# 1902 Brooklyn Superbas season

The 1902 Brooklyn Superbas finished in a distant second place in the National League, 27.5 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

## 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; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Hughie Hearne | 66 | 231 | 22 | 65 | .281 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| 1B | Tom McCreery | 112 | 430 | 49 | 105 | .244 | 4 | 57 | 16 |
| 2B | Tim Flood | 132 | 476 | 43 | 104 | .218 | 3 | 51 | 8 |
| 3B | Charlie Irwin | 131 | 458 | 59 | 125 | .273 | 2 | 43 | 13 |
| SS | Bill Dahlen | 138 | 527 | 67 | 139 | .264 | 2 | 74 | 20 |
| OF | Cozy Dolan | 141 | 592 | 72 | 166 | .280 | 1 | 54 | 24 |
| OF | Willie Keeler | 133 | 559 | 86 | 186 | .333 | 0 | 38 | 19 |
| OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 123 | 486 | 86 | 129 | .265 | 4 | 37 | 23 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Duke Farrell | 74 | 264 | 14 | 64 | .242 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| Ed Wheeler | 30 | 96 | 4 | 12 | .125 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Lew Ritter | 16 | 57 | 5 | 12 | .211 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Hildebrand | 11 | 41 | 3 | 9 | .220 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rube Ward | 13 | 31 | 4 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tacks Latimer | 8 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .042 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Wall | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nig Fuller | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Deisel | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
| Bill Donovan | 35 | 33 | 30 | 297.2 | 17 | 15 | 2.78 | 111 | 170 |
| Doc Newton | 31 | 28 | 26 | 264.1 | 15 | 14 | 2.42 | 87 | 107 |
| Frank Kitson | 31 | 30 | 28 | 259.2 | 19 | 12 | 2.84 | 48 | 107 |
| Jay Hughes | 31 | 30 | 27 | 254.0 | 15 | 11 | 2.87 | 55 | 94 |
| Roy Evans | 13 | 11 | 11 | 97.1 | 5 | 6 | 2.68 | 33 | 35 |
| John McMakin | 4 | 4 | 4 | 32.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.09 | 11 | 6 |
| Gene McCann | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.40 | 12 | 9 |
| Ned Garvin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 4 | 7 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | BB | SO |
| Lave Winham | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 |