1909 Cleveland Naps season

The 1909 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 71–82, 27½ games behind the Detroit Tigers.

1909 Cleveland Naps
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
League Park (since 1900) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Somers
Manager(s)	Nap Lajoie, Deacon McGuire
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Regular season

• July 19, 1909: Neal Ball of the Naps executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner coming from first base. [1]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	98	54	0.645	—	57–19	41–35
Philadelphia Athletics	95	58	0.621	3½	49–27	46–31
Boston Red Sox	88	63	0.583	9½	47–28	41–35
Chicago White Sox	78	74	0.513	20	42–34	36–40
New York Highlanders	74	77	0.490	23½	41–35	33–42
Cleveland Naps	71	82	0.464	27½	39–37	32–45
St. Louis Browns	61	89	0.407	36	40–37	21–52
Washington Senators	42	110	0.276	56	27–48	15–62

Record vs. opponents

1909 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–9–1	14–8	9–13	13–9	10–11	13–7	16–6
Chicago	9–13–1	—	8–13–1	6–15–2	14–8–1	12–10	10–12–1	19–3–1
Cleveland	8–14	13–8–1	—	8–14–1	8–14	9–13	14–8	11–11
Detroit	13–9	15–6–2	14–8–1	—	14–8	8–14	18–3–1	16–6–2
New York	9–13	8–14–1	14–8	8–14	—	8–14	13–8–1	14–6
Philadelphia	11–10	10–12	13–9	14–8	14–8	—	14–8	19–3
St. Louis	7–13	12–10–1	8–14	3–18–1	8–13–1	8–14	—	15–7–1
Washington	6–16	3–19–1	11–11	6–16–2	6–14	3–19	7–15–1	—

Roster

1909 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Harry Ables Heinie Berger Red Booles Cy Falkenberg Addie Joss Glenn Liebhardt Willie Mitchell Harry Otis Bob Rhoads Carl Sitton Jerry Upp Fred Winchell Lucky Wright Cy Young		Catchers Harry Bemis Nig Clarke Ted Easterly Bob Higgins Grover Land Infielders Neal Ball Bill Bradley Nap Lajoie Milo Netzel George Perring Dolly Stark George Stovall Terry Turner		Outfielders Joe Birmingham Josh Clarke Walt Doan Elmer Flick Wilbur Good Bill Hinchman Bris Lord Tom Raftery Duke Reilley Denny Sullivan		Manager Nap Lajoie Deacon McGuire

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
2B	Nap Lajoie	128	469	152	.324	1	47
SS	Neal Ball	96	324	83	.256	1	25

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

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
Cy Young	35	294.1	19	15	2.26	109
Heinie Berger	34	247	13	14	2.73	162
Addie Joss	33	242.2	14	13	1.71	67

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
Harry Ables	5	29.2	1	1	2.12	24

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

Notes

1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml

References

• 1909 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference