1902 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBennett Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersSamuel F. Angus
ManagersFrank Dwyer
← 1901 Seasons 1903 →

1902 was the second year for the Detroit Tigers in the newly formed American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 58–77 (.385), 30½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The 1902 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 657 runs to 566. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 189,469, sixth out of the eight teams in the AL. Detroit's blue laws prevented the Tigers from playing baseball at Bennett Park on Sundays. As a result, the Tigers played their Sunday home games for the season at Burns Park; a stadium constructed by owner James D. Burns.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1902 American League record

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

1902 Detroit Tigers
Roster
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
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
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
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
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

References

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