2002 Boston Red Sox season

The 2002 Boston Red Sox season was the 102nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses, 10½ games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card was the Anaheim Angels who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 99–63.

2002 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
General manager(s)Mike Port
Manager(s)Grady Little
Local televisionWFXT
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WLYN
(J.P. Villaman, Juan Oscar Baez, Uri Berenguer, & Luis Tiant)
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Offseason
  • October 9, 2001: Craig Grebeck was released by the Boston Red Sox.[1]
  • December 21, 2001: Johnny Damon signed a four-year, $31 million contract to join the Boston Red Sox
  • February 13, 2002: Rickey Henderson signed with the Boston Red Sox.

Regular season
  • Pedro Martínez became the first player to win 20 games in one season but pitch less than 200 innings.[2]
  • Seven Red Sox players were voted on to the American League roster for the 2002 All Star Game played in Milwaukee at Miller Park. Pitcher Derek Lowe, left fielder Manny Ramirez and third baseman Shea Hillenbrand started the game, while pitchers Pedro Martínez and Ugueth Urbina joined shortstop Nomar Garciaparra and outfielder Johnny Damon as reserves.
Rickey Henderson with Boston in 2002

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10358 0.640 — 52–28 51–30
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 10½ 42–39 51–30
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 25½ 42–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 36½ 34–47 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342 48 30–51 25–55

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 0.640
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636


W L Pct.
Anaheim Angels 9963 0.611
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457
Texas Rangers 7290 0.444
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342

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 —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

Transactions
  • April 27, 2002: Wayne Gomes was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.[3]
  • June 26, 2002: Alan Embree was traded by the San Diego Padres with Andy Shibilo (minors) to the Boston Red Sox for Dan Giese and Brad Baker (minors).[4]
  • July 30, 2002: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for Sun-Woo Kim and Seung Song (minors).[5]

Opening Day Lineup
18Johnny DamonCF
30José OffermanDH
  5Nomar Garciaparra    SS
24Manny RamírezLF
22Tony Clark1B
  7Trot NixonRF
29Shea Hillenbrand3B
33Jason VaritekC
13Rey Sánchez2B
45Pedro MartínezP

Roster
2002 Boston Red Sox
Roster

Pitchers

  • 47 Sun-Woo Kim
 Catchers

Infielders

  • 58 Bry Nelson
 Outfielders

Designated hitters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 25 Dwight Evans (Hitting)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases

Starters by position
Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
CJason Varitek132467124.26610614
1BTony Clark9027557.2073290
2BRey Sánchez107357102.2861382
3BShea Hillenbrand156634186.29318834
SSNomar Garciaparra156635197.310241205
LFManny Ramírez120436152.349331070
CFJohnny Damon154623178.286146331
RFTrot Nixon152532136.25624944
DHCarlos Baerga7318252.2862196

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Brian Daubach137444118.26620782
José Offerman7223755.2324278
Rickey Henderson7217940.2235168
Lou Merloni8419448.2474181
Cliff Floyd4717154.3167184
Doug Mirabelli5715134.2257250
Benny Agbayani133711.297080
Bry Nelson25349.265021
Shane Andrews7131.077000
Juan Díaz472.286120
Kevin Brown210.000000

Pitching

Note: G = Games Pitched; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Starting pitchers
Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Derek Lowe3232219.22182.58127
Pedro Martinez3030199.12042.26239
John Burkett2929173.01384.53124
Frank Castillo3623163.16155.07112

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Ugueth Urbina6160.016403.0071
Tim Wakefield45163.111532.81134
Casey Fossum41106.25413.46101
Rolando Arrojo2981.14314.9851
Alan Embree3233.11222.9743

Other pitchers
Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO
Darren Oliver14958.04504.6632
Willie Banks29039.02113.2326
Chris Haney24030.00014.2015
Sun-woo Kim15229.02007.4518
Dustin Hermanson12122.01107.9713
Wayne Gomes20021.11214.6415
Rich Garcés26021.10106.5916
Bob Howry20018.01305.0014
Josh Hancock317.10103.686

Game Log

Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game Postponed
2002 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 93–69 (Home: 42–39; Away: 51–30)

Reference:[6]

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

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-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League Billy Gardner Jr.
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Arnie Beyeler
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Mike Boulanger
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League John Sanders
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League  
Rookie cooperative Venezuelan Summer League  

[7]

References
  1. Craig Grebeck Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. Wayne Gomes Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Alan Embree Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Cliff Floyd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. "2002 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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