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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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 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[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

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[edit]

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

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]