1902 Chicago Orphans season

1902 Chicago Orphans
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
West Side Park (since 1893)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Albert Spalding, James Hart
Manager(s)	Frank Selee
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The 1902 Chicago Orphans season was the 31st season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 27th in the National League and the 10th at West Side Park. The Orphans finished fifth in the National League with a record of 68–69.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburg Pirates	103	36	0.741	—	56–15	47–21
Brooklyn Superbas	75	63	0.543	27½	45–23	30–40
Boston Beaneaters	73	64	0.533	29	42–27	31–37
Cincinnati Reds	70	70	0.500	33½	35–35	35–35
Chicago Orphans	68	69	0.496	34	31–38	37–31
St. Louis Cardinals	56	78	0.418	44½	28–38	28–40
Philadelphia Phillies	56	81	0.409	46	29–39	27–42
New York Giants	48	88	0.353	53½	24–44	24–44

Record vs. opponents

1902 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–12	11–9	11–9	16–3	11–9–1	6–14–1	10–8–3
Brooklyn	12–8	—	12–8	12–8	10–10	13–6	6–14–1	10–9–2
Chicago	9–11	8–12	—	12–8–1	10–10–4	10–10	7–13	12–5–1
Cincinnati	9–11	8–12	8–12–1	—	14–6	13–7	5–15	13–7
New York	3–16	10–10	10–10–4	6–14	—	6–12	6–13–1	7–13
Philadelphia	9–11–1	6–13	10–10	7–13	12–6	—	2–18	10–10
Pittsburg	14–6–1	14–6–1	13–7	15–5	13–6–1	18–2	—	16–4
St. Louis	8–10–3	9–10–2	5–12–1	7–13	13–7	10–10	4–16	—

Roster

1902 Chicago Orphans
Roster
Pitchers Mal Eason Jim Gardner Fred Glade Alex Hardy Carl Lundgren Frank Morrissey Bob Rhoads Jim St. Vrain Jack Taylor Pop Williams		Catchers Mike Kahoe Johnny Kling Pete Lamer Infielders Frank Chance Dad Clark Charlie Dexter Johnny Evers Ed Glenn Mike Jacobs Bobby Lowe Hal O'Hagan Germany Schaefer Sammy Strang Joe Tinker		Outfielders Bunk Congalton John Dobbs Jack Hendricks R.E. Hillebrand Joe Hughes Davy Jones Snapper Kennedy Mike Lynch Jock Menefee Dusty Miller Jim Murray Chick Pedroes Larry Schlafly Jimmy Slagle Art Williams		Manager Frank Selee

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
OF	Jones, DavyDavy Jones	64	243	74	.305	0	14

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
Menefee, JockJock Menefee	65	216	50	.231	0	15
Miller, DustyDusty Miller	51	187	46	.246	0	13
Williams, ArtArt Williams	47	160	37	.231	0	14
Lynch, MikeMike Lynch	7	28	4	.143	0	0
Jacobs, MikeMike Jacobs	5	19	4	.211	0	2
Glenn, EdEd Glenn	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Hughes, JoeJoe Hughes	1	3	0	.000	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
Williams, PopPop Williams	32	263.1	11	16	2.49	99
Menefee, JockJock Menefee	22	197.1	12	10	2.42	60
Lundgren, CarlCarl Lundgren	18	160	9	9	1.97	68
Hardy, AlexAlex Hardy	4	35	2	2	3.60	12
Gardner, JimJim Gardner	3	25	1	2	2.88	6
Eason, MalMal Eason	2	18	1	1	1.00	4
Glade, FredFred Glade	1	8	0	1	9.00	3

External links

• 1902 Chicago Orphans season at Baseball Reference