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Jack Lapp
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Birthdate: 9/10/1884
Died: 2/6/1920
Height / Weight: 5' 8" / 160 lbs.
Place of Birth: Frazer, PA, USA
Bats / Throws: L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Portrait of American League's Philadelphia Athletics catcher Jack Lapp bending forward holding a ball in his glove at a ballpark. Photographers and reporters are standing on the field in the background. Spectators sitting in the stands are visible in the background. The image may have been taken during the 1910 World Series game at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SDN-009017, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society 

A standout catcher during the dead ball era, Jack Lapp was the Philadelphia Athletics starting catcher and helped owner Connie Mack’s teams win 4 pennants, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, and three World Series Titles, 1910, 1911, and 1913. Jack Lapp teamed up with A’s star pitchers Chief Bender, Jack Combs, Eddie Plank, Cy Morgan and Broadwalk Brown and Hall of Fame second baseman Eddie Collins to provide Athletics fans with some of the best baseball thrills during time period. 


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
9 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1908 PHA (AL) 13 35 4 5 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .143 .268 SLG
1909 PHA (AL) 21 56 8 19 3 1 0 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 .339 .373 SLG
1910 PHA (AL) 71 192 18 45 4 3 0 17 20 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 .234 .310 SLG
1911 PHA (AL) 68 167 35 59 10 3 1 26 24 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 .353 .435 SLG
1912 PHA (AL) 91 281 26 82 15 6 1 35 19 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 .292 .337 SLG
1913 PHA (AL) 82 238 23 54 4 4 1 20 37 26 1 0 0 2 2 0 .227 .336 SLG
1914 PHA (AL) 69 199 22 46 7 2 0 19 31 14 1 4 0 1 10 0 .231 .338 SLG
1915 PHA (AL) 112 312 26 85 16 5 2 31 30 29 5 2 0 2 13 0 .272 .340 SLG
1916 CHW (AL) 40 101 6 21 0 1 0 7 8 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 .208 .266 SLG
9 years   567 1581 168 416 59 26 5 166 177 79 16 6 0 7 44 0 .263 .340 .SLG



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