Lent immediate legitimacy to the fledgling American League when he jumped to the Philadelphia A's from the Phillies in 1901 and hit .426, the modern record. He is 14th in career hits (3,242) and ...

Nap Lajoie is something of an enigma. At his very best he was ever bit as good as Hornsby, but he had some duds in there as well. A big part of that was his value with the glove. I could buy an ...

299 or higher: Nap Lajoie, Eddie Collins, Frankie Frisch, Rogers Hornsby, Cherlie Gehringer, Billy Herman, and Roberto Alomar. Hanley Ramirez is also on this year’s ballot, as is Ian Kinsler.

1937 — Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the second year of voting. 1952 — The Professional Golfers Association approves the participation of ...

After Hogg walked Charlie Hickman to start the ninth, he seemed to have gotten team namesake and Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie to hit a grounder back to him for the first out of the inning. However ...