# 1902 New York Giants season

The 1902 New York Giants season was the franchise's 20th season. The team finished with a 48–88 record, in eighth and last place in the National League, 53+1⁄2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. Their .353 winning percentage remains the worst in franchise history. At the end of September, owner Andrew Freedman left baseball, with John T. Brush taking over as majority owner and team president.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 1902: Jim Jones was released by the Giants.

### 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 | Frank Bowerman | 109 | 373 | 93 | .249 | 0 | 27 |
| 1B | Dan McGann | 61 | 227 | 68 | .300 | 0 | 21 |
| 2B | Heinie Smith | 140 | 517 | 129 | .250 | 0 | 34 |
| SS | Joe Bean | 50 | 182 | 40 | .220 | 0 | 5 |
| 3B | Billy Lauder | 127 | 490 | 115 | .235 | 0 | 43 |
| OF | George Browne | 53 | 216 | 69 | .319 | 0 | 14 |
| OF | Steve Brodie | 110 | 420 | 118 | .281 | 3 | 42 |
| OF | Jim Jones | 67 | 249 | 59 | .237 | 0 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Dunn | 100 | 342 | 72 | .211 | 0 | 14 |
| Jack Doyle | 51 | 193 | 58 | .301 | 0 | 18 |
| Roger Bresnahan | 51 | 178 | 51 | .287 | 1 | 22 |
| Jim Jackson | 37 | 116 | 21 | .181 | 0 | 15 |
| George Yeager | 39 | 108 | 22 | .204 | 0 | 9 |
| John McGraw | 35 | 107 | 25 | .234 | 0 | 5 |
| George Van Haltren | 26 | 96 | 24 | .250 | 0 | 7 |
| Hal O'Hagen | 26 | 84 | 12 | .143 | 0 | 8 |
| Roy Clark | 22 | 80 | 12 | .150 | 0 | 3 |
| Heinie Wagner | 17 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Hendricks | 8 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Delahanty | 7 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Wall | 6 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 0 | 0 |
| John Burke | 4 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Libe Washburn | 6 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Thielman | 6 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Robinson | 4 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm MacDonald | 2 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| John O'Neill | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Callahan | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Hartley | 1 | 4 | 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 |
| Christy Mathewson | 35 | 284.2 | 14 | 17 | 2.12 | 164 |
| Luther Taylor | 26 | 200.2 | 7 | 15 | 2.29 | 87 |
| Roy Evans | 23 | 176.0 | 8 | 13 | 3.17 | 48 |
| Joe McGinnity | 19 | 153.0 | 8 | 8 | 2.06 | 67 |
| Tully Sparks | 16 | 123.0 | 4 | 10 | 4.17 | 42 |
| Jack Cronin | 13 | 114.0 | 5 | 6 | 2.45 | 52 |
| Roscoe Miller | 10 | 72.2 | 1 | 8 | 4.58 | 15 |
| Brickyard Kennedy | 6 | 38.2 | 1 | 4 | 3.96 | 9 |
| Henry Thielman | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.50 | 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 |
| Bob Blewett | 5 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.82 | 8 |
| Jack Dunn | 3 | 26.2 | 0 | 3 | 3.71 | 6 |
| John Burke | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 3 |
| Bill Magee | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 |