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, 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

Notable transactions

August 1902: Jim Jones was released by the Giants.

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		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		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
	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
	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