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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Standings

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

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

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

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

Umpires

• Bob Caruthers
• Tom Connolly
• Jim Johnstone
• Sport McAllister*
• Silk O'Loughlin
• Doc Powers*
• Jack Sheridan

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

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