1903 Cleveland Naps season

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1903  Cleveland Naps
League American League
Ballpark League Park
City Cleveland, Ohio
Record77–63 (.550)
League place3rd
Owners Charles Somers
Managers Bill Armour
  1902
1904  

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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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The 1903 Cleveland Naps

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9147.65949204227
Philadelphia Athletics 7560.55614½44213139
Cleveland Naps 7763.5501549252838
New York Highlanders 7262.5371741263136
Detroit Tigers 6571.4782537282843
St. Louis Browns 6574.46826½38322742
Chicago White Stockings 6077.43830½41281949
Washington Senators 4394.31447½29401454

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
Boston 14–612–810–9–113–713–614–615–5–2
Chicago 6–1410–1010–97–11–16–149–1112–8
Cleveland 8–1210–109–1114–69–1111–916–4
Detroit 9–10–19–1011–910–911–96–149–10
New York 7–1311–7–16–149–1010–8–115–514–5
Philadelphia 6–1314–611–99–118–10–111–816–3–1
St. Louis 6–1411–99–1114–65–158–1112–8
Washington 5–15–28–124–1610–95–143–16–18–12

Roster

1903 Cleveland Naps
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Fred Abbott 7725560.235125
1B Charlie Hickman 131522154.2951297
2B Nap Lajoie 125485167.344793
SS John Gochnaur 13443881.185048
3B Bill Bradley 136536168.313668
OF Elmer Flick 140523155.296251
OF Jack McCarthy 108415110.265043
OF Harry Bay 140579169.292135

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Harry Bemis 9231482.261141
Jack Thoney 3212225.20519
Billy Clingman 216418.28107
Jack Hardy 5193.15801
Jack Slattery 4110.00000
Happy Iott 3102.20000
Hugh Hill 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Addie Joss 32283.218132.19120
Earl Moore 29247.22081.74148
Bill Bernhard 20165.21462.1260
Red Donahue 16136.2792.4445
Gene Wright 15101.23105.7542
Ed Killian 961.2342.4818
Jesse Stovall 657.0512.0512
Bob Rhoads 541.0235.2721
Martin Glendon 327.2120.989
Ed Walker 312.0015.254

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Gus Dorner 1273.2354.5228
Alex Pearson 430.1123.5612

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bill Pounds 100010.802

Notes

  1. Ollie Pickering page at Baseball Reference

References