1902 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record78–58 (.574)
League place2nd
OwnersRobert Hedges
ManagersJimmy McAleer
Seasons

The 1902 St. Louis Browns season was the first for the franchise in St. Louis, after moving from Milwaukee. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 58 losses.

Regular season

The Milwaukee Brewers of the American League decided to relocate to St. Louis for the 1902 season. Ownership chose the name "Browns" on purpose, as the St. Louis Browns had won American Association titles from 1885 to 1889.[1] That team moved to the National League in 1892, became the Perfectos in 1899, and has been known as the Cardinals since 1900.[1]

The new Browns quickly tried to align itself with fans by raiding the rival Cardinals.[1] A couple of Cardinals players were signed, including slick fielding future Hall of Fame shortstop Bobby Wallace and 1901 National League batting champion outfielder Jesse Burkett.[1] The moves paid off for the team. While playing as the 1901 Brewers, the team had a record of 48–89 (.350) and finished in eighth place, while the 1902 Browns played to a record of 78–58 (.574) and finished in second place.[1]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 8353 0.610 — 56–17 27–36
St. Louis Browns 7858 0.574 5 49–21 29–37
Boston Americans 7760 0.562 6½ 43–27 34–33
Chicago White Stockings 7460 0.552 8 48–20 26–40
Cleveland Bronchos 6967 0.507 14 40–25 29–42
Washington Senators 6175 0.449 22 40–28 21–47
Detroit Tigers 5283 0.385 30½ 34–33 18–50
Baltimore Orioles 5088 0.362 34 32–31 18–57

Record vs. opponents

1902 American League record

Sources:
Team BLA BOS CWS CLE DET PHA SLB WSH
Baltimore —4–168–11–19–1110–106–132–18–111–9–1
Boston 16–4—12–86–1411–7–19–1115–58–11
Chicago 11–8–18–12—12–712–7–110–109–9–112–7–1
Cleveland 11–914–67–12—8–108–129–10–112–8
Detroit 10–107–11–17–12–110–8—4–165–159–11
Philadelphia 13–611–910–1012–816–4—9–10–112–6
St. Louis 18–2–15–159–9–110–9–115–510–9–1—11–9
Washington 9–11–111–87–12–18–1211–96–129–11—

Roster

1902 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CJoe Sugden6820050.250015
1BJohn Anderson126524149.284485
2BDick Padden117413109.264140
SSBobby Wallace133494141.285163
3BBarry McCormick139504124.246351
OFJesse Burkett138553169.306552
OFEmmet Heidrick110447129.289356
OFCharlie Hemphill103416132.317658

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
Bill Friel8026764.240220
Mike Kahoe5519748.244228
Billy Maloney3011223.205011
Jiggs Donahue308921.23617
Davy Jones154911.22403
Jimmy McAleer232.66700

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 Powell42328.122173.21137
Red Donahue35316.122112.7663
Jack Harper29222.122112.7663
Willie Sudhoff30220.012122.8642
Bill Reidy1295.0354.4516
Charlie Shields430.0303.306
Bobby Wallace12.0000.001

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
Harry Kane423.0015.487

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
Bill Friel40004.500
Jesse Burkett10109.002
Emmet Heidrick10000.000
Joe Sugden10000.000

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.9, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5

References


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