Lave Cross
Given Name: Lafayette Napoleon Born: 5/12/1866 in Milwaukee, WI USA Died: 9/6/1927 in Toledo, OH USA First Game: Saturday April 23, 1887 Last Game: Thursday June 6, 1907 None of his previous teams had possessed the firepower to seriously compete. Before the 1894 campaign, ownership replaced manager Wright with Listed at 5-foot-8 and 155 pounds, the right-handed Cross was typically labeled as “short and stoutly built,” suggesting this height may have been slightly overstated.Yet nothing distinguished Cross, as he transitioned to third base, more than the catcher’s mitt he brought with him. Yet soon after Cross’s St. Louis critic praised McGraw for blocking the bag, Connie Mack, and a $3,000 salary, induced Cross to jump to the upstart American League’s Philadelphia Athletics in March 1901.“I said to Larry [Lajoie] one day, ‘Larry, when are we going to win a game?’” Cross recalled, “‘Never with this bunch,’ the big fellow replied and then he and I and Court injunctions in April 1902 prevented Lajoie from playing in-state with the Athletics, and he eventually signed with Cleveland. 1 First came stints with the American Association’s Athletics and Players’ League’s Quakers, before a half-dozen seasons with the talented but underachieving mid-1890s National League Phillies. Buried: … Year AVG Rank; 1906.263: 18th in AL: 1905.266: 17th in AL: 1904.290: 7th in AL: 1903.292 Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Lave Cross was born on Saturday, May 12, 1866, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A moment from a July 7 match at Pittsburgh is illustrative: “Cross saw [a liner off the bat of Critics called this usage “unscientific and unsightly.”“Lave Cross is not in the least inconvenienced by the abolishment of the big glove for infielders,” a Pittsburgh reporter observed early in the 1895 season.That November, the Phillies traded him to the St. Louis Browns, along with Clements, Once the 39-111 campaign concluded, trade rumors swirled, but Cross remained in limbo. In 1905, a correspondent reporting from New York found Cross “as fast as lightning on those slow, tantalizing hits which the locals generally beat out.”The one third baseman in this era consistently considered Cross’s superior was Jimmy Collins.Although neither player’s equal defensively, McGraw was the best leadoff hitter of his era. The often-injured Cross only appeared in 100 games (81 as a backstop) over both seasons. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Lave Cross. A nimble catcher before becoming one of the finest defensive third basemen of his era, Lave Cross spent most of his long career with four Philadelphia franchises. He also blasted Cross for “the habit of picking up a bunt and tossing it in the air to fully inform the stands that it was a base hit, with no chance on earth to get the runner.” Finally, he suggested Cross too often relied upon shortstop Wallace to chase after “nasty” flies behind the left side of the infield.Such criticisms were the exception to the rule. The strains of captainship, upon his own game and in relations with teammates and ownership, wore upon him.Although Washington had finished in seventh place in 1905, and their promising young shortstop Two months into the 1907 season, Cross was hitting only .199 (an OPS+ of 63) and was “not thoroughly in accord with the policies” of new manager Cross then returned to Pennsylvania to become Shamokin’s player-manager.
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