1908 Cleveland Naps
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersCharles Somers
ManagersNap 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 with 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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB 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 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
C Nig Clarke 97 290 70 .241 1 27
1B George Stovall 138 534 156 .292 2 45
2B Nap Lajoie 157 581 168 .289 2 74
SS George Perring 89 310 67 .216 0 19
3B Bill Bradley 148 548 133 .243 1 46
OF Bill Hinchman 137 464 107 .231 6 59
OF Joe Birmingham 122 413 88 .213 2 38
OF Josh Clarke 131 492 119 .242 1 21

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
Harry Bemis 91 277 62 .224 0 33
Terry Turner 60 201 48 .239 0 19
Charlie Hickman 65 197 46 .234 2 16
Wilbur Good 46 154 43 .279 1 14
Dave Altizer 29 89 19 .213 0 5
Elmer Flick 9 35 8 .229 0 2
Rabbit Nill 11 23 5 .217 0 1
Grover Land 8 16 3 .188 0 2
Otto Hess 9 14 0 .000 0 0
Denny Sullivan 4 6 0 .000 0 0
Deacon McGuire 1 4 1 .250 0 2
Homer Davidson 9 4 0 .000 0 0
Harry Bay 2 0 0 ---- 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
Addie Joss 42 325.0 24 11 1.16 130
Bob Rhoads 37 270.0 18 12 1.77 62
Glenn Liebhardt 38 262.0 15 16 2.20 146
Heinie Berger 29 199.1 13 8 2.12 101
Charlie Chech 27 165.2 11 7 1.74 51
Jake Thielman 11 61.2 4 3 3.65 15
Cy Falkenberg 8 46.1 2 4 3.88 17
Bill Lattimore 4 24.0 1 2 4.50 5

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
Jack Ryan 8 35.2 1 1 2.27 7
Ed Foster 6 21.0 1 0 2.14 11
Walter Clarkson 2 3.1 0 0 10.80 1

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
Otto Hess 4 0 0 0 5.14 2
Jack Graney 2 0 0 0 5.40 0

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