1902 Boston Beaneaters season

1902 Boston Beaneaters
1902 Boston Beaneaters
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	73–64 (.533)
League place	3rd
Owners	Arthur Soden
Managers	Al Buckenberger
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Last updated April 13, 2024

The 1902 Boston Beaneaters season was the 32nd season of the franchise.

Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1902 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–12	11–9	11–9	16–3	11–9–1	6–14–1	10–8–3
Brooklyn	12–8	—	12–8	12–8	10–10	13–6	6–14–1	10–9–2
Chicago	9–11	8–12	—	12–8–1	10–10–4	10–10	7–13	12–5–1
Cincinnati	9–11	8–12	8–12–1	—	14–6	13–7	5–15	13–7
New York	3–16	10–10	10–10–4	6–14	—	6–12	6–13–1	7–13
Philadelphia	9–11–1	6–13	10–10	7–13	12–6	—	2–18	10–10
Pittsburgh	14–6–1	14–6–1	13–7	15–5	13–6–1	18–2	—	16–4
St. Louis	8–10–3	9–10–2	5–12–1	7–13	13–7	10–10	4–16	—

Roster

1902 Boston Beaneaters

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Al Buckenberger

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	Malachi Kittridge	80	255	60	.235	2	30
1B	Fred Tenney	134	489	154	.315	2	30
2B	Gene DeMontreville	124	481	125	.260	0	53
SS	Herman Long	120	439	101	.230	2	44
3B	Ed Gremminger	140	522	134	.257	1	65
OF	Pat Carney	137	522	141	.270	2	65
OF	Billy Lush	120	413	92	.223	2	19
OF	Duff Cooley	135	548	162	.296	0	58

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
Pat Moran	80	251	60	.239	1	24
Charlie Dexter	48	183	47	.257	1	18
Ernie Courtney	48	165	36	.218	0	17
Fred Brown	2	6	2	.333	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
Vic Willis	51	410.0	27	20	2.20	225
Togie Pittinger	46	389.1	27	16	2.52	174
Mal Eason	27	206.1	9	11	2.75	50
John Malarkey	21	170.1	8	10	2.59	39
Bob Dresser	1	9.0	0	1	3.00	8
Fred Klobedanz	1	8.0	1	0	1.13	4
Red Long	1	8.0	0	0	1.13	5

Other 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
Dad Hale	8	40.0	1	3	6.08	11
Pat Carney	2	5.0	0	1	9.00	3

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
Sammy Curran	1	0	0	0	1.35	3

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References

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