# 1902 Philadelphia Athletics season

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. 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.

### 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 | Ossee Schreckengost | 79 | 284 | 92 | .324 | 2 | 43 |
| 1B | Harry Davis | 133 | 561 | 172 | .307 | 6 | 92 |
| 2B | Danny Murphy | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |