1907 Cleveland Naps season

The 1907 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 85–67, 8 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

Offseason

In March 1907, Detroit Tigers manager Hughie Jennings offered Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for Elmer Flick. The Naps refused the deal. Cobb went on to win the first of nine consecutive batting titles, and the Tigers won the AL pennant.

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		120	390	105	.269	3	33
1B		124	466	110	.236	1	36
2B		137	509	152	.299	2	63
3B		139	498	111	.223	0	34
SS		140	524	127	.242	0	46
OF		147	549	166	.302	3	58
OF		152	514	117	.228	1	50
OF		137	476	112	.235	1	33

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
	65	172	43	.250	0	19
	43	145	33	.228	0	6
	34	95	17	.179	0	7
	22	65	18	.277	0	4
	15	52	9	.173	0	4
	15	51	11	.216	0	9
	12	43	12	.279	0	2
	26	37	5	.135	0	3
	9	22	4	.182	0	2

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
	42	338.2	27	11	1.83	127
	38	280.1	18	14	2.05	110
	35	275.0	15	14	2.29	76
	20	166.0	11	8	2.33	56
	17	93.1	6	6	2.89	36

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
	17	90.2	4	6	1.99	32
	14	87.1	3	3	2.99	50
	8	42.0	0	4	3.21	19
	3	19.1	1	1	4.66	7

References

• 1907 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference