1905 Cleveland Naps season

1905 Cleveland Naps
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	76–78 (.494)
League place	5th
Owners	Charles Somers
Managers	Bill Bradley, Nap Lajoie

The 1905 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 76–78, 19 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The Naps were 52–29 on July 24, and held a three -game lead in the American League, but they were only 24–49 after that point, and finished two games under .500 after having been 23 games over .500

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	92	56	.622	—	51‍–‍22	41‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox	92	60	.605	2	50‍–‍29	42‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers	79	74	.516	15½	45‍–‍30	34‍–‍44
Boston Americans	78	74	.513	16	44‍–‍32	34‍–‍42
Cleveland Naps	76	78	.494	19	41‍–‍36	35‍–‍42
New York Highlanders	71	78	.477	21½	40‍–‍35	31‍–‍43
Washington Senators	64	87	.424	29½	33‍–‍42	31‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	54	99	.353	40½	34‍–‍42	20‍–‍57

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	Fritz Buelow	75	239	41	.172	1	18
1B	Charlie Carr	89	306	72	.235	1	31
2B	Nap Lajoie	65	249	82	.329	2	41
SS	Terry Turner	155	586	155	.265	4	72
3B	Bill Bradley	146	541	145	.268	0	51
OF	Elmer Flick	132	500	154	.308	4	64
OF	Jim Jackson	109	426	109	.256	2	31
OF	Harry Bay	144	552	166	.301	0	22

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
George Stovall	112	423	115	.272	1	47
Harry Bemis	70	226	66	.292	0	28
Otto Hess	54	173	44	.254	2	13
Nick Kahl	40	135	29	.215	0	21
Rube Vinson	39	134	26	.194	0	9
Nig Clarke	42	123	24	.195	0	9
Bunk Congalton	12	47	17	.362	0	5
Jap Barbeau	11	37	10	.270	0	2
Howard Wakefield	10	26	4	.154	0	1
Eddie Grant	2	8	3	.375	0	0
Emil Leber	2	6	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
Addie Joss	33	286.0	20	12	2.01	132
Earl Moore	31	269.0	15	15	2.64	131
Bob Rhoads	28	235.0	16	9	2.83	61
Otto Hess	26	213.2	10	15	3.16	109
Bill Bernhard	22	174.1	7	13	3.36	56
Red Donahue	20	137.2	6	12	3.40	45
Cy Ferry	1	2.0	0	0	13.50	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
Hi West	6	33.0	2	2	4.09	15

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
John Halla	3	0	0	0	2.84	4

References

• 1905 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference