New Holiday Ornament Features Nap Lajoie, Woonsocket Baseball Hall of Famer

WOONSOCKET, RI -- He may have been one of the boys of summer, but the memory of National Baseball Hall of Famer Napoleon Lajoie will be prominent this winter 2016.

Woonsocket's mayor announced Lajoie is featured on the city's annual holiday ornament.

The design will incorporate the "hand carved sign that is slated to be installed at Napoleon Lajoie Field in World War II Veterans Memorial Park, " according to spokesman Blake Collins.

"Napoleon Lajoie was born in Woonsocket in 1874 and went on to become one of the finest baseball players in the history of the sport, enjoying a career that lasted from 1896 to 1916," Collins said. He "still holds one of the highest career batting averages in Major League history, .338, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937."

Lincoln's ChemArt company, the same firm that makes the White House ornament, created the Woonsocket ornament.

“Our City’s ornament is a fixture of every holiday season and this year it features Woonsocket legend and baseball Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie,” said Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt. “I am proud to carry on this tradition that so many in our community cherish and look forward to every year. This year’s ornament highlights our City’s remarkable past and presents an opportunity to share it with the community.”