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	Nap Lajoie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lajoie ended his career in 1915 and 1916 with a return to the Athletics, finishing with a lifetime.339 average.
		Lajoie's 2521 hits in the AL was the league record until Cobb surpassed it in 1918.
		Lajoie was among the second group of players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937, being inducted when the Hall opened in 1939.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nap_Lajoie (635 words)

	Les Corbin d'Amérique/Corbins of Canada-USA - pafg19.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Philomène Lajoie was born on 18.01.1859 in Pointe-Du-Lac, Qc.
		M.-Célina Lajoie was born on 9.03.1863 in Pointe-Du-Lac, Qc.
		Alphonse Lajoie was born on 1.12.1869 in Pointe-Du-Lac, Qc.
	webhome.idirect.com /~letanu/corbin/pafg19.htm (1068 words)

	Nap Lajoie -- One of baseball's most dominant infielders
		Napoleon Lajoie was so good that a team named itself after him for a brief period.
		Lajoie, born in 1875, made his debut with Philadelphia of the National League in 1896 at the age of 21.
		Lajoie in the AL and Honus Wagner in the NL were considered to be the most dominate infielders of the time in both defense and offense.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/l/lajoie_nap.html (922 words)

	PHMC Doc Heritage: The National Pastime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Lajoie was probably the biggest loss for the National League as he was just reaching his prime and was the most skilled hitter of the day.
		The action of the defendant in violating his contract is a breach of good faith, for which there would be no adequate redress at law, and the case therefore properly calls for the aid of equity, in negatively enforcing the performance of the contract, by enjoining against its breach.
		Napoleon Lajoie continued his stellar major league career through 1916 and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.
	www.docheritage.state.pa.us /documents/baseball.asp (975 words)

	Folio: Research project hits a home run \| April 16, 2004
		Lajoie's 1901 baseball card is reportedly worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and one sport historian has called him the first modern American sports celebrity of any stripe.
		The construction of Lajoie as a sports hero (or lack thereof) is a complicated problem, but one worth unraveling for a number of reasons, not the least of which is a better understanding of who we are as Canadians and Americans.
		Lajoie himself worked in a textile plant and fit neatly into baseball's affinity with the working class and the larger myth of the American dream.
	www.ualberta.ca /~publicas/folio/41/15/front.html (932 words)

	Nap Lajoie Wins "George Wright Award"; Who Was Nap Lajoie" How Tobacco Lead To Basebll Cards; Nap Lajoie and Walter ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At the turn of the 20th century Napoleon Lajoie was widely considered to be the top player in baseball.
		Lajoie led the league in batting average, runs batted in, and home runs, the categories which now comprise the "Triple Crown," as well as in several other important categories.
		Lajoie's leadership in home runs and doubles were reflected in the categories that marked slugging in 1901.
	www.homestead.com /spcgaz/77.html (1107 words)

	TSN Presents - Baseball's 100 Greatest Players
		All of those seemingly contradictory descriptions applied to hard-hitting Napoleon Lajoie, a dark, bold-featured French-Canadian who made an indelible mark as the most important (and controversial) baseball star of the 20th century's first decade.
		Lajoie's historic contribution was made in 1901, his sixth major league season, when he jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies of the established National League to Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics of the new American League, giving the rival circuit its first superstar and instant credibility.
		Lajoie punctuated his controversial move by winning the century's first Triple Crown and posting a remarkable.426 average -- still the highest single-season mark in big-league history.
	archive.sportingnews.com /baseball/100/29.html (308 words)

	Nap Lajoie
		Napoleon Lajoie was one of the most graceful performers of his or any era.
		The Phillies had obtained an injunction forbidding Lajoie from playing in Pennsylvania; as a defense against unpredictable court proceedings, AL president Ban Johnson transferred Lajoie's contract to Cleveland, where his arrival instantly invigorated a moribund franchise.
		The race for the batting title between Ty Cobb and Lajoie in 1910 is a bit of baseball legend.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Lajoie.html (681 words)

	EricEnders.com - Nap Lajoie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Napoleon Lajoie (pronunced lazh-way) was born in the industrial town of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, the son of French Canadian immigrants.
		Because Lajoie was a fugitive in Pennsylvania, he didn’t accompany the Blues on any of their road trips to Philadelphia.
		With Lajoie and several other stars unable to make road trips to Philadelphia, the Athletics beat up on their opponents, posting a 56-17 home record and drawing four times as many fans as the beleaguered Phils.
	www.ericenders.com /lajoie.htm (873 words)

	Nap Lajoie - BR Bullpen
		Once the injunction was in effect, Connie Mack saw no reason to hurt Lajoie or the rest of the AL, and Nap was allowed to join Cleveland so that he could play every game except those in Philadelphia.
		Lajoie established himself as the best second baseman in the game, leading the league in fielding six times.
		Cobb had sat out the final two games of the 1910 season, hoping to hold on to his lead, but Lajoie played in a season ending doubleheader, and racked up eight hits, six of which were bunts.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Nap_Lajoie (1329 words)

	Nap Lajoie \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Although Lajoie led the AL in batting twice more, hitting.355 in 1903 and.381 in 1904, the race he lost to Ty Cobb in 1910 is a piece of baseball legend.
		Lajoie goes 8-for-8 in a doubleheader with the Browns, accepting six "gift" hits on bunt singles on which Browns rookie 3B Red Corriden is apparently purposely stationed at the edge of the OF grass.
		In Lajoie's last at bat, he is safe at first on an error call, but is credited with a sac bunt since a man was on.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Lajoie_Nap.stm (2645 words)

	Player Profile: Napoleon Lajoie
		Why he is significant: His stature becoming lost in the mists of time, Lajoie may be the player with the least name recognition among current baseball fans relative to his importance.
		Lajoie was voted #38 in the SABR poll of greatest players of the Twentieth Century.
		Lajoie won the AL batting Triple Crown in 1901.
	www.diamondfans.com /profile-lajoie.html (196 words)

	Nap Lajoie Obituary
		In a twenty-one-year span – with the Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians – Lajoie, who was a right-handed batter, compiled a lifetime average of.339 in 2,475 games.
		Lajoie’s major league total of 3,251 hits is topped by only four others – Cobb, with 4,191, Tris Speaker, 3,515; Honus Wagner, 3,430, and Eddie Collins, 3,313.
		Napoleon Lajoie, of French-Canadian descent, was born in Woonsocket, R.I., Sept. 5, 1875.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /deaths/nap_lajoie_obituary.shtml (912 words)

	The Cobb-Lajoie Race of 1910
		This hatred of Cobb came to a head in 1910 when he and Napoleon Lajoie, the player-manager of the Cleveland Naps, squared off in an epic race for the batting title (Cleveland had renamed its team in honor of the wildly popular Lajoie, who had come over from Philadelphia in 1902).
		Lajoie played with just as much fire and determination as Cobb did, and yet Lajoie was far more popular than Cobb could ever have been.
		The Browns laying down for Lajoie was just a very public statement by them (and by extension the rest of the league) that Cobb was simply not well-liked.
	wso.williams.edu /~jkossuth/cobb/lajoie.htm (909 words)

	American Heroes
		When Connie Mack enticed Napoleon Lajoie to leave the National League with an offer of close to $6,000 yearly to join his Philadelphia Athletics in 1901, you can safetly assume that he got his money's worth.
		Lajoie, the most powerful hitter in all-of-baseball was simply red-hot and assaulted the new league's pitchers.
		Napoleon Lajoie assaulted American League pitchers in 1901 with a phenomenal.422 batting mark.
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=71 (2960 words)

	Nap Lajoie \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Lajoie's toughest opponent was Clark Griffith of the White Sox, who held the second baseman hitless three times in 1901.
		AL president Ban Johnson ordered that Lajoie be transferred to Cleveland where he could avoid Pennsylvania's jurisdiction but could still play in the AL; for the next few years Lajoie remained behind when the Indians traveled to Philadelphia.
		Lajoie was a bad-ball hitter for much of his career.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/lajoina01.php (1138 words)

	The Sporting News Archives - Indians all-time greats: Nap Lajoie
		From the time he stepped down off his hack in Woon-socket, R.I., to sign his first contract, Napoleon Lajoie was the epitome of grace on a baseball diamond.
		Lajoie remained a Phil until 1901, when the promise of a salary far in excess of the National League’s $2,400 limit lured Larry to the Athletics of the new Amer-ican League.
		Lajoie was a participant in one of the hottest and most controversial batting races in history in 1910.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/baseball/103302.html (661 words)

	Heigh-ho: Past Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nap Lajoie was one of the all-time great hitters of the dead ball era.
		In 1910 Lajoie was in a hitting duel with Cobb that has become part of baseball lore.
		Perhaps he was, but Lajoie also knocked a 3-bagger that day, and wound up with a.384 average to Cobb's 385.
	sadspud.blogspot.com /2006/03/past-times.html (1578 words)

	Cleveland Indians History
		Lajoie had jumped from the N.L. to Mack's club, only to be legally restrained from playing in Philadelphia.
		Relinquishing managerial chores in 1909, Lajoie reversed a declining batting average and engaged Ty Cobb in a memorable batting race in 1910.
		By 1913, Jackson, Lajoie, shortstop RAY CHAPMAN, catcher STEVE O'NEILL and pitchers CY FALKENBERG and VEAN GREGG were the nucleus of a rising franchise, but the upstart Federal League raided the A.L. and N.L. and the team.
	home.neo.rr.com /jpcarroll/Indians_History.html (3126 words)

