# 1907 Cleveland Naps season

The 1907 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 85–67, 8 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

## Offseason

In March 1907, Detroit Tigers manager Hughie Jennings offered Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for Elmer Flick. The Naps refused the deal. Cobb went on to win the first of nine consecutive batting titles, and the Tigers won the AL pennant.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 92 | 58 | .613 | — | 50‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 57 | .607 | 1½ | 50‍–‍20 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 87 | 64 | .576 | 5½ | 48‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍35 |
| Cleveland Naps | 85 | 67 | .559 | 8 | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍36 |
| New York Highlanders | 70 | 78 | .473 | 21 | 32‍–‍41 | 38‍–‍37 |
| St. Louis Browns | 69 | 83 | .454 | 24 | 36‍–‍40 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Boston Americans | 59 | 90 | .396 | 32½ | 34‍–‍41 | 25‍–‍49 |
| Washington Senators | 49 | 102 | .325 | 43½ | 26‍–‍48 | 23‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1907 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–11–3 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 8–12–1 | 8–14–2 | 10–12 | 9–12 |
| Chicago | 11–10–3 | — | 10–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–1 | 16–6 | 15–6 |
| Cleveland | 13–8 | 11–10–1 | — | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 12–10–2 | 15–7–2 |
| Detroit | 16–6 | 9–13–1 | 11–11–1 | — | 13–8 | 11–8–1 | 14–8 | 18–4 |
| New York | 12–8–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 8–13 | — | 10–9–1 | 8–14–1 | 15–7–1 |
| Philadelphia | 14–8–2 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 8–11–1 | 9–10–1 | — | 14–6 | 17–4 |
| St. Louis | 12–10 | 6–16 | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 14–8–1 | 6–14 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 12–9 | 6–15 | 7–15–2 | 4–18 | 7–15–1 | 4–17 | 9–13 | — |

### 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 | Nig Clarke | 120 | 390 | 105 | .269 | 3 | 33 |
| 1B | George Stovall | 124 | 466 | 110 | .236 | 1 | 36 |
| 2B | Nap Lajoie | 137 | 509 | 152 | .299 | 2 | 63 |
| 3B | Bill Bradley | 139 | 498 | 111 | .223 | 0 | 34 |
| SS | Terry Turner | 140 | 524 | 127 | .242 | 0 | 46 |
| OF | Elmer Flick | 147 | 549 | 166 | .302 | 3 | 58 |
| OF | Bill Hinchman | 152 | 514 | 117 | .228 | 1 | 50 |
| OF | Joe Birmingham | 137 | 476 | 112 | .235 | 1 | 33 |

#### 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 | 65 | 172 | 43 | .250 | 0 | 19 |
| Pete O'Brien | 43 | 145 | 33 | .228 | 0 | 6 |
| Harry Bay | 34 | 95 | 17 | .179 | 0 | 7 |
| Pete Lister | 22 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 0 | 4 |
| Frank Delahanty | 15 | 52 | 9 | .173 | 0 | 4 |
| Harry Hinchman | 15 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 9 |
| Rabbit Nill | 12 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 2 |
| Howard Wakefield | 26 | 37 | 5 | .135 | 0 | 3 |
| Bunk Congalton | 9 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 | 42 | 338.2 | 27 | 11 | 1.83 | 127 |
| Glenn Liebhardt | 38 | 280.1 | 18 | 14 | 2.05 | 110 |
| Bob Rhoads | 35 | 275.0 | 15 | 14 | 2.29 | 76 |
| Jake Thielman | 20 | 166.0 | 11 | 8 | 2.33 | 56 |
| Otto Hess | 17 | 93.1 | 6 | 6 | 2.89 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Walter Clarkson | 17 | 90.2 | 4 | 6 | 1.99 | 32 |
| Heinie Berger | 14 | 87.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.99 | 50 |
| Bill Bernhard | 8 | 42.0 | 0 | 4 | 3.21 | 19 |
| Earl Moore | 3 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.66 | 7 |