Lave Cross
1897–1907 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Spiders, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
2,275G
.292AVG
.328OBP
.382SLG
More career statistics
2,645H
47HR
1,371RBI
301SB
3Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 2,275 | 1,360 |
| Batting · At bats | 9,072 | 5,411 |
| Batting · Doubles | 411 | 249 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,645 | 1,585 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 31 | 18 |
| Batting · Home runs | 47 | 21 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 90 | 80 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 9,726 | 5,754 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,333 | 705 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,371 | 747 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 301 | 161 |
| Batting · Triples | 135 | 69 |
| Batting · Walks | 464 | 215 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,275 | 9,726 | 9,072 | 1,333 | 2,645 | 411 | 135 | 47 | 1,371 | 464 | 90 | 301 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3,467 | .292 | .328 | .382 | .710 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1903-09-11 to 1904-04-16
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1902-05-17 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1901-08-03 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1897-05-12 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 682 | 2856 | 820 | 13 | 408 | 116 | 40 | .307 | .328 | .400 |
| Away | 678 | 2898 | 765 | 8 | 339 | 99 | 40 | .279 | .298 | .353 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 99 | 420 | 114 | 1 | 46 | 14 | 7 | .286 | .305 | .363 |
| May | 258 | 1122 | 319 | 3 | 170 | 44 | 22 | .304 | .324 | .392 |
| June | 239 | 1006 | 280 | 7 | 134 | 31 | 13 | .293 | .309 | .387 |
| July | 228 | 981 | 267 | 2 | 113 | 30 | 10 | .286 | .303 | .363 |
| August | 245 | 1044 | 288 | 2 | 136 | 46 | 12 | .296 | .320 | .374 |
| September | 238 | 968 | 259 | 6 | 128 | 37 | 13 | .286 | .306 | .366 |
| October | 53 | 213 | 58 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 3 | .299 | .333 | .381 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 128 | 537 | 146 | 2 | 79 | 11 | 6 | .285 | .292 | .404 |
| cleveland-guardians | 116 | 497 | 135 | 1 | 58 | 14 | 4 | .290 | .300 | .353 |
| chicago-white-sox | 115 | 489 | 132 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 9 | .283 | .301 | .358 |
| st-louis-browns | 110 | 472 | 112 | 1 | 56 | 24 | 6 | .257 | .288 | .322 |
| detroit-tigers | 109 | 467 | 132 | 0 | 69 | 20 | 8 | .304 | .325 | .364 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 100 | 430 | 144 | 1 | 73 | 7 | 4 | .346 | .351 | .464 |
| new-york-yankees | 93 | 383 | 89 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 9 | .249 | .274 | .297 |
| chicago-cubs | 64 | 266 | 69 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 1 | .271 | .274 | .325 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 344 | 89 | 3 | 51 | 10 | .259 | – | – |
| 1898 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 151 | 601 | 191 | 3 | 79 | 14 | .318 | – | – |
| 1899 | Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals | 141 | 557 | 166 | 5 | 84 | 13 | .298 | – | – |
| 1900 | Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals | 133 | 520 | 153 | 4 | 73 | 20 | .294 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 100 | 422 | 139 | 2 | 73 | 23 | .329 | – | – |
| 1902 | Philadelphia Athletics | 137 | 558 | 191 | – | 108 | 25 | .342 | – | – |
| 1903 | Philadelphia Athletics | 137 | 559 | 163 | 2 | 90 | 14 | .292 | – | – |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | 155 | 609 | 176 | 1 | 71 | 10 | .289 | – | – |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Athletics | 147 | 587 | 155 | – | 77 | 8 | .264 | – | – |
| 1906 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 130 | 493 | 130 | 1 | 34 | 19 | .264 | – | – |
| 1907 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 41 | 161 | 32 | – | 7 | 5 | .199 | – | – |