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Lavender was a spitballer who won ten or more games in five seasons. His two career highlights came against the Giants. On July 8, 1912 he won the game that ended Rube Marquard's record 19-game winning streak, and on August 31, 1915 he hurled a 2-0 no-hitter against New York. (ARA)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 1, 1912: At Pittsburgh, Chicago's Wildfire Schulte breaks up a scoreless pitching duel between Marty O'Toole and Jimmy Lavender by legging out an inside-the-park homer in the 12th inning. Lavender and the Cubs win, 1–0. » July 18, 1912: Gavvy Cravath swipes home in the 11th inning to give the Phils a 9–8 win over the Cubs. Reliever Tom Seaton is the winner over Jimmy Lavender. Seaton also pitches the 2nd game but loses, 4–2, to Ed Reulbach. » July 30, 1912: Led by Red Murray's homer, the Giants pound Chicago rookie Jimmy Lavender for five runs in the first two innings on their way to a 10–4 win. Each team makes four errors, but Christy Mathewson scatters nine hits to win. The Giants lead the NL by 10 games. » August 16, 1912: In Chicago, the Giants score twice in the opening frame off Jim Lavender to knock out the would-be Giant killer and go on to win, 7–4. Fred Merkle and Larry Doyle pull off a double steal in the inning, with Doyle on the front end. Jeff Tesreau puzzles the locals and the Cubs drop six games behind the Giants. » September 26, 1912: Trailing 9–0 going into the 9th inning at Chicago, the Reds stage a terrific comeback against Jimmy Lavender. Lavender gives up five runs and is lifted with the bases loaded. Reliever Fred Toney then walks three straight before Larry Cheney is brought in. The Reds then take an unlikely 10–9 lead as Cheney walks two straight. Reds pitcher Ralph Works catches the fever walking one Cub and hitting another. Reliever Rube Benton quickly relieves and follows suit, walking three batters in a row to give the Cubs the 11–10 decision. » October 9, 1912: In the opener of the Windy City Series, Jimmy Lavender and Ed Walsh allow no runs as the Cubs and Sox play to a 0-0 tie. The Cubs will win the next three decisions of the best-of-7 series. » July 14, 1914: The Cubs pound Giants reliever Christy Mathewson for six runs in six innings, but New York does worse damage to Larry Cheney and Jimmy Lavender, and wins 12–8. Bob Bescher has a home run, the 1,000th Giant home run. New York leads the National League by four 1/2 games. » July 5, 1915: The Reds sweep two from the Cubs, winning 8–5 and 12–7. Red Ames wins the nitecap with the help of Heinie Groh, who hits for the cycle, off Jimmy Lavender. Pete Schneider tops Zip Zabel in the opener. » August 31, 1915: Only two runners reach base as the Cubs' Jimmy Lavender pitches a 2–0 no-hitter against the Giants, the only shutout in his 11–16 season. » May 7, 1916: Pittsburgh's Max Carey hits a homer off Cubs rookie Jimmy Lavender to give the Pirates a 1–0 win. The Cubs will lose ten 1–0 decisions this year, tying the ML record. » June 14, 1916: Cubs spitballer Jimmy Lavender has his moist one working against the Giants, beating New York, 4–0. The only hit is an infield single by Benny Kauff. Christy Mathewson takes to the loss, though all four runs are unearned. » September 9, 1916: Hippo Vaughn and Jimmy Lavender shut out the Pirates, 3–0 and 2–0, for a Cubs' doubleheader victory. » January 16, 1917: The Cubs send Jimmy Lavender and $5,000 to the Phillies for Al Demaree. They'll keep Al until the end of July before passing him to the Giants.