 During the 1904 , Lajoie received a suspension after he spat tobacco juice in an umpire 's eye . He later informally replaced Bill Armour as the team 's manager ( Armour submitted his resignation on September 9 but as team captain , Lajoie had already been acting as the Naps ' field manager ) . After the season had concluded , Lajoie was officially named manager . He still managed to lead the majors with a .376 batting average as he recorded his second consecutive league batting title . He also led the majors in hits ( 208 ) , doubles ( 49 ) , RBIs ( 102 ) and slugging percentage ( <unk> ) . Lajoie forbade card playing and gambling from his players during the regular season . As a manager , Lajoie was also described as " much too lenient with his players . " 
