1902 American League

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The 1902 season of the American League was the second season of the league.

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Season summary[edit]

Standings[edit]

Bold indicates league champion
Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB RS (RS/G) RA (RA/G) AVG OBP SLG ERA FPCT
1 Philadelphia Athletics 137 83 53 1 .606 -.- 775 (5.66) 636 (4.64) 0.287 0.335 0.389 3.29 0.953
2 St. Louis Browns 140 78 58 4 .557 5.0 619 (4.42) 607 (4.34) 0.265 0.318 0.353 3.34 0.953
3 Boston Americans 138 77 60 1 .558 6.5 664 (4.81) 600 (4.35) 0.278 0.317 0.383 3.02 0.956
4 Chicago White Sox 138 74 60 4 .536 8.0 675 (4.89) 602 (4.36) 0.268 0.328 0.335 3.41 0.955
5 Cleveland Bronchos 137 69 67 1 .504 14.0 686 (5.01) 667 (4.87) 0.289 0.332 0.389 3.28 0.950
6 Washington Senators 138 61 75 2 .442 22.0 707 (5.12) 790 (5.72) 0.283 0.329 0.396 4.36 0.945
7 Detroit Tigers 137 52 83 2 .380 30.5 566 (4.13) 657 (4.80) 0.251 0.305 0.320 3.56 0.943
8 Baltimore Orioles 141 50 88 3 .355 34.0 715 (5.07) 848 (6.01) 0.277 0.335 0.385 4.33 0.937

League leaders[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Games Played Barry McCormick St. Louis Browns 139
At Bats Freddy Parent Boston Somersets 567
Runs Scored Dave Fultz
Topsy Hartsel
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia Athletics
109
Hits Charlie Hickman Boston Somersets/Cleveland Bronchos 193
Doubles Harry Davis
Ed Delahanty
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators
43
Triples Jimmy Williams Baltimore Orioles 21
Home Runs Socks Seybold Philadelphia Athletics 16
Total Bases Charlie Hickman Boston Somersets/Cleveland Bronchos 288
Runs Batted In Buck Freeman Boston Somersets 121
Stolen Bases Topsy Hartsel Philadelphia Athletics 47
Walks Topsy Hartsel Philadelphia Athletics 87
Hit by Pitch Dick Harley Detroit Tigers 12
Sacrifice Hits Dave Fultz Philadelphia Athletics 35
Batting Average Nap Lajoie Philadelphia Athletics/Cleveland Bronchos 0.378
On-Base Percentage Ed Delahanty Washington Senators 0.453
Slugging Percentage Ed Delahanty Washington Senators 0.590
On-Base plus Slugging Ed Delahanty Washington Senators 1.043
On-Base plus Slugging Plus Ed Delahanty Washington Senators 186

Pitching[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Wins Cy Young Boston Somersets 32
Losses Bill Dineen Boston Somersets 21
Win-Loss Percentage Bill Bernhard Philadelphia Athletics/Cleveland Bronchos 0.783
Appearances Cy Young Boston Somersets 45
Games Started Cy Young Boston Somersets 43
Complete Games Cy Young Boston Somersets 41
Shutouts Addie Joss Cleveland Bronchos 5
Games Finished Charlie Shields Baltimore Orioles/St. Louis Browns 8
Saves Jack Powell St. Louis Browns 2
Innings Pitched Cy Young Boston Somersets 384.2
Batters Faced Cy Young Boston Somersets 1527
Hits Allowed Snake Wiltse Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles 397
Home Runs Allowed Al Orth Washington Senators 18
Base-on-Balls Allowed Earl Moore Cleveland Bronchos 101
Hit Batsmen Eddie Plank Philadelphia Athletics 18
Strikeouts Rube Waddell Philadelphia Athletics 210
Wild Pitches George Mullin Detroit Tigers 13
Balks Bert Husting Boston Somersets/Philadelphia Athletics 2
Runs Allowed Snake Wiltse Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles 226
Earned Runs Allowed Snake Wiltse Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles 172
Earned Run Average Ed Siever Detroit Tigers 1.91
Walks plus Hits
per Inning Pitched
Bill Bernhard Philadelphia Athletics/Cleveland Bronchos 0.942

Notable events[edit]

Umpires[edit]

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading[edit]

  • Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1900s (the 1902 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]