2002 Texas Rangers season

2002 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
The Ballpark in Arlington (since 1994)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Hicks
General manager(s)	John Hart
Manager(s)	Jerry Narron
Local television	KDFW KDFI FSN Southwest (Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Local radio	KRLD (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KESS-FM (Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)
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The Texas Rangers 2002 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses.

Preseason

October 29, 2001: Edinson Volquez was signed by the Rangers as an amateur free agent.^[1]
November 26, 2001: Todd Van Poppel was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[2]
December 13, 2001: John Vander Wal was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the New York Yankees for Jay Witasick.^[3]
December 18, 2001: Dave Elder was traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for John Rocker.^[4]
January 8, 2002: Juan González was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[5]
February 28, 2002: Tony Mounce was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[6]
March 19, 2002: Justin Duchscherer was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Luis Vizcaíno.^[7]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

Gabe Kapler

Season Summary

Alex Rodriguez had a major league-best 57 HR, 142 RBI and 389 total bases in 2002, becoming the first player to lead the majors in all three categories since 1984. He had the 6th-most home runs in AL history, the most since Roger Maris' league record 61 in 1961, and the most ever for a shortstop for the 2nd straight year while also winning his first Gold Glove Award, awarded for outstanding defense.
The 109 home runs hit by Alex Rodriguez in 2001–02 are the most ever by an American League right-handed batter in consecutive seasons. However, the Rangers finished last in the AL Western division in both years, a showing that likely cost Rodriguez the MVP award in 2002 when he finished second to fellow shortstop Miguel Tejada, whose 103-win Oakland A's won the same division.
The Rangers set the Major League record for most consecutive games with at least one home run, with 27.^[8]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	103	59	0.636	—	54–27	49–32
Anaheim Angels	99	63	0.611	4	54–27	45–36
Seattle Mariners	93	69	0.574	10	48–33	45–36
Texas Rangers	72	90	0.444	31	42–39	30–51

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League Records Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–2	3–4	6–3	6–3	8–1	6–3	4–5	3–4	9–11	9–10	8–1	12–7	7–2	11–7
Baltimore	2–7	—	6–13	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–0	5–1	6–13	4–5	5–4	10–9	3–6	4–15	9–9
Boston	4–3	13–6	—	2–4	5–4	5–4	4–2	3–3	9–10	6–3	4–5	16–3	4–3	13–6	5–13
Chicago	3–6	4–3	4–2	—	9–10	12–7	11–8	8–11	2–4	2–7	5–4	4–3	5–4	4–2	8–10
Cleveland	3–6	5–1	4–5	10–9	—	10–9	9–10	8–11	3–6	2–5	3–4	4–2	4–5	3–3	6–12
Detroit	1–8	4–2	4–5	7–12	9–10	—	9–10	4–14	1–8	1–6	2–5	2–4	5–4	0–6	6–12
Kansas City	3–6	0–7	2–4	8–11	10–9	10–9	—	5–14	1–5	1–8	3–6	4–2	7–2	3–4	5–13
Minnesota	5–4	1–5	3–3	11–8	11–8	14–4	14–5	—	0–6	3–6	5–4	5–2	6–3	6–1	10–8
New York	4–3	13–6	10–9	4–2	6–3	8–1	5–1	6–0	—	5–4	4–5	13–5	4–3	10–9	11–7
Oakland	11–9	5–4	3–6	7–2	5–2	6–1	8–1	6–3	4–5	—	8–11	8–1	13–6	3–6	16–2
Seattle	10–9	4–5	5–4	4–5	4–3	5–2	6–3	4–5	5–4	11–8	—	5–4	13–7	6–3	11–7
Tampa Bay	1–8	9–10	3–16	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–5	5–13	1–8	4–5	—	4–5	8–11	7–11
Texas	7–12	6–3	3–4	4–5	5–4	4–5	2–7	3–6	3–4	6–13	7–13	5–4	—	8–1	9–9
Toronto	2–7	15–4	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–0	4–3	1–6	9–10	6–3	3–6	11–8	1–8	—	9–9

Transactions

July 31, 2002: Gabe Kapler, Jason Romano and cash were traded by the Rangers to the Colorado Rockies for Dennys Reyes and Todd Hollandsworth.^[9]

Roster

2002 Texas Rangers

Roster

Pitchers

51 Juan Alvarez

30 Rob Bell

53 Joaquín Benoit

16 Dave Burba

31 Francisco Cordero

17 Doug Davis

50 Randy Flores

41 Reynaldo Garcia

45 Hideki Irabu

52 Dan Kolb

56 Ben Kozlowski

48 Colby Lewis

32 Dan Miceli

54 Chris Michalak

38 Aaron Myette

50 C. J. Nitkowski

61 Chan Ho Park

39 Jay Powell

46 Dennys Reyes

49 John Rocker

44 Rich Rodriguez

37 Kenny Rogers

40 Rudy Seánez

32 Anthony Telford

14 Ismael Valdez

43 Steve Woodard

Catchers

23 Todd Greene

33 Bill Haselman

22 Héctor Ortiz

7 Iván Rodríguez

Infielders

12 Hank Blalock

6 Travis Hafner

16 Jason Hart

13 Mike Lamb

25 Rafael Palmeiro

35 Herbert Perry

3 Alex Rodriguez

10 Michael Young

Outfielders

27 Frank Catalanotto

2 Carl Everett

19 Juan González

29 Rusty Greer

21 Todd Hollandsworth

18 Gabe Kapler

15 Ryan Ludwick

28 Kevin Mench

21 Calvin Murray

24 Rubén Rivera

4 Jason Romano

4 Donnie Sadler

Manager

5 Jerry Narron

Coaches

24 Oscar Acosta (pitching)

11 Terry Francona (bench)

20 DeMarlo Hale (first base)

8 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)

9 Jamie Quirk (bullpen)

1 Steve Smith (third base)

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
C	Iván Rodríguez	108	408	128	.314	19	60
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	155	546	149	.273	43	105
2B	Michael Young	156	573	150	.262	9	62
3B	Herbert Perry	132	450	124	.276	22	77
SS	Alex Rodriguez	162	624	187	.300	57	142
LF	Kevin Mench	110	366	95	.260	15	60
CF	Rubén Rivera	69	158	33	.209	4	14
RF	Juan González	70	277	78	.282	8	35
DH	Rusty Greer	51	199	59	.296	1	17

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Carl Everett	105	374	100	.267	16	62
Travis Hafner	23	62	15	.242	1	6

Pitching

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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Jones
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Tim Ireland
A	Charlotte Rangers	Florida State League	Darryl Kennedy
A	Savannah Sand Gnats	South Atlantic League	Paul Carey
Rookie	Pulaski Rangers	Appalachian League	Pedro López
Rookie	GCL Rangers	Gulf Coast League	Carlos Subero

References

2002 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
2002 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

2002 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Texas Rangers

Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)

Franchise

Ballparks

Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium Arlington Stadium Globe Life Park in Arlington

Spring training	Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Ranger Stadium Surprise Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Houston Astros

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
General Manager: Jon Daniels
Manager: Jeff Banister

Texas Rangers
Hall of Fame

Wild card berths (1)

2012

American League
West Division titles (6)

American League
championships (2)

2010
2011

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (55)

1960s	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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