Behind the pitching of Harry Howell, the New York Highlanders win their first major league game, 7 – 2, over the Washington Senators.
1902 – The National League names club owners Arthur Soden, John T. Brush, and James Hart as an interim committee to run the league.
1902 – The nickname Cubs is coined by the Chicago Daily News, when an unbylined column notes that manager Frank Selee will devote his strongest efforts on the team work of the new “Cubs” this year. In time, the Cubs will replace the Colts as the nickname for the Chicago National League club.
On March 7, 1902 — – Hall of Famer James (Pud) Galvin dies at the age of 45. Galvin won 361 games over a 14-year career, placing him in a tie for sixth on the all-time list for most wins. In 1883 and 1884, Galvin won a combined 92 games. Galvin, posted a…
Bill Dineen, who has averaged nearly 18 wins over the past two seasons for the NL’s Beaneaters (Braves), signs with the year-old Boston Americans (Red Sox). The 24 year-old right-hander, known as ‘Big Bill,’ will win 20 or more contests for the next three years for the cross-town rivals in the upstart American League.
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