1903 Cleveland Naps season

The 1903 Cleveland Naps season was the third Major League Baseball season for the Cleveland American League team. After two seasons as the Bluebirds – unofficially known as the Blues in 1901 and the Bronchos (or Broncos) in 1902 – the team was renamed for the 1903 season in honor of star second baseman Nap Lajoie. The team finished third in the league with a record of 77–63, 15 games behind the Boston Americans.

1903 Cleveland Naps
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Somers
Manager(s)Bill Armour
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Offseason
  • February 1903: Ollie Pickering was purchased from the Naps by the Philadelphia Athletics.[1]

Regular season
The 1903 Cleveland Naps

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9147 0.659 — 49–20 42–27
Philadelphia Athletics 7560 0.556 14½ 44–21 31–39
Cleveland Naps 7763 0.550 15 49–25 28–38
New York Highlanders 7262 0.537 17 41–26 31–36
Detroit Tigers 6571 0.478 25 37–28 28–43
St. Louis Browns 6574 0.468 26½ 38–32 27–42
Chicago White Stockings 6077 0.438 30½ 41–28 19–49
Washington Senators 4394 0.314 47½ 29–40 14–54

Record vs. opponents
1903 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —14–612–810–9–113–713–614–615–5–2
Chicago 6–14—10–1010–97–11–16–149–1112–8
Cleveland 8–1210–10—9–1114–69–1111–916–4
Detroit 9–10–19–1011–9—10–911–96–149–10
New York 7–1311–7–16–149–10—10–8–115–514–5
Philadelphia 6–1314–611–99–118–10–1—11–816–3–1
St. Louis 6–1411–99–1114–65–158–11—12–8
Washington 5–15–28–124–1610–95–143–16–18–12—

Roster
1903 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CFred Abbott7725560.235125
1BCharlie Hickman131522154.2951297
2BNap Lajoie125485167.344793
SSJohn Gochnaur13443881.185048
3BBill Bradley136536168.313668
OFElmer Flick140523155.296251
OFJack McCarthy108415110.265043
OFHarry Bay140579169.292135

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
Harry Bemis9231482.261141
Jack Thoney3212225.20519
Billy Clingman216418.28107
Jack Hardy5193.15801
Jack Slattery4110.00000
Happy Iott3102.20000
Hugh Hill110.00000

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 Joss32283.218132.19120
Earl Moore29247.22081.74148
Bill Bernhard20165.21462.1260
Red Donahue16136.2792.4445
Gene Wright15101.23105.7542
Ed Killian961.2342.4818
Jesse Stovall657512.0512
Bob Rhoads541235.2721
Martin Glendon327.2120.989
Ed Walker312015.254

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
Gus Dorner1273.2354.5228
Alex Pearson430.1123.5612

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
Bill Pounds100010.802

Notes
  1. Ollie Pickering page at Baseball Reference

References


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