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Major League Baseball team season

1907 Cleveland Naps
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Charles Somers
Managers	Nap Lajoie
← 1906 1908 →

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.

Offseason

In March 1907, Detroit Tigers manager Hughie Jennings offered Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for Elmer Flick. 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

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	92	58	.613	—	50‍–‍27	42‍–‍31
Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	.607	1½	50‍–‍20	38‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox	87	64	.576	5½	48‍–‍29	39‍–‍35
Cleveland Naps	85	67	.559	8	46‍–‍31	39‍–‍36
New York Highlanders	70	78	.473	21	32‍–‍41	38‍–‍37
St. Louis Browns	69	83	.454	24	36‍–‍40	33‍–‍43
Boston Americans	59	90	.396	32½	34‍–‍41	25‍–‍49
Washington Senators	49	102	.325	43½	26‍–‍48	23‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1907 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	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

1907 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Heinie Berger Bill Bernhard Walter Clarkson Otto Hess Addie Joss Glenn Liebhardt Earl Moore Bob Rhoads Jake Thielman		Catchers Harry Bemis Nig Clarke Howard Wakefield Infielders Bill Bradley Harry Hinchman Nap Lajoie Pete Lister Rabbit Nill Pete O'Brien George Stovall Terry Turner		Outfielders Harry Bay Joe Birmingham Bunk Congalton Frank Delahanty Elmer Flick Bill Hinchman		Manager Nap Lajoie

1907 Cleveland Naps

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Nap Lajoie

Player stats

Batting

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
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.	RBI
Harry Bemis	65	172	43	.250	19
Pete O'Brien	43	145	33	.228	6
Harry Bay	34	95	17	.179	7
Pete Lister	22	65	18	.277	4
Frank Delahanty	15	52	9	.173	4
Harry Hinchman	15	51	11	.216	9
Rabbit Nill	12	43	12	.279	2
Howard Wakefield	26	37	5	.135	3
Bunk Congalton	9	22	4	.182	2

Pitching

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 Joss	42	338.2	27	11	1.83	127
Glenn Liebhardt	38	280.1	18	14	2.05	110
Bob Rhoads	35	275.0	15	14	2.29	76
Jake Thielman	20	166.0	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
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	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

1907 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference

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Cleveland Guardians

Established in 1894
Former names (all in Cleveland unless noted) - Grand Rapids Rustlers, Lake Shores, Bluebirds, Bronchos, Naps, Indians
Based in Cleveland, Ohio

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Ballparks

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Ohio Cup
- Cincinnati Reds

Key personnel

Owner: Larry Dolan
Chairman/CEO: Paul Dolan
President: Chris Antonetti
General manager: Mike Chernoff
Manager: Stephen Vogt

Postseason appearances (17)

Division championships (12)

American League pennants (6)

World Series championships (2)

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1948

Hall of Famers

Minors

Triple-A: Columbus Clippers
Double-A: Akron RubberDucks
High-A: Lake County Captains
Single-A: Lynchburg Hillcats
Rookie: Arizona Complex League Guardians
Dominican Summer League Guardians Goryl
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