1911 Cleveland Naps season
The 1911 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American major league baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps attempting to win the American League pennant and finishing in third place (22 games back). They had a record of 80 wins and 73 losses.
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| Owner(s) | Charles Somers |
| Manager(s) | Deacon McGuire, George Stovall |
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The Naps played their home games at League Park II.
Regular season
Season highlights
In his rookie season, Shoeless Joe Jackson hit .408, which ranked second in the American League. He also finished in the league top 10 in home runs, RBI, runs scored, and stolen bases. Jackson was fourth in the Chalmers MVP Award voting.
Vean Gregg led the starting pitchers 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, while striking out 125 batters.
Pitcher Cy Young, 44 years old at the time, played part of his final season with the 1911 Cleveland Naps team. Nap Lajoie, another Hall of Famer, played on this team as well.
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Philadelphia Athletics | 101 | 50 | 0.669 | — | 54–20 | 47–30 |
| Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 13½ | 51–25 | 38–40 |
| Cleveland Naps | 80 | 73 | 0.523 | 22 | 46–30 | 34–43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 78 | 75 | 0.510 | 24 | 39–37 | 39–38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 77 | 74 | 0.510 | 24 | 40–37 | 37–37 |
| New York Highlanders | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 25½ | 36–40 | 40–36 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 38½ | 39–38 | 25–52 |
| St. Louis Browns | 45 | 107 | 0.296 | 56½ | 25–53 | 20–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
| Boston | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 12–9 | 13–9 | |||||
| Chicago | 11–11 | — | 6–15–2 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 9–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
| Cleveland | 11–11 | 15–6–2 | — | 6–16 | 14–8–1 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 14–8 | |||||
| Detroit | 12–10 | 14–8 | 16–6 | — | 7–15 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
| New York | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 15–7 | — | 6–15 | 16–5 | 12–10 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 13–9 | 11–9–1 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 15–6 | — | 20–2 | 15–7 | |||||
| St. Louis | 9–12 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–16 | 2–20 | — | 9–13 | |||||
| Washington | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 13–9 | — | |||||
Roster
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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 |
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| C | Gus Fisher | 70 | 203 | 53 | .261 | 0 | 12 |
| 1B | George Stovall | 126 | 458 | 124 | .271 | 0 | 79 |
| 2B | Neal Ball | 116 | 412 | 122 | .296 | 3 | 45 |
| 3B | Terry Turner | 117 | 417 | 105 | .252 | 0 | 28 |
| SS | Ivy Olson | 140 | 545 | 142 | .261 | 1 | 50 |
| OF | Joe Jackson | 147 | 571 | 233 | .408 | 7 | 83 |
| OF | Jack Graney | 146 | 527 | 142 | .269 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | Joe Birmingham | 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 |
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| Nap Lajoie | 90 | 315 | 115 | .365 | 2 | 60 |
| Ted Easterly | 99 | 287 | 93 | .324 | 1 | 37 |
| Syd Smith | 58 | 154 | 46 | .299 | 1 | 21 |
| Hank Butcher | 38 | 133 | 32 | .241 | 1 | 11 |
| Grover Land | 35 | 107 | 15 | .140 | 0 | 10 |
| Art Griggs | 27 | 68 | 17 | .250 | 1 | 7 |
| Bill Lindsay | 19 | 66 | 16 | .242 | 0 | 5 |
| Cotton Knaupp | 13 | 39 | 4 | .103 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve O'Neill | 9 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Mills | 13 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Callahan | 6 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Hendryx | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Bronkie | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Adams | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Demott | 2 | 4 | 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 |
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| Vean Gregg | 34 | 244.2 | 23 | 7 | 1.80 | 125 |
| Gene Krapp | 35 | 222 | 13 | 9 | 3.41 | 132 |
| Willie Mitchell | 30 | 177.1 | 7 | 14 | 3.76 | 78 |
| Cy Falkenberg | 15 | 106.2 | 8 | 5 | 3.29 | 46 |
| Cy Young | 7 | 46.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.88 | 20 |
| Bill James | 8 | 51.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.88 | 21 |
| Earl Yingling | 4 | 22.1 | 1 | 0 | 4.33 | 6 |
| Ben Demott | 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 |
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| George Kahler | 30 | 154.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.27 | 97 |
| Fred Blanding | 29 | 176 | 7 | 11 | 3.68 | 80 |
| Hi West | 13 | 64.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.76 | 17 |
| Spec Harkness | 12 | 53.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.22 | 25 |
| Jim Baskette | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.38 | 8 |
| Josh Swindell | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 6 |
| Pat Paige | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 |
| Bugs Reisigl | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 6 |
Awards and honors
League top ten finishers
- 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)
- 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)
- #10 in AL in strikeouts (132)