1902 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1902 Philadelphia Athletics.jpg 1902 American League champions American League Columbia Park Philadelphia 83 53 y 1st Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough Connie Mack 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.Parade Beat All Records The Philadelphia Inquirer October 1, 1902 1 Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHI Roster 1902 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Bill Bernhard Andy Coakley Bill Duggleby Bert Husting Ed Kenna Fred Mitchell Eddie Plank Odie Porter Tad Quinn Rube Waddell Tom Walker Highball Wilson Snake Wiltse Catchers Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Farmer Steelman Infielders Frank Bonner Lou Castro Lave Cross Monte Cross Harry Davis Nap Lajoie Danny Murphy Outfielders Elmer Flick Dave Fultz Topsy Hartsel Socks Seybold Manager Connie Mack 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 Ossee Schreckengost 79 284 92 .324 2 43 1B Harry Davis Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) 133 561 172 .307 6 92 2B Danny Murphy Danny Murphy (infielder) 76 291 91 .313 1 48 SS Monte Cross 137 497 115 .231 3 59 3B Lave Cross 137 559 191 .342 0 108 OF Topsy Hartsel 137 545 154 .283 5 58 OF Socks Seybold 137 522 165 .316 16 97 OF Dave Fultz 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 Doc Powers 71 246 65 .264 2 39 Lou Castro 42 143 35 .245 1 15 Frank Bonner Frank Bonner (baseball) 11 44 8 .182 0 3 Elmer Flick 11 37 11 .297 0 3 Farmer Steelman 10 32 6 .188 0 6 Nap Lajoie 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 Eddie Plank 36 300.0 20 15 3.30 107 Rube Waddell 33 276.1 24 7 2.05 210 Bert Husting 32 204.0 14 5 3.79 44 Snake Wiltse 19 138.0 8 8 5.15 28 Fred Mitchell Fred Mitchell (baseball) 18 107.2 5 8 3.59 22 Andy Coakley 3 27.0 2 1 2.67 9 Bill Duggleby 2 17.0 1 1 3.18 4 Bill Bernhard 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 1 Tad Quinn 1 8.0 0 1 4.50 3 Tom Walker Tom Walker (1900s pitcher) 1 8.0 0 1 5.62 2 Odie Porter 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 Highball Wilson 13 96.1 7 5 2.43 18 Ed Kenna 2 17.0 1 1 5.29 5 Notes 2 References 1902 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1902 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Category:American League champion seasons Oakland Category:1900s in Philadelphia