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.
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Owner(s) | Charles Somers |
Manager(s) | Nap 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 |
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Detroit Tigers | 92 | 58 | 0.613 | — | 50–27 | 42–31 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 57 | 0.607 | 1½ | 50–20 | 38–37 |
Chicago White Sox | 87 | 64 | 0.576 | 5½ | 48–29 | 39–35 |
Cleveland Naps | 85 | 67 | 0.559 | 8 | 46–31 | 39–36 |
New York Highlanders | 70 | 78 | 0.473 | 21 | 32–41 | 38–37 |
St. Louis Browns | 69 | 83 | 0.454 | 24 | 36–40 | 33–43 |
Boston Americans | 59 | 90 | 0.396 | 32½ | 34–41 | 25–49 |
Washington Senators | 49 | 102 | 0.325 | 43½ | 26–48 | 23–54 |
Record vs. opponents
1907 American League Records Sources: | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–11–3 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 8–12–1 | 8–14–2 | 10–12 | 9–12 | |||||
Chicago | 11–10–3 | — | 10–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–1 | 16–6 | 15–6 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–8 | 11–10–1 | — | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 12–10–2 | 15–7–2 | |||||
Detroit | 16–6 | 9–13–1 | 11–11–1 | — | 13–8 | 11–8–1 | 14–8 | 18–4 | |||||
New York | 12–8–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 8–13 | — | 10–9–1 | 8–14–1 | 15–7–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 14–8–2 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 8–11–1 | 9–10–1 | — | 14–6 | 17–4 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 6–16 | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 14–8–1 | 6–14 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 12–9 | 6–15 | 7–15–2 | 4–18 | 7–15–1 | 4–17 | 9–13 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Nig Clarke | 120 | 390 | 105 | .269 | 3 | 33 |
1B | George Stovall | 124 | 466 | 110 | .236 | 1 | 36 |
2B | Nap Lajoie | 137 | 509 | 152 | .299 | 2 | 63 |
3B | Bill Bradley | 139 | 498 | 111 | .223 | 0 | 34 |
SS | Terry Turner | 140 | 524 | 127 | .242 | 0 | 46 |
OF | Elmer Flick | 147 | 549 | 166 | .302 | 3 | 58 |
OF | Bill Hinchman | 152 | 514 | 117 | .228 | 1 | 50 |
OF | Joe Birmingham | 137 | 476 | 112 | .235 | 1 | 33 |
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 |
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Harry Bemis | 65 | 172 | 43 | .250 | 0 | 19 |
Pete O'Brien | 43 | 145 | 33 | .228 | 0 | 6 |
Harry Bay | 34 | 95 | 17 | .179 | 0 | 7 |
Pete Lister | 22 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 0 | 4 |
Frank Delahanty | 15 | 52 | 9 | .173 | 0 | 4 |
Harry Hinchman | 15 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 9 |
Rabbit Nill | 12 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 2 |
Howard Wakefield | 26 | 37 | 5 | .135 | 0 | 3 |
Bunk Congalton | 9 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
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Addie Joss | 42 | 338.2 | 27 | 11 | 1.83 | 127 |
Glenn Liebhardt | 38 | 280.1 | 18 | 14 | 2.05 | 110 |
Bob Rhoads | 35 | 275 | 15 | 14 | 2.29 | 76 |
Jake Thielman | 20 | 166 | 11 | 8 | 2.33 | 56 |
Otto Hess | 17 | 93.1 | 6 | 6 | 2.89 | 36 |
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 |
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Walter Clarkson | 17 | 90.2 | 4 | 6 | 1.99 | 32 |
Heinie Berger | 14 | 87.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.99 | 50 |
Bill Bernhard | 8 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 3.21 | 19 |
Earl Moore | 3 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.66 | 7 |
References
- 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