{"id":87,"date":"2020-06-18T17:22:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T22:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2024-03-10T22:49:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T03:49:31","slug":"cleveland-spiders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/the-whirled-baseball-league\/bill-james-division\/cleveland-spiders\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Spiders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cleveland Naps (and others) \/ Cleveland Indians<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AAA – Buffalo Bison
AA – Rochester Hustlers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effa Manley Division<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A team with a long history, but perhaps less talent than expected. Not many players have had entire franchises named after them: Napoleon Lajoie<\/strong> takes the banner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seed Players<\/strong>: Larry Doby (OF); Bob Feller (P); Napoleon Lajoie (IF); Louis Santop (C); Joe Sewell (SS); Harry Stovey (OF); Cy Young (P).
Franchise Rights<\/strong>: Stan Coveleski (P); Tris Speaker (OF); Jim Thome (3B\/1B).
Future Rights<\/strong>: Earl Averill, Lou Boudreau, Wes Ferrell, Addie Joss, Bob Lemon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n