1902 Chicago White Stockings season

1902 Chicago White Stockings
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
South Side Park (since 1900)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Clark Griffith
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The 1902 Chicago White Stockings season was a season in American baseball. The White Sox had a record of 74–60, finishing in fourth place in the American League.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	83	53	0.610	—	56–17	27–36
St. Louis Browns	78	58	0.574	5	49–21	29–37
Boston Americans	77	60	0.562	6½	43–27	34–33
Chicago White Stockings	74	60	0.552	8	48–20	26–40
Cleveland Bronchos	69	67	0.507	14	40–25	29–42
Washington Senators	61	75	0.449	22	40–28	21–47
Detroit Tigers	52	83	0.385	30½	34–33	18–50
Baltimore Orioles	50	88	0.362	34	32–31	18–57

Record vs. opponents

1902 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	PHI	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	4–16	8–11–1	9–11	10–10	6–13	2–18–1	11–9–1
Boston	16–4	—	12–8	6–14	11–7–1	9–11	15–5	8–11
Chicago	11–8–1	8–12	—	12–7	12–7–1	10–10	9–9–1	12–7–1
Cleveland	11–9	14–6	7–12	—	8–10	8–12	9–10–1	12–8
Detroit	10–10	7–11–1	7–12–1	10–8	—	4–16	5–15	9–11
Philadelphia	13–6	11–9	10–10	12–8	16–4	—	9–10–1	12–6
St. Louis	18–2–1	5–15	9–9–1	10–9–1	15–5	10–9–1	—	11–9
Washington	9–11–1	11–8	7–12–1	8–12	11–9	6–12	9–11	—

Roster

1902 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Nixey Callahan James Durham Ned Garvin Clark Griffith Jack Katoll Dummy Leitner Sam McMackin Roy Patterson Wiley Piatt		Catchers Ed Hughes Ed McFarland Billy Sullivan Infielders Tom Daly George Davis Frank Isbell Sammy Strang		Outfielders Danny Green Fielder Jones Herm McFarland Sam Mertes		Manager Clark Griffith

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	Sullivan, BillyBilly Sullivan	76	263	64	.243	1	26
1B	Isbell, FrankFrank Isbell	137	515	130	.252	4	59
2B	Daly, TomTom Daly	137	489	110	.225	1	54
SS	Davis, GeorgeGeorge Davis	132	485	145	.299	3	93
3B	Strang, SammySammy Strang	137	536	158	.295	3	46
OF	Jones, FielderFielder Jones	135	532	171	.321	0	54
OF	Green, DannyDanny Green	129	481	150	.312	0	62
OF	Mertes, SamSam Mertes	129	497	140	.282	1	79

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

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
Callahan, NixeyNixey Callahan	35	282.1	16	14	3.60	75
Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith	28	213	15	9	4.18	51

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
McMackin, SamSam McMackin	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

References

• 1902 Chicago White Stockings team page at Baseball Reference
• Chicago White Stockings team page at www.baseball-almanac.com