1902 Cleveland Bronchos season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Bronchos 1902 American League League Park Cleveland, Ohio 69 57 y 5th Charles Somers Bill Armour 1901 Cleveland Blues season 1903 Cleveland Naps 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. Regular season 400px|right|thumb|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.Nap Lajoie Obituary 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 Cleveland Blues Record vs. opponents CLE Notable transactions May 31, 1902: Nap Lajoie was signed as a free agent by the Cleveland club.Nap Lajoie page at Baseball Reference Roster 1902 Cleveland Bronchos Roster Pitchers Bill Bernhard Ginger Clark Gus Dorner Otto Hess Addie Joss Dummy Leitner Jack Lundbom Earl Moore Lou Polchow Charlie Smith Oscar Streit Dummy Taylor Dike Varney Cal Vasbinder Ed Walker Gene Wright Catchers Harry Bemis George Starnagle Bob Wood Infielders Frank Bonner Bill Bradley John Gochnaur Peaches Graham Charlie Hickman Nap Lajoie Hal O'Hagan Ossee Schreckengost Jack Thoney Outfielders Harry Bay Elmer Flick Zaza Harvey Charlie Hemphill Jack McCarthy Ollie Pickering Manager Bill Armour 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 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 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 Bob Wood (baseball) 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 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 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 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 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 2 References 1902 Cleveland Bronchos season at Baseball Reference Indians Journal: Year by Year & Day by Day with the Cleveland Indians since 1901 Snyder John 2008 Clerisy Press Cincinnati, Ohio 978-1-57860-308-4 The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia Schneider Russell 2005 Sports Publishing, LLC Champaign, Illinois 978-1-58261-840-1 3 now known as “Guardians” Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Bronchos season Cleveland Bronchos Category:1900s in Cleveland