# 1908 Cleveland Naps season

The 1908 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 90–64, just one-half game behind the Detroit Tigers. The Naps finished with the same number of wins as the Tigers, but with one additional loss. By the standard of the era, that gave the Tigers the pennant.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 63 | .588 | — | 44‍–‍33 | 46‍–‍30 |
| Cleveland Naps | 90 | 64 | .584 | ½ | 51‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 64 | .579 | 1½ | 51‍–‍25 | 37‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Browns | 83 | 69 | .546 | 6½ | 46‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 15½ | 37‍–‍40 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 85 | .444 | 22 | 46‍–‍30 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Washington Senators | 67 | 85 | .441 | 22½ | 43‍–‍32 | 24‍–‍53 |
| New York Highlanders | 51 | 103 | .331 | 39½ | 30‍–‍47 | 21‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1908 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 6–16–1 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 11–11 |
| Chicago | 16–6–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 11–10 | 15–6–2 |
| Cleveland | 12–10 | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 16–6 | 16–6–1 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 13–9 | 9–13 | — | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | 12–10 | 16–5 |
| New York | 10–12 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 7–15 | — | 8–14–1 | 5–17 | 9–13 |
| Philadelphia | 12–10 | 9–13 | 6–16–1 | 8–14–1 | 14–8–1 | — | 8–13–1 | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 10–11 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 13–8–1 | — | 15–7–1 |
| Washington | 11–11 | 6–15–2 | 14–8 | 5–16 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 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 | Nig Clarke | 97 | 290 | 70 | .241 | 1 | 27 |
| 1B | George Stovall | 138 | 534 | 156 | .292 | 2 | 45 |
| 2B | Nap Lajoie | 157 | 581 | 168 | .289 | 2 | 74 |
| SS | George Perring | 89 | 310 | 67 | .216 | 0 | 19 |
| 3B | Bill Bradley | 148 | 548 | 133 | .243 | 1 | 46 |
| OF | Bill Hinchman | 137 | 464 | 107 | .231 | 6 | 59 |
| OF | Joe Birmingham | 122 | 413 | 88 | .213 | 2 | 38 |
| OF | Josh Clarke | 131 | 492 | 119 | .242 | 1 | 21 |

#### 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 | 91 | 277 | 62 | .224 | 0 | 33 |
| Terry Turner | 60 | 201 | 48 | .239 | 0 | 19 |
| Charlie Hickman | 65 | 197 | 46 | .234 | 2 | 16 |
| Wilbur Good | 46 | 154 | 43 | .279 | 1 | 14 |
| Dave Altizer | 29 | 89 | 19 | .213 | 0 | 5 |
| Elmer Flick | 9 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 2 |
| Rabbit Nill | 11 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
| Grover Land | 8 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
| Otto Hess | 9 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Sullivan | 4 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon McGuire | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Homer Davidson | 9 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Bay | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 | 42 | 325.0 | 24 | 11 | 1.16 | 130 |
| Bob Rhoads | 37 | 270.0 | 18 | 12 | 1.77 | 62 |
| Glenn Liebhardt | 38 | 262.0 | 15 | 16 | 2.20 | 146 |
| Heinie Berger | 29 | 199.1 | 13 | 8 | 2.12 | 101 |
| Charlie Chech | 27 | 165.2 | 11 | 7 | 1.74 | 51 |
| Jake Thielman | 11 | 61.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.65 | 15 |
| Cy Falkenberg | 8 | 46.1 | 2 | 4 | 3.88 | 17 |
| Bill Lattimore | 4 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Ryan | 8 | 35.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.27 | 7 |
| Ed Foster | 6 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.14 | 11 |
| Walter Clarkson | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 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 |
| Otto Hess | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 |
| Jack Graney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |