1903 Cleveland Naps season
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The Cleveland Naps
Cleveland Indians
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 season
was the third Major League Baseball
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 season for the Cleveland American League
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 team. The team finished third in the league with a record of 77-63, 15 games behind the Boston Americans
1903 Boston Americans season
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After being known as the Blues and the Bronchos in their first two seasons respectively, the team was dubbed the Naps for the 1903 season in honor of star second baseman
Second baseman
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 Nap Lajoie
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Offseason

  • February, 1903: Ollie Pickering
    Ollie Pickering
    Oliver Daniel Pickering , was a professional baseball player and is noted as the first batter in American League History while playing for the Cleveland Blues in 1901. He went on that season to hit .309 and scored 102 runs for Cleveland. He played outfielder, primarily in center field, in the...

     was purchased from the Naps by the Philadelphia Athletics
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Roster

1903 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
2B 125 485 167 .344 7 93

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

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
20 165.2 14 6 2.12 60
16 136.2 7 9 2.44 45

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

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
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