1902 MLB Season Leaders

3 leagues · 140 team games · 54 ranking tables

Awards

None of these awards existed yet. The earliest award in this database is from 1911, so a 1902 season has no award to show. That is a fact about the calendar, not about the players on this page.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Dave Fultz	109
1	Topsy Hartsel	109
1	Sammy Strang	109
4	Bill Bradley	104
5	Ed Delahanty	103
6	Fielder Jones	98
7	Jesse Burkett	97
8	Jimmy Barrett	93
9	Jimmy Ryan	92
9	Chick Stahl	92

HitsH

1	Charlie Hickman	193
2	Lave Cross	191
3	Bill Bradley	187
4	Ed Delahanty	178
5	Buck Freeman	174
6	Harry Davis	172
7	Fielder Jones	171
8	Jesse Burkett	169
9	Socks Seybold	165
10	Chick Stahl	164

Doubles2B

1	Harry Davis	43
1	Ed Delahanty	43
3	Bill Bradley	39
3	Lave Cross	39
5	Buck Freeman	38
6	Charlie Hickman	36
7	George Carey	35
7	Nap Lajoie	35
9	Bill Keister	33
10	Jimmy Ryan	32
10	Bobby Wallace	32

Triples3B

1	Jimmy Williams	21
2	Buck Freeman	19
3	Dan McGann	15
4	Ed Delahanty	14
4	Hobe Ferris	14
6	Charlie Hickman	13
7	Bill Bradley	12
7	Elmer Flick	12
7	Topsy Hartsel	12
7	Socks Seybold	12

Home RunsHR

1	Socks Seybold	16
2	Bill Bradley	11
2	Buck Freeman	11
2	Charlie Hickman	11
5	Ed Delahanty	10
6	Bill Keister	9
7	Hobe Ferris	8
7	Jimmy Williams	8
9	Nap Lajoie	7
10	William Clarke	6
10	Jimmy Collins	6
10	Bill Coughlin	6
10	Harry Davis	6
10	Charlie Hemphill	6
10	George LaChance	6
10	Jimmy Ryan	6

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Buck Freeman	121
2	Charlie Hickman	110
3	Lave Cross	108
4	Socks Seybold	97
5	George Davis	93
5	Ed Delahanty	93
7	Harry Davis	92
8	Bill Keister	90
9	John Anderson	85
10	Jimmy Williams	83

WalksBB

1	Topsy Hartsel	87
2	Sammy Strang	76
3	Jimmy Barrett	74
4	Jesse Burkett	71
5	George Davis	65
6	Ed Delahanty	62
6	Dave Fultz	62
8	Kip Selbach	58
9	Fielder Jones	57
10	Tom Daly	55
10	Kid Elberfeld	55

Stolen BasesSB

1	Topsy Hartsel	47
2	Sam Mertes	46
3	Dave Fultz	44
4	Sammy Strang	39
5	Billy Gilbert	38
5	Frank Isbell	38
7	Danny Green	35
8	Fielder Jones	33
9	George Davis	31
10	Bill Coughlin	29
10	Dan McGann	29

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Ed Delahanty	9.2
2	Bill Bradley	7.8
3	Nap Lajoie	7.6
4	Jesse Burkett	6.3
5	Fielder Jones	6.3
6	Jimmy Barrett	6.2
7	Charlie Hickman	6.1
8	Kip Selbach	6.1
9	Sammy Strang	6.0
10	Jimmy Williams	5.9

Batting Averagemin 434 PA

1	Ed Delahanty	.376
2	Charlie Hickman	.361
3	Lave Cross	.342
3	Patsy Dougherty	.342
5	Bill Bradley	.340
6	Chick Stahl	.323
7	Jimmy Collins	.322
8	Fielder Jones	.321
9	Jimmy Ryan	.320
9	Kip Selbach	.320

On-Base Percentagemin 434 PA

1	Ed Delahanty	.453
2	Patsy Dougherty	.407
3	Jimmy Barrett	.397
4	Joe Kelley	.395
5	Kip Selbach	.393
6	Jesse Burkett	.390
6	Fielder Jones	.390
8	Danny Green	.388
9	Charlie Hickman	.387
9	Sammy Strang	.387

Slugging Percentagemin 434 PA

1	Ed Delahanty	.590
2	Charlie Hickman	.539
3	Bill Bradley	.515
4	Socks Seybold	.506
5	Buck Freeman	.502
6	Jimmy Williams	.500
7	Bill Keister	.462
8	Jimmy Collins	.459
9	Jimmy Ryan	.448
10	Joe Kelley	.447

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 434 PA

1	Ed Delahanty	1.043
2	Charlie Hickman	.926
3	Bill Bradley	.890
4	Socks Seybold	.881
5	Jimmy Williams	.861
6	Buck Freeman	.854
7	Joe Kelley	.842
8	Jimmy Ryan	.832
9	Jimmy Collins	.820
9	Kip Selbach	.820

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Cy Young	32
2	Rube Waddell	24
3	Red Donahue	22
3	Jack Powell	22
5	Bill Dinneen	21
5	Joe McGinnity	21
7	Eddie Plank	20
8	Al Orth	19
8	Roy Patterson	19
10	Bill Bernhard	18
10	Casey Patten	18

SavesSV

1	Jack Powell	2
2	Nick Altrock	1
2	Bill Bernhard	1
2	Win Mercer	1
2	Roscoe Miller	1
2	Fred Mitchell	1
2	Earl Moore	1
2	Charlie Shields	1
2	Ed Siever	1
2	Tully Sparks	1
2	Lewis Wiltse	1
2	Gene Wright	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Rube Waddell	210
2	Cy Young	160
3	Jack Powell	137
4	Bill Dinneen	136
5	Eddie Plank	107
6	Addie Joss	106
6	Joe McGinnity	106
8	Wiley Piatt	96
9	Casey Patten	92
10	Earl Moore	84

Innings PitchedIP

1	Cy Young	384.7
2	Bill Dinneen	371.3
3	Joe McGinnity	351.7
4	Jack Powell	328.3
5	Al Orth	324.0
6	Red Donahue	316.3
7	Lewis Wiltse	302.0
8	Eddie Plank	300.0
9	Casey Patten	299.7
10	Earl Moore	293.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Cy Young	41
2	Bill Dinneen	39
3	Al Orth	36
3	Jack Powell	36
5	Joe McGinnity	35
6	Red Donahue	33
6	Casey Patten	33
8	Eddie Plank	31
8	Lewis Wiltse	31
10	Jimmy Callahan	29
10	Earl Moore	29

ShutoutsSHO

1	Addie Joss	5
2	Win Mercer	4
2	Earl Moore	4
2	Ed Siever	4
5	Bill Bernhard	3
5	Ned Garvin	3
5	Clark Griffith	3
5	Jack Powell	3
5	Rube Waddell	3
5	Cy Young	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Cy Young	9.2
2	Rube Waddell	7.5
3	Joe McGinnity	6.7
4	Bill Dinneen	6.6
5	Eddie Plank	5.9
6	Jack Powell	5.2
7	Red Donahue	5.0
8	Addie Joss	5.0
9	Al Orth	5.0
10	Wiley Piatt	4.5

Earned Run Averagemin 140 IP

1	Ed Siever	1.91
2	Rube Waddell	2.05
3	Ned Garvin	2.10
4	Bill Bernhard	2.15
5	Cy Young	2.15
6	Red Donahue	2.76
7	Addie Joss	2.77
8	Joe McGinnity	2.84
9	Willie Sudhoff	2.86
10	Bill Dinneen	2.93

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 140 IP

1	Bill Bernhard	0.94
2	Rube Waddell	1.04
3	Cy Young	1.05
4	Ed Siever	1.05
5	Addie Joss	1.11
6	Joe McGinnity	1.19
7	Ned Garvin	1.20
8	George Winter	1.20
9	Bill Dinneen	1.20
10	Red Donahue	1.22

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 140 IP

1	Rube Waddell	2.28
2	Cy Young	2.56
3	Ed Siever	2.83
4	Bill Bernhard	2.94
5	Addie Joss	2.96
6	Wiley Piatt	2.96
7	Eddie Plank	2.96
8	Joe McGinnity	3.03
9	Ned Garvin	3.08
10	Bill Dinneen	3.12

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Honus Wagner	105
2	Fred Clarke	103
3	Ginger Beaumont	100
4	Tommy Leach	97
5	Sam Crawford	92
6	Jimmy Sheckard	89
6	Roy Thomas	89
8	Fred Tenney	88
9	Willie Keeler	86
10	Jake Beckley	82

HitsH

1	Ginger Beaumont	193
2	Willie Keeler	186
3	Sam Crawford	185
4	Honus Wagner	176
5	Jake Beckley	175
6	Cozy Dolan	166
7	George Barclay	163
8	Duff Cooley	162
9	Homer Smoot	161
10	Patsy Donovan	158

Doubles2B

1	Honus Wagner	30
2	Fred Clarke	27
3	Duff Cooley	26
4	Bill Dahlen	25
5	Jake Beckley	23
6	Heinie Peitz	22
7	Ginger Beaumont	21
7	Kitty Bransfield	21
7	Jimmy Sheckard	21
10	John Barry	20
10	Ed Gremminger	20
10	Willie Keeler	20
10	Billy Lauder	20
10	Harry Steinfeldt	20

Triples3B

1	Sam Crawford	22
1	Tommy Leach	22
3	Honus Wagner	16
4	Fred Clarke	14
5	Ed Gremminger	12
6	Jimmy Sheckard	10
7	Kitty Bransfield	8
7	Duff Cooley	8
7	Bill Dahlen	8
7	Otto Krueger	8

Home RunsHR

1	Tommy Leach	6
2	Jake Beckley	5
3	Tom McCreery	4
3	Jimmy Sheckard	4
5	George Barclay	3
5	John Barry	3
5	Erve Beck	3
5	Steve Brodie	3
5	Sam Crawford	3
5	Charlie Dexter	3
5	Tim Flood	3
5	Homer Smoot	3
5	Honus Wagner	3

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Honus Wagner	91
2	Tommy Leach	85
3	Sam Crawford	78
4	Bill Dahlen	74
5	Jake Beckley	69
5	Kitty Bransfield	69
7	Ginger Beaumont	67
8	Pat Carney	65
8	Ed Gremminger	65
10	Heinie Peitz	60

WalksBB

1	Roy Thomas	107
2	Billy Lush	76
3	Fred Tenney	73
4	Jimmy Sheckard	58
5	Claude Ritchey	53
5	Jimmy Slagle	53
7	Fred Clarke	51
8	Sam Crawford	47
9	Tommy Leach	45
10	John Barry	44
10	Davy Jones	44

Stolen BasesSB

1	Honus Wagner	42
2	Jimmy Slagle	41
3	Patsy Donovan	34
4	Ginger Beaumont	33
5	George Smith	32
6	George Barclay	30
6	Billy Lush	30
8	Frank Chance	29
8	Fred Clarke	29
8	Charlie Dexter	29

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Honus Wagner	6.2
2	Ginger Beaumont	5.8
3	Fred Clarke	5.2
4	Fred Tenney	4.8
5	Roy Thomas	4.7
6	Tommy Leach	4.6
7	Jimmy Slagle	4.5
8	Sam Crawford	4.4
9	Homer Smoot	4.0
10	Jimmy Sheckard	3.9

Batting Averagemin 434 PA

1	Ginger Beaumont	.357
2	Sam Crawford	.333
2	Willie Keeler	.333
4	Jake Beckley	.330
4	Honus Wagner	.330
6	Fred Clarke	.316
7	Patsy Donovan	.315
7	Jimmy Slagle	.315
7	Fred Tenney	.315
10	Homer Smoot	.311

On-Base Percentagemin 434 PA

1	Roy Thomas	.414
2	Fred Tenney	.409
3	Ginger Beaumont	.404
4	Fred Clarke	.401
5	Honus Wagner	.394
6	Sam Crawford	.386
6	Jimmy Slagle	.386
8	Jake Beckley	.377
9	Claude Ritchey	.370
10	Willie Keeler	.365

Slugging Percentagemin 434 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.463
2	Sam Crawford	.461
3	Fred Clarke	.449
4	Jake Beckley	.427
5	Tommy Leach	.426
6	Ginger Beaumont	.418
7	Kitty Bransfield	.395
8	Willie Keeler	.386
9	Homer Smoot	.380
10	Fred Tenney	.376

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 434 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.857
2	Fred Clarke	.850
3	Sam Crawford	.848
4	Ginger Beaumont	.822
5	Jake Beckley	.804
6	Fred Tenney	.785
7	Tommy Leach	.767
8	Willie Keeler	.751
9	Jimmy Slagle	.742
10	Roy Thomas	.736

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Jack Chesbro	28
2	Togie Pittinger	27
2	Vic Willis	27
4	Noodles Hahn	23
4	Jack Taylor	23
6	Deacon Phillippe	20
6	Jesse Tannehill	20
8	Frank Kitson	19
9	Bill Donovan	17
10	Ed Doheny	16
10	Mike O'Neill	16
10	Bill Phillips	16
10	Doc White	16

SavesSV

1	Vic Willis	3
2	Sam Leever	2
2	Doc Newton	2
2	Mike O'Neill	2
5	Jack Chesbro	1
5	Bill Donovan	1
5	Bill Duggleby	1
5	Wiley Dunham	1
5	Jacob Fox	1
5	John Malarkey	1
5	Ed Murphy	1
5	Bob Rhoads	1
5	Jack Taylor	1
5	Henry Thielman	1
5	Doc White	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Vic Willis	225
2	Doc White	185
3	Togie Pittinger	174
4	Bill Donovan	170
5	Christy Mathewson	164
6	Noodles Hahn	142
7	Jack Chesbro	136
8	Deacon Phillippe	122
9	Frank Kitson	114
10	Doc Newton	107

Innings PitchedIP

1	Vic Willis	410.0
2	Togie Pittinger	389.3
3	Jack Taylor	333.7
4	Noodles Hahn	321.0
5	Doc White	306.0
6	Bill Donovan	297.7
7	Mike O'Neill	288.3
8	Jack Chesbro	286.3
9	Christy Mathewson	284.7
10	Bill Duggleby	275.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Vic Willis	45
2	Togie Pittinger	36
3	Noodles Hahn	35
4	Jack Taylor	34
4	Doc White	34
6	Jack Chesbro	31
7	Bill Donovan	30
7	Christy Mathewson	30
7	Bill Phillips	30
10	Frank Kitson	29
10	Mike O'Neill	29
10	Deacon Phillippe	29

ShutoutsSHO

1	Jack Chesbro	8
1	Christy Mathewson	8
1	Jack Taylor	8
4	Togie Pittinger	7
5	Noodles Hahn	6
6	Deacon Phillippe	5
7	Bill Donovan	4
7	Sam Leever	4
7	Doc Newton	4
7	Vic Willis	4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Vic Willis	9.7
2	Noodles Hahn	8.4
3	Doc White	8.0
4	Deacon Phillippe	7.7
5	Togie Pittinger	7.3
6	Jack Taylor	7.1
7	Christy Mathewson	6.8
8	Jack Chesbro	6.6
9	Bill Donovan	6.4
10	Jesse Tannehill	6.3

Earned Run Averagemin 140 IP

1	Jack Taylor	1.29
2	Noodles Hahn	1.77
3	Jesse Tannehill	1.95
4	Carl Lundgren	1.97
5	Deacon Phillippe	2.05
6	Ed Poole	2.10
7	Christy Mathewson	2.12
8	Jack Chesbro	2.17
9	Luther Taylor	2.19
10	Vic Willis	2.19

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 140 IP

1	Jack Taylor	0.95
2	Jesse Tannehill	0.99
3	Sam Leever	1.05
4	Noodles Hahn	1.06
5	Jack Chesbro	1.06
6	Deacon Phillippe	1.07
7	Doc Newton	1.12
8	Jay Hughes	1.12
9	Christy Mathewson	1.14
10	Doc White	1.14

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 140 IP

1	Deacon Phillippe	2.15
2	Jesse Tannehill	2.26
3	Doc White	2.42
4	Noodles Hahn	2.46
5	Sam Leever	2.54
6	Christy Mathewson	2.57
7	Vic Willis	2.60
8	John Menefee	2.62
9	Jack Chesbro	2.64
10	Frank Kitson	2.64

Other leagues

Led the Other leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1902 is 434 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 140-game schedule. The Other leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting8 categories

RunsR

1	Nate Harris	4
1	Grant Johnson	4
1	Jimmy Smith	4
4	Harry Buckner	2
5	Joe Green	1
5	Jimmie Love	1
5	Tom Means	1
5	Ginney Robinson	1
5	Haywood Rose	1

HitsH

1	Jimmie Love	4
2	Harry Buckner	3
2	Crittenden	3
2	Nate Harris	3
2	Ginney Robinson	3
2	Haywood Rose	3
2	Jimmy Smith	3
8	Johnny Davis	2
8	Joe Green	2
8	Grant Johnson	2

Doubles2B

1	Jimmy Smith	2
2	Harry Buckner	1
2	Jimmie Love	1
2	Ginney Robinson	1
2	Haywood Rose	1

Triples3B

1	Harry Buckner	1

Home RunsHR

1	Harry Buckner	1

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Jimmy Smith	3
2	Harry Buckner	2
2	Nate Harris	2
2	Ginney Robinson	2
2	Haywood Rose	2
6	Crittenden	1
6	Johnny Davis	1
6	Joe Green	1
6	Jimmie Love	1
6	Tom Means	1

WalksBB

1	Nate Harris	4
2	Jimmy Smith	3
3	Grant Johnson	2
3	Haywood Rose	2
5	Joe Green	1
5	Jimmie Love	1
5	Tom Means	1
5	Ginney Robinson	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Harry Buckner	0.3
2	Nate Harris	0.2
3	Jimmy Smith	0.1
4	Haywood Rose	0.1
5	Johnny Davis	0.1
6	Ginney Robinson	0.1
7	Chase Lyons	0.1
8	Grant Johnson	0.0
9	Jimmie Love	0.0
10	Crittenden	0.0

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1902 is 434 plate appearances and 140 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 140 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1902 is counted as 3 separate leagues — American League, National League and Other leagues, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 54 ranking tables here, 16 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

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