1902 Washington Senators season

Major League Baseball team season
1902 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
Ballpark American League Park I
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersBan Johnson and Fred Postal
ManagersTom Loftus
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The 1902 Washington Senators won 61 games, lost 75, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Tom Loftus and played home games at the American League Park I.

Offseason

  • October 19, 1901: Ed Delahanty jumped to the Senators from the Philadelphia Phillies.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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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
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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 Washington Senators team. Top row, left to right: Orth, Patten, Clarke, Doyle, Ely. Center row, left to right: Drill, Coughlin, Loftus, Keister, Ryan. Bottom row, left to right: Lee, Carey, Delahanty, Townsend, Carrick. Not pictured: Atz, Donahue, Stanley, Vorhees, Wolverton.
1902 Washington Senators
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 Boileryard Clarke 87 291 78 .268 6 40
1B Scoops Carey 120 452 142 .314 0 60
2B Jack Doyle 78 312 77 .247 1 20
3B Bill Coughlin 123 469 141 .301 6 71
SS Bones Ely 105 381 100 .262 1 62
OF Jimmy Ryan 120 484 155 .320 6 44
OF Ed Delahanty 123 473 178 .376 10 93
OF Watty Lee 109 391 100 .256 4 45

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
Bill Keister 119 483 145 .300 9 90
Harry Wolverton 59 249 62 .249 1 23
Lew Drill 71 221 58 .262 1 29
Joe Stanley 3 12 4 .333 0 1
Jake Atz 3 10 1 .100 0 0
Tim Donahue 3 8 2 .250 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Al Orth 38 37 324.0 19 18 3.97 76
Casey Patten 36 34 299.2 17 16 4.05 92
Bill Carrick 31 30 257.2 11 17 4.86 36
Happy Townsend 27 26 220.2 9 16 4.45 71
Watty Lee 13 10 98.0 5 7 5.05 24
Cy Vorhees 1 1 8.0 0 1 4.50 1

Notes

  1. ^ Ed Delahanty page at Baseball Reference

References

  • 1902 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
  • 1902 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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