1908 Cleveland Naps season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Naps 1908 American League League Park Cleveland, Ohio 90 64 y 2nd Charles Somers Nap Lajoie 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 Cleveland Naps Record vs. opponents CLE 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 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 Bill Bradley (baseball) 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 Josh Clarke (baseball) 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 baseball 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 Glenn Liebhardt (1900s pitcher) 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 Jack Ryan (pitcher) 8 35.2 1 1 2.27 7 Ed Foster Ed Foster (baseball) 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 References 1908 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Naps season Cleveland Naps Category:1900s in Cleveland