1902 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1902 Pittsburgh Pirates 1902 National League Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1887)
Location
Exposition Park (Since 1891) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Since 1887)
1902 Information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred Clarke
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The 1902 Pittsburgh 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 still holds the franchise record for best winning percentage at home (.789).

Ginger Beaumont won the batting title with a .357 mark, Tommy Leach led the league in home runs with 6, Honus Wagner led the league in RBI with 91, and Jack Chesbro led the league with 28 wins. As a team, the Pirates led the league in every significant batting category, the last time that has been done in the NL. They scored 775 runs, which was 142 more than any other team.

Regular season

The 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	103	36	0.741	—	56–15	47–21
Brooklyn Superbas	75	63	0.543	27½	45–23	30–40
Boston Beaneaters	73	64	0.533	29	42–27	31–37
Cincinnati Reds	70	70	0.500	33½	35–35	35–35
Chicago Orphans	68	69	0.496	34	31–38	37–31
St. Louis Cardinals	56	78	0.418	44½	28–38	28–40
Philadelphia Phillies	56	81	0.409	46	29–39	27–42
New York Giants	48	88	0.353	53½	24–44	24–44

Player stats

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	Smith, HarryHarry Smith	50	185	35	.189	0	12
1B	Bransfield, KittyKitty Bransfield	102	413	126	.305	0	69
3B	Leach, TommyTommy Leach	135	514	143	.278	6	85
OF	Wagner, HonusHonus Wagner	136	534	176	.330	3	91
OF	Clarke, FredFred Clarke	113	459	145	.316	2	53
OF	Beaumont, GingerGinger 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
O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor	49	170	50	.294	1	28
Zimmer, ChiefChief Zimmer	42	142	38	.268	0	17
Miller, BillBill Miller	1	5	1	.200	0	2
Fohl, LeeLee Fohl	1	3	0	.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
Chesbro, JackJack Chesbro	35	286.1	28	6	2.17	136
Phillippe, DeaconDeacon Phillippe	31	272	20	9	2.05	122
Tannehill, JesseJesse Tannehill	26	231	20	6	1.95	100
Leever, SamSam Leever	28	222	15	7	2.39	86
Doheny, EdEd Doheny	22	188.1	16	4	2.53	88
McLaughlin, WarrenWarren McLaughlin	3	26	3	0	2.77	13
Cushman, HarveyHarvey 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	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Wagner, HonusHonus Wagner	1	0	0	0	0.00	5
Poole, EdEd 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)

References

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

Preceded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1901

National League Championship Season 1902

Succeeded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1903