What years did John Henry Lloyd play?

John Henry Lloyd played in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1931.

Was John Henry Lloyd a pitcher?

No. John Henry Lloyd was a position player (Shortstop).

How many home runs did John Henry Lloyd hit?

John Henry Lloyd hit 29 career home runs with 1283 hits.

Is John Henry Lloyd in the Hall of Fame?

Yes. John Henry Lloyd was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.

John Henry Lloyd

Shortstop · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1912-1931)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1977

AVG .344

HR 29

RBI 661

H 1,283

OPS .848

PIV 12,777

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 180 lb
Born: 4/25/1884 in Palatka, FL, USA
Died: 3/19/1964 in Atlantic City, NJ, USA
MLB Debut: 1912-08-24
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1977 (Negro League)

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
179.0	155.0	26.0	52.0	8.0	3.0	0	4.0	18.0	4.0	6.0	.335	.408	.426	.834

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
981	3,731	641	1,283	206	63	29	661	136	281	8	.344	.391	.456	.848	12,777

Career AVG .344 vs. league average .269 across their career seasons — +28.0% above league average.

Career OBP .391 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — +18.0% above league average.

Career SLG .456 vs. league average .365 across their career seasons — +25.1% above league average.

Career OPS .848 vs. league average .696 across their career seasons — +21.7% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1906	CXG	EAS	11	35	4	8	0	1	0	3	3	6	0	.229	—	—	—	—	0.0
1907	PG	NAC	15	57	9	14	1	0	1	5	2	4	0	.246	.245 (avg)	.304 (+1%)	.308 (+2%)	.613 (+1%)	18.4
1908	PG	NAC	30	124	31	53	7	4	1	25	4	8	0	.427	.240 (+78%)	.298 (+55%)	.306 (+87%)	.605 (+71%)	1220.1
1909	PG	INT	18	78	17	35	9	2	2	17	0	6	0	.449	.244 (+84%)	.306 (+59%)	.312 (+122%)	.618 (+91%)	970.7
1910	LEL	WES	21	89	12	33	9	1	2	23	3	2	0	.371	.249 (+48%)	.317 (+21%)	.326 (+72%)	.644 (+47%)	551.1
1911	NLG	EAS	15	60	12	25	2	2	1	16	2	5	0	.417	.266 (+56%)	.336 (+37%)	.356 (+59%)	.693 (+48%)	450.8
1912	NLG	EAS	21	82	13	29	4	1	1	11	6	3	0	.354	.268 (+32%)	.335 (+14%)	.358 (+29%)	.694 (+22%)	270.1
1913	NLG	EAS	16	61	13	23	1	2	0	10	3	5	0	.377	.259 (+45%)	.325 (+30%)	.345 (+33%)	.670 (+32%)	297.3
1914	CAG	WES	48	188	36	57	12	5	0	30	7	19	0	.303	.255 (+19%)	.322 (+14%)	.339 (+24%)	.661 (+19%)	554.6
1915	NLS	EAS	33	136	21	54	11	3	0	26	10	7	0	.397	.250 (+58%)	.318 (+34%)	.332 (+57%)	.651 (+46%)	902.1
1915	CAG	WES	18	70	14	22	3	0	1	16	0	5	0	.314	.250 (+25%)	.318 (+13%)	.332 (+20%)	.651 (+17%)	902.1
1916	CAG	WES	62	223	38	75	9	2	1	34	6	20	0	.336	.248 (+35%)	.314 (+26%)	.326 (+25%)	.640 (+25%)	965.5
1917	CAG	WES	57	206	26	62	12	7	1	39	6	15	0	.301	.248 (+21%)	.312 (+12%)	.323 (+37%)	.635 (+24%)	702.5
1918	BRG	EAS	21	86	15	31	4	2	0	16	1	6	0	.360	.255 (+41%)	.318 (+26%)	.326 (+39%)	.645 (+33%)	404.1
1919	BRG	EAS	4	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1919	AC	EAS	21	79	9	30	5	2	0	14	5	7	0	.380	.262 (+45%)	.322 (+35%)	.347 (+42%)	.670 (+39%)	0.0
1920	BRG	EAS	20	73	6	21	2	1	0	7	3	8	0	.288	.271 (+6%)	.331 (+8%)	.363 (-6%)	.694 (+1%)	28.1
1921	COB	NNL	86	349	61	121	20	8	0	52	26	22	1	.347	.286 (+21%)	.344 (+12%)	.395 (+14%)	.739 (+13%)	813.1
1922	NYB	IND	55	226	36	67	14	0	1	26	8	6	4	.296	.285 (+4%)	.345 (-8%)	.397 (-6%)	.743 (-7%)	-297.6
1923	HIL	ECL	41	150	34	54	14	1	2	23	6	9	0	.360	.282 (+27%)	.344 (+15%)	.390 (+30%)	.734 (+23%)	565.4
1924	ACB	ECL	63	231	40	84	15	2	1	51	9	20	2	.364	.283 (+28%)	.345 (+20%)	.389 (+18%)	.734 (+19%)	816.6
1925	ACB	ECL	71	254	43	84	8	5	3	57	13	32	0	.331	.288 (+15%)	.349 (+16%)	.407 (+7%)	.756 (+11%)	628.9
1926	NLG	ECL	49	184	27	60	6	3	1	32	4	16	0	.326	.279 (+17%)	.345 (+12%)	.390 (+4%)	.735 (+8%)	288.0
1927	NLG	ECL	29	111	17	34	8	1	1	18	0	4	0	.306	.282 (+9%)	.344 (-4%)	.392 (+8%)	.736 (+2%)	10.2
1928	NLG	ECL	36	133	31	51	4	1	5	20	4	10	1	.383	.280 (+37%)	.342 (+26%)	.395 (+37%)	.737 (+32%)	748.0
1929	NLG	ANL	59	219	43	80	16	5	3	53	2	19	0	.365	.289 (+26%)	.353 (+18%)	.415 (+26%)	.769 (+22%)	900.1
1930	NLG	IND	44	155	29	59	8	2	1	31	3	13	0	.381	.293 (+30%)	.354 (+21%)	.429 (+11%)	.784 (+16%)	483.9
1931	HAR	IND	17	59	4	15	2	0	0	6	0	4	0	.254	.276 (-8%)	.338 (-11%)	.388 (-26%)	.726 (-19%)	-171.6
Career · 28 seasons			981	3,731	641	1,283	206	63	29	661	136	281	8	.344	—	—	—	—	13,023

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	8	29	7	9	0	0	.310
Away	2	6	0	1	0	0	.167

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO
1929-09-01	NYL	HIL	W	3	1	0	0	1	0
1929-09-01	NYL	HIL	W	3	1	2	1	1	0
1929-06-06	NYL	BLS	W	4	1	1	1	0	0
1929-06-06	NYL	BLS	W	3	0	1	0	1	0
1921-07-19	CB1	CG1	W	5	1	2	0	0	0
1921-07-09	CB1	DT1	W	4	2	1	0	1	0
1921-06-29	CB1	SLG	L	3	0	1	0	0	1
1921-05-09	CB1	IN4	L	3	0	0	0	0	0
1921-05-01	CB1	CG1	L	4	1	1	0	1	0
1921-04-30	CB1	CG1	L	3	0	1	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	130	124	1250	67	14	77
2B	247	174	414	514	47	73
3B	6	3	11	9	2	1
OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
SS	604	270	1520	1727	205	202

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1906	CXG	2B	11	11	25	22	4	4
1907	PG	SS	15	15	36	53	8	7
1908	PG	SS	30	30	72	104	14	8
1909	PG	SS	18	0	46	58	8	7
1910	LEL	2B	1	0	3	2	0	1
1910	LEL	SS	21	0	38	62	6	5
1911	NLG	SS	15	0	30	38	7	7
1912	NLG	SS	21	0	43	59	9	3
1913	NLG	SS	16	0	32	38	6	2
1914	CAG	3B	2	0	1	1	0	0
1914	CAG	SS	48	0	156	127	19	16
1915	NLS	SS	33	0	71	79	11	11
1915	CAG	SS	18	0	60	52	6	7
1916	CAG	SS	62	0	164	196	19	24
1917	CAG	1B	1	0	12	0	0	0
1917	CAG	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1917	CAG	SS	55	0	131	150	18	21
1918	BRG	1B	1	0	15	1	0	3
1918	BRG	SS	20	0	45	57	9	8
1919	BRG	SS	4	4	9	13	1	1
1919	AC	SS	21	21	64	67	7	4
1920	BRG	SS	20	20	47	66	4	5
1921	COB	SS	86	86	248	242	25	32
1922	NYB	2B	3	3	6	7	0	1
1922	NYB	SS	52	52	133	115	16	24
1923	HIL	SS	40	37	80	127	10	6
1924	ACB	1B	2	2	20	2	0	0
1924	ACB	2B	59	57	124	176	19	10
1924	ACB	3B	1	0	2	4	1	0
1924	ACB	SS	4	3	10	16	2	2
1925	ACB	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1925	ACB	2B	68	0	0	0	0	0
1925	ACB	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0
1926	NLG	2B	47	47	104	134	12	23
1926	NLG	SS	3	2	5	8	0	2
1927	NLG	2B	29	29	73	90	9	21
1928	NLG	1B	8	8	96	10	1	4
1928	NLG	2B	25	25	67	74	3	10
1928	NLG	3B	3	3	8	4	1	1
1929	NLG	1B	59	57	586	29	7	40
1930	NLG	1B	41	40	354	13	3	21
1930	NLG	2B	4	2	12	9	0	3
1931	HAR	1B	17	17	167	12	3	9

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
First Base	130
Second Base	247
Third Base	6
Shortstop	604
Right Field	1

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Frequently Asked Questions about John Henry Lloyd

What years did John Henry Lloyd play?: John Henry Lloyd played in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1931.
Was John Henry Lloyd a pitcher?: No. John Henry Lloyd was a position player (Shortstop).
How many home runs did John Henry Lloyd hit?: John Henry Lloyd hit 29 career home runs with 1283 hits.
Is John Henry Lloyd in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. John Henry Lloyd was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.