Cleveland Indians Naps (1905 - 1914) by Baseball Almanac

Cleveland Indians Naps

This is a comprehensive list of managers for the Cleveland Naps organization. Win / loss statistics, winning percentage, position in division, and games behind the leader are also shown for each manager. Links include a year; which leads to the American League season in review; the manager(s) name, which leads to his career statistics; and a roster, which leads to a list of every player on the team during the year.

"Ever since I've been in baseball, I've been looking for a man the caliber of Connie Mack. You can count such men on the fingers of one hand. George Stovall came closest to the mark and I made an error when I failed to keep him." - Cleveland Indians owner Charlie Somers

Year

Uniform #

Manager(s)

Wins

Losses

Finish

Roster

1905

n/a

Nap Lajoie

.494

5^th

1905

1906

n/a

Nap Lajoie

.582

3^rd

1906

1907

n/a

Nap Lajoie

.559

4^th

1907

1908

n/a

Nap Lajoie

.584

2^nd

1908

1909

n/a

Nap Lajoie

.500

6^th

27½

n/a

.359

n/a

.467

5^th

1910

1911

n/a

Deacon McGuire

.353

3^rd

n/a

.544

n/a

.432

5^th

30½

n/a

.750

n/a

.566

3^rd

9.5

1913

1914

n/a

Joe Birmingham

102

.333

8^th

48½

1914

Year

Uniform #

Manager(s)

Wins

Losses

Finish

Roster

Cleveland Naps Managers & Finishes

Did you know that this franchise was called the Cleveland Blues (click here for their managers) from 1901 through 1904 and eventually became the Cleveland Indians (click here for their managers) in 1915?

During the 1913 season the Cleveland Naps, who had an eight-six & sixty-six record, had their largest attendance when 541,000 fans attended home games.

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