How Nap Lajoie's Gross Production Average (GPA) Compares to Similar Players

Nap Lajoie posted a career Gross Production Average (GPA) of .288, above the league average of .247 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Gross Production Average (GPA) season came in 1901, posting .369, well above the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1916 at .201, below the league average of .228 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .218 in 1914 to .224 in 1915 and .201 in 1916. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 21 seasons.

Nap Lajoie Lifetime Gross Production Average (GPA)

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Nap Lajoie Gross Production Average (GPA) Per Season

Nap Lajoie's Gross Production Average (GPA) for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Nap Lajoie Gross Production Average (GPA) per season line chart

Nap Lajoie Gross Production Average (GPA) by Team

Nap Lajoie's career Gross Production Average (GPA) totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Nap Lajoie career Gross Production Average (GPA) by team bar chart

Nap Lajoie Gross Production Average (GPA) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Nap Lajoie's career Gross Production Average (GPA) shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Nap Lajoie Gross Production Average (GPA) year-over-year waterfall chart

Nap Lajoie Gross Production Average (GPA) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Nap Lajoie's seasonal Gross Production Average (GPA) alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Nap Lajoie Gross Production Average (GPA) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Nap Lajoie Gross Production Average (GPA) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Nap Lajoie's MLB career with Gross Production Average (GPA) alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Nap Lajoie Gross Production Average (GPA) season-by-season breakdown table