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 ======January 4, 1902======
-====== January 5, 1902 ======
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 ======March 3, 1902======
-====== March 4, 1902 ======
+======March 4, 1902======
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 President [[Ben Shibe]] and manager [[Connie Mack]] were en route to Detroit for the American League schedule meeting. The //Times// reported that Mack had reached out to the New York Giants to arrange a pair of exhibitions at the Polo Grounds, but hadn’t received a response so far.
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 | [[march-2-1902|< Mar 2, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[march-5-1902|Mar 5, 1902 >]] |
-====== March 5, 1902 =======
+======March 5, 1902=======
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 The American League released their official 140-game 1902 schedule. The Athletics were set to open the season on April 23 at Baltimore and would close on September 29 at Washington.
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-====== March 6, 1902 ======
+======March 6, 1902======
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+=====News=====
 The players at Chapel Hill planned to get their first workout in today, but weather forced them to move inside to a gym on the University of North Carolina campus. [[Bill Duggleby]], [[Eddie Plank]], and [[Bill Bernhard]] spent the day tossing easily to catcher [[Farmer Steelman]], just to work out the arm kinks.
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-====== March 7, 1902 ======
+======March 7, 1902======
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+=====News=====
 The players in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, worked on their endurance with a five-mile run.
-===== Transactions =====
+=====Transactions=====
 The team released outfielder [[Matty McIntyre]].
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 ======March 9, 1902======
-====== March 10, 1902 ======
+======March 10, 1902======
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+=====News=====
 The //Times// reported that the team’s exhibition schedule would open on April 3 with a game against a squad of Athletics second-stringers leavened by a number of local players and captained by third baseman [[Lave Cross]]. Other opponents on the spring schedule were Yale University, Jersey City, Villanova University, Hobart College, Bucknell University, Princeton University, and Newark.
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-====== March 19, 1902 ======
+======March 19, 1902======
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+=====News=====
 The players in North Carolina moved their base of operations from Chapel Hill to Latta Park in Charlotte and cited poor weather and substandard facilities in Chapel Hill as the reason.
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-====== March 20, 1902 ======
+======March 20, 1902======
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 Pitcher [[Bill Duggleby]] had recovered from his cold and was back in Charlotte to resume spring training. Pitcher [[Snake Wiltse]] had a sore arm and was on limited duty as a result.
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 ======March 21, 1902======
-====== March 22, 1902 ======
+======March 22, 1902======
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 The //Inquirer// reported that the facilities at Latta Park were in rough shape and that the players’ workouts were suffering accordingly.
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 ======March 23, 1902======
-====== March 24, 1902 ======
+======March 24, 1902======
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 The //Inquirer// reported that [[Bill Bernhard]] was showing good speed and control in practice, that [[Eddie Plank]] and [[Snake Wiltse]] were
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-====== March 25, 1902 ======
+======March 25, 1902======
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 The //Times// reported that the Columbia Park upgrades would be completed by April 5.
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-====== March 26, 1902 ======
+======March 26, 1902======
-===== Transactions =====
+=====Transactions=====
 The team signed Indiana-born third baseman [[Harry Hebble]].
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-====== March 27, 1902 ======
+======March 27, 1902======
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 Practice in Charlotte was rained out.
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-====== March 28, 1902 ======
+======March 28, 1902======
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+=====News=====
 Practice in Charlotte was rained out for the second-straight day. Utility infielder [[Clyde Robinson]] left Charlotte saying he was headed to Philadelphia where he would rejoin the team and work out with the other position players.
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 ======March 29, 1902======
-====== March 30, 1902 ======
+======March 30, 1902======
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+=====News ====
 Infielder [[Clyde Robinson]] turned up in Kansas City two days after he left Charlotte, ostensibly headed for Philadelphia to join the Athletics’ position players for spring training. Robinson had reportedly signed both a contract with the A’s and a personal services contract with George Tebeau of the Kansas City club and decided to go with the latter.
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-====== March 31, 1902 ======
+======March 31, 1902======
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 Outfielder [[Topsy Hartsel]] reported to the team in Philadelphia.
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-====== April 1, 1902 ======
+======April 1, 1902======
-===== News =====
+=====News=====
 Manager [[Connie Mack]] had planned to open the Philadelphia portion of training camp today but canceled it because of cold weather. On hand were second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]], outfielder [[Topsy Hartsel]], shortstop [[Monte Cross]], third baseman [[Lave Cross]], and outfielder [[Socks Seybold]]. First baseman [[Harry Davis]] was away due to the recent death of his brother. Pitcher [[Chick Fraser]] was still in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and said he would leave that town’s warm climes on the 14th. Catcher [[Doc Powers]] and outfielder [[Elmer Flick]] were due to report tomorrow. The players in Charlotte were expected back on the 12th.
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 ======April 3, 1902======
-====== April 4, 1902 ======
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 Manager [[Connie Mack]] named his starters for tomorrow’s exhibition opener against [[Yale University|Yale]]: catcher [[Doc Powers]], first base [[Harry Davis]], second base [[Nap Lajoie]], third base [[Lave Cross]], shortstop [[Monte Cross]], left field [[Topsy Hartsel]], center field [[Socks Seybold]], and right field [[Elmer Flick]]. On the mound would be 21-year-old right-hander [[Frank Leary]] of the University of Pennsylvania.
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-====== April 5, 1902 ======
+======April 5, 1902======
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+=====News=====
 In their spring training exhibition opener, the team lost to [[Yale_University|Yale]], 7-5.
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-====== April 6, 1902 ======
+======April 6, 1902======
-===== News =====
+=====News=====
 On a drizzly day and a wet field in Weehawken, New Jersey, the team beat [[Jersey City]] of the Eastern League, 13-11, in a spring training contest. Second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] had five hits.
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 Pitchers [[Bill Bernhard]], [[Snake Wiltse]], [[Eddie Plank]], and [[Bill Duggleby]], and catcher [[Farmer Steelman]] arrived in Philadelphia from Charlotte.
-===== Transaction =====
+=====Transaction=====
 New player [[Lou Castro]], who was with Norwich and New London in the Connecticut State League last year, made his Athletics debut at third base.
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-====== April 7, 1902 ======
+======April 7, 1902======
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+=====News=====
 The team’s scheduled exhibition contest in Weehawken with [[Jersey City]] was canceled because of wet grounds.
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 Outfielder [[Dave Fultz]] reported to the team after arriving from Charlotte.
-===== Injury Updates =====
+=====Injury Updates=====
 Outfielder [[Topsy Hartsel]] was expected to miss a few days of practice with a bruised leg.
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-====== April 8, 1902 ======
+======April 8, 1902======
-===== News =====
+=====News=====
 For the second straight day, the team’s spring training game with [[Jersey City]] in Weehawken was rained out.
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-====== April 9, 1902 ======
+======April 9, 1902======
-===== News =====
+=====News=====
 The team’s scheduled exhibition game against [[Villanova]] was rained out.
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-====== April 10, 1902 ======
+======April 10, 1902======
-===== News =====
+=====News=====
 The morning featured sunshine and the hope that the team would be able to get in a game after three straight rainouts, but the rain returned in the afternoon, and in any event their opponents from [[Hobart College]] failed to show at the appointed time.
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 | [[april-9-1902|< Apr 9, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-11-1902|Apr 11, 1902 >]] |
-====== April 11, 1902 ======
+======April 11, 1902======
-===== News ====
+=====News ====
 The Athletics beat [[Bucknell]] in a spring training game, 12-1.
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-====== April 12, 1902 ======
+======April 12, 1902======
-===== News =====
+=====News=====
-The team beat [[Princeton]] in a spring training game, 21-4. First baseman [[Harry Davis]] hit three doubles
+The team beat [[Princeton]] in a spring training game, 21-4. First baseman [[Harry Davis]] hit three doubles.
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 ======April 13, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The team beat [[Jersey City]], 4-0, in a spring training game. Pitchers [[Bill Duggleby]] and [[Snake Wiltse]] combined on a one-hitter.
+----
+| [[april-12-1902|< Apr 12, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-14-1902|Apr 14, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 14, 1902======
+=====News=====
+[[Socks Seybold]]’s pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the ninth gave the Athletics a 3-2 win over [[Newark]].
+----
+| [[april-13-1902|< Apr 13, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-15-1902|Apr 15, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 15, 1902======
+=====News=====
+[[Chick Fraser]] made his first mound appearance of the spring for the Athletics in their 10-5 win over [[Newark]].
+----
+| [[april-14-1902|< Apr 14, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-16-1902|Apr 16, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 16, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The team beat [[Villanova]], 16-2, in a spring training game.
+----
+| [[april-15-1902|< Apr 15, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-17-1902|Apr 17, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 17, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The Athletics beat [[Jersey City]] in a spring game, 12-4.
+----
+| [[april-16-1902|< Apr 16, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-18-1902|Apr 18, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 18, 1902======
+=====News=====
+Second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] belted four doubles in an 18-5 spring training win over [[Jersey City]].
+----
+| [[april-17-1902|< Apr 17, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-19-1902|Apr 19, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 19, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The Athletics beat [[Newark]], 7-5, in a spring exhibition game.
+----
+| [[april-18-1902|< Apr 18, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-21-1902|Apr 21, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 20, 1902======
 ======April 21, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision regarding second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]].	A year ago the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas ruled that Lajoie, along with pitchers [[Chick Fraser]] and [[Bill Bernhard]] were not bound by contracts they had signed with the Phillies in 1900 and were free to play for the Athletics in 1901. The Philadelphia court based their decision on two factors: that the players in question did not provide a unique and irreplaceable service to the Phillies and that the contracts lacked “mutuality” because they allowed the team to dismiss the players on ten-days notice while not affording the players the same option.
+In this new decision, the Supreme Court said that Lajoie’s skill set made him unique among players and hard to replace and said that mutuality did not require a precise 1:1 relationship between sides. The court accepted the Phillies argument that the salary ($2,400) offered to Lajoie was sufficiently high to compensate him for the lack of an out clause. Following the decision, Athletics president [[Ben Shibe]] and manager [[Connie Mack]] withheld comment until they could consult with the team’s lawyers
+Other Athletics players thought to be possibly affected by the ruling were pitcher [[Bill Duggleby]], third baseman [[Lave Cross]], shortstop [[Monte Cross]], and outfielders [[Topsy Hartsel]] and [[Elmer Flick]].
+In less exalted matters, the team beat the [[Pennsylvania|University of Pennsylvania]], 12-8, in the final game of spring training. The school had a standing rule prohibiting their students from competing against pro teams and the Athletics had to arrive at the ballpark under a mantle of stealth
+----
+| [[april-19-1902|< Apr 19, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-22-1902|Apr 22, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 22, 1902======
+=====News=====
+After consulting with their lawyers, president [[Ben Shibe]] and manager [[Connie Mack]] asserted that yesterday’s court ruling overturning the decision that allowed second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] to play for the Athletics last season only applied to Lajoie and not to pitchers [[Chick Fraser]] and [[Bill Bernhard]] who had also figured in last year’s decision. Phillies owner John Rogers announced he would petition the court to issue an injunction against all three players appearing for the A’s in the upcoming season.
+----
+| [[april-21-1902|< Apr 21, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-23-1902|Apr 23, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 23, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The Athletics opened the regular season in Baltimore where they defeated the [[Yankees|Orioles]], 8-1
+In response to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s reversal of the [[Nap Lajoie|Lajoie]] decision, the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas issued a temporary five-day injunction against the second baseman appearing for the Athletics pending further deliberations. Lajoie had started the season opener in an A’s uniform, but when manager [[Connie Mack]] received word of the court’s decision in the eighth inning he immediately pulled Lajoie from the game.
+----
+| [[april-22-1902|< Apr 22, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-24-1902|Apr 24, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 24, 1902======
+=====News=====
+With [[Dave Fultz]] appearing at second base in place of [[Nap Lajoie]] who was legally barred from playing, the Athletics lost to [[Yankees|Baltimore]], 6-2, in Baltimore.
+----
+| [[april-23-1902|< Apr 23, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-25-1902|Apr 25, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 25, 1902======
+=====News=====
+Today’s scheduled game in Baltimore was rained out.
+----
+| [[april-24-1902|< Apr 24, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-26-1902|Apr 26, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 26, 1902======
+=====News=====
+On a windy, dusty day in Baltimore, the [[Yankees|Orioles]] beat the Athletics, 6-2.
+----
+| [[april-25-1902|< Apr 25, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-28-1902|Apr 28, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 27, 1902======
 ======April 28, 1902======
+=====News=====
+Shortstop [[Monte Cross]] belted a pair of three-run homers to lead the Athletics to a 12-9 win over the [[Twins|Senators]] in Washington.
+The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas ruled that the injunction against second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] playing for the A’s was permanent and added pitchers [[Chick Fraser]] and [[Bill Bernhard]] to the injunction.
+----
+| [[april-26-1902|< Apr 26, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-29-1902|Apr 29, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 29, 1902======
+=====News=====
+On a gray and sometimes rainy day, the [[Twins|Senators]] beat the Athletics, 7-2, in Washington.
+----
+| [[april-28-1902|< Apr 28, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-30-1902|Apr 30, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 30, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The Athletics beat the [[Twins|Senators]], 11-7, in Washington.
+American League owners met and vowed to fight court-ordered injunctions preventing [[Nap Lajoie]] and others playing for American League teams. League president Ban Johnson said they had new evidence to submit.
+=====Transactions=====
+The team signed right-handed pitcher [[Ed Kenna]]. Released by [[Guardians|Cleveland]] on the 27th, he had most recently pitched for Grand Rapids in the Western Association last year.
+----
+| [[april-29-1902|< Apr 29, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-1-1902|May 1, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 1, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat the [[Twins|Senators]], 6-3, in Washington
+•	Team attorneys filed an appeal with the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas of that court's recent injunction preventing [[Nap Lajoie]], [[Bill Bernhard]], and [[Chick Fraser]] from playing for them
+=====Transactions=====
+•	The team purchased the contract of right-handed pitcher [[Pete Husting]] from [[Red Sox|Boston]]
+----
+| [[april-30-1902|< Apr 30, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-2-1902|May 2, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 2, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	In their 1902 home opener at Columbia Park, the Athletics fell to the [[Twins|Senators]], 7-6
+•	Neither Harry Wolverton nor Ed Delahanty were able to appear for Washington because of recent court rulings
+----
+| [[may-1-1902|< May 1, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-3-1902|May 3, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 3, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Under lowering skies, with periodic drizzle during the game, [[Twins|Washington]] beat the Athletics, 9-3, at Columbia Park
+•	Newly-acquired right-handed pitcher [[Pete Husting]] made his A's debut, giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out seven
+----
+| [[may-2-1902|< May 2, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-4-1902|May 4, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 4, 1902======
+=====Transactions=====
+•	In a move that was roundly scorned in some corners of the Philadelphia press, pitcher [[Bill Duggleby]] abruptly left the Athletics and returned to the Phillies
+----
+| [[may-3-1902|< May 3, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-5-1902|May 5, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 5, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Twins|Washington]], 7-5, at Columbia Park
+•	First baseman [[Harry Davis]] had the key blast, a three-run homer in the seventh inning, to give the A's the lead for good
+•	Right-hander [[Ed Kenna]] made his A's debut in relief of [[Snake Wiltse]], going eight innings and giving up two runs off five hits
+----
+| [[may-4-1902|< May 4, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-6-1902|May 6, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 6, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Athletics starter [[Eddie Plank]] fired a four-hitter to beat [[Twins|Washington]], 6-2, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[may-5-1902|< May 5, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-7-1902|May 7, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 7, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics held off a three-run, ninth-inning charge by the [[Yankees|Orioles]] to eke out a 6-5 win over Baltimore at Columbia Park
+=====Transactions=====
+•	With the approval of manager [[Connie Mack]] the team transferred outfielder [[Elmer Flick]] to [[Guardians|Cleveland]], his hometown, where he could play without fear of running afoul of the Philadelphia injunction
+----
+| [[may-6-1902|< May 6, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-8-1902|May 8, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 8, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Yankees|Baltimore]], 6-3, at Columbia Park
+•	The //Inquirer// reported that [[Tigers|Detroit]] had offered the A's second baseman Kid Gleason in exchange for [[Nap Lajoie]], but Lajoie nixed the deal saying he didn't want to move away from Philadelphia
+----
+| [[may-7-1902|< May 7, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-9-1902|May 9, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 9, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Yankees|Baltimore]] beat the Athletics, 13-6, at Columbia Park
+•	The game marked Baltimore manager John McGraw's return to the field after serving a five-game suspension
+•	Umpire Silk O'Laughlin tossed A's shortstop [[Monte Cross]] in the sixth for arguing over an infield fly which was not caught but was ruled an out
+----
+| [[may-8-1902|< May 8, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-10-1902|May 10, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 10, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Dave Fultz]] hit a pair of triples in the Athletics' 13-4 win over the [[Yankees|Orioles]] at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[may-9-1902|< May 9, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-12-1902|May 12, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 11, 1902======
 ======May 12, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics dropped a game to [[Red Sox|Boston]], 8-2, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[may-10-1902|< May 10, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-13-1902|May 13, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 13, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The game scheduled against [[Red Sox|Boston]] at Columbia Park was postponed due to "threatening weather"
+•	The teams expected to make the game up as part of a double header later in the season
+----
+| [[may-12-1902|< May 12, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-14-1902|May 14, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 14, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Red Sox|Boston]], 5-1, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[may-13-1902|< May 13, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-15-1902|May 15, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 15, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Red Sox|Boston]] beat the Athletics, 6-3, at Columbia Park
+=====Transactions=====
+•	Pitcher [[Chick Fraser]] signed with the Phillies, ending his attempt to remain employed by the A's
+•	Second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] had emptied his locker in the A's clubhouse, but his future plans were still uncertain
+•	Pitcher [[Bill Bernhard]] continued to hold out hope he could again play for the A's
+----
+| [[may-14-1902|< May 14, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-16-1902|May 16, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 16, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics lost to [[Red Sox|Boston]], 4-2, in Boston
+----
+| [[may-15-1902|< May 15, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-17-1902|May 17, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 17, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Red Sox|Boston]], 7-5, in 10 innings in Boston
+•	A's third baseman [[Lave Cross]] went 5-for-5 in the game and scored the go-ahead run in the tenth
+----
+| [[may-16-1902|< May 16, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-19-1902|May 19, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 18, 1902======
-======May 19, 1902======
+======May 19, 1902=====
+=====News=====
+•	The scheduled game in Boston was rained out
+----
+| [[may-17-1902|< May 17, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-20-1902|May 20, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 20, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Red Sox|Boston]] starter Cy Young threw a four-hitter to beat the Athletics, 2-1, in Boston
+----
+| [[may-19-1902|< May 19, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-21-1902|May 21, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 21, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Socks Seybold]] hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to send the Columbia Park fans home happy with a 12-11 win over
+[[Guardians|Cleveland]]
+----
+| [[may-20-1902|< May 20, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-22-1902|May 22, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 22, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	First baseman [[Harry Davis]] had five hits in the team’s 11-9 win over [[Guardians|Cleveland]] at Columbia Park
+=====Transactions=====
+•	The team signed recently released [[Guardians|Cleveland]] catcher/first baseman [[Ossee Schrecongost]]
+----
+| [[may-21-1902|< May 21, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-23-1902|May 23, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 23, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 6-2, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[may-22-1902|< May 22, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-24-1902|May 24, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 24, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	In a wild contest at Columbia Park, [[Guardians|Cleveland]] beat the Athletics, 15-9, in 11 innings
+•	The A’s scored five runs in the ninth to tie it up, but were outdone by Cleveland’s six runs in the top of the 11th to get the win
+•	Recent acquisition [[Ossee Schrecongost]] made his Athletics debut, not at catcher or first base, his usual positions, but in center field after pinch hitting for second baseman [[Lou Castro]]
+•	[[Dave Fultz]] moved from center field to second base in the shuffle
+----
+| [[may-23-1902|< May 23, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-26-1902|May 26, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 25, 1902======
 ======May 26, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Tigers|Detroit]], 8-6, at Columbia Park
+•	The //Inquirer// reported that pitchers Jack Katoll of Chicago and Fred Mitchell of Boston were expected to join the club in a few days
+----
+| [[may-24-1902|< May 24, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-27-1902|May 27, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 27, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The scheduled game against [[Tigers|Detroit]] at Columbia Park was rained out
+•	Right-hander [[Howard Wilson]] was slated to make his Athletics regular season debut on the mound in the game but missed his chance because of the weather
+----
+| [[may-26-1902|< May 26, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-28-1902|May 28, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 28, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	On a chilly, windy day at Columbia Park the Athletics beat [[Tigers|Detroit]], 11-4
+=====Transactions=====
+•	After several days of rumors hinting at it, second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] and pitcher [[Bill Bernhard]] were in [[Guardians|Cleveland]], in uniform, practicing with the team before the game, but did not play
+•	Both said they hadn’t yet signed a contract
+•	Phillies owner John Rogers vowed legal action if they appeared in a game with the Cleveland team
+----
+| [[may-27-1902|< May 27, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-29-1902|May 29, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 29, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Lou Castro]] went 4-for-4 as the Athletics beat [[Tigers|Detroit]], 6-4, at Columbia Park to complete the sweep
+=====Transactions=====
+•	The //Inquirer// reported that the team had signed second baseman [[Tom Logan]] from the Scranton team in the Pennsylvania State League
+----
+| [[may-28-1902|< May 28, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-30-1902|May 30, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 30, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics met the [[Orioles|Browns]] for the first time since the team moved from Milwaukee to St Louis in a Decoration Day double header at Columbia Park
+•	Third baseman [[Lave Cross]] went 4-for-4 in the first game, but St Louis came out on top, 11-7
+•	The A’s took the second game, 11-4
+----
+| [[may-29-1902|< May 29, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-31-1902|May 31, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 31, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics scored three in the bottom of the ninth to beat [[Orioles|St Louis]], 7-6, at Columbia Park
+•	Browns starter Bill Reidy had to leave the game in the third when a [[Socks Seybold]] liner glanced off his hand, injuring a finger
+----
+| [[may-30-1902|< May 30, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-2-1902|Jun 2, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 1, 1902======
 ======June 2, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics had another walk-off win when [[Topsy Hartsel]] singled in [[Doc Powers]] to beat [[Orioles|St Louis]], 5-4, at Columbia Park
+=====Transactions=====
+•	The team released catcher [[Farmer Steelman]]
+----
+| [[may-31-1902|< May 31, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-3-1902|Jun 3, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 3, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[White Sox|Chicago]] made a late charge, scoring five runs in the top of the ninth, but still fell short to the Athletics, 9-7, at Columbia Park
+=====Transactions=====
+•	As suggested in the press about a week ago, the team acquired right-hander [[Fred Mitchell]] “on loan” from Boston
+----
+| [[june-2-1902|< Jun 2, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-4-1902|Jun 4, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 4, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics lost to [[White Sox|Chicago]], 3-0, at Columbia Park
+•	Roy Patterson tossed a four-hitter for the Sox to get the shutout
+•	Former Athletics second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] made his [[Guardians|Cleveland]] debut against [[Red Sox|Boston]]
+----
+| [[june-3-1902|< Jun 3, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-5-1902|Jun 5, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 5, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics lost to [[White Sox|Chicago]], 11-3, at Columbia Park
+•	Following the game, the team boarded a train for Altoona, where they would play an exhibition game on the morrow before making a road swing to play the four Western teams
+----
+| [[june-4-1902|< Jun 4, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-6-1902|Jun 6, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 6, 1902======
-======June 7, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The team opened their road trip with a stop in Altoona, where they defeated the local side, 13-2, in an exhibition game
+•	[[Fred Mitchell]] made his unofficial Athletics debut on the mound
+----
+| [[june-5-1902|< Jun 5, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-7-1902|Jun 7, 1902 >]] |
+=====June 7, 1902=====
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics fell to the [[Tigers]], 9-1, in Detroit
+•	Former Athletics pitcher [[Bill Bernhard]] made his [[Guardians|Cleveland]] debut, against [[Yankees|Baltimore]]
+----
+| [[june-6-1902|< Jun 6, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-8-1902|Jun 8, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 8, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat the [[Tigers]], 3-2, in Detroit
+----
+| [[june-7-1902|< Jun 7, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-9-1902|Jun 9, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 9, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics committed seven errors in the field in a 10-5 loss to the [[Tigers]] in Detroit
+•	Right-hander [[Fred Mitchell]] made his official A’s debut, giving up 12 hits, striking out one, and walking one
+----
+| [[june-8-1902|< Jun 8, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-10-1902|Jun 10, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 10, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[Tigers]] beat the Athletics, 8-4, in Detroit
+----
+| [[june-9-1902|< Jun 9, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-11-1902|Jun 11, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 11, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Morning rain left a wet field in Cleveland, where the Athletics beat the [[Guardians|locals]], 4-3
+•	The game was second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]]’s first appearance against the A’s since going to Cleveland last month and he homered to mark the occasion
+=====Transactions=====
+•	The A’s signed recent Cleveland castoff second baseman [[Frank Bonner]] just before the game and he was in the starting lineup, getting a single in four trips to the plate
+----
+| [[june-10-1902|< Jun 10, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-12-1902|Jun 12, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 12, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics lost to [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 5-4, in Cleveland
+----
+| [[june-11-1902|< Jun 11, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-13-1902|Jun 13, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 13, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 6-4, in Cleveland
+=====Transactions=====
+•	The team signed left-handed fireballer [[Rube Waddell]]
+•	Waddell was reportedly en route from Los Angeles, where he’d been playing in the California League and was expected to make his A’s debut on the
+th
+----
+| [[june-12-1902|< Jun 12, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-14-1902|Jun 14, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 14, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics fell to [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 6-3, in Cleveland
+----
+| [[june-13-1902|< Jun 13, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-15-1902|Jun 15, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 15, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The game scheduled between the Athletics and the [[White Sox|White Stockings]] in Chicago was rained out
+•	Pitcher [[Rube Waddell]] had been expected to make his first start today, but he still hadn’t arrived from Los Angeles
+----
+| [[june-14-1902|< Jun 14, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-16-1902|Jun 16, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 16, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics lost to the [[White Sox]] in Chicago, 10-5
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] still hadn’t arrived from the West, so manager [[Connie Mack]] gave Indiana University left-hander [[Odie Porter]] the start
+•	Porter gave up seven runs in the first before getting his nerves settled and pitched adequately the rest of the way, but Mack said he’d seen enough and would not offer him another chance
+----
+| [[june-15-1902|< Jun 15, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-17-1902|Jun 17, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 17, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[White Sox]] beat the Athletics, 6-2, in Chicago
+----
+| [[june-16-1902|< Jun 16, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-18-1902|Jun 18, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 18, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The scheduled game between the [[White Sox]] and Athletics in Chicago was rained out
+•	The teams were negotiating a trade involving pitcher Jack Katoll going to the A’s, but no deal had been settled on yet
+•	Katoll had appeared in just one game for Chicago so far this season
+----
+| [[june-17-1902|< Jun 17, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-19-1902|Jun 19, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 19, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat the [[Orioles|Browns]], 6-3, in St Louis
+----
+| [[june-18-1902|< Jun 18, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-20-1902|Jun 20, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 20, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The game between the Athletics and the [[Orioles|Browns]] in St Louis was rained out
+----
+| [[june-19-1902|< Jun 19, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-21-1902|Jun 21, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 21, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat the [[Orioles|Browns]], 5-1, in St Louis
+•	Pitcher [[Rube Waddell]], signed by the A’s back on the 13th, and expected to have joined the team nearly a week ago, was just now, reportedly, leaving San Francisco by train and heading East
+----
+| [[june-20-1902|< Jun 20, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-22-1902|Jun 22, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 22, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Despite two [[Lave Cross]] triples, the [[Orioles|Browns]] beat the Athletics, 7-4, in St Louis
+----
+| [[june-21-1902|< Jun 21, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-23-1902|Jun 23, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 23, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	While his team traveled to Baltimore to meet the [[Yankees|Orioles]] for a three-game series, manager [[Connie Mack]] went to Kansas City to meet
+pitcher [[Rube Waddell]]’s train and shepherd him the rest of the way into port
+----
+| [[june-22-1902|< Jun 22, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-24-1902|Jun 24, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 24, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[Yankees|Orioles]] beat the Athletic, 6-4, in Baltimore
+=====Injury Updates=====
+•	First baseman [[Harry Davis]] went to Philadelphia after the game have an infected fingertip lanced and planned to be back in Baltimore and in the lineup tomorrow
+----
+| [[june-23-1902|< Jun 23, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-25-1902|Jun 25, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 25, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Harry Davis]], who had gone to Philadelphia overnight to deal with an infected finger, hit a pair of triples as the Athletics beat the [[Yankees|Orioles]], 8-6, in Baltimore
+•	Left-hander [[Rube Waddell]] finally joined the team nearly two weeks after signing
+----
+| [[june-24-1902|< Jun 24, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-26-1902|Jun 26, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 26, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] made his mound debut for the Athletics but had control trouble in a 7-3 loss to the [[Yankees|Orioles]] in Baltimore
+•	Waddell gave up seven hits and three walks in his outing while striking out five
+•	Jack Cronin pitched a four-hitter for Baltimore
+----
+| [[june-25-1902|< Jun 25, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-27-1902|Jun 27, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 27, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Snake Wiltse]] pitched a four-hitter to lead the Athletics to a 4-2 over the [[Twins|Senators]] in Washington
+•	Manager [[Connie Mack]] issued a two-week suspension to infielder [[Frank Bonner]] for being “out of shape”
+•	Bonner was still traveling and practicing with the team
+----
+| [[june-26-1902|< Jun 26, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-28-1902|Jun 28, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 28, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[Twins|Senators]] beat the Athletics, 4-3, in Washington
+=====Transactions=====
+•	The team released second baseman [[Frank Bonner]] one day after suspending him for poor conditioning
+----
+| [[june-27-1902|< Jun 27, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[june-30-1902|Jun 30, 1902 >]] |
 ======June 29, 1902======
 ======June 30, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Today’s scheduled game against the [[Twins|Senators]] in Washington was rained out
+----
+| [[june-28-1902|< Jun 28, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-1-1902|Jul 1, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 1, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] pitched a two-hit gem, striking out 13, to beat [[Yankees|Baltimore]], 2-0, at Columbia Park
+•	Jack Cronin of the Orioles gave up just three hits of his own in the losing effort
+----
+| [[june-30-1902|< Jun 30, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-2-1902|Jul 2, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 2, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics lost to [[Yankees|Baltimore]], 2-1, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[july-1-1902|< Jul 1, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-3-1902|Jul 3, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 3, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Today’s scheduled game against [[Yankees|Baltimore]] at Columbia Park was rained out
+----
+| [[july-2-1902|< Jul 2, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-4-1902|Jul 4, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 4, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics took both ends of a holiday double header from [[Twins|Washington]] at Columbia Park
+•	They won the first game 3-1 and [[Ossee Schrecongost]]’s three doubles led the way to a 12-9 victory in the afternoon contest
+----
+| [[july-3-1902|< Jul 3, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-5-1902|Jul 5, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 5, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Twins|Washington]] beat the Athletics, 9-5, at Columbia Park
+•	[[Dave Fultz]] was late arriving to the game, forcing manager [[Connie Mack]] to use [[Fred Mitchell]] for an inning in center field
+----
+| [[july-4-1902|< Jul 4, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-7-1902|Jul 7, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 6, 1902======
 ======July 7, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics fell to [[Red Sox|Boston]], 4-2, Boston
+=====Transactions=====
+•	Third baseman [[Lave Cross]] managed the team while manager [[Connie Mack]] was in Springfield, signing Norwich second baseman [[Danny Murphy]] to a contract
+----
+| [[july-5-1902|< Jul 5, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-8-1902|Jul 8, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 8, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics scored 12 runs in the sixth inning and thumped [[Red Sox|Boston]], 22-9, in Boston
+•	New second baseman [[Danny Murphy]] led the way going 6-for-6 with a homer in his A’s debut
+----
+| [[july-7-1902|< Jul 7, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-9-1902|Jul 9, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 9, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Red Sox|Boston]], 4-2, in a 17-inning contest in Boston
+•	Both starting pitchers, Bill Dineen for Boston and [[Rube Waddell]] for the A’s, pitched the entire game
+•	Waddell struck out 16 batters while walking only one
+----
+| [[july-8-1902|< Jul 8, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-10-1902|Jul 10, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 10, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Red Sox|Boston]] pitcher Cy Young hurled a four-hitter to beat the Athletics, 3-1, in Boston
+•	John McGraw, who had just left the [[Yankees|Orioles]] in a huff over his beef with American League president Ban Johnson to take over the New York Giants, told a New York reporter that the Athletics weren’t profitable and that the team had a “big white elephant on its hands”
+----
+| [[july-9-1902|< Jul 9, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-11-1902|Jul 11, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 11, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Red Sox|Boston]] beat the Athletics, 8-2, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[july-10-1902|< Jul 10, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-12-1902|Jul 12, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 12, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Red Sox|Boston]], 3-2, at Columbia Park
+•	Before the game, the A’s starter that day, [[Rube Waddell]], and Boston first baseman Candy LaChance held a “friendly wrestling match, much to the amusement of the spectators”
+•	Waddell was ruled the winner in both contests
+----
+| [[july-11-1902|< Jul 11, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-14-1902|Jul 14, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 13, 1902======
 ======July 14, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Lave Cross]]’s sac fly to short left with one out in the bottom of the 10th scored [[Topsy Hartsel]] with the game-winner in a 4-3 decision over [[Red Sox|Boston]] at Columbia Park
+•	Right-hander [[Howard Wilson]] made his regular season A’s debut in the contest
+•	Wilson, who previously had had a cup of coffee with Cleveland in 1899, had made a handful of appearances for the A’s last season during spring
+training
+----
+| [[july-12-1902|< Jul 12, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-15-1902|Jul 15, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 15, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[White Sox|Chicago]], 9-3, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[july-14-1902|< Jul 14, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-16-1902|Jul 16, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 16, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics committed a whopping 10 errors, including four by shortstop [[Monte Cross]], in a 9-4 loss to [[White Sox|Chicago]] at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[july-15-1902|< Jul 15, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-17-1902|Jul 17, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 17, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[White Sox|Chicago]], 12-7, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[july-16-1902|< Jul 16, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-18-1902|Jul 18, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 18, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Down by a run with two out and two on in the bottom of the ninth, [[Ossee Schrecongost]] doubled to score [[Danny Murphy]] and [[Monte Cross]] and give the Athletics a 7-6 win over [[White Sox|Chicago]] at Columbia Park
+=====Transactions=====
+•	The team transferred pitcher [[Snake Wiltse]]’s contract to [[Yankees|Baltimore]] to help stock that team’s roster in the wake of John McGraw’s defection to the National League
+----
+| [[july-17-1902|< Jul 17, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-19-1902|Jul 19, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 19, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 9-3, at Columbia Park
+•	Because of the injunction issued by the Philadelphia courts, neither [[Nap Lajoie]], [[Bill Bernhard]], nor [[Elmer Flick]] appeared for Cleveland
+----
+| [[july-18-1902|< Jul 18, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-21-1902|Jul 21, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 20, 1902======
 ======July 21, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	For the second time in three games, [[Ossee Schrecongost]] was the hero when his two-out single in the bottom of the ninth drove in [[Topsy Hartsel]] and gave the Athletics an 11-10 win over [[Guardians|Cleveland]] at Columbia Park
+•	The A’s overcame a six-run deficit to get the win
+----
+| [[july-19-1902|< Jul 19, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-22-1902|Jul 22, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 22, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics scored eight runs in the last three innings to beat [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 9-4, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[july-21-1902|< Jul 21, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-23-1902|Jul 23, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 23, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics won their sixth straight, beating [[Tigers|Detroit]], 5-2, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[july-22-1902|< Jul 22, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-24-1902|Jul 24, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 24, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	With the score tied at one, the Athletics/Tigers game at Columbia Park was called in the second inning because of rain
+----
+| [[july-23-1902|< Jul 23, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-25-1902|Jul 25, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 25, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Today's game between the Athletics and [[Tigers|Detroit]] at Columbia Park was rained out
+----
+| [[july-24-1902|< Jul 24, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-26-1902|Jul 26, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 26, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	With a light rain falling, the Athletics beat [[Orioles|St Louis]], 3-1, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[july-25-1902|< Jul 25, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-28-1902|Jul 28, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 27, 1902======
 ======July 28, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Orioles|St Louis]] beat the Athletics, 9-4, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[july-26-1902|< Jul 26, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-29-1902|Jul 29, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 29, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	In a game marked by a pair of rain delays, the [[Orioles|Browns]] beat the Athletics, 3-1, at Columbia Park
+•	St Louis second baseman Mike Padden and Athletics starter [[Rube Waddell]] nearly came to blows after the third inning in response to a verbal
+barb launched by Padden
+----
+| [[july-28-1902|< Jul 28, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-30-1902|Jul 30, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 30, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The team was en route to St Louis to start a road trip against the Western teams that would close on August 11 in Detroit
+----
+| [[july-29-1902|< Jul 29, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[july-31-1902|Jul 31, 1902 >]] |
 ======July 31, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	With the score tied at four in the tenth inning, the Athletics/[[Orioles|Browns]] game in St Louis was called because of darkness
+•	Back in Philadelphia, former A's groundskeeper Thomas Murphy was arrested and charged with assault in last year's near-fatal beating of manager [[Connie Mack]]'s brother, Dennis McGillicuddy
+----
+| [[july-30-1902|< Jul 30, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-1-1902|Aug 1, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 1, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[Orioles|Browns]] beat the Athletics, 11-5, in St Louis
+•	St Louis police tried to get A's pitcher [[Rube Waddell]] to stop verbally jousting with the bleacher denizens in the fourth inning, but a Browns official called them off, saying Waddell, who was not playing that day, was "clearly within his rights"
+----
+| [[july-31-1902|< Jul 31, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-2-1902|Aug 2, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 2, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat the [[Orioles|Browns]] in St Louis, 4-1
+=====Injury Updates=====
+•	Third baseman [[Lave Cross]], disrobing in the clubhouse prior to the game, gave himself a deep scratch across his face and nose when the diamond stick pin in his dress shirt became unfastened
+•	The injury drew a lot of blood, but Cross played in the game though the //Inquirer// said he looked "like a battle-scarred veteran of San Juan Hill"
+----
+| [[august-1-1902|< Aug 1, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-3-1902|Aug 3, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 3, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[White Sox|White Stockings]] got the best of a pitcher's duel in Chicago between the Athletics' [[Rube Waddell]] and Chicago's Roy Patterson, winning 3-1
+•	Waddell and Patterson each gave up just four hits in the contest
+----
+| [[august-2-1902|< Aug 2, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-4-1902|Aug 4, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 4, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	With one out in the bottom of the 11th, Sam Mertes drove Danny Green home with the game-winning run in the [[White Sox|White Stockings]]' 8-7 win over the Athletics in Chicago
+----
+| [[august-3-1902|< Aug 3, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-5-1902|Aug 5, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 5, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat the [[White Sox|White Stockings]], 4-3, in Chicago
+•	A's first baseman [[Harry Davis]] made a spectacular leaping grab of Jimmy Callahan's line drive with two out and a man on in the bottom of the ninth to end it
+----
+| [[august-4-1902|< Aug 4, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-6-1902|Aug 6, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 6, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Former Athletics second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] had the game-winning RBI in the ninth for [[Guardians|Cleveland]] to give them a 5-4 win over the Athletics in Cleveland
+•	A's starter [[Rube Waddell]] had 12 strikeouts in a losing effort
+----
+| [[august-5-1902|< Aug 5, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-7-1902|Aug 7, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 7, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The game against [[Guardians|Cleveland]], in Cleveland, was rained out
+----
+| [[august-6-1902|< Aug 6, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-8-1902|Aug 8, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 8, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics lost to [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 5-4 in Cleveland
+•	[[Dave Fultz]] had four stolen bases for the A's, including a theft of home
+----
+| [[august-7-1902|< Aug 7, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-9-1902|Aug 9, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 9, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[Tigers]] beat the Athletics, 4-3, in Detroit
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] was scheduled to start for the A's, but went AWOL, deciding to visit nearby family members instead, forcing manager [[Connie Mack]] to start [[Eddie Plank]] instead
+----
+| [[august-8-1902|< Aug 8, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-10-1902|Aug 10, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 10, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[Tigers]] committed six errors and fell to the Athletics, 9-1, in Detroit
+----
+| [[august-9-1902|< Aug 9, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-11-1902|Aug 11, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 11, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] was back with the team, pitching a shutout and scoring the winning run in the 13th, as the Athletics beat the [[Tigers]], 1-0, in Detroit
+----
+| [[august-10-1902|< Aug 10, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-12-1902|Aug 12, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 12, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The team was headed back home for three days of double headers against the [[Tigers]] to open a two-week stand
+----
+| [[august-11-1902|< Aug 11, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-13-1902|Aug 13, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 13, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics swept a double header from the [[Tigers]] at Columbia Park
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] fired a two-hitter for the A's to win the early game, 8-0, and [[Pete Husting]] nearly matched him with a five-hitter in a 9-0 win in the afternoon contest
+----
+| [[august-12-1902|< Aug 12, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-14-1902|Aug 14, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 14, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	For the second straight day, the Athletics took both ends of a double header from the [[Tigers]] at Columbia Park
+•	The A's took the first one, 4-3, as [[Howard Wilson]] hurled a four-hitter, and then added the afternoon tilt, 5-1
+•	Manager [[Connie Mack]] was reputed to be interested in a Dover, New Jersey, left-hander named Rogers
+----
+| [[august-13-1902|< Aug 13, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-15-1902|Aug 15, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 15, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics completed the sweep, capturing both games of a double header for the third straight day against the [[Tigers]] at Columbia Park, winning the first, 11-4, and the second, 5-2
+----
+| [[august-14-1902|< Aug 14, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-16-1902|Aug 16, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 16, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	In front of a record Columbia Park crowd of 18,765, the Athletics beat [[White Sox|Chicago]], 2-1
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] struck out 11 in the contest and was at the center of a wild rhubarb at the end
+•	Waddell, covering first on Tom Daly's ground ball to [[Harry Davis]], took the throw to get the force out and end the game
+•	Sox players argued that Waddell had dropped the ball before making the out and Frank Isbell pushed the umpire Jack Sheridan to emphasize the point, whereupon a number of spectators jumped the wall and entered the fracas
+•	Eventually matters calmed down but not until after fans began to hurl seat cushions around the park to celebrate the fact that the call remained unchanged
+----
+| [[august-15-1902|< Aug 15, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-17-1902|Aug 17, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 17, 1902======
-======August 18, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Team president [[Ben Shibe]] announced that the team planned to enact ballpark renovations before the 1903 season, presumably to house an
+expanding fanbase
+----
+| [[august-16-1902|< Aug 16, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-18-1902|Aug 18, 1902 >]] |
+=======August 18, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics ran their winning streak to 10 games by beating [[White Sox|Chicago]], 12-5, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[august-17-1902|< Aug 17, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-19-1902|Aug 19, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 19, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Despite getting four hits from [[Harry Davis]], the Athletics fell to [[White Sox|Chicago]], 5-2, at Columbia Park to end their 10-game winning streak
+----
+| [[august-18-1902|< Aug 18, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-20-1902|Aug 20, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 20, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Pete Husting]] fired a four-hitter to lead the Athletics to a 4-1 win over [[Orioles|St Louis]] at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[august-19-1902|< Aug 19, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-21-1902|Aug 21, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 21, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics defeated [[Orioles|St Louis]], 12-5, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[august-20-1902|< Aug 20, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-22-1902|Aug 22, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 22, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat the [[Orioles|Browns]], 12-4, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[august-21-1902|< Aug 21, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-23-1902|Aug 23, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 23, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics scored 12 runs for the third straight game in beating [[Guardians|Cleveland]] at Columbia Park, 12-1
+•	The game was played before a new Columbia Park record 21,086 fans, breaking the record of 18,765 set just a week ago
+----
+| [[august-22-1902|< Aug 22, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-25-1902|Aug 25, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 24, 1902======
 ======August 25, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 7-2, at Columbia Park
+•	The game was the A's fifth straight win and and their 15th in the last 16
+----
+| [[august-23-1902|< Aug 23, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-26-1902|Aug 26, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 26, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics won their sixth straight, a 13-2 decision over [[Guardians|Cleveland]] at Columbia Park
+•	The //Inquirer// reported that Brooklyn had offered A's pitcher [[Rube Waddell]] a $500/month salary and $1,000 bonus to defect and join their team with the promise of the same deal for 1903
+•	Waddell asked for time to think about it, then reported the offer to manager [[Connie Mack]] who endeavored to be with Waddell when he next met the Brooklyn representative, but the representative never showed at the appointed place and time
+----
+| [[august-25-1902|< Aug 25, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-27-1902|Aug 27, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 27, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	On the first day of a 13-day road trip, the Athletics fell to [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 2-1, in Cleveland
+•	Former A's pitcher [[Bill Bernhard]] got the win for Cleveland
+----
+| [[august-26-1902|< Aug 26, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-28-1902|Aug 28, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 28, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics and the [[White Sox|White Stockings]] split a double header in Chicago
+•	The Sox took the opener, 4-1, and the A's scored three runs in the eighth to win the afternoon game, 5-4
+•	The A's accused Chicago of soaking the fair territory down the third base line with the goal of preventing A's pitchers from being able to field Chicago bunts effectively
+----
+| [[august-27-1902|< Aug 27, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-29-1902|Aug 29, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 29, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat the [[White Sox|White Stockings]], 10-6, in Chicago
+•	Yesterday, the A's complained that the Sox watered down the third base line and today they complained that the Sox had watered the area around first base to prevent A's runners from stealing on emergency catcher Ed Hughes
+•	Hughes, a local man, was in there because their only healthy backstop, Ed McFarland, had injured himself on the bases yesterday
+•	McFarland was actually the team’s reserve catcher, but their first-stringer, Billy Sullivan, had split his right thumb on a foul tip a week ago and was still out of commission
+•	If the Sox did, in fact, soak the basepath, it didn't work as the A's stole eight bases in the game, including four by [[Topsy Hartsel]]
+----
+| [[august-28-1902|< Aug 28, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-30-1902|Aug 30, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 30, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics and [[White Sox|White Stockings]] split a double header in Chicago with the Sox getting the opener, 4-2, and the A's taking the second game, 6-5
+----
+| [[august-29-1902|< Aug 29, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[august-31-1902|Aug 31, 1902 >]] |
 ======August 31, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[Orioles|Browns]] took a double header from the Athletics in St Louis, 1-0 and 3-2
+----
+| [[august-30-1902|< Aug 30, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-1-1902|Sep 1, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 1, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The [[Orioles|Browns]] took both games of a double header from the Athletics in St Louis
+•	In the first game, St Louis starter Willie Sudhoff pitched a three-hitter to win, 5-1
+•	In the second, A's starter [[Fred Mitchell]] walked seven, including Bobby Wallace with the bases loaded in the ninth to give the Browns a 4-3 win
+•	In the second inning of the second game, A's manager [[Connie Mack]] spotted a man in the stands, probably Browns catcher Jiggs Donahue according to sources, signaling St Louis hitters as to what Mitchell was throwing
+•	After the fourth inning, Mack complained to Browns manager Jimmy McAleer, who denied the accusation, but Donahue or whoever it was disappeared shortly afterward
+•	After the game, St Louis pitcher Jesse Burkett all but admitted to the scheme
+----
+| [[august-31-1902|< Aug 31, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-2-1902|Sep 2, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 2, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Around 4:30 in the morning, as the Athletics were aboard a train near Peru, Indiana, en route to Detroit from St Louis, when their train collided with a freight train coming the other way
+•	Fortunately, neither train was traveling at full speed at the time of impact, though one of the engines of the A's train derailed into a ditch
+•	No players were injured, though they were delayed several hours waiting for another train to take them to Detroit, where they arrived seven hours later than expected
+•	They played a game in Detroit anyway, beating the [[Tigers]], 5-1
+•	The [[Twins|Senators]], who were on their way to St Louis, also were held up by the wreck and were forced to postpone that day's game
+----
+| [[september-1-1902|< Sep 1, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-3-1902|Sep 3, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 3, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat the [[Tigers]], 5-3, in Detroit
+----
+| [[september-2-1902|< Sep 2, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-4-1902|Sep 4, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 4, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics rapped out 18 hits to beat the [[Tigers]] in Detroit, 13-4
+----
+| [[september-3-1902|< Sep 3, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-5-1902|Sep 5, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 5, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics lost to [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 10-7, in Cleveland
+----
+| [[september-4-1902|< Sep 4, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-6-1902|Sep 6, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 6, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics got just four hits off [[Guardians|Cleveland]] starter Addie Joss but managed to eke out a 3-2 win in Cleveland anyway
+----
+| [[september-5-1902|< Sep 5, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-8-1902|Sep 8, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 7, 1902======
 ======September 8, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Guardians|Cleveland]], 8-5, in Cleveland
+----
+| [[september-6-1902|< Sep 6, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-9-1902|Sep 9, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 9, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The team returned to Philadelphia after their Western swing and were greeted by a large, cheering crowd at the train station
+•	With 22 games to play, the Athletics held a two-game lead over [[Orioles|St Louis]] for first place in the American League standings
+----
+| [[september-8-1902|< Sep 8, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-10-1902|Sep 10, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 10, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics took a pair from the [[Yankees|Orioles]] at Columbia Park
+•	In the first game, the A's got 16 hits, including eight doubles, to beat Baltimore, 9-5, and won the second as well, 5-4
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] got the win in relief in both contests
+----
+| [[september-9-1902|< Sep 9, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-11-1902|Sep 11, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 11, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	For the second straight day, the Athletics swept a double header from [[Yankees|Baltimore]] at Columbia Park
+•	The A's took the first, 9-1, and the second, 4-3
+•	In the first game, former A's pitcher [[Snake Wiltse]] faced his old team for the first time since being sent to Baltimore last month
+----
+| [[september-10-1902|< Sep 10, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-12-1902|Sep 12, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 12, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics fell to [[Red Sox|Boston]], 5-4, in Boston
+----
+| [[september-11-1902|< Sep 11, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-13-1902|Sep 13, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 13, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The game between the Athletics and [[Red Sox|Boston]], in Boston, was rained out
+----
+| [[september-12-1902|< Sep 12, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-15-1902|Sep 15, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 14, 1902======
 ======September 15, 1902======
+=====News======
+•	The Athletics swept a double header from [[Red Sox|Boston]] in Boston
+•	The A's won the first game, 6-4, then took the afternoon contest, 9-2, in a game shortened to eight innings by darkness
+•	[[Lave Cross]] went 4-for-4 with a double and [[Rube Waddell]] struck out 10 in the nightcap
+•	Though darkness was the official reason for the shortening of the second game, it was really ended by "mutual agreement" between the teams at 6pm to allow the A's to catch their train back to Philadelphia
+----
+| [[september-13-1902|< Sep 13, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-16-1902|Sep 16, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 16, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Socks Seybold]] went 4-for-4, with a double and a triple, to lead the Athletics to a 7-5 win over [[Twins|Washington]] at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[september-15-1902|< Sep 15, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-17-1902|Sep 17, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 17, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics defeated [[Twins|Washington]], 6-5, at Columbia Park
+•	A heretofore unknown pitcher named [[Andy Coakley|McAllister]] started for the A's on a tryout basis, giving up six hits and three walks, while
+strking out six, to get the win
+----
+| [[september-16-1902|< Sep 16, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-18-1902|Sep 18, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 18, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Twins|Washington]], 6-2, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[september-17-1902|< Sep 17, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-19-1902|Sep 19, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 19, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] bested Cy Young to give the Athletics a 6-4 win over [[Red Sox|Boston]] at Columbia Park
+•	The league announced that the site of the Athletics/Orioles games scheduled for the 23rd and 24th had been shifted from Baltimore to Philadelphia
+----
+| [[september-18-1902|< Sep 18, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-20-1902|Sep 20, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 20, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Before a new Columbia Park record crowd of 23,897, the Athletics beat [[Red Sox|Boston]], 7-2
+----
+| [[september-19-1902|< Sep 19, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-22-1902|Sep 22, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 21, 1902======
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 ======September 22, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Morning rain left a wet, slippery field, but the Athletics and [[Red Sox|Boston]] played anyway, splitting a double header
+•	Boston took the first one, 5-1, with the A's winning in the afternoon, 5-3
+•	In the second game, everyone in the A's lineup had exactly one hit
+----
+| [[september-20-1902|< Sep 20, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-23-1902|Sep 23, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 23, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics beat [[Yankees|Baltimore]], 4-3, at Columbia Park
+•	The game had originally been scheduled to be played in Baltimore, but had been moved to Philadelphia by the league last week
+----
+| [[september-22-1902|< Sep 22, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-24-1902|Sep 24, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 24, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The Athletics took a pair from [[Yankees|Baltimore]] at Columbia Park and, with the win in the second game, clinched the American League pennant
+•	The A's won the morning game, 7-5, and took the afternoon tilt, 5-4, when, with two out in the bottom of the ninth, [[Topsy Hartsel]] scored from third on former A's pitcher Snake Wiltse's wild pitch
+----
+| [[september-23-1902|< Sep 23, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-25-1902|Sep 25, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 25, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The game against the [[Twins|Senators]] at Columbia Park was rained out
+----
+| [[september-24-1902|< Sep 24, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-26-1902|Sep 26, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 26, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	A scheduled double header against [[Twins|Washington]] at Columbia Park was rained out
+----
+| [[september-25-1902|< Sep 25, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-27-1902|Sep 27, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 27, 1902======
-======September 28, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	Closing out the 1902 season, the Athletics dropped both ends of a double header to [[Twins|Washington]] at Columbia Park
+•	Right-hander [[Tad Quinn]] made his major league debut, pitching the first game for the A's and losing 9-4
+•	Philadelphia-born [[Tom Walker]] made his major league debut in the afternoon game, pitching for the A's and losing 7-5
+•	[[Dave Fultz]] left the team before the day's games to assume football coaching duties at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and [[Harry Davis]] sat out the game just to rest
+•	[[Rube Waddell]] was absent from the team as well, having "gone fishing" according to the //Inquirer//
+•	The A's finished with an 83-53 record, five games ahead of the second place [[Orioles|St Louis Browns]]
+----
+| [[september-26-1902|< Sep 26, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-29-1902|Sep 29, 1902 >]] |
+======September 29, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The city of Philadelphia celebrated the Athletics' American League championship with a gala parade down Broad Street and capped it with a benefit game won by the A's over the Wilmington Athletic Association, 10-8
+----
+| [[september-27-1902|< Sep 27, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[september-30-1902|Sep 30, 1902 >]] |
 ======September 29, 1902======
 ======September 30, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The mostly Athletics--Boston's Buck Freeman was playing center field--fell to the Wilmington Athletic Association, 4-2, in Wilmington. [[Rube Waddell]] had to leave the game after being hit on the wrist by a batted ball.
+----
+| [[september-29-1902|< Sep 29, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[october-2-1902|Oct 2, 1902 >]] |
 ======October 1, 1902======
 ======October 2, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The mostly Athletics, with Boston's Buck Freeman again in center field, beat the Negro League Philadelphia Giants, 8-3, at Columbia Park
+----
+| [[september-30-1902|< Sep 30, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[october-3-1902|Oct 3, 1902 >]] |
 ======October 3, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	The postseason Athletics traveled to Pottstown, where they beat the local nine, 4-0. Rube Waddell, hit on the wrist by a batted ball a couple of days ago, was back on the diamond, mostly in left field, though he did take the mound for a couple of batters late in the game after being exhorted to do so by the 1,500 spectators on hand.
+----
+| [[october-2-1902|< Oct 2, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[october-4-1902|Oct 4, 1902 >]] |
 ======October 4, 1902======
+=====News=====
+•	On a rainy day in Wilmington, the postseason Athletics committed nine errors and fell to the local Athletic Association squad, 4-3.
+----
+| [[october-3-1902|< Oct 3, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[october-6-1902|Oct 6, 1902 >]] |
 ======October 5, 1902======
 ======October 6, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The barnstorming Athletics beat the Negro League Philadelphia Giants, 13-9, at Columbia Park.
+The //Inquirer// reported [[Connie Mack]] was already looking for players for next year. In his sights were a couple of pitchers and an outfielder, needed because of [[Dave Fultz]]'s heretofore unannounced retirement.
+The paper also reported that the Athletics had drawn 411,329 spectators at home on the 1902 season and in ten head-to-head dates with the Phillies, outdrew them 59,367 to 6,928.
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 ======October 7, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The barnstorming Athletics beat the Wilmington Athletic Association, 2-1, in Wilmington.
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 ======October 8, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The Wilmington Athletic Association beat the barnstorming A's, 2-0, in Wilmington.
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 ======October 9, 1902======
+=====News=====
+In Chester, Pennsylvania, the local nine thumped the postseason Athletics, 10-4.
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 ======October 10, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The barnstorming Athletics fell to Camden in Camden by a 7-6 score in ten innings.
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 ======October 14, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The Athletics announced the signing of outfielder [[Danny Hoffman]] to a two-year deal. Hoffman played for Springfield in the Connecticut League in 1902, leading the league in batting. He also pitched in 26 games, but [[Connie Mack]] said he planned to use him exclusively in the outfield. The signing involved a buyout of his contract from Springfield.
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 ======October 26, 1902======
+=====News=====
+The //Inquirer// published a list of the American League team rosters. Outfielder [[Dave Fultz]], who had left the Athletics just before the end of the season to coach football and had later been said to be retired, was now listed with the [[Yankees|New York]] squad that had replaced the league's Baltimore franchise. There were a couple of names listed on the A's roster not previously associated with the team: outfielder [[Ollie Pickering]], who was with [[Guardians|Cleveland]] last season, and a pitcher named [[Atwood]].
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 ======December 31, 1902======