	BrothersJudd Blog: NAP TIME
		The game was memorable because Napoleon Lajoie was playing in his first home opener in Cleveland.
		Even though Lajoie went hitless in Cleveland's 6-2 victory over St. Louis, he was the center of attention.
		When Lajoie came to bat in the first inning, batboy Petie Powers doffed his cap, bowed and presented him with a bouquet of flowers.
	www.brothersjudd.com /blog/archives/2003/05/nap_time_1.html (409 words)

	Nap Lajoie Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Nap Lajoie was born on Saturday, September 5, 1874, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
		Lajoie was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 12, 1896, with the Philadelphia Phillies.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Nap Lajoie baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=lajoina01 (286 words)

	Nap Lajoie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie [la-ZHWAY] (September 5, 1874 - February 7, 1959), also nicknamed "Larry," was an American professional athlete.
		Lajoie, a far more popular player than Cobb, improved his average by going eight for eight in a doubleheader with the St. Louis Browns on the final day of the season.
		His career total of 3242 hits was the second best at the time, behind only Honus Wagner's total in major league history; Lajoie's total of 2521 hits in the AL was the league standard until Cobb surpassed it in 1918.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/nap_lajoie (543 words)

	The Bench Warmer
		All of the players were currently playing when this set was issued except Napoleon Lajoie, card #106, who had been retired for many years.
		It is not known why Napoleon Lajoie was picked for the card.
		Today the Napoleon Lajoie card is very rare and therefore very expensive commanding price of over $5,000.
	members.tripod.com /TheSportsCardBroker/CH3.htm (288 words)

	Napoleon Lajoie - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Napoleon Lajoie - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Lajoie, Napoleon (1875-1959), American professional baseball player, one of the best second basemen in the sport, celebrated for his sure and...
		Napoleon I (1769-1821), emperor of the French, whose imperial dictatorship ended the French Revolution (1789-1799) while consolidating the reforms...
	encarta.msn.com /Napoleon_Lajoie.html (81 words)

	Napoleon's Retreat
		Napoleon’s Retreat is not just the stories of these people and their times, however.
		It is a collage of narratives, combining in the end to show that our knowing of a thing cannot come without being bent out of all recognition by the act of knowing — and perhaps more importantly by the mythopoeic power of language itself.
		Robert Weary narrates all the tales that make up Napoleon’s Retreat and is the Napoleon of the title, styling himself Robert Napoleon Weary, and sometimes Robert Napoleon Lajoie, a minor league baseball player of the fifties.
	www.dcbooks.ca /napoleonsretreat.html (427 words)

	Cleveland Indians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the contrary, when the "Naps" sent longtime leader Napoleon Lajoie to the Philadelphia Athletics at the end of the 1914 season, owner Charles Somers asked the local newspapers to come up with a new name for the team.
		One of the players that jumped was Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie, a Philadelphia Phillies star who signed with the Philadelphia Athletics.
		When the Phillies got an injunction against the A's, the American League and Mack agreed to move Lajoie to Cleveland early in the 1902 season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cleveland_Indians (5241 words)

	Nap Lajoie - Reviews on RateItAll
		Renowned for hitting the ball hard, Lajoie topped.300 in 16 of his 21 big league seasons, ten times batting over.350 for a lifetime average of 339.
		Lajoie combined grace in the field with power at the bat.
		The only reason why Napoleon Lajoie is largely forgotten in th...
	www.rateitall.com /i-25685-nap-lajoie.aspx (241 words)

	The 1912 Plow's Candy Baseball Cards (E300): Taking Rarity to the Limit - PSA Library
		Napoleon Lajoie is just one of the legends to be found in the 1912 Plow's Candy set
		Napoleon Lajoie - His.426 batting average in 1901 is still an American League record.
		Lajoie had already established himself as a great star in the National League when he, Cy Young and other top-notch players jumped to Connie Mack's American League Philadelphia A's.
	www.psacard.com /articles/article_view.chtml?artid=3314&universeid=314 (1422 words)

	Nap Lajoie \| National Baseball Hall of Fame
		Renowned for hitting the ball hard, Lajoie topped.300 in 16 of his 21 big league seasons, ten times batting over.350 for a lifetime average of.339.
		Even when the son of a gun was blocking you off the base, he was smiling and kidding with you.
		View the Hall of Fame ballot from the year Nap Lajoie was inducted.
	baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/lajoie_nap.htm (274 words)

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