1912 Cleveland Naps season

1912 Cleveland Naps
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park II
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersCharles Somers
ManagersHarry Davis, Joe Birmingham
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1913 →

The 1912 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The Naps had two of the best hitters in the majors in Shoeless Joe Jackson and Nap Lajoie. Despite this, they ended up back in the second division, finishing in fifth place with a record of 75–78.

Regular season

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  • April 20, 1912: The Naps played in the first ever game at Navin Field in Detroit against Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers. Navin Field, later known as Tiger Stadium, opened the same day as Fenway Park.[1] It was supposed to have opened on April 18 (like Fenway Park) but it rained in both cities on that day.[2] Naps batter Shoeless Joe Jackson scored the first run ever at Navin Field, though the Tigers would win the game 6–5.[3] Although Jackson would go on to hit a team leading .395 for the season including 3 home runs and 90 RBI's, he finished second in batting average to Ty Cobb who hit .409 for the year.

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 105 47 .691 — 57‍–‍20 48‍–‍27
Washington Senators 91 61 .599 14 45‍–‍32 46‍–‍29
Philadelphia Athletics 90 62 .592 15 45‍–‍31 45‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox 78 76 .506 28 34‍–‍43 44‍–‍33
Cleveland Naps 75 78 .490 30½ 41‍–‍35 34‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 69 84 .451 36½ 37‍–‍39 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 53 101 .344 53 27‍–‍50 26‍–‍51
New York Highlanders 50 102 .329 55 31‍–‍44 19‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

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1912 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 16–6–1 11–11–1 15–6 19–2 15–7 17–5 12–10
Chicago 6–16–1 — 11–11 14–8–1 13–9 12–10 13–9–2 9–13
Cleveland 11–11–1 11–11 — 13–9 13–8–1 8–14 15–7 4–18
Detroit 6–15 8–14–1 9–13 — 16–6 9–13 13–9 8–14
New York 2–19 9–13 8–13–1 6–16 — 5–17 13–9 7–15
Philadelphia 7–15 10–12 14–8 13–9 17–5 — 16–6 13–7–1
St. Louis 5–17 9–13–2 7–15 9–13 9–13 6–16 — 8–14–1
Washington 10–12 13–9 18–4 14–8 15–7 7–13–1 14–8–1 —


Roster

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1912 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Steve O'Neill 69 215 49 .228 0 14
1B Art Griggs 89 273 83 .304 0 39
2B Nap Lajoie 117 448 165 .368 0 90
3B Terry Turner 103 370 114 .308 0 33
SS Roger Peckinpaugh 70 236 50 .212 1 22
OF Buddy Ryan 93 328 89 .271 1 31
OF Joe Birmingham 107 369 94 .255 1 45
OF Joe Jackson 154 572 226 .395 3 90

Other batters

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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
Ivy Olson 125 467 118 .253 0 33
Jack Graney 78 264 64 .242 0 20
Ted Easterly 65 186 55 .296 2 21
Doc Johnston 43 164 46 .280 1 11
Neal Ball 40 132 30 .227 0 14
Ray Chapman 31 109 34 .312 0 19
Hank Butcher 26 82 16 .195 1 10
Tim Hendryx 23 70 17 .243 1 14
Fred Carisch 24 69 19 .275 0 5
Bill Hunter 21 55 9 .164 0 2
Bert Adams 20 54 11 .204 0 6
Eddie Hohnhorst 15 54 11 .204 0 2
Paddy Livingston 20 47 11 .234 0 3
Howard Baker 11 30 5 .167 0 2
Ken Nash 11 23 4 .174 0 0
Art Hauger 15 18 1 .056 0 0
Herman Bronkie 6 16 0 .000 0 0
Jack Kibble 5 8 0 .000 0 0
Harry Davis 2 5 0 .000 0 0
Lou Nagelsen 2 3 0 .000 0 0
Hack Eibel 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Moxie Meixell 3 2 1 .500 0 0
Harvey Grubb 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Gregg 37 271.2 20 13 2.59 184
Fred Blanding 39 262.0 18 14 2.92 75
George Kahler 41 246.1 12 19 3.69 104
Gene Krapp 9 58.2 2 5 4.60 22
Harry Krause 2 4.2 0 1 11.57 1

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Willie Mitchell 29 163.2 5 8 2.80 94
Bill Steen 26 143.1 9 8 3.77 61
Jim Baskette 29 116.0 8 4 3.18 51
Lefty George 11 44.1 0 5 4.87 18
Bert Brenner 2 13.0 1 0 2.77 3
Lefty James 3 6.0 0 1 7.50 2

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill James 3 0 0 0 4.61 5
Ernie Wolf 1 0 0 0 6.35 1
Roy Walker 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Jim Neher 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Mysterious Walker 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

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League top five finishers

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Vean Gregg

  • #4 in AL in strikeouts (184)

Shoeless Joe Jackson

  • MLB leader in hits (226)
  • #2 in AL in batting average (.395)
  • #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.458)
  • #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.579)
  • #3 in AL in runs scored (121)

George Kahler

  • AL leader in walks allowed (121)
  • #2 in AL in losses (19)
  • #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (101)

Nap Lajoie

  • #4 in AL in batting average (.368)

References

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  1. ^ The Final Season, p.5, Tom Stanton, Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 2001, ISBN 0-312-29156-6
  2. ^ The Final Season, p.40
  3. ^ The Final Season, p.5
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