# 1906 Cleveland Naps season

The 1906 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 89–64, 5 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 58 | .616 | — | 54‍–‍23 | 39‍–‍35 |
| New York Highlanders | 90 | 61 | .596 | 3 | 53‍–‍23 | 37‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Naps | 89 | 64 | .582 | 5 | 47‍–‍30 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 67 | .538 | 12 | 48‍–‍23 | 30‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 76 | 73 | .510 | 16 | 40‍–‍34 | 36‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 71 | 78 | .477 | 21 | 42‍–‍34 | 29‍–‍44 |
| Washington Senators | 55 | 95 | .367 | 37½ | 33‍–‍41 | 22‍–‍54 |
| Boston Americans | 49 | 105 | .318 | 45½ | 22‍–‍54 | 27‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1906 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 4–18 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 5–17–1 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 9–13 |
| Chicago | 18–4 | — | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 12–9 | 13–7–1 | 15–7 |
| Cleveland | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | — | 14–8–1 | 10–11–1 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 15–7 |
| Detroit | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | — | 11–11 | 6–13 | 9–13–1 | 14–6 |
| New York | 17–5–1 | 10–12–1 | 11–10–1 | 11–11 | — | 13–8 | 13–8–1 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 14–8 | 9–12 | 10–12–1 | 13–6 | 8–13 | — | 9–11–2 | 15–5–1 |
| St. Louis | 17–5 | 7–13–1 | 8–14 | 13–9–1 | 8–13–1 | 11–9–2 | — | 12–10 |
| Washington | 13–9 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 6–14 | 7–15 | 5–15–1 | 10–12 | — |

### 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 | Harry Bemis | 93 | 297 | 82 | .276 | 2 | 30 |
| 1B | Claude Rossman | 118 | 396 | 122 | .308 | 1 | 53 |
| 2B | Nap Lajoie | 152 | 602 | 214 | .355 | 0 | 91 |
| SS | Terry Turner | 147 | 584 | 170 | .291 | 2 | 62 |
| 3B | Bill Bradley | 82 | 302 | 83 | .275 | 2 | 25 |
| OF | Elmer Flick | 157 | 624 | 194 | .311 | 1 | 62 |
| OF | Jim Jackson | 105 | 374 | 80 | .214 | 0 | 38 |
| OF | Bunk Congalton | 117 | 419 | 134 | .320 | 3 | 50 |

#### 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 Stovall | 116 | 443 | 121 | .273 | 0 | 37 |
| Harry Bay | 68 | 280 | 77 | .275 | 0 | 14 |
| Nig Clarke | 57 | 179 | 64 | .358 | 1 | 21 |
| Jap Barbeau | 42 | 129 | 25 | .194 | 0 | 12 |
| Ben Caffyn | 30 | 103 | 20 | .194 | 0 | 3 |
| Fritz Buelow | 34 | 86 | 14 | .163 | 0 | 7 |
| Joe Birmingham | 10 | 40 | 11 | .275 | 0 | 6 |
| Malachi Kittridge | 5 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Shipke | 2 | 6 | 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 |
| Otto Hess | 43 | 333.2 | 20 | 17 | 1.83 | 167 |
| Bob Rhoads | 38 | 315.0 | 22 | 10 | 1.80 | 89 |
| Addie Joss | 34 | 282.0 | 21 | 9 | 1.72 | 106 |
| Bill Bernhard | 31 | 255.1 | 16 | 15 | 2.54 | 85 |
| Happy Townsend | 17 | 92.2 | 3 | 7 | 2.91 | 31 |
| Glenn Liebhardt | 2 | 18.0 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | 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 |
| Harry Eells | 14 | 86.1 | 4 | 5 | 2.61 | 35 |
| Earl Moore | 5 | 29.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.94 | 8 |