Doc Lavan Notable

b. October 28, 1890 · St. Louis Browns 1913–1917, Philadelphia Athletics 1913, Washington Senators 1918, St. Louis Cardinals 1919–1924

Doc Lavan played for four clubs across 12 seasons as a shortstop, opening with the St. Louis Browns in 1913 and closing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1924.

Across 1,163 games he batted .245, with 954 hits and 338 runs. He finished with 7 home runs, 134 doubles and 71 stolen bases.

He played 1,126 games at shortstop, with 3,628 assists and 455 errors. He turned 559 double plays.

He was born in Grand Rapids, MI, USA on October 28, 1890, and died on May 29, 1952. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1913	PHA/SLB	51	163	9	22	2	2	0	5	10	46	3	.135
1914	SLB	75	239	21	63	7	4	1	21	17	39	6	.264
1915	SLB	157	514	44	112	17	7	1	48	42	83	13	.218
1916	SLB	110	343	32	81	13	1	0	19	32	38	7	.236
1917	SLB	118	355	19	85	8	5	0	30	19	34	5	.239
1918	WSH	117	464	44	129	17	2	0	45	14	21	12	.278
1919	STL	100	356	25	86	12	2	1	25	11	30	4	.242
1920	STL	142	516	52	149	21	10	1	63	19	38	11	.289
1921	STL	150	560	58	145	23	11	2	82	23	30	7	.259
1922	STL	89	264	24	60	8	1	0	27	13	10	3	.227
1923	STL	50	111	10	22	6	0	1	12	9	7	0	.198
1924	STL	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Career	—	1163	3891	338	954	134	45	7	377	209	376	71	.245

On this day & linked events

1890

Born October 28, 1890

Grand Rapids, MI, USA

1952

Died May 29, 1952

1913

Major-league debut: Doc Lavan

Doc Lavan made a major-league debut on June 22, 1913.

1924

Final major-league game: Doc Lavan

Doc Lavan played a final major-league game on May 4, 1924.

Image: The Sporting News via [1], public domain