1913 Cleveland Naps season

1913 Cleveland Naps
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park II
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Charles Somers
Managers	Joe Birmingham

The 1913 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 86–66, 9½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	96	57	.627	—	50‍–‍26	46‍–‍31
Washington Senators	90	64	.584	6½	42‍–‍35	48‍–‍29
Cleveland Naps	86	66	.566	9½	45‍–‍32	41‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox	79	71	.527	15½	41‍–‍34	38‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox	78	74	.513	17½	40‍–‍37	38‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	66	87	.431	30	34‍–‍42	32‍–‍45
New York Yankees	57	94	.377	38	27‍–‍47	30‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns	57	96	.373	39	31‍–‍46	26‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1913 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–11	8–13	13–9	14–6–1	11–11	17–5	6–16
Chicago	11–10	—	9–13–1	13–9	11–10	11–11	12–10	11–11
Cleveland	13–8	13–9–1	—	14–7	14–8–1	9–13	16–6–1	7–15
Detroit	9–13	9–13	7–14	—	11–11	7–15	11–11	12–10
New York	6–14–1	10–11	8–14–1	11–11	—	5–17	11–11	6–16
Philadelphia	11–11	11–11	13–9	15–7	17–5	—	15–6	14–8
St. Louis	5–17	10–12	6–16–1	11–11	11–11	6–15	—	8–14–1
Washington	16–6	11–11	15–7	10–12	16–6	8–14	14–8–1	—

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	Steve O'Neill	80	234	69	.295	0	29
1B	Doc Johnston	133	530	135	.255	2	39
2B	Nap Lajoie	137	465	156	.335	1	68
SS	Ray Chapman	141	508	131	.258	3	39
3B	Ivy Olson	104	370	92	.249	0	32
OF	Joe Jackson	148	528	197	.373	7	71
OF	Jack Graney	148	517	138	.267	3	68
OF	Nemo Leibold	93	286	74	.259	0	12

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
Terry Turner	120	388	96	.247	0	44
Buddy Ryan	73	243	72	.296	0	32
Fred Carisch	82	222	48	.216	0	26
Joe Birmingham	47	131	37	.282	0	15
Grover Land	17	47	11	.234	0	9
Ray Bates	27	30	5	.167	0	4
Jack Lelivelt	23	23	9	.391	0	7
George Dunlop	7	17	4	.235	0	0
Larry Kopf	6	10	3	.300	0	1
Johnny Beall	6	6	1	.167	0	1
Ernie Krueger	5	6	0	.000	0	0
Eddie Edmonson	2	5	0	.000	0	0
Josh Billings	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Johnny Bassler	1	2	0	.000	0	0
George Young	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Billy Southworth	1	0	0	----	0	0
Josh Swindell	1	0	0	----	0	0
Roger Peckinpaugh	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
Vean Gregg	44	285.2	20	13	2.24	166
Cy Falkenberg	39	276.0	23	10	2.22	166
Willie Mitchell	35	217.0	14	8	1.91	141

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	41	215.0	15	10	2.55	63
Bill Steen	22	128.1	4	5	2.45	57
George Kahler	24	117.2	5	11	3.14	43
Nick Cullop	23	97.2	3	6	4.42	30
Lefty James	11	39.0	2	3	3.00	18
Jim Baskette	2	4.2	0	0	5.79	0

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
Lynn Brenton	1	0	0	0	9.00	2
Lee Dashner	1	0	0	0	5.40	2
Luke Glavenich	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
Dave Gregg	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

• 1913 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference