1902 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1902 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 53 losses.

1902 Philadelphia Athletics
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1901
1903 →

Regular season

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In 1902, the Philadelphia Phillies obtained an injunction, effective only in Pennsylvania, barring Athletics' second baseman Nap Lajoie from playing baseball for any team other than the Phillies.[1] Lajoie had played for the Athletics in 1901, and appeared in just one game in 1902 before the injunction went into effect. The American League responded by transferring Lajoie's contract to the Cleveland Bronchos, who were subsequently known as the "Naps" in Lajoie's honor for several seasons.

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 83 53 .610 56‍–‍17 27‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns 78 58 .574 5 49‍–‍21 29‍–‍37
Boston Americans 77 60 .562 43‍–‍27 34‍–‍33
Chicago White Stockings 74 60 .552 8 48‍–‍20 26‍–‍40
Cleveland Bronchos 69 67 .507 14 40‍–‍25 29‍–‍42
Washington Senators 61 75 .449 22 40‍–‍28 21‍–‍47
Detroit Tigers 52 83 .385 30½ 34‍–‍33 18‍–‍50
Baltimore Orioles 50 88 .362 34 32‍–‍31 18‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BLA BOS CWS CLE DET PHA SLB WSH
Baltimore 4–16 8–11–1 9–11 10–10 6–13 2–18–1 11–9–1
Boston 16–4 12–8 6–14 11–7–1 9–11 15–5 8–11
Chicago 11–8–1 8–12 12–7 12–7–1 10–10 9–9–1 12–7–1
Cleveland 11–9 14–6 7–12 8–10 8–12 9–10–1 12–8
Detroit 10–10 7–11–1 7–12–1 10–8 4–16 5–15 9–11
Philadelphia 13–6 11–9 10–10 12–8 16–4 9–10–1 12–6
St. Louis 18–2–1 5–15 9–9–1 10–9–1 15–5 10–9–1 11–9
Washington 9–11–1 11–8 7–12–1 8–12 11–9 6–12 9–11

Roster

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1902 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Ossee Schreckengost 79 284 92 .324 2 43
1B Harry Davis 133 561 172 .307 6 92
2B Danny Murphy 76 291 91 .313 1 48
SS Monte Cross 137 497 115 .231 3 59
3B Lave Cross 137 559 191 .342 0 108
OF Topsy Hartsel 137 545 154 .283 5 58
OF Socks Seybold 137 522 165 .316 16 97
OF Dave Fultz 129 506 153 .302 1 49

Other batters

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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
Doc Powers 71 246 65 .264 2 39
Lou Castro 42 143 35 .245 1 15
Frank Bonner 11 44 8 .182 0 3
Elmer Flick 11 37 11 .297 0 3
Farmer Steelman 10 32 6 .188 0 6
Nap Lajoie 1 4 1 .250 0 1

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eddie Plank 36 300.0 20 15 3.30 107
Rube Waddell 33 276.1 24 7 2.05 210
Bert Husting 32 204.0 14 5 3.79 44
Snake Wiltse 19 138.0 8 8 5.15 28
Fred Mitchell 18 107.2 5 8 3.59 22
Andy Coakley 3 27.0 2 1 2.67 9
Bill Duggleby 2 17.0 1 1 3.18 4
Bill Bernhard 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 1
Tad Quinn 1 8.0 0 1 4.50 3
Tom Walker 1 8.0 0 1 5.62 2
Odie Porter 1 8.0 0 1 3.38 2

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Highball Wilson 13 96.1 7 5 2.43 18
Ed Kenna 2 17.0 1 1 5.29 5

Notes

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References

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