1912 Cleveland Naps season

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1912 Cleveland Naps
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park II
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record75–78 (.490)
League place5th
OwnersCharles Somers
ManagersHarry Davis, Joe Birmingham
← 1911
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

  • 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

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10547 .691 — 57‍–‍20 48‍–‍27
Washington Senators 9161 .599 14 45‍–‍32 46‍–‍29
Philadelphia Athletics 9062 .592 15 45‍–‍31 45‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox 7876 .506 28 34‍–‍43 44‍–‍33
Cleveland Naps 7578 .490 30½ 41‍–‍35 34‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 6984 .451 36½ 37‍–‍39 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 53101 .344 53 27‍–‍50 26‍–‍51
New York Highlanders 50102 .329 55 31‍–‍44 19‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1912 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —16–6–111–11–115–619–215–717–512–10
Chicago 6–16–1—11–1114–8–113–912–1013–9–29–13
Cleveland 11–11–111–11—13–913–8–18–1415–74–18
Detroit 6–158–14–19–13—16–69–1313–98–14
New York 2–199–138–13–16–16—5–1713–97–15
Philadelphia 7–1510–1214–813–917–5—16–613–7–1
St. Louis 5–179–13–27–159–139–136–16—8–14–1
Washington 10–1213–918–414–815–77–13–114–8–1—

Roster

1912 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CSteve O'Neill6921549.228014
1BArt Griggs8927383.304039
2BNap Lajoie117448165.368090
3BTerry Turner103370114.308033
SSRoger Peckinpaugh7023650.212122
OFBuddy Ryan9332889.271131
OFJoe Birmingham10736994.255145
OFJoe Jackson154572226.395390

Other batters

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 Olson125467118.253033
Jack Graney7826464.242020
Ted Easterly6518655.296221
Doc Johnston4316446.280111
Neal Ball4013230.227014
Ray Chapman3110934.312019
Hank Butcher268216.195110
Tim Hendryx237017.243114
Fred Carisch246919.27505
Bill Hunter21559.16402
Bert Adams205411.20406
Eddie Hohnhorst155411.20402
Paddy Livingston204711.23403
Howard Baker11305.16702
Ken Nash11234.17400
Art Hauger15181.05600
Herman Bronkie6160.00000
Jack Kibble580.00000
Harry Davis250.00000
Lou Nagelsen230.00000
Hack Eibel130.00000
Moxie Meixell321.50000
Harvey Grubb100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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 Gregg37271.220132.59184
Fred Blanding39262.018142.9275
George Kahler41246.112193.69104
Gene Krapp958.2254.6022
Harry Krause24.20111.571

Other pitchers

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 Mitchell29163.2582.8094
Bill Steen26143.1983.7761
Jim Baskette29116.0843.1851
Lefty George1144.1054.8718
Bert Brenner213.0102.773
Lefty James36.0017.502

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill James30004.615
Ernie Wolf10006.351
Roy Walker10000.001
Jim Neher10000.000
Mysterious Walker10000.000

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

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

  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