1902 Pittsburg Pirates season

1902 Pittsburg Pirates
1902 National League Champions
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Owner(s) Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s) Fred Clarke
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The 1902 Pittsburg Pirates[1] won a second straight National League pennant, by an overwhelming 27.5 game margin over the Brooklyn Superbas. It was the Pirates' first ever 100-win team, and still holds the franchise record for best winning percentage at home (.789).

Ginger Beaumont won the batting title with a .357 mark, Tommy Leach led the league in home runs with 6 (a major league record for fewest HRs to lead the league), Honus Wagner led the league in RBI with 91, and Jack Chesbro led the league with 28 wins. As a team, the Pirates led the league in every significant batting category, the last time that has been done in the NL. They scored 775 runs, which was 142 more than any other team.

The team allowed four home runs during their 1902 season, the fewest in MLB history.[2]


Regular season

The 1902 Pittsburg Pirates

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 Pittsburg Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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 Smith, HarryHarry Smith 50 185 35 .189 0 12
1B Bransfield, KittyKitty Bransfield 102 413 126 .305 0 69
3B Leach, TommyTommy Leach 135 514 143 .278 6 85
OF Wagner, HonusHonus Wagner 136 534 176 .330 3 91
OF Clarke, FredFred Clarke 113 459 145 .316 2 53
OF Beaumont, GingerGinger Beaumont 130 541 193 .357 0 67

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
O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor 49 170 50 .294 1 28
Zimmer, ChiefChief Zimmer 42 142 38 .268 0 17
Miller, BillBill Miller 1 5 1 .200 0 2
Fohl, LeeLee Fohl 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
Chesbro, JackJack Chesbro 35 286.1 28 6 2.17 136
Phillippe, DeaconDeacon Phillippe 31 272 20 9 2.05 122
Tannehill, JesseJesse Tannehill 26 231 20 6 1.95 100
Leever, SamSam Leever 28 222 15 7 2.39 86
Doheny, EdEd Doheny 22 188.1 16 4 2.53 88
McLaughlin, WarrenWarren McLaughlin 3 26 3 0 2.77 13
Cushman, HarveyHarvey Cushman 4 25.2 0 4 7.36 12

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Wagner, HonusHonus Wagner 1 0 0 0 0.00 5
Poole, EdEd Poole 1 0 0 0 1.13 2

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Ginger Beaumont

Jack Chesbro

Fred Clarke

Tommy Leach

Jesse Tannehill

Honus Wagner

Notes

  1. ↑ In 1891 the United States Board on Geographic Names forced the city of Pittsburgh to undergo a controversial name change by having them drop the "h" at the end of the name, making the team's official name the "Pittsburg Pirates" from the adoption of the Pirates nickname until Pittsburgh was able to get the "h" restored to its name in 1911.
  2. ↑ Starkey, Joe (April 27, 2014). "Starkey: Unbreakable Pittsburgh records". Retrieved May 1, 2014.

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