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David
Lawrence		  
Nickname: Lumberjack
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 1, 1933 in Tupper Lake Ny
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1960    1969   
Gold Glove Award 1964   
All-Star Selections 1960    1962    1967   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1956 22 MLN   99 314 45 85 12 3 6 49 8 3 27 48 .271 .328 .385 .714 40.1  
1957 23 BAL   75 251 35 62 11 4 11 34 5 3 24 28 .247 .313 .454 .767 35.9  
1958 24 BAL AL 149 501 73 153 30 4 14 80 4 4 38 53 .305 .359 .465 .824 80.7 15.6
1959 25 BAL AL 139 477 61 141 21 4 12 75 9 5 64 50 .296 .374 .432 .806 81.9 16.3
1960 26 BAL AL 142 439 70 139 31 2 12 79 4 4 61 57 .317 .393 .478 .872 83.3 16.0
1961 27 BAL AL 155 570 103 183 34 4 19 93 7 5 81 52 .321 .407 .495 .902 107.4 19.8
1962 28 BAL AL 151 520 93 165 32 6 17 107 6 3 74 57 .317 .405 .500 .905 98.5 17.1
1963 29 BAL AL 125 461 63 142 23 8 13 80 5 2 55 49 .308 .384 .477 .861 78.3 16.8
1964 30 BAL AL 29 111 21 40 5 0 7 14 0 1 12 7 .360 .424 .595 1.019 24.8 5.6
  MIN AL 129 475 80 156 23 5 10 73 1 3 73 63 .328 .421 .461 .882 88.9 19.8
  TOT   158 586 101 196 28 5 17 87 1 4 85 70 .334 .421 .486 .908 113.7 25.4
1965 31 MIN AL 160 541 79 166 27 5 18 81 0 0 91 81 .307 .405 .475 .880 102.0 24.6
1966 32 MIN AL 49 178 23 50 7 2 5 21 0 0 17 31 .281 .348 .427 .775 25.1 5.4
  SFG NL 103 346 42 88 17 0 5 41 0 0 31 50 .254 .319 .347 .666 36.2 5.4
  TOT   152 524 65 138 24 2 10 62 0 0 48 81 .263 .329 .374 .703 61.3 10.9
1967 33 SFG NL 139 491 94 166 28 6 11 53 0 0 53 72 .338 .405 .487 .891 89.7 22.4
1968 34 CIN NL 150 537 73 156 33 4 13 72 6 5 55 83 .291 .360 .439 .799 81.8 20.3
1969 35 CIN NL 117 431 73 128 21 3 11 62 9 3 54 55 .297 .376 .436 .812 67.5 13.9
1970 36 CIN NL 148 551 90 161 32 9 13 76 8 2 56 86 .292 .360 .454 .814 87.1 16.9
1971 37 CIN NL 154 556 52 131 14 4 3 61 5 2 43 106 .236 .290 .291 .582 46.6 4.5
1972 38 CIN NL 70 104 13 28 5 0 2 9 1 1 5 13 .269 .303 .375 .678 9.7 1.5
15 Years Sim 2109 7289 1103 2193 383 66 185 1077 65 40 863 965 .301 .376 .448 .824 1189.5 242.0
17 Years Pro 2283 7854 1183 2340 406 73 202 1160 78 46 914 1041 .298 .371 .445 .817 1265.5  
162 Game Average 559 84 168 29 5 14 82 4 3 66 74 .301 .376 .448 .824 91.4  
Career Highs 160 586 103 196 34 9 19 107 9 5 91 106 .338 .421 .500 .908 113.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5543 865 1736 305 48 147 843 50 31 649 686 .313 .386 .465 .851 953.5
vs LH   1746 238 457 78 18 38 234 15 9 214 279 .262 .344 .392 .737 239.9
Home 1050 3512 528 1066 184 33 90 496 32 19 424 449 .304 .381 .452 .832 584.9
Away 1059 3777 575 1127 199 33 95 581 33 21 439 516 .298 .372 .444 .816 608.5
RISP   1827 0 556 87 14 52 831 0 0 246 221 .304 .379 .453 .831 315.2
Pinch Hitting   207 25 66 9 2 4 29 2 1 17 26 .319 .371 .440 .811 32.1
Close/Late   866 97 285 46 8 22 131 0 0 122 107 .329 .415 .477 .891 163.3
Mar/Apr 264 947 149 281 51 9 24 139 12 10 106 120 .297 .370 .446 .816 150.2
May 397 1372 231 412 61 14 49 237 14 11 169 180 .300 .377 .472 .850 237.3
June 336 1136 145 317 61 4 23 140 10 6 127 142 .279 .354 .401 .754 160.1
July 368 1249 193 385 64 15 26 199 9 1 150 163 .308 .384 .446 .830 208.5
August 398 1401 200 446 76 8 32 195 13 7 155 184 .318 .386 .453 .838 235.2
Sep/Oct 346 1184 185 352 70 16 31 167 7 5 156 176 .297 .380 .462 .842 202.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 24 BAL AL 1B 139 139 1120.7 1279 122 14 139 .990 11.25   2.4
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    3B 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1959 25 BAL AL 1B 131 127 1095.3 1197 85 16 124 .988 10.53   1.8
    SS 3 0 13.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.15   0.1
1960 26 BAL AL 1B 126 108 979.7 1019 87 12 114 .989 10.16   1.5
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1961 27 BAL AL 1B 149 146 1282.0 1422 98 8 139 .995 10.67   2.0
    SS 5 0 8.0 5 5 0 2 1.000 11.25   0.2
1962 28 BAL AL 1B 136 136 1173.3 1342 99 4 136 .997 11.05   4.2
    SS 9 0 20.3 3 10 0 1 1.000 5.76   0.1
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 29 BAL AL 3B 119 118 1040.3 78 220 23 21 .928 2.58   2.6
    1B 4 0 11.0 8 2 0 1 1.000 8.18   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1964 30 BAL AL 3B 24 23 206.6 15 51 3 3 .957 2.88   1.0
    SS 5 5 40.3 8 14 1 4 .957 4.91   0.0
  MIN AL 3B 107 104 918.8 67 225 15 14 .951 2.86   2.6
    SS 22 20 179.1 33 63 3 18 .970 4.82   1.1
  TOT   3B 131 127 1125.4 82 276 18 17 .952 2.86   3.6
      SS 27 25 219.4 41 77 4 22 .967 4.84   1.2
1965 31 MIN AL 3B 149 147 1275.7 65 314 23 24 .943 2.67   3.2
    1B 5 0 10.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 32 MIN AL 3B 42 41 381.0 22 84 6 6 .946 2.50   1.0
    SS 5 0 12.1 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.98   0.0
  SFG NL 3B 87 85 735.0 42 162 11 11 .949 2.50   2.0
    SS 12 0 23.3 3 6 0 1 1.000 3.48   0.1
  TOT   3B 129 126 1116.0 64 246 17 17 .948 2.50   3.0
      SS 17 0 35.4 4 9 0 1 1.000 3.31   0.1
1967 33 SFG NL 3B 129 113 990.7 87 219 15 17 .953 2.78   2.1
    SS 5 0 9.7 4 4 0 3 1.000 7.45   0.1
1968 34 CIN NL SS 140 136 1194.7 147 385 19 62 .966 4.01   6.8
    1B 6 1 13.7 22 1 0 2 1.000 15.15   0.1
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1969 35 CIN NL SS 93 88 778.3 111 278 9 51 .977 4.50   4.8
    1B 19 19 169.0 161 8 2 20 .988 9.00   0.3
    3B 4 0 8.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.1
1970 36 CIN NL SS 141 140 1235.7 143 407 10 72 .982 4.01   7.4
    1B 5 4 38.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 9.24   0.1
    3B 1 0 5.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
1971 37 CIN NL SS 152 150 1318.0 148 460 17 72 .973 4.15   7.5
    1B 1 0 4.0 6 0 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
1972 38 CIN NL SS 11 8 74.7 6 21 1 5 .964 3.25   0.3
    3B 8 6 49.0 1 10 2 0 .846 2.02   0.1
    1B 2 0 7.0 5 0 0 2 1.000 6.43   0.0
  1B 723 680 5903.6 6507 503 56 680 .992 10.69   12.4
  3B 676 637 5622.1 379 1291 98 98 .945 2.67   14.7
  SS 610 547 4917.1 616 1664 60 292 .974 4.17   28.6
Career Totals   2009 1864 16442.8 7502 3458 214 1070 .981 6.00   55.7
Career Highs   158 152 1344.8 1427 460 23 141 .997 11.20    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1960 26 BAL AL 5 23 4 11 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 .478 .500 .696 1.196
Career Post-Season Batting 5 23 4 11 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 .478 .500 .696 1.196
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1960-7-.317
1964-4-.334
1967-3-.338
1968-7-.291
CAR-31-.301
 On-Base Pct
1960-9-.393
1961-6-.407
1962-9-.405
1963-9-.384
1964-3-.421
1965-4-.405
1967-4-.405
1968-7-.360
CAR-24-.376
 Slugging Pct
1968-8-.439
CAR-45-.448
 OPS
1963-8-.861
1964-6-.908
1965-8-.880
1967-5-.891
1968-6-.799
CAR-30-.824
 XR
1964-5-113.7
1965-9-102.0
1968-7-81.8
CAR-47-1189.5
 Games
1958-2-149
1964-4-158
1965-1-160
Runs
1964-8-101
1967-6-94
 Hits
1964-5-196
 Total Bases
1964-9-285
 Singles
1964-5-146
 Doubles
1958-8-30
1960-8-31
1961-7-34
1962-6-32
1967-8-28
1968-3-33
1970-10-32
CAR-30-383
 Triples
1970-5-9
RBIs
1962-10-107
 Walks
1964-7-85
1965-6-91
 Strikeouts
1971-7-106
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1
   Gray Ink Test: 54
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1952
Traded from Boston (A) to Boston (N) on 4/16/1952 (Going to BSN: P Clarence Schnaubert, CF Cyrus Helbig, 3B Emerson Meggs, 3B David Lawrence, RF Pete Pugliese, P Darryl Sark. Going to BOS: C Don Lock, RF Grady Fisher, P Joe Lutske, CF Bill Lutes)
Injured on 5/10/1954 with a Concussion, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/1/1955, off Jack Garvin (PHI)
Traded from Milwaukee to Philadelphia on 4/1/1956 (Going to PHI: CF David Mau, SS Joe Johnston, 1B David Lawrence. Going to MLN: CF Rudel Dietrich)
Traded from Philadelphia to Baltimore on 4/16/1956 (Going to BAL: P Jack Garvin, 1B David Lawrence, 3B Gus Smith. Going to PHI: 1B Arthur Givler, P Les Kramer)
Injured on 7/4/1957 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/29/1959 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland on 7/2/1960
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won World Series with Baltimore in 1960
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles (A) on 5/15/1962
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Injured on 6/2/1963 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Baltimore to Minnesota on 5/16/1964 (Going to MIN: 3B David Lawrence. Going to BAL: P Roy Cruse, 3B Jay Beardsley)
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1964
Won Player of the Week award on 7/19/1965, hitting .389 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/1965, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to San Francisco on 6/1/1966 (Going to SFG: 3B David Lawrence. Going to MIN: RF Mark Emmett, 3B David Parkhurst)
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (N) on 9/26/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 10/3/1966, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Traded from San Francisco to Cincinnati on 4/8/1968 (Going to SFG: SS Dion Pinelo, 1B Lamar Carbo. Going to CIN: 3B David Lawrence)
Injured on 5/19/1968 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1968, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1968, hitting .340 with 5 HR, 16 RBI
Injured on 6/13/1969 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1969, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 8/21/1969, off Jerome Gabbert (STL)
Injured on 9/22/1969 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3-4 weeks
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1969
Injured on 5/31/1970 with a Broken Nose, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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