# 1902 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1902 Chicago White Stockings season was a season in American baseball. The White Sox had a record of 74–60, finishing in fourth place in the American League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 | 6½ | 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

1902 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Billy Sullivan | 76 | 263 | 64 | .243 | 1 | 26 |
| 1B | Frank Isbell | 137 | 515 | 130 | .252 | 4 | 59 |
| 2B | Tom Daly | 137 | 489 | 110 | .225 | 1 | 54 |
| SS | George Davis | 132 | 485 | 145 | .299 | 3 | 93 |
| 3B | Sammy Strang | 137 | 536 | 158 | .295 | 3 | 46 |
| OF | Fielder Jones | 135 | 532 | 171 | .321 | 0 | 54 |
| OF | Danny Green | 129 | 481 | 150 | .312 | 0 | 62 |
| OF | Sam Mertes | 129 | 497 | 140 | .282 | 1 | 79 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Sullivan | 76 | 263 | 64 | .243 | 1 | 26 |
| Herm McFarland | 7 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 4 |
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Nixey Callahan | 35 | 282.1 | 16 | 14 | 3.60 | 75 |
| Roy Patterson | 34 | 268.0 | 19 | 14 | 3.06 | 61 |
| Wiley Piatt | 32 | 246.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.51 | 96 |
| Clark Griffith | 28 | 213.0 | 15 | 9 | 4.18 | 51 |
| Ned Garvin | 23 | 175.1 | 10 | 10 | 2.21 | 55 |
| James Durham | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.85 | 3 |
| Sam Mertes | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.93 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Isbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 |
| Dummy Leitner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
| Sam McMackin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Jack Katoll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |