1912 Cleveland Naps season
The 1912 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The Naps had two of the best hitters in the majors in Shoeless Joe Jackson and Nap Lajoie. Despite this, they ended up back in the second division, finishing in fifth place with a record of 75–78.
Regular season
- April 20, 1912: The Naps played in the first ever game at Navin Field in Detroit against Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers. Navin Field, later known as Tiger Stadium, opened the same day as Fenway Park. It was supposed to have opened on April 18 but it rained in both cities on that day. Naps batter Shoeless Joe Jackson scored the first run ever at Navin Field, though the Tigers would win the game 6–5. Although Jackson would go on to hit a team leading.395 for the season including 3 home runs and 90 RBI's, he finished second in batting average to Ty Cobb who hit.409 for the year.
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 | 69 | 215 | 49 | .228 | 0 | 14 | |
| 1B | 89 | 273 | 83 | .304 | 0 | 39 | |
| 2B | 117 | 448 | 165 | .368 | 0 | 90 | |
| 3B | 103 | 370 | 114 | .308 | 0 | 33 | |
| SS | 70 | 236 | 50 | .212 | 1 | 22 | |
| OF | 93 | 328 | 89 | .271 | 1 | 31 | |
| OF | 107 | 369 | 94 | .255 | 1 | 45 | |
| OF | 154 | 572 | 226 | .395 | 3 | 90 |
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 |
| Ivy Olson | 125 | 467 | 118 | .253 | 0 | 33 |
| Jack Graney | 78 | 264 | 64 | .242 | 0 | 20 |
| Ted Easterly | 65 | 186 | 55 | .296 | 2 | 21 |
| Doc Johnston | 43 | 164 | 46 | .280 | 1 | 11 |
| Neal Ball | 40 | 132 | 30 | .227 | 0 | 14 |
| 31 | 109 | 34 | .312 | 0 | 19 | |
| Hank Butcher | 26 | 82 | 16 | .195 | 1 | 10 |
| Tim Hendryx | 23 | 70 | 17 | .243 | 1 | 14 |
| Fred Carisch | 24 | 69 | 19 | .275 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | 55 | 9 | .164 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bert Adams | 20 | 54 | 11 | .204 | 0 | 6 |
| Eddie Hohnhorst | 15 | 54 | 11 | .204 | 0 | 2 |
| Paddy Livingston | 20 | 47 | 11 | .234 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ken Nash | 11 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Bronkie | 6 | 16 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Nagelsen | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hack Eibel | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Moxie Meixell | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 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 |
| 37 | 271.2 | 20 | 13 | 2.59 | 184 | |
| 39 | 262.0 | 18 | 14 | 2.92 | 75 | |
| 41 | 246.1 | 12 | 19 | 3.69 | 104 | |
| 9 | 58.2 | 2 | 5 | 4.60 | 22 | |
| 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 1 |
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 |
| 29 | 163.2 | 5 | 8 | 2.80 | 94 | |
| Bill Steen | 26 | 143.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.77 | 61 |
| 29 | 116.0 | 8 | 4 | 3.18 | 51 | |
| 11 | 44.1 | 0 | 5 | 4.87 | 18 | |
| 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | 3 | |
| 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 2 |
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 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 5 | |
| Ernie Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Mysterious Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
Vean Gregg- #4 in AL in strikeouts
- MLB leader in hits
- #2 in AL in batting average
- #2 in AL in on-base percentage
- #2 in AL in slugging percentage
- #3 in AL in runs scored
- AL leader in walks allowed
- #2 in AL in losses
- #3 in AL in earned runs allowed
- #4 in AL in batting average