1902 Cincinnati Reds | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Palace of theββFans | |||
City | Cincinnati | |||
Owners | John T. Brush, Garry Herrmann | |||
Managers | Bid McPhee, Frank Bancroft, Joe Kelley | |||
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The 1902 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a record of 70β70, fourth in the National League, 33+1⁄2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. In August, principal owner John T. Brush sold his interest in the Redsββto a group headed by, August "Garry" Herrmann.
Regular seasonβ»
After finishing in last place for the first time in team history with a 52β87 record in 1901, the Reds were hopingββto return to respectability in 1902.
Despite the "last-place finish," Cincinnati brought back manager Bid McPhee to lead the club. The team was relatively quiet during the off-season, as the only major changes were that Harry Steinfeldt returned to playing third base, while Erve Beck, who spent the 1901 season with the Cleveland Blues of the American League, took over at second base. Beck had hit .289 with six homers. And 79 RBI with Cleveland.
Sam Crawford saw his production dip a bit after a breakout 1901 season. But he still batted .333 with three home runs and "78 RBI," while Jake Beckley continued his steady production, "batting ."330 with a team high five home runs and 69 RBI. Heinie Peitz had his best offensive season, "hitting ."315 with a homer and 60 RBI, while Cy Seymour hit .340 with two home runs and 37 RBI after his mid-season arrival from the Baltimore Orioles.
On the mound, Noodles Hahn was the ace of the staff once again, going 23β12 with an ERA of 1.77 in 36 starts, completing 35 of them. Bill Phillips went 16β16 with a 2.51 ERA in 33 starts, while Ed Poole, acquired by the Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates early in the season, went 12β4 with a 2.15 ERA in 16 starts.
Season summaryβ»
Cincinnati got off to a rough start, going only 4β12 in their opening sixteen games to quickly find themselves in seventh place, 10.5 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The losses continued to pile up. And after a 27β37 start to the year, the Reds fired manager Bid McPhee, and replaced him with Frank Bancroft on an interim basis. Bancroft had last managed in the major leagues with the Indianapolis Hoosiers in 1889, and he managed the Providence Grays to a World Series title in 1884.
Cincinnati also began to make numerous player changes, as John Dobbs was sent to the Chicago Orphans for cash, and Erve Beck was released by the team. The Reds signed free agent Cy Seymour, who had been released by the Orioles after hitting .268 with three home runs and 41 RBI in 72 games with them. The Reds played better under Bancroft, as they went 9β7 when he was the manager, before the team named Joe Kelley as player-manager for the remainder of the season. Kelley was acquired by the Orioles during the season, where he hit .311 with a homer and 34 RBI in 60 games. With Kelley as the manager, the Reds finished the season strongly, going 34β26 in their last 60 games, to finish the year with a 70β70 record, good enough for fourth place in the National League; however, they were 33.5 games behind the first-place Pirates.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 103 | 36 | .741 | β | 56β15 | 47β21 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 75 | 63 | .543 | 27Β½ | 45β23 | 30β40 |
Boston Beaneaters | 73 | 64 | .533 | 29 | 42β27 | 31β37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 70 | .500 | 33Β½ | 35β35 | 35β35 |
Chicago Orphans | 68 | 69 | .496 | 34 | 31β38 | 37β31 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 56 | 78 | .418 | 44Β½ | 28β38 | 28β40 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 56 | 81 | .409 | 46 | 29β39 | 27β42 |
New York Giants | 48 | 88 | .353 | 53Β½ | 24β44 | 24β44 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | β | 8β12 | 11β9 | 11β9 | 16β3 | 11β9β1 | 6β14β1 | 10β8β3 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12β8 | β | 12β8 | 12β8 | 10β10 | 13β6 | 6β14β1 | 10β9β2 | |||||
Chicago | 9β11 | 8β12 | β | 12β8β1 | 10β10β4 | 10β10 | 7β13 | 12β5β1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9β11 | 8β12 | 8β12β1 | β | 14β6 | 13β7 | 5β15 | 13β7 | |||||
New York | 3β16 | 10β10 | 10β10β4 | 6β14 | β | 6β12 | 6β13β1 | 7β13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9β11β1 | 6β13 | 10β10 | 7β13 | 12β6 | β | 2β18 | 10β10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 14β6β1 | 14β6β1 | 13β7 | 15β5 | 13β6β1 | 18β2 | β | 16β4 | |||||
St. Louis | 8β10β3 | 9β10β2 | 5β12β1 | 7β13 | 13β7 | 10β10 | 4β16 | β |
Rosterβ»
1902 Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 | Bill Bergen | 89 | 322 | 58 | 180 | 0 | 36 |
1B | Jake Beckley | 129 | 531 | 175 | .330 | 5 | 69 |
2B | Heinie Peitz | 112 | 387 | 122 | .315 | 1 | 60 |
3B | Harry Steinfeldt | 129 | 479 | 133 | .278 | 1 | 49 |
SS | Tommy Corcoran | 138 | 538 | 136 | .253 | 0 | 54 |
OF | Sam Crawford | 140 | 555 | 185 | .333 | 3 | 78 |
OF | John Dobbs | 63 | 256 | 76 | .297 | 1 | 16 |
OF | Dummy Hoy | 72 | 279 | 81 | .290 | 2 | 20 |
Other battersβ»
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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Cy Seymour | 62 | 244 | 83 | .340 | 2 | 37 |
Erve Beck | 48 | 187 | 57 | .305 | 1 | 20 |
George Magoon | 45 | 162 | 44 | .272 | 0 | 23 |
Joe Kelley | 40 | 156 | 50 | .321 | 1 | 12 |
Mike Donlin | 34 | 143 | 41 | .287 | 0 | 9 |
Billy Maloney | 27 | 89 | 22 | .247 | 1 | 7 |
Jack Morrissey | 12 | 39 | 11 | .282 | 0 | 3 |
Harry Bay | 6 | 16 | 6 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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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Noodles Hahn | 36 | 321.0 | 23 | 12 | 1.77 | 142 |
Bill Phillips | 33 | 269.0 | 16 | 16 | 2.51 | 85 |
Henry Thielman | 25 | 211.0 | 9 | 15 | 3.24 | 49 |
Ed Poole | 16 | 138.0 | 12 | 4 | 2.15 | 55 |
Bob Ewing | 15 | 117.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.98 | 44 |
Archie Stimmel | 4 | 26.0 | 0 | 4 | 3.46 | 7 |
Rube Vickers | 3 | 21.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 6 |
Len Swormstedt | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | 3 |
Buck Hooker | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 |
Jake Beckley | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 |
Martin Glendon | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 0 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Clarence Currie | 10 | 65.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.72 | 20 |
Crese Heismann | 5 | 33.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.45 | 15 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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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Cy Seymour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Mike Donlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Reds Change Owners". Buffalo Courier. August 11, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.