1902 National League

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The 1902 season of the National League was the twenty-seventh 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	Pittsburgh Pirates	142	103	36	3	.725	-.-	775 (5.46)	440 (3.10)	0.286	0.336	0.374	2.30	0.958
2	Brooklyn Superbas	141	75	63	3	.532	27.5	564 (4.00)	519 (3.68)	0.256	0.302	0.319	2.69	0.952
3	Boston Beaneaters	142	73	64	5	.514	29.0	572 (4.03)	516 (3.63)	0.249	0.307	0.305	2.61	0.958
4	Cincinnati Reds	141	70	70	1	.496	33.5	633 (4.49)	566 (4.01)	0.282	0.323	0.362	2.67	0.945
5	Chicago Orphans	141	68	69	4	.482	34.0	530 (3.76)	501 (3.55)	0.250	0.301	0.298	2.21	0.946
6	St. Louis Cardinals	140	56	78	6	.400	44.5	517 (3.69)	695 (4.96)	0.258	0.298	0.304	3.47	0.945
7	Philadelphia Phillies	138	56	81	1	.406	46.0	484 (3.51)	649 (4.70)	0.247	0.301	0.293	3.50	0.946
8	New York Giants	139	48	88	3	.345	53.5	401 (2.88)	590 (4.24)	0.238	0.278	0.290	2.82	0.943

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Cozy Dolan	Brooklyn Superbas	141
At Bats	Cozy Dolan	Brooklyn Superbas	592
Runs Scored	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	105
Hits	Ginger Beaumont	Pittsburgh Pirates	193
Doubles	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	30
Triples	Sam Crawford Tommy Leach	Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Home Runs	Tommy Leach	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Total Bases	Sam Crawford	Cincinnati Reds	256
Runs Batted In	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	91
Stolen Bases	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	42
Walks	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	107
Hit by Pitch	Fred Clarke Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Sacrifice Hits	Fred Tenney	Boston Beaneaters	29
Batting Average	Ginger Beaumont	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.357
On-Base Percentage	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	0.414
Slugging Percentage	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.463
On-Base plus Slugging	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.857
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	159

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Jack Chesbro	Pittsburgh Pirates	28
Losses	Stan Yerkes	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Jack Chesbro	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.824
Appearances	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	51
Games Started	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	46
Complete Games	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	45
Shutouts	Jack Chesbro Christy Mathewson	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	8
Games Finished	Roy Evans	New York Giants/Brooklyn Superbas	8
Saves	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	3
Innings Pitched	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	410.0
Batters Faced	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	1682
Hits Allowed	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	372
Home Runs Allowed	Ed Murphy	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Togie Pittinger	Boston Beaneaters	128
Hit Batsmen	Jack Chesbro	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Strikeouts	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	225
Wild Pitches	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	16
Balks	Bill Duggleby	Philadelphia Phillies/Philadelphia Athletics	2
Runs Allowed	Stan Yerkes	St. Louis Cardinals	160
Earned Runs Allowed	Stan Yerkes	St. Louis Cardinals	111
Earned Run Average	Jack Taylor	Chicago Orphans	1.33
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Jack Taylor	Chicago Orphans	0.967

Umpires

• Erve Beck*
• Tom Brown
• Joe Cantillon
• Frank Chance*
• Jack Cronin*
• Bill Donovan*
• Mal Eason*
• Bob Emslie
• Duke Farrell*
• Arthur Irwin
• Frank Kitson*
• Arlie Latham
• Tom Lynch
• Billy Maloney*
• Doc Newton*
• Hank O'Day
• Charles Power
• Jesse Tannehill*
• Doc White*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

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