2002 Boston Red Sox season

2002 Boston Red Sox
Major league affiliations
Location
2002 information
Owner(s) JRY Trust, John W. Henry
Manager(s) Grady Little
Local television WFXT
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radio WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WLYN
(J.P. Villaman, Juan Oscar Baez, Uri Berenguer, & Luis Tiant)
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The 2002 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 103   58 .640    --
Boston Red Sox   93   69 .574 10.5
Toronto Blue Jays   78   84 .481 25.5
Baltimore Orioles   67   95 .414 36.5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays   55 106 .342 48.0

Transactions

Opening Day Lineup

18 Johnny Damon CF
30 José Offerman DH
  5 Nomar Garciaparra     SS
24 Manny Ramírez LF
22 Tony Clark 1B
  7 Trot Nixon RF
29 Shea Hillenbrand 3B
33 Jason Varitek C
13 Rey Sánchez 2B
45 Pedro Martínez P

Roster

2002 Boston Red Sox
Roster

Pitchers

 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated hitters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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
C Jason Varitek 132 467 124 .266 10 61
1B Tony Clark 90 275 57 .207 3 29
2B Rey Sánchez 107 357 102 .286 1 38
3B Shea Hillenbrand 156 634 186 .293 18 83
SS Nomar Garciaparra 156 635 197 .310 24 120
LF Manny Ramírez 120 436 152 .349 33 107
CF Johnny Damon 154 623 178 .286 14 63
RF Trot Nixon 152 532 136 .256 24 94
DH Carlos Baerga 73 182 52 .286 2 19

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Buddy Bailey
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Ron Johnson
A Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League Billy Gardner, Jr.
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Arnie Beyeler
Short-Season A Lowell Spinners New York-Penn League Mike Boulanger
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League John Sanders

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References

  1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grebecr01.shtml
  2. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomeswa01.shtml
  4. ^ Alan Embree Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Cliff Floyd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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