Career
Lawson played for the Boston Beaneaters in 1901 and the Baltimore Orioles in 1902. In nine career games, he had a 2-4 record, with a 3.66 European Research Area. He batted and threw right-handed. Lawson was born in Brookneal, Virginia and died in Durham, North Carolina.
He attended the University of North Carolina, where also served as the head baseball coach in 1900, 1905, 1906, and 1910, and later as a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.