1902 Detroit Tigers season

1902 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
Bennett Park (since 1896)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1894)
Other information
Owner(s)	Samuel F. Angus
Manager(s)	Frank Dwyer
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1902 was the second year for the Detroit Tigers in the newly formed American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 58–77 (.385), 30½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The 1902 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 657 runs to 566. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 189,469, sixth out of the eight teams in the AL. Detroit's blue laws prevented the Tigers from playing baseball at Bennett Park on Sundays. As a result, the Tigers played their Sunday home games for the season at Burns Park; a stadium constructed by owner James D. Burns.

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 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Jack Cronin Wish Egan Ed Fisher Rube Kisinger Arch McCarthy Sam McMackin Win Mercer Roscoe Miller George Mullin Ed Siever John Terry Joe Yeager		Catchers Fritz Buelow Deacon McGuire Infielders Erve Beck Doc Casey Pop Dillon Kid Elberfeld Kid Gleason Sport McAllister John O'Connell		Outfielders Harry Arndt Jimmy Barrett Dick Harley Ducky Holmes Pete LePine Lew Post Lou Schiappacasse		Manager Frank Dwyer

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire	73	229	52	.227	2	23
1B	Dillon, PopPop Dillon	66	243	50	.206	0	22
2B	Gleason, KidKid Gleason	118	441	109	.247	1	38
3B	Casey, DocDoc Casey	132	520	142	.273	3	55
SS	Elberfeld, KidKid Elberfeld	130	488	127	.260	1	64
OF	Barrett, JimmyJimmy Barrett	136	509	154	.303	4	44
OF	Harley, DickDick Harley	125	491	138	.281	2	44
OF	Holmes, DuckyDucky Holmes	92	362	93	.257	2	33

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
McAllister, SportSport McAllister	66	229	48	.210	1	32
Buelow, FritzFritz Buelow	66	224	48	.223	2	29
Beck, ErveErve Beck	41	162	48	.296	2	22
Yeager, JoeJoe Yeager	50	161	39	.242	1	23
LePine, PetePete LePine	30	96	20	.208	1	19
Arndt, HarryHarry Arndt	10	34	5	.147	0	7
O'Connell, JohnJohn O'Connell	8	22	4	.182	0	0
Post, LewLew Post	3	12	1	.083	0	2
Schiappacasse, LouLou Schiappacasse	2	5	0	.000	0	1

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

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
Mercer, WinWin Mercer	35	281.2	15	18	3.04	40
Mullin, GeorgeGeorge Mullin	35	260	13	16	3.67	78
Siever, EdEd Siever	25	188.1	8	11	1.91	36
Miller, RoscoeRoscoe Miller	20	148.2	6	12	3.69	39
Yeager, JoeJoe Yeager	19	140	6	12	4.82	28
McCarthy, ArchArch McCarthy	10	72	2	7	6.13	10
Kisinger, RubeRube Kisinger	5	43.1	2	3	3.12	7
Egan, WishWish Egan	3	22	0	2	2.86	0
McMackin, SamSam McMackin	1	8.1	0	1	3.24	2
Terry, JohnJohn Terry	1	5	0	1	3.60	0

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
Cronin, JackJack Cronin	4	0	0	0	9.35	5
Fisher, EdEd Fisher	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

• Jimmy Barrett: AL leader in putouts by an outfielder (326)
• Jimmy Barrett: #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.397)
• Jimmy Barrett: #3 in AL in bases on balls (74)
• Jimmy Barrett: #5 in AL in times on base (234)
• Fritz Buelow: AL leader in errors by a catcher (20)
• Kid Elberfeld: #2 in AL in times hit by pitch (11)
• Kid Gleason: AL leader in errors by a second baseman (42)
• Dick Harley: AL leader in times hit by pitch (12)
• Deacon McGuire: 5th oldest player in the AL (38)
• Win Mercer: #2 in AL in shutouts (4)
• Win Mercer: #3 in AL in losses (18)
• George Mullin: AL leader in wild pitches (13)
• George Mullin: #4 in AL in walks allowed (95)
• Ed Siever: AL leader in ERA (1.91)
• Ed Siever: AL leader in Adjusted ERA+ (196)
• Ed Siever: #4 in AL in walks plus hits per 9 innings pitched (WHIP) (1.051)
• Ed Siever: #4 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (7.93)
• Ed Siever: #4 in AL in walks per 9 innings pitched (1.53)
• Ed Siever: #2 in AL in shutouts (4)

References

• 1902 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics