1912 Cleveland Naps season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Naps 1912 American League League Park II Cleveland, Ohio 75 78 y 5th Charles Somers Harry Davis, Joe Birmingham The 1912 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The Naps had two of the best hitters in the majors in Shoeless Joe Jackson and Nap Lajoie. Despite this, they ended up back in the second division, finishing in fifth place with a record of 75–78. Regular season April 20, 1912: The Naps played in the first ever game at Navin Field in Detroit against Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers. Navin Field, later known as Tiger Stadium, opened the same day as Fenway Park.The Final Season, p.5, Tom Stanton, Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 2001, 0-312-29156-6 It was supposed to have opened on April 18 (like Fenway Park) but it rained in both cities on that day.The Final Season, p.40 Naps batter Shoeless Joe Jackson scored the first run ever at Navin Field, though the Tigers would win the game 6–5.The Final Season, p.5 Although Jackson would go on to hit a team leading .395 for the season including 3 home runs and 90 RBI's, he finished second in batting average to Ty Cobb who hit .409 for the year. Season standings Cleveland Naps Record vs. opponents CLE Roster 1912 Cleveland Naps Roster Pitchers Jim Baskette Fred Blanding Bert Brenner Lefty George Vean Gregg Bill James Lefty James George Kahler Gene Krapp Harry Krause Willie Mitchell Jim Neher Bill Steen Mysterious Walker Roy Walker Ernie Wolf Catchers Bert Adams Fred Carisch Ted Easterly Paddy Livingston Lou Nagelsen Steve O'Neill Infielders Howard Baker Neal Ball Herman Bronkie Ray Chapman Harry Davis Art Griggs Eddie Hohnhorst Doc Johnston Jack Kibble Nap Lajoie Ken Nash Ivy Olson Roger Peckinpaugh Terry Turner Outfielders Joe Birmingham Hank Butcher Hack Eibel Jack Graney Harvey Grubb Art Hauger Tim Hendryx Bill Hunter Joe Jackson Moxie Meixell Buddy Ryan Manager Harry Davis Joe Birmingham 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 Steve O'Neill 69 215 49 .228 0 14 1B Art Griggs 89 273 83 .304 0 39 2B Nap Lajoie 117 448 165 .368 0 90 3B Terry Turner baseball 103 370 114 .308 0 33 SS Roger Peckinpaugh 70 236 50 .212 1 22 OF Buddy Ryan Buddy Ryan (baseball) 93 328 89 .271 1 31 OF Joe Birmingham 107 369 94 .255 1 45 OF Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson 154 572 226 .395 3 90 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 Ivy Olson 125 467 118 .253 0 33 Jack Graney 78 264 64 .242 0 20 Ted Easterly 65 186 55 .296 2 21 Doc Johnston 43 164 46 .280 1 11 Neal Ball 40 132 30 .227 0 14 Ray Chapman 31 109 34 .312 0 19 Hank Butcher 26 82 16 .195 1 10 Tim Hendryx 23 70 17 .243 1 14 Fred Carisch 24 69 19 .275 0 5 Bill Hunter Bill Hunter (outfielder) 21 55 9 .164 0 2 Bert Adams 20 54 11 .204 0 6 Eddie Hohnhorst 15 54 11 .204 0 2 Paddy Livingston 20 47 11 .234 0 3 Howard Baker Howard Baker (baseball) 11 30 5 .167 0 2 Ken Nash 11 23 4 .174 0 0 Art Hauger 15 18 1 .056 0 0 Herman Bronkie 6 16 0 .000 0 0 Jack Kibble 5 8 0 .000 0 0 Harry Davis Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) 2 5 0 .000 0 0 Lou Nagelsen 2 3 0 .000 0 0 Hack Eibel 1 3 0 .000 0 0 Moxie Meixell 3 2 1 .500 0 0 Harvey Grubb 1 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 Vean Gregg 37 271.2 20 13 2.59 184 Fred Blanding 39 262.0 18 14 2.92 75 George Kahler 41 246.1 12 19 3.69 104 Gene Krapp 9 58.2 2 5 4.60 22 Harry Krause 2 4.2 0 1 11.57 1 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 Willie Mitchell Willie Mitchell (baseball) 29 163.2 5 8 2.80 94 Bill Steen 26 143.1 9 8 3.77 61 Jim Baskette 29 116.0 8 4 3.18 51 Lefty George 11 44.1 0 5 4.87 18 Bert Brenner 2 13.0 1 0 2.77 3 Lefty James 3 6.0 0 1 7.50 2 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 Bill James Bill James (pitcher, born 1887) 3 0 0 0 4.61 5 Ernie Wolf 1 0 0 0 6.35 1 Roy Walker Roy Walker (baseball) 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Jim Neher 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Mysterious Walker 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Awards and honors League top five finishers Vean Gregg #4 in AL in strikeouts (184) Shoeless Joe Jackson MLB leader in hits (226) #2 in AL in batting average (.395) #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.458) #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.579) #3 in AL in runs scored (121) George Kahler AL leader in walks allowed (121) #2 in AL in losses (19) #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (101) Nap Lajoie #4 in AL in batting average (.368) References External links 1912 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Naps season Cleveland Naps