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.
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.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1909 Cleveland Naps Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 Ted Easterly 98 287 75 .261 1 27 1B George Stovall 145 565 139 .246 2 49 2B 128 469 152 .324 1 47 SS 96 324 83 .256 1 25 3B Bill Bradley 95 334 62 .186 0 22 OF Bill Hinchman 139 457 118 .258 2 53 OF Wilbur Good 94 318 68 .214 0 17 OF Joe Birmingham 100 343 99 .289 1 38
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 George Perring 88 283 63 .223 0 20 Bris Lord 69 249 67 .269 1 25 Elmer Flick 66 235 60 .255 0 15 Terry Turner 53 208 52 .250 0 16 Nig Clarke 55 164 45 .274 0 14 Harry Bemis 42 123 23 .187 0 13 Duke Reilley 20 62 13 .210 0 0 Dolly Stark 19 60 12 .200 0 1 Milo Netzel 10 37 7 .189 0 3 Tom Raftery 8 32 7 .219 0 0 Bob Higgins 8 23 2 .087 0 0 Josh Clarke 4 12 0 .000 0 0 Walt Doan 4 9 1 .111 0 0 Grover Land 4 4 2 .500 0 1 Denny Sullivan 3 2 1 .500 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 35 294.1 19 15 2.26 109 34 247.0 13 14 2.73 162 33 242.2 14 13 1.71 67 Cy Falkenberg 24 165.0 10 9 2.40 82 Bob Rhoads 20 133.1 5 9 2.90 46 Willie Mitchell 3 23.0 1 2 1.57 8 Walt Doan 1 5.0 0 1 5.40 2
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 Glenn Liebhardt 12 52.1 1 5 2.92 15 Carl Sitton 14 50.0 3 2 2.88 16 5 29.2 1 1 2.12 24 Lucky Wright 5 28.0 0 4 3.21 5 Jerry Upp 7 26.2 2 1 1.69 13 Harry Otis 5 26.1 2 2 1.37 6 Red Booles 4 22.2 0 1 1.99 6 Fred Winchell 4 14.1 0 3 6.28 7
Notes
References 1909 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference