1914 Cleveland Naps season

The 1914 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth in the eight-team American League with a record of 51–102, 48½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

1914 Cleveland Naps
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park II (since 1901) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Somers
Manager(s)	Joe Birmingham
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	99	53	0.651	—	51–24	48–29
Boston Red Sox	91	62	0.595	8½	44–31	47–31
Washington Senators	81	73	0.526	19	40–33	41–40
Detroit Tigers	80	73	0.523	19½	42–35	38–38
St. Louis Browns	71	82	0.464	28½	42–36	29–46
Chicago White Sox	70	84	0.455	30	43–37	27–47
New York Yankees	70	84	0.455	30	36–40	34–44
Cleveland Naps	51	102	0.333	48½	32–47	19–55

Record vs. opponents

1914 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	16–6	15–7–1	11–11	12–9–3	13–9–2	11–11
Chicago	9–13	—	13–9	6–16	12–10–1	5–17	13–9–1	12–10–1
Cleveland	6–16	9–13	—	6–16	8–14–1	3–19	8–13–2	11–11–1
Detroit	7–15–1	16–6	16–6	—	13–9–1	9–12–1	9–13	10–12–1
New York	11–11	10–12–1	14–8–1	9–13–1	—	8–14	11–11	7–15
Philadelphia	9–12–3	17–5	19–3	12–9–1	14–8	—	15–7–1	13–9–1
St. Louis	9–13–2	9–13–1	13–8–2	13–9	11–11	7–15–1	—	9–13
Washington	11–11	10–12–1	11–11–1	12–10–1	15–7	9–13–1	13–9	—

Roster

1914 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers George Beck Henry Benn Lloyd Bishop Fred Blanding Abe Bowman Paul Carter Allan Collamore Fritz Coumbe Nick Cullop Harley Dillinger Vean Gregg Rip Hagerman Lefty James Sam Jones George Kahler Willie Mitchell Guy Morton Bill Steen Al Tedrow		Catchers Johnny Bassler Josh Billings Fred Carisch Ben Egan Frank Mills Steve O'Neill Infielders Walter Barbare Rivington Bisland Ray Chapman Al Cypert George Dunlop Bruce Hartford Doc Johnston Nap Lajoie Ivy Olson Larry Pezold Terry Turner Bill Wambsganss		Outfielders Joe Birmingham Tinsley Ginn Jack Graney Joe Jackson Jay Kirke Nemo Leibold Jack Lelivelt Elmer Smith Roy Wood Other positions Tom Reilly		Manager Joe Birmingham

Player stats

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
SS	Ray Chapman	106	375	103	.275	2	42
OF	Joe Jackson	122	453	143	.338	3	53

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
Rivington Bisland	18	57	6	.105	0	2
Elmer Smith	13	53	17	.321	0	8
Joe Birmingham	19	47	6	.128	0	4
George Dunlop	1	3	0	.000	0	0

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

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
Fred Blanding	29	116	4	9	3.96	35
Al Tedrow	4	22.1	1	2	1.21	4
Lloyd Bishop	3	8	0	1	5.62	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
Nick Cullop	1	0	1	0	2.70	3
Sam Jones	1	0	0	0	2.70	0
Henry Benn	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
George Beck	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1914 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference