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    Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie (/ˈlæʒəweɪ/; September 5, 1874 – February 7, 1959), also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American professional baseball second baseman...
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  • Boudreau (1948) Batting Average Nap Lajoie (.344, 1903) Nap Lajoie (.376, 1904) Elmer Flick (.308, 1905) Nap Lajoie (.384, 1910) Tris Speaker (.386,...
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    000 hits, although his precise career hit total is unclear. Two players—Nap Lajoie and Honus Wagner—reached 3,000 hits during the 1914 season. Ty Cobb did...
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    1903, the team was named the Cleveland Napoleons or Naps, after team captain Nap Lajoie. Lajoie left after the 1914 season and club owner Charles Somers...
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    Stockings. The AL was established in 1901, and Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie led that league with a .426 average for the Philadelphia Athletics. Ty...
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    George Sisler (1922) and Rogers Hornsby (1925). Rap Dixon, Tip O'Neill, Nap Lajoie, Josh Gibson (twice), Willie Wells, Mule Suttles, Oscar Charleston (twice)...
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  • Dunlap – 21/2 Dan Brouthers – 2 Jack Glasscock – 2 Billy Hamilton – 2 Nap Lajoie – 2 Ned Williamson – 2 Bobby Lowe – 11/2 Doug Allison – 1 Joe Battin –...
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    Charlie Gehringer Joe Gordon Frank Grant Billy Herman Rogers Hornsby Nap Lajoie Tony Lazzeri Bill Mazeroski Bid McPhee Joe Morgan Paul Molitor Jackie...
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  • politician Nap Lajoie (1874–1959), American baseball player Randy LaJoie (born 1961), American race car driver, father of Corey LaJoie Lajoie Dam, a storage...
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  • nicknamed "Nap" Nap Kloza (1903–1962), American baseball player and manager Nap Lajoie (1874–1959), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player Nap Milroy...
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  • July 4, 2010. "Nap Lajoie Obituary". www.baseball-almanac.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2021-01-22. "Nap Lajoie Statistics and...
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    the American League was established and Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie led it with 14 home runs for the American League Philadelphia Athletics...
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  • into the playoffs. Speaker, Boudreau, López, Walter Johnson, Joe Gordon, Nap Lajoie and Frank Robinson are the seven members of the Baseball Hall of Fame...
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  • Theo Epstein, No. 3, and Seattle and Philadelphia's Pat Gillick, No. 7) Nap Lajoie .426 (1901) (Modern Major League Record) Al Simmons .381 (1930) Al Simmons...
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  • Bronchos and subsequently renamed the "Naps" in Lajoie's honor for several seasons. May 31, 1902: Nap Lajoie was signed as a free agent by the Cleveland...
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  • Brouthers (1882–1883, 1889, 1891–1892) 5 Wade Boggs (1983, 1985–1988) 4 Nap Lajoie (1901, 1903–1904, 1910)* 4 Harry Heilmann (1921, 1923, 1925, 1927) 4 Roberto...
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  • pitch rule, restoring the rule that a HBP will earn a batter first base. Nap Lajoie (PHA): Became the fourth player in MLB history and the first in American...
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    Elmer Flick Nellie Fox Jimmie Foxx * Lefty Grove * Waite Hoyt George Kell Nap Lajoie Connie Mack * Herb Pennock Eddie Plank * Al Simmons * Tris Speaker Rube...
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    not. Balloting by the BBWAA resulted in the election of three players: Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, and Cy Young. A total of 201 ballots were cast, with 1...
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    Eddie Collins* 3,314 12 Willie Mays* 3,293 13 Eddie Murray* 3,255 14 Nap Lajoie* 3,243 15 Cal Ripken Jr.* 3,184 16 Miguel Cabrera 3,174 17 Adrián Beltré*...
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    2012. (subscription required) Jones, David; Constantelos, Stephen. "Nap Lajoie". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved April 20, 2012. Acocella...
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    Harris Ferguson Jenkins Hughie Jennings Jim Kaat Tim Keefe Chuck Klein * Nap Lajoie Pedro Martínez Tommy McCarthy Joe Morgan Kid Nichols Tony Pérez Eppa Rixey...
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    152), Frank White (2,151), Bid McPhee (2,129), Bill Mazeroski (2,094), Nap Lajoie (2,035), and Jeff Kent (2,034) are the only other second baseman to play...
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    barring Athletics' second baseman Nap Lajoie from playing baseball for any team other than the Phillies. Lajoie had played for the Athletics in 1901...
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    for the cycle in the same season in which they won the Triple Crown; Nap Lajoie (AL, 1901), Jimmie Foxx (AL, 1933), Chuck Klein (NL, 1933), and Lou Gehrig...
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  • with the league being reclassified as Triple-A in 1946. 42 year old Nap Lajoie and his .380 batting average helped lead the Maple Leafs to another championship...
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    League (AL) was established in 1901, and Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie led that league with 125 RBIs for the Philadelphia Athletics. Over the...
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    include Paul Waner, Charlie Gehringer, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie. The others are Cobb, Lajoie, and Tris Speaker. Rhoden, William C. (October 1, 1996)...
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    during which he played for the Cleveland Naps, New York Yankees, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox. Nap Lajoie discovered Peckinpaugh as a high school...
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    the sides of barns, featuring an endorsement from baseball player Nap Lajoie: "Lajoie chews Red Man, ask him if he don't." During the 1920s and 30s, the...
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