Jimmy Lavender
1912–1917 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies
224G
.144AVG
.184OBP
.182SLG
More career statistics
54H
0HR
13RBI
2SB
63–76W–L
1,207.1IP
547K
3.09ERA
142GS
12SV
12Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,058 | 5,067 |
| Pitching · p er | 414 | 421 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,097 | 1,099 |
| Pitching · p hr | 38 | 37 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,622 | 3,620 |
| Pitching · p k | 547 | 541 |
| Pitching · p w | 447 | 449 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 224 | 408 | 374 | 19 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 155 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | .144 | .184 | .182 | .366 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,207.3 | 224 | 142 | 65 | 63 | 76 | 12 | 1,097 | 547 | 414 | 38 | 447 | 547 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 | 1.279 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1914-06-27 to 1914-07-14
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1912-07-01 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1915-08-31 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1914-04-23 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 113 | 188 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 73 | .137 | .165 | .183 |
| Away | 111 | 220 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 82 | .151 | .177 | .181 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 18 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .111 | .103 | .148 |
| May | 35 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .070 | .123 | .088 |
| June | 32 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | .236 | .270 | .327 |
| July | 49 | 89 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 37 | .171 | .202 | .232 |
| August | 44 | 85 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | .114 | .129 | .139 |
| September | 42 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | .134 | .157 | .134 |
| October | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 43 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 38 | .174 | .191 | .233 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 36 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | .193 | .242 | .246 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 32 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | .098 | .119 | .098 |
| cincinnati-reds | 30 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | .128 | .156 | .205 |
| boston-braves | 28 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | .171 | .217 | .220 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 27 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .159 | .188 | .159 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 23 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .071 | .070 | .095 |
| chicago-cubs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Chicago Cubs | 42 | 86 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .151 | 252 | 105 |
| 1913 | Chicago Cubs | 40 | 68 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .118 | 203 | 90 |
| 1914 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 63 | 11 | – | 5 | 2 | .175 | 214 | 87 |
| 1915 | Chicago Cubs | 41 | 67 | 9 | – | – | – | .134 | 219 | 116 |
| 1916 | Chicago Cubs | 36 | 54 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .148 | 188 | 91 |
| 1917 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 36 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .139 | 129 | 52 |