1902 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1902 Pittsburgh Pirates
1902 National League Champions
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Owner(s) Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s) Fred Clarke
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The 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates 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, 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.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Pittsburgh Pirates 103 36 -- .741
Brooklyn Superbas 75 63 27.5 .543
Boston Beaneaters 73 64 29 .533
Cincinnati Reds 70 70 33.5 .500
Chicago Orphans 68 69 34 .496
St. Louis Cardinals 56 78 44.5 .418
Philadelphia Phillies 56 81 46 .409
New York Giants 48 88 53.5 .353

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1902 Pittsburgh 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 W L SV 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

References

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Preceded by
Pittsburgh Pirates
1901		 National League Championship Season
1902		 Succeeded by
Pittsburgh Pirates
1903
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