2002 Kansas City Royals season

2002 Kansas City Royals
Major league affiliations
Location
2002 information
Owner(s) David Glass
Manager(s) Tony Muser, John Mizerock, and Tony Pena
Local television KMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Local radio KMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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The 2002 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 4th in the American League Central with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB
Minnesota Twins 94   67 .584    --
Chicago White Sox 81   81 .500 13.5
Cleveland Indians 74   88 .457 20.5
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 32.5
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 39.0

Notable transactions

Roster

2002 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals Pacific Coast League Bucky Dent
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Keith Bodie
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Joe Szekely
Short-Season A Spokane Indians Northwest League Tom Poquette
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Lloyd Simmons

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Notes

  1. ^ Chuck Knoblauch Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Paul Byrd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdondo01.shtml
  4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/greinza01.shtml
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

AL East
AL Central
Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota
AL West
NL East
NL Central
NL West
The franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Lore
Rivalries
Team Hall of Fame
Retired numbers
5 • 10 • 20 • 42
Minors
Key personnel
Owner: David Glass • General Manager: Dayton Moore • Manager: Ned Yost
World Series
championships (1)
American League
pennants (2)
Division titles
Western: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 (second half) • 1984 • 1985 • Central: none • Wild Card: none