1907 Cleveland Naps season

1907 Cleveland Naps
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1907 Information
Owner(s) Charles Somers
Manager(s) Nap Lajoie
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The 1907 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 85-67, 8 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

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Offseason

In March 1907, Detroit Tigers manager Hughie Jennings offered Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for Elmer Flick.[1] The Naps refused the deal. Cobb went on to win the first of nine consecutive batting titles, and the Tigers won the AL pennant.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L T GB Pct.
Detroit Tigers 92 58 3 -- .613
Philadelphia Athletics 88 57 5 1½ .607
Chicago White Sox 85 67 6 5½ .576
Cleveland Naps 85 67 6 8 .559
New York Highlanders 70 78 4 21 .473
St. Louis Browns 69 83 3 24 .454
Boston Americans 59 90 6 32½ .396
Washington Senators 49 102 3 43½ .325

Roster

1907 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
1B Stovall, GeorgeGeorge Stovall 124 466 110 .236 1 36
2B Lajoie, NapNap Lajoie 137 509 152 .299 2 63
3B Bradley, BillBill Bradley 139 498 111 .223 0 34
SS Turner, TerryTerry Turner 140 524 127 .242 0 46
OF Flick, ElmerElmer Flick 147 549 166 .302 3 58

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
O'Brien, PetePete O'Brien 43 145 33 .228 0 6

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
Hess, OttoOtto Hess 17 93.1 6 6 2.89 36

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
Berger, HeinieHeinie Berger 14 87.1 3 3 2.99 50
Bernhard, BillBill Bernhard 8 42 0 4 3.21 19

References

  1. ^ Crazy ’08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 164, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
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