1912 Cleveland Naps | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | League Park II |
City | Cleveland, Ohio |
Owners | Charles Somers |
Managers | Harry Davis, Joe Birmingham |
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.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 105 | 47 | 0.691 | — | 57–20 | 48–27 |
Washington Senators | 91 | 61 | 0.599 | 14 | 45–32 | 46–29 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 90 | 62 | 0.592 | 15 | 45–31 | 45–31 |
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 28 | 34–43 | 44–33 |
Cleveland Naps | 75 | 78 | 0.490 | 30½ | 41–35 | 34–43 |
Detroit Tigers | 69 | 84 | 0.451 | 36½ | 37–39 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 53 | 101 | 0.344 | 53 | 27–50 | 26–51 |
New York Highlanders | 50 | 102 | 0.329 | 55 | 31–44 | 19–58 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 16–6–1 | 11–11–1 | 15–6 | 19–2 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16–1 | — | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9–2 | 9–13 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 13–8–1 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 4–18 | |||||
Detroit | 6–15 | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 2–19 | 9–13 | 8–13–1 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | 13–9 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 17–5 | — | 16–6 | 13–7–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14–1 | |||||
Washington | 10–12 | 13–9 | 18–4 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 7–13–1 | 14–8–1 | — |
1912 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 | Steve O'Neill | 69 | 215 | 49 | .228 | 0 | 14 |
1B | Art Griggs | 89 | 273 | 83 | .304 | 0 | 39 |
2B | Nap Lajoie | 117 | 448 | 165 | .368 | 0 | 90 |
3B | Terry Turner | 103 | 370 | 114 | .308 | 0 | 33 |
SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 70 | 236 | 50 | .212 | 1 | 22 |
OF | Buddy Ryan | 93 | 328 | 89 | .271 | 1 | 31 |
OF | Joe Birmingham | 107 | 369 | 94 | .255 | 1 | 45 |
OF | Joe Jackson | 154 | 572 | 226 | .395 | 3 | 90 |
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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Ivy Olson | 125 | 467 | 118 | .253 | 0 | 33 |
Jack Graney | 78 | 264 | 64 | .242 | 0 | 20 |
Ted Easterly | 65 | 186 | 55 | .296 | 2 | 21 |
Doc Johnston | 43 | 164 | 46 | .280 | 1 | 11 |
Neal Ball | 40 | 132 | 30 | .227 | 0 | 14 |
Ray Chapman | 31 | 109 | 34 | .312 | 0 | 19 |
Hank Butcher | 26 | 82 | 16 | .195 | 1 | 10 |
Tim Hendryx | 23 | 70 | 17 | .243 | 1 | 14 |
Fred Carisch | 24 | 69 | 19 | .275 | 0 | 5 |
Bill Hunter | 21 | 55 | 9 | .164 | 0 | 2 |
Bert Adams | 20 | 54 | 11 | .204 | 0 | 6 |
Eddie Hohnhorst | 15 | 54 | 11 | .204 | 0 | 2 |
Paddy Livingston | 20 | 47 | 11 | .234 | 0 | 3 |
Howard Baker | 11 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Nash | 11 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 0 |
Art Hauger | 15 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 0 |
Herman Bronkie | 6 | 16 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Kibble | 5 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Davis | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Nagelsen | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Hack Eibel | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Moxie Meixell | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Harvey Grubb | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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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Vean Gregg | 37 | 271.2 | 20 | 13 | 2.59 | 184 |
Fred Blanding | 39 | 262.0 | 18 | 14 | 2.92 | 75 |
George Kahler | 41 | 246.1 | 12 | 19 | 3.69 | 104 |
Gene Krapp | 9 | 58.2 | 2 | 5 | 4.60 | 22 |
Harry Krause | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 1 |
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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Willie Mitchell | 29 | 163.2 | 5 | 8 | 2.80 | 94 |
Bill Steen | 26 | 143.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.77 | 61 |
Jim Baskette | 29 | 116.0 | 8 | 4 | 3.18 | 51 |
Lefty George | 11 | 44.1 | 0 | 5 | 4.87 | 18 |
Bert Brenner | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | 3 |
Lefty James | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 2 |
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 James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 5 |
Ernie Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 1 |
Roy Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Jim Neher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Mysterious Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |