1907 Cleveland Naps season

The 1907 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 85–67, 8 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

1907 Cleveland Naps
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersCharles Somers
ManagersNap Lajoie
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Offseason

In March 1907, Detroit Tigers manager Hughie Jennings offered Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for Elmer Flick.[1] The Naps refused the deal. Cobb went on to win the first of nine consecutive batting titles, and the Tigers won the AL pennant.

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9258 0.613 — 50–27 42–31
Philadelphia Athletics 8857 0.607 1½ 50–20 38–37
Chicago White Sox 8764 0.576 5½ 48–29 39–35
Cleveland Naps 8567 0.559 8 46–31 39–36
New York Highlanders 7078 0.473 21 32–41 38–37
St. Louis Browns 6983 0.454 24 36–40 33–43
Boston Americans 5990 0.396 32½ 34–41 25–49
Washington Senators 49102 0.325 43½ 26–48 23–54

Record vs. opponents
1907 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —10–11–38–136–168–12–18–14–210–129–12
Chicago 11–10–3—10–11–113–9–112–1010–12–116–615–6
Cleveland 13–811–10–1—11–11–115–78–1412–10–215–7–2
Detroit 16–69–13–111–11–1—13–811–8–114–818–4
New York 12–8–110–127–158–13—10–9–18–14–115–7–1
Philadelphia 14–8–212–10–114–88–11–19–10–1—14–617–4
St. Louis 12–106–1610–12–28–1414–8–16–14—13–9
Washington 12–96–157–15–24–187–15–14–179–13—

Roster
1907 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CNig Clarke120390105.269333
1BGeorge Stovall124466110.236136
2BNap Lajoie137509152.299263
3BBill Bradley139498111.223034
SSTerry Turner140524127.242046
OFElmer Flick147549166.302358
OFBill Hinchman152514117.228150
OFJoe Birmingham137476112.235133

Other batters

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
Harry Bemis6517243.250019
Pete O'Brien4314533.22806
Harry Bay349517.17907
Pete Lister226518.27704
Frank Delahanty15529.17304
Harry Hinchman155111.21609
Rabbit Nill124312.27902
Howard Wakefield26375.13503
Bunk Congalton9224.18202

Starting pitchers

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 Joss42338.227111.83127
Glenn Liebhardt38280.118142.05110
Bob Rhoads35275.015142.2976
Jake Thielman20166.01182.3356
Otto Hess1793.1662.8936

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Walter Clarkson1790.2461.9932
Heinie Berger1487.1332.9950
Bill Bernhard842.0043.2119
Earl Moore319.1114.667

References
  1. Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 164, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
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