1902 Chicago Orphans season

The 1902 Chicago Orphans season was the 31st season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 27th in the National League and the tenth at West Side Park. The Orphans finished fifth in the National League with a record of 68–69.

1902 Chicago Orphans
League	National League
Ballpark	West Side Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Albert Spalding, James Hart
Managers	Frank Selee

Regular season

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	—

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	Johnny Kling	115	436	126	.289	0	59
1B	Frank Chance	76	242	70	.289	1	31
2B	Bobby Lowe	121	480	119	.248	0	35
SS	Joe Tinker	133	501	132	.263	2	55
3B	Germany Schaefer	81	291	57	.196	0	14
OF	John Dobbs	59	235	71	.302	0	35
OF	Jimmy Slagle	117	463	146	.315	0	28
OF	Davy Jones	64	243	74	.305	0	14

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
Charlie Dexter	71	273	62	.227	2	26
Jock Menefee	65	216	50	.231	0	15
Bunk Congalton	47	188	45	.239	1	27
Dusty Miller	51	187	46	.246	0	13
Art Williams	47	167	38	.228	0	14
Hal O'Hagen	33	115	22	.191	0	10
Johnny Evers	26	90	20	.222	0	2
Jim Murray	12	47	8	.170	0	1
Dad Clark	12	43	8	.186	0	2
Larry Schlafly	10	31	10	.323	0	5
Mike Lynch	7	28	4	.143	0	0
Mike Jacobs	5	19	4	.211	0	2
Mike Kahoe	7	18	4	.222	0	2
Sammy Strang	3	11	4	.364	0	0
Pete Lamer	2	9	2	.222	0	2
Jack Hendricks	2	7	4	.571	0	0
Ed Glenn	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Chick Pedroes	2	6	0	.000	0	0
Snapper Kennedy	1	5	0	.000	0	0
R.E. Hillebrand	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Joe Hughes	1	3	0	.000	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
Jack Taylor	37	333.2	23	11	1.29	88
Pop Williams	32	263.1	11	16	2.49	99
Jock Menefee	22	197.1	12	10	2.42	60
Carl Lundgren	18	160.0	9	9	1.97	68
Bob Rhoads	16	118.0	4	8	3.20	43
Jim St. Vrain	12	95.0	4	6	2.08	51
Frank Morrissey	5	40.0	1	3	2.25	13
Alex Hardy	4	35.0	2	2	3.60	12
Jim Gardner	3	25.0	1	2	2.88	6
Mal Eason	2	18.0	1	1	1.00	4
Fred Glade	1	8.0	0	1	9.00	3

External links

• 1902 Chicago Orphans season at Baseball Reference