1902 St. Louis Cardinals season

1902 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record56–78 (.418)
League place6th
OwnersFrank Robison and Stanley Robison
ManagersPatsy Donovan
← 1901 Seasons 1903 →

The 1902 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 21st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 11th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 56–78 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.

Regular season

Due to the loss of Bobby Wallace and Jesse Burkett to the St. Louis Browns, the Cardinals went from a team with 76 wins and 64 losses in 1901 to a team that finished 1902 with 56 wins and 78 defeats.[1]

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 103 36 .741 — 56‍–‍15 47‍–‍21
Brooklyn Superbas 75 63 .543 27½ 45‍–‍23 30‍–‍40
Boston Beaneaters 73 64 .533 29 42‍–‍27 31‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 70 70 .500 33½ 35‍–‍35 35‍–‍35
Chicago Orphans 68 69 .496 34 31‍–‍38 37‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals 56 78 .418 44½ 28‍–‍38 28‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies 56 81 .409 46 29‍–‍39 27‍–‍42
New York Giants 48 88 .353 53½ 24‍–‍44 24‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1902 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Jack Ryan 76 267 48 .180 0 14
1B Roy Brashear 110 388 107 .276 1 40
2B John Farrell 138 565 141 .250 0 25
3B Fred Hartman 114 416 90 .216 0 52
SS Otto Krueger 128 467 124 .266 0 46
OF Homer Smoot 129 518 161 .311 3 48
OF George Barclay 137 543 163 .300 3 53
OF Patsy Donovan 126 502 158 .315 0 35

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
Art Nichols 73 251 67 .267 1 31
Jack O'Neill 63 192 27 .141 0 12
Jack Calhoun 20 64 10 .156 0 8
Art Weaver 11 33 6 .182 0 3
Doc Hazleton 7 23 3 .130 0 0
Rudy Kling 4 10 2 .200 0 0
Otto Williams 2 5 2 .400 0 2
John Murphy 1 3 2 .667 0 1

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
Mike O'Neill 36 288.1 16 15 2.90 105
Stan Yerkes 39 272.2 12 21 3.66 81
Ed Murphy 23 164.0 10 6 3.02 37
Bob Wicker 22 152.1 5 12 3.19 78
Clarence Currie 15 124.2 7 5 2.60 30
Alex Pearson 11 82.0 2 6 3.95 24
Bill Popp 9 60.1 2 6 4.92 20
Jim Hackett 4 30.1 0 3 6.23 7

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
Wiley Dunham 7 38.0 2 3 5.68 15
Chappie McFarland 2 11.0 0 1 5.73 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
Joe Adams 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

References

  1. ^ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 9, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5


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