Nap Lajoie Career Total Chances Overview

During Nap Lajoie's 21-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 15729 total chances, an average of 749 total chances per season. 1897 was his best season with 1182 total chances and his worst season was 1896 when he had 376 total chances. Nap Lajoie outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (2093.96), Pre-Generational (2400.66), Y (8643.37), mlb (2061.62), and 2B (2453.8) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Total chances are the number of defensive plays the player or team has participated in. It's calcuated by summing putouts, assists, and errors for a player or team over a given time period. Generally, for Total Chances, higher is better. (Source)

Nap Lajoie Lifetime Total Chances

Stats similar to Total Chances for Nap Lajoie
Nap Lajoie
Total Chances
Career15729
Season Avg.749
162 Game Avg.1043.87
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Nap Lajoie Total Chances By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Nap Lajoie's yearly Total Chances for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 2B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Nap Lajoie Cumulative Total Chances by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Nap Lajoie's career Total Chances progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Nap Lajoie's career Total Chances at the end of that season.
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Nap Lajoie Total Chances By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Nap Lajoie and related player groups by summarizing Total Chances for each season played by Nap Lajoie. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Nap Lajoie Total Chances Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Nap Lajoie Total Chances stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 2B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Nap Lajoie career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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