1911 Cleveland Naps season

The 1911 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American major league baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps attempting to win the American League pennant and finishing in third place (22 games back). They had a record of 80 wins and 73 losses.

1911 Cleveland Naps
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Somers
Manager(s)Deacon McGuire, George Stovall
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The Naps played their home games at League Park II.

Regular season

Season highlights

In his rookie season, Shoeless Joe Jackson hit .408, which ranked second in the American League. He also finished in the league top 10 in home runs, RBI, runs scored, and stolen bases. Jackson was fourth in the Chalmers MVP Award voting.

Vean Gregg led the starting pitchers of the team in several categories: he had a total of 23 wins and seven losses; he pitched 244⅔ innings, yet maintained a league-leading 1.80 ERA, while striking out 125 batters.

Pitcher Cy Young, 44 years old at the time, played part of his final season with the 1911 Cleveland Naps team. Nap Lajoie, another Hall of Famer, played on this team as well.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10150 0.669 54–20 47–30
Detroit Tigers 8965 0.578 13½ 51–25 38–40
Cleveland Naps 8073 0.523 22 46–30 34–43
Boston Red Sox 7875 0.510 24 39–37 39–38
Chicago White Sox 7774 0.510 24 40–37 37–37
New York Highlanders 7676 0.500 25½ 36–40 40–36
Washington Senators 6490 0.416 38½ 39–38 25–52
St. Louis Browns 45107 0.296 56½ 25–53 20–54

Record vs. opponents

1911 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston 11–1111–1110–1212–109–1312–913–9
Chicago 11–116–15–28–1413–99–11–117–513–9
Cleveland 11–1115–6–26–1614–8–15–1715–714–8
Detroit 12–1014–816–67–1512–1014–814–8
New York 10–129–138–14–115–76–1516–512–10
Philadelphia 13–911–9–117–510–1215–620–215–7
St. Louis 9–125–177–158–145–162–209–13
Washington 9–139–138–148–1410–127–1513–9

Roster

1911 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Managers

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
CGus Fisher7020353.261012
1BGeorge Stovall126458124.271079
2BNeal Ball116412122.296345
3BTerry Turner117417105.252028
SSIvy Olson140545142.261150
OFJoe Jackson147571233.408783
OFJack Graney146527142.269145
OFJoe Birmingham125447136.304251

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
Nap Lajoie90315115.365260
Ted Easterly9928793.324137
Syd Smith5815446.299121
Hank Butcher3813332.241111
Grover Land3510715.140010
Art Griggs276817.25017
Bill Lindsay196616.24205
Cotton Knaupp13394.10300
Steve O'Neill9274.14801
Jack Mills13175.29401
Dave Callahan6164.25000
Tim Hendryx472.28600
Herman Bronkie261.16700
Bert Adams251.20000
Ben Demott240.00000

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
Vean Gregg34244.22371.80125
Gene Krapp352221393.41132
Willie Mitchell30177.17143.7678
Cy Falkenberg15106.2853.2946
Cy Young746.1343.8820
Bill James851.2244.8821
Earl Yingling422.1104.336
Ben Demott13.20112.272

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
George Kahler30154.1983.2797
Fred Blanding291767113.6880
Hi West1364.2343.7617
Spec Harkness1253.1224.2225
Jim Baskette421.1123.388
Josh Swindell417.1012.086
Pat Paige216104.506
Bugs Reisigl213016.236

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Vean Gregg

  • MLB leader in ERA (1.80)
  • #2 in AL in shutouts (5)
  • #4 in AL in wins (23)
  • #8 in AL in complete games (22)

Shoeless Joe Jackson

  • MLB leader in on-base percentage (.468)
  • #2 in AL in batting average (.408)
  • #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.590)
  • #2 in AL in runs scored (126)
  • #2 in AL in hits (233)
  • #2 in AL in doubles (45)
  • #3 in AL in triples (19)
  • #4 in AL in home runs (7)
  • #6 in AL in stolen bases (41)
  • #9 in AL in RBI (83)

Gene Krapp

  • #10 in AL in strikeouts (132)

References

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