1902 Cleveland Bronchos season

The 1902 Cleveland Bronchos season was a season in American baseball. The team, known during this season as the "Bronchos" (or "Broncos"), finished in fifth place in the American League with a record of 69–67, 14 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

1902 Cleveland Bronchos
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersCharles Somers
ManagersBill Armour
← 1901
1903 →

Regular season

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The Cleveland team in 1902

In 1902, the National League's Philadelphia Phillies obtained an injunction, effective only in Pennsylvania, barring Nap Lajoie from playing baseball for any team other than the Phillies.[1] The American League responded by transferring Lajoie's contract to the Cleveland Indians, then known unofficially as the Bronchos and subsequently renamed the "Naps" in Lajoie's honor for several seasons.

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 83 53 .610 56‍–‍17 27‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns 78 58 .574 5 49‍–‍21 29‍–‍37
Boston Americans 77 60 .562 43‍–‍27 34‍–‍33
Chicago White Stockings 74 60 .552 8 48‍–‍20 26‍–‍40
Cleveland Bronchos 69 67 .507 14 40‍–‍25 29‍–‍42
Washington Senators 61 75 .449 22 40‍–‍28 21‍–‍47
Detroit Tigers 52 83 .385 30½ 34‍–‍33 18‍–‍50
Baltimore Orioles 50 88 .362 34 32‍–‍31 18‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

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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

Notable transactions

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  • May 31, 1902: Nap Lajoie was signed as a free agent by the Cleveland club.[2]

Roster

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1902 Cleveland Bronchos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Harry Bemis 93 317 99 .312 1 29
1B Charlie Hickman 102 426 161 .378 8 94
2B Nap Lajoie 86 348 132 .379 7 64
SS John Gochnaur 127 459 85 .185 0 37
3B Bill Bradley 137 550 187 .340 11 77
OF Elmer Flick 110 424 126 .297 2 61
OF Jack McCarthy 95 359 102 .284 0 41
OF Harry Bay 108 455 132 .290 0 23

Other batters

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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
Ollie Pickering 69 293 75 .256 3 26
Bob Wood 81 258 76 .295 0 40
Frank Bonner 34 132 37 .280 0 14
Jack Thoney 28 103 30 .286 0 11
Charlie Hemphill 25 94 25 .266 0 11
Ossee Schrecongost 18 74 25 .338 0 9
Zaza Harvey 12 46 16 .348 0 5
Hal O'Hagan 3 13 5 .385 0 1
Peaches Graham 2 6 2 .333 0 1
George Starnagle 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Earl Moore 36 293.0 17 18 2.95 84
Addie Joss 32 269.1 17 13 2.77 106
Bill Bernhard 27 217.0 17 5 2.20 57
Gene Wright 21 148.0 7 10 3.95 52
Oscar Streit 8 51.2 0 7 5.23 10
Gus Dorner 4 36.0 3 1 1.25 5
Luther Taylor 4 34.0 1 3 1.59 8
Charlie Smith 3 20.0 2 1 4.05 5
Dike Varney 3 14.2 1 1 6.14 7
Lou Polchow 1 8.0 0 1 5.63 2
Ed Walker 1 8.0 0 1 3.38 1
Charlie Hickman 1 8.0 0 1 7.88 1
George Leitner 1 8.0 0 0 4.50 0

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Otto Hess 7 43.2 2 4 5.98 13
Jack Lundbom 8 34.0 1 1 6.62 7

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Cal Vasbinder 2 0 0 0 9.00 2
Ginger Clark 1 1 0 0 6.00 1

Notes

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References

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  • 1902 Cleveland Bronchos season at Baseball Reference
  • Snyder, John (2008). Indians Journal: Year by Year & Day by Day with the Cleveland Indians since 1901. Cincinnati, Ohio: Clerisy Press. ISBN 978-1-57860-308-4.
  • Schneider, Russell (2005). The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia (3 ed.). Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-58261-840-1.

now known as “Guardians”