Lave Cross career batting average
.292Career Regular Season
Lave Cross has a career batting average of .292 over 21 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .386 in 1894.
- Most recent: .199 in 1907.
Average of 21 regular seasons, 1887 through 1907. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | — | 54 | 203 | 32 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .266 | .320 | .335 | .655 |
| 1888 | — | 47 | 181 | 20 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .227 | .239 | .243 | .482 |
| 1889 | — | 55 | 199 | 22 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .221 | .272 | .281 | .554 |
| 1890 | — | 63 | 245 | 42 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .298 | .331 | .429 | .759 |
| 1891 | — | 110 | 402 | 66 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 14 | .301 | .366 | .458 | .823 |
| 1892 |  PHI | 140 | 541 | 84 | 149 | 4 | 0 | 18 | .275 | .328 | .362 | .690 |
| 1893 | PHI | 96 | 415 | 81 | 124 | 4 | 0 | 18 | .299 | .342 | .398 | .739 |
| 1894 | PHI | 119 | 529 | 123 | 204 | 7 | 0 | 21 | .386 | .421 | .524 | .944 |
| 1895 | PHI | 125 | 535 | 95 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 21 | .271 | .319 | .364 | .684 |
| 1896 | PHI | 106 | 406 | 63 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .256 | .312 | .345 | .657 |
| 1897 | PHI | 88 | 344 | 37 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 10 | .259 | .282 | .363 | .645 |
| 1898 |  STL | 151 | 602 | 71 | 191 | 3 | 0 | 14 | .317 | .348 | .405 | .753 |
| 1899 | — | 141 | 557 | 76 | 166 | 5 | 0 | 13 | .298 | .330 | .377 | .707 |
| 1900 |  STL/LAD | 133 | 522 | 79 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 21 | .293 | .329 | .368 | .697 |
| 1901 |  ATH | 100 | 424 | 82 | 139 | 2 | 0 | 23 | .328 | .358 | .465 | .823 |
| 1902 | ATH | 137 | 559 | 90 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .342 | .374 | .440 | .814 |
| 1903 | ATH | 137 | 559 | 60 | 163 | 2 | 0 | 14 | .292 | .304 | .356 | .660 |
| 1904 | ATH | 155 | 607 | 73 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .290 | .310 | .379 | .689 |
| 1905 | ATH | 147 | 587 | 69 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .266 | .299 | .332 | .631 |
| 1906 |  MIN | 130 | 494 | 55 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .263 | .303 | .322 | .625 |
| 1907 | MIN | 41 | 161 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .199 | .246 | .248 | .494 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS