1911 Cleveland Naps season

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1911  Cleveland Naps
League American League
Ballpark League Park II
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Charles Somers
Managers Deacon McGuire, George Stovall
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The 1911 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American major league baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps attempting to win the American League pennant and finishing in third place (22 games back). They had a record of 80 wins and 73 losses.

Contents

The Naps played their home games at League Park II.

Regular season

Addie Joss

Addie Joss, the ace starting pitcher for the Naps, experienced fainting spells while training for the 1911 season. He died of tubercular meningitis on April 14, at his home in Toledo, Ohio, leaving behind his wife and two young children. [1] Joss's funeral took place on April 17 in Toledo, when the Naps were scheduled to play the Detroit Tigers. [2] The players declared their intention to strike if the game that day was not postponed. [3] Though American League president Ban Johnson initially did not agree, he cancelled the game. [4] Several Tigers players attended the funeral as well. [5]

Charles Sommers, the owner of the Naps, began to plan the Addie Joss Benefit Game, [6] which was held at League Park in Cleveland on July 24, a mutual off day for all teams in the American League. [7] An all-star team played against Cleveland, defeating the Naps by a score of 5–3. [2] In total, nine players from the game were later inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Cy Young and Nap Lajoie for Cleveland, Walter Johnson, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker, Sam Crawford, Home Run Baker, and Bobby Wallace for the all-stars. [8] The game raised $12,914 for Joss's widow ($405,592 in current dollar terms); [9] the sum was more than double Joss's annual salary. [8]

Season highlights

In his rookie season, Shoeless Joe Jackson hit .408, which ranked second in the American League. He also finished in the league top 10 in home runs, RBI, runs scored, and stolen bases. Jackson was fourth in the Chalmers MVP Award voting.

Vean Gregg led the starting pitchers of the team in several categories: he had a total of 23 wins and seven losses; he pitched 244+2⁄3 innings, yet maintained a league-leading 1.80 ERA, while striking out 125 batters.

Young, 44 years old at the time, played part of his final season with the 1911 Cleveland Naps team.

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 101500.669—54–2047–30
Detroit Tigers 89650.57813½51–2538–40
Cleveland Naps 80730.5232246–3034–43
Boston Red Sox 78750.5102439–3739–38
Chicago White Sox 77740.5102440–3737–37
New York Highlanders 76760.50025½36–4040–36
Washington Senators 64900.41638½39–3825–52
St. Louis Browns 451070.29656½25–5320–54

Record vs. opponents

1911 American League record

Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
Boston —11–1111–1110–1212–109–1312–913–9
Chicago 11–11—6–15–28–1413–99–11–117–513–9
Cleveland 11–1115–6–2—6–1614–8–15–1715–714–8
Detroit 12–1014–816–6—7–1512–1014–814–8
New York 10–129–138–14–115–7—6–1516–512–10
Philadelphia 13–911–9–117–510–1215–6—20–215–7
St. Louis 9–125–177–158–145–162–20—9–13
Washington 9–139–138–148–1410–127–1513–9—

Roster

1911 Cleveland Naps
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManagers

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 Gus Fisher 7020353.261012
1B George Stovall 126458124.271079
2B Neal Ball 116412122.296345
3B Terry Turner 117417105.252028
SS Ivy Olson 140545142.261150
OF Joe Jackson 147571233.408783
OF Jack Graney 146527142.269145
OF Joe Birmingham 125447136.304251

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Nap Lajoie 90315115.365260
Ted Easterly 9928793.324137
Syd Smith 5815446.299121
Hank Butcher 3813332.241111
Grover Land 3510715.140010
Art Griggs 276817.25017
Bill Lindsay 196616.24205
Cotton Knaupp 13394.10300
Steve O'Neill 9274.14801
Jack Mills 13175.29401
Dave Callahan 6164.25000
Tim Hendryx 472.28600
Herman Bronkie 261.16700
Bert Adams 251.20000
Ben Demott 240.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vean Gregg 34244.22371.80125
Gene Krapp 35222.01393.41132
Willie Mitchell 30177.17143.7678
Cy Falkenberg 15106.2853.2946
Bill James 851.2244.8821
Cy Young 746.1343.8820
Earl Yingling 422.1104.336
Ben Demott 13.20112.272

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Fred Blanding 29176.07113.6880
George Kahler 30154.1983.2797
Hi West 1364.2343.7617
Spec Harkness 1253.1224.2225
Jim Baskette 421.1123.388
Josh Swindell 417.1012.086
Pat Paige 216.0104.506
Bugs Reisigl 213.0016.236

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Vean Gregg

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Gene Krapp

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References

  1. ↑ "Baseball Loses Great Star by Death of Joss". Chicago Examiner. April 15, 1911. p. 17. Retrieved May 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Addie Joss Day: An All-Star Celebration". Society for American Baseball Research.
  3. ↑ "Cleveland Team Threaten Strike". Lansing State Journal. April 17, 1911. p. 9. Retrieved May 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Cleveland Team Refuses To Play". Quad-City Times. April 17, 1911. p. 10. Retrieved May 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Cleveland Team Wept Unashamed". The Boston Globe. April 18, 1911. p. 5. Retrieved May 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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