He’d take your leg off with a line drive, turn the third baseman around like a swinging door, and powder the hand of the left fielder.” – Cy Young. Napoleon Lajoie, hitter extraordinaire, sublime fielder, manager and executive, has been described …

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Lajoie obtained the greatest number of votes as he led induction mates Tris Speaker (165 votes) and Cy Young (153) with 168 votes (83.6 percent of ballots) from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. [73] [74] Lajoie led all second basemen in the NL in putouts (1898) and the AL four times in his career (1901, 1903, 1906, and 1908).

– Cy Young (legendary pitcher and fellow inductee with Nap Lajoie into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937). Lajoie died on February 7, 1959 and is buried at Daytona Memorial Park in Daytona, Florida. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall …

1937 Hall of Fame Voting Results. Inducted: Morgan Bulkeley,Ban Johnson,Nap Lajoie,Connie Mack,John McGraw,Tris Speaker,George Wright,Cy Young Find Full Vote Totals and Statistics for all Players Who Were on the Ballot.

Feb 7, 2011 · CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Napoleon (Nap) Lajoie, the greatest infielder the Cleveland baseball club ever had, and one of the first nine members of baseball's Hall of Fame, died yesterday in Daytona...

Nap Lajoie has been described as the first superstar in American League history. “Lajoie was one of the most rugged hitters I ever faced. He’d take your leg off with a line drive, turn the third baseman around like a swinging door, and powder the hand of the left fielder.” – Cy Young.

The Hall of Fame’s overall membership grew to eight, as Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young earned election through the second BBWAA vote, garnering the necessary 75 percent of votes in their second year on the ballot. Lajoie led the trio with 168 of …

Elected in 1937 by the BBWAA were (L-R): Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, and Cy Young. The 1937 process of selecting inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame was markedly different from the initial elections the previous year.

Feb 26, 2021 · "Lajoie was one of the most rugged hitters I ever faced. He'd take your leg off with a line drive, turn the third baseman around like a swinging door and powder the hand of the left fielder." - Cy Young. Notable Achievements . AL Triple Crown (1901) 4-time AL Batting Average Leader (1901, 1903, 1904, & 1910)