1902 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 17 – October 5, 1902
Number of games	140
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Philadelphia Athletics
AL runners-up	St. Louis Browns
NL champions	Pittsburgh Pirates
NL runners-up	Brooklyn Superbas
MLB seasons
← 1901 1903 →

The 1902 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 through October 5, 1902 with each team schedule to play the other seven teams in their league 20 times for a 140-game season. It was the second season for the American League (AL), with the Philadelphia Athletics finishing first in league standings. In the National League (NL), in operation since 1876, the Pittsburgh Pirates finished atop league standings for the second consecutive season. There was no postseason.

Prior to the season, the Milwaukee Brewers moved and became the St. Louis Browns; the franchise would remain in St. Louis through 1953, and in 1954 moved again to become the Baltimore Orioles.

Standings

American League[edit]

v t e 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

National League[edit]

v t e 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

Managers

American League[edit]

Team	Manager
Baltimore Orioles	John McGraw Wilbert Robinson
Boston Americans	Jimmy Collins
Chicago White Stockings	Clark Griffith
Cleveland Bronchos	Bill Armour
Detroit Tigers	Frank Dwyer
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators	Tom Loftus

National League[edit]

Team	Manager
Boston Beaneaters	Al Buckenberger
Brooklyn Superbas	Ned Hanlon
Chicago Orphans	Frank Selee
Cincinnati Reds	Bid McPhee Frank Bancroft Joe Kelley
New York Giants	Horace Fogel Heinie Smith John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Bill Shettsline
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	Patsy Donovan

League leaders

Batting

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Ed Delahanty (WSH)	.376	Ginger Beaumont (PIT)	.376
HR	Socks Seybold (PHA)	16	Tommy Leach (PIT)	6
RBI	Buck Freeman (BSA)	125	Honus Wagner (PIT)	91
R	Topsy Hartsel (PHA) Dave Fultz (PHA)	109	Honus Wagner (PIT)	105
H	Charlie Hickman (BSA/CLE))	193	Ginger Beaumont	193
SB	Topsy Hartsel (PHA)	47	Honus Wagner (PIT)	42
WAR	Ed Delahanty (WSH)	6.8	Honus Wagner (PIT)	7.3

Pitching

League leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
W	Cy Young (BSA)	32	Jack Chesbro (PIT)	28
L	Bill Dinneen Boston (BSA)	21	Stan Yerkes (SLC)	21
ERA	Ed Siever (DET)	1.91	Jack Taylor (CHO)	1.29
K	Rube Waddell (PHA)	210	Vic Willis (BSB)	225
IP	Cy Young (BSA)	384.2	Vic Willis (BSB)	410
SV	Jack Powell (SLB)	2	Vic Willis (BSB)	3
WAR	Cy Young (BSA)	10.1	Jack Taylor (CHO)	9.4

External links

1902 MLB season by team

1902 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891
NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Dead-ball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
Live-ball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941
World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945
Post-war and integration	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Wild Card begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Wild Card expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Pitch clock era	2023 2024 2025