# 1905 Cleveland Naps season

The 1905 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 76–78, 19 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The Naps were 52–29 on July 24, and held a three -game lead in the American League, but they were only 24–49 after that point, and finished two games under .500 after having been 23 games over .500

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 92 | 56 | .622 | — | 51‍–‍22 | 41‍–‍34 |
| Chicago White Sox | 92 | 60 | .605 | 2 | 50‍–‍29 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Detroit Tigers | 79 | 74 | .516 | 15½ | 45‍–‍30 | 34‍–‍44 |
| Boston Americans | 78 | 74 | .513 | 16 | 44‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Cleveland Naps | 76 | 78 | .494 | 19 | 41‍–‍36 | 35‍–‍42 |
| New York Highlanders | 71 | 78 | .477 | 21½ | 40‍–‍35 | 31‍–‍43 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 87 | .424 | 29½ | 33‍–‍42 | 31‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 54 | 99 | .353 | 40½ | 34‍–‍42 | 20‍–‍57 |

### 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 | Fritz Buelow | 75 | 239 | 41 | .172 | 1 | 18 |
| 1B | Charlie Carr | 89 | 306 | 72 | .235 | 1 | 31 |
| 2B | Nap Lajoie | 65 | 249 | 82 | .329 | 2 | 41 |
| SS | Terry Turner | 155 | 586 | 155 | .265 | 4 | 72 |
| 3B | Bill Bradley | 146 | 541 | 145 | .268 | 0 | 51 |
| OF | Elmer Flick | 132 | 500 | 154 | .308 | 4 | 64 |
| OF | Jim Jackson | 109 | 426 | 109 | .256 | 2 | 31 |
| OF | Harry Bay | 144 | 552 | 166 | .301 | 0 | 22 |

#### 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 | 112 | 423 | 115 | .272 | 1 | 47 |
| Harry Bemis | 70 | 226 | 66 | .292 | 0 | 28 |
| Otto Hess | 54 | 173 | 44 | .254 | 2 | 13 |
| Nick Kahl | 40 | 135 | 29 | .215 | 0 | 21 |
| Rube Vinson | 39 | 134 | 26 | .194 | 0 | 9 |
| Nig Clarke | 42 | 123 | 24 | .195 | 0 | 9 |
| Bunk Congalton | 12 | 47 | 17 | .362 | 0 | 5 |
| Jap Barbeau | 11 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 2 |
| Howard Wakefield | 10 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Grant | 2 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Leber | 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 |
| Addie Joss | 33 | 286.0 | 20 | 12 | 2.01 | 132 |
| Earl Moore | 31 | 269.0 | 15 | 15 | 2.64 | 131 |
| Bob Rhoads | 28 | 235.0 | 16 | 9 | 2.83 | 61 |
| Otto Hess | 26 | 213.2 | 10 | 15 | 3.16 | 109 |
| Bill Bernhard | 22 | 174.1 | 7 | 13 | 3.36 | 56 |
| Red Donahue | 20 | 137.2 | 6 | 12 | 3.40 | 45 |
| Cy Ferry | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 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 |
| Hi West | 6 | 33.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.09 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| John Halla | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 4 |