Eddie Douglass vs. Jack Lapp — Career Comparison

Eddie Douglass
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueFirst Baseman
Jack Lapp
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueCatcher

Looking at the career totals, Eddie Douglass and Jack Lapp are closely matched on the surface stats. Eddie Douglass posted stronger numbers in slugging (.361 vs .343) and batting average (.273 vs .263). Jack Lapp had the advantage in OPS (.683 vs .670). By the career numbers, Eddie Douglass had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Eddie Douglass and Jack Lapp

Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
144
138.24
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
567
188.06
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
625
600
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1809
600
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
579
555.84
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1581
524.38
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.709
0.709
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.707
0.707
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
151.68
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
137.98
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
120.96
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
108.13
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.16
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
19.57
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.88
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
8.62
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.68
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.66
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
30.72
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
29.85
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68.34
65.6
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
197.62
65.54
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
209
200.64
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
542
179.77
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
188
180.48
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
600
199
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.683
0.683
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.615
0.615
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
77.76
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
55.72
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
64.32
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
55.06
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
140
134.4
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
329
109.12
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
77
73.92
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
219.95
72.95
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.96
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.32
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
29
27.84
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
58.71
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.76
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
175
58.04
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104.17
104.17
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
10.34
10.34
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
4.83
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
1.01
1.01
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.36
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
14.59
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.96
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.16
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
16
5.31
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.96
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
4.98
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
21.12
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
10.28
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95.45
95.45
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 600 PA
51.61
51.61

Fielding Stats for Eddie Douglass and Jack Lapp

Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.23
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
6.28
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
0.93
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.97
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3152
27
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1050.2
9
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1200
10.28
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2407
29.08
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.34
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
7.77
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.2
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.15
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1263
10.82
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3145
37.99
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1240
10.62
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3050
36.85
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.98
96.98
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.611
8.611
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.865
5.865
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.41
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.72
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.51
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Lapp
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
1.53
Eddie Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lapp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1