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Mel Ott League
3-1-2069
Jim Lavender Third Base
Retired (1975, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .284 Total Rating   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 Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity   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 WS Appearances 9
2B (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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1958 NYA
148
621
76
157
27
4
23
70
59
113 8 0
1
0 31
.746
.326
.420
.167
.253
1959 NYA
146
583
89
153
33
9
16
58
54
106 5 1
3
2 19
.762
.330
.432
.170
.262
1960 NYA
148
622
97
144
23
2
19
57
56
110 4 0
15
2 13
.666
.299
.367
.135
.232
1961 NYA
148
623
100
165
34
6
25
65
47
111 4 2
16
9 4
.779
.320
.459
.194
.265
1962 NYA-CIN
148
606
95
179
27
6
28
90
49
118 1 4
23
8 6
.845
.347
.498
.203
.295
1963 CIN
148
597
94
178
31
5
25
86
53
90 2 7
21
9 5
.846
.354
.492
.194
.298
1964 CIN
147
573
111
174
28
5
29
90
67
107 2 6
21
7 4
.897
.375
.522
.218
.304
1965 CIN
148
611
102
194
31
10
31
92
51
98 4 6
19
6 7
.924
.371
.553
.236
.318
1966 CIN
148
612
127
199
33
8
35
99
70
91 3 5
32
14 3
.971
.394
.577
.252
.325
1967 CIN
124
480
59
122
19
5
17
68
33
87 2 5
16
6 5
.723
.302
.421
.167
.254
1968 CIN
148
576
79
147
33
5
21
80
43
93 4 5
14
5 3
.748
.309
.439
.184
.255
1969 CIN-CHN-NYA
147
577
96
161
24
5
31
107
64
105 3 1
18
7 1
.853
.353
.499
.220
.279
1970 NYA
148
600
101
177
29
8
29
104
55
94 4 5
20
6 7
.870
.355
.515
.220
.295
1971 NYA
148
609
141
204
34
9
41
117
56
93 3 3
30
3 4
1.014
.392
.622
.287
.335
1972 NYA
133
458
77
127
20
1
22
87
58
73 0 2
14
6 3
.827
.357
.469
.192
.277
1973 NYA
114
320
60
91
11
5
20
71
37
46 5 4
3
1 4
.901
.363
.538
.253
.284
1974 NYA
88
289
42
98
12
5
9
49
28
60 0 2
5
1 1
.904
.395
.509
.170
.339
1975 NYA
94
225
35
49
8
3
10
51
19
40 2 2
3
1 7
.696
.282
.413
.196
.218
Total
2473
9582
1581
2719
457
101
431
1441
899
1635 56 60
274
93 127
.834
.347
.487
.204
.284
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.