1912 Cleveland Naps season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Cleveland Naps
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

season was a season in American baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

. The Naps had two of the best hitters in the majors in Shoeless Joe Jackson

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Joseph Jefferson Jackson , nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century...

and Nap Lajoie

Nap Lajoie

Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie , also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island...

. Despite this, they ended up back in the second division

First division (baseball)

First division is a term that has had various meanings, at various times, in the sport of baseball, but originally referred to the rankings within a league...

, 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, later known as Tiger Stadium. The stadium opened the same day as Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...

. It was supposed to have opened on April 18 (like Fenway Park) but it rained in both cities on that day. Naps batter Shoeless Joe Jackson
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Joseph Jefferson Jackson , nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century...

scored the first run in Tiger Stadium.

Roster

1912 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	69	215	49	.228	0	14
1B	89	273	83	.304	0	39
2B	117	448	165	.368	0	90
3B	103	370	114	.308	0	33
SS	70	236	50	.212	1	22
OF	93	328	89	.271	1	31
OF	107	369	94	.255	1	45
OF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
31	109	34	.312	19
22	55	9	.164	2
11	30	5	.167	2
15	18	1	.056	0
5	8	0	.000	0
2	5	0	.000	0
1	1	0	.000	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	271.2	20	13	2.59	184
39	262	18	14	2.92	75
41	246.1	12	19	3.69	104
9	58.2	2	5	4.60	22
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
29	163.2	5	8	2.80	94
29	116	8	4	3.18	51
11	44.1	0	5	4.87	18
2	13	1	0	2.77	3
3	6	0	1	7.50	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	ERA	SO
3	4.61	5
1	0.00	1
1	0.00	0

League top five finishers

Vean Gregg
Vean Gregg
Sylveanus Augustus "Vean" Gregg was born April 13, 1885, in Chehalis, Washington. For three years, the left-hander was one of the most dominant pitchers in the major leagues....

#4 in AL in strikeouts (184)

Shoeless Joe Jackson
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Joseph Jefferson Jackson , nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century...

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
George Kahler
George Runnells Kahler was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cleveland Naps from 1910 to 1914.Kahler was the second pitcher to use the emery ball, after Russ Ford.-External links:...

AL leader in walks allowed (121)
#2 in AL in losses (19)
#3 in AL in earned runs allowed (101)

Nap Lajoie
Nap Lajoie
Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie , also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island...

#4 in AL in batting average (.368)

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