MLB players born in 1902
107 MLB players on file were born in 1902. Earl Averill leads them with 45.1 career WAR. The first born in 1902 to play in the MLB was Lefty Weinert, in 1919. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1902 (107)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Averill | — | 1929–1941 | 13 | 2,019 H · 238 HR · 45.1 WAR | — |
| Red Lucas | P | 1923–1938 | 15 | 157 W · 602 SO · 30.5 WAR | — |
| Watty Clark | P | 1924–1937 | 12 | 111 W · 643 SO · 25.5 WAR | — |
| Pat Malone | P | 1928–1937 | 10 | 134 W · 1,024 SO · 19.7 WAR | — |
| Al Simmons | — | 1924–1944 | 20 | 2,927 H · 307 HR · 17.2 WAR | — |
| Ray Benge | P | 1925–1938 | 12 | 101 W · 655 SO · 15.3 WAR | — |
| Bill Hallahan | P | 1925–1938 | 12 | 102 W · 856 SO · 14.7 WAR | — |
| Johnny Frederick | — | 1929–1934 | 6 | 954 H · 85 HR · 14.4 WAR | — |
| Ben Cantwell | P | 1927–1937 | 11 | 76 W · 348 SO · 13.4 WAR | — |
| Johnny Moore | — | 1928–1945 | 10 | 926 H · 73 HR · 8.5 WAR | — |
| Jimmy Welsh | — | 1925–1930 | 6 | 778 H · 35 HR · 6.7 WAR | — |
| Evar Swanson | — | 1929–1934 | 5 | 573 H · 7 HR · 5.4 WAR | — |
| Smead Jolley | — | 1930–1933 | 4 | 521 H · 46 HR · 4.1 WAR | — |
| Al Todd | — | 1932–1943 | 11 | 768 H · 35 HR · 3.8 WAR | — |
| Kiddo Davis | — | 1932–1938 | 7 | 515 H · 19 HR · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Ernie Orsatti | — | 1927–1935 | 9 | 663 H · 10 HR · 3.5 WAR | — |
| Ownie Carroll | P | 1925–1934 | 9 | 64 W · 311 SO · 2.8 WAR | — |
| Leon Chagnon | P | 1929–1935 | 6 | 19 W · 153 SO · 1.9 WAR | — |
| Charlie Berry | — | 1925–1938 | 11 | 539 H · 23 HR · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Jake Flowers | — | 1923–1934 | 10 | 433 H · 16 HR · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Howard Freigau | — | 1922–1928 | 7 | 537 H · 15 HR · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Ernie Nevers | P | 1926–1928 | 3 | 6 W · 39 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Dutch Henry | P | 1921–1930 | 8 | 27 W · 170 SO · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Pat Crawford | — | 1929–1934 | 4 | 182 H · 9 HR · 1.1 WAR | — |
| Leon Pettit | P | 1935–1937 | 2 | 8 W · 45 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Hal Smith | P | 1932–1935 | 4 | 12 W · 59 SO · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Ted Odenwald | P | 1921–1922 | 2 | 1 W · 6 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Carl Yowell | P | 1924–1925 | 2 | 3 W · 20 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Paul Schreiber | P | 1922–1945 | 3 | 0 W · 5 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Ralph Michaels | — | 1924–1926 | 3 | 18 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Charlie Gooch | — | 1929 | 1 | 16 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Freddy Sale | P | 1924 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Gil Paulsen | P | 1925 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Jackie Gallagher | — | 1923 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Roy Hutson | — | 1925 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Emmett McCann | — | 1920–1926 | 3 | 44 H · 0 HR | — |
| Herb Thomas | — | 1924–1927 | 3 | 52 H · 1 HR | — |
| Bill Deitrick | — | 1927–1928 | 2 | 21 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jim Keesey | — | 1925–1930 | 2 | 5 H · 0 HR | — |
| Joe Klinger | — | 1927–1930 | 2 | 5 H · 0 HR | — |
| Julie Wera | — | 1927–1929 | 2 | 15 H · 1 HR | — |
| Art Merewether | — | 1922 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bill Lasley | P | 1924 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Bill Moore | P | 1925 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Carl Husta | — | 1925 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR | — |
| Cleo Carlyle | — | 1927 | 1 | 65 H · 1 HR | — |
| Cloy Mattox | — | 1929 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Elmer Eggert | — | 1927 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Frank Naleway | — | 1924 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Hal Neubauer | P | 1925 | 1 | 1 W · 4 SO | — |
| Jack Blott | — | 1924 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jim Begley | — | 1924 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jim McLaughlin | — | 1932 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Joe Connell | — | 1926 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Joe Palmisano | — | 1931 | 1 | 10 H · 0 HR | — |
| Lee Dunham | — | 1926 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ollie Marquardt | — | 1931 | 1 | 7 H · 0 HR | — |
| Pete Cote | — | 1926 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Steve Slayton | P | 1928 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO | — |
| Jimmy Hudgens | — | 1923–1926 | 3 | 11 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Blackie Carter | — | 1925–1926 | 2 | 4 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Fred Bennett | — | 1928–1931 | 2 | 27 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Kenny Hogan | — | 1921–1924 | 2 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Art Jacobs | P | 1939 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Watt | P | 1931 | 1 | 5 W · 25 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Pip Koehler | — | 1925 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Ray Jacobs | — | 1928 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Rusty Yarnall | P | 1926 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Wally Dashiell | — | 1924 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Bruce Connatser | — | 1931–1932 | 2 | 28 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Cliff Knox | — | 1924 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Mike Kelly | P | 1926 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Sal Gliatto | P | 1930 | 1 | 0 W · 7 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Lefty Weinert | P | 1919–1931 | 9 | 18 W · 160 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Wally Roettger | — | 1927–1934 | 8 | 556 H · 19 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Wayland Dean | P | 1924–1927 | 4 | 24 W · 147 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Homer Blankenship | P | 1922–1928 | 3 | 1 W · 10 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Chuck Corgan | — | 1925–1927 | 2 | 23 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Dick Jones | P | 1926–1927 | 2 | 2 W · 4 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Ralph Erickson | P | 1929–1930 | 2 | 1 W · 2 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Joe Buskey | — | 1926 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Howie Fitzgerald | — | 1922–1926 | 3 | 36 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Joe Sprinz | — | 1930–1933 | 3 | 9 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Max Rosenfeld | — | 1931–1933 | 3 | 17 H · 2 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Nick Dumovich | P | 1923 | 1 | 3 W · 23 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Russ Young | — | 1931 | 1 | 4 H · 1 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Squire Potter | P | 1923 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Kent Greenfield | P | 1924–1929 | 6 | 41 W · 242 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Les Burke | — | 1923–1926 | 4 | 131 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Bob Barnes | P | 1924 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Stew Bolen | P | 1926–1932 | 4 | 3 W · 72 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Al Moore | — | 1925–1926 | 2 | 19 H · 0 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Ollie Tucker | — | 1927–1928 | 2 | 11 H · 1 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Fresco Thompson | — | 1925–1934 | 9 | 762 H · 13 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Don Hankins | P | 1927 | 1 | 2 W · 10 SO · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Bill Cronin | — | 1928–1931 | 4 | 68 H · 0 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Augie Prudhomme | P | 1929 | 1 | 1 W · 26 SO · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Al Spohrer | — | 1928–1935 | 8 | 575 H · 6 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Red Badgro | — | 1929–1930 | 2 | 98 H · 2 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Jay Partridge | — | 1927–1928 | 2 | 167 H · 7 HR · -1.4 WAR | — |
- Buck Redfern 1928–1929
- Lou McEvoy 1930–1931
- Doug Taitt 1928–1932
- Pee-wee Wanninger 1925–1927
- Luther Roy 1924–1929
- Homer Peel 1927–1934
- Moe Berg 1923–1939
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.