# 1904 Cleveland Naps season

The 1904 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 86–65, 7½ games behind the Boston Americans.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Americans | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 49‍–‍30 | 46‍–‍29 |
| New York Highlanders | 92 | 59 | .609 | 1½ | 46‍–‍29 | 46‍–‍30 |
| Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 6 | 50‍–‍27 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Naps | 86 | 65 | .570 | 7½ | 44‍–‍31 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 81 | 70 | .536 | 12½ | 47‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Browns | 65 | 87 | .428 | 29 | 32‍–‍43 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 62 | 90 | .408 | 32 | 34‍–‍40 | 28‍–‍50 |
| Washington Senators | 38 | 113 | .252 | 55½ | 23‍–‍52 | 15‍–‍61 |

### Record vs. opponents

1904 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 13–9 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 12–10–2 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 20–2 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | — | 14–8 | 14–8–1 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 18–4 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 8–14 | — | 14–8–2 | 9–11–1 | 11–10 | 13–9 | 18–4 |
| Detroit | 6–16 | 8–14–1 | 8–14–2 | — | 7–15 | 10–12–1 | 11–11–2 | 12–8–4 |
| New York | 10–12–2 | 10–12–1 | 11–9–1 | 15–7 | — | 12–9 | 16–6 | 18–4 |
| Philadelphia | 9–13–1 | 14–8 | 10–11 | 12–10–1 | 9–12 | — | 11–10–1 | 16–6–1 |
| St. Louis | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11–2 | 6–16 | 10–11–1 | — | 11–10–1 |
| Washington | 2–20 | 4–18 | 4–18 | 8–12–4 | 4–18 | 6–16–1 | 10–11–1 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 18, 1904: Nick Kahl was purchased by the Naps from the Colorado Springs Millionaires.

### 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 | 97 | 336 | 76 | .226 | 0 | 25 |
| 1B | Charlie Hickman | 86 | 337 | 97 | .288 | 4 | 45 |
| 2B | Nap Lajoie | 140 | 553 | 208 | .376 | 5 | 102 |
| SS | Terry Turner | 111 | 404 | 95 | .235 | 1 | 45 |
| 3B | Bill Bradley | 154 | 609 | 183 | .300 | 6 | 83 |
| OF | Elmer Flick | 150 | 579 | 177 | .306 | 6 | 56 |
| OF | Billy Lush | 138 | 477 | 123 | .258 | 1 | 50 |
| OF | Harry Bay | 132 | 506 | 122 | .241 | 3 | 36 |

#### 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 | 52 | 181 | 54 | .298 | 1 | 31 |
| Fred Abbott | 41 | 130 | 22 | .169 | 0 | 12 |
| Charlie Carr | 32 | 120 | 27 | .225 | 0 | 7 |
| Fritz Buelow | 42 | 119 | 21 | .176 | 0 | 5 |
| Bill Schwartz | 24 | 86 | 13 | .151 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Rossman | 18 | 62 | 13 | .210 | 0 | 6 |
| Rube Vinson | 15 | 49 | 15 | .306 | 0 | 2 |
| Harry Ostdiek | 7 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Donovan | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| Bill Bernhard | 38 | 320.2 | 23 | 13 | 2.13 | 137 |
| Red Donahue | 35 | 277.0 | 19 | 14 | 2.40 | 127 |
| Earl Moore | 26 | 227.2 | 12 | 11 | 2.25 | 139 |
| Addie Joss | 25 | 192.1 | 14 | 10 | 1.59 | 83 |
| Bob Rhoads | 22 | 175.1 | 10 | 9 | 2.87 | 72 |
| Otto Hess | 21 | 151.2 | 8 | 7 | 1.67 | 64 |
| Jack Hickey | 2 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.30 | 5 |