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 it remains the franchise record for best winning percentage at home.
The team finished with a league-best record of 103-36.

Background

Ginger Beaumont won the batting title with a.357 mark, and Tommy Leach led the league in home runs with six. Honus Wagner led the league in RBI with 91, and Jack Chesbro led the league with 28 wins.
The Pirates led the league in every significant batting category, the last time that was ever done in the NL. The team scored 775 runs, which was 142 more than any other team.
The team allowed four home runs during its 1902 season, the fewest in MLB history.

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	272.0	20	9	2.05	122
	26	231.0	20	6	1.95	100
	28	222.0	15	7	2.39	86
	22	188.1	16	4	2.53	88
	3	26.0	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

NL leader in batting average
#3 in NL in runs scored
#3 in NL in on-base percentage
#4 in NL in stolen bases

Jack Chesbro

NL leader in wins

Fred Clarke

#2 in NL in runs scored
#3 in NL in slugging percentage
#4 in NL in on-base percentage

Tommy Leach

NL leader in home runs
#2 in NL in RBI
#4 in NL in runs scored

Jesse Tannehill

#3 in NL in ERA

Honus Wagner

NL leader in RBI
NL leader in runs scored
NL leader in stolen bases
NL leader in slugging percentage