	4	64	11	17	3	.303	.333	.392	.725	158	1	6
1900	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	16	65	61	6	18	1	0	0	6	1	1	2	.295	.306	.311	.618	19	0	3
1900	NL	Brooklyn Superbas	117	492	461	73	135	14	6	4	67	20	25	5	.293	.332	.375	.707	173	2	4
1901	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	100	450	424	82	139	28	12	2	73	23	19	6	.328	.358	.465	.823	197	1	6
1902	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	137	595	559	90	191	39	8	0	108	25	27	4	.342	.374	.440	.814	246	2	7
1903	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	137	577	559	60	163	22	4	2	90	14	10	17	.292	.304	.356	.660	199	0	8
1904	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	155	639	607	73	176	31	10	1	71	10	13	9	.290	.310	.379	.689	230	5	14
1905	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	147	630	587	69	156	29	5	0	77	8	26	12	.266	.299	.332	.631	195	2	15
1906	AL	Washington Senators	130	538	494	55	130	14	6	1	46	19	28	16	.263	.303	.322	.625	159	0	16
1907	AL	Washington Senators	41	176	161	13	32	8	0	0	10	3	10	6	.199	.246	.248	.494	40	0	5
Totals			2277	9741	9084	1338	2651	411	136	47	1378	303	466	217	.292	.329	.383	.711	3475	31	160

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1887	AA	Louisville Colonels	C	44	0	383.0	251	66	29	7	.916	7.449	7.205	54	0	0
1887	AA	Louisville Colonels	OF	10	0	86.0	16	1	3	1	.850	1.779	1.700	0	0	0
1888	AA	Louisville Colonels	C	37	0	302.0	202	60	20	3	.929	7.808	7.081	22	0	0
1888	AA	Louisville Colonels	OF	11	0	94.0	14	2	2	1	.889	1.532	1.455	0	0	0
1888	AA	Louisville Colonels	SS	2	0	13.0	3	5	0	0	1.000	5.538	4.000	0	0	0
1889	AA	Philadelphia Athletics	C	55	0	495.0	278	102	27	7	.934	6.909	6.909	28	0	0
1890	PL	Philadelphia Athletics	C	49	0	417.0	191	70	34	7	.885	5.633	5.327	13	93	65	41.1
1890	PL	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	15	0	104.0	25	0	4	0	.862	2.163	1.667	0	0	0
1891	AA	Philadelphia Athletics	C	43	0	348.0	212	38	16	5	.940	6.466	5.814	16	76	32	29.6
1891	AA	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	43	0	341.0	56	10	2	4	.971	1.742	1.535	0	0	0
1891	AA	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	24	0	193.0	28	49	9	2	.895	3.591	3.208	0	0	0
1891	AA	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	1	0	10.0	1	4	1	1	.833	4.500	5.000	0	0	0
1891	AA	Philadelphia Athletics	SS	1	0	3.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	6.000	2.000	0	0	0
1892	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	65	0	544.0	97	148	21	5	.921	4.053	3.769	0	0	0
1892	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	C	39	0	294.0	158	32	6	5	.969	5.816	4.872	12	44	23	34.3
1892	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	25	0	189.0	39	3	5	0	.894	2.000	1.680	0	0	0
1892	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	14	0	120.0	29	37	2	5	.971	4.950	4.714	0	0	0
1892	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	5	0	32.0	4	16	1	2	.952	5.625	4.000	0	0	0
1893	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	C	40	0	357.0	144	46	5	4	.974	4.790	4.750	6	56	41	42.3
1893	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	30	0	286.0	44	98	12	10	.922	4.469	4.733	0	0	0
1893	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	10	0	82.0	27	0	2	0	.931	2.963	2.700	0	0	0
1893	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	10	0	77.0	16	33	5	6	.907	5.727	4.900	0	0	0
1893	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	6	0	56.0	60	5	3	7	.956	1.446	1.833	0	0	0
1894	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	103	0	866.0	181	243	39	24	.916	4.406	4.117	0	0	0
1894	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	C	16	0	84.0	36	5	1	0	.976	4.393	2.563	6	21	5	19.2
1894	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	7	0	49.0	10	19	2	4	.935	5.327	4.143	0	0	0
1894	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	1	0	6.0	3	1	0	1	1.000	6.000	4.000	0	0	0
1895	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	125	0	1056.0	191	308	32	23	.940	4.253	3.992	0	0	0
1896	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	61	0	507.0	88	136	15	9	.937	3.976	3.672	0	0	0
1896	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	37	0	332.0	77	134	13	17	.942	5.720	5.703	0	0	0
1896	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	6	0	40.0	10	17	1	4	.964	6.075	4.500	0	0	0
1896	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	2	0	18.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	3.500	3.500	0	0	0
1896	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	C	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
1897	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	47	0	420.0	71	94	16	5	.912	3.536	3.511	0	0	0
1897	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	38	0	301.0	68	120	7	10	.964	5.621	4.947	0	0	0
1897	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	2	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	1.000	0	0	0
1897	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	1	0	8.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.625	5.000	0	0	0
1898	NL	St. Louis Browns	3B	149	0	1273.0	215	351	33	20	.945	4.002	3.799	0	0	0
1898	NL	St. Louis Browns	SS	2	0	19.0	3	7	2	2	.833	4.737	5.000	0	0	0
1899	NL	St. Louis Perfectos	3B	103	0	870.0	157	277	18	25	.960	4.490	4.214	0	0	0
1899	NL	Cleveland Spiders	3B	38	0	317.0	66	81	7	7	.955	4.174	3.868	0	0	0
1900	NL	Brooklyn Superbas	3B	117	0	1014.0	162	282	27	10	.943	3.941	3.795	0	0	0
1900	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	16	0	118.0	11	39	2	1	.962	3.814	3.125	0	0	0
1901	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	100	0	861.0	140	236	33	7	.919	3.930	3.760	0	0	0
1902	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	137	0	1215.0	185	306	30	18	.942	3.637	3.584	0	0	0
1903	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	136	0	1190.0	152	228	20	14	.950	2.874	2.794	0	0	0
1903	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	1	0	6.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	7.000	0	0	0
1904	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	155	155	1353.0	164	247	28	15	.936	2.734	2.652	0	0	0
1905	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	147	147	1326.0	163	252	32	6	.928	2.817	2.823	0	0	0
1906	AL	Washington Senators	3B	130	130	1133.0	157	242	20	9	.952	3.169	3.069	0	0	0
1907	AL	Washington Senators	3B	41	41	360.0	38	98	3	2	.978	3.400	3.317	0	0	0
Totals				2298	473	19579.0	4262	4553	590	315	.937	4.052	3.836	157	290	166	36.4

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1905	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	5	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.105	.150	.105	.255	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				5	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.105	.150	.105	.255	2	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1905	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	3B	5	5	43.0	6	6	0	1	1.000	2.512	2.400
Totals					5	5	43.0	6	6	0	1	1.000	2.512	2.400

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