Where does Nap Lajoie rank among baseball greats?
Nap Lajoie ranks #4 among the Top 50 all-time at 2B. Rankings ⇒ Nap Lajoie Teammates Steve O’Neill Harry Davis Bill Wambsganss Lave Cross Terry Turner Joe Jackson Elmer Flick Ed Delahanty Al Orth Addie Joss Eddie Plank Joe Bush Rube Waddell Connie Mack Best Season: 1901 In a season in which foul balls did not count as strikes, Lajoie took advantage of the rule and batted an impressive .422 to easily win the batting title. He hit safely in his first 16 games of the season and was held hitless in just 17 of the 131 games he played. He led the league in every offensive category of importance. He slugged .643 and had an OBP of .463. He scored 145 runs in 131 games, collected 232 hits, 48 doubles, 14 homers, and drove in 125 runs. All of those totals were league standards. Lajoie also led second baseman in every defensive category. Consider this – the Baltimore Orioles led the new AL that year in batting, with a .294 mark. Lajoie’s A’s finished second at .289. Without Lajoie the team batted
