Lou Novikoff

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 12, 1915 in Glendale, AZ us

Died: September 30, 1970 in South Gate, CA

Buried: Russian Molokan Cemetery, Commerce, CA

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1941 (Age 25-185d, 9,027th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 10, 1946 (Age 30-241d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Louis Alexander Novikoff

Nicknames: The Mad Russian

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

1081

305

.282

107

RBI

138

OBP

.325

SLG

.384

OPS

.709

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	5	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	GS	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	7	Apr 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
5	9 (1)	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,2-1	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	10	Apr 24	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
7	13 (2)	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
8	14	Apr 28	CHC		BSN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	17 (2)	May 1	CHC		NYG	W,13-9	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	18	May 2	CHC		NYG	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	21 (2)	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	22	May 8	CHC		PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	23	May 9	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	24	May 10 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	25	May 10 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	26	May 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	27	May 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	33 (5)	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	34	May 20	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	35	May 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	43 (7)	May 30 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	44	May 30 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	45	May 31	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	46	Jun 2	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	47	Jun 3	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	48	Jun 4	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	49	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	50	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	51	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	52	Jun 7 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	53	Jun 7 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
32	54	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	55	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	56	Jun 12	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	57	Jun 13	CHC		BSN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	58	Jun 14 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	59	Jun 14 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	60	Jun 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	61	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	62	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	63	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	64	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	65	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	66	Jun 21 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	67	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	68	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	69	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	70	Jun 26	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
49	71	Jun 27	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	72	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	73	Jun 28 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	74	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	75	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	76	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
56	78	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	79	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	80	Jul 9	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	81	Jul 10	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	82	Jul 11	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	83	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	84	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	85	Jul 14	CHC		NYG	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
64	86	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	87	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,7-0	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	88	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	89	Jul 17	CHC		BRO	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
68	90	Jul 18	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	91	Jul 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	92	Jul 19 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	93	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	74	16.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	94	Jul 22	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	95	Jul 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	96	Jul 26 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	97	Jul 26 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	98	Jul 28 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	99	Jul 28 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	100	Jul 29 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	101	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	102	Jul 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	103	Aug 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	104	Aug 2 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	48	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
83	105	Aug 2 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	106	Aug 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	43	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
85	107	Aug 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	45	11.1	6	0	0	6	0
87	109	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	110	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-8	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	119 (8)	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	120	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	121	Aug 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	122	Aug 19	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
93	124 (1)	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	2	1	1	4	0
94	125	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	126	Aug 23 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	127	Aug 25	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	128	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	129	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	130	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	131	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
101	132	Aug 30 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	133	Aug 30 (2)	CHC		NYG	T,5-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	134	Aug 31	CHC		NYG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	135	Sep 1	CHC		NYG	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
105	136	Sep 2	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	137	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	138	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	139	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	140	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	142 (1)	Sep 10	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-2	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	143	Sep 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	45	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
112	145 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,12-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
113	146	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	147	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	150 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	151	Sep 20 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	152	Sep 22 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	153	Sep 22 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	154	Sep 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	155	Sep 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
							120gm			188	11	9	208	1