1907 Cleveland Naps season

1907 Cleveland Naps
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
League Park (since 1900)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1900)
Other 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.

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	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	92	58	0.613	—	50–27	42–31
Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	0.607	1½	50–20	38–37
Chicago White Sox	87	64	0.576	5½	48–29	39–35
Cleveland Naps	85	67	0.559	8	46–31	39–36
New York Highlanders	70	78	0.473	21	32–41	38–37
St. Louis Browns	69	83	0.454	24	36–40	33–43
Boston Americans	59	90	0.396	32½	34–41	25–49
Washington Senators	49	102	0.325	43½	26–48	23–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	10–11–3	8–13	6–16	8–12–1	8–14–2	10–12	9–12
Chicago	11–10–3	—	10–11–1	13–9–1	12–10	10–12–1	16–6	15–6
Cleveland	13–8	11–10–1	—	11–11–1	15–7	8–14	12–10–2	15–7–2
Detroit	16–6	9–13–1	11–11–1	—	13–8	11–8–1	14–8	18–4
New York	12–8–1	10–12	7–15	8–13	—	10–9–1	8–14–1	15–7–1
Philadelphia	14–8–2	12–10–1	14–8	8–11–1	9–10–1	—	14–6	17–4
St. Louis	12–10	6–16	10–12–2	8–14	14–8–1	6–14	—	13–9
Washington	12–9	6–15	7–15–2	4–18	7–15–1	4–17	9–13	—

Roster

1907 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Heinie Berger Bill Bernhard Walter Clarkson Otto Hess Addie Joss Glenn Liebhardt Earl Moore Bob Rhoads Jake Thielman		Catchers Harry Bemis Nig Clarke Howard Wakefield Infielders Bill Bradley Harry Hinchman Nap Lajoie Pete Lister Rabbit Nill Pete O'Brien George Stovall Terry Turner		Outfielders Harry Bay Joe Birmingham Bunk Congalton Frank Delahanty Elmer Flick Bill Hinchman		Manager Nap Lajoie

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

• 1907 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference