The 1908 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 90–64, just one-half game behind the Detroit Tigers. The Naps finished with the same number of wins as the Tigers, but with one additional loss. By the standard of the era, that gave the Tigers the pennant.
1908 Cleveland Naps | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | League Park |
City | Cleveland, Ohio |
Owners | Charles Somers |
Managers | Nap Lajoie |
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 90 | 63 | .588 | — | 44–33 | 46–30 |
Cleveland Naps | 90 | 64 | .584 | ½ | 51–26 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 88 | 64 | .579 | 1½ | 51–25 | 37–39 |
St. Louis Browns | 83 | 69 | .546 | 6½ | 46–31 | 37–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 15½ | 37–40 | 38–39 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 85 | .444 | 22 | 46–30 | 22–55 |
Washington Senators | 67 | 85 | .441 | 22½ | 43–32 | 24–53 |
New York Highlanders | 51 | 103 | .331 | 39½ | 30–47 | 21–56 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16–1 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 11–11 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 11–10 | 15–6–2 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–10 | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 16–6 | 16–6–1 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11 | 13–9 | 9–13 | — | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | 12–10 | 16–5 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 7–15 | — | 8–14–1 | 5–17 | 9–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 9–13 | 6–16–1 | 8–14–1 | 14–8–1 | — | 8–13–1 | 11–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 10–11 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 13–8–1 | — | 15–7–1 | |||||
Washington | 11–11 | 6–15–2 | 14–8 | 5–16 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Nig Clarke | 97 | 290 | 70 | .241 | 1 | 27 |
1B | George Stovall | 138 | 534 | 156 | .292 | 2 | 45 |
2B | Nap Lajoie | 157 | 581 | 168 | .289 | 2 | 74 |
SS | George Perring | 89 | 310 | 67 | .216 | 0 | 19 |
3B | Bill Bradley | 148 | 548 | 133 | .243 | 1 | 46 |
OF | Bill Hinchman | 137 | 464 | 107 | .231 | 6 | 59 |
OF | Joe Birmingham | 122 | 413 | 88 | .213 | 2 | 38 |
OF | Josh Clarke | 131 | 492 | 119 | .242 | 1 | 21 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Harry Bemis | 91 | 277 | 62 | .224 | 0 | 33 |
Terry Turner | 60 | 201 | 48 | .239 | 0 | 19 |
Charlie Hickman | 65 | 197 | 46 | .234 | 2 | 16 |
Wilbur Good | 46 | 154 | 43 | .279 | 1 | 14 |
Dave Altizer | 29 | 89 | 19 | .213 | 0 | 5 |
Elmer Flick | 9 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 2 |
Rabbit Nill | 11 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
Grover Land | 8 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
Otto Hess | 9 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Denny Sullivan | 4 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Deacon McGuire | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Homer Davidson | 9 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Bay | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Addie Joss | 42 | 325.0 | 24 | 11 | 1.16 | 130 |
Bob Rhoads | 37 | 270.0 | 18 | 12 | 1.77 | 62 |
Glenn Liebhardt | 38 | 262.0 | 15 | 16 | 2.20 | 146 |
Heinie Berger | 29 | 199.1 | 13 | 8 | 2.12 | 101 |
Charlie Chech | 27 | 165.2 | 11 | 7 | 1.74 | 51 |
Jake Thielman | 11 | 61.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.65 | 15 |
Cy Falkenberg | 8 | 46.1 | 2 | 4 | 3.88 | 17 |
Bill Lattimore | 4 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 5 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Ryan | 8 | 35.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.27 | 7 |
Ed Foster | 6 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.14 | 11 |
Walter Clarkson | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Otto Hess | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 |
Jack Graney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |