1908 Cleveland Naps season

1908 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 1908 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 90–64, just one-half game behind the Detroit Tigers. The Naps finished with the same number of wins as the Tigers, but one additional loss. By the standard of the era, that gave the Tigers the pennant.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	90	63	0.588	—	44–33	46–30
Cleveland Naps	90	64	0.584	½	51–26	39–38
Chicago White Sox	88	64	0.579	1½	51–25	37–39
St. Louis Browns	83	69	0.546	6½	46–31	37–38
Boston Red Sox	75	79	0.487	15½	37–40	38–39
Philadelphia Athletics	68	85	0.444	22	46–30	22–55
Washington Senators	67	85	0.441	22½	43–32	24–53
New York Highlanders	51	103	0.331	39½	30–47	21–56

Record vs. opponents

1908 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	6–16–1	10–12	11–11	12–10	10–12	15–7	11–11
Chicago	16–6–1	—	8–14–1	9–13	16–6	13–9	11–10	15–6–2
Cleveland	12–10	14–8–1	—	13–9	16–6	16–6–1	11–11–1	8–14
Detroit	11–11	13–9	9–13	—	15–7	14–8–1	12–10	16–5
New York	10–12	6–16	6–16	7–15	—	8–14–1	5–17	9–13
Philadelphia	12–10	9–13	6–16–1	8–14–1	14–8–1	—	8–13–1	11–11
St. Louis	7–15	10–11	11–11–1	10–12	17–5	13–8–1	—	15–7–1
Washington	11–11	6–15–2	14–8	5–16	13–9	11–11	7–15–1	—

Roster

1908 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Heinie Berger Charlie Chech Walter Clarkson Cy Falkenberg Ed Foster Jack Graney Otto Hess Addie Joss Bill Lattimore Glenn Liebhardt Bob Rhoads Jack Ryan Jake Thielman		Catchers Harry Bemis Nig Clarke Homer Davidson Grover Land Infielders Bill Bradley Nap Lajoie Deacon McGuire Rabbit Nill George Perring George Stovall		Outfielders Dave Altizer Harry Bay Joe Birmingham Josh Clarke Elmer Flick Wilbur Good Charlie Hickman Bill Hinchman Denny Sullivan Terry Turner		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
2B	Lajoie, NapNap Lajoie	157	581	168	.289	2	74
3B	Bradley, BillBill Bradley	148	548	133	.243	1	46

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
Hess, OttoOtto Hess	9	14	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
Berger, HeinieHeinie Berger	29	199.1	13	8	2.12	101
Chech, CharlieCharlie Chech	27	165.2	11	7	1.74	51

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

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hess, OttoOtto Hess	4	0	0	0	5.14	2

References

• 1908 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference