2002 Detroit Tigers season

2002 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Mike Ilitch
General manager(s) Randy Smith, Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s) Phil Garner, Luis Pujols
Local television WKBD
(Frank Beckmann, Lance Parrish)
FSN Detroit
(Jack Morris, Mario Impemba)
Local radio WXYT (AM)
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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The Detroit Tigers' 2002 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers making a valiant attempt to win the AL Central. However, despite their best efforts and clutch performances, their division winning goal came up just short, finishing last in the division

Offseason

Regular season

On July 2, the Tigers and White Sox set a Major League Baseball record by combining to hit for 12 home runs in one game. The box score for the Home Runs is as follows:

Notable transactions

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 94 67 0.584 — 54–27 40–40
Chicago White Sox 81 81 0.500 13½ 47–34 34–47
Cleveland Indians 74 88 0.457 20½ 39–42 35–46
Kansas City Royals 62 100 0.383 32½ 37–44 25–56
Detroit Tigers 55 106 0.342 39 33–47 22–59

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

Roster

2002 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Worst Seasons in Detroit Tigers History
Rank Year Wins Losses Win %
1 2003 43 119 .265
2 1952 50 104 .325
3 1996 53 109 .327
4 2002 55 106 .342
5 1975 57 102 .358

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
CBrandon Inge 95 321 65 .202 7 24
1BCarlos Peña 75 273 69 .253 12 36
2BDamion Easley 85 304 68 .224 8 30
3BChris Truby 89 277 55 .199 2 15
SSShane Halter 122 410 98 .239 10 39
LFBobby Higginson 119 444 125 .282 10 63
CFWendell Magee 97 347 94 .271 6 35
RFRobert Fick 148 556 150 .270 17 63
DHRandall Simon 130 482 145 .301 19 82

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
Chris Paquette 72 252 49 .194 4 20
Damian Jackson 81 245 63 .320 1 25
George Lombard 72 241 58 .241 5 13
Ramon Santiago 65 222 54 .243 4 20
Dmitri Young 54 201 57 .284 7 27
Mike Rivera 39 132 30 .227 1 11
José Macías 33 107 25 .234 0 6
Hiram Bocachica 34 103 23 .223 4 8
Jacob Cruz 35 88 24 .273 2 6
Matt Walbeck 27 85 20 .273 0 3
Omar Infante 18 72 24 .235 0 3
Andrés Torres 19 70 14 .200 0 3
Eric Munson 18 59 11 .186 2 5
Mitch Meluskey 8 27 6 .222 0 0
Craig Monroe 13 25 3 .120 1 1
Oscar Salazar 8 21 4 .190 1 3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Sparks 32 189.0 8 16 5.52 98
Mark Redman 30 203.0 8 15 4.21 109
Mike Maroth 21 128.2 6 10 4.41 58
Jeff Weaver 17 121.2 6 8 3.18 75
José Lima 20 68.1 4 6 7.77 33
Brian Powell 13 57.2 1 5 4.84 30
Nate Cornejo 9 50.0 1 5 5.04 23
Seth Greisinger 8 37.2 2 2 6.21 14
Andy Van Hekken 5 30.0 1 3 3.00 5

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Adam Bernero 28 4 7 0 6.11 69
Juan Acevedo 65 1 5 28 2.65 43
Jeff Farnsworth 44 2 3 0 5.79 28
Julio Santana 38 3 5 0 2.84 38
Jamie Walker 57 1 1 1 3.71 40
José Paniagua 41 0 1 1 5.83 34
Oscar Henriquez 30 1 1 2 4.50 23
Fernando Rodney 20 1 3 0 6.00 10
Matt Anderson 12 2 1 0 9.00 8
Matt Perisho 5 0 0 0 8.71 3

Awards and Records

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Bruce Fields
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Kevin Bradshaw
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gary Green
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Phil Regan
A-Short Season Oneonta Tigers New York–Penn League Randy Ready
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Howard Bushong

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riggsad01.shtml
  2. 1 2 Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Comiskey Park II
  3. ↑ Curtis Granderson at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Ted Lilly at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Jason Beverlin at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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