# 1902 Chicago Orphans season

The 1902 Chicago Orphans season was the 31st season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 27th in the National League (NL), and the tenth at West Side Park. The Orphans finished fifth in the National League with a record of 68–69–6 (.496 winning percentage).

## 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 | Johnny Kling | 115 | 436 | 126 | .289 | 0 | 59 |
| 1B | Frank Chance | 76 | 242 | 70 | .289 | 1 | 31 |
| 2B | Bobby Lowe | 121 | 480 | 119 | .248 | 0 | 35 |
| SS | Joe Tinker | 133 | 501 | 132 | .263 | 2 | 55 |
| 3B | Germany Schaefer | 81 | 291 | 57 | .196 | 0 | 14 |
| OF | John Dobbs | 59 | 235 | 71 | .302 | 0 | 35 |
| OF | Jimmy Slagle | 117 | 463 | 146 | .315 | 0 | 28 |
| OF | Davy Jones | 64 | 243 | 74 | .305 | 0 | 14 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Dexter | 71 | 273 | 62 | .227 | 2 | 26 |
| Jock Menefee | 65 | 216 | 50 | .231 | 0 | 15 |
| Bunk Congalton | 47 | 188 | 45 | .239 | 1 | 27 |
| Dusty Miller | 51 | 187 | 46 | .246 | 0 | 13 |
| Art Williams | 47 | 167 | 38 | .228 | 0 | 14 |
| Hal O'Hagen | 33 | 115 | 22 | .191 | 0 | 10 |
| Johnny Evers | 26 | 90 | 20 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Murray | 12 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 0 | 1 |
| Dad Clark | 12 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Schlafly | 10 | 31 | 10 | .323 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Lynch | 7 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jacobs | 5 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Kahoe | 7 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Sammy Strang | 3 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Lamer | 2 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Hendricks | 2 | 7 | 4 | .571 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Glenn | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Pedroes | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Snapper Kennedy | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| R.E. Hillebrand | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hughes | 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 |
| Jack Taylor | 37 | 333.2 | 23 | 11 | 1.29 | 88 |
| Pop Williams | 32 | 263.1 | 11 | 16 | 2.49 | 99 |
| Jock Menefee | 22 | 197.1 | 12 | 10 | 2.42 | 60 |
| Carl Lundgren | 18 | 160.0 | 9 | 9 | 1.97 | 68 |
| Bob Rhoads | 16 | 118.0 | 4 | 8 | 3.20 | 43 |
| Jim St. Vrain | 12 | 95.0 | 4 | 6 | 2.08 | 51 |
| Frank Morrissey | 5 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 | 2.25 | 13 |
| Alex Hardy | 4 | 35.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.60 | 12 |
| Jim Gardner | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.88 | 6 |
| Mal Eason | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 4 |
| Fred Glade | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 3 |