1902 Cleveland Bluebirds season

The 1902 Cleveland Bluebirds season was a season in American baseball. The team, unofficially 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.

1902 Cleveland Bluebirds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Somers
Manager(s)Bill Armour
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Regular season
The Cleveland team in 1902

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.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 8353 0.610 — 56–17 27–36
St. Louis Browns 7858 0.574 5 49–21 29–37
Boston Americans 7760 0.562 6½ 43–27 34–33
Chicago White Stockings 7460 0.552 8 48–20 26–40
Cleveland Bronchos 6967 0.507 14 40–25 29–42
Washington Senators 6175 0.449 22 40–28 21–47
Detroit Tigers 5283 0.385 30½ 34–33 18–50
Baltimore Orioles 5088 0.362 34 32–31 18–57

Record vs. opponents
1902 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET PHI STL WSH
Baltimore —4–168–11–19–1110–106–132–18–111–9–1
Boston 16–4—12–86–1411–7–19–1115–58–11
Chicago 11–8–18–12—12–712–7–110–109–9–112–7–1
Cleveland 11–914–67–12—8–108–129–10–112–8
Detroit 10–107–11–17–12–110–8—4–165–159–11
Philadelphia 13–611–910–1012–816–4—9–10–112–6
St. Louis 18–2–15–159–9–110–9–115–510–9–1—11–9
Washington 9–11–111–87–12–18–1211–96–129–11—

Notable transactions
  • May 31, 1902: Nap Lajoie was signed as a free agent by the Bronchos.[2]

Roster
1902 Cleveland Bronchos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
1BCharlie Hickman102426161.378894
2BNap Lajoie86348132.379764

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
Bob Wood8125876.295040

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
Bill Bernhard272171752.2057
Charlie Hickman18017.881

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
Otto Hess743.2245.9813

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ginger Clark11006.001

Notes
  1. Nap Lajoie Obituary
  2. Nap Lajoie page at Baseball Reference

References
  • 1902 Cleveland Bluebirds season at Baseball Reference
  • Snyder, John (2008). Indians Journal: Year by Year & Day by Day with the Cleveland Indians since 1901. Cincinnati, Ohio: Clerisy Press. ISBN 978-1-57860-308-4.
  • Schneider, Russell (2005). The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia (3 ed.). Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-58261-840-1.


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