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.The Final Season, p.5, Tom Stanton, Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 2001, It was supposed to have opened on April 18 (like Fenway Park) but it rained in both cities on that day.The Final Season, p.40 Naps batter Shoeless Joe Jackson scored the first run ever at Navin Field, though the Tigers would win the game 6–5.The Final Season, p.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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1912 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 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 (184)

Shoeless Joe Jackson MLB leader in hits (226) #2 in AL in batting average (.395) #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.458) #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.579) #3 in AL in runs scored (121)

George Kahler AL leader in walks allowed (121) #2 in AL in losses (19) #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (101)

Nap Lajoie #4 in AL in batting average (.368)

References

External links 1912 Cleveland Naps season at Baseball Reference