# 1902 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1902 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 21st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 11th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 56–78 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.

## Regular season

Due to the loss of Bobby Wallace and Jesse Burkett to the St. Louis Browns, the Cardinals went from a team with 76 wins and 64 losses in 1901 to a team that finished 1902 with 56 wins and 78 defeats.

### 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 | Jack Ryan | 76 | 267 | 48 | .180 | 0 | 14 |
| 1B | Roy Brashear | 110 | 388 | 107 | .276 | 1 | 40 |
| 2B | John Farrell | 138 | 565 | 141 | .250 | 0 | 25 |
| 3B | Fred Hartman | 114 | 416 | 90 | .216 | 0 | 52 |
| SS | Otto Krueger | 128 | 467 | 124 | .266 | 0 | 46 |
| OF | Homer Smoot | 129 | 518 | 161 | .311 | 3 | 48 |
| OF | George Barclay | 137 | 543 | 163 | .300 | 3 | 53 |
| OF | Patsy Donovan | 126 | 502 | 158 | .315 | 0 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Art Nichols | 73 | 251 | 67 | .267 | 1 | 31 |
| Jack O'Neill | 63 | 192 | 27 | .141 | 0 | 12 |
| Jack Calhoun | 20 | 64 | 10 | .156 | 0 | 8 |
| Art Weaver | 11 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 3 |
| Doc Hazleton | 7 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Kling | 4 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Otto Williams | 2 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
| John Murphy | 1 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 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 |
| Mike O'Neill | 36 | 288.1 | 16 | 15 | 2.90 | 105 |
| Stan Yerkes | 39 | 272.2 | 12 | 21 | 3.66 | 81 |
| Ed Murphy | 23 | 164.0 | 10 | 6 | 3.02 | 37 |
| Bob Wicker | 22 | 152.1 | 5 | 12 | 3.19 | 78 |
| Clarence Currie | 15 | 124.2 | 7 | 5 | 2.60 | 30 |
| Alex Pearson | 11 | 82.0 | 2 | 6 | 3.95 | 24 |
| Bill Popp | 9 | 60.1 | 2 | 6 | 4.92 | 20 |
| Jim Hackett | 4 | 30.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.23 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Wiley Dunham | 7 | 38.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.68 | 15 |
| Chappie McFarland | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.73 | 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 |
| Joe Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |