The Cleveland Naps

Cleveland Indians

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 season was a season in American major league baseball

Major League Baseball

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. It involved the Cleveland Naps attempting to win the American League

American League

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 pennant

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 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

League Park

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.

Season highlights

In his rookie season, 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...

 hit

Batting average

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 .408, which ranked second in the American League. He also finished in the league top 10 in home run

Home run

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s, RBI

Run batted in

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, runs scored, and stolen base

Stolen base

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s. Jackson was fourth in the Chalmers MVP Award voting.

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....

 led the starting pitcher

Starting pitcher

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s 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

Earned run average

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, while striking out

Strikeout

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 125 batters.

Pitcher Cy Young

Cy Young

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, 44 years old at the time, played part of his final season with the 1911 Cleveland Naps team. Nap Lajoie

Nap Lajoie

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, another Hall of Famer

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, played on this team as well.

Roster

1911 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Managers

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		70	203	53	.261	0	12
1B		126	458	124	.271	0	79
2B		116	412	122	.296	3	45
3B		117	417	105	.252	0	28
SS		140	545	142	.261	1	50
OF		147	571	233	.408	7	83
OF		146	527	142	.269	1	45
OF		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
	90	315	115	.365	2	60
	99	287	93	.324	1	37
	58	154	46	.299	1	21
	38	133	32	.241	1	11
	35	107	15	.140	0	10
	27	68	17	.250	1	7
	19	66	16	.242	0	5
	13	39	4	.103	0	0
	9	27	4	.148	0	1
	13	17	5	.294	0	1
	6	16	4	.250	0	0
	4	7	2	.286	0	0
	2	6	1	.167	0	0
	2	5	1	.200	0	0
	2	4	0	.000	0	0

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
	34	244.2	23	7	1.80	125
	35	222	13	9	3.41	132
	30	177.1	7	14	3.76	78
	15	106.2	8	5	3.29	46
	7	46.1	3	4	3.88	20
	8	51.2	2	4	4.88	21
	4	22.1	1	0	4.33	6
	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
	30	154.1	9	8	3.27	97
	29	176	7	11	3.68	80
	13	64.2	3	4	3.76	17
	12	53.1	2	2	4.22	25
	4	21.1	1	2	3.38	8
	4	17.1	0	1	2.08	6
	2	16	1	0	4.50	6
	2	13	0	1	6.23	6

League top ten 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....

• 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)

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 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)

Gene Krapp

Gene Krapp

Eugene Hamlet Krapp was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1915. He played for the Cleveland Naps and Buffalo Buffeds/Blues.-Biography:...

• #10 in AL in strikeouts (132)