1902 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates won a second straight National League pennant, by an overwhelming 27.5 game margin over the Brooklyn Superbas. It was the Pirates' first ever 100-win team, and still holds the franchise record for best winning percentage at home.
Ginger Beaumont won the batting title with a.357 mark, Tommy Leach led the league in home runs with 6 , Honus Wagner led the league in RBI with 91, and Jack Chesbro led the league with 28 wins. As a team, the Pirates led the league in every significant batting category, the last time that has been done in the NL. They scored 775 runs, which was 142 more than any other team.
The team allowed four home runs during their 1902 season, the fewest in MLB history.Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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 | | 50 | 185 | 35 | .189 | 0 | 12 |
1B | | 102 | 413 | 126 | .305 | 0 | 69 |
2B | | 115 | 405 | 112 | .277 | 2 | 55 |
SS | | 99 | 365 | 89 | .244 | 1 | 47 |
3B | | 135 | 514 | 143 | .278 | 6 | 85 |
OF | | 136 | 534 | 176 | .330 | 3 | 91 |
OF | | 113 | 459 | 145 | .316 | 2 | 53 |
OF | | 130 | 541 | 193 | .357 | 0 | 67 |
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 |
| 59 | 232 | 65 | .280 | 0 | 20 |
| 60 | 203 | 60 | .296 | 0 | 26 |
| 49 | 170 | 50 | .294 | 1 | 28 |
| 42 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 0 | 17 |
| 19 | 80 | 26 | .325 | 0 | 15 |
| 18 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 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 |
| 35 | 286.1 | 28 | 6 | 2.17 | 136 |
| 31 | 272 | 20 | 9 | 2.05 | 122 |
| 26 | 231 | 20 | 6 | 1.95 | 100 |
| 28 | 222 | 15 | 7 | 2.39 | 86 |
| 22 | 188.1 | 16 | 4 | 2.53 | 88 |
| 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2.77 | 13 |
| 4 | 25.2 | 0 | 4 | 7.36 | 12 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 2 |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
Ginger Beaumont
Jack Chesbro
Fred Clarke
Tommy Leach
- NL leader in home runs
- #2 in NL in RBI
- #4 in NL in runs scored
Jesse Tannehill
Honus Wagner
- NL leader in RBI
- NL leader in runs scored
- NL leader in stolen bases
- NL leader in slugging percentage