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, ​53 ¹⁄₂ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. Their .353 winning percentage remains the worst in franchise history.[1] At the end of September, owner Andrew Freedman left baseball, with John T. Brush taking over as majority owner and team president.[2]

1902 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1889) New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Andrew Freedman, John T. Brush
Manager(s)	Horace Fogel, Heinie Smith, John McGraw
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	103	36	0.741	—	56–15	47–21
Brooklyn Superbas	75	63	0.543	27½	45–23	30–40
Boston Beaneaters	73	64	0.533	29	42–27	31–37
Cincinnati Reds	70	70	0.500	33½	35–35	35–35
Chicago Orphans	68	69	0.496	34	31–38	37–31
St. Louis Cardinals	56	78	0.418	44½	28–38	28–40
Philadelphia Phillies	56	81	0.409	46	29–39	27–42
New York Giants	48	88	0.353	53½	24–44	24–44

Record vs. opponents

1902 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–12	11–9	11–9	16–3	11–9–1	6–14–1	10–8–3
Brooklyn	12–8	—	12–8	12–8	10–10	13–6	6–14–1	10–9–2
Chicago	9–11	8–12	—	12–8–1	10–10–4	10–10	7–13	12–5–1
Cincinnati	9–11	8–12	8–12–1	—	14–6	13–7	5–15	13–7
New York	3–16	10–10	10–10–4	6–14	—	6–12	6–13–1	7–13
Philadelphia	9–11–1	6–13	10–10	7–13	12–6	—	2–18	10–10
Pittsburgh	14–6–1	14–6–1	13–7	15–5	13–6–1	18–2	—	16–4
St. Louis	8–10–3	9–10–2	5–12–1	7–13	13–7	10–10	4–16	—

Notable transactions

• August 1902: Jim Jones was released by the Giants.[3]

Roster

1902 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Bob Blewett John Burke Jack Cronin Roy Evans Brickyard Kennedy Bill Magee Christy Mathewson Joe McGinnity Roscoe Miller Tully Sparks Dummy Taylor Henry Thielman		Catchers Frank Bowerman John O'Neill Jack Robinson George Yeager Infielders Joe Bean Jack Doyle Billy Lauder Dan McGann John McGraw Hal O'Hagan Heinie Smith Heinie Wagner		Outfielders Roger Bresnahan Steve Brodie George Browne Jim Callahan Roy Clark Jim Delahanty Jack Dunn Chick Hartley Jack Hendricks Jim Jackson Jim Jones Malcolm MacDonald George Van Haltren Joe Wall Libe Washburn		Manager Horace Fogel John McGraw Heinie Smith

Player stats

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
2B	Heinie Smith	140	517	129	.250	0	34
OF	Jim Jones	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
John McGraw	35	107	25	.234	0	5

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

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
Bob Blewett	5	28	0	2	4.82	8

References

1. "San Francisco Giants Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
2. "Freedman Out of Baseball: Sells out to John T. Brush". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. September 30, 1902. p. 7. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
3. Jim Jones page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1902 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference