1902 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1902  Pittsburgh Pirates
National League champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Exposition Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Record	103–36 (.741)
League place	1st
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Fred Clarke
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The 1902 Pittsburgh ^[a] 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 it remains the franchise record for best winning percentage at home (.789).

The team finished with a league-best record of 103-36.

Background

The 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates

Ginger Beaumont won the batting title with a .357 mark, and Tommy Leach led the league in home runs with six (a major league record for fewest HRs to lead the league). Honus Wagner led the league in RBI with 91, and Jack Chesbro led the league with 28 wins.

The Pirates led the league in every significant batting category,^{[ clarification needed ]} the last time that was ever done in the NL. The team scored 775 runs, which was 142 more than any other team.

The team allowed four home runs during its 1902 season, the fewest in MLB history. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	103	36	.741	—	56‍–‍15	47‍–‍21
Brooklyn Superbas	75	63	.543	27½	45‍–‍23	30‍–‍40
Boston Beaneaters	73	64	.533	29	42‍–‍27	31‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds	70	70	.500	33½	35‍–‍35	35‍–‍35
Chicago Orphans	68	69	.496	34	31‍–‍38	37‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals	56	78	.418	44½	28‍–‍38	28‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies	56	81	.409	46	29‍–‍39	27‍–‍42
New York Giants	48	88	.353	53½	24‍–‍44	24‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1902 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–12	11–9	11–9	16–3	11–9–1	6–14–1	10–8–3
Brooklyn	12–8	—	12–8	12–8	10–10	13–6	6–14–1	10–9–2
Chicago	9–11	8–12	—	12–8–1	10–10–4	10–10	7–13	12–5–1
Cincinnati	9–11	8–12	8–12–1	—	14–6	13–7	5–15	13–7
New York	3–16	10–10	10–10–4	6–14	—	6–12	6–13–1	7–13
Philadelphia	9–11–1	6–13	10–10	7–13	12–6	—	2–18	10–10
Pittsburgh	14–6–1	14–6–1	13–7	15–5	13–6–1	18–2	—	16–4
St. Louis	8–10–3	9–10–2	5–12–1	7–13	13–7	10–10	4–16	—

Roster

1902 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Jack Chesbro Harvey Cushman Ed Doheny Sam Leever Warren McLaughlin Deacon Phillippe Ed Poole Jesse Tannehill		Catchers Lee Fohl Mike Hopkins Jack O'Connor Ed Phelps Harry Smith Chief Zimmer Infielders Kitty Bransfield Jimmy Burke Wid Conroy Tommy Leach Claude Ritchey Honus Wagner		Outfielders Ginger Beaumont Fred Clarke Fred Crolius Lefty Davis George Merritt Bill Miller Jimmy Sebring		Manager Fred Clarke

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Harry Smith	50	185	35	.189	0	12
1B	Kitty Bransfield	102	413	126	.305	0	69
2B	Claude Ritchey	115	405	112	.277	2	55
SS	Wid Conroy	99	365	89	.244	1	47
3B	Tommy Leach	135	514	143	.278	6	85
OF	Honus Wagner	136	534	176	.330	3	91
OF	Fred Clarke	113	459	145	.316	2	53
OF	Ginger 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
Lefty Davis	59	232	65	.280	0	20
Jimmy Burke	60	203	60	.296	0	26
Jack O'Connor	49	170	50	.294	1	28
Chief Zimmer	42	142	38	.268	0	17
Jimmy Sebring	19	80	26	.325	0	15
Ed Phelps	18	61	13	.213	0	6
Fred Crolius	9	38	10	.263	0	7
George Merritt	2	9	3	.333	0	2
Bill Miller	1	5	1	.200	0	2
Lee Fohl	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Mike Hopkins	1	2	2	1.000	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
Jack Chesbro	35	286.1	28	6	2.17	136
Deacon Phillippe	31	272.0	20	9	2.05	122
Jesse Tannehill	26	231.0	20	6	1.95	100
Sam Leever	28	222.0	15	7	2.39	86
Ed Doheny	22	188.1	16	4	2.53	88
Warren McLaughlin	3	26.0	3	0	2.77	13
Harvey 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	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Honus Wagner	1	0	0	0	0.00	5
Ed Poole	1	0	0	0	1.13	2

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Ginger Beaumont

• NL leader in batting average (.357)
• #3 in NL in runs scored (100)
• #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.404)
• #4 in NL in stolen bases (33)

Jack Chesbro

• NL leader in wins (28)

Fred Clarke

• #2 in NL in runs scored (103)
• #3 in NL in slugging percentage (.449)
• #4 in NL in on-base percentage (.401)

Tommy Leach

• NL leader in home runs (6)
• #2 in NL in RBI (85)
• #4 in NL in runs scored (97)

Jesse Tannehill

• #3 in NL in ERA (1.95)

Honus Wagner

• NL leader in RBI (91)
• NL leader in runs scored (105)
• NL leader in stolen bases (42)
• NL leader in slugging percentage (.463)

Notes

1. In the early 20th century and earlier, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled with and without the 'h'.

References

1. Starkey, Joe (April 27, 2014). "Starkey: Unbreakable Pittsburgh records" . Retrieved May 1, 2014.

External links

• 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac