1903 Cleveland Naps | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | League Park |
City | Cleveland, Ohio |
Owners | Charles Somers |
Managers | Bill Armour |
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 Blues and also being called the Bronchos (or Broncos) in 1902, beginning with the 1903 season, the team was called the Naps in honor of star second baseman Nap Lajoie. The team finished third in the league with a record of 77–63, 15 games behind the Boston Americans.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Americans | 91 | 47 | 0.659 | — | 49–20 | 42–27 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 60 | 0.556 | 14½ | 44–21 | 31–39 |
Cleveland Naps | 77 | 63 | 0.550 | 15 | 49–25 | 28–38 |
New York Highlanders | 72 | 62 | 0.537 | 17 | 41–26 | 31–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 65 | 71 | 0.478 | 25 | 37–28 | 28–43 |
St. Louis Browns | 65 | 74 | 0.468 | 26½ | 38–32 | 27–42 |
Chicago White Stockings | 60 | 77 | 0.438 | 30½ | 41–28 | 19–49 |
Washington Senators | 43 | 94 | 0.314 | 47½ | 29–40 | 14–54 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 14–6 | 12–8 | 10–9–1 | 13–7 | 13–6 | 14–6 | 15–5–2 | |||||
Chicago | 6–14 | — | 10–10 | 10–9 | 7–11–1 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 12–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–12 | 10–10 | — | 9–11 | 14–6 | 9–11 | 11–9 | 16–4 | |||||
Detroit | 9–10–1 | 9–10 | 11–9 | — | 10–9 | 11–9 | 6–14 | 9–10 | |||||
New York | 7–13 | 11–7–1 | 6–14 | 9–10 | — | 10–8–1 | 15–5 | 14–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–13 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 8–10–1 | — | 11–8 | 16–3–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–14 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 14–6 | 5–15 | 8–11 | — | 12–8 | |||||
Washington | 5–15–2 | 8–12 | 4–16 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 3–16–1 | 8–12 | — |
1903 Cleveland Naps | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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C | Fred Abbott | 77 | 255 | 60 | .235 | 1 | 25 |
1B | Charlie Hickman | 131 | 522 | 154 | .295 | 12 | 97 |
2B | Nap Lajoie | 125 | 485 | 167 | .344 | 7 | 93 |
SS | John Gochnaur | 134 | 438 | 81 | .185 | 0 | 48 |
3B | Bill Bradley | 136 | 536 | 168 | .313 | 6 | 68 |
OF | Elmer Flick | 140 | 523 | 155 | .296 | 2 | 51 |
OF | Jack McCarthy | 108 | 415 | 110 | .265 | 0 | 43 |
OF | Harry Bay | 140 | 579 | 169 | .292 | 1 | 35 |
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 |
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Harry Bemis | 92 | 314 | 82 | .261 | 1 | 41 |
Jack Thoney | 32 | 122 | 25 | .205 | 1 | 9 |
Billy Clingman | 21 | 64 | 18 | .281 | 0 | 7 |
Jack Hardy | 5 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Slattery | 4 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Happy Iott | 3 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Hugh Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Addie Joss | 32 | 283.2 | 18 | 13 | 2.19 | 120 |
Earl Moore | 29 | 247.2 | 20 | 8 | 1.74 | 148 |
Bill Bernhard | 20 | 165.2 | 14 | 6 | 2.12 | 60 |
Red Donahue | 16 | 136.2 | 7 | 9 | 2.44 | 45 |
Gene Wright | 15 | 101.2 | 3 | 10 | 5.75 | 42 |
Ed Killian | 9 | 61.2 | 3 | 4 | 2.48 | 18 |
Jesse Stovall | 6 | 57.0 | 5 | 1 | 2.05 | 12 |
Bob Rhoads | 5 | 41.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.27 | 21 |
Martin Glendon | 3 | 27.2 | 1 | 2 | 0.98 | 9 |
Ed Walker | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gus Dorner | 12 | 73.2 | 3 | 5 | 4.52 | 28 |
Alex Pearson | 4 | 30.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.56 | 12 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bill Pounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 |
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