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• (Top)
• 1Regular season
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  • 1.1Season standings
  • 1.2Record vs. opponents
  • 1.3Roster
• 2Player stats
  Toggle Player stats subsection
  • 2.1Batting
    • 2.1.1Starters by position
    • 2.1.2Other batters
  • 2.2Pitching
    • 2.2.1Starting pitchers
    • 2.2.2Relief pitchers
• 3References
• 4External links

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Major League Baseball team season

1902 Brooklyn Superbas
League	National League
Ballpark	Washington Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Record	75–63 (.543)
League place	2nd
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Ned Hanlon
← 1901 1903 →

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

Regular season

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Season standings

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• v
• t
• e

National 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

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1902 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BSN	BRO	CHC	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

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1902 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers Bill Donovan Roy Evans Ned Garvin Jay Hughes Frank Kitson Gene McCann John McMakin Doc Newton Lave Winham		Catchers Pat Deisel Duke Farrell Nig Fuller Hughie Hearne Tacks Latimer Lew Ritter Joe Wall Infielders Bill Dahlen Tim Flood Charlie Irwin Tom McCreery Ed Wheeler		Outfielders Cozy Dolan George Hildebrand Willie Keeler Jimmy Sheckard Rube Ward		Manager Ned Hanlon

Player stats

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Batting

[edit]

Starters by position

[edit]

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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

References

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• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

[edit]

• 1902 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet

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1902 Brooklyn Superbas season

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Major League Baseball team season

1902 Brooklyn Superbas
League	National League
Ballpark	Washington Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Record	75–63 (.543)
League place	2nd
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Ned Hanlon

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

• v
• t
• e

National 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 record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BSN	BRO	CHC	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

1902 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers Bill Donovan Roy Evans Ned Garvin Jay Hughes Frank Kitson Gene McCann John McMakin Doc Newton Lave Winham		Catchers Pat Deisel Duke Farrell Nig Fuller Hughie Hearne Tacks Latimer Lew Ritter Joe Wall Infielders Bill Dahlen Tim Flood Charlie Irwin Tom McCreery Ed Wheeler		Outfielders Cozy Dolan George Hildebrand Willie Keeler Jimmy Sheckard Rube Ward		Manager Ned Hanlon

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

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1902 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1902_Brooklyn_Superbas_season&oldid=1329717444"