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Mel Ott League
8-3-2069
Jim Lavender Third Base
Retired (1975, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .284 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .834 Status Deceased (2020) Option Years 0  
H 2719 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 03-25-1937
HR 431 Drafted Round 1, Pick 2
(1958)		 Majors Svc Time 18 years
(77 games)
RBI 1441
SB 274
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 5
1B D+ (27.6%) LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 9
2B F  (0.9%) CF C+ (47.8%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 13
3B A+ (100%) RF A+ (98.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 8
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1958 Majors 21 66.10 5 / 12 1 / 11 3 / 8 1 / 8 6 / 12 8 / 10 4 / 5 28 / 66
1959 Majors 22 63.65 1 / 5 2 / 7 2 / 6 7 / 17 5 / 8 8 / 10 5 / 10 30 / 63
1960 Majors 23 73.47 5 / 16 5 / 11 6 / 9 3 / 13 1 / 5 4 / 4 14 / 15 38 / 73
1961 Majors 24 72.11 2 / 13 5 / 10 4 / 13 1 / 6 6 / 14 7 / 11 4 / 5 29 / 72
1962 Majors 25 67.23 4 / 16 2 / 7 2 / 10 2 / 8 3 / 7 4 / 14 3 / 5 20 / 67
1963 Majors 26 66.21 1 / 12 1 / 11 1 / 7 1 / 8 3 / 13 1 / 6 6 / 9 14 / 66
1964 Majors 27 65.23 0 / 11 0 / 8 2 / 11 1 / 6 1 / 10 3 / 15 1 / 4 8 / 65
1965 Majors 28 67.19 2 / 8 4 / 11 0 / 9 1 / 8 3 / 13 3 / 11 0 / 7 13 / 67
1966 Majors 29 69.00 1 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 11 1 / 11 1 / 8 0 / 8 3 / 69
1967 Majors 30 51.99 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 13 2 / 51
1968 Majors 31 62.79 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 10 0 / 4 0 / 13 0 / 7 1 / 62
1969 Majors 32 63.69 0 / 14 1 / 12 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 6 1 / 12 0 / 7 3 / 63
1970 Majors 33 66.39 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 16 0 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 66
1971 Majors 34 65.25 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 65
1972 Majors 35 53.44 148 117 14 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 53
1973 Majors 36 52.54 162 80 0 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 15 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 52
1974 Majors 37 48.75 162 73 0 1 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 3 1 / 48
1975 Majors 38 43.90 162 52 0 -2 / 5 -1 / 4 -3 / 6 -6 / 4 1 / 7 -3 / 7 -3 / 10 -17 / 43
Total 634 322 14 20 / 168 20 / 157 17 / 164 12 / 167 32 / 160 37 / 165 35 / 130 173 / 1111
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Jim Lavender has retired from the New York Cavalry
1972-04-30Jim Lavender of the New York Cavalry is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1969-07-18A trade has been completed between the Chicago Reds and the New York Cavalry. The New York Cavalry receive Cat Hunter, Jim Lavender, Hale Haddux, Brandon Phillips, Draft Pick - 1970 Round 2 (CHN) from the Chicago Reds in exchange for Doug Rodriguez, Jack Mann, Ike Turnerosky, Tom Kreitz.
1969-06-06A trade has been completed between the Chicago Reds and the Cincinnati Sex Pistols. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols receive Bucky Banta, Fred Swander, Rufe Mendoza from the Chicago Reds in exchange for Joe Strummer, Jim Lavender.
1967-06-20Jim Lavender of the Cincinnati Sex Pistols is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1962-06-13A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Sex Pistols and the New York Cavalry. The New York Cavalry receive Paul Howard, Lefty Blethen, Keith Jackson from the Cincinnati Sex Pistols in exchange for Jim Lavender.
1958-04-01The New York Cavalry have promoted Tom Harrelson to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have promoted Ed Walls to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have promoted Bucky Castino to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have promoted Gat Durham to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have promoted Jim Lavender to the major league team.