# 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 or Blues and also being called the Bronchos (or Broncos) in 1902, beginning with the 1903 season, the team was called the Naps 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.

## Offseason

* February 1903: Ollie Pickering was purchased from the Naps by the Philadelphia Athletics.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Americans | 91 | 47 | .659 | — | 49‍–‍20 | 42‍–‍27 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 60 | .556 | 14½ | 44‍–‍21 | 31‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Naps | 77 | 63 | .550 | 15 | 49‍–‍25 | 28‍–‍38 |
| New York Highlanders | 72 | 62 | .537 | 17 | 41‍–‍26 | 31‍–‍36 |
| Detroit Tigers | 65 | 71 | .478 | 25 | 37‍–‍28 | 28‍–‍43 |
| St. Louis Browns | 65 | 74 | .468 | 26½ | 38‍–‍32 | 27‍–‍42 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 60 | 77 | .438 | 30½ | 41‍–‍28 | 19‍–‍49 |
| Washington Senators | 43 | 94 | .314 | 47½ | 29‍–‍40 | 14‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1903 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 14–6 | 12–8 | 10–9–1 | 13–7 | 13–6 | 14–6 | 15–5–2 |
| Chicago | 6–14 | — | 10–10 | 10–9 | 7–11–1 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 12–8 |
| Cleveland | 8–12 | 10–10 | — | 9–11 | 14–6 | 9–11 | 11–9 | 16–4 |
| Detroit | 9–10–1 | 9–10 | 11–9 | — | 10–9 | 11–9 | 6–14 | 9–10 |
| New York | 7–13 | 11–7–1 | 6–14 | 9–10 | — | 10–8–1 | 15–5 | 14–5 |
| Philadelphia | 6–13 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 8–10–1 | — | 11–8 | 16–3–1 |
| St. Louis | 6–14 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 14–6 | 5–15 | 8–11 | — | 12–8 |
| Washington | 5–15–2 | 8–12 | 4–16 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 3–16–1 | 8–12 | — |

### 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 | Fred Abbott | 77 | 255 | 60 | .235 | 1 | 25 |
| 1B | Charlie Hickman | 131 | 522 | 154 | .295 | 12 | 97 |
| 2B | Nap Lajoie | 125 | 485 | 167 | .344 | 7 | 93 |
| SS | John Gochnaur | 134 | 438 | 81 | .185 | 0 | 48 |
| 3B | Bill Bradley | 136 | 536 | 168 | .313 | 6 | 68 |
| OF | Elmer Flick | 140 | 523 | 155 | .296 | 2 | 51 |
| OF | Jack McCarthy | 108 | 415 | 110 | .265 | 0 | 43 |
| OF | Harry Bay | 140 | 579 | 169 | .292 | 1 | 35 |

#### 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 Bemis | 92 | 314 | 82 | .261 | 1 | 41 |
| Jack Thoney | 32 | 122 | 25 | .205 | 1 | 9 |
| Billy Clingman | 21 | 64 | 18 | .281 | 0 | 7 |
| Jack Hardy | 5 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Slattery | 4 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Happy Iott | 3 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Hill | 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 |
| Addie Joss | 32 | 283.2 | 18 | 13 | 2.19 | 120 |
| Earl Moore | 29 | 247.2 | 20 | 8 | 1.74 | 148 |
| Bill Bernhard | 20 | 165.2 | 14 | 6 | 2.12 | 60 |
| Red Donahue | 16 | 136.2 | 7 | 9 | 2.44 | 45 |
| Gene Wright | 15 | 101.2 | 3 | 10 | 5.75 | 42 |
| Ed Killian | 9 | 61.2 | 3 | 4 | 2.48 | 18 |
| Jesse Stovall | 6 | 57.0 | 5 | 1 | 2.05 | 12 |
| Bob Rhoads | 5 | 41.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.27 | 21 |
| Martin Glendon | 3 | 27.2 | 1 | 2 | 0.98 | 9 |
| Ed Walker | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 4 |

#### 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 Dorner | 12 | 73.2 | 3 | 5 | 4.52 | 28 |
| Alex Pearson | 4 | 30.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.56 | 12 |

#### 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 Pounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 |