Nap Lajoie
1897–1916 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
2,480G
.339AVG
.381OBP
.467SLG
More career statistics
3,252H
82HR
1,599RBI
380SB
15Rare 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 | 2,480 | 2,441 |
| Batting · At bats | 9,589 | 9,414 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 21 | 118 |
| Batting · Doubles | 657 | 653 |
| Batting · Hits | 3,252 | 3,184 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 134 | 133 |
| Batting · Home runs | 82 | 78 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 85 | 290 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 10,460 | 10,276 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,504 | 1,467 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,599 | 1,491 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 380 | 374 |
| Batting · Triples | 163 | 157 |
| Batting · Walks | 516 | 513 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,480 | 10,460 | 9,589 | 1,504 | 3,252 | 657 | 163 | 82 | 1,599 | 516 | 85 | 380 | 21 | 134 | 0 | 4,481 | .339 | .381 | .467 | .848 |
Streaks
31longest hitting streak · 1906-06-04 to 1906-07-04
41longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | Hit Three Times | 1908-09-23 | 1 in 5,324 games | box score ↗ |
| 78 | Three Triples | 1904-07-13 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1910-08-15 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1209 | 5000 | 1615 | 36 | 783 | 250 | 116 | .354 | .373 | .484 |
| Away | 1232 | 5276 | 1569 | 42 | 708 | 263 | 174 | .323 | .347 | .448 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 215 | 928 | 300 | 4 | 135 | 49 | 22 | .353 | .376 | .465 |
| May | 394 | 1702 | 529 | 17 | 283 | 88 | 59 | .339 | .363 | .485 |
| June | 395 | 1681 | 533 | 13 | 229 | 76 | 44 | .348 | .362 | .469 |
| July | 433 | 1797 | 538 | 11 | 260 | 85 | 43 | .325 | .347 | .451 |
| August | 468 | 1975 | 596 | 14 | 275 | 101 | 56 | .329 | .353 | .445 |
| September | 463 | 1900 | 587 | 18 | 265 | 107 | 53 | .340 | .365 | .477 |
| October | 73 | 293 | 101 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 13 | .365 | .369 | .498 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 290 | 1227 | 358 | 3 | 136 | 67 | 33 | .324 | .346 | .423 |
| chicago-white-sox | 283 | 1164 | 358 | 6 | 159 | 69 | 32 | .339 | .367 | .444 |
| st-louis-browns | 283 | 1169 | 364 | 6 | 143 | 67 | 26 | .344 | .369 | .445 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 275 | 1140 | 357 | 9 | 140 | 40 | 27 | .333 | .348 | .448 |
| boston-red-sox | 275 | 1134 | 342 | 8 | 163 | 43 | 41 | .325 | .340 | .461 |
| new-york-yankees | 243 | 1004 | 289 | 5 | 131 | 73 | 37 | .330 | .361 | .435 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 228 | 940 | 270 | 5 | 121 | 78 | 26 | .325 | .370 | .452 |
| cleveland-guardians | 59 | 244 | 71 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 10 | .311 | .316 | .465 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 127 | 545 | 197 | 9 | 127 | 20 | .361 | – | – |
| 1898 | Philadelphia Phillies | 147 | 610 | 197 | 6 | 127 | 25 | .323 | – | – |
| 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 311 | 118 | 6 | 70 | 13 | .379 | – | – |
| 1900 | Philadelphia Phillies | 102 | 452 | 152 | 7 | 92 | 22 | .336 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 131 | 544 | 232 | 14 | 125 | 27 | .426 | – | – |
| 1902 | Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics | 87 | 350 | 133 | 7 | 65 | 20 | .380 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Cleveland Guardians | 125 | 485 | 167 | 7 | 93 | 21 | .344 | – | – |
| 1904 | Cleveland Guardians | 140 | 553 | 208 | 5 | 102 | 29 | .376 | – | – |
| 1905 | Cleveland Guardians | 65 | 248 | 82 | 2 | 15 | 11 | .331 | – | – |
| 1906 | Cleveland Guardians | 152 | 602 | 214 | – | 51 | 20 | .355 | – | – |
| 1907 | Cleveland Guardians | 137 | 509 | 153 | 2 | 41 | 23 | .301 | – | – |
| 1908 | Cleveland Guardians | 157 | 582 | 167 | 2 | 79 | 15 | .287 | – | – |
| 1909 | Cleveland Guardians | 128 | 469 | 152 | 1 | 50 | 13 | .324 | – | – |
| 1910 | Cleveland Guardians | 159 | 592 | 227 | 4 | 75 | 28 | .383 | – | – |
| 1911 | Cleveland Guardians | 90 | 315 | 115 | 2 | 63 | 13 | .365 | – | – |
| 1912 | Cleveland Guardians | 117 | 447 | 165 | – | 92 | 18 | .369 | – | – |
| 1913 | Cleveland Guardians | 137 | 465 | 156 | 1 | 71 | 17 | .335 | – | – |
| 1914 | Cleveland Guardians | 121 | 419 | 108 | – | 54 | 14 | .258 | – | – |
| 1915 | Philadelphia Athletics | 129 | 490 | 136 | 1 | 64 | 10 | .278 | – | – |
| 1916 | Philadelphia Athletics | 113 | 426 | 105 | 2 | 35 | 15 | .246 | – | – |