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Lajoie ended his career with a lifetime .338 batting average. His career total of 3,252 hits was the second-most in MLB history at the time of his retirement, behind only Honus Wagner's total (3,420). Lajoie's 2,522 hits in the American League was that league's record until Cobb surpassed his mark. [71]
Roland Lajoie (August 11, 1936 – October 28, 2023) was a United States Army officer who served two tours in Vietnam and then in a variety of diplomatic and Cold War assignments. After retiring from the Army, he oversaw U.S. assistance and monitoring in former Soviet states as they decommissioned nuclear forces.
Joss's funeral took place on April 17 in Toledo, when the Naps were scheduled to play the Detroit Tigers. [2] The players declared their intention to strike if the game that day was not postponed. [3] Though American League president Ban Johnson initially did not agree, he cancelled the game. [4] Several Tigers players attended the funeral as ...
In total, nine players from the game were later inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Cy Young and Nap Lajoie for Cleveland, Johnson, Cobb, Collins, Speaker, Crawford, Baker, and Wallace for the all-stars. [14] Shoeless Joe Jackson, another Hall of Fame-caliber player, played for Cleveland. [3] Barnard and the committee also sought ...
Andrée Lajoie (born 1933), Canadian jurist and academic; Bill Lajoie (1934–2010), American baseball player and general manager; Claude Lajoie (1928–2015), Canadian Liberal Party member; Corey LaJoie (born 1991), American race car driver, son of Randy LaJoie; Jon Lajoie (born 1980), Canadian comedian, actor, and internet celebrity
William Richard Lajoie (September 27, 1934 – December 28, 2010) was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and front-office executive. The general manager of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1990, he helped to build, then served as GM of, the world champion 1984 Tigers .
[38] [40] At Thompson's funeral, "Michigan's foremost citizens – state and city officials, judges, bankers, doctors, millionaires, laborers – paid homage ... to their beloved friend", and the neighborhood in which Thompson lived "was packed with expensive automobiles and their liveried chauffeurs" as workmen and wealthy men "discussed their ...
Corey Daniel LaJoie [1] (born September 25, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver and analyst for Amazon Prime Video. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 01 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing. LaJoie is the son of two-time NASCAR Busch Series champion Randy LaJoie.