• The 1903 Cleveland Naps season was the third Major League Baseball season for the Cleveland American League team. After two seasons as the Bluebirds or...
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  • 1953. The Chicago Orphans and Cleveland Bronchos were renamed as the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Naps, respectively. The 1903 schedule consisted of 140 games...
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    played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "the Frenchman", he represented both Philadelphia franchises and the Cleveland Naps, the latter...
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    Ed Walker (baseball) (category Cleveland Naps players)
    two seasons. Born in Cambois, England, he played for the Cleveland Bronchos/Cleveland Naps during the 1902 Cleveland Bronchos season and the 1903 Cleveland...
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    9, 1903". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2023. "Boston Americans at Cleveland Naps Box...
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    called the Cleveland Broncos in 1902. Beginning in 1903, the team was named the Cleveland Napoleons or Naps, after team captain and manager Nap Lajoie. Lajoie...
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    Hugh Hill (baseball) (category Cleveland Naps players)
    Baseball outfielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Naps during the 1903 Cleveland Naps season and the St. Louis Cardinals during...
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    Cleveland Bluebirds or Blues. They were given the unofficial name the Cleveland Bronchos in 1902 before being renamed the Cleveland Napoleons or Naps...
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  • The 1904 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 86–65, 7½ games behind...
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    Addie Joss (category Cleveland Naps players)
    League. To begin the 1903 season, the Cleveland organization changed the team's name to the "Naps" in honor of second baseman Nap Lajoie. In Joss' second...
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    John Gochnaur (category Cleveland Naps players)
    player. He played three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1901 to 1903, for the Brooklyn Superbas and Cleveland Broncos/Naps. He appeared in 264...
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    Cy Young (category Cleveland Naps players)
    franchise until 1908, helping them win the 1903 World Series. He finished his career with the Cleveland Naps and Boston Rustlers, retiring in 1911. Young...
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  • whom they acquired via trade prior to the start of the season. September 3 – Cleveland Naps rookie Jesse Stovall tosses an 11-inning shutout, 1–0, over...
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  • contract to the Cleveland Indians, then known unofficially as the Bronchos and subsequently renamed the "Naps" in Lajoie's honor for several seasons. May 31,...
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  • folded. The New York Highlanders joined the AL. The Cleveland Bronchos became the Cleveland Naps. The Chicago Orphans became the Chicago Cubs. First World...
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  • Happy Iott (category Cleveland Naps players)
    baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Naps in 1903. He was born in Houlton, Maine, and pitched for the town team there...
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  • referred to the club as the "Cleveland Indians", even though it was officially named the Spiders. "In place of the Naps, we'll have the Indians, on the...
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    Elmer Flick (category Cleveland Naps players)
    1910 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Bronchos/Naps. In 1,483 career games, Flick recorded a .313 batting average while...
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  • of "Americans" 1903: Chicago White Stockings officially renamed Chicago White Sox 1903: Cleveland Blues/Bronchos renamed Cleveland Naps via newspaper poll...
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  • division. Also known as the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Broncos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914), and Cleveland Indians (1915–2022), pitchers...
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    Charlie Hickman (category Cleveland Naps players)
    (288) for the season. He returned to the team, renamed as the Cleveland Naps, for 1903 (batting .295 in 131 games) and part of 1904 (batting .288 in 86...
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    Nig Clarke (category Cleveland Naps players)
    more seasons in the minor leagues before the Cleveland Naps signed him to a contract. Aside from a loan to the Detroit Tigers, he played for the Naps for...
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  • Cy Ferry (category Cleveland Naps players)
    for two seasons. He pitched in three games for the Detroit Tigers during the 1904 Detroit Tigers season and in one game for the Cleveland Naps during the...
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    Steve O'Neill (category Cleveland Naps players)
    Worcester in the New England League for 1911 before he was sent to the Cleveland Naps on August 20 in a sale by Mack at the request of Harry Davis (a longtime...
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    The New York Highlanders' 1903 season was the team's first. The team was founded as a replacement in the American League for the defunct Baltimore Orioles...
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    Lajoie's contract to the Cleveland Bronchos, who were subsequently known as the "Naps" in Lajoie's honor for several seasons. Note: Pos = Position; G...
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  • have played some games at a ballpark near Star Lake in Pensacola. The Cleveland Naps and Brooklyn Dodgers both held their 1913 spring training at Maxent...
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  • (known as Cleveland Broncos by 1902, Cleveland Naps from 1903, and named Cleveland Indians from 1915, and Cleveland Guardians from 2022) Had transferred...
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  • Neal Ball of the Three Rivers team, who would go on to play for the Cleveland Naps in the Major Leagues and became famous as the first player in history...
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    Claude Rossman (category Cleveland Naps players)
    baseball in 1903 in the Connecticut League and was with Holyoke in 1903 and 1904. He was drafted by the Cleveland Naps but was sent to the Naps' minor league...
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