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1902 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Field	Value
name	Pittsburgh Pirates
season	1902
misc	National League champions
league	National League
ballpark	Exposition Park
city	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
record
league_place	1st
owners	Barney Dreyfuss
managers	Fred Clarke

|}} 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 it remains the franchise record for best winning percentage at home (.789).

The team finished with a league-best record of 103-36.

Background

The Pirates led the league in every significant batting category, the last time that was ever done in the NL. The team scored 775 runs, which was 142 more than any other team.

The team allowed four home runs during its 1902 season, the fewest in MLB history.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1902 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	50	185	35	.189	0	12
1B	102	413	126	.305	0	69
2B	115	405	112	.277	2	55
SS	99	365	89	.244	1	47
3B	135	514	143	.278	6	85
OF	136	534	176	.330	3	91
OF	113	459	145	.316	2	53
OF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
59	232	65	.280	0	20
60	203	60	.296	0	26
49	170	50	.294	1	28
42	142	38	.268	0	17
19	80	26	.325	0	15
18	61	13	.213	0	6
9	38	10	.263	0	7
2	9	3	.333	0	2
1	5	1	.200	0	2
1	3	0	.000	0	0
1	2	2	1.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	286.1	28	6	2.17	136
31	272.0	20	9	2.05	122
26	231.0	20	6	1.95	100
28	222.0	15	7	2.39	86
22	188.1	16	4	2.53	88
3	26.0	3	0	2.77	13
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	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	1	0	0	0	0.00	5
	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)

Notes

References

Starkey, Joe. (April 27, 2014). "Starkey: Unbreakable Pittsburgh records".

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