1911 Cleveland Naps season
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Owner(s) | Charles Somers |
Manager(s) | Deacon McGuire, George Stovall |
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The 1911 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American major league baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps attempting to win the American League pennant and finishing in third place (22 games back). They had a record of 80 wins and 73 losses.
The Naps played their home games at League Park II.
Regular season
Season highlights
In his rookie season, Shoeless Joe Jackson hit .408, which ranked second in the American League. He also finished in the league top 10 in home runs, RBI, runs scored, and stolen bases. Jackson was fourth in the Chalmers MVP Award voting.
Vean Gregg led the starting pitchers of the team in several categories: he had a total of 23 wins and seven losses; he pitched 244⅔ innings, yet maintained a league-leading 1.80 ERA, while striking out 125 batters.
Pitcher Cy Young, 44 years old at the time, played part of his final season with the 1911 Cleveland Naps team. Nap Lajoie, another Hall of Famer, played on this team as well.
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 101 | 50 | 0.669 | — | 54–20 | 47–30 |
Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 13½ | 51–25 | 38–40 |
Cleveland Naps | 80 | 73 | 0.523 | 22 | 46–30 | 34–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 78 | 75 | 0.510 | 24 | 39–37 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 77 | 74 | 0.510 | 24 | 40–37 | 37–37 |
New York Highlanders | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 25½ | 36–40 | 40–36 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 38½ | 39–38 | 25–52 |
St. Louis Browns | 45 | 107 | 0.296 | 56½ | 25–53 | 20–54 |
Record vs. opponents
1911 American League Records Sources: | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 12–9 | 13–9 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 6–15–2 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 9–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11 | 15–6–2 | — | 6–16 | 14–8–1 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 14–8 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 14–8 | 16–6 | — | 7–15 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 15–7 | — | 6–15 | 16–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9 | 11–9–1 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 15–6 | — | 20–2 | 15–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–12 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–16 | 2–20 | — | 9–13 | |||||
Washington | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 13–9 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Fisher, GusGus Fisher | 70 | 203 | 53 | .261 | 0 | 12 |
1B | Stovall, GeorgeGeorge Stovall | 126 | 458 | 124 | .271 | 0 | 79 |
2B | Ball, NealNeal Ball | 116 | 412 | 122 | .296 | 3 | 45 |
3B | Turner, TerryTerry Turner | 117 | 417 | 105 | .252 | 0 | 28 |
SS | Olson, IvyIvy Olson | 140 | 545 | 142 | .261 | 1 | 50 |
OF | Jackson, JoeJoe Jackson | 147 | 571 | 233 | .408 | 7 | 83 |
OF | Graney, JackJack Graney | 146 | 527 | 142 | .269 | 1 | 45 |
OF | Birmingham, JoeJoe Birmingham | 125 | 447 | 136 | .304 | 2 | 51 |
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 |
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Lajoie, NapNap Lajoie | 90 | 315 | 115 | .365 | 2 | 60 |
Easterly, TedTed Easterly | 99 | 287 | 93 | .324 | 1 | 37 |
Smith, SydSyd Smith | 58 | 154 | 46 | .299 | 1 | 21 |
Butcher, HankHank Butcher | 38 | 133 | 32 | .241 | 1 | 11 |
Land, GroverGrover Land | 35 | 107 | 15 | .140 | 0 | 10 |
Griggs, ArtArt Griggs | 27 | 68 | 17 | .250 | 1 | 7 |
Lindsay, BillBill Lindsay | 19 | 66 | 16 | .242 | 0 | 5 |
Knaupp, CottonCotton Knaupp | 13 | 39 | 4 | .103 | 0 | 0 |
O'Neill, SteveSteve O'Neill | 9 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
Mills, JackJack Mills | 13 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 1 |
Callahan, DaveDave Callahan | 6 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Hendryx, TimTim Hendryx | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Bronkie, HermanHerman Bronkie | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Adams, BertBert Adams | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Demott, BenBen Demott | 2 | 4 | 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 |
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Gregg, VeanVean Gregg | 34 | 244.2 | 23 | 7 | 1.80 | 125 |
Krapp, GeneGene Krapp | 35 | 222 | 13 | 9 | 3.41 | 132 |
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell | 30 | 177.1 | 7 | 14 | 3.76 | 78 |
Falkenberg, CyCy Falkenberg | 15 | 106.2 | 8 | 5 | 3.29 | 46 |
Young, CyCy Young | 7 | 46.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.88 | 20 |
James, BillBill James | 8 | 51.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.88 | 21 |
Yingling, EarlEarl Yingling | 4 | 22.1 | 1 | 0 | 4.33 | 6 |
Demott, BenBen Demott | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 12.27 | 2 |
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 |
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Kahler, GeorgeGeorge Kahler | 30 | 154.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.27 | 97 |
Blanding, FredFred Blanding | 29 | 176 | 7 | 11 | 3.68 | 80 |
West, HiHi West | 13 | 64.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.76 | 17 |
Harkness, SpecSpec Harkness | 12 | 53.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.22 | 25 |
Baskette, JimJim Baskette | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.38 | 8 |
Swindell, JoshJosh Swindell | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 6 |
Paige, PatPat Paige | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 |
Reisigl, BugsBugs Reisigl | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 6 |
Awards and honors
League top ten finishers
- MLB leader in ERA (1.80)
- #2 in AL in shutouts (5)
- #4 in AL in wins (23)
- #8 in AL in complete games (22)
- MLB leader in on-base percentage (.468)
- #2 in AL in batting average (.408)
- #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.590)
- #2 in AL in runs scored (126)
- #2 in AL in hits (233)
- #2 in AL in doubles (45)
- #3 in AL in triples (19)
- #4 in AL in home runs (7)
- #6 in AL in stolen bases (41)
- #9 in AL in RBI (83)
- #10 in AL in strikeouts (132)