# 1909 Cleveland Naps season

The 1909 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 71–82, 27½ games behind the Detroit Tigers.

## Regular season

* July 19, 1909: Neal Ball of the Naps executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner coming from first base.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 57‍–‍19 | 41‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 95 | 58 | .621 | 3½ | 49‍–‍27 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Boston Red Sox | 88 | 63 | .583 | 9½ | 47‍–‍28 | 41‍–‍35 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 74 | .513 | 20 | 42‍–‍34 | 36‍–‍40 |
| New York Highlanders | 74 | 77 | .490 | 23½ | 41‍–‍35 | 33‍–‍42 |
| Cleveland Naps | 71 | 82 | .464 | 27½ | 39‍–‍37 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 61 | 89 | .407 | 36 | 40‍–‍37 | 21‍–‍52 |
| Washington Senators | 42 | 110 | .276 | 56 | 27‍–‍48 | 15‍–‍62 |

### Record vs. opponents

1909 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 10–11 | 13–7 | 16–6 |
| Chicago | 9–13–1 | — | 8–13–1 | 6–15–2 | 14–8–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–1 | 19–3–1 |
| Cleveland | 8–14 | 13–8–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 11–11 |
| Detroit | 13–9 | 15–6–2 | 14–8–1 | — | 14–8 | 8–14 | 18–3–1 | 16–6–2 |
| New York | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 8–14 | 13–8–1 | 14–6 |
| Philadelphia | 11–10 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 19–3 |
| St. Louis | 7–13 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 3–18–1 | 8–13–1 | 8–14 | — | 15–7–1 |
| Washington | 6–16 | 3–19–1 | 11–11 | 6–16–2 | 6–14 | 3–19 | 7–15–1 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Ted Easterly | 98 | 287 | 75 | .261 | 1 | 27 |
| 1B | George Stovall | 145 | 565 | 139 | .246 | 2 | 49 |
| 2B | Nap Lajoie | 128 | 469 | 152 | .324 | 1 | 47 |
| SS | Neal Ball | 96 | 324 | 83 | .256 | 1 | 25 |
| 3B | Bill Bradley | 95 | 334 | 62 | .186 | 0 | 22 |
| OF | Bill Hinchman | 139 | 457 | 118 | .258 | 2 | 53 |
| OF | Wilbur Good | 94 | 318 | 68 | .214 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | Joe Birmingham | 100 | 343 | 99 | .289 | 1 | 38 |

#### 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 |
| George Perring | 88 | 283 | 63 | .223 | 0 | 20 |
| Bris Lord | 69 | 249 | 67 | .269 | 1 | 25 |
| Elmer Flick | 66 | 235 | 60 | .255 | 0 | 15 |
| Terry Turner | 53 | 208 | 52 | .250 | 0 | 16 |
| Nig Clarke | 55 | 164 | 45 | .274 | 0 | 14 |
| Harry Bemis | 42 | 123 | 23 | .187 | 0 | 13 |
| Duke Reilley | 20 | 62 | 13 | .210 | 0 | 0 |
| Dolly Stark | 19 | 60 | 12 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Milo Netzel | 10 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Raftery | 8 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Higgins | 8 | 23 | 2 | .087 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Clarke | 4 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Doan | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Grover Land | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Denny Sullivan | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Cy Young | 35 | 294.1 | 19 | 15 | 2.26 | 109 |
| Heinie Berger | 34 | 247.0 | 13 | 14 | 2.73 | 162 |
| Addie Joss | 33 | 242.2 | 14 | 13 | 1.71 | 67 |
| Cy Falkenberg | 24 | 165.0 | 10 | 9 | 2.40 | 82 |
| Bob Rhoads | 20 | 133.1 | 5 | 9 | 2.90 | 46 |
| Willie Mitchell | 3 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.57 | 8 |
| Walt Doan | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 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 |
| Glenn Liebhardt | 12 | 52.1 | 1 | 5 | 2.92 | 15 |
| Carl Sitton | 14 | 50.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.88 | 16 |
| Harry Ables | 5 | 29.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.12 | 24 |
| Lucky Wright | 5 | 28.0 | 0 | 4 | 3.21 | 5 |
| Jerry Upp | 7 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 1.69 | 13 |
| Harry Otis | 5 | 26.1 | 2 | 2 | 1.37 | 6 |
| Red Booles | 4 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | 1.99 | 6 |
| Fred Winchell | 4 | 14.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.28 | 7 |