# 1902 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1902 Boston Beaneaters season was the 32nd season of the franchise.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 103 | 36 | .741 | — | 56‍–‍15 | 47‍–‍21 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 75 | 63 | .543 | 27½ | 45‍–‍23 | 30‍–‍40 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 73 | 64 | .533 | 29 | 42‍–‍27 | 31‍–‍37 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 70 | .500 | 33½ | 35‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍35 |
| Chicago Orphans | 68 | 69 | .496 | 34 | 31‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍31 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 56 | 78 | .418 | 44½ | 28‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍40 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 56 | 81 | .409 | 46 | 29‍–‍39 | 27‍–‍42 |
| New York Giants | 48 | 88 | .353 | 53½ | 24‍–‍44 | 24‍–‍44 |

### Record vs. opponents

1902 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 8–12 | 11–9 | 11–9 | 16–3 | 11–9–1 | 6–14–1 | 10–8–3 |
| Brooklyn | 12–8 | — | 12–8 | 12–8 | 10–10 | 13–6 | 6–14–1 | 10–9–2 |
| Chicago | 9–11 | 8–12 | — | 12–8–1 | 10–10–4 | 10–10 | 7–13 | 12–5–1 |
| Cincinnati | 9–11 | 8–12 | 8–12–1 | — | 14–6 | 13–7 | 5–15 | 13–7 |
| New York | 3–16 | 10–10 | 10–10–4 | 6–14 | — | 6–12 | 6–13–1 | 7–13 |
| Philadelphia | 9–11–1 | 6–13 | 10–10 | 7–13 | 12–6 | — | 2–18 | 10–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 14–6–1 | 14–6–1 | 13–7 | 15–5 | 13–6–1 | 18–2 | — | 16–4 |
| St. Louis | 8–10–3 | 9–10–2 | 5–12–1 | 7–13 | 13–7 | 10–10 | 4–16 | — |

### 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 | Malachi Kittridge | 80 | 255 | 60 | .235 | 2 | 30 |
| 1B | Fred Tenney | 134 | 489 | 154 | .315 | 2 | 30 |
| 2B | Gene DeMontreville | 124 | 481 | 125 | .260 | 0 | 53 |
| SS | Herman Long | 120 | 439 | 101 | .230 | 2 | 44 |
| 3B | Ed Gremminger | 140 | 522 | 134 | .257 | 1 | 65 |
| OF | Pat Carney | 137 | 522 | 141 | .270 | 2 | 65 |
| OF | Billy Lush | 120 | 413 | 92 | .223 | 2 | 19 |
| OF | Duff Cooley | 135 | 548 | 162 | .296 | 0 | 58 |

#### 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 |
| Pat Moran | 80 | 251 | 60 | .239 | 1 | 24 |
| Charlie Dexter | 48 | 183 | 47 | .257 | 1 | 18 |
| Ernie Courtney | 48 | 165 | 36 | .218 | 0 | 17 |
| Fred Brown | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 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 |
| Vic Willis | 51 | 410.0 | 27 | 20 | 2.20 | 225 |
| Togie Pittinger | 46 | 389.1 | 27 | 16 | 2.52 | 174 |
| Mal Eason | 27 | 206.1 | 9 | 11 | 2.75 | 50 |
| John Malarkey | 21 | 170.1 | 8 | 10 | 2.59 | 39 |
| Bob Dresser | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 8 |
| Fred Klobedanz | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.13 | 4 |
| Red Long | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Dad Hale | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 | 6.08 | 11 |
| Pat Carney | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Sammy Curran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 3 |