1902 Detroit Tigers season
1902 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Bennett Park | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Samuel F. Angus | |
Managers | Frank Dwyer | |
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1902 was the second year for the Burns Park; a stadium constructed by owner James D. Burns.
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 83 | 53 | 0.610 | — | 56–17 | 27–36 |
St. Louis Browns | 78 | 58 | 0.574 | 5 | 49–21 | 29–37 |
Boston Americans | 77 | 60 | 0.562 | 6½ | 43–27 | 34–33 |
Chicago White Stockings | 74 | 60 | 0.552 | 8 | 48–20 | 26–40 |
Cleveland Bronchos | 69 | 67 | 0.507 | 14 | 40–25 | 29–42 |
Washington Senators | 61 | 75 | 0.449 | 22 | 40–28 | 21–47 |
Detroit Tigers | 52 | 83 | 0.385 | 30½ | 34–33 | 18–50 |
Baltimore Orioles | 50 | 88 | 0.362 | 34 | 32–31 | 18–57 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
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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
1902 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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C | Deacon McGuire | 73 | 229 | 52 | .227 | 2 | 23 |
1B | Pop Dillon |
66 | 243 | 50 | .206 | 0 | 22 |
2B | Kid Gleason | 118 | 441 | 109 | .247 | 1 | 38 |
3B | Doc Casey | 132 | 520 | 142 | .273 | 3 | 55 |
SS | Kid Elberfeld | 130 | 488 | 127 | .260 | 1 | 64 |
OF | Jimmy Barrett | 136 | 509 | 154 | .303 | 4 | 44 |
OF | Dick Harley | 125 | 491 | 138 | .281 | 2 | 44 |
OF | Ducky Holmes | 92 | 362 | 93 | .257 | 2 | 33 |
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 |
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Sport McAllister | 66 | 229 | 48 | .210 | 1 | 32 |
Fritz Buelow |
66 | 224 | 48 | .223 | 2 | 29 |
Erve Beck | 41 | 162 | 48 | .296 | 2 | 22 |
Joe Yeager | 50 | 161 | 39 | .242 | 1 | 23 |
Pete LePine | 30 | 96 | 20 | .208 | 1 | 19 |
Harry Arndt | 10 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 7 |
John O'Connell | 8 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Lew Post | 3 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 2 |
Lou Schiappacasse | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
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 |
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Win Mercer | 35 | 281.2 | 15 | 18 | 3.04 | 40 |
George Mullin | 35 | 260.0 | 13 | 16 | 3.67 | 78 |
Ed Siever | 25 | 188.1 | 8 | 11 | 1.91 | 36 |
Roscoe Miller | 20 | 148.2 | 6 | 12 | 3.69 | 39 |
Joe Yeager | 19 | 140.0 | 6 | 12 | 4.82 | 28 |
Arch McCarthy | 10 | 72.0 | 2 | 7 | 6.13 | 10 |
Rube Kisinger | 5 | 43.1 | 2 | 3 | 3.12 | 7 |
Wish Egan | 3 | 22.0 | 0 | 2 | 2.86 | 0 |
Sam McMackin | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.24 | 2 |
John Terry | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 0 |
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 |
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Jack Cronin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.35 | 5 |
Ed Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
- Jimmy Barrett: AL leader in putouts by an outfielder (326)
- Jimmy Barrett: #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.397)
- Jimmy Barrett: #3 in AL in bases on balls (74)
- Jimmy Barrett: #5 in AL in times on base (234)
- Fritz Buelow: AL leader in errors by a catcher (20)
- Kid Elberfeld: #2 in AL in times hit by pitch (11)
- Kid Gleason: AL leader in errors by a second baseman (42)
- Dick Harley: AL leader in times hit by pitch (12)
- Deacon McGuire: 5th oldest player in the AL (38)
- Win Mercer: #2 in AL in shutouts (4)
- Win Mercer: #3 in AL in losses (18)
- George Mullin: AL leader in wild pitches (13)
- George Mullin: #4 in AL in walks allowed (95)
- Ed Siever: AL leader in ERA (1.91)
- Ed Siever: AL leader in Adjusted ERA+ (196)
- Ed Siever: #4 in AL in walks plus hits per 9 innings pitched (WHIP) (1.051)
- Ed Siever: #4 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (7.93)
- Ed Siever: #4 in AL in walks per 9 innings pitched (1.53)
- Ed Siever: #2 in AL in shutouts (4)