1903 Cleveland Naps season

The 1903 Cleveland Naps season was the third Major League Baseball season for the Cleveland American League team. After two seasons as the Bluebirds or Blues and also being called the Bronchos (or Broncos) in 1902, beginning with the 1903 season, the team was called the Naps in honor of star second baseman Nap Lajoie. The team finished third in the league with a record of 77–63, 15 games behind the Boston Americans.

Offseason

• February 1903: Ollie Pickering was purchased from the Naps by the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

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The 1903 Cleveland Naps

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		77	255	60	.235	1	25
1B		131	522	154	.295	12	97
2B		125	485	167	.344	7	93
SS		134	438	81	.185	0	48
3B		136	536	168	.313	6	68
OF		140	523	155	.296	2	51
OF		108	415	110	.265	0	43
OF		140	579	169	.292	1	35

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
	92	314	82	.261	1	41
	32	122	25	.205	1	9
	21	64	18	.281	0	7
	5	19	3	.158	0	1
	4	11	0	.000	0	0
	3	10	2	.200	0	0
	1	1	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
	32	283.2	18	13	2.19	120
	29	247.2	20	8	1.74	148
	20	165.2	14	6	2.12	60
	16	136.2	7	9	2.44	45
	15	101.2	3	10	5.75	42
	9	61.2	3	4	2.48	18
	6	57.0	5	1	2.05	12
	5	41.0	2	3	5.27	21
	3	27.2	1	2	0.98	9
	3	12.0	0	1	5.25	4

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
	12	73.2	3	5	4.52	28
	4	30.1	1	2	3.56	12

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
	1	0	0	0	10.80	2

References

• 1903 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference