1902 Detroit Tigers season

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1902 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Bennett Park (Since 1901) Detroit, Michigan (Since 1901)
1902 Information
Owner(s)	Samuel F. Angus
Manager(s)	Frank Dwyer
Local television	none
Local radio	none

1902 was the second year for the Detroit Tigers in the newly formed American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record or 58-77 (.385), 30-1/2 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The 1902 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 657 to 566. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 189,469, sixth out of the eight teams in the AL.

Contents 1 American League final standings 1.1 Roster 2 Regular season player stats 2.1 Batting 2.2 Pitching 3 Award Winners and League Leaders 4 External links

[edit] American League final standings

American League	W	L	T	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Athletics	83	53	1	--	.610
St. Louis Browns	78	58	4	5	.574
Boston Americans	77	60	1	6½	.562
Chicago White Sox	74	60	4	8	.552
Cleveland Broncos	69	67	1	14	.507
Washington Senators	61	75	2	22	.449
Detroit Tigers	52	83	2	30½	.385
Baltimore Orioles	50	88	3	34	.362

[edit] Roster

1902 Detroit Tigers roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Regular season player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Deacon McGuire	73	229	52	.227	2	23
Pop Dillon	66	243	50	.206	0	22
Kid Gleason	118	441	109	.247	1	38
Doc Casey	132	520	142	.273	3	55
Kid Elberfeld	130	488	127	.260	1	64
Jimmy Barrett	136	509	154	.303	4	44
Dick Harley	125	491	138	.281	2	44
Ducky Holmes	92	362	93	.257	2	33
Fritz Buelow	66	224	48	.223	2	29
Erve Beck	41	162	48	.296	2	22
Sport McAllister	66	229	48	.210	1	32
Pete LePine	30	96	20	.208	1	19
Joe Yeager	50	161	39	.242	1	23
George Mullin	40	120	39	.325	0	11

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

[edit] Pitching

Note: G = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Win Mercer	35	281.7	15	18	3.04	40
George Mullin	35	260.0	13	16	3.67	78
Ed Siever	25	188.3	8	11	1.91	36
Roscoe Miller	20	148.7	6	12	3.69	39
Joe Yeager	19	140.0	6	12	4.82	28
Arch McCarthy	10	72.0	2	7	6.13	10
Rube Kisinger	5	43.3	2	3	3.12	7

[edit] Award Winners and League Leaders

• 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)

[edit] External links

• 1902 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics

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