1904 Cleveland Naps season

1904 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)	Bill Armour
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The 1904 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 86–65, 7½ games behind the Boston Americans.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Americans	95	59	0.617	—	49–30	46–29
New York Highlanders	92	59	0.609	1½	46–29	46–30
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	6	50–27	39–38
Cleveland Naps	86	65	0.570	7½	44–31	42–34
Philadelphia Athletics	81	70	0.536	12½	47–31	34–39
St. Louis Browns	65	87	0.428	29	32–43	33–44
Detroit Tigers	62	90	0.408	32	34–40	28–50
Washington Senators	38	113	0.252	55½	23–52	15–61

Record vs. opponents

1904 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	9–13	16–6	12–10–2	13–9–1	12–10	20–2
Chicago	9–13	—	14–8	14–8–1	12–10–1	8–14	14–8	18–4
Cleveland	13–9	8–14	—	14–8–2	9–11–1	11–10	13–9	18–4
Detroit	6–16	8–14–1	8–14–2	—	7–15	10–12–1	11–11–2	12–8–4
New York	10–12–2	10–12–1	11–9–1	15–7	—	12–9	16–6	18–4
Philadelphia	9–13–1	14–8	10–11	12–10–1	9–12	—	11–10–1	16–6–1
St. Louis	10–12	8–14	9–13	11–11–2	6–16	10–11–1	—	11–10–1
Washington	2–20	4–18	4–18	8–12–4	4–18	6–16–1	10–11–1	—

Notable transactions

• August 18, 1904: Nick Kahl was purchased by the Naps from the Colorado Springs Millionaires.^[1]

Roster

1904 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bernhard Red Donahue Otto Hess Jack Hickey Addie Joss Earl Moore Bob Rhoads		Catchers Fred Abbott Harry Bemis Fritz Buelow Harry Ostdiek Infielders Bill Bradley Charlie Carr Mike Donovan Charlie Hickman Nap Lajoie Bill Schwartz George Stovall Terry Turner		Outfielders Harry Bay Elmer Flick Billy Lush Claude Rossman Rube Vinson		Manager Bill Armour

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
3B	Bradley, BillBill Bradley	154	609	183	.300	6	83

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
Schwartz, BillBill Schwartz	24	86	13	.151	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
Bernhard, BillBill Bernhard	38	320.2	23	13	2.13	137
Donahue, RedRed Donahue	35	277	19	14	2.40	127
Hess, OttoOtto Hess	21	151.2	8	7	1.67	64
Hickey, JackJack Hickey	2	12.1	0	1	7.30	5

Notes

1. Nick Kahl page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1904 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference