1908 Cleveland Naps season - Misplaced Pages

Major League Baseball team season

1908 Cleveland Naps
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Charles Somers
Managers	Nap Lajoie
← 1907 1909 →

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.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1908 American League record v t e Sources:
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

1908 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Heinie Berger Charlie Chech Walter Clarkson Cy Falkenberg Ed Foster Jack Graney Otto Hess Addie Joss Bill Lattimore Glenn Liebhardt Bob Rhoads Jack Ryan Jake Thielman		Catchers Harry Bemis Nig Clarke Homer Davidson Grover Land Infielders Bill Bradley Nap Lajoie Deacon McGuire Rabbit Nill George Perring George Stovall		Outfielders Dave Altizer Harry Bay Joe Birmingham Josh Clarke Elmer Flick Wilbur Good Charlie Hickman Bill Hinchman Denny Sullivan Terry Turner		Manager Nap Lajoie

1908 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	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

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 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

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	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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Otto Hess	4	0	0	0	5.14	2
Jack Graney	2	0	0	0	5.40	0

References

1908 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference

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American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1908 World Series

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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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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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
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