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1906 Cleveland Naps
League American League
Ballpark League Park
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Charles Somers
Managers Nap Lajoie
←  1905
1907 →

The 1906 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 89–64, 5 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 93 58 0.616 54–23 39–35
New York Highlanders 90 61 0.596 3 53–23 37–38
Cleveland Naps 89 64 0.582 5 47–30 42–34
Philadelphia Athletics 78 67 0.538 12 48–23 30–44
St. Louis Browns 76 73 0.510 16 40–34 36–39
Detroit Tigers 71 78 0.477 21 42–34 29–44
Washington Senators 55 95 0.367 37½ 33–41 22–54
Boston Americans 49 105 0.318 45½ 22–54 27–51

Record vs. opponents


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

Roster

1906 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
C Harry Bemis 93 297 82 .276 2 30
1B Claude Rossman 118 396 122 .308 1 53
2B Nap Lajoie 152 602 214 .355 0 91
SS Terry Turner 147 584 170 .291 2 62
3B Bill Bradley 82 302 83 .275 2 25
OF Elmer Flick 157 624 194 .311 1 62
OF Jim Jackson 105 374 80 .214 0 38
OF Bunk Congalton 117 419 134 .320 3 50

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
George Stovall 116 443 121 .273 0 37
Harry Bay 68 280 77 .275 0 14
Nig Clarke 57 179 64 .358 1 21
Jap Barbeau 42 129 25 .194 0 12
Ben Caffyn 30 103 20 .194 0 3
Fritz Buelow 34 86 14 .163 0 7
Joe Birmingham 10 40 11 .275 0 6
Malachi Kittridge 5 10 1 .100 0 0
Bill Shipke 2 6 0 .000 0 0

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
Otto Hess 43 333.2 20 17 1.83 167
Bob Rhoads 38 315.0 22 10 1.80 89
Addie Joss 34 282.0 21 9 1.72 106
Bill Bernhard 31 255.1 16 15 2.54 85
Happy Townsend 17 92.2 3 7 2.91 31
Glenn Liebhardt 2 18.0 2 0 1.50 9

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
Harry Eells 14 86.1 4 5 2.61 35
Earl Moore 5 29.2 1 1 3.94 8

References