1914 Cleveland Naps season

The 1914 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth in the eight-team American League with a record of 51–102, 48½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. This was their final season with the nickname "Naps", as they changed their name to the Indians from the following season, a name they kept for the next 107 years.

1914 Cleveland Naps
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park II
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	51–102 (.333)
League place	8th
Owners	Charles Somers
Managers	Joe Birmingham
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Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	99	53	.651	—	51‍–‍24	48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	91	62	.595	8½	44‍–‍31	47‍–‍31
Washington Senators	81	73	.526	19	40‍–‍33	41‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	80	73	.523	19½	42‍–‍35	38‍–‍38
St. Louis Browns	71	82	.464	28½	42‍–‍36	29‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox	70	84	.455	30	43‍–‍37	27‍–‍47
New York Yankees	70	84	.455	30	36‍–‍40	34‍–‍44
Cleveland Naps	51	102	.333	48½	32‍–‍47	19‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1914 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	16–6	15–7–1	11–11	12–9–3	13–9–2	11–11
Chicago	9–13	—	13–9	6–16	12–10–1	5–17	13–9–1	12–10–1
Cleveland	6–16	9–13	—	6–16	8–14–1	3–19	8–13–2	11–11–1
Detroit	7–15–1	16–6	16–6	—	13–9–1	9–12–1	9–13	10–12–1
New York	11–11	10–12–1	14–8–1	9–13–1	—	8–14	11–11	7–15
Philadelphia	9–12–3	17–5	19–3	12–9–1	14–8	—	15–7–1	13–9–1
St. Louis	9–13–2	9–13–1	13–8–2	13–9	11–11	7–15–1	—	9–13
Washington	11–11	10–12–1	11–11–1	12–10–1	15–7	9–13–1	13–9	—

Roster

1914 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers George Beck Henry Benn Lloyd Bishop Fred Blanding Abe Bowman Paul Carter Allan Collamore Fritz Coumbe Nick Cullop Harley Dillinger Vean Gregg Rip Hagerman Lefty James Sam Jones George Kahler Willie Mitchell Guy Morton Bill Steen Al Tedrow		Catchers Johnny Bassler Josh Billings Fred Carisch Ben Egan Frank Mills Steve O'Neill Infielders Walter Barbare Rivington Bisland Ray Chapman Al Cypert George Dunlop Bruce Hartford Doc Johnston Nap Lajoie Ivy Olson Larry Pezold Terry Turner Bill Wambsganss		Outfielders Joe Birmingham Tinsley Ginn Jack Graney Joe Jackson Jay Kirke Nemo Leibold Jack Lelivelt Elmer Smith Roy Wood Other positions Tom Reilly		Manager Joe Birmingham

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
C	Steve O'Neill	87	269	68	.253	0	20
1B	Doc Johnston	104	340	83	.244	0	23
2B	Nap Lajoie	121	419	108	.258	0	50
SS	Ray Chapman	106	375	103	.275	2	42
3B	Terry Turner	121	428	105	.245	1	33
OF	Joe Jackson	122	453	143	.338	3	53
OF	Jack Graney	130	460	122	.265	1	39
OF	Nemo Leibold	115	402	106	.264	0	32

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
Ivy Olson	89	310	75	.242	1	20
Jay Kirke	67	242	66	.273	1	25
Roy Wood	72	220	52	.236	1	15
Bill Wambsganss	43	143	31	.217	0	12
Fred Carisch	40	102	22	.216	0	5
Ben Egan	29	88	20	.227	0	11
Johnny Bassler	43	77	14	.182	0	6
Larry Pezold	23	71	16	.225	0	5
Jack Lelivelt	34	64	21	.328	0	13
Rivington Bisland	18	57	6	.105	0	2
Elmer Smith	13	53	17	.321	0	8
Walter Barbare	15	52	16	.308	0	5
Joe Birmingham	19	47	6	.128	0	4
Bruce Hartford	8	22	4	.182	0	0
Frank Mills	4	8	1	.125	0	0
Josh Billings	11	8	2	.250	0	0
George Dunlop	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Tom Reilly	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Tinsley Ginn	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Al Cypert	1	1	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
Willie Mitchell	39	257.0	11	17	3.19	179
Bill Steen	30	200.2	9	14	2.60	97
Rip Hagerman	37	198.0	9	15	3.09	112
Vean Gregg	17	96.2	9	3	3.07	56
Paul Carter	5	24.2	1	3	2.92	9

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
Guy Morton	25	128.0	1	13	3.02	80
Fred Blanding	29	116.0	4	9	3.96	35
Allan Collamore	27	105.1	3	7	3.25	32
Abe Bowman	22	72.2	2	7	4.46	27
Fritz Coumbe	14	55.1	1	5	3.25	22
Lefty James	17	50.2	0	3	3.20	16
Harley Dillinger	11	33.2	0	1	4.54	11
Al Tedrow	4	22.1	1	2	1.21	4
George Kahler	2	14.0	0	1	3.86	3
Lloyd Bishop	3	8.0	0	1	5.63	1

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
Nick Cullop	1	0	1	0	2.70	3
Sam Jones	1	0	0	0	2.70	0
Henry Benn	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
George Beck	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1914 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference