The 1902 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 53 losses.
Regular season
In 1902, the Philadelphia Phillies obtained an injunction, effective only in Pennsylvania, barring Athletics' second baseman Nap Lajoie from playing baseball for any team other than the Phillies.Nap Lajoie Obituary Lajoie had played for the Athletics in 1901, and appeared in just one game in 1902 before the injunction went into effect. The American League responded by transferring Lajoie's contract to the Cleveland Bronchos, who were subsequently known as the "Naps" in Lajoie's honor for several seasons.
Following the A's pennant winning season, the Philadelphia Inquirer organized a championship parade for the team through the city on Monday night, September 30, 1902. The team proceeded in open carriages and were reviewed by Philadelphia Mayor Ashbridge in front of the Inquirer'''s building on Market Street. "There were more than 25,000 base ball enthusiasts from Philadelphia and nearly every town within a radius of twenty miles of the city in the parade. A thousand effigies of the "white elephant" were carried by the paraders. There were fifteen bands and twenty fife and drum corps in line to furnish music for the marchers." It was estimated that more than 200,000 turned out for the parade.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1902 Philadelphia Athletics 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 79 284 92 .324 2 43 1B 133 561 172 .307 6 92 2B 76 291 91 .313 1 48 SS 137 497 115 .231 3 59 3B 137 559 191 .342 0 108 OF 137 545 154 .283 5 58 OF 137 522 165 .316 16 97 OF 129 506 153 .302 1 49
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 71 246 65 .264 2 39 42 143 35 .245 1 15 11 44 8 .182 0 3 11 37 11 .297 0 3 10 32 6 .188 0 6 1 4 1 .250 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 36 300.0 20 15 3.30 107 33 276.1 24 7 2.05 210 32 204.0 14 5 3.79 44 19 138.0 8 8 5.15 28 18 107.2 5 8 3.59 22 3 27.0 2 1 2.67 9 2 17.0 1 1 3.18 4 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 1 1 8.0 0 1 4.50 3 1 8.0 0 1 5.62 2 1 8.0 0 1 3.38 2
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 13 96.1 7 5 2.43 18 2 17.0 1 1 5.29 5
Notes
References 1902 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1902 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com