1902 Cleveland Bronchos | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | League Park |
City | Cleveland, Ohio |
Owners | Charles Somers |
Managers | Bill Armour |
The 1902 Cleveland Bronchos season was a season in American baseball. The team, known during this season as the "Bronchos" (or "Broncos"), finished in fifth place in the American League with a record of 69–67, 14 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.
In 1902, the National League's Philadelphia Phillies obtained an injunction, effective only in Pennsylvania, barring Nap Lajoie from playing baseball for any team other than the Phillies. [1] The American League responded by transferring Lajoie's contract to the Cleveland Indians, then known unofficially as the Bronchos and subsequently renamed the "Naps" in Lajoie's honor for several seasons.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 83 | 53 | 0.610 | — | 56–17 | 27–36 |
St. Louis Browns | 78 | 58 | 0.574 | 5 | 49–21 | 29–37 |
Boston Americans | 77 | 60 | 0.562 | 6½ | 43–27 | 34–33 |
Chicago White Stockings | 74 | 60 | 0.552 | 8 | 48–20 | 26–40 |
Cleveland Bronchos | 69 | 67 | 0.507 | 14 | 40–25 | 29–42 |
Washington Senators | 61 | 75 | 0.449 | 22 | 40–28 | 21–47 |
Detroit Tigers | 52 | 83 | 0.385 | 30½ | 34–33 | 18–50 |
Baltimore Orioles | 50 | 88 | 0.362 | 34 | 32–31 | 18–57 |
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Team | BLA | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 4–16 | 8–11–1 | 9–11 | 10–10 | 6–13 | 2–18–1 | 11–9–1 | |||||
Boston | 16–4 | — | 12–8 | 6–14 | 11–7–1 | 9–11 | 15–5 | 8–11 | |||||
Chicago | 11–8–1 | 8–12 | — | 12–7 | 12–7–1 | 10–10 | 9–9–1 | 12–7–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–9 | 14–6 | 7–12 | — | 8–10 | 8–12 | 9–10–1 | 12–8 | |||||
Detroit | 10–10 | 7–11–1 | 7–12–1 | 10–8 | — | 4–16 | 5–15 | 9–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–6 | 11–9 | 10–10 | 12–8 | 16–4 | — | 9–10–1 | 12–6 | |||||
St. Louis | 18–2–1 | 5–15 | 9–9–1 | 10–9–1 | 15–5 | 10–9–1 | — | 11–9 | |||||
Washington | 9–11–1 | 11–8 | 7–12–1 | 8–12 | 11–9 | 6–12 | 9–11 | — |
1902 Cleveland Bronchos | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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C | Harry Bemis | 93 | 317 | 99 | .312 | 1 | 29 |
1B | Charlie Hickman | 102 | 426 | 161 | .378 | 8 | 94 |
2B | Nap Lajoie | 86 | 348 | 132 | .379 | 7 | 64 |
SS | John Gochnaur | 127 | 459 | 85 | .185 | 0 | 37 |
3B | Bill Bradley | 137 | 550 | 187 | .340 | 11 | 77 |
OF | Elmer Flick | 110 | 424 | 126 | .297 | 2 | 61 |
OF | Jack McCarthy | 95 | 359 | 102 | .284 | 0 | 41 |
OF | Harry Bay | 108 | 455 | 132 | .290 | 0 | 23 |
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 |
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Ollie Pickering | 69 | 293 | 75 | .256 | 3 | 26 |
Bob Wood | 81 | 258 | 76 | .295 | 0 | 40 |
Frank Bonner | 34 | 132 | 37 | .280 | 0 | 14 |
Jack Thoney | 28 | 103 | 30 | .286 | 0 | 11 |
Charlie Hemphill | 25 | 94 | 25 | .266 | 0 | 11 |
Ossee Schrecongost | 18 | 74 | 25 | .338 | 0 | 9 |
Zaza Harvey | 12 | 46 | 16 | .348 | 0 | 5 |
Hal O'Hagan | 3 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 1 |
Peaches Graham | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
George Starnagle | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Earl Moore | 36 | 293.0 | 17 | 18 | 2.95 | 84 |
Addie Joss | 32 | 269.1 | 17 | 13 | 2.77 | 106 |
Bill Bernhard | 27 | 217.0 | 17 | 5 | 2.20 | 57 |
Gene Wright | 21 | 148.0 | 7 | 10 | 3.95 | 52 |
Oscar Streit | 8 | 51.2 | 0 | 7 | 5.23 | 10 |
Gus Dorner | 4 | 36.0 | 3 | 1 | 1.25 | 5 |
Luther Taylor | 4 | 34.0 | 1 | 3 | 1.59 | 8 |
Charlie Smith | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.05 | 5 |
Dike Varney | 3 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.14 | 7 |
Lou Polchow | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.63 | 2 |
Ed Walker | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 1 |
Charlie Hickman | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 1 |
George Leitner | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Otto Hess | 7 | 43.2 | 2 | 4 | 5.98 | 13 |
Jack Lundbom | 8 | 34.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.62 | 7 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Cal Vasbinder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Ginger Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
now known as “Guardians”