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Baseball player
Lave Cross
Third baseman / Catcher
Born:(1866-05-12)May 12, 1866 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died: September 6, 1927(1927-09-06) (aged 61) Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 23, 1887, for the Louisville Colonels
Last MLB appearance
June 6, 1907, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Batting average
.292
Hits
2,651
Home runs
47
Runs batted in
1,371
Teams
Louisville Colonels (1887–1888)
Philadelphia Athletics (AA) (1889)
Philadelphia Quakers/Athletics (PL/AA) (1890–1891)
Philadelphia Phillies (1892–1897)
St. Louis Browns (1898)
Cleveland Spiders (1899)
St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals (1899–1900)
Brooklyn Superbas (1900)
Philadelphia Athletics (AL) (1901–1905)
Washington Senators (1906–1907)
Career highlights and awards
National League pennant (1900)
American League pennant (1902, 1905)
Lafayette Napoleon Cross (born Vratislav Kriz, May 12, 1866 – September 6, 1927) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1887 to 1907. Cross played most of his 21-year career with Philadelphia-based teams in four different leagues. One of the sport's top all-around players in the years surrounding the turn of the 20th century, when he retired he ranked fifth in major league history in hits (2,644) and runs batted in (1,371), ninth in doubles (411) and total bases (3,466), and third in games played (2,275) and at bats (9,064).
Cross also excelled as a defensive player. After beginning his major league career as a catcher, he led third basemen in fielding percentage five times, and ended his career with nearly every fielding record at that position: games (1,721), putouts (2,306), assists (3,706), total chances (6,406), and fielding average (.938); his 212 double plays ranked third behind Billy Nash and Arlie Latham. He captained the Philadelphia Athletics teams which captured two of the first five American League pennants.
changed his name to Lafayette Cross, although he was generally referred to as "Lave." A total of four sons of the Kriz (later Cross) family would play major...
and Joe Quinn were at the end of successful careers, and player-manager LaveCross was traded back to St. Louis after the Spiders got off to an 8–30 start...
was purchased from the Superbas by the Chicago White Sox. May 15, 1900: LaveCross was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals. Note: Pos...
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Philadelphia Athletics (1) Andy Coakley #4 earned run average (1.84) LaveCross #2 runs batted in (77) Harry Davis #1 runs batted in (83) #1 home runs...
83 Joe Medwick* 1,383 84 Johnny Bench* 1,376 85 Chili Davis 1,372 86 LaveCross 1,371 87 Garret Anderson 1,365 Orlando Cepeda* 1,365 89 Bobby Abreu 1...
the time his career ended, only two third basemen (Brooks Robinson and LaveCross) had even collected 2,500 hits, and only one (Eddie Mathews) had reached...
Frank Robison & Stanley Robison (1887–1899) Manager Joe Quinn (1899) LaveCross (1899) Patsy Tebeau (1891–1898) Robert Leadley (1890–1891) Gus Schmelz...
mascot. At the conference at home plate before Game 1, A's team captain LaveCross gave McGraw a wrapped package, which turned out to contain a toy white...
266 in his part-time role, Cross regained the starting role in 1906 when Knight was moved to third base to replace LaveCross. However, he batted just ...
Game 3, and was the oldest player to make his postseason debut since LaveCross of the 1905 Philadelphia Athletics. As of September 2018, Kratz had played...
baseman LaveCross became the Spiders' player-manager. The Spiders won just 8 of 38 games under Cross, for a winning percentage of just .211, before Cross was...
season, the first siblings to catch for the same MLB team since Amos and LaveCross caught for the Louisville Colonels in 1887. On August 22 and 23, Bengie...
featured on box of Wheaties Anthony Crivello, Tony Award-winning actor LaveCross, MLB player for 21 years John Cudahy, U.S. diplomat Michael Cudahy, entrepreneur...
powered by two Foster-Wheeler water tube boilers providing steam to a De Lavalcross compound steam turbine driving one shaft rated at 7,000 shaft horsepower...
Schreckengost Farmer Steelman Infielders Frank Bonner Lou Castro LaveCross Monte Cross Harry Davis Nap Lajoie Danny Murphy Outfielders Elmer Flick Dave...
lastly, the Chicago Cubs of the National League in 1916. He, along with LaveCross, Willie Keeler, and Rollie Zeider, are the only players to have played...
Cleveland Naps Buck Freeman 84 1905 Harry Davis 83 Philadelphia Athletics LaveCross 77 1906 Harry Davis 96 Philadelphia Athletics Nap Lajoie† 91 1907 Ty Cobb†...
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