Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2011
- Draft
- 2008Rd 6, Pk 202
- College
- Yale
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2011
- Draft
- 2008Rd 6, Pk 202
- College
- Yale
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 165
- AB
- 447
- R
- 37
- H
- 97
- HR
- 9
- RBI
- 50
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .217
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | BOS | 17 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .231 |
| 2012 | BOS | 46 | 153 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .157 |
| 2013 | BOS | 25 | 77 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .299 |
| 2014 | BOS | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2015 |  BAL/ATL | 37 | 94 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .191 |
| 2017 | ATH | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 |
| 2018 | PIT | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| 2019 | CIN | 5 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .278 |
| 2020 | MIA | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 |
| 2021 | CLE | 9 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 486
- TB
- 154
- XBH
- 39
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 15
- P/PA
- 3.98
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | BOS | 43 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 |
| 2012 | BOS | 166 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 2013 | BOS | 82 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 2014 | BOS | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 |
| 2015 | BAL/ATL | 106 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | ATH | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | PIT | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 2019 | CIN | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | MIA | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | CLE | 30 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.1
- RC
- 37.8
- RC/27
- 2.80
- ISOP
- .128
- SECA
- .199
- BB/K
- 0.27
- AB/HR
- 49.7
- GO/FO
- 0.70
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | BOS | 0.5 | 5 | 4.3 | .205 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 19.5 | 0.5 |
| 2012 | BOS | -1.8 | 5.4 | 1.1 | .092 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 76.5 | 0.8 |
| 2013 | BOS | 0.2 | 10 | 4.7 | .130 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 77 | 0.7 |
| 2014 | BOS | -0.3 | -1.4 | -3.3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 2015 | BAL/ATL | -0.1 | 7.2 | 2.4 | .128 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 47 | 0.6 |
| 2017 | ATH | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.1 | .091 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | PIT | 0.2 | 2.4 | 32.8 | .167 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | CIN | 0.2 | 4.1 | 8.4 | .444 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.6 |
| 2020 | MIA | 0.0 | 1.4 | 5.6 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 |
| 2021 | CLE | 0.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | .107 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.7 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Ryan Lavarnway's career stats?
Ryan Lavarnway played 10 seasons for the Red Sox, the Athletics, the Pirates, the Reds, the Marlins and the Guardians. He was a career .217 hitter with 97 hits, 9 home runs and 50 RBI. His best season was 2018: a .667 batting average, 0 home runs and 1 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 2011 to 2021
Championships
- 2013 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
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