1905 Cleveland Naps season

The 1905 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 76–78, 19 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The Naps were 52–29 on July 24, and held a three -game lead in the American League, but they were only 24–49 after that point, and finished two games under .500 after having been 23 games over .500[1]

1905 Cleveland Naps
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersCharles Somers
ManagersBill Bradley, Nap Lajoie
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1906 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 92 56 .622 51‍–‍22 41‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox 92 60 .605 2 50‍–‍29 42‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers 79 74 .516 15½ 45‍–‍30 34‍–‍44
Boston Americans 78 74 .513 16 44‍–‍32 34‍–‍42
Cleveland Naps 76 78 .494 19 41‍–‍36 35‍–‍42
New York Highlanders 71 78 .477 21½ 40‍–‍35 31‍–‍43
Washington Senators 64 87 .424 29½ 33‍–‍42 31‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 54 99 .353 40½ 34‍–‍42 20‍–‍57

Roster

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1905 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Fritz Buelow 75 239 41 .172 1 18
1B Charlie Carr 89 306 72 .235 1 31
2B Nap Lajoie 65 249 82 .329 2 41
SS Terry Turner 155 586 155 .265 4 72
3B Bill Bradley 146 541 145 .268 0 51
OF Elmer Flick 132 500 154 .308 4 64
OF Jim Jackson 109 426 109 .256 2 31
OF Harry Bay 144 552 166 .301 0 22

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
George Stovall 112 423 115 .272 1 47
Harry Bemis 70 226 66 .292 0 28
Otto Hess 54 173 44 .254 2 13
Nick Kahl 40 135 29 .215 0 21
Rube Vinson 39 134 26 .194 0 9
Nig Clarke 42 123 24 .195 0 9
Bunk Congalton 12 47 17 .362 0 5
Jap Barbeau 11 37 10 .270 0 2
Howard Wakefield 10 26 4 .154 0 1
Eddie Grant 2 8 3 .375 0 0
Emil Leber 2 6 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Addie Joss 33 286.0 20 12 2.01 132
Earl Moore 31 269.0 15 15 2.64 131
Bob Rhoads 28 235.0 16 9 2.83 61
Otto Hess 26 213.2 10 15 3.16 109
Bill Bernhard 22 174.1 7 13 3.36 56
Red Donahue 20 137.2 6 12 3.40 45
Cy Ferry 1 2.0 0 0 13.50 2

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hi West 6 33.0 2 2 4.09 15

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Halla 3 0 0 0 2.84 4

References

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  1. ^ "1905 Cleveland Naps Schedule". www.baseball-reference.com